Accession Number: 89-1046
Description: This item is an account book from a Port Hope business containing entries for socks, hose and mitts, as well as some entries as to who purchased what. The entries start in 1909 and end in 1910.
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1910
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Captain Thomas Gummersall Anderson diaries fonds

Accession Number: 77-1014
Description: This fonds consists of two typescripts of diaries written by Captain Thomas G. Anderson. The first diary consists of reminiscences of his early life, covering the years from 1795 to 1800 (10 pages). The second diary was written while Captain Anderson was the visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Cobourg, Canada West from September to December 1849. It includes an account of a journey to settle an Indian land claim on Lake Superior and Lake Huron (34 pages).
Inclusive Dates: Transcribed [before 1977]
Extent: 44 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: People and places photographic collection

Accession Number: 83-1016
Description: This collection consists of a number of photographs depicting various people such as Queen Victoria, William Lyon Mackenzie King (May 22, 1948 in Ottawa), two brass bands of which one is from Cobourg, Ontario and two photographs of a wood bee at Salem, Ontario, January 25, 1899, photographed by F. B. Jones of the Dominion Photo and View Co., Brighton, Ontario. There are also 4 photographs of unknown people.
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1950
Extent: 10 photographs
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Archives of Ontario Computerized Land Records Index

Accession Number: 80-009
Description: This index consists of computer output microfiches of land records held in Archives of Ontario. The microfiches provide an index to Crown Land Papers, Canada Company Papers, and the Peter Robinson Papers from 1819 to 1830.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 26 Feb. 1979
Extent: 126 fiche
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Bateson family fonds

Accession Number: 89-1025
Description: This fonds consists of records relating to the Bateson family of Cavan Township in the County of Durham. A large portion of the records are debentures showing sale of land to William Bateson and other people. There are three wills; one for Isaac Bateson, one for Ellen Bateson (parents of William Bateson) and one for William Bateson. The fonds also includes some earlier, apparently unrelated records regarding other properties. This fonds is an excellent source of history on the Bateson family.
Inclusive Dates: 1828-1930
Extent: 2 files
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Baulch family fonds

Accession Number: 76-1013
Description: The fonds consists of two ledgers and loose items relating to the business of the Baulch Family: one cash book, business at Hampton, Ontario, 1881-1890; ledger, R. Baulch and Son, Port Hope, 1889-1904 and 1916-1937. The loose items include agreements between Joseph H. Baulch and various others to lease property from Baulch; tax notices and receipts; and a letter from Will Baulch. Also included is one photograph (tintype) of unidentified male.
Inclusive Dates: 1881-1942
Extent: 4 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Alvin Bee account book

Accession Number: 89-1051
Description: This item is an account book of Alvin Bee, Concession 1, Lots 26, 27, 28 of Hope Township, relating to expenditures for his farm. Also included is a 1907 tax notice.
Inclusive Dates: 1907-1912
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: John Bee fonds

Accession Number: 86-028
Description: This fonds consists of day books, account books, miscellaneous invoices, and photographs relating to the John Bee family who operated a saw mill near Port Hope in the 1850's.
Inclusive Dates: 1848-1853
Extent: 12.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Belleville, Ontario: fire insurance plan / Underwriters' Survey Bureau

Accession Number: 76-018
Description: This item is a fire insurance plan for the City of Belleville, February, 1957. It includes a standard key to symbols, special diagrams of school and industrial installations, and a key plan (scale 100':01").
Inclusive Dates: 1957
Extent: 49 sheets plus 8 index sheets
Restrictions: Y No copying without permission of the University Archivist. No reprinting without the permission of the Underwriter's Association.

TITLE: Dr. M.S. Boyle's account book

Accession Number: 89-1020
Description: This item is an account book, covering the period from 1885 to 1894 which belonged to Dr. M.S. Boyle of Bowmanville, Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: 1885-1894
Extent: 1 vol.
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Woman's auxilary monthly meetings

Accession Number: 89-1039
Description: This item contains the minutes of Brighton Women's Auxiliary monthly meetings from 1895 to 1901.
Inclusive Dates: 1895-1901
Extent: 1 book
Restrictions: N

TITLE: David Brown Collection

Accession Number: 98-015
Description: This collection consists of miscellanous ledgers and legal documents of businesses, doctors, etc. in Peterborough, surrounding counties and areas in southern Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: 1826-1967
Extent: 2 m & 1 large folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Quentin Brown fonds

Accession Number: 92-014
Description: This fonds consists of assorted records relating to the international rooms at the University of Pittsburg, research notes and material on Cavan Township in Ontario, programs of the Kawartha Summer Theatre, the history of Fraserville pastoral charge, records relating to James Fallis, anatomy overlays "structures of the head", northern housing committee reports and solar energy newsletters.
Inclusive Dates: 1912-1984
Extent: 13 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Zaccheus Burnham letters of probate of last will and testament fonds

Accession Number: 76-1004
Description: This fonds consists of photocopies of the letters of probate of Last Will and Testament of Zaccheus Burnham including a copy of the will dated June 12, 1856 and codicils to the will dated 1856 and 1857. Also included is a probate of the will dated March 14, 1857. There is certification by W.F. Johnston, notary public, Peterborough, that the foregoing papers are a true copy of the Letters Probate of Zaccheus Burnham dated May 6, 1889.
Inclusive Dates: Photocopied [ca. 1976]
Extent: 15 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Business journals fonds

Accession Number: 88-014
Description: This fonds consists of ledgers, day books and other record books, mostly unidentified as to exact name and location of the business. All were situated in the Peterborough/Cobourg/Norwood/Marmora area.
Inclusive Dates: 1846-1962
Extent: 46 cm
Restrictions: Item #19 is restricted until 2035.

TITLE: Campbell family fonds

Accession Number: 88-017
Description: This fonds consists of five bound volumes relating to activities of the Campbell family of Keene, Ontario. There are ledgers, diaries and a scrapbook which date from 1862 to 1929.
Inclusive Dates: 1862-1929
Extent: 18 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Canada West and Canada. United Counties of Durham and Northumberland Census

Accession Number: 89-001
Description: These census consists of microfilm copies of the Public Archives of Canada decennial and nominal census for Northumberland and Durham Counties from 1851, 1861 and 1871. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 4 Sept. 1969
Extent: 17 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Canada. Census

