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Reports

Series consists of reports of the Princess Margaret Rose Chapter, including annual reports and financial statements, educational reports, and membership convener's reports.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Princess Margaret Rose Chapter

Reports

Series consists of reports produced by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce including the Access to Capital by Small Business, a Board of Trade Report, Comments on Bill 208, Economic Reports, an Executive Summary, Government Reports, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce reports on various issues, a report to the Board of Directors, as well as Noise Control By-Law Reports.

Reports

Series consists of various reports including Orderly Officers’ Reports, which pertain to the inspections of the soldiers and their barracks. The officers report on the state of the men, the equipment, the food, hospital, roll call, mess hall, and the overall state of the barracks, dating from June to September 1842. The series also consists of Morning Reports for Captain Hebbes, Captain Tench, Captain Brown and Captain Lanes, which record the state of the militia each morning, including the number of soldiers under arms, on parade, on guard, sick, prisoners and casualties, dated October 18, 1842, October 20, 1842 and October 29, 1842. This series also includes one Daily Sick Report recording the names of the men, their company, whether they are in the hospital or in quarters, and the ailment they are suffering from, dated February 8, 1843. Some of the documents in this series are originals and some are photocopies of originals.

Annual meeting minutes and reports

Series consists of meeting minutes and reports, including secretary's reports and financial reports, for annual meetings of the Municipal Chapter. Series contains an annual meeting book with attestations and signatures of chapter members for 1907-1919, annual meeting books with handwritten minutes and reports for 1938-1985, as well as minutes and reports for 1953-1955, 1973 and 1983-2003.

Trail Status Reports

Series consists of status reports submitted by volunteers who walked different sections of the Bruce Trail recording the trail conditions such as garbage, vandalism, broken and fallen trees, exposed roots, and bridges and stairways in need of repairs. Conditions were recorded on a log sheet along with suggestions for improvements to the trail.

Administrative

Series consists of printed annual reports, which includes President’s reports and financial reports, a list of the Board of Directors, and minutes and agendas for Opera Hamilton meetings.

First Battalion Incorporated Militia Collection

  • Fonds
  • 1839-1843

The material in the collection consists of various military records including account ledgers, acquittance rolls, clearance returns, general orders, officers’ reports, morning reports, a sick report, court martial proceedings, correspondence, as well as an attestation paper.

First Battalion Incorporated Militia

Administrative records

Series consists of the minutes and committee reports of the TPS Board, treasurer reports and financial statements, versions of the Society’s constitution, membership lists and samples of the membership form and brochure, as well as the samples of the Society’s stationary.

Municipal Chapter records

The subfonds consists of records documenting the activities of the Municipal Chapter of the IODE, arranged in the following series: minute books; annual meeting minutes and reports; treasurer's book and reports; special committee reports; membership applications and other material; attendance records; war service records; photographs; scrapbooks; maps; books and pamphlets; correspondence; financial records; periodicals; awards and ephemera; and chapter histories.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Municipal Chapter

Administrative Records

Series consists of the company’s constitution, minutes of the annual meetings, board meetings, executive meetings, general meetings, membership committee meetings and production committee meetings. The series also consists of nominations and resignations, reports of the secretary, social committee and ways and means financial reports. In addition, these are financial records pertaining to donations and grants, invoices, and financial reports for productions and general budgeting. The series contains member lists, member information and member newsletters, as well as an assessment of the Hamilton Opera Company’s new headquarters.

Administrative Records

Subseries consists of administrative records including documents outlining the creation of the Ladies’ Committee within the framework of the Wentworth Historical Society’s rules, regulations and bylaws, as well as membership application cards, membership lists and subscription fee reminders, some loose-leaf meeting minutes pertaining to the governance of the committee and election of officers, resolutions passed, and reports presented, as well as a secretary’s book recording the minutes of the annual meetings, the reading and adoption of annual reports, the election of officers, and the reading of treasurer’s reports.

Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

  • Fonds
  • 1844 - 1999

The material in the fonds consists of administrative records such as meeting minutes, annual reports, constitution and bylaws, and historical material on the Board of Trade, as well as financial records, committee records, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publicity and promotional materials, programs and events, centennial projects, awards and recognition, a few photographs and a medallion, all of which pertain to the Hamilton Board of Trade and its successor, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

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

Correspondence

Subseries consists of letter correspondence regarding the site of the Stoney Creek Battlefield monument, reports and finances, government grant funding, member resignations, meeting attendance, and bank correspondence regarding the inactive status of the account.

