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George Webb fonds

  • CA ON00131 01038
  • Arquivo
  • 1876-1942

The fonds consists of bibles, prayer books, contracts, and Webb's personal diaries, which contain information about his life and work. The fonds is arranged in three series: Bibles, Contacts, and Diaries.

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Wesleyan Ladies' College fonds

  • CA ON00131 00079
  • Arquivo
  • 1861-1965

Fonds consists of textual records including written correspondence, graduation and commencement programs, examination questions and essays, diplomas, course catalogues, periodicals, as well as Alumnae Association records, such as annual reports and Literary Club programs. The fonds also contains two photographs and one medal.

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Postcard Collection

  • CA ON00131 HPL_PC
  • Coleção
  • 1900s-2000s

The Postcard Collection is an artificial collection consisting of over 800 postcards documenting the City of Hamilton and surrounding areas. The collection has been arranged by subjects into 32 series: Advertising, Aldershot, Ancaster, Bartonville, Bridges, Business & Industry, Cemeteries, Centennial Week, Dundas, Farmers' Market, Fire, Greetings, Grimsby Beach, Historic Houses, Military, Mount Hope, Parades, Parks, People, Public & Commercial Buildings, Religion, Rockton, Schools, Sports, Statues, Stoney Creek, Streets, Transportation, Views from Above, Waterdown, Waterfalls, and Waterfront.

Tower Poetry Society fonds

  • CA ON00131 01048
  • Arquivo
  • 1952 - 2018

The fonds consists of the records of the Tower Poetry Society and contains the following series: administrative records, correspondence, publications and publicity, events and poetry workshops, and the history of the TPS.

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Hamilton Musical Arts Society

  • CA ON00131 01108
  • Arquivo
  • 1938 - 1949

The fonds consists of administrative records pertaining to the Hamilton Musical Arts Society; in particular, by-laws, minutes, members lists, performance programs, and press releases.

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Grafton & Co. Ltd.

  • Arquivo
  • 1853 - 1976

The fonds consists of correspondence concerning the 90th anniversary of the company regarding the draft history entitled "1853 -- 90 Years of Progress -- 1943" pertaining to Grafton & Co. Ltd. office in Dundas. In addition there is administrative records, particular order forms and promotional material. The donation also consists of photographs of employees, interior of the mailroom, offices, and manufacturing plant, as well as an illuminated text from the employees to the Mr. James B. Grafton on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary.

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Bruce Family fonds

  • Arquivo
  • 1832-1927

The fonds consists of papers, sketches, drawings, and photographs associated with William Bruce and his son William Blair Bruce. Series one is William Bruce and series two is William Blair Bruce.

Hamilton Poetry Centre fonds

  • CA ON00131 00962
  • Arquivo
  • 1983-2003

The material in the fonds consists of predominantly textual documents covering the daily operation and activities of the Hamilton Poetry Centre during the 1980s and 1990s. The fonds also consists of audio cassette tapes of recordings of poetry and author readings, as well as photographs.

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Graeme MacKay political sketches

  • CA ON00131 00955
  • Coleção
  • 1997-2000

The collection consists primarily of political cartoons drawn by Graeme MacKay for The Hamilton Spectator. Topics covered in the cartoons are wide-ranging, and involve many political issues facing Canada, Ontario and the city of Hamilton. All of the drawings are “working originals” with a few partial sketches that may be missing captions or have blank areas.

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Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association fonds

  • CA ON00131 00919
  • Arquivo
  • 1962-2019

The fonds consists of the Club's meeting minutes, trail status reports, publications, scrapbooks, artifacts such as plaques and badges, photographs and an audio-visual recording of an interview with artist Robert Bateman regarding the conception of the Bruce Trail.

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Bruce William New fonds

  • CA ON00131 01120
  • Arquivo
  • 1993 - 1995

The fonds consists of three computer typed manuscripts written by Bruce New. The first manuscript is entitled "Down to the Pub" a memoir of the Gown and Gavel Pub former located at 24 Hess Street South in Hamilton. The second manuscript titled "...and so it came to pass.." is a collection of short entertainment. The third manuscript titled "On the Bus" recounts bus experiences in the city.

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Bernie and Elaine Hughes Collection

  • CA ON00131 01110
  • Coleção
  • 1960-2001

The fonds consists of records and artefacts belonging to Elaine & Bernie Hughes and includes the following series: artefacts, audio, personal, photographs, publicity and scrapbooks.

Robert Livingstone fonds

  • CA ON00131 00961
  • Arquivo
  • 1922-1923; 1932-1933; 1935-1942; 1946-1960

The fonds consists of 20 handwritten journals that address topics such as the weather, mundane activities of everyday life, and historical events such as royal visits, the Depression, World War Two and the Korean War.