Accession Number: 83-007
Description: This fonds consists of five microfilm reels of the decennial nominal census, of 1881, of Peterborough, Victoria, Hastings, Durham and Northumberland Counties. This collection includes the census of the towns, villages, and townships of Hastings County (north) and are listed as follows: Marmora Lake, Wollaston, Monteagle, Hershel, Wicklow, McClure, Bangor, Mayo, Carlo, Grimsthorpe, Elzevir, Dungannon, Faraday, Cashel, Limerick, Tudor, Sabine, Airey, Lyell, Murchison and Robinson; also Northumberland County (east), including Cramahe, Colborne (village), Brighton, Brighton (village), Murray, Percy, Seymour, Campbellford (village) and Hastings (village). Included also is Northumberland County (west) encompassing Alnwick, Haldimand, Hamilton, and Cobourg (town); and Peterborough County (east), which includes Ashburnham (village), Norwood (village), Burleigh, Anstruther, Chandos, Harvey, Galway, Cavendish, Belmont, Methuen, Hastings (village), Asphodel, Stanhope, Sherborne, McClintock, Dudley, Dysart, Harcourt, Snowden, Glamorgan, Monmouth, Cardiff, Minden, Douro, Otonabee, and Dummer. Also included is Peterborough County (west), encompassing Peterborough (town), Smith, Monaghan (north), Monaghan (south), and Ennismore; also Durham County (east), which includes Hope, Port Hope (town), Cavan, Manvers, Millbrook (village); also Durham County (west), which includes Darlington, Newcastle (village), Clarke, Cartwright, and Bowmanville (town); also Victoria County (south), which includes Ops, Lindsay (town), Mariposa, Emily, Verulam, Omemee (village), and Bobcaygeon (village); also Victoria County (north), which includes Eldon, Fenelon, Fenelon Falls (village), Carden, Dalton, Bexley, Somerville, Digby, Laxton, Longford, Lutterworth, Hindon, and Anson; also Muskoka, which includes Morrison, Gravenhurst (village), Muskoka, Wood, Medora, Monk, Cardwell, Watt, Conger, Humphrey, Oakley, Ryde, Draper, Bracebridge (village), Macauly, Brunel, Stephenson, Ridout, McLean, Sinclair, Franklin, Proudfoot, Chaffey, Bethune, Perry, McDougall, Cowper, and Foley. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed [ca. 1983]
Extent: 5 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Canada. Census

Accession Number: 86-026
Description: This fonds consists of census records for Victoria, Peterborough, Northumberland and Durham Counties from 1891. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed [ca. 1986]
Extent: 8 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Department of Railways and Canals. Engineer's Report

Accession Number: 72-1003
Description: The fonds consists of a handwritten copy of the Engineer's (Mr. Tom S. Rubidge) report on the prospects for the development of the Trent Canal as an industrial navigation system linking Lakes Huron (through Georgian Bay) and Ontario. The fonds also includes comments on the state of repair of the existing locks, amount of work needed and estimated costs.
Inclusive Dates: 15 Nov. 1887-18 Nov. 1887
Extent: 30 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Canada. Peterborough County Census

Accession Number: 77-029
Description: The microfilms are copies of the decennial nominal census for Peterborough County from 1871. The microfilm also includes census records for parts of Northumberland East, Prince Edward and Hastings Counties. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 15 Dec. 1975
Extent: 3 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cavan Township fonds

Accession Number: 85-006
Description: This fonds consists of voters lists, public school pupils records and an account book, all relating to Cavan Township and in particular, School Section No. 3. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1944
Extent: 12 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Dr. J.W. Clemishaw ledger

Accession Number: 75-008
Description: This item is a ledger of accounts which was kept by Dr. J.W. Clemishaw of Port Hope, Ontario. The entries are by the name of the patient and includes yearly summaries of accounts. There is little description of the nature of the illnesses.
Inclusive Dates: 1879-1882
Extent: 5 cm (1 volume)
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cobourg area broadsides collection

Accession Number: 95-1011
Description: This collection consists of an undated broadside of furniture and house furnishings of Disney Bros., Bowmanville, and an undated broadside of ladies' and children's clothing, Hardy's: The Hewson store in Cobourg, Ontario. It also contains a broadside detailing conditions of sale of the Innes Mill near Grafton dated 1876. With this broadside is an original bill of sale, signed by purchaser George Fowler and dated December 12, 1876.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 1876-191-?]
Extent: 4 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cobourg Foundry fonds

Accession Number: 77-019
Description: This fonds consists of the records of the Cobourg foundry. It includes journals, ledgers, correspondence, accounts, pay lists, bills, receipts, contracts and specifications of jobs done as kept by James Davidson, founder and machine shop operator. There is also some correspondence from A. Munson of Oil Springs, Canada West relating to the oil industry, as well as correspondence from Henry Fowlds with regards to work done and payment of accounts.
Inclusive Dates: 1859-1865
Extent: 61 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cobourg Harbour prints fonds

Accession Number: 91-1013
Description: This fonds consists of two colour prints of Cobourg. One is of the lighthouse, entitled "Light Tower, near Coburg", by W.H. Bartlett and C. Cousen and the other is of Cobourg Harbour, entitled "Coburg", by W.H. Bartlett and R. Wallis.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 188?]
Extent: 2 prints
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cobourg miscellanea fonds

Accession Number: 75-1033
Description: This fonds consists of assorted documents relating to Cobourg and vicinity. It includes marriage certificates, correspondence, indentures, opera house programmes, choral and church programmes, an oil sketch by Alice M. Duncan, and photographs and postcards. It also includes a copy of the "Cobourg World", April 8, 1898 Volume 25, and No. 43.
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1951
Extent: 38 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE Cobourg, Ontario: commemorative ribbons collection

Accession Number: 04-1003
Description: Collection consists of several Cobourg, Ontario commemorative ribbons that celebrate or observe such events as "Hearts of Oak, L.T.B.," Cobourg Old Boy's reunions, the Cobourg Regatta, the Diamond Jubilee, the Civic Tournament, and the Veteran Firemen Semi-Centennial. Numerous other ribbons depict the 207th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, world flags, various sports, Canadian provinces, months of the year, Canadian educational institutions, names of countries, etc.
Inclusive Dates: [188-] - [193-]
Extent: ca. 100 ribbons
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cobourg, Ontario: fire insurance plan / Underwriters' Survey Bureau

Accession Number: 76-002
Description: This item is a bound fire insurance plans of the Town of Cobourg, reprinted March 1946 from a plan dated May 1919. The plans have a key of symbols and the scale varies on individual sheets.
Inclusive Dates: 1946
Extent: 16 sheets plus index
Restrictions: Y No copying without permission of the University Archivist. No reprinting without the permission of the Underwriter's Association.

