1 volume of the treasurer's book from 1873-1886 from the West Hastings Agricultural Society.
West Hastings Agricultural SocietyFonds consists of Lindstrom's professorial and scholarly research files throughout her career, as well as records documenting her academic activities. Research files pertain to her publications and monographs such as "Defiant Sisters : A Social History of Finnish Immigrant Women in Canada, 1890-1930" (both the English and Finnish editions), and "From Heroes to Enemies : Finns in Canada, 1937-1947," as well as book chapters, articles, papers, presentations and lectures, and her involvement with the National Film Board production "Letters from Karelia," and subsequent research. The research files span the activities of Finnish and Finnish-Canadian organizations across the political spectrum, such as the Finnish Organization of Canada (left wing), and Loyal Finns in Canada (right wing). Records include oral history interviews (audio cassettes and transcripts), research notes, clippings, a significant and extensive number of photograph and letter collections passed down through generations of Finnish Canadians, diaries, correspondence, publication drafts, academic and professorial notes, microfilm of Finnish language newspapers published in Canada and archival records, financial records of Finnish-Canadian organizations such as newspapers and post-World War II relief funding bodies, scrapbooks, photocopies of rare and unusual documents such as two volumes of a Soviet register of Finnish War Crimes, a list of persons found in the mass grave at Karhumaki, and Soviet lists of North American Finns who journeyed to Karelia to help build a socialist utopia there, academic and professorial files, publicity files, files pertaining to her work with the School of Women's Studies, and her own papers as a university student. The fonds also includes letters written by Lindstrom as a newly-arrived teenaged immigrant to Canada to her best friend in Finland; many of these letters were published in Finnish with English translation in 'Letters from an immigrant teenager' in 2012.
Lindström, VarpuFonds consists of records created and maintained by the Tyrconnell Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- Tweedsmuir History, 1854-1961
- Programmes and Reports, 1960-1962
Fonds consists of the official records of Whitby Township, including Council Minutes, 1852-1967; By-laws, 1850-1967; Board and Committee Minutes, 1884-1966; Assessment and Collectors Rolls, 1848-1968; and Clerk-Treasurer's Records, 1837-1967.
Whitby (Ont. : Township)This fonds consists of the official records of Whitby, including Council Minutes, 1855-1960; By-laws, 1855-1966; Board and Committee Minutes, 1861-1954; Assessment and Collectors Rolls, 1855-1960; Board of Health Records 1934-1957; Court Records, 1928-1955.
Whitby (Ont.)Records of the Thunder Bay Co-Operative Dairy, Ltd, which operated from 1928 to 1969.
The records include: the Board of Directors' meeting minutes, which provide detailed accounts of the Dairy's management and operation from its founding in 1928 through its eventual liquidation in 1972; a time book listing employee wages and deductions; a financial journal outlining the Co-Op's final years in production; and a folder containing various news clippings and written notes.
The fonds consists of three books created and compiled by Thomas Preston Hart between 1881 and 1890, related to financial matters concerning his farm/business.
Hart, Thomas PrestonFonds 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.
Head, ThomasThe records include the following series:
3500 negatives of images taken to be used in the book now digitized.
Chapters of the book including the rough research and the submitted chapters to the book.
Copies of photographs .
Administrative records relating to the book's publication.
The fonds consists of legal records related to the pipeline used to convey water to the cheese company, as well as the sale of the factory in 1913.
Spring Cheese Manufacturing CompanyThe Shantz Foundry fonds consists of records pertaining to the P.E. Shantz Preston Agricultural Works (1875-ca. 1895), P.E. Shantz Manufacturer (ca. 1895-ca. 1910), P.E. Shantz Foundry (ca. 1910-ca.1950) and Shantz Foundry Ltd. (ca. 1951-1966). These include account books and ledgers, index books, a letter book, time books, product catalogues, agents' contracts, handbills, price lists, production records, photographs and a trade sign.
P.E. Shantz Preston Agricultural WorksThe fonds consists of one diploma awarded to R.G. Marshall by the West Zorra and Embro Agricultural Society in 1939 for meritorious service to agriculture.
