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Series consists of the audio recordings of Elaine & Bernie Hughes and Smiling Bill McCormack, in various formats. Three sub-series are identified as: CDs, LP (45) and LPs.

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Bernie & Elaine Hughes – Favourite Songs
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Bernie & Elaine Hughes – Merritt Hall, Ancaster, Ont. 1967
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Bernie & Elaine Hughes and the Mountain City Playboys – Live at the Jockey Club 1963
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The Country Music of Bernie & Elaine Hughes
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Elaine Hughes – On with The Show
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Smiling Bill – Songs and Music of Smiling Bill
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Smiling Bill and Elaine Hughes – Traditional Country
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25th Anniversary Jamboree in Honour of Bernie Hughes
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Bernie & Elaine Hughes – Stop Before We Start (Ollie Strong)
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Bernie & Elaine Hughes – The Country Music of Bernie & Elaine Hughes
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Smiling Bill – Songs and Music of Smiling Bill

Audio Recordings

Series consists of 81 audio cassette tapes of poetry and author reading, separated into three boxes. The tapes are listed in the attached finding aid.

Audio Visual Material

Series consists of a 13 minute VHS recording of an interview with artist Robert Bateman, conducted by Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club member Raymond Lowes. The interview pertains to the conception of the Bruce Trail, which was an idea conceived by Robert Bateman in the 1960s. He was concerned that if people did not use the escarpment area as a hiking trail, then it would be lost to developers.

Audio-visual Materials

Series consists of audio-visual materials such as audio cassettes, DVDs, VHS, and floppy disks. Audio cassette tapes are mostly from the Hamilton United Gay Societies (HUGS). DVDs and VHS tapes are mostly recorded segments of Toronto Pride and news coverage of LGBTQ+ issues from CHCH, CHTV and Cable 14. Some VHS tapes were of Hamilton United Gay Societies (HUGS) events.

Bernie and Elaine Hughes Collection

Bernie and Elaine Hughes Collection

  • CA ON00131 01110
  • Collection
  • 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.

Hamilton Poetry Centre fonds

Hamilton Poetry Centre fonds

  • CA ON00131 00962
  • Fonds
  • 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.

Hamilton Poetry Centre

Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association fonds

Iroquoia Bruce Trail Association fonds

  • CA ON00131 00919
  • Fonds
  • 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.

Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club

Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society fonds

Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1850s-2009

The fonds consists of predominantly textual and graphic materials pertaining to the organization’s exploration, preservation and promotion of local Hamilton history, restoration projects, events, promotional materials and publications. The fonds contains ten series including, administrative records, financial records, committee records, correspondence, restoration projects, programs and events, awards and recognition, promotional materials and publications, publicity, and photographs and negatives. The fonds contains audio and video cassettes featuring lectures and presentations on various historical topics, as well as recordings and publicity for special events.

Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society

Opera Productions

Series consists of correspondence between Opera Hamilton and potential visiting artists, as well as Boris Brott, performance feedback forms, notes of thanks, an overview of Opera Hamilton’ productions, program addendums from sponsors, typed reviews of performances, show tickets and a study guide. The series also includes Season Guides and Show Programs dating from 1979-2012. Series also consists of video recording of live broadcasts of Opera Hamilton performances on CHCH channel 11, as well as audio recording of performances and rehearsals.

Restoration Projects

Series consists of records relating to the Fountain Foundation Subcommittee. The Foundation was established in 1993 between the Society, corporations and members of the general public, in an effort to restore and rebuild the 1850s Gore Park fountain for Hamilton’s sesquicentennial celebration in 1996. The series contains project background information on the history of the fountain and its importance to Hamilton, copies of a proposal for the restoration of the fountain, meeting minutes, reports, financial and budget statements, balance sheets, fundraising event information, agreements made for work on the fountain and for contributions to the fund, correspondence, as well as marketing materials. The series also contains an audio cassette tape of public service announcements (PSAs), for local radio stations Y108 and 900 CHML, as well as photographs of the event held for the rededication of the Gore Park fountain. The Foundation raised over $500,000 for the reconstruction of the fountain and in October of 1996, the reconstructed fountain was turned back on by then mayor Robert Morrow and Hamilton area MPP Sheila Copps.

Michael Johnstone fonds

  • 01179
  • Fonds
  • 1973-2011, predominant 1977-1994

The fonds is composed of materials from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) organizations in Hamilton and its surrounding areas founded from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. Textual materials include agendas, meeting minutes, reports, financial statements, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, information sheets, flyers, magazines, newspapers, programme books, booklets, directories, bibliographies, and articles. The fonds also consists of other materials such as t-shirts, buttons, a plaque, photographs, posters, artwork, audio cassette tapes, DVDS, floppy disks and VHS tapes.
Contains series and subseries:
Series 1 – Hamilton AIDS Network for Dialogue and Support (HANDS)
Series 2 – Hamilton-McMaster LGBTQ+ Groups
Series 3 – Hamilton United Gay Societies (HUGS)
Subseries 3.1 – Administrative files
Subseries 3.2 – Sub-organizations and associated groups and events
Subseries 3.3 – Lesbian/Gayline
Subseries 3.4 – Gay Phoenix/The Phoenix
Series 4 – Hamilton Gay and Lesbian Alliance (HGALA)
Series 5 – Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO)
Series 6 – Hamilton Pride
Series 7 – Associated Organizations and Events
Series 8 – Resources and Subject files
Series 9 – Publications
Subseries 9.1 – Hamilton
Subseries 9.2 – South/South Western Ontario
Subseries 9.3 – Ontario
Subseries 9.4 – Outside of Ontario and across Canada
Subseries 9.5 – International
Series 10 – Artifacts
Series 11 – Photographs
Subseries 11.1 – HUGS/HGALA Honour Roll Dinners
Subseries 11.2 – Pride
Subseries 11.3 – Festival ‘91
Subseries 11.4 – HUGS Social Events
Subseries 11.5 – Meetings and Locations
Subseries 11.6 – Events and People
Subseries 11.7 – Negatives and slides
Series 12 – Posters and oversized materials
Series 13 – Audio-visual materials