Administrative Records

Series consists of records pertaining to the history of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club and its daily operations. This series includes a copy of the Club Constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, financial statements such as receipts, revenue and expenditure sheets, investment income and bank account slips, a membership card, as well as President’s reports, an organizational report, and reports from various Club committees.

Administrative Records

Series consists of administrative records such as the constitution and bylaws of the original Wentworth Pioneer Historical Society and the Wentworth Historical Society, membership application cards and membership lists, as well as loose-leaf meeting minutes and meeting minute books recording annual and regular meetings, the election of officers, amendments to the constitution and bylaws, secretary-treasurer’s reports, reports from various committees, and discussions and correspondence pertaining to the preservation of historical material and knowledge, Society collections and publications, acquisitions of various historical materials and documents, as well as the construction of some historical monuments, particularly regarding the War of 1812 and the Battle of Stoney Creek. The series also consists of annual reports, memorandums, including a 1944 memo for the President of the Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, regarding the status of the books and papers of the Wentworth Historical Society after taking possession of the material, catalogue lists of items in the Society’s collection, as well as stationery letterhead, and a society member ribbon.

Administrative Records

Series consists of administrative records such as meeting minutes of the directors’ meetings, which include the election of officers and their salaries, company finance updates, managers’ reports, auditor reports, company directives, company bonuses, and employee hours and salaries. The series also includes a few agreements, by-law amendments and policies, a sample of company receipt letterhead, an early business card for Levy Brothers and Scheuer Wholesale Jewellers, from the time when Herman and Abraham’s brother-in-law Edmund Scheuer, was a brief partner in the business, as well as a copy of the Canadian National Jeweler’s Association By-Laws.

Wesleyan Ladies' College fonds

  • CA ON00131 00079
  • Fonds
  • 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.

Waldon, Freda F.

Publications and Publicity

Series consists of Bruce Trail Association publications, such as reports and planning documents (1989, 1997), including an economic impact and user study of the Bruce Trail, Iroquoia Memoirs written by a member of the Club, as well as newspaper clippings (1985-2012) featuring articles on the Club, the trail and the escarpment.

Minutes

Series consists of board meeting minutes and two minute books. Series also contains minutes from annual meetings and various committees including the executive committee, fundraising committee and planning and programming committee. Series also contains annual and committee reports.

Administrative Records

Series consists of documentation on the history of the Bruce Trail, by-laws, meeting minutes and agendas from committee meetings, board of directors meetings and annual general meetings, as well as annual reports, policies and procedures for the protection of privacy, a director's handbook and documentation on a hike committee.

Financial Records

Series consists of documents pertaining to appraisals, audits, budgets, donations, grants, insurance and taxes. Series also contains material related to the RHCM’s fundraising campaign, including financial campaign materials, canvasser information, patron lists and submissions for funding. A collection of annual financial reports and statements of revenue and expenditure is also included in this series.

Company Documents

Series consists of two reports by White, Mossop & Erling Limited Consulting Engineers prepared in 1968 on the proposed specifications for the revisions to the power distribution system and alterations to the boiler house. There is also one mortgage report dated 1 January 1918 by The Hamilton Cotton Company Limited to Charles Sumner Scott and George Lynch-Staunton trustees.

Hamilton Cotton Company Limited

Administrative Records

Series consists of records pertaining to job applications and job descriptions, mailing lists, member lists, standard procedures and surveys. Series also consists of correspondence related to nomination and resignations, resolutions and legal arbitration. Administrative Records also contains reports, contracts, and papers regarding RHCM’s incorporation and royal proclamation. It also consists of a royal proclamation certificate in a gold, ornate frame.

Hamilton Active Service Canteen fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1941-1946

The material in the fonds pertains to the Hamilton Active Service Canteen, run by volunteers for service members stationed in Hamilton, or on leave from active duty, during the Second World War. The material consists of meeting minutes, canteen administrative logbooks, financial records, including a few annual reports and an auditor's report, various types of correspondence, as well as a few notices, one of which advertises the closure of the canteen at the end of the war. The fonds also contains one photograph of an R.C.A.F. member who visited the canteen on leave from active duty.

