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Material contained in the Rexe fonds spans the years 1969 to 2005 with the bulk of material dating from 1979 to 1991. The collection contains materials pertaining to Rexe’s personal and professional matters, including material from his election campaigns beginning in the late 1970s to his work on Peterborough City Council 1980-87 and later 2003-06. The collection contains much correspondence, City Council memoranda and meeting agendas, planning documentation and reports, news clippings, personal notes, PCG reports and studies, court transcripts, legal invoices, and more.

The collection is organized into four series, Series B and C comprising the bulk of the collection.

Series A contains materials related to Rexe’s early teaching years and career(s) before re-entering politics in the 1980s.

Series B contains materials from his years on City Council 1980-87, and is the largest and most extensive part of the collection.

Series C gathers materials pertaining to his legal matters, particularly Kazowski vs. Rexe (see biographical note, below); and finally,

Series D contains materials from his later career(s), including his planning and consulting work (with Public Consulting Group, Inc.), his years teaching at Kenner Collegiate and Crestwood Secondary schools, his graduate work at Trent University, and his return to city politics in the early 2000s.

Papers related to the operation of J. J. Turner and Company, a Peterborough based manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of canvas products, flags and outdoor recreation. The papers are arranged in 43 files roughly organized around activities. File 1 is a 1933 catalogue, in very fine condition. The next few files relate to the work force at Turner’s. There is also research related to the centennial of St. Peter's High School, Peterborough, 1933-1970.

Papers of Howard T. Pammett (1909-1990), civil servant with the federal Department of Labor and local historian, consisting of correspondence with many people including Margaret Hennessy, 1984; C.K. Bottom, 1968-71; Peter McGillen, 1928-73; Eugene Forsey, 1969; Peterborough Examiner, 1945-53, chiefly with Robertson Davies; research notes and thesis while a student at Queen’s University, 1930-1935; some papers related to his travel and work with the Department of Labour, 1941-69; poetry and other literary works by Pammett; together with correspondence and research materials related to the local history of Peterborough, the Trent Canal, Irish emigration, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Peterborough Exhibition, Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, Ontario agriculture and the Kawarthas.
Peterborough history; post office; Peter Robinson Settlers; Queen's University; Canada Department of Labour; Robertson Davies correspondence; news clippings v 15. 1925-1980.

Fonds consists of marriage register of Havelock Methodist Church, 1896-1914; and baptisms, 1942-1982, marriages, 1942-1987, burials, 1942-1977, of Havelock - Trent River Pastoral Charge

Fonds consists of the following series: records, including marriages, 1901-1912, of Hastings Methodist Circuit (includes Hastings, Westwood, Bethany Church, and Bethel Church in West Seymour (now Campbellford)), 1891-1918; records of Roseneath Methodist Circuit (includes Roseneath, Bethany Church, Fenella, and Centenary Church in Alnwick Township), 1858-1924; recordsof Fenella Methodist Circuit, 1884 -1925; records, including marriages, 1893-1909, of Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Harwood, Haldimand Township, 1860-1914; records, including baptisms, 1916-1956, marriages, 1920-1956, and burials, 1919-1968, of Roseneath Pastoral Charge (includes Roseneath Methodist Circuit, Roseneath, Fenella, Bethany Church, and Centenary Church in Alnwick Township), 1897-1969; marriage records, 1913-1953, and circuit register, 1919-1947, of Hastings- Westwood Pastoral Charge (includes Hastings Methodist Circuit, Hastings, and Westwood); marriages, 1904-1942, of Gore's Landing Pastoral Charge (includes Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Gore's Landing, Plainville, and Bethesda North United Church in Harwood, Haldimand Township); records, including baptisms, 1915-1978, marriages, 1915-1985, and burials, 1957-1977, of Hastings-Roseneath Pastoral Charge (includes Hastings Methodist Circuit, Roseneath Pastoral Charge, Hastings-Westwood Pastoral Charge, Hastings (Trinity), and Roseneath), 1915-1986; records of Trinity United Church in Hastings, 1935-1974; records of Roseneath United Church (includes Roseneath Methodist), 1881-1993; records, including baptisms, 1860-1930, and marriages, 1968-1969, of Bethesda North United Church in Harwood, Haldimand Township (includes Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Harwood), 1860-1971; records of Centenary United Church in Alnwick Township (includes Centenary Methodist), 1904-1966; Board of Trustees minutes, 1885-1929, of Bethel United Church in West Seymour (now Campbellford; includes Bethel Methodist Church); records of Fenella United Church (includes Fenella Methodist Church), 1917-1970.