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Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) fonds

  • CA ON00131 00952
  • Arquivo
  • 1900-2012

The fonds consists of administrative and other records of the various Hamilton chapters of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) from 1900 to 2012. The fonds is arranged chronologically by the date of the chapter’s foundation.

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Donald William Adams fonds

  • CA ON00131 00954
  • Arquivo
  • 1930-1939

The fonds consists of 7 envelopes of photographic prints and negatives all relating to the railways in and around Hamilton. Based on their content, the photographs and negatives appear to have been taken in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Image subjects include: the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway Company; various Canadian National trains, including passenger coaches; the Hamilton Street Railway; and the CNR Royal Train, which carried King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across Canada on their royal tour in 1939.

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Thomas Harrison Wilkinson fonds

  • CA ON00131 00351
  • Arquivo
  • 1892

The fonds consists of hand-written notes for a speech on "Hints on how to see Pictures in Nature", given by Thomas Harrison Wilkinson that was read before the Photographic Section on November 25, 1892.

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Royal Hamilton College of Music fonds

  • CA ON00131 00615
  • Arquivo
  • 1904 - 1970

The donation consists of letters patent incorporating the Hamilton Conservatory of Music, by-laws and minutes, financial records and statements, insurance, mortgage statements, invoices, quotes for maintenance work, applications, syllabi, reunion lists, appreciation and honorary fellowship certificates, and correspondence.

The fonds consists of records of the Royal Hamilton College of Music and includes the following series: governance, administrative records, education, financial records, minutes, correspondence and publicity. ᅠ

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Royal Court Entertainers

  • CA ON00131 01109
  • Arquivo
  • 1937 - 1941

The fonds consists of administrative records pertaining to the Royal Court Entertainers of Hamilton; in particular, membership lists, correspondence, financial records, posters, and newspaper clippings.

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Superior Engravers collection

  • CA ON00131 00766
  • Coleção
  • 1930-1953

The collection consists of approximately 10,000 photographic negatives of varying sizes, the majority of which are small format, as well as a selection of approximately 800 photographic prints produced by the Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives from Superior Engravers negatives. This collection documents commerce and industry in Hamilton, and elsewhere in Ontario, from the 1930s-1950s, particularly during the years of World War II and immediately afterwards. The collection is comprised primarily of images of employees, products, facilities, and activities of Hamilton and surrounding-area businesses, including the Hamilton Bridge Works Company; Adam's Furniture Company; Wright Fruit Company; Dundas Clay Products Limited; Thomson Motors in Burlington; Steel Company of Canada (Stelco); and City Chevrolet Sales Limited. Many images document wartime activity in the various industrial plants, such as the Miss War Worker Contest of 1942. The collection also contains aerial photographs of Hamilton, as well as images of local churches and schools. In the 1980s, approximately 600 nitrate negatives were discovered and subsequently removed from the collection. Prints of many of the nitrate negatives were made and added to the Black Mount collection.

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Mercury Mills Limited fonds

  • CA ON00131 01104
  • Arquivo
  • 1941 - 1945

The donation consists of one scrapbook of letters of thanks received by the employees of Mercury Mills Limited for the company's donation of items during the Second War World.

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Hamilton Cotton Company Limited

  • Arquivo
  • 1918 - 1968

The donation consists of two reports by White, Mossop & Erling Limited Consulting Engineers prepared in 1968 on the proposed specifications of the revisions to power distribution system and alterations to the boiler house for work at the Hamilton Cotton Company Limited facilities, as well as a mortgage dated 1 January 1918. In addition, the donation consists of photographs showing the manufacturing process from the raw material to the finished product, as well as photographs of employees and other cotton mills throughout Ontario.

Peter Stevens fonds

  • CA ON00131 00958
  • Arquivo
  • 1981-2006

The fonds consists of predominantly graphic materials, including photographs and negatives of individuals, organizations, places, events, and non-human subjects, along with some textual documents consisting mostly of advertising and marketing materials. The fonds contains eight series including, human subjects, associations and organizations, places, events, non-human subjects, advertising and marketing, Hamilton magazines and random photographs, negatives and contact sheets.

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Logie-McQuesten papers

  • CA ON00131 00005
  • Arquivo
  • 1822-1948

Fonds consists of textual records relating predominantly to William Logie (1782-1853) and his son, Alexander Logie (1823-1873), Dr. Calvin McQuesten (1801-1885) an iron founder and manufacturer, and his son, lawyer Isaac Baldwin McQuesten (1847-1888), and the Logie-McQuesten law practice, its associates and clients. The records include business transactions such as mortgages, promissory notes, debentures, agreements, receipts and statement of accounts, legal records such as court documents, power of attorney records, estate papers and client files, property records such as land grants, deeds and leases, as well as correspondence and household account books.

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