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Guelph Mercury fonds
CA ON00126 F45 · Fonds · [1960?] - [1999?]

Fonds consists primarily of photographic negatives and prints created by the Guelph Mercury in the course of its journalistic activities. In addition to images that appeared in the newspaper, this fonds includes other images that were taken for newspaper stories but were never actually used.

The photographs are arranged into 18 artificial series by subject. The Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials serves as a basis for this arrangement.

Due to the size of this collection not all of the negatives have been described and or digitized.

Guelph Mercury
CA ON00126 C38 · Collection · 1964-2017, 2023

Collection consists of newsletters and journals created by the Ontario Genealogical Society and collected by the Guelph Public Library. Included is the journal "Families" formerly the Bulletin and the newsletters "Newsleaf," and "Traces and Tracks". Also included is a publication called Branch Notes.

The collection has been arranged into four series.

Guelph Public Library fonds
CA ON00126 F1 · Fonds · 1850-2019 predominant 1904-1983

This fonds consists of the executive, administrative, public service, collections management and facilities records created or accumulated the Guelph Public Library Board, the Guelph Public Library, and its predecessor, the Farmers' and Mechanics' Institute of Guelph. The records document the administration and operation of the Library and its provision of library services to the Guelph public.

This fonds is arranged into nine series.

Guelph Public Library
Guelph Round Table fonds
CA ON00126 F66 · Fonds · [199-?] - 2007

Fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, educational materials, financial reports, and studies created and or accumulated by the Guelph Round Table in the course of their business activities.

Guelph Round Table
CA ON00126 C19 · Collection · [196-]-2006

Collection consists of program guides, media releases and announcements, photographs, promotional materials, and newspaper clippings related to the Guelph Spring Festival and collected by the Guelph Public Library Archives.

Guelph Tribune fonds
CA ON00126 F49 · Fonds · [1986?] - [2003?]

Fonds consists primarily of photographs including negatives, prints, and contact sheets created by the Guelph Tribune in the course of their journalistic activities. In addition to images that appeared in the newspaper, this fonds also includes other images that were taken for newspaper stories but were never actually used.

The photographs are arranged into three series by format.

Guelph Tribune
CA ON00126 F69 · Fonds · 1977-2009

Fonds consists of minutes, financial records, photographs, historical records, and ephemera created or accumulated by the Guelph-Wellington Men’s club.

Guelph-Wellington Men's Club
Hazel Spencer fonds
CA ON00126 F5 · Fonds · 1908-1975

The fonds consists of correspondence and local history practice information. Also included are records relating to Horace G. Mack, which were in her possession. The fonds is arranged into three series.

Spencer, Hazel, d. 1993
Henry Law fonds
CA ON00126 F94 · Fonds · [19-?] - [20-?]

Fonds consists of the research interests of Henry Law who was an avid genealogist. His research interests included various families such as Law, Davis, Dennis, Dryden and more. Other families of interest included Marvin, Howelett, Hutchinson and Hungerford. There is also a file of letters or correspondence relating to his research requests and some handwritten notes on various families and or names he researched. A partial listing is available for some of the families he researched. A listing is also available for several books and magazines he collected that related to his research interests.

Law, Henry
CA ON00126 C33 · Collection · [188-?]-[196-?]

Collection consists of digital reproductions of original photographs collected by the Guelph Public Library archives during a photograph contest held in 2013 and 2023 to help capture Guelph's hidden past. The photographs offer a wide range of images covering various aspects of the City of Guelph and its history.

The collection is arranged sequentially by reference code.

Hugh Douglass fonds
CA ON00126 F23 · Fonds · 1827-1984, predominant 1900-1965

The fonds consists of scrapbooks, notes, research records, photographs, and postcards created or accumulated by Hugh Douglass during the course of his work as a collector and writer of local history, as a teacher at GCVI, and as a prominent member of the Guelph arts community.