Fonds consists of documents from Greg Doran’s education in Peterborough beginning at St. Alphonsus in 1975-1983, followed by St. Peter’s High School 1983-1988, Trent University in 1988-1992, and Sir Sanford Fleming College from 1994-1995.

The fonds is organized in the following series. Those series most pertinent to Gerry’s work and interest in canoes and history are Series A to F. However, the photographic collections found elsewhere contain many shots related to canoeing history. The papers are also distinguished by materials related to the lives of his parents and grandparents and his uncle, Mel Sucee.

A. Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, 1993-2003 (Files 1-120, 902- ) 1.5 m
B. Heritage Canoe Festival, 1985-1996 (Files 121-157) 25 cm
C. Canadian Canoe Museum, 1990-2003 (Files 158-165) 7 cm
D. Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives, 1986-1987 (Files 166-169, 585-586) 5 cm
E. Peterborough Historical Society, 1987-1998 (Files 170-192) 20 cm
F. Peterborough Canoe History, 1976-2003 (Files 193-519, 587-593) Research materials from 1850s to present 1.5 m
G. Cottage life, 1977-1992 (Files 520-558, 797, 898-901) 45 cm
H. Bell Canada, 1970-1995 (Files 559-565) 13 cm
I. Mary and Gerry Stephenson, 1938-1993 (Files 566-584; 594-622) 35 cm
J. Gerry Stephenson photographic, 1967-2000 (Files 623-720, 773) 60 cm
K. Gerry Stephenson slides, 1949-1993 (Files 721-757) 25 cm
L. Dainard family, 1951, undated (Files 758-764) 5 cm
M. Fred Stephenson and family, 1940s-1990s (Files 765-796, less 773; 809-829; 867-885, 897) 35 cm
N. Joseph Sucee family, 1904-1930 (Files 798-808, 886-896) 15 cm
O. Mel Sucee, 1890s-1940s (Files 830-866) 10 cm
P. Mel Sucee, moving film collection

This fonds consists of personal correspondence written by and to writer and editor Betsy Struthers concerning publications, teaching and editorial work. It also includes early unpublished and published poems and draft manuscripts, reviews and publicity for Censored Letters, Saying So Out Loud, Running Out of Time, Virgin Territory, Driven, Still, In Her Fifties, Where the Night Comes Closest, Relay, All That Desire: New and Selected Poetry, Found: A Body, Grave Deeds, A Studied Death, Poets in the Classroom and the chipbook, The Flood.

Fonds is comprised of correspondence, published articles, photographs, slides, and CDs of speeches, interviews, and meetings pertaining to the career of Don Tapscott.

Fonds is comprised of correspondence, memos, legal documents, and reports pertaining to the administrative career of David Morrison at Trent University

Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, certificates, membership lists, and committee by-laws pertaining to the Crawford’s Grove Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in Peterborough, Ontario.

Fonds consists of original letters, certificates, sketches and maps pertaining to the family of Thomas Alexander Stewart and Frances Stewart of Peterborough, Ontario and their descendents. Included are letters to Ellen Dunlop written by Frances Stewart, Catharine Parr Traill, Harriet Beaufort, and others. Also included are pieces of sheet music and music certificates of Alice Roger Collins; medical certificates of Doctor Thomas Hay; newspaper clippings related to Katherine E. Wallis; and a scrapbook of nineteenth-century ferns and mosses of the United Kingdom.