Active Service Canteen

Alumnae Association files

Series contains materials related to the Alumnae Association, including constitution, bylaws, and rules of order (1877) ; annual reports ; lectures and programs ; invitations to at-homes, levees and receptions ; Literary Club materials ; Membership materials ; Mrs. Ewing's cooking school programs ; badges, diplomas and awards (including copies of a diploma awarded to Hester Ann Rogers Horner in 1958, prior to incorporation, as well as original diplomas awarded to Matilda Meharry in 1871 and Lillie Hardy in 1887) ; as well as a manuscript book, which contains lists of music pupils and concert programs.

Alumnae Association of the Wesleyan Ladies' College

Administrative Records

Series consists of administrative records including information on the history of the Board of Trade, the Constitution and Act to Incorporate the Board of Trade of the City of Hamilton, acts and petitions, revised constitution and by-laws, member ship lists, a membership application and fee schedule, a freight rate and operations log, meeting minutes and agendas for the Board of Directors, annual reports, records for the Ancaster and Dundas divisions of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Constitution and Bylaws of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Financial Records

Series consists of cash books recording the names and dues paid by members of the Society, as well as general expenses and receipts. There are also bank account books, and cheque books and receipts from the Bank of Hamilton and the Bank of Montreal, treasurer’s reports and a financial audit. This series also contains a subseries consisting of papers from Fred Hamilton, Secretary of the Wentworth Historical Society from 1923 to 1925.

Education

Series consists of documents pertaining to educational functions of RHCM, including teacher lists, staff reports and staff biographical materials. Series also contains class schedules, schedules of fees, programs, course outlines and faculty evaluations. There is material pertaining to convocation ceremonies, adjudicator remarks, faculty evaluations and exams. Series also contains a large fellowship certificate, a graduation hood and 12 photographs of a convocation ceremony.

Hamilton Cotton Company Limited

  • Fonds
  • 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.

Committee Records

Series consists of records such as agendas and meeting minutes, guidelines of conduct, correspondence and reports from the various committees of the Society including the Archives Committee, the Hamilton Biography Advisory Committee, the Historical Committee, the June Outing Committee, the Marketing Committee, Newsletter Committee, Publications Committee, Public Relations Committee, the Old City Hall Clock Restoration Committee, and the Seniors Committee. The series also contains 2 photographs of the members of the Publications Committee, dated 1994.

Wentworth County Agricultural Society fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1857-1888

The material consists of a volume of meeting minutes for the Wentworth County Agricultural Society, dated 1857 to 1888. The minutes record the general revenues including membership fees, funding grants, gate admission fees, booth, stand and stall rentals, and unclaimed prize money, as well as the general expenditures including prize money awarded, salaries of officers, judges’ expense accounts, labour and wages, building and land rentals, decorating expenses, stationary and postage, and badges and ribbons. The minutes also record the reading and acceptance of annual reports, the elections of officers and judges, the money received from membership societies, the rules and regulations of fairs and exhibitions, the logistics of operating the fairs and exhibitions, the prizes to be awarded for each category of entry, the names of the winners and the prize amounts awarded, the formation of committees, as well as the importance of educating farmers on the scientific principal of good agriculture. There are also some newspaper clippings that are glued to some of the pages. The clippings are articles reporting on the Society visits to farms to inspect the livestock and crop yields to determine if the farmer meets the criteria for participation in the fair or exhibition, reports from the judges’ examinations, as well as announcements of prizes awarded. There is also a looseleaf page of meeting minutes from January 21, 1885.

Wentworth County Agricultural Society

Administrative Records

Series consists of administrative records such as the Declaration of Incorporation of the Society dated June 5, 1899, the Constitution and Bylaws, lists of executive officers, membership lists, membership cards, and meeting minutes recording the election of officers, as well as discussions pertaining to historic sites and monument preservation, Society finances, donations to the Society, upcoming events, the preservation and maintenance of Battlefield House, the transfer of the property to the Niagara Parks Commission, and the refurnishing project at Dundurn Castle. There are also annual reports, committee reports, a draft proposal pertaining to Stoney Creek Battlefield, appointment calendars, stationery, including letterhead and envelopes, documents listing the contents of a safety deposit box, records pertaining to the dissolution of the organization, as well as 3 Society ink stamps. The series also contains some documentation pertaining to the Women’s Wentworth Historical Society’s membership in or association with, other historical organizations including, the Hamilton and District Local Council of Women, the Canadian Historical Association, the Ontario Historical Society, the Women’s Canadian Historical Society, the Ontario Museum Association, and Heritage Canada.

