This fonds consists of materials reflecting the concerns, research and activities of Concerned Farm Women from 1981 to 1988.
It consists of administrative records including documents reflecting the group’s aims and objectives, meeting minutes (primarily 1983), membership lists (1983-1988), pamphlets, newsletters (1982-1988), project activity reports, and correspondence. Scrapbooks and folders of newspaper clippings reflect the group’s activities as well as the financial crisis facing farmers in the 1980s. Two videocassettes also review the history and accomplishments of the organization. Correspondence, conference materials and speech scripts reflect the group’s lobbying efforts. Books, reports, articles and promotional material from other agricultural organizations concerning the financial state of agriculture in Ontario and across North America informed the group’s research and activities. Finally, two books published by the group: (1) The Farmer Takes a Wife: a study by Concerned Farm Women, resulting from a 31-page survey of approximately 600 Bruce and Grey County farm women, and (2) To Have and To Hold: a guide to property and credit law for farm families in Ontario” are included in the fonds.
Fonds consists of annual programmes and Tweedsmuir Histories of the Corinth Women's Institute.
Corinth Women's InstituteFonds consists of the records of the Coulson Women's Institute, including 2 Tweedsmuir histories.
Coulson Women's InstituteFonds consists of records created by the Cowal Women's Institute, including meeting programs and Tweedsmuir Histories.
Cowal Women's InstituteFonds consists of records created by the Craighurst Women's Institute. Fonds includes meeting minutes and a microfilm copy of their Tweedsmuir history.
Craighurst Women's InstituteFonds 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.
The Crawford’s Grove Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the EmpireFonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Crinan Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Minutes series, April 30, 1936-March 20, 1997
-Tweedsmuir History series, 1947-2009
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Crown Hill Women's Institute. The fonds is organized into 5 series:
Tweedsmuir Histories
Minute and Account books
Pamphlets and Publications
Correspondence
Miscellaneous
The fonds consists of a minute and cash book from the Croydon Women’s Institute.
Croydon Women’s InstituteFonds consist of professional freelance photography created by David Hawe.
Fonds consist primarily of 35mm black and white and colour negatives. Printed photography mainly consists of contact images of related negatives.
A large portion of the photography consists of freelance modeling photography and headshots.
Represented personalities include many Toronto-based drag performers, Salah Bachir, Kyle Rae, Ru Paul, Sky Gilbert, Keith Cole, Scott Thompson, Madonna, Enza the Supermodel, Chris Edwards, R.M. Vaughn, and Dini Petty. Many photographs of Woody’s (bar) staff are also included.
Fonds also include photography taken at many events, such as Toronto Pride, plays at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, events at Toronto bars and clubs, drag shows, Mr. Leather competitions, Casey House events, leather parties, coronation of Empress and Emperor of Toronto, Harbourfront Film Festival, Win a Date with a Bartender, Hooker of the Year, Priape Fashion Show, Judy Garland Memorial Bowling League party, Cabbagetown Group Softball League events, Much Music, Unity Party, Halloween at the Masonic Temple, "Cedars" campground opening, among others.
Fonds also include photography for advertisements for Toronto clubs and bars, such as Woody’s, Chaps, Boots, Ciao, Rock ‘n’ roll fag bar, Power (bar), Toolbox (bar), The Barn (bar), Bar 501, Bar 457, among others.
Fonds also include photography conducted for magazines and newspapers, including I.C.E. Magazine, FAB Magazine, XTRA!, Icon Magazine, Points, and Advocate.
Fonds also include photography taken at or for the promotion of fundraisers, such as People With AIDS, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre fundraiser, and MAC Viva Glam Fashion Cares.
Fonds also include some student photography conducted by Hawe during his studies at the Ontario College of Art (OCA).
Fonds also include some personal photography and correspondence with David Hawe’s friends and family.
David HaweThe fonds consists of three series: Delaware Women`s Institute Minute books and Tweedsmuir histories. The third series is a miscellaneous series of information.
Delaware Women's InstituteThe fonds consists of minute and cash books from the Denbigh Women’s Institute. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1: Minutes
Denbigh Women’s InstituteThe photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.
Fonds consists of handwritten notes for Didi Khayatt's doctoral thesis, "Lesbian teachers : an invisible presence," typescript transcripts of interviews with teachers conducted between 1982 and 1985, correspondence with study participants, and an unbound copy of her thesis, August 1991.
Khayatt, DidiThis series consists of committee reports by the Religious Education Program’s committees, of constitutions for the Sisters’ Council, of correspondence to and from the Sisters’ Council, of two newsclippings, and one agenda with hymns and prayers, and correspondence related to the Diocese of London’s 150th anniversary, of the treasurer’s report presented to the Sisters’ Council, of a study on the use of Chapels of Reservation, of membership lists for the Sisters’ Council, of newsletters created by the Council as well as by the Sisters’ Committee of the Essex Deanery, of questionnaires and correspondence related to the planning of the Study Days planned by the Sisters’ Council, and of the minutes, agendas, and surveys and questionnaires to aid event planning during the Sisters’ Council’s meetings.
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)Series contains of bulletins, newsletters, and newspaper clippings discussing the School of Christ program. It also contains a variety of photographs depicting its participants and organizers. There is one audio cassette of Sister Mary Margaret Childs, director of the senior choir, talking about her memories of the program, and one vinyl plaque presented to Sisters Mary Margaret Childs and Maureen Dalton from a group of alumni.
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)The series contains records documenting the various activities of the London Donations Committee. These include charitable donations in Canada and abroad, educational bursaries given predominantly to community members in London and southwestern Ontario, as well as donor awards and recognitions received by the Sisters of St. Joseph. Records include administrative correspondence, annual reports, newsletters, press clippings, a magazine, photographs, certificates, and a plaque.
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada (London, Ont.)This fonds consists of correspondence, notes, speeches, articles, printed material and newspaper clippings. The correspondence is mainly with members of the Feminist Party of Canada (FPC). The remaining correspondence regards the publication of an article. The notes, printed material and newspaper clippings are also related to women and politics. There is a copy of the draft and also a copy of the completed article entitled "Feminist Politics: The Feminist Party of Canada".
Although the papers of this fonds do not reflect all of the professional activities of Dr. Zaborszky, they attest to her research achievements in the area of women and politics, and also to her personal involvement in the FPC.
Zaborszky, Dorothy 1943-1991This fonds consists of letters, manuscripts, articles, poems, addresses, lectures, journals, reports, notes, reviews, invitations, photographs, posters, negatives, drawings, maps, receipts, crafts, electroplates, and other materials relating to Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke and his family. In addition there is substantial material related to his work as Superintendent of the London Asylum for the Insane and to his friends (especially Walt Whitman) and other studies.
Bucke, Richard MauriceFonds consists of the minutes of the Dutton 75 Women's Institute meetings as well as financial information and membership lists.
Dutton 75 Women's Institute