TITLE: Cobourg-Peterborough Rail Road Company debenture

Accession Number: 70-1006
Description: This item is a debenture-mortgage issued to Samuel Zimmerman, or the holder thereof, and used as evidence in a case involving John Fisken, and the executors of the Company's stock affairs, Wm. Proudfoot and T.G. Ridout, in 1868.
Inclusive Dates: 1 Jan. 1854
Extent: 1 page
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cobourg Post Office register of registered letters

Accession Number: 78-002
Description: This item is a register of registered mail delivered to Cobourg Post Office between 1865 and 1868 showing where mail was mailed from, to whom it was addressed and the date it was delivered.
Inclusive Dates: 1865-1868
Extent: 5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Jean Murray Cole fonds

Accession Number: 99-1000
Description: This fonds consists of research material for the book "South Monaghan: The Garden of Eden" by Jean Murray Cole, 1998. Included are transcripts of interviews, photographs, correspondence, receipts, etc.
Inclusive Dates: [before 1999]
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Thomas B. Collins day book

Accession Number: 76-012
Description: This item is a day book of T.B. Collins. It has daily entries from June 27, 1884 to August 22, 1885 showing the sales of general merchandise, as well as several entries "to cash". From October 1885 to November 1903, entries are in the form of accounts, are not daily, and deal mostly with cash exchanges. Also included are entries relating to mortgages; details of expense accounts for building barns, houses and other buildings and items. In the back of the book, entries are headed "Pump Business:, December 1884-October 1885.
Inclusive Dates: 1884-1903
Extent: 15 cm (1 volume)
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Cramahe Township fonds

Accession Number: 75-1010
Description: This fonds consists of the proceedings of the township annual meeting, including a list of pathmasters for Cramahe Township.
Inclusive Dates: 1 Jan. 1844
Extent: 4 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: G. Wilson Craw collection

Accession Number: 86-003
Description: This collection consists of records collected by G. Wilson Craw such as school histories, Peterborough County; Barnardo's Canadian Homes Almanac 1901; a list of Peterborough Utilities Commissioners 1902-1965; biographies of Peterborough residents; deeds and mortgages; North Monaghan voters list 1883-4; 76 photographs of industries, schools and churches and sporting groups, as well as a history of Springville, North Monaghan. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1818-1965
Extent: 12.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Patrick Daniel collection

Accession Number: 02-018
Description: Collection consists of pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, and government reports regarding agricultural policy, issues, and regulations, especially pertaining to the Durham County region. Subjects include soil conditions, pesticide and herbicide use, etc.
Inclusive Dates: 1984-2000
Extent: 12 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Walter Nichol Davidson family fonds. Additions

Accession Number: 86-015
Description: This addition to the fonds consists of deeds, correspondence, school workbooks and records from a correspondence course offered in 1933-34 by the University of Toronto. There is excellent correspondence relating to the lives of Annie and Daisy Davidson.
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1946
Extent: 36.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Walter Nichol Davidson family fonds

Accession Number: 83-1008
Description: The fonds consists of one photograph depicting the Davidson family having a picnic at a residence in Brighton, Ontario in the late 19th century.
Inclusive Dates: ca. 1890
Extent: 1 photograph
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Deed of sale, Manvers Township

Accession Number: 91-1012
Description: This item is a deed of the sale of land to John Wilson, a yeoman of the Township of Manvers, in the County of Durham.
Inclusive Dates: 1861
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Reverend Lloyd Delaney fonds. Additions

Accession Number: 05-008
Description: Fonds consists of correspondence and research notes created by Rev. Lloyd Delaney for his historical sketches of Gore's Landing & St. George's Church. Also included are typescripts of the diary of Reginald Drayton, artist.
Inclusive Dates: 1945-1961
Extent: 12 cm of textual records; 4 photographs
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Reverend Peter McLaren Duncan fonds

Accession Number: 84-011
Description: This fonds includes correspondence, receipts and other records of Reverend Peter McLaren Duncan, Leonora Duncan, James Duncan, and Annie Duncan. Also included are sermon notes, assessment notices, insurance policies and the marriage register of Colborne Presbyterian Church from 1896 to 1942. The fonds also includes an autograph album of Leonora (Singleton) Duncan, Brighton, Canada West.
Inclusive Dates: 1872-1929
Extent: 30.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Elizabethville School minutes and account book

Accession Number: 89-1045
Description: This item is a record book for accounts and minutes of the school board for the schools near Elizabethville in Hope Township, Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: 1868-1890
Extent: 0.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Department of Lands and Forests. Field Survey Notes

Accession Number: 83-015
Description: The 15 microfilm reels from the Department of Lands and Forests holdings contain field survey notes for most townships in southern Ontario dating from 1784 to 1945. The handwritten guide to the survey notes was prepared by students in a geography course at Trent University.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 1947
Extent: 15 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Port Hope's Fortieth Regiment photographic fonds

Accession Number: 83-1006
Description: This fonds consists of photographs of individual members of the Fortieth Port Hope Regiment from approximately 1885.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 1885]
Extent: 8 photographs
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Fowlds family and business fonds

Accession Number: 72-001
Description: The fonds consists of family and related papers of Henry Fowlds and his family including James S. Fowlds and H.M. Fowlds. It also includes business correspondence, invoices, some journals and cashbooks, mortgages as well as deeds regarding the business of Henry Fowlds, Jas. S. Fowlds and Bros. and H.M. Fowlds.
Inclusive Dates: 1838-1935
Extent: 2.74 m
Restrictions: N

TITLE: George Furby fonds

Accession Number: 89-1026
Description: This fonds consists of correspondence concerning the estate of Mary Blake of Cornwall, England. The records were in the possession of George M. Furby Esq., manager of The Midland Loan and Savings Company in Port Hope, Ontario, who helped to settle her estate.
Inclusive Dates: 1900
Extent: 1 file
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Gaol and court house building committee minutes fonds

Accession Number: 77-1010
Description: This fonds consists of photocopies of the minutes of the gaol and courthouse building committee, from 1828 to 1831, at Amherst in Hamilton Township, Newcastle District.
Inclusive Dates: Photocopied [ca. 1977]
Extent: 22 pages
Restrictions: The copies may not be reproduced for any other purpose other than personal research without the consent of the Archives of Ontario.

TITLE: Gaol and court house drawings fonds

Accession Number: 01-1005
Description: Fonds consists of two hand-sewn booklets, each with five original architectural drawings of the "Hamilton District of Newcastle" gaol and court house. Each sheet has a title depicting the section of the building drawn, i.e., "Ground plan of a court house and gaol to be built at Hamilton district of Newcastle as proposed by Archibald Fraser." All sheets are signed by Archibald Fraser and are undated. Some of the sheets are coloured.
Inclusive Dates: (1829?)
Extent: 2 items (10 p.)
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Grafton Womans Missionary Society

Accession Number: 89-1040
Description: This item is an account book kept by the Grafton Woman's Missionary Society between 1911 and 1926. The Society kept track of expenses, membership and profits. The book has members names and what they paid in membership plus donations from members who were unable to attend meetings. There is also a Treasurer's quarterly report booklet which can be found between the pages of the account book.
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1926
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Dr. Edwin C. Guillet fonds

Accession Number: 74-003
Description: This fonds consists of the original and collected papers of E.C. Guillet, relating to his works and research on the Trent Valley/Peterborough/Kawartha area. Included is correspondence, primarily with George M. Douglas and Helen Marryat; maps (photocopies); newspaper articles regarding above area; collected manuscripts of historical authors; photographs; and Guillet's own unpublished manuscript of Canadian Literary Pioneers.
Inclusive Dates: 1632-1970
Extent: 45 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Gummed Address Company fonds

