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Anglican Primates Scrapbook collection

  • CA ON00239 F1001
  • Collection
  • 1928-1931

The fonds consists of scrapbooks created by an unknown individual in honour of various Canadian Anglican Primates.

Unknown

Architectural Measured Drawings collection

  • CA ON00239 F2149
  • Collection
  • 1871-1963

The drawings represent heritage buildings in many towns and regions in southern Ontario such as Adolphustown, Bath, Claireville, Cobourg, Cornwall, Grafton, Islington, Kingston, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Perth, Port Hope and Toronto. Two northern towns are represented by North Bay and Penetanguishene. The drawings represent a variety of structures from churches, clubs and rectories to commerical buildings, factories and mills. The material is organized alphabetically according to town or region.

Unknown

Audio recordings of African authors collection

  • CA ON00239 F3068
  • Collection
  • 1980-2000

Collection consists of audio recordings from CBC, interviews with African writers, and other recordings related to African authors. Includes recordings of Chinua Achebe and Douglas Killam (an Achebe scholar).

Unknown

Birds-Eye Views collection

  • CA ON00239 F2064
  • Collection
  • 1875-1903

The collection consists of non-photographic, panoramic maps of various Canadian cities and urban centres including Halifax, Lunenburg, Moncton, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Sorel, Brantford, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Port Arthur, Simcoe, St. Catharines, Tillsonburg, Toronto, Morris, Winnipeg, Victoria, and Yukon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, major Canadian cities and urban centres followed a North American trend in having panoramic maps - more commonly called bird's-eye views - prepared. These non-photographic illustrations viewed cities from above at an oblique angle - a remarkable achievement in the days before aerial photography. They showed street patterns, major landscapes, and a variety of structures including churches, mansions, single dwellings, industrial plants, office blocks, retail and wholesale businesses, and government buildings.

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Canadian Register collection

  • CA ON00239 F628
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1947]-1975

The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, press releases and photographs. The Canadian Register was a Catholic newspaper that was published monthly in Kingston, Ontario.

Unknown

Collection of literary clippings

  • CA ON00239 F795
  • Collection
  • [190-]-[193-]

The collection consists of literary news clippings on many of Canada's best-known writers including M. Barbeau, Rupert Brooke, L. Burpee, W.W. Campbell, B. Carman, Mazo de la Roche, Merrill Denison, W.H. Drummond, Sir S. Flemming, F.P. Grove, T. Haliburton, E.J. Hathaway, A Jameson, Pauline Johnson, W. Kirby, R. Knister, S. Leacock, N. McClung, J. McRae, W. Macdonald, T.D. McGee, A.M. Machar, Charles Mair, L.M. Montgomery, M. Pickthall, Sir J. Pope, E.J. Pratt, C.G.D. Roberts, M. Saunders, D.C. Scott, R. Service, G. Smith, A. Stringer

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Ferguson collection

  • CA ON00239 F706
  • Collection
  • 1815-1891

Programme for the farewell dinner for Dr. Henry Hunt (1888), Last Will and Testament of Archibald Dewer, Correspondence and deeds, including Indigenous land sale of St. Regis lands.

Unknown

Images of Timmins, Ontario

  • CA ON00239 F2465
  • Collection
  • 1912

The collection consists of postcards and photographs showing mines in Timmins and Porcupine, Ontario. The collection includes images of McEnany Mine B, McIntyre Mine, Hollinger Gold Mine, Dome Mine, South Porcupine and Main St. Timmins.

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John Grier collection

  • CA ON00239 F764
  • Collection
  • 1956

The collection was brought together from several family branches related to the Griers, particularly from that of the Cartwright family branch. The collection is comprised of additional material from the Addison, Butler, Farrell-Purnell, Matheson, Stevenson, Stewart,and Dobbs families. Included in the collection are correspondence, journals, photographs, accounts and mementos of Brigadier-General George Strachan Cartwright, as well as photographs and a commonplace book of Anne Leman Purnell and Harriet Dobbs Cartwright. Among the photographs are images of Aden, Yemen, Delhi, India and Niagara Falls from the 1890s.

Unknown

Kingston Picture collection

  • CA ON00239 F1411
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1860]-2009

The collection consists of photographs depicting buildings, street scenes, events, prominent persons, monuments, and transportation in Kingston.

Unknown

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