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1897-1917, of Coe Hill Methodist Mission Circuit (includes Coe Hill, Faraday, Glen Alda, Ormsby, The Ridge, Nugent's Church in Wollaston Township, Salem Church in Wollaston Township, Clydesdale Presbyterian Church), 1885-1918; marriage register, 1897-1909, of St. Ola Methodist Mission (includes St. Ola, Cashel (Township), Greenbush, Pineview, and Gilmour); records, including baptisms, 1897-1918, of Thanet Presbyterian Pastoral Charge (includes Thanet, Coe Hill, Ormsby, The Ridge), 1895-1918; baptism register of Chandos Presbyterian Pastoral Charge (includes Chandos, Clydesdale), 1906-1916; minutes of congregational meetings of Zion Presbyterian Church in The Ridge, 1875-1904, 1907, and 1910; records of Clydesdale Presbyterian Church, 1890-1901; records, including baptisms, 1913-1967, marriages, 1909-1965, and burials, 1913-1968, of St. Ola Pastoral Charge (includes St. Ola Methodist Mission, St. Ola, Gilmour, Greenbush, Cashel (Township), Pine View, Ormsby, and Gunter), 1891-1968; records, including baptisms, 1910-1966, marriages, 1910-1962, burials, 1910-1962, of Coe Hill Pastoral Charge (includes Coe Hill Methodist Circuit, Coe Hill, Clydesdale, Faraday, Glen Alda, Ormsby, The Ridge), 1910-1966; Woman's Association minutes of St. Ola United Church, 1935-1959; Woman's Association minutes of Coe Hill United Church, 1954-1961; records of Ormsby United Church, 1953-1966; congregational minutes of Glen Alda United Church, 1959-1966.

Fonds consists of more than 60 letters, newsletters, poems, and greeting cards written by Margaret Laurence to Ian and Sandy Cameron, as well as a copy of Laurence's will. The correspondence discusses Laurence's work as a writing instructor and speaker at the University of Toronto, her relationship with other Canadian writers and Clara Thomas, her move from Toronto to Lakefield, and her involvement with the Writers' Union of Canada conference in Ottawa in November 1973. Laurence comments extensively on her own works and her efforts to encourage other writers (including Ian Cameron), her efforts to produce a recording of songs with her lyrics and Cameron's musical score to accompany "The diviners," the film contract based on this novel, and her elation at winning the Molson Prize in 1975. The correspondence also discusses her divorce from Jack Laurence, her relationship with her children, and her views on social and generational change. The correspondence is accompanied by nine vinyl recordings given by Laurence to the Camerons that feature European classical music, African palm wine music, and Ghanian highlife music. The fonds also contains five letters from John Ruskin, the Victorian writer and art critic, to Kate Towney and Arbuthnot Cameron, 1865-1867, regarding Towney's marriage and financial affairs, mineral collecting, and ideas from Ruskin's book, "Modern painters." These letters are accompanied by notes and transcripts, as well as a letter written in 1907 regarding the Ruskin correspondence.

Fonds consists of journals and photographs dated 1860-1908 pertaining to Hugh Caldwell Sr. of Chandos Township, Peterborough County, and his son Hugh Caldwell Jr. The journals were received in original format and as digital scans. Also included are a small number of family records dating to 1987.

Fonds consists of records of Wesley Methodist Church, Lakefield, 1840-1924; records, including baptisms 1901-1942, marriages 1901-1975, and burials 1901-1981, of Buckhorn Pastoral Charge (includes Wesley Methodist Circuit, Wesley Pastoral Charge, Lakehurst, Curve Lake and Wesley in Lakefield), 1901-1981; records of Wesley United Church, Lakefield (includes Wesley Methodist Church), 1924-1973; and women's group records of Lakehurst United Church, 1959-1997.