Accession Number: 89-1044
Description: This fonds consists of coupons from the Gummed Address Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Inclusive Dates: 1892
Extent: 0.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Hastings, Ontario Tanners softball team scorecard

Accession Number: 05-1012
Description: Item is a scorecard for the Hastings, Ontario Tanners softball team, dated 17 September 1934.
Inclusive Dates: 1934
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Public school daily register for recording the attendence of pupils

Accession Number: 91-1023
Description: This item is a Public School Daily Register folder dated 1895 for Public School #3 from Camborne in Hamilton Township. It includes an attendance record for January, 1897, along with a report of number of male and female students in December, 1896. The register folder spells out in some detail the subject requirements for the various grades.
Inclusive Dates: 1896-1897
Extent: 1 booklet
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Church of England in Canada : general board of religious education

Accession Number: 89-1042
Description: This item is a certificate from the St. John's Church of England in Port Hope to Doris M. Hancock for completing part one of the first year of the standard teacher training course.
Inclusive Dates: July 1927
Extent: 1 inch
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Miscellanea photographic collection

Accession Number: 91-1025
Description: This collection consists of a number of photographs which include John Butcher, sexton of St. John's Church in Peterborough. There is one photograph of his family outside their home as well as one photograph of John at age 34. There are also a number of photographs of the Hastings Lock, Healey's Falls and steam logging and boat with log boom. There is also one photograph of William Dawson's house in South Monaghan from 1910; a photograph of "Strathormond" in Peterborough and the Champion soccer team of Fairview School from around the 1970's.
Inclusive Dates: 1884-1979 ; (predominant 1884-1910)
Extent: 14 photos
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Haldimand Township property documents collection

Accession Number: 04-1002
Description: Fonds consists of Haldimand Township property documents dated 1863-1891. Subjects include Jay Ketchum, William Matthews, James Thomas Johnson, Archibald Campbell, Donald C. Matthews, William H. Johnson, Joseph Keeler, William Maxwell, David [P--], and Thomas Kelso. Also included are estate documents relating to Mary Jane Cowie, 1932, and miscellaneous receipts.
Inclusive Dates: 1863-1933
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Haliburton, Kawartha & Pine Ridge District Health Council fonds

Accession Number: 04-009
Description: Fonds consists of reports, directional plans, reviews, and proceedings of the Haliburton, Kawartha & Pine Ridge District Health Council (1989-1998). Also included are some meeting minutes of the Well-Being in the Rural Community Task (1995-1996); the Ontario Health Survey Liaison Group (1991-1992); the Creating a Future that Works Healthy Community Group (1994-1995); the District Health Council/Trent Conservation Coalition GIS Meeting with Stanhope Township (1996-1997); the District Health Council/Trent Conservation Coalition/GIS Project Intensification Study Technical Committee (1995-1996); the GIS Technical Committee (1997); and the GIS Planning Task Force (1995-1996).
Inclusive Dates: 1989-1998
Extent: 30 cm of textual records; 4 computer disks
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Owen Hoey fonds

Accession Number: 77-1012
Description: The fonds consists of the deeds and other land records relating to property in Seymour Township.
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1880
Extent: 2 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Hope Township. Ontario survey records fonds

Accession Number: 96-1003
Description: This fonds consists of one 1850 notebook entitled "J.K. Roche's Field Notes, Port Hope" which contains survey notes on properties in Port Hope, Canada West, and which belonged to the estate of John D. Smith. There are also two survey documents describing Lot 3, Concession 1 in Hope Township which is signed by John K. Roche and is dated July 20, 1844, and one which is signed by Geo. A. Stewart, Ward, and is undated. Also included in the fonds are three unidentified and undated school building architectural drawings.
Inclusive Dates: 1844-1850 1886
Extent: 6 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Dr. John Hutchison birth register

Accession Number: 70-1007
Description: This item is a photocopy of Dr. Hutchison's birth register of his patients, which he kept during his practice in Port Hope, Cobourg and Peterborough. It is taken from the doctor's lecture note-book, from his days as a medical student in Glasgow (1815). The birth register contains births from 1817 to 1846.
Inclusive Dates: Photocopied [before 1970]
Extent: 36 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Independent Order of Foresters, Court no. 15, fonds

Accession Number: 74-019
Description: The fonds is comprised of one volume which contains Roll Book of Members, dated April 19, 1886, and Minutes of Regular Meetings of Court # 15, from September 1, 1891 to March 17, 1896 of the Independent Order of Foresters from Cobourg, Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: 1886-1896
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: William H. Ives letter book

Accession Number: 75-009
Description: This item is a letter book related to carpentry, contracting and building activities in the Colborne, Ontario, area. It contains some interesting material on house construction in terms of methods and materials. It also contains some information on Colborne area churches. The letter book has a partial index to the correspondence of William Ives.
Inclusive Dates: 1894-1899
Extent: 5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: A. Jeffrey & Son fonds

Accession Number: 88-018
Description: This fonds consists of one ledger and one letter book of A. Jeffrey & Son of Cobourg, Canada West and Ontario. These are excellent records of who supplied goods to merchants in Canada West and how they were shipped.
Inclusive Dates: 1861-1869
Extent: 13 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Kawartha Rail-Trail collection

Accession Number: 97-1010
Description: This collection consists of a covering letter providing some historical background of the Rail Trail movement, a bibliography on the subject, two issues of the organization's periodical, a map of Southern Ontario called "Trails for Today and Tomorrow" showing proposed trails and green-ways, and a folder outlining Kawartha Rail Trails.
Inclusive Dates: 1991-1995
Extent: 6 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Kerr family fonds

Accession Number: 82-021
Description: The fonds has been divided into three general series. Series A consists of business and legal papers of the Kerr and Kerr Law firm which was run by William Kerr and his son William F. Kerr. Included in this series are many individual case files. Series B consists of the papers of Victoria College which was located in Cobourg, Ontario. Included in this series are papers dealing with the large land holdings of the College, historical documents relating to the College's early beginnings and the land deals which allowed it to expand within the town of Cobourg and Haldimand Township, as well as the papers of the officers involved in the negotiations and the the final move of the College to Toronto at the end of the nineteenth century. Series C consists of the personal papers and business correspondence and documents of John W. Kerr, Senator William Kerr's brother, and also a Lawyer in Cobourg, Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1926
Extent: 1.8 m
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Lakeland Kennels fonds

Accession Number: 97-1021
Description: This fonds consists of two items: a poster with white and red lettering on a blue background, advertising English Bulldog puppies for sale at Lakeland Kennels in Bewdley, Ontario, proprietors H.J. and Mrs. Goss; and a 1948 certificate naming "Lakeland Lucky Ace" a champion, by the Canadian Kennel Club.
Inclusive Dates: [1948]
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Land documents collection. Additions