Administrative Records

Series consists of records pertaining to the administrative operations of the Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, including the Society’s Constitution and by-laws, executive officer’s lists, duties and guidelines, minutes for regular, executive and annual meetings, president’s reports, loan and transfer of ownership agreements for historical material, as well as 2 administrative seals, one belonging to the former Wentworth Historical Society, and one belonging to the Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society. There is also one stamp with the inscription, “Property of Wentworth Historical Society, Hamilton, Ontario.” The series also contains a file with 4 photographs of past presidents and executive members of the Society for the years 1982, 1983, 1988 and 1989.

Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO)

The Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (formerly Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario) was established on January 18 and 19, 1975. CLGRO was a non-profit organization of groups and individuals committed to working towards feminism and lesbian, gay, and bisexual liberation by engaging in public struggle for full human rights, in promoting diversity and access within our communities and by strengthening cooperative networks for feminism and lesbian, gay, and bisexual activism. After 34 years, they dissolved on May 2nd, 2009. Today, Queer Ontario continues the work of CLGRO and preserves their history and documents.

Series consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, reports, publication, briefs to the Members of the Ontario Legislature and their newsletters.

Ship Registration Records

Series consists of ship registration records pertaining to 34 vessels that sailed through the Port of Hamilton. The documents include builder’s certificates and ship surveys describing the size, type, dimensions and means of propulsion for each vessel, along with ownership and registration papers, bills of sale, mortgage papers, legal papers and correspondence, shipwrecks, strandings and collision reports, telegrams and memorandums, as well as general correspondence written to and from the Registrar of Shipping from various government departments, companies and individuals, regarding transfers of ownership, ship name changes, purchases and sales, as well as inquiries into the fate of particular vessels.

Financial Records

Series consists of declarations for charitable organization status for the purposes of taxation, cash books recording revenues such as membership fees, cash donations to the Society, Battlefield House rental fees, and proceeds from the sale of items, as well as expenditures such as salaries, bills, repairs, stationery and stamps, Battlefield House grounds maintenance work, advertising, printing services, sundries, events catering and affiliation fees for memberships in other historical societies. There are also financial statements and statements of receipts and disbursements, treasurer’s reports, government grant funding documentation from the Ministry of Culture and Recreation and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, and various receipt books recording membership fees, general receipts, receipts for the Battlefield House Restoration Fund, receipts for donations of cash and furniture to Battlefield House, as well as loose-leaf receipts for executive officer expenses, and various purchases of goods and services related to the operations and administration of the Society.

Hamilton Gay and Lesbian Alliance (HGALA)

On February 1991, the Hamilton United Gay Societies (HUGS) transitioned to the Hamilton Gay and Lesbian Alliance (Hamilton GALA or HGALA). HGALA continued to provide services and information to the LGBTQ+ community and the broader community in Hamilton. The suborganizations under HGALA were the Lesbian/Gayline, Dance Committee Volunteers, Support Group, Youth Group, Hamilton Lesbian Collective (HLC), Lesbian Support Group, Speakers Bureau, Phoenix Newsletter, Hamilton-Wentworth Gay Archives and the Hamilton GALA Computer Bulletin Board.

Series consists of constitutions, membership files, meeting minutes, balance sheets, correspondence, notes, memorandum, files related to Festival ’91, pamphlets, reports, newspaper clippings, flyers, petitions, and the Joe Oliver v. The Corporation of the City of Hamiton and Mayor Robert Morrow case files.

Hamilton United Gay Societies (HUGS)

The Hamilton United Gay Societies (HUGS) was an umbrella organization for 12 sub-organizations established in 1980 and incorporated in 1982. HUGS provided a range of services and information, education and peer counselling, hosted social events, created spaces for support groups and connected people to other services that were related to LGBTQ+ issues. Gayline was Hamilton’s first telephone counselling service for gays and lesbians that was first operated by the Hamilton-McMaster Homophile Association on March 20, 1975 and was continued by HUGS. HUGS also had a community centre at 41 King William Street in downtown Hamilton.