Marshall, Robert HenryThe fonds consists of records related to Dereham Centre Sabbath Sunday School, including annual meeting minutes, as well as list of officers elected, teachers, and students attending the school each year. Likewise, the fonds consists of two financial ledgers related to the operation of the Adamson farm located on Concession 6, Lot 14, Dereham Township.
Adamson, Robert ErnestFonds consists of material created and/or collected by the Halton-Peel Holstein Club. Included are the club's constitution, annual meeting minutes, reports, financial records, receipts & bank statements, membership lists, correspondence, records and photographs pertaining to the Peel Holstein Show, records of a social night, and records created by related organizations including Peel Federation of Agriculture, The Holstein Association of Canada, Ontario Branch, and a publication called "Holstein Heritage: Peel".
As of 1989, the group had members whose postal delivery was for routes in Georgetown, Norval, Orangeville, and Terra Cotta.
Halton-Peel Holstein ClubThe fonds consists of photographic negatives featuring members of the Patteson family. Most of the photographs on the glass plate negatives were taken by Rose MacInnes (nee Patteson) and feature the Pattesons on their estate in Eastwood, Ontario (the former Admiral Henry Vansittart property). The film negatives feature Daisy (Christine Millicent) Moss (nee Patteson) and her son Pat (Thomas) Moss.
It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Glass Negatives - Eastwood
Series 2: Film Negatives - Pat & Daisy Moss
The fonds consist of records related to the activities of the Oxford County Federation of Agriculture. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Newsletters
Series 2: Photographs
Subseries 1: Delegates to Ontario Federation of Agriculture Convention
File 1, 1976
File 2, 1975
File 3, 1982
Subseries 2: Oxford County Federation of Agriculture Events
File 1, 1975
File 2, circa 1975
Subseries 3: A Taste of Oxford
File 1, 1995
File 2, 1996
File 3, 1997
File 4, 1998
Series 3: Documents
File 1, Correspondence 1992- 1994
File 2, Reports 1992 to 1999
File 3, Brochures
File 4, Submissions and Briefs
File 5, Membership
File 6, News Releases and Articles
File 7, Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Resolutions, 1957, 1975-1977, 1993-1994
File 8, Miscellaneous, 1994
Series 4: Ontario Federation of Agriculture Media Award
File 1, Nomination of Elizabeth Payne
Fonds consists of records of the North Norwich Agricultural Society, including a minute book containing lists of directors and executive members, and minutes of regular meetings, committee meetings, and annual meetings; and a catalogue of expenses for agricultural education supplies, such as books and magazines, garden tools, and classroom materials (such as microscopes, petri dishes, incubators, and other materials).
For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+F+1260?SESSIONSEARCH
North Norwich Agricultural SocietyFonds consists of correspondence, tax receipts, pamphlets, and invitations found in a home purchased by Martha Hendriks in 2001. The home is located at 1202 Morton Line, Cavan, Ontario and was owned previously by a farmer named Daniel Nill (1915-[1985]). Included are letters written by Frances [ ], New York, to Daniel Nill between 1933 and 1940. Also included are letters, agreements, pamphlets, etc. associated with John Mason, William Mason, Orlie Mason, and G.A. Mason. These items are dated between 1886 and 1915.
Nill (family)Original manuscript diaries, accounts books and agreements registers created and maintained by Nicholas Carter Brown, a pioneer settler in the Dunboyne area of Malahide Township, in the course of operating a sheep farm.
Fonds includes diaries/ account books for the following periods:
January 1, 1859 - December 31, 1869
January 1, 1870 - December 31, 1871
January 1, 1872 - December 31, 1873
January 1, 1874 - April 30, 1876
May 1, 1876 - December 31, 1877
January 1, 1878 - December 31, 1885
January 1, 1886 - December 31, 1890
January 1, 1891 - December 31, 1895
January 1, 1896 - December 31, 1902
January 1, 1903 - April 30, 1910
Fonds also includes agreements registers for the periods 1870 - 1883 and 1883-1893.
Fonds consists of business records of the Mowat Manufacturing Company, including the letters patent, bylaws, and minutes of the Board of Directors. Most of the records form a single volume, but a few pieces of loose paper are interfiled in the pages of the volume.
Mowat Manufacturing Company