Accession Number: 97-1027
Description: This collection consists of the following documents: a deed from Gilbert Bogart and Cornelius Van Horn to Gilbert A. Clapp, Adolphustown Township, 1827; deed from Azel Hawkins to John Brown, Hope, 1830; deed from Luke Bedford to John Brown, Hope, 1830; deed from John Megrath to John Donaldson, Otonabee, 1836; deed from Joseph Clarke to John Brown, Hope, 1838; deed from John Potter to Philip Potter, Darlington, 1840; deed from John Kennedy to James Crofts Kennedy, Port Hope, 1864; conditions of sale document re Alexander Lackie, Millbrook, with poster attached, 1887. The John Brown mentioned in three of the documents was an important merchant in Port Hope and a member of the Assembly of Upper Canada.
Inclusive Dates: 1827-1887
Extent: 8 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Land Records Collection

Accession Number: 80-012
Description: This collection consists of deeds, mortgages, leases, and an account sheet, 1864, for the Townships of Dummer, Burleigh and Anstruther.
Inclusive Dates: 1842-1911
Extent: 5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: John Langton fonds

Accession Number: 92-1003
Description: This fonds consists of six photographs of "Blyth", the home of John Langton and his family. The photos were taken in 1911 and 1912. The home, which has since been demolished, was close to Fenelon Falls on Sturgeon Lake. The people in the photographs are not identified. Written on an envelope, included with the photographs, is "1911 & 1912. Old photos of "Blyth" Given to M. McCulloch by Mrs. [Frances] George Douglas."
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1912
Extent: 6 Photographs
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Marriage certificate of Henry and Hannah Hoag

Accession Number: 89-1006
Description: This item is the marriage certificate of Henry Lapp of Baltimore, Canada West, and Hannah Hoag of Ausable who were married before the religious society of Friends at Westlake on April 27, 1848.
Inclusive Dates: 27 April 1848
Extent: 1 page
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Marriage documents collection

Accession Number: 97-1012
Description: This collection consists of two marriage certificates. One is a handwritten certificate documenting the marriage of Charles Luduc and Sarah Walton, officiated by Pastor Michael [Tunlin], and dated 21 January 1968 at Cobourg. The other is a standard printed certificate, dated 28 February 1880 in Peterborough, and documenting the marriage of William Storms and Emma Preston. There is one family name in common on the two documents: Preston.
Inclusive Dates: 1868 1880
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Helen Marryat fonds

Accession Number: 69-001
Description: The fonds consists mostly of Helen Marryat's (nee Helen Fowlds) personal experiences as a nurse in World War I, and her activities as a local historian. There are clippings of her articles in local newspapers, historical maps (drawn by Gerald Marryat) and other materials relating to settlement of Hastings and district such as education and nursing. Also included are the correspondence and photograph collections of her brothers, Donald and Eric (mostly from World War I), and material on Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), navy captain and novelist.
Inclusive Dates: 4 Feb. 1912-21 Nov. 1964
Extent: 1.7 m
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Lieutenant W.E. Massey-Cooke fonds

Accession Number: 80-003
Description: The fonds consists of concert and theatre programs from Millbrook, Ontario; World War I materials including prisoner-of-war post cards, and photographs; and theatre programs, menus and other material relating to entertainments which allied prisoners in German war camps devised for their own amusement and which were collected by Lieutenant W.E. Massey-Cooke.
Inclusive Dates: 1914-1952
Extent: 6 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Eliza Jane (Hughes) McAlpine fonds

Accession Number: 97-1037
Description: This fonds consists of a two-volume biography of Eliza Jane (Hughes) McAlpine, 1854-1938, written by her grandson, Wallace McAlpine, fifty years after her death. The biography contains the Hughes family history from the Napoleonic era, follows Eliza's parents to Canada in the 1840's, describes the marriages of her siblings, and gives a fine sense of life in Durham County in the early years of Canada's nationhood. Eliza's battle with spinal meningitis is recounted. The volumes trace the events, joys, and sorrows of the sizeable Hughes family, the accomplishments of Eliza's husband, Dr. John McAlpine, and the experiences with horses and subsequently automobiles. The extraordinary impact of Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" is described. The famous Sir Sam Hughes was Eliza's brother and some of his exploits are described. Eliza's tour of Europe is described as it took place just before the outbreak of World War I. Lt. A.A. MacLeod's story is told. There is an account of Lt. Col. Cyril D.H. McAlpine's fateful expedition in the Arctic; a biographical sketch of J.W.L. Foster who painted a portrait of Eliza; an account of M.P. Tom Stinson's visits with Eliza; Eliza's disgust with Vicki Baum; her pleasure in talking with Chief Paudash; and finally her death and its aftermath. The volumes provide a wide, varied sketch of the times in which the events transpire. Attached to the pages within the volumes are approximately 30 photographs, most of which are portraits, and are both in black and white, and colour.
Inclusive Dates: [1988]
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Norman R. McBain collection

Accession Number: 97-1018
Description: This collection consists of a number of articles written by Norman McBain about familes in Cavan and about topics of interest in the Cavan area, i.e. inns, taxes, schools, etc. It also includes the following: an article by E.S. Clarry on an 1821 petition to the King regarding voting rights; a bylaw re taverns; the history of Fairmount Church and Methodist givings; an 1896 ballot for Cavan officers; a clipping re George Berry; a list of Overseers of Highways, fence viewers, etc.; an audited financial statement of Cavan for 1875; a newspaper report of Cavan Council business; an invoice re sidewalks; notes on Cavan town hall; and several pages of original hand-written notes re persons holding various offices in Cavan. Also included are copies of clippings re Cavan Blazers, school graduation results, etc.
Inclusive Dates: 1876 [198-?]
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Norman R. McBain manuscript

Accession Number: 97-1019
Description: This 73-page typewritten manuscript is an anecdotal record of the information McBain amassed about the properties in northeast Cavan Township. It includes a record of the hamlet of Springville west of the Cavan-Monaghan boundary and of Fairmount (formerly Morrow), a crossroads on the 12th Line, and references to Ida and Mount Pleasant on the middle road. There are in-depth references to properties and families on the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th lines east of the middle road to the Monaghan boundary.
Inclusive Dates: 1985
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Alexander McIntosh fonds

Accession Number: 89-1024
Description: This fonds consists of legal documents which are mostly protests against Alexander McIntosh for promissory notes that were not honored. The protesters are local Peterborough businesses and banks. There are also by-laws and other documents of a legal nature from North Monaghan township including some information on School Sections Nos. 1-4 and a class list for School Section No. 3.
Inclusive Dates: 1867-1899
Extent: 1 file
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society fonds

Accession Number: 95-002
Description: This fonds consists of research material, mostly in copy form, created during the writing of "This Green and Pleasant Land."
Inclusive Dates: 1940-1992
Extent: 60 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society fonds. Additions

