The Langley and Howland fonds consists almost exclusively of architectural drawings for churches created by architect Henry Langley and the succession of architectural partnerships formed by Henry and his son Charles Langley. In chronological order, the firms are as follows: Gundry and Langley; Henry Langley; Langley, Langley and Burke; Langley and Burke; Langley and Langley; and Langley and Howland. The drawings include plans, elevations, sections and details for more than sixty Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in many Ontario cities and towns, including Toronto, Ottawa and London. In addition, the fonds includes a handful of sunday schools (additions and free standing), a synod house, and a couple of miscellaneous private patron commissions. Included are presentation, contract, and perspective drawings as well as blueprints. Many of these structures remain operational even though they bear a different name than used by the original designers. Many have also likely been extensively renovated and added on to, or demolished. The drawings have been arranged into 78 series by project based on partnership or firm name.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario in carrying out their mission of promoting excellence in nursing practice and advocating the role of nursing in empowering the people of Ontario to achieve and maintain their optimal health. These records document all activities of the organization, beginning with records from its establishment in 1904 as the Graduate Nurses' Association of Ontario. Records relate to annual meetings, committees, conferences, workshops, legislation, finances, public relations, 50th anniversary activities, membership services, nursing education, employment relations, liaison with the government, as well as the Association's history. Also included are records concerning the 1984 Royal Commission of inquiry conducted under Ontario Justice Samuel Grange related to deaths at SickKids (Hospital for Sick Children). Records in this fonds include correspondence, minutes, reports, course materials, constitution and amendments, and information packages. Also included are: artifacts related to various programs and celebrations of the RNAO; photographs depicting RNAO members at various celebrations and functions, conferences, and conventions; audio recordings consisting mainly of taped lectures, presentations, and keynote addresses from the RNAO Annual Conventions; videocassettes concerning the Grange Inquiry; architectural drawings documenting the design of the new RNAO provincial headquarters on Price Street in Toronto, Ontario; as well as annotated maps of Ontario districts to show areas where RNAO members reside.

The fonds consists of materials created and received by the extended Van Wagner and Hamilton families living predominantly in the Hamilton and Toronto areas. The following description is organized according to the broad groups of records received. Peter Van Wagner's diaries cover the basic details of his daily life as a farmer in Wentworth County. Subjects include weather conditions, agricultural activities on the farm, and the care of livestock. Financial information, such as the price of land, sales of crops, and the family's financial situation are also covered. His interest in politics is also apparent, with occasional commentaries on current events, local politics, and opinions on government policies. The diaries also describe his relationships with family members and interactions with friends and neighbours. The Van Wagner Family correspondence consists of business and personal letters of Peter Van Wagner and his children. Peter Van Wagner's general correspondence includes letters to and from various correspondents (family, friends, and business contacts) ranging from the 1830s to 1890s. There are also numerous letters from Peter to his children Anna (Van Wagner) Hamilton (ca. 1885-1901); Mary (Van Wagner) Spohn (ca. 1870-1892); and Henry P. Van Wagner while he was at the School of Gunnery in Kingston (1879). There are also a large number of letters from Mary (Van Wagner) Spohn to her father, Peter (1850s - 1890s) including descriptions of her life in Texas. Finally, Henry P. Van Wagner's business and personal correspondence from the 1860s to the 1890s is also found. The Van Wagner letters include news about family and friends, details of daily life such as weather, health, farming etc. and information on business and financial dealings. The Van Wagner Family subject consists of a variety of textual materials retained by the Van Wagner extended family for their interest. Items include copies of news clippings from the Globe, Hamilton Spectator, and other newspapers (1830s - 1930s) mainly on local history and issues (including articles written by Peter Van Wagner); miscellaneous publications such as plant catalogues (1880s), pamphlets, and handbills (1850s - [190-?]); and machinery patents filed by Peter Van Wagner (1869 - 1873). Also included are legal documents such as wills and mortgages, as well as Henry P. Van Wagner's handwritten history of the Hamilton Field Battery. The Hamilton Family correspondence and subject files consists of personal and business correspondence of the Hamilton extended family as well as subject files relating to their various interests and activities. The correspondence consists of letters to Chester B. Hamilton Sr. (1860s - 1880s) and letters from his sisters to his wife, Anna (Van Wagner) Hamilton (1870s - 1880s). There is also miscellaneous Hamilton family correspondence from the 1870s to 1890s. Later correspondence includes letters to Myra Hamilton from the 1910s to the 1920s. Also found are letters to Montreal-based Champion Brown (an ancestor of Chester B. Hamilton) from his brother and sisters in the States, dating to the 1840s. The subject files include various legal documents (wills, land deeds etc.) from the 1820s to 1930s; news clippings from 1897 to the 1930s; Chester B. Hamilton Jr.'s patents (1915 - 1934); and some notes on family history. The early Van Wagner photographs consist of cartes de visites (ca. 1860s) and cabinet cards (ca. 1870s - 1880s) of various Van Wagner family members and friends. Photographs relating to Mary (Van Wagner) Spohn include photographs which are American in origin. Many but by no means all of the photographs are identified. There are also loose b/w prints including portraits and scenes of country life. Also found are two albums of amateur photography dating from around 1890 - 1910. The photographs are not identified, but depict life at the family farm in Stoney Creek. They include portraits, scenes of family life (at the beach, riding horses etc.), views of the countryside, and a few school scenes. Also included are some shots of women sketching, painting, and visiting with a few scenes relating to fruit farming. A watercolour of Edith Van Wagner as a young child is also included. The Hamilton family photographs include cabinet cards and other b/w prints showing the Hamilton family and their friends and relatives from the 1870s to 1880s. There are also miscellaneous family photographs (mainly portraits) from approximately 1870 to the 1920s. Not all of the photographs are identified. The miscellaneous images consist of a wide range of photographs of the Van Wagner and Hamilton extended families in different formats and sizes. Many of the photographs are unidentified. Most are portraits and country scenes. The daguerr갴ypes and ambrotypes are in somewhat poor condition. A leather-bound legal volume and recipe book, originally written in English chancery hand, dating to the early-17th century. Although highly difficult to read, especially due to the bleed-through of the iron gall ink from the opposite side of the pages, it appears to be of land indentures and conveyances. The later blank pages in the book were used, probably by members of the Hamilton family (the provenance of the volume has been lost to time) to copy a large number of recipes for foodstuff and household products.