Johnstone, Michael

Programs and Events

Series consists of records relating to the programs and events held by the Society including its annual Heritage Day Dinner, presentations made to the Society by various speakers from the community on local history topics, day trips and outings to various historical sites, historic plaque unveilings, as well as participation in local events. This series includes member invitation cards announcing upcoming Society meetings, lecture series, events and day trips. The series also includes audio cassette tapes of speakers’ addresses and lectures at various events and functions on topics related to Hamilton history such as landmarks, buildings, companies, prominent citizens, and places. The series contains photographs of tours and outings such as day trips taken by Society members including a bus tour of Hamilton, a day trip to Crawford Lake Indian Village, and a trip to Seagram Museum and Doon Heritage Village. There are also photographs of the Annual Heritage Dinners, Society representation at events around the city, as well as historic plaque unveilings for various people and places including prominent citizen Thomas Baker McQuesten of Whitehern, which featured dignitaries in attendance such as then mayor Robert Morrow and her Royal Highness Princess Anne.

Publicity and Publications

Series consists of publicity such as flyers, pamphlets, programs, and public service announcements pertaining to events and functions hosted by the Society. There are also publications of the Women’s Wentworth Historical Society such as two copies of “Here Stood the Valiant: The Story of Battlefield House at Stoney Creek,” 2 copies of “Stoney Creek, 1812-1925,” a “Souvenir of Stoney Creek Battlefield Park,” a souvenir program for the “150th anniversary of the Battle of Stoney Creek, 1813-1863,” and 2 copies of “Ye Olden Tyme Entertainment” souvenir program for a fundraiser event held by the Society to help pay off the balance of the mortgage on the house and property. This series also includes publicity from the Niagara Parks Commission including 2 copies of a Battlefield House pamphlet, a 1976 Rates and Data Portfolio brochure highlighting what amenities are available at the various parks and historic sites run by the Commission, which references Stoney Creek Battlefield House, an introduction to the Historic Sites Program of the Niagara Parks Commission, a news release regarding the official re-opening of the restored Battlefield House taking place on May 15, 1976, and one copy of the Niagara Parks Commission’s Ninety-First Annual Report (1977), which mentions Battlefield House and the fire that took place on August 8, 1977, causing approximately $25,000.00 in damage to the roof and the second-floor audio-visual room.

Publicity

Series consists of scrapbooks containing articles related to the Society or its members, as well as articles on various historical landmarks, people, companies, properties and events. There are also newspaper clippings containing articles on a Hamilton Spectator series called “Out of the Storied Past,” written by Society member Mabel Burkholder. This series also contains 6 video cassette tapes of television coverage of Society events and interviews regarding historical subjects related to the history of Hamilton.

Opera Hamilton fonds

Opera Hamilton fonds

  • 00910
  • Fonds
  • 1980 - 2014

The fonds consists of the administrative records of Opera Hamilton, and includes the following 5 series: Administrative Records, Hamilton Opera Guild, History of Opera Hamilton, Opera Productions, and Publicity.

Opera Hamilton

Tower Poetry Society fonds

Tower Poetry Society fonds

  • CA ON00131 01048
  • Fonds
  • 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.

Tower Poetry Society

Photographic negatives

Photographic negatives

Series consists of photographic negatives, the majority of which pertain to industry and commerce in Hamilton and elsewhere in Ontario during the 1930s-1950s. Many images in the series document wartime activity in industrial plants, such as the preparation of packages for soldiers and the Miss War Worker contest of 1942. Series includes images of schools, including McMaster University, the High School of Commerce, and Westdale Secondary School; other local sites, such as the Royal Botanical Gardens and Municipal Swimming Pool; and local churches. Series also depicts employees, products, facilities and activities of businesses, including Stelco, Hamilton Works Council, Sawyer Massey Co., Westinghouse, Hamilton Bridgeworks, Burlington Steel, Harry Adler Furniture Co., Central Garage, R.T. Kelley Inc., Canadian Canners, Steel Co. Canada, Hamilton Hydro, Duff's Meat Store, the Pigott Building, Dominion Rubber Co., Consumer's Lumber Co. Ltd., Hamilton Cotton Co., the Royal Connaught Hotel, Canadian Steamship Lines, United-Carr Fastener Co. Hamilton Ltd., Green's Furniture Store, Lou Davison Clothing Store, Perga Containers, Hursts' Furniture Store, Tresidder Brothers Ltd., Hugh Bertram & Sons in Dundas, Dominion Foundries & Steel, Galt Metal Industries, Hamilton Bridge Company, Hayes Steel Products Ltd., McKinnon Industries in St. Catharines, Stokes Rubber in Welland. Series also contains images pertaining to associations and teams, such as the Women's League of Health & Beauty, National Steel Car War Veteran's Association, McLaren Motor Sales hockey team, and the Falcons Hockey Team in St. Catharines. There are also images documenting events, such as the royal visit in 1939, and the Miss Canada Pageant in 1948. Series includes copy negatives of Columbia Records advertising materials and album covers from the 1940s.