Accession Number: 01-006
Description: Fonds consists of records relating to the Millbrook, Ontario and Cavan, Ontario area. Included are photographs, photocopies of newspaper clippings and articles, and scrapbooks. Several items pertain to St. Andrews United Church, Millbrook.
Inclusive Dates: 1898-1980
Extent: 14 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Millbrook and Cavan Township fonds

Accession Number: 74-021
Description: This fonds is a small collection of historical information on the people, places, mills, organizations in Cavan Township and the Village of Millbrook. Included are reminiscences from pioneer descendants, essays on the Cavan Blazers (an Orange vigilante group), early mills, prominent pioneer citizens and local legends.
Inclusive Dates: [between 1920 and 1940]
Extent: 3 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Millbrook baseball team and Millbrook band photographs

Accession Number: 99-1002
Description: These photographs are of the Millbrook Presbyterian Church baseball team, 1908-1911, and the Millbrook band, July 12, 1910.
Inclusive Dates: [1999]
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Millbrook lacrosse team and Millbrook cenotaph fonds

Accession Number: 91-1030
Description: This fonds consists of a dedication program for the cenotaph honouring the heros of the Great War (World War I) in Millbrook on June 23, 1921. There is also a photograph of the Millbrook Lacrosse Team of 1881 who were the Champions of Central Ontario. The photograph has a list of names affixed to the back of it.
Inclusive Dates: 1881, 23 June 1921
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Port Hope ledgers fonds

Accession Number: 89-1033
Description: This fonds contains two ledgers. One ledger apparently belonged to a person or business in the Port Hope area. The other ledger deals with a sale by Mrs. Brock and Mrs. Davy's from March 31, 1925.
Inclusive Dates: 1914-1925
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Miscellaneous legal documents collection

Accession Number: 89-007
Description: This collection consists of two legal documents. One is written on parchment, dated May 6, 1647 and written in German. The second document is dated December 11, 1806 and appoints 16 men as Justices of the Peace for the District of Newcastle. It is signed by Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at York.
Inclusive Dates: 6 May 1647; 11 Dec. 1806
Extent: 2 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Miscellaneous political document collection

Accession Number: 91-1027
Description: This collection consists of a reprint of E. (Elias) Burnham's address to electors in 1844; a Township of Otonabee Treasurer's report from 1877; and an address in support Liberal Candidate, Fraser, of Brighton, Ontario in 1926.
Inclusive Dates: 1844, 1877, 1926
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Moscrip, Allan & Company ledger

Accession Number: 01-1022
Description: Fonds consists of one ledger identified as having belonged to Moscrip, Allan & Company. The business sold hardware, machinery, and farm equipment, and repaired same. Some customers were contractors, blacksmiths, wagoners; addresses of customers were Hamilton Township, Cobourg, Oshawa, Peterborough, Port Hope, and Bowmanville. Some business was carried on with schooners. Other customers included Dr. Gilchrist; Thomas Trail [Traill]; Cobourg-Peterborough Distillery; Ontario Distillery; Cobourg, Peterborough & Marmora Railway and Mining Co.; R.A. Waddell, Sherriff; and merchants and farmers. Accounts for 1867 listed Trustees of Common Schools with charges for two school bells. The ledger includes an index.
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1867
Extent: 1 cm of textual records
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Extracts from the statutes of Canada and the by-Laws of the Municipality of Halidmand

Accession Number: 89-1009
Description: This item is broadside containing information about the By-Laws of the Municipality of Haldimand for the information of poundkeepers.
Inclusive Dates: [before 1940]
Extent: 1 folder
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Neads family photograph album

Accession Number: 75-012
Description: This item is a family photograph album inscribed "Presented to Miss Neads by the Presbyterian Church, Bowmanville for services rendered as organist, August 9, 1876". It contains photographs of people who are mostly unidentified and one tintype.
Inclusive Dates: [between 1861 and 1880]
Extent: 5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Upper Canada. Newcastle District. Assessment and census rolls, pollbooks and voter's lists

Accession Number: 77-030
Description: The microfilms are copies of assessment and census rolls, 1803-1850, voter's lists, 1854, and poll books, 1816, 1820, 1824 for the Newcastle District. Area covered includes various townships in the present-day counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Durham and Victoria. The townships of Hamilton and Haldimand were not filmed. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 24 Jan. 1957
Extent: 11 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Newcastle District assessment records fonds

Accession Number: 84-021
Description: This fonds consists of assessment records and lists of inhabitants for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham in the District of Newcastle. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1802-1843
Extent: 12.7 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Nimmo family fonds

Accession Number: 89-1023
Description: This fonds consists of three notebooks which belonged to various members of the Nimmo family. The notebook belonging to Robert Davidson Nimmo holds accounts from 1860 to 1865. The notebook belonging to T.J. Nimmo contains recipes for tanning and taxidermy, circa 1893. There is an account book belonging to Mrs. R. Nimmo dating from 1898 to 1906 and a diary of A.R.M. Nimmo from 1908.
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1908
Extent: 3 vols
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Northumberland and Durham Counties council / Huston Photographer Cobourg, Ont.

Accession Number: 95-1012
Description: This item is a photograph of the Council members of Northumberland and Durham county from 1907. The photograph also shows counties' gaol, municipal and counties' buildings, and house of refuge. The name "B.K. Van Buren" is taped on the bottom.
Inclusive Dates: 1907
Extent: 1 photo
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Arthur T. Ogilvy letter book

Accession Number: 89-1037
Description: This item is a letter book containing copies of letters from Arthur T. Ogilvy, a Toronto businessman, to businessmen in the Port Hope and Peterborough area, as well as family. Most of the correspondence concerns properties, deeds and mortgages in those areas
Inclusive Dates: 1882-1888
Extent: 1 file
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Horses for sale broadside

Accession Number: 89-1043
Description: This item is a broadside advertising Horses for Sale by the Patterson Brothers of Millbrook, Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 189?]
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Chief George Paudash papers

Accession Number: 02-1003
Description: Microfilm consists of one 16 mm reel of records collected by Chief George Paudash of the Hiawatha reserve at Rice Lake, Ontario. Included on the reel are the following: Letterbook, 1825-1842; Band Council Minutes, 1834-1848; Peter Jones Entry Book, 1831-1848 (includes band council minutes, correspondence, addresses, and petitions); and Band Council Minutes and Correspondence, 1842-1867. The reel is Series A - Vol. 1011, T-1456.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 1981
Extent: 1 microfilm reel
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Pengelley family fonds

Accession Number: 70-001
Description: The fonds consists of the diaries of Harriet Pengelley (1835-1836), Robert Pengelley (1835), and E.A. Marquette Pengelley (1940-1941); correspondence; sketchbooks (1829-1830); drawings; and photographs. In 1994, an addition was made to the fonds which included a photocopy of a diary of Robert Pengelley (1837-1840) and textual records regarding the Pengelley family.
Inclusive Dates: 1829-1840 1940-1941
Extent: 20 cm (1 volume)
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Peterborough and Northumberland Counties General Map Collection

