Showing 1031 results

Series consists of textual records such as diaries and correspondence created and or accumulated by Valerie Jackson. Some of the letters and diaries relate to her grandfather Dr. W.J.R Fowler a veterinarian in Guelph. One document is titled “Dr. W.J.R Fowler- a tribute.” Other records pertain to Fowler’s daughter who was Valerie Jackson’s mother such as correspondence.

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.

The collection includes correspondence from every period of Strachan's life, official documents, notes, and writings.

Fonds consists of records relating to three generations of the Cartwright family, their relatives, friends and colleagues. Most prominent are the papers of Mabel Cartwright, which includes correspondence with her family and relatives, diaries, notebooks and photographs.

Correspondence and other records from earlier generations of Cartwrights are included, most from Mabel Cartwright’s parents dating from the late 1860s to the early 1920s. Letters from Mabel Cartwright’s siblings, including Stephen, a missionary in Japan, are included. Financial and legal documents are included from the time Mabel Cartwright lived with her sister Winifred. The fonds also contains material accumulated and written by Hilda Fern Wood about Mabel Cartwright, and some records relating to the Wood family.

The collection contains records pertaining to George Whitaker’s Provostship, as well as his final departure to England. It consists of vital records, correspondence, financial records, newspaper excerpts, tributes, manuscripts related to his theology teaching, and photographs.

The fonds is comprised of material relating to Patterson's teaching activities at Trinity College, including correspondence, manuscripts of his writings and publications, thesis notes, materials for lectures and research materials. The fonds also contains family papers which include material on the people and events of Paris, Ontario, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including records relating to the immigration of Home Children to Canada.

Contains series

1. Correspondence
2. Personal Information
3. Writings and publications
4. Thesis notes
5. Materials for lectures
6. Other research materials
7. Family papers

Collection 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. Most of the collection is housed in a vertical subject filing cabinet in the Reading Room at the Port Hope Archives (a file-listing is available). For more detailed information, please refer to file and item-level descriptions.

This series consists of five volumes collectively entitled The Annals of Guelph compiled by Hugh Douglass that relate to a variety of topics on the history of Guelph.

These volumes cover overlapping time periods. They are not indexed.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence between John Strachan and Bethune. Also included are published inserts, memoranda, sermons and copies of letters.

The collection consists of material related to Young’s academic interest in the Anglican Church in Canada
and its related people, records related to Young’s time as an administrator of Trinity College, and some
material from his personal life. The fonds contains original and copied research material accumulated by
Young from various sources, written by John Strachan, his family and contemporaries. Other research
interests included Bishop Mountain, the Stewart family, and Trinity College. Published and unpublished
manuscripts, Young’s correspondence relating to the administration of Trinity College, and personal
artefacts and photographs, are included.

Series consists of historical files collected and maintained by the Guelph Curling Club. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs of club events and activities and a draft copy of the publication Guelph Curling Club 150 Years 1838-1988. The slides are entitled Curling on the Speed River at Allan's Dam, Guelph and are reproductions of paintings by Evan MacDonald. These records document the history of the club.

Collection contains a variety of maps, plans, and drawings pertaining to the Town and Township of Whitby. Maps and plans have been physically arranged according to map type, including Street and Tourism, Physical, Political, Transit, Historical, and Architectural Drawings.

Series consists of vertical files collected by Verne McIlwraith. Included in this series are newspaper clippings, historical research, reports and biographies related to the history, places and people of Guelph, Wellington County and surrounding areas. These records document the wide range of professional and personal interests of Verne McIlwraith.

These records are arranged alphabetically by subject.

This series consists of sundry material created, collected or maintained by the City of Guelph Board of Education documenting the history of schools in Guelph. Included is a letter from John Galt on education in the City of Guelph; assorted correspondence; a diary of John Sinclair; a lease for the Board's use of Day's Hotel; booklets and essays on the history of the Board and select schools; and historical data files that contain clippings, pamphlets, and other material relating to the history of the Board and its schools in Guelph.

The fonds consists of a letter book and an itemized list of the contents of that letter book. A significant portion of the correspondence is in regard to a letter published in The Globe on 2 February 1875. The fonds also includes a poem titled "College Vagaries."

This collection consists of published and unpublished books, booklets, pamphlets, essays, and other assorted material collected by the Guelph Public Library that document the history of Guelph.

These items are arranged sequentially by an old reference code (P).

Fonds consists mainly of administrative records of the Trinity College Literary Institute, including the Debates and Conversazione Committees. These records show the wide variety of activities in which the Trinity College Literary Institute has traditionally been involved and the large part played by “The Lit” in the life of the College. Annual social events included TCLI dinners with some well-known speakers, as well as the annual formal dance, the Conversazione which began in 1871. Elaborate programs, posters and graphic works were produced to promote and advertise these and other events.

The collection consists of several diaries written during trips to the United States and England during the 1850s and 1860s in search of building funds for Trinity College. From his three trips to the United States in 1852 and 1853 there are five notebooks as well as a letter concerning a resolution towards the endowment of Trinity College. There are 98 Cartes de Visite as well as an extensive diary from his 1864 trip to England.

Contains series:

1. Diaries
2. Cartes de Visite

The fonds consists of the signed agreement between Doctors Geikie and Rolph in 1857 in which they become partners. There is some correspondence and a number of journal articles written by Dr. Geikie on various topics. Many tributes to Dr. Geikie, printed and handwritten, are included.

The fonds contains correspondence, financial records, a letter-book, and diaries of Charles White Mortimer and Arthur Beresford Mortimer.