Item is a volume documenting bird sightings at De Grassi Point, Lake Simcoe, from 1915-January 4, 1941. In addition, there is a sketch by Dr. E.M. Walker. The bulk of the notes were written by Hunter, with the notes from May 1940-January 1941 made by Elizabeth Walker. The notebook opens with an explanatory statement by E.R. Hunter regarding the nature of this journal, noting that some observations were made by Dr. E.M. Walker (the entomologist), and others by Hunter and his uncle. Another note states that the notes for May 1940 to January 1942 were made by Elisabeth Walker, who was a cousin of E.R. Hunter, and Dr. Walker's niece. The journal primarily deals with the area around De Grassi Point, Lake Simcoe. The early entries in the journal are copied from older notebooks not included in this fonds. The first entries are just lists of birds observed and the date of observation. The rest of the entries are organized chronologically and contain more details about the birds that were observed, as well as information on weather conditions. On pages 288-297, there is an index to the text of the journal which lists the birds by species and the pages on which mention of them may be found. In addition, on page 299 a hand-drawn map of De Grassi Point is glued into the notebook. The map indicates that it is based on R. BIrdsall's map of the area from 1820, but it does not indicate who drew this copy. The sketch of Bigelow has some notes written on its reverse, but the hand-writing is hard to decipher.

This volume is the accounts book kept by Reverend Edward Denroche for St. Peter's Anglican Church in Brockville. The left-hand pages of the volume itemize the date and amount of offerings received in the Church; the right-hand pages itemize amounts given to the poor, including names and details, such as "to blind Foster to pay for a cord of wood" - and "to French Mary". Many of the entries were made during a cholera epidemic, and record assistance to victims and to others such as runaway slaves.

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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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Item consists of a pencil drawing entitled Old Firehall and Ryerson Press by Ontario artist James Blomfield.

The drawing depicts a 1930s streetscape of Queen Street West near Peter Street in Toronto. There are people walking on the sidewalks, cars on the street, and a number of storefronts depicted including an old firehall with clock tower and 299 Queen Street West in the background. This building is perhaps best known as the former CHUM-City building located at Queen Street West and John Street but was originally constructed as the headquarters of the Methodist Church of Canada in 1913 by Burke, Horwood and White. By 1959, Ryerson Press, originally the publishing arm of the Methodist Church, had grown to occupy the entire building.

The drawing has been signed and dated by the artist at the lower right in orange coloured pencil. A circle divided into three sections has been drawn above the artist's inscription.

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Item is one panorama photograph created by the Alexandra Studios of Toronto showing the delegates to the 3rd triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Toronto, May 1922.

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Item is a one-page letter in manuscript ink on blue wove paper from Tom Elice (or Ellis), a runaway slave from Kentucky, to Mary Warner.

Mr. Elice's letter expresses both the excitement of his freedom and the pain of leaving his loved one behind. He writes of his new country, tells of catching up with mutual friends from home, and mentions that 'the girls' have joined the Methodist Church. He asks to be remembered to his former owners, William and Betsy Ellis of Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky.

Written from Chatham, Ontario, the letter appears to be a reassurance of safety after a journey via the 'underground railroad' through Ohio and Michigan, so-called 'free states' that nevertheless were bound by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, requiring all law enforcement officials to return runaway slaves. Bounties were posted on Tom and his six fellow fugitives, according to donor information.

The misspelling of the Ellis name suggests that the letter was written by someone else.

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Item is a group portrait photograph of 16 dignitaries standing and sitting on the front veranda and steps of Government House (the residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario) on Simcoe Street in Toronto. The photograph was taken by Toronto photographer, J. Fraser Bryce on October 11, 1901 during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Canada.

Each person is numbered in the photograph and a corresponding key on the border identies each person by title and/or name.

Dignitaries of note include: the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, The Earl of Minto (Governor General of Canada 1898-1904), the Countess of Minto, Sir Oliver Mowat, Mrs. Thomas Langton, Professor Ramsay Wright, and Hon. Andrew Blair, Minister of Railways (1896-1903).

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Fonds consists of two items prepared by Andrew Hicks, MPP for Huron South and member of the United Farmers of Ontario party, in 1923: a 21 page manuscript; and an incomplete typed transcription (5 pages) of a speech.

The speech summarizes Hicks' views of the United Farmers of Ontario's position in government and condemns his own party leader, Premier Ernest C. Drury, for trying to amalgamate the U.F.O. Party with part of the Liberal Party.

Hicks delivered the speech in the Ontario Legislature on April 11, 1923. The following day Premier Drury called a general election for June 25, 1923 where the U.F.O Party was defeated by the Conservative Party. Andrew Hicks lost the nomination as the U.F.O candidate for the South Huron riding and therefore did not run.

Both the handwritten speech and typed pages are on official Legislative Assembly paper. The typed pages correspond to but are not identical to the handwritten draft.

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Item is a Pickering Agricultural Society minute book. The volume contains the handwritten record of the Society's beginnings from 1850 to 1866 including its constitution, minutes of meetings, lists of subscribers, financial accounts as well as agricultural fair details.

In addition to being a record of the early history of this Society and agricultural practices in Ontario, the volume features examples of calligraphy and one page of cross writing.

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