Accession Number: 91-1018
Description: This collection consists of 3 maps. One map shows a portion of Northumberland County showing Hope and Emily Townships on the west and Murray and Methuen Townships on the east from the 1830s. Another map shows a portion of Peterborough County, from 1897, showing North Monaghan Township to Belmont Township on the south and Harvey to Methuen Townships on the north. Another map is an original 1897 Peterborough County map.
Inclusive Dates: 1830-1897
Extent: 3 maps
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Port Hope miscellanea fonds

Accession Number: 75-1031
Description: The fonds consists of a collection of postcards, letters and photographs relating to people and events in Port Hope and vicinity (up to and including Bewdley and Bailieboro); including correspondence to Henry White.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 1850-1952]
Extent: 32 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Port Hope letters, papers and documents fonds

Accession Number: 75-1032
Description: This fonds is similar to Port Hope miscellanea fonds with correspondence, bills, receipts, promissory notes, area railways and transportation, political advertisements, Ontario Lacrosse Association Certificate, one letter of Clifford Sifton, military material, summons, writs, some Thomas Benson correspondence, municipal records, records relating to Vincent Massey, and records relating to Frederick Thompson.
Inclusive Dates: 1821-1928
Extent: 96 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Port Hope, Ontario: fire insurance plan / Underwriters' Survey Bureau

Accession Number: 76-007
Description: This item is a fire insurance plan of the town of Port Hope dated December 1955. It includes a standard key of signs and the scale varies on individual sheets.
Inclusive Dates: 1955
Extent: 28 sheets plus index
Restrictions: Y No copying without permission of the University Archivist. No reprinting without the permission of the Underwriter's Association.

TITLE: Meeting of the Delegates from the several Presbyterian...

Accession Number: 84-009
Description: This broadside addresses the resolutions as upheld by the authority of the Church of Scotland as prior to the Act of Union and objected to the recognition and exclusive rights of the Church of England in Canada.
Inclusive Dates: 1837
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Richard Prettie estate journal

Accession Number: 01-1020
Description: Fonds consists of one Order Book from the estate of Richard Prettie, [Vernonville, Ontario], listing the auction sale dispersal of the household. The name "Stanley McBride, Centreton, Ontario" is found on the fly leaf. Several items listed as sold in the estate auction relate to farming.
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1911
Extent: 1 cm of textual records
Restrictions: N 

TITLE: John E. Proctor fonds

Accession Number: 91-1022
Description: This fonds consists of documents, from 1869 to 1902, including sale of timber receipts, deeds of land and quit claims of John E. Proctor of Brighton, Ontario.
Inclusive Dates: 1869-1902
Extent: 5 documents
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Raper family fonds

Accession Number: 01-1009
Description: Fonds consists of four funeral notices. The first is of Eliza Ann Raper, wife of William Raper, who died in Millbrook, Ontario, 5 September 1890; the second, of Ann Jane Killenbeck, wife of Wm. H. Russell, who died in Millbrook, 4 August 1892; the third, of Mary Elizabeth Killingbeck, wife of Wm. Raper, who died in Township of Cavan, 18 August 1895; and the fourth, of Maria Richardson, wife of John Richardson, who died in Toronto, 28 November 1898, funeral at the residence of her brother, Wm. Raper, Millbrook.
Inclusive Dates: 1890-1898
Extent: 4 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Ice on Rice Lake fonds

Accession Number: 89-1070
Description: This fonds consists of an article entitled "Ice on Rice Lake" which was written in 1985 for the "Trent Alumnus" magazine. Also included in the fonds is a photocopy of the September, 1858 issue of "The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art" entitled "Ice Phenomena, from Observations on Rice Lake" by J.H. Dumble. An original copy of "The Canadian Journal" from June 1855 is included in the fonds. It has an article entitled "On the Action of Ice Upon the Bridge at Rice Lake" by T.C. Clarke and two copies of an article from the "Arctic" journal in 1992 entitled "J.B. Tyrell and D.H. Dumble on Lake Ice".
Inclusive Dates: 1855; 1858; 1985
Extent: 0.5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Aureen Richardson fonds

Accession Number: 02-004
Description: Fonds consists of photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings related to Aureen Richardson and her family, and to her genealogical research and historical research on events and people in the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham and Hastings County.
Inclusive Dates: 1811-2000
Extent: 3.5 m of textual records and other materials
Restrictions: N 

TITLE: Henry Ruttan report

Accession Number: 92-1000
Description: This item is a photocopy of an 1840 report written by Henry Ruttan, Sheriff of Newcastle District, as a response to the circular letter of Lord Sydenham. Discussed in the letter are the militia, the roads and other internal improvements, the land granting system, the state of education; the (projected) union of the two provinces and responsible government.
Inclusive Dates: Photocopied [between 1990 and 1992]
Extent: 113 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Seymour Township fonds

Accession Number: 75-1009
Description: This fonds consists of a letter by Henry Rowed, census enumerator, to Thomas Ayre, census commissioner for United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, relating to physical characteristics and economic outlook of Seymour Township. There is reference made on the effect of repeal of British corn laws upon winter wheat culture in the township.
Inclusive Dates: 3 Jan. 1852
Extent: 4 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Seth Soper Smith fonds

Accession Number: 76-041
Description: The fonds consists of three volumes detailing cases handled by Smith plus his accounts. The docket book contains details of estates administration including those of H.H. Burnham and Mary Tuer, railway right-of-way and various other cases from 1911 to 1918, and it includes an index. There is also a cash book and an account book from 1917 to 1922.
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1922
Extent: 30 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Millbrook storefront photograph

Accession Number: 89-1057
Description: This item is a photograph of two people standing in front of a Millbrook Storefront. On the back of the photograph is written: To Miss Allen, Sharbot Lake. From Mr & Mrs. W.J.E. Gillatt, Millbrook.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 188?]
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Frederick Thompson fonds

Accession Number: 75-1027
Description: This fonds consists of statements of accounts, bills, and receipts. It also includes assessment notices, tax notices and some miscellaneous papers. The fonds contains a recipe for a diptheria cure.
Inclusive Dates: 1854-1892 1930
Extent: 73 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Throop fonds

Accession Number: 89-1027
Description: This fonds contains a black and white photograph of Cyris T. Throop and a ticket to the Port Hope Skating Rink with Charles Throop as the manager.
Inclusive Dates: 1866
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Town sketches collection

