Consisting of printed fire insurance plans with handwritten notations, the fonds attests to the activities of the Underwriters’ Survey Bureau and to Charles Goad Company. Originally compiled by mapmakers and leased to insurance companies, who used the information about building sizes and construction material to determine the fire risk and the cost of insurance premiums, the fire insurance plans depict nine (9) municipalities of Northern Ontario: Ansonville (1928), Bruce Mines (1922), Cache Bay (1915), Capreol (1950), Chapleau (1950), Gore Bay (1922), Rainy River (1950), Schreiber (1950), and Thessalon (embracing Nestorville) (1922).

The following information can be found on the plans: the population, housing information such as: the materials used for construction, as well as, information on the power used, water works and alarm systems. Handwritten notes can be found on some of the plans.

This fonds consists of records created or maintained by Samuel Price. Fonds has been divided into the following series:
-Barrister series, 1896.
-Mining Commissioner for Ontario series, 1911.
-Miscellaneous financial records series, 1914-1924.
-Chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario series, 1914-1924.

The fonds consists of 357 file folders of Mel Bartley’s personal files. The files range from mining reports, publications, and claims. There is also an index for the reports, and a mining publications index.

The entire fonds is arranged alphabetically, as one series.

Photographs of logging operations, lumber yards and working men.

Fonds documents the issuing and transfer of Lois Lake Gold Mines Limited stocks, and contains one register.

The fonds consists of 18 volumes of diaries and letter books created by John William Kerr and his son Frederick W. Kerr in the course of their duties as Fisheries Overseers under the Commission of Crown Lands for the Government of Canada. John W. Kerr created the first 15 books, his son Frederick is responsible for the last 3 books. The diaries contain zoological observations and unique information about fishing, people, contraventions of the Fisheries Act, and court trials in the latter half of the 19th century. Receipts for licence fees were sewn into the diaries. These were removed in 1982 and are stored separately in the fonds.

Collection consists of one mining company stock certificate.

The item is a promotional ink blotter for the F. G. Cotter & Co. in Port Hope, 1940.

Fonds documents logging production at a shanty (winter logging camp) near Whitestone, Ontario. Fonds contains one logging record book.

Frederick O. Robinson was born in Port Arthur, Ontario on Aug. 2, 1903. He attended public and high school in Port Arthur and then served his apprenticeship to the machinist trade in the C.N.R. shops. He worked for 25 years as a skilled machinist in the Port Arthur shops of the C.N.R. until his election to the Ontario legislature in 1943. He continued to work as a C.N.R. machinist between sessions of the legislature, and after his election to the office of mayor, he worked in the C.N.R. shops on weekends.

He entered public life in January 1943 when he was elected to the Port Arthur Board of Education. In August of the same year he was elected to the Ontario legislature as C.C.F. member for Port Arthur. He was M.L.A. for Port Arthur until his defeat in 1951. In civic affairs, he remained on the Board of Education until 1946 when he was elected as alderman. In 1949, he became Mayor of Port Arthur; he remained in this post except for 1952 when he was defeated until 1955 when he resigned to become personnel manager for the Public Utilities Commission. He left active political life at this time. He resigned from the Public Utilities Commission in 1966 because of ill health. In July, 1969, he died.

The Frederick O. Robinson fonds comprises 7 feet of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, articles and other material and is contained in seventeen transfer cases. The folder titles in the main are those designated by Mr. Robinson. Some re-arrangement of the material has been effected in order to comply with the folder titles. Since the folders themselves were in no apparent order when .they were donated to the university, the following arrangement was thought to be most suitable for research purposes:
I. Pre-1943 Period
II. Political Affairs (relating to the C.C.F.)
III. The Ontario Legislature and Provincial Affairs, 1943-51
IV. Provincial and Local Affairs.
V. Local and Municipal Affairs.
VI. General
VII. Miscellaneous

The collection consists of geological maps, aerial photographs, and mining and geology publications collected by Fockler during the course of his career as a consulting geologist. The collection also contains material relating to a mineral exploration in northern Quebec that Fockler was involved with in the 1940s.

The collection is arranged into five series: Air photos of northern Ontario and Quebec; Air photos of Ontario highways; Geological maps; Mining and geology publications; New Quebec mineral exploration project.

The photographs are arranged by subject matter and cover activities in and around the town of Deseronto, Ontario. The majority date from the late nineteenth century and many depict the lumber-related industries of the Rathbun Company in Deseronto. There are also photographs of school groups, churches, railways, First World War airfields and portraits of Deseronto citizens.

Fonds documents Craig Campbell’s interest and involvement in the conservation of Canada’s natural heritage. Textual records consist of correspondence related to his research and conservation efforts; correspondence related to his work for CARCS; correspondence with conservation agencies, academics and scientists from various institutions across North America; published and unpublished manuscripts written by Campbell, research materials, field notes, reports, newspaper clippings and photocopies of publications with annotations. Graphic records include photographs, slides, x-rays, and drawings of amphibians, reptiles and observation sites. Cartographic records include diagrams and maps. The fonds is arranged in 5 series as follows: Timber Rattlesnake Records, Hybrid Salamander Records, Salamander Habitat and Breeding Records, Turtle Records, and Natural Heritage Conservation Records.