The sub-organizations of Hamilton United Gay Societies:

  1. HUGS RAP Group
  2. Gay Youth of Hamilton
  3. HUGS Dance Committee
  4. HUGS Speakers Bureau
  5. Gay Fathers of Hamilton
  6. Gayline
  7. Metropolitan Community Church of Hamilton
  8. Gay Women’s Collective
  9. Gay Phoenix Newsletter
  10. Hamilton-Wentworth Gay Archives/History Project
  11. Gay Monitors
  12. Gay Alcoholics Anonymous

Series consists of constitutions, meeting minutes, reports, calendars, press releases, correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, handouts, reading lists, articles, Summer Employment/Experience Development (SEED) project documents, newspaper clippings, Lesbian/Gayline call sheets and reports, Gay Phoenix and The Phoenix newsletter copies and masters and other related materials.

Contains subseries:
3.1 – Administrative files
3.2 – Sub-organizations and associated groups and events
3.3 – Lesbian/Gayline
3.4 – Gay Phoenix/The Phoenix

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.

Cataract (formerly the Myles)

Screw (propeller) steamer vessel measuring 179 x 33 x 15 feet, 800 tonnage, built in Hamilton, Ontario in 1882 by Archibald Miller Robertson for Thomas Myles and Son, Coal Company Merchants. The vessel was a cargo ship that sunk in 1886 and was raised by the owners. In March of 1906, the Myles was re-named the Cataract when the Cataract Ice Company purchased the vessel. The file contains a builder’s certificate, certificates of survey, registration and ownership documents and transfers, ship stranding reports, memorandums, legal correspondence regarding bills of sale, receipts for bills of sale and mortgage payments, as well as general correspondence to and from the Registrar of Shipping from the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Thomas Myles and Sons Coal Merchants, Myles Transportation Company and the Cataract Ice Company.

Environmental Conservation Projects

Series consists of documentation and reports on several environmental conservation projects initiated by the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club out of concern for the protection of the environment and the local community. Projects include but are not limited to, a water quality study of Cootes Paradise, the use of Dombind (a dust suppressant) on roadways, legislation to protect endangered species, land evaluations and inventories of natural areas such as the Eramosa Karst, Friends of the Red Hill Valley group, the Nature Counts Project, the construction of the Red Hill Creek Expressway, the concern over leachate at the Rennie and Brampton Streets Landfill Sites, Save Our Ravines, Save the Oak Ridges Moraine, tree cutting and the West Harbour Trails. This series also includes photographs of the Falcon Watch project from a peregrine falcon observation session at the Sheraton Hotel in Hamilton.

Hamilton AIDS Network for Dialogue and Support (HANDS)

The Hamilton AIDS Network for Dialogue and Support (HANDS) was founded in 1986 by Suzie Robinson, Michael Johnstone, David Des Jardins, John Vogel, and Dr. Jay Browne who were dedicated volunteers. HANDS was a registered charitable community-based organization that provided HIV and AIDS related education and support services to the Hamilton-Wentworth and Burlington area. HANDS distributed educational materials, published regular newsletters, had an information and support line and organized events such as the Speakers’ Bureau. They were also a member of the Canadian AIDS Society and the Ontario AIDS Network. HANDS changed its name to Hamilton AIDS Network in 1992 and is now known as The AIDS Network.

Series consists of agendas, meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, manuals, the HANDS, HANDS Volunteer, and Hamilton AIDS Network newsletters, and pamphlets. This series also contains records on the development of Hamilton’s first palliative care hospice facility, AIDS Prevention Task Force and Anonymous Testing working groups.

Registrar of Shipping fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1869-1962

The fonds consists of one series of ship registration records compiled by the Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Ontario. The series includes file level descriptions for 34 vessels that sailed through the Port of Hamilton.
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Canada. Registrar of Shipping (Hamilton, Ontario)

