File consists of the military papers of Alfred H.C. Long, 1910-1916. It includes: Certificate of Military Instruction, Infantry Branch, 1910; 46th Regiment, School of Signaling, Certificate of Military Instruction, 28 Apr 1911; Certificate of Military Instruction 24 Jun 1913; 46th Regiment, Certificate of Military Instruction, Field Officer, 1916; Certificate of Military Instruction of Musketry Instruction, 1916; Regimental Fund Account, 136th Durham Overseas Battalion, C. E. F. 1915-1916; Battalion Order # 112. Second page duplicated. Syllabus of training, May 13, 1916 Commanding 136th Durham Overseas Battalion, Port Hope; Militia Orders, 21 May 1910, A. H. C. Long listed, 46th Regiment; Appointments, Promotions and Retirements, Canadian Militia, 1914; Letter to Major A. H. C. Long, junior Major from Lt. Col. R. W. Smart regarding Smart's resignation, 1916.
File consists of a bound, handwritten and date stamped Bank of Toronto Pass Book for the Town of Copper Cliff. This pass book was used for the municipality's Returned Soldier's Entertainment Fund directly after the end of the Second World War. Also included is a paid cheque to Cochrane Dunlop Hardware Limited, dated November 5, 1946, in the amount of $1,196 and signed by the Town Treasurer as well as a Confirmation of Balance and Vouchers from the Bank of Toronto, dated November 30, 1946, with a balance of $113.47 in the account.
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.
Photographs of men and aircraft at Camp Mohawk and Camp Rathbun, Deseronto, Ontario. Include several of crashes and three of Lieutenant Colin Goss Coleridge's funeral on July 26th, 1918. Men (air cadets) identified in the photographs are Paul Townsley and J. Smith. The photograph of J. Smith was taken at Camp Rathbun but sent from Fort Worth, Texas, in January 1918.
File consists of four (4) artifacts related to John Austin's involvement with the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 30, c1980-2000. It includes: (1) 40 years of service to the Legion pin and card; (2) Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 30, Port Hope jacket patches; (3) Royal Canadian Legion 60th Anniversary coaster, 1986.
Austin, JohnFile contains letters and postcards written to female members of the Hall family. Several are from men on active service in the First World War: Private W. J. Davis of 599 Company, Dar es Salaam (of 117 Follis Avenue, Toronto); Private J.H. Whaley, Royal Canadian Dragoons; Private Howard Witheridge, 208 Irish Canadians, Canadian Special Hospital; J Smith of the Imperial Royal Flying Corps in Camp Taliaferro, Texas; One is from Private Jim Anderson who was serving in the Seaforth Highlanders in the Second World War.
File consists of newspaper articles with illustrations from local papers documenting the depositing of the Midland Regiment Colours at St. Mark's Church in Nov 1954.
Loucks, BarbaraFile contains two film reels of the 2nd Battalion, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (Reserve) in training at Minnow Lake in Sudbury, Ontario.
File consists of one (1) copy of "The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie." Port Hope Evening Guide is mentioned several times in chapter 16 "Trial of the Decade, April 1928" (pp. 336-359).
Allan Lane Canada, Penguin Books