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Alexander Morris family fonds

  • ON00009 F 51
  • Fonds
  • 1805-1912

Fonds consists primarily of records created or received by Alexander Morris and his family, particularly his father William Morris and his uncle James Morris. Records have been arranged in chronological order, and consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence and other records, of a personal, family ,business, legal, and official nature. Included are land transaction records, mortgages, bonds, receipts, deeds and mining leases, articles of agreement, legal records, reports, and drafts of several of Alexander Morris' speeches. Fonds also contains a scrapbook compiled by Alexander Morris, relating mostly to political matters in Perth. Additional material was later added by Clyde Bell, curator of the Perth Historical Museum. This later material relates to the early history of Perth, and the formation of the Perth museum.

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Alexander Muir Memorial Fund fonds

  • ON00009 F 1116
  • Fonds
  • 1906-1936

Fonds consists of records of individuals involved in the Alexander Muir Memorial Fund, in particular Alexander Fraser, Secretary to the Fund and Provincial Archivist of Ontario. Included are: correspondence (relating to donations, an exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition, and the purchase and sale of stick pins); minutes of a meeting; a pamphlet of Nelson Centenary Memorial Fund mementoes; and newspaper clippings regarding the construction and official opening of the Alexander Muir Memorial Garden.

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Alexander Stickler fonds

  • ON00009 F 274
  • Fonds
  • 1846-[193-?]

Fonds consists of the personal and business records of Alexander Stickler. Fonds includes Stickler's school exercise books as well as personal correspondence with relatives in Scotland. Fonds also includes records from his wharf and storage business such as ledgers, cashbooks, waybills, manifests and steamer accounts. In addition, fonds contains letterbooks of the purser of the steamer, the St. Francis. Fonds also contains 109 photographs. Subjects include Alexander Stickler, his family and Glengarry county industries.

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Alexander Thompson fonds

  • ON00009 F 4277
  • Fonds
  • [photocopied 19-?]

Fonds consists of a photocopy of a handwritten account book listing groceries sold, prices, and names of customers.

Alexander Thurtell Brown fonds

  • ON00009 C 302
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1890]-[ca. 1920]

Fonds consists of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, celluloid negatives, prints and textual material produced by A.T. Brown. Subject material of the fonds pertains primarily to events, scenes and people of Acton, Ontario ca. 1890-1920.

Included in the fonds are 1604 glass plate negatives, featuring informal portraits of local people as well as photographs of houses, buildings, mills, factories, local churches, the Acton railway station, bridges, structure fires, outdoor activities, a Native Indian encampment, local military groups, a train wreck, ships, ferries, local events such as parades, and sporting events and groups. As well, there are photographs of Toronto, including the Second Great Fire of Toronto of 1904, as well as scenes from rural areas and the area known as Cottage Country.

Fonds includes 47 glass plate positives and lantern slides. Subjects are virtually the same as those of the glass plate negatives, although fewer in number. These include scenes of various Acton, Ontario buildings, scenes from Cottage Country, informal portraits of people, groups and animals, as well as photographs of sporting events, concerts, parades and other public events.

Also included in the fonds are 670 prints, essentially representative of the same subjects as of the glass plate negatives, glass plate positives and lantern slides.

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Alexander Young fonds

  • ON00009 F 4191
  • Fonds
  • 1849-1879

Fonds consists of one volume which is an account book in which Alexander Young listed his expenses. He may have been a teacher as several of his entries refer to tuition services.

Alexandra Studios fonds

  • ON00009 C 322
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1932

Fonds consists of glass plate and film negatives created by Alexandras Studios, depicting the activities of Lieutenant-Governor William Donald Ross. Photographs show Ross and his wife attending special events, official openings, and ceremonies, as well as entertaining dignitaries at Government House, Chorley Park. Individuals identified in the photos include Ontario Premiers E.C. Drury, G. Howard Ferguson, Canadian Prime Ministers William Lyon MacKenzie King and R.B. Bennett, and Governor-General Willingdon, as well as Sir Winston Churchill.

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