Fonds consists of records of Bridgenorth Methodist Circuit (includes Lakefield, Bridgenorth, Selwyn and Mud Lake Mission); 1891-1917; records, including baptisms, 1912-1946, 1950-1989, marriages, 1896-1987, burials, 1911-1959, of Bridgenorth Pastoral Charge (includes Bridgenorth Methodist Circuit, Bridgenorth, Fairview, Selwyn, Wesley, Curve lake, and Lakehurst), 1889-1996; and records of Selwyn United Church, 1935-1969.

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1858-1909, of Bobcaygeon Methodist Circuit (includes Bobcaygeon Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Bobcaygeon, Robinson's Church in Fairbairn, Silver Lake, Zion Church in Nogies Creek, Providence Church in Red Rock, Bethel Church in Verulam Township, Eden Church in Verulam Township, St. John's Church in Verulam Township), 1858-1912; records of Bobcaygeon Methodist Church, 1875-1913; records of Robinson's Methodist Church in Fairbairn, 1885-1924; subscription book of St. David's Methodist Church in Verulam Township, 1897; records of Salem Emily Methodist Church in Emily Township, 1903-1923; deed of Zion Methodist Church in Nogies Creek, 1885; deed of St. John's Methodist Church in Verulam Township, 1905; records of Emily Presbyterian Church, Emily Township, 1843-1925; records, including baptisms, 1876-1925, of Knox Presbyterian Church in Dunsford (includes Canada Presbyterian Church in Verulam Township), 1869-1925; records, including baptisms, 1907-1939, marriages, 1907-1946, burials, 1907-1952, of Bobcaygeon Pastoral Charge (includes Bobcaygeon Methodist Circuit, Bobcaygeon, Providence Church in Red Rock, Robinson's Church in Fairbairn, Zion Church in Nogies Creek, Bethel Church in Verulam Township, Eden Church in Verulam Township, St. John's Church in Verulam Township), 1934-1969; records of Dunsford Pastoral Charge, 1915-1966; records, including baptisms, 1900-1969, marriages, 1900-1958, burials, 1900-1969, of Dunsford-Providence Pastoral Charge (includes Dunsford Methodist Circuit, Dunsford Pastoral Charge, Salem Emily Church in Emily Township, Providence Church in Red Rock), 1900-1969; records, including baptisms, 1939-1994, marriages, 1973-1994, burials, 1952-1993, of Bobcaygeon-Dunsford-Providence Pastoral Charge (includes Bobcaygeon Pastoral Charge), 1939-1994; records of Trinity United Church in Bobcaygeon, 1937-2000; records, including baptisms, 1969-1979, marriages, 1958-1975, burials, 1969-1975, of Dunsford United Church (includes Dunsford Pastoral Charge, Dunsford-Providence Pastoral Charge), 1923-1996; records of Providence United Church in Red Rock, 1939-1978; church history of Zion United Church in Nogies Creek, (1935?); collection book of Robinson's United Church in Fairbairn, 1925-1936; records, including baptisms, 1948-1965, marriages, 1958, burials, 1960, of Salem Emily United Church in Emily Township (includes Salem Emily Methodist Church), 1923-1969; records of St. John's United Church in Verulam Township, 1941-1987.

Fonds is comprised of audio tapes, scrapbooks and photographs related to Betty Lynn Viney’s experience as a student at Trent University from 1965 to 1969.

Deeds, blueprint, shareholder registers and other records, mortgages and supplementary letters patent relating to Barrie’s Limited, a furrier business based in Peterborough with branch offices in Saskatchewan.

A T1: Deeds, blueprints, shareholder registers and other records, mortages and supplementary letters patent relating to Barrie's Limited, a furrier business in Peterborough with branch offices in Saskatchewan. 1844-1960.)

D map drawer 4: Architect's plan of Barrie's Building, c. 1910; architect Bond and Smith Architects, Toronto; Floor plan for third floor)