Series consists of eleven (11) blueprints for "Proposed Alterations to West Primary School;" "Retaining Wall at Port Hope Public School;" "Proposed Wall North Side of Central School," c. 1940s.
The Elgin County Vertical File Collection is comprised of records originating from a database of miscellaneous items inherited from the Elgin County Library which were described at the file or item-level. Some of these records may eventually become part of another fonds or collection, but are currently maintained as part of this collection to enhance accessibility.
Fonds consists of baptisms, 1805, Quarterly Board minutes/financial account book, 1795-1823, of Niagara Methodist Episcopal Circuit (includes Thorold, Beaverdams (Beaverdam), Chippawa, Thirty Mile Creek Church in Clinton Township, Fifty Mile Creek Church, Fort Erie, Lanes Chapel, Red Meeting House in Stamford Township, Warner's Chapel in Niagara Township (now Niagara On The Lake), Stoney Creek).
This fonds comprises documents pertaining to the Belleville Harbour Commission. Folders contain:
two copies of the By-Laws and Regulations of the Board of Harbour Commissioners and the amended Harbour Commissioners Act of 1889 from 1947
documents relating to the appointment of Harry Earle as a member of the Belleville Harbour Commission including the official certification from the Registrar General of Canada with the Great Seal of Canada impressed upon it *newspaper clippings
There are also a number of volumes included in this fonds:
volume containing documents relating to an account with the Mutual Insurance Company of the Victoria District, returns from the post of Belleville, and a series of timber licenses
two volumes of the harbour's imports dating from 1879 to 1931
two volumes of exports dating from 1889 to 1935
two volumes of commodities dating from 1873 to 1930
cash book from the Belleville Harbour with dates ranging from 1891 to 1953
three volumes of account books with Canada and Dominion Sugar Company Limited, National Grocers Sugar Stock, Union Elevator, and St. Lawrence Sugar respectively
Fonds consists of advertisement printing proofs, invoices, handwritten notes, and correspondence originally belonging to William Furby, printer and owner of the Port Hope Gazette, c1830-1850. For more detailed information, please refer to item-level descriptions.
This collection pertains to the steamships, starting in 1866 and continuing in the 21st Century that plied Lakes, Muskoka, Rosseau and Joseph as well as other small lakes in the Muskoka area.
Fonds consists of membership lists of Hamilton West Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (includes Centenary, MacNab, Mount Zion and Main Street West Churches), 1867-1869.
Fonds consists of baptisms, 1835-1854, of Bay of Quinte and Napanee Circuits; Quarterly Board minutes, 1837-1852, of Bay of Quinte Circuit; Quarterly Board minutes, 1843-1869 of Napanee Circuit; and financial records, 1841-1845.
Fonds consists of Quarterly Meeting minutes of Smiths Falls Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (includes Goulbourn and Drummond Wesleyan Methodist New Connexion Circuit {includes Drummond, Goulbourn, and Innisville}, Smiths Falls, Drummond, Ramsay (Almonte), and Port Elmsley), 1845-1870
File 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.
Fonds consists of Patent of Invention and diagram from 1874 and Letters Patent (US) dated 1875 regarding Thomas Head's invention, the Head's Potato Digger.