Soldiers' Benefit Fund Committee

Subseries consists of records pertaining to the Soldiers’ Benefit Fund Committee, which was created by Hamilton City Council during the First World War to administer the fund and provide assistance to the dependents of soldiers killed overseas. The committee consisted of the mayor and the treasurer along with five citizens of Hamilton, who met monthly at City Hall to review the applications made by or on behalf of dependents. Claimants would apply to the fund and their applications would be thoroughly investigated by an officer of the committee, and then reviewed further at the meetings by all the members, to determine whether the application would be approved or denied. The subseries consists of the meeting minute book for the committee, which records the bylaws, polices, reports, examinations of individual claims, as well as the decisions to approve or deny the claims. The examinations determined whether or not the individual had other forms of insurance, was truly dependent on the soldier who had died, and if approved, what amount the person would be entitled to receive. Most of the claimants were granted payments, which were payable on the third day of each month in the amount of either $15.00 in the case of unmarried soldiers, or $20.00 if the soldier was married. Some individuals received other sums depending on the results of the review of their circumstances and the money available. The records indicate that some individual claims were denied if the person was unable to prove true dependency, or relation to the soldier. The subseries also includes a few accounts payable volumes that alphabetically record the names of the dependents of soldiers (most of whom are female), and in the case of the large ledger, the page number that corresponds to the specific account page that lists the details of payments. There are also a few other insurance account books.

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

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

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

Minute books

Series consists of a minute book for meetings of the Fessenden Chapter held May 1900 to January 1902. The minute book contains correspondence pertaining to the chapter's request to become the Municipal Chapter of Hamilton.

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence related to the activities of the IODE and matters of interest to the organization, including the announcement of the Armistice (WWI), infringement of the IODE constitution, and parcels (containing clothing, bedding, and foodstuffs) sent overseas by Hamilton chapters of the IODE. Included is correspondence related to the involvement of the Claremont Chapter in the school "adoption" program. Series also contains address books, accompanied by secretaries notes and correspondence.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) fonds

  • CA ON00131 00952
  • Fonds
  • 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.

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)

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

Financial records

Series consists of business transaction records for Hamilton chapters of the IODE, including a bank book, cheques and receipts, as well as records documenting donations made to the Jamaica Earthquake Relief Fund.

Hamilton Naturalists' Club fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1919-2022

The material in the fonds consists of predominantly textual materials pertaining to the organization’s conservation projects, programming, public education, promotional materials and publications. The fonds contains eleven series and one subseries including, administrative records, correspondence, bird records, environmental conservation projects, programs and events, the Junior Audubon Club, property records, bequests, endowments and funds, awards and recognition, publicity and publications, photographs and scrapbooks. The fonds also contains graphic materials including water colours, as well as photographs of members, events, programs, wildlife and plant life.

Hamilton Naturalists' Club

Women's Wentworth Historical Society fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1899-1988

The material consists of records pertaining to the Women’s Wentworth Historical Society including administrative records, financial records, correspondence, notices and invitations, inventories, events, publicity and publications, newspaper clippings, commemorative medals, and scrapbooks, some of which contain a small number of photographs.

Women's Wentworth Historical Society

Wentworth Historical Society collection

  • Fonds
  • 1889-1951; predominant 1889-1925

The material consists of records pertaining to the Wentworth Historical Society including administrative records, financial records, legal papers, correspondence, events and commemorations, historical essays, notices, newspaper clippings, glass plate negatives, a few photographs and maps, as well as a membership ribbon. The financial records also include a small amount of papers from Fred Hamilton, a former Secretary of the Wentworth Historical Society. There is also a small amount of material pertaining to the Ladies’ Committee including, administrative records, financial records, legal papers, correspondence, souvenir books and programs, and newspaper clippings.

Wentworth Historical Society

Hamilton Opera Company

  • 00036
  • Fonds

The fonds consists of records of the Hamilton Opera Company, and includes the following four series: Administrative records, correspondence, production and publicity.

Royal Hamilton College of Music fonds

  • CA ON00131 00615
  • Fonds
  • 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

Royal Hamilton College of Music

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of annual meetings of the Municipal Chapter, the 100th Anniversary Luncheon, annual meetings of the Toronto Municipal Chapter and the Provincial Chapter of Ontario, photographs of various Holbrook Public School outings supported by IODE funding, photographs of Fonthill, including pictures of the interior and exterior of the house, and photographs of Native Sena Memorial Elementary School, Weagamow Lake. Photographs have been removed from albums for preservation purposes. Textual records, such as clippings, letters, newsletters and notes from events accompany some of the photographs. Series also contains photographs, which were not contained in albums, documenting volunteer work and various chapter activities, as well as a reception held for Ellen Fairclough.

Graeme MacKay political sketches

  • CA ON00131 00955
  • Collection
  • 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.

MacKay, Graeme