Item consists of one handwritten volume which is the account book for a Haldimand Township tavern owned by Eliakim Barnum. Entries include liquor sold, prices, and customers' names and accounts. Small documents are inserted in the account book.

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Item is a single reel-to-reel audio recording of an interview with Howard Vernon Hearst, conducted by his great-nephew Doug Davey around 1975.

Subjects covered in the interview include the Hearst family early history in Ontario. Also recorded are remarks on the life of William H. Hearst: his family activities; his law training and his early law practice; his entry into political life including his years as Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, and his time as Prime Minister (Premier) of Ontario; and his life after his political career ended.

A majority of the interview focuses on the life and experiences of Howard Vernon Hearst including his early family life, education and school social life at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, employment, service in the First World War and as a member of Canada's Siberian Expedition, and meeting and marrying his first wife.

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