Douglass, Hugh, 1914-1991
Hugh Guthrie fonds
CA ON00126 F67 · Fonds · [19-?], predominant, 1872-1909, 1933-[198-]

Fonds consists of records created or accumulated by Hugh Guthrie in his capacity as secretary to Progressive Conservative Party South Wellington and as a partner in the law firm Hungerford, Guthrie, and Berry. The records document his involvement in leadership conventions, provincial elections, meetings of the party, and his practice in law. A portion of this fonds is comprised of by-laws collected by Hugh Guthrie pertaining to the City of Guelph.

The fonds has been arranged into six series.

Guthrie, Hugh
CA ON00126 F61 · Fonds · [198-], predominant 1947-[196-?]

Fonds includes two books of general and executive committee minutes from the period 1947-1949, financial information 1949 - [198-], and descriptions of Christmas parties organized by the club 1963-1964. The books also list club officers and committee members for various years. These records document the business of the club.

The books are arranged chronologically by year. One book lists dues, expenses and monies received in reverse chronological order from 1950 to 1948.

IMICO Quarter Century Club
CA ON00126 F17 · Fonds · 1912-1970, 1984, predominant 1915-1968

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the International Malleable Iron Company IMICO during the course of its operations in Guelph. Included in the fonds are financial records, photographs, employee records, minutes and other corporate documents.

International Malleable Iron Company
CA ON00126 F37 · Fonds · 1920-2013

This fonds consists of records created, collected, or maintained by the IODE, Captain F. Bond Chapter of Guelph that document various aspects of the Chapter including executive and financial administration of the Chapter, history of the Chapter, and their interaction with the Provincial and National divisions of the IODE.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Captain F. Bond Chapter
CA ON00126 F57 · Fonds · [19-?], predominant 1952-2007

This fonds consists of minutes, scrapbooks, framed documents, financial records, a photograph album and ephemera created, collected, or maintained by the IODE, Major Robert Mutrie Chapter of Guelph.

This fonds is organized into six series.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Robert Mutrie Chapter (Guelph, Ont.)
CA ON00126 F42 · Fonds · 1909-2018

This fonds consists of minute books, membership lists, correspondence and scrapbooks collected and maintained by the IODE, Victoria-Guelph. This fonds is divided into four series.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Victoria-Guelph Chapter
Jean Eagles Watson fonds
CA ON00126 F88 · Fonds · [194-?] - [199-?]

The fonds consists of one scrapbook documenting Jean Eagles Watson’s activities in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division.

The scrapbook includes pages with captions on the top of the page that serves to organize the contents. The following is the order in which the captions to these pages are found: Farewell Gifts from G.G.H (1942) On leave Prior to Posting to RockCliffe, RockCliffe Ottawa Basic Training, No 1, T.T.S St. Thomas, Ontario (1945); No.4 Wireless School, Guelph Ontario (1945); 89 Entry A Flight I.G. Inspection; My Trip to Ward 300 Hospital St. Thomas (1943); Cards I received while in Ward 300; Hospital Staff 1944; 20th birthday (1944); and Odds and Ends.

There are photographs throughout the scrapbook some of which are captioned and or include the names of those pictured. Included are photographs of Jean Watson.

Jean Eagles Watson
Jerry Wynne fonds
CA ON00126 F63 · Fonds · [199-?]-2002

Fonds consists of photographs created and or accumulated by Jerry Wynne in the course of his activities as an avid photographer. Included are photographs of the construction of the covered bridge on Gordon Street, the Sleeman Centre, and the demolition of the Eaton Centre.

There is no further arrangement to these records.

Wynne, Jerry
CA ON00126 C22 · Collection · [191-], [198-]

Collection consists of letters, photographs, and postcards received by way of correspondence between Linda Kearns, former archivist, and Jim G. Dempsey. The photographs and postcards are of soldiers in military dress or uniform. Included are pictures of William Pearson a Guelph native who died in the First World War. Other photographs include civilians, possibly relatives of Mr. Dempsey, and photographs of a pilgrimage he took to the battlefields of the First World War in the 1980s.

The textual components consist of three letters one written by William Pearson and another by a comrade who served with him. A third letter was addressed to Mrs. Pearson by an army chaplain. This letter provided news of her son’s death. Also of interest is a Guelph Evening Mercury Newspaper edition with an article about William Pearson’s death.

There is no further arrangement to these records.