Accession Number: 95-1017
Description: This collection consists of two photographs and five prints of various towns. The two photographs are of Port Hope and are hand-coloured. One photograph (item #1) is of Trinity College School before the fire. The other photograph (item #2) is framed and matted. It is of Port Hope's harbour taken from the western hill. There is one coloured reproduction print (item #3) of Port Hope which is matted and framed. This print was presented by Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Lewis to Trent University on the occasion of the opening of Bata Library. There is one print (item #4) of Lindsay which was produced in 1882. Another print (item #5) is entitled "Hastings on the Trent, Ont." and was drawn by Rev. M.A. Farrar and lithograohed by Brown and Bautz. Item #6 is a framed black and white photograph of an 1832 pencil sketch of Government House in Peterborough which was drawn by Meary Sanford. The last print (item #7) is a framed coloured reproduction print of York from Gibralter Point from 1828.
Inclusive Dates: [ca. 1828-1900]
Extent: 7 items
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Trent Valley Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited fonds

Accession Number: 81-015
Description: This fonds consists of a 263 page scrapbook of invoices and accounts relating to the Trent Valley Woollen Manufacturing Company Limited. It also includes correspondence of the Company from 1906 to 1910.
Inclusive Dates: 1906-1910
Extent: 253 pages
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Tuer family fonds

Accession Number: 90-006
Description: This fonds consists of the Tuer family records. It includes family photographs and correspondence; estate records (including the "Kilshaw" records); last will and testament of Thomas Tuer 1873; music examination records of Mary Tuer; and teaching certificates of Margaret Tuer 1899-1918.
Inclusive Dates: 1855-1956
Extent: 30 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Dr. Henry Allan Turner fonds

Accession Number: 90-014
Description: This fonds consists of records relating to the professional and personal lives of Dr. Henry Turner (Sr.) and Dr. Henry A. Turner (Jr.), both medical doctors of the Millbrook area. The medical publications, prescription day books, office records, customer account books, transaction day books, stock books, business and domestic records and invoices, medical x-rays, and correspondence depict the lives of each man respectively, spanning the years 1872 to 1936. Also included are personal and business-related records of Alice Turner, nurse, daughter of H.A. Turner (Sr.). A Farmers and Business Directory for Peterborough and the United Counties has been removed to the Trent Collection and catalogued in TOPCAT.
Inclusive Dates: 1872-1936
Extent: 5 m
Restrictions: N

TITLE: United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Assessment and collector's rolls fonds. Additions

Accession Number: 77-033
Description: This addition to the fonds consists of original assessment and collectors' rolls from municipalities within the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1851-1869
Extent: 3 m
Restrictions: N

TITLE: United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Assessment and collector's rolls fonds

Accession Number: 77-031
Description: The microfilms were produced by the Archives of Ontario from records in possession of the Clerk of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham dating from 1849 to 1870. This collection includes the rolls of the towns, villages and townships of the United Counties arranged in alphabetical order as follows: Alnwick, Bowmanville town, Brighton, Brighton village, Cartwright, Cavan, Clarke, Cobourg town, Colbourne Village, Cramahe, Darlington, Haldimand, Hamilton, Hope, Manvers, Monaghan South, Murray, Newcastle village, Percy, Port Hope town, and Seymour. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: Microfilmed 30 Mar. 1955
Extent: 7 reels
Restrictions: N

TITLE: United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Court Records fonds

Accession Number: 84-020
Description: This fonds consists of township records, by-laws, legal correspondence, records of the Queen's Bench and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1803-1955
Extent: 40 m
Restrictions: 90 year restriction on Boxes 40-48, 53-60, 68-78, 83-85, 95-97, 99 and 101-102.

TITLE: United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Vital Statistics fonds. Additions

Accession Number: 84-004
Description: This addition to the fonds consists of baptism records, marriage lists, and burial lists for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1838-1855
Extent: 12.7 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Vital Statistics fonds

Accession Number: 83-016
Description: This fonds consists of bound volumes of births, marriages and deaths for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. There are also loose marriage documents. Genealogical resource.
Inclusive Dates: 1831-1873
Extent: 21 cm of textual materials
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Victoria College fonds

Accession Number: 89-1066
Description: This fonds consists of 4 original documents pertaining to the land on which Victoria College, Cobourg, was situated. One document is the declaration of Rev. S.D. Rice verifying the signatures of the Attorney General (John A. Macdonald) and the Deputy Registrar (Thomas Mayor) on the other three documents.
Inclusive Dates: 20 Oct. 1856-23 Jan. 1857
Extent: 1 file
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Thomas Watson's teaching contract

Accession Number: 89-1049
Description: This item is a contract between Thomas Watson, teacher, and the Trustees of the Joint Board Grammar and Common School, Port Hope. The contract is for 1 year at a salary of one hundred and twenty pounds.
Inclusive Dates: 1858
Extent: 1 item
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Allan Percival Way collection

Accession Number: 01-005
Description: Collection consists of numerous land documents including mortgages and deeds, and wills and probates of wills, mostly relating to property and people of Murray Township, County of Northumberland. Some of the names indicated on the documents include George Ahearn, David Ahern, Stephen J. Brown, Henry William Fox, John Wesley Haight, Christopher McKanna, Elizabeth Mills, Matthew Mills, Jane Ripson, John Simmons, Solomon Waldron, Margaret Walsh, and Florence Mildred Way, Gideon Shepard Way, Jacob Way, Manley Way, and Percy Way.
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1948
Extent: 5 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Phyllis White collection

Accession Number: 99-006
Description: This collection consists of research material pertaining to sailing directions in Lake Ontario in 1815-1816; a photocopy and typescript of "Captain W.F.W. Owen's journal & memoirs of the back or Northern Communication between Lakes Ontario and Huron, 1817"; and a photocopy of "Elias Smith, Loyalist, Letter Book, 1799-1800" with accompanying typed indexes. Also included is a copy of "A History of Elias Smith U.E. 1736-1820, patentee of Hope Township and Merchant of Montreal" by Phyllis White, 1990, and a copy of "Oaths of Allegience sworn before William Willcocks, J.P. 1800-1806 and Robert Baldwin 1800-1812" compiled by Phyllis White, 1997.
Inclusive Dates: 1990-1997
Extent: 7 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Williams family fonds

Accession Number: 77-005
Description: The fonds consists of correspondence and accounts of John Tucker Williams (1841-1854) and of his son Arthur T.H. Williams (1860-1885). Included are leases, deeds and lists of John Tucker Williams' land holdings; correspondence and accounts relating to the Canada Company; material relating to the John Tucker Williams' estate; material relating to the estate of Silas Williams and Company, merchant tailors; and other material relating to various members of the family.
Inclusive Dates: 1838-1900
Extent: 30 cm
Restrictions: N

TITLE: Mrs. S.G. Wilson photograph album

Accession Number: 77-1000
Description: This item is a notebook containing photographs of the Wilson family, King Street, Cobourg. Some photographs were taken in Regina, Saskatchewan. Almost every photograph is identified by subject and photographer, and a few are also dated.
Inclusive Dates: 1913-1931
Extent: 50 photographs
Restrictions: N