Collection consists of various materials and documents related to the history of Port Hope, c1910-1985. Please refer to file and item-level descriptions for more detailed information.
Fonds consists of various textual records and objects collected by the Land Registrar of East Durham County, c1950s-1970s. For more detailed information, refer to series-level descriptions.
East Durham County Land Registry OfficeFile consists of one (1) document registered at the registry office for the Port Hope Mechanics Institute. The document outlines the purpose of the Institute and it's chartered members. The members each paid $5.00 and signed their names as members. Some of the legible signatures include: David Smart, H. G. Taylor, J. Galbraith, W. Quay, J. B. Trayes, Duncan Chisholm. Trustees listed on the document: G. A. Stewart., W. Craig, H. M. Rose, F. E. Gandrie, L. Ross, M.P.; W. McKechum, P. T. Killaway, A Preston, ?, R. Nichols, H. G. Taylor, D. Smart.
East Durham County Land Registry OfficeFile consists of two (2) documents related to the Alma of the Sons of the Temperance of Canada West, Division #186, Township of Hope, 1867 and 1873. Each document includes a Form of Notice, Form of Resolution and Form of Decision. Names on the documents include: Richard Boney, John Westlick, Arthur Cleyhom?, J. A. Grimison, Paul Upton Oke, John Oke, James B. McMachon, Edward Brockenshire, Thomas Westlick, William H. Giddy, John W. Peacock, Thomas Wade, Jesse Wood, John Grimison, William Greenaway, William Found, Thomas Grimison and Frank Northcott.
East Durham County Land Registry OfficeCollection consists of various local history information and original documents compiled and collected by Norman Thomas Long over the course of his life living and working in Port Hope, Ontario. For more detailed information, please refer to file and item-level descriptions.
Item is a notice from a commission appointing John Maguire, Edward Budge and George Wilson as License Commissioners for the License District of East Durham, 6 Apr 1887. Removed from "Budge Family" File, Long Cabinets.
File consists of correspondence between Tom Long and W. Arnott Craick, author of "Little Tales of Old Port Hope" from 1964-1966. During this time Peter Schulz of the Port Hope Guide wished to reprint the book. Correspondence concerns the reprinting, receiving permission for reprinting and photograph sources.
Long, Norman ThomasItem is a cookbook entitled "The Mixing Bowl." It was printed in 1931 as a fundraiser for St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. The booklet is 40 pages long and contains recipes and advertising from local Port Hope businesses.
File consists of an essay written by H. R. S. Ryan on the 100th anniversary of the Baldwin Act. The essay was published in "Ontario History" in 1950 under the title "Echoes from the Minute books: Notes on the proceedings of the Board of police of Port Hope, 1834-1849" pages 184-204. The essay details early history of the town and its residents. Footnotes are given to document sources. It also includes the original transcript of the essay by H. R. S. Ryan.
File consists of two (2) copies of "A Community Service of Thanksgiving to Almighty God V-J Day" at the Cenotaph Central Park, Port Hope. Both feature "1945" written on front.
Item is a presentation certificate from the Port Hope Moose Lodge to the Port Hope Hospital. The presentation was made at the Capitol Theatre, March 30, 1938. The cardboard of the back of the frame had the following written on it "Presented January 1938 Oxygen tent presented to the Hospital by Moose L on March 30th at the Capitol Theatre."
Port Hope & District HospitalFile consists of various documents related to St. John's Anglican Church, 1939-1954. It includes: (1) Victory Address presented in the United Church by Rev. J. M. Crisall, Rector of St. John's Anglican Church; (2) Suggestions for the Sanctuary Guild Women's Auxiliary to M. S. C. C., 1939. Belonged to Miss Etta Haultain, Port Hope; (3) Invitation to the service of Institution and Induction of the Reverend Leonard J. Baird, Rector of St. John's Church, Port Hope, 1954; (4) Christmas Cards, St. John's Anglican Church, showing a coloured image of the sanctuary.
Loucks, BarbaraFile consists of three (3) miscellaneous local history documents collected by B. Loucks. It includes: (1) History of the Bluestone, program for the unveiling ceremony of the historic plaque, 17 Aug 1963; (2) Poem from Port Hope Evening Guide about Col. Arthur T.H. Williams. "In Honour of the Hero of Batoche," 1885; (3) Story of Major John W. Foote, V. C., produced by the Durham Riding, Progressive Conservative Association, 1948.
Loucks, BarbaraFonds consists of papers and photographs created by the Port Hope Lions Club from their inception until the present roster, c1931-2006. For more detailed information, refer to series-level descriptions.
Port Hope Lions ClubSeries consists of around three hundred (300) photographs of the Port Hope Lions Club. It features images of Port Hope Lions Club members, events, the building located at 29 Thomas Street, and community events hosted or attended by the Port Hope Lions Club. For more detailed information, please refer to the Port Hope Archives' On-Site Photograph Database.
Port Hope Lions ClubSeries consists of scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings and associated documentation related to the events of the Port Hope Lions Clubs over the years. Photographs have been removed from the original sticky albums and accessioned under the number 2006.24.1. For more detailed information, please refer to file-level descriptions.
Port Hope Lions ClubFile consists of scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence and other ephemera (i.e. ribbons, etc.) related to the events of the Port Hope Lions Club, 1951-1996. Most of the clippings originally appeared in the Port Hope Evening Guide. Photographs have been removed from the original sticky albums and accessioned under the number 2006.24.1.
Port Hope Lions ClubFile consists of scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence and other ephemera related to the events of the Port Hope Lions Club, 1981-2001. Most of the clippings originally appeared in the Port Hope Evening Guide. It also includes information regarding the Lion Recreation Centre located at 29 Thomas Street, including a flyer advertising hall rental. Photographs have been removed from the original sticky albums and accessioned under the number 2006.24.1.
Port Hope Lions ClubFile consists of scrapbook pages with newspaper clippings and other ephemera related to the events, fundraising, anniversaries, and running of the Port Hope Lions Club, 1981-2001. Most of the clippings originally appeared in the Port Hope Evening Guide. Photographs have been removed from the original sticky albums and accessioned under the number 2006.24.1.
Port Hope Lions ClubSeries consists of the membership rosters, invitations to attend, and attendance records of the meetings of the Port Hope Lions Club, 1931-2004. It has been arranged into five (5) files, based on original order. For more detailed information, please refer to the file-level descriptions.
Port Hope & District Historical Society