The fonds consists of original Ontario political editorial cartoons drawn by Vic Roschkov between ca. 1970 and ca. 2004. His signature is on all but 12 of the drawings. Three of the cartoons were identified as being drawn for the Windsor Star and one was identified as being drawn for the Toronto Star. A majority of the cartoons (38) depict Mike Harris' years as Ontario Premier (1995-2002) and after (ca. 2003-2004), his cabinet, his policies and the “Common Sense Revolution” political platform. Specific issues featured include Harris' possible federal career, electricity deregulation, Enron, Ontario Power Generation, Hydro One, business verses labour, the environment, Bill 7, Bill 40, workfare, Ipperwash, balanced budget, the Walkerton water crisis, John Snobelen and an artificial education crisis, Kimberly Rogers tragedy, $5.6 million to Harris' friends, using taxes for Tory propaganda, Tory agenda, pork classic golf tournaments, Bill 160 education reform (privatize), 30% tax cuts, rent control, affordable housing, poor bashing, social programs, nurses losing their jobs, pollution, casinos, Bill 74, Bill 69, scapegoats - unions/teachers/the poor, environment budget cuts, staff cuts, privatized testing, downloading, privatizing health care, literacy and drug tests, special interest groups, doctors' strike, fighting the deficit, increasing MPP pensions, 22% reduced welfare cheques, Harris' legacy - labour laws, regulations and photo radar - gone, and golf. Also included are cartoons (8) depicting the Ontario premiership of Ernie Eves (2002-2003) including issues such as promises, health care, no tax hike/tax cuts, environment, Hydro cap, education, 25% pay raise for MPPs, budget delivered at Magna International, Tory record, deficit, meat inspection, health care, electricity deregulation, kidney donation, Walkerton, Ipperwash, private clinics, Ontario Medical Association, social services, health care, and education. There are also cartoons (5) featuring the Ontario premiership of Dalton McGuinty (2003- 2004) including issues such as tax loopholes, NDP party losing official party status, Oak Ridges Moraine, and $5.6 billion deficit. There are some cartoons (5) depicting Bob Rae's Ontario premiership (1990-1995) including issues such as gaming, public automobile insurance system, austerity measures, and the Social Contract. Additionally there are cartoons featuring the NDP (1) and Waffle (2) parties [ca. 1970-1978] including issues such as Stephen Lewis' “Tomorrow starts today” speech, automatic Canadian nationalism, the end of air pollution, and foreign takeovers. Another issue featured as a cartoon (1) is the Toronto Transit Commission (ca. 1978). Images of politicians featured in this fonds include Progressive Conservative members - Mike Harris, Ernie Eves, (Alberta) Ralph Klein, Bill Davis, Janet Ecker, Norm Sterling, Elizabeth Witmer, Tony Clement, John Baird, Jim Flaherty, Brian Coburn, and Chris Stockwell; Liberal members - Dalton McGuinty, possibly Greg Sorbara, (Prime Minister) Jean Chrétien; NDP members - Bob Rae, Stephen Lewis, David Lewis, Howard Hampton, Mel Swart or Peter Kormos, possibly Floyd Laughren, Donald C. MacDonald, Frances Lankin; Waffle members - James Laxer, Robert Laxer, and Mel Watkins; and Independent member - John Sewell. The fonds is arranged according to the order the drawings were arranged by the donor.

The fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and moving image records mostly relating to Father Meehan's work in radio, television, and newspapers. The records cover Father Meehan's media career from the beginnings of his education in media studies in the 1940s to the last newspaper articles he wrote in 1998. Although the fonds does not include every media record that he created - no radio audio recordings exist and most of the sound and moving image programs do not include every created episode - it represents a significant portion of his output. The different formats often complement each other, especially concerning Father Meehan's programs. The fonds consists of records representing Father Meehan's work with radio and television stations including Canadian Catholic Hour Broadcasts, CBC Radio, CHML Radio and CHCH-TV in Hamilton, CFRB Radio and CFTO-TV in Toronto, CJAY-TV in Winnipeg, Saint John Cable TV, Boston Catholic Television Center, and Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) via satellite from Birmingham, Alabama. As well there are textual records including Father Meehan's work for The Catholic Register, Challenge magazine, Canadian Messenger magazine, the Sacred Heart Messenger magazine, and The Toronto Star. Specific program records found in all three record formats - text, photographs, and film/video formats - include the following programs: Let's talk about Canada," Races : "Let's talk about our new Canadians," "The pleasures of life," "Come to the Father," "Sharper than a two-edged sword," "Lift up your hearts," "Thank God for the Church," "Marriage '76," "Join hands in prayer,” and "Growing old gracefully." The many guests who appeared with Father Meehan on his programs include the following: Mother Angelica, Governor General Roland Michener, Toronto Maple Leaf player and coach Red Kelly, Ontario Lieutenant Governor John Keiller Mackay, Ontario's first Ombudsman Arthur Maloney, Hamilton-born sculptor William McElcheran, Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock, The Catholic Register Editor Larry Henderson, Canadian artist William Kurelek, Bishop Paul F. Reding, Pro-Life Director Mrs. Bette Hamon, Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb, Metro Chairman William (Bill) Allen, The Catholic Register Managing Editor Joanne McGarry, Father Emmanuel Demerah, Father Albert Stoeckel, Bishop Anthony P. Tonnos, the singing Dunn family, and Father Meehan's family members. The Redemptorist Archives initially arranged the records before transferring them to the AO. The fonds is arranged into three series.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the family of Colley Lyons Lucas (C.L.L.) Foster. The majority of the records are correspondence created and accumulated by C.L.L. Foster in the course of his military activities. Also included is personal correspondence, a leave of absence pass, commissions, certificate stating land ownership, marriage certificate, military reports, genealogies, and newspaper clippings. Fonds also includes photographs of Morgan, Humphreys, and Harrison family members, as well as the Morgan family residence in Toronto, Foxley Grove. Also included are watercolours and sketches concerning Clarkson, Ontario, and summer camps in the late 1890s.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the Health Services Restructuring Commission (HSRC). The records were created during the Commission's mandate of restructuring hospitals and the delivery of health services in all regions of Ontario. The records consist of: background studies and supporting statistical data; minutes of Commission meetings; contractual agreements; minutes of meetings with stakeholders; internal and external correspondence; hospital/district health council files submitted to HSRC; site visit records; site visit itineraries; media releases; financial records; various presentations presented both by the HSRC and to the HSRC; records relating to external consultants' projects and legal challenges of HSRC decisions; court files; information on the Restructuring Coordination Task Force and the Provincial Paediatric Task Force; progress reports; quarterly reports; survey results; human resources planning and labour force adjustments; expert panel materials; community feedback/submissions; notices of intent to issue directions; the vision of what the future of Ontario's overall health system should look like; integration plans; and published interim and final reports on restructuring and directions given to the municipalities. Photographs include an aerial view of St. Joseph's Hospital and Public General Hospital in Chatham, the Port Arthur Cancer Clinic in the Thunder Bay regional area and the restructuring commissioners taken on February 24, 2000. Electronic records consist of information concerning the Thunder Bay Health Services Restructuring final costing and support services and resource calculations concerning the Rehabilitation Program based on the July 1997 Discussion Paper: Rebuilding Ontario's Health System: Interim Planning Guidelines and Implementation Strategies for Home Care, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, and Sub-acute Care. Architectural drawings include documentation concerning the block plan proposals to levels 4, 7, 12, and 14 of Mount Sinai Hospital (1998-2000), and potential development of Kingston's Psychiatric Hospital. Also included are video recordings of an opinion based research project conducted by the Health Services Restructuring Commission in Toronto, Ontario. Also included is a map of the City of St. Catherine's.

Fonds consists primarily of copied photographs of conservationist and Native-impersonator Archibald Stansfeld Belaney or, as he was known after 1930, Grey Owl. Most of the collection depicts Belaney's wilderness travels between Chapleau and Temagami, Ontario; Senneterre and Métis-sur-Mer, Québec; Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba; and Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. The images document the aboriginal and white families who knew Belaney; the northern flora, and fauna; and fur trapping, lumbering, and wilderness tourism industries. A small portion of the collection records life in Belaney's hometown of Hastings in southeast England, and the activities of Canadian troops in the trenches of World War I. Also included are images of: the Biscotasing area; various Hudson's Bay Company posts in northern Ontario; Grey Owl's wife Anahareo and daughter Dawn; Grey Owl with beavers, including his pet beaver Jellyroll; and images of Grey Owl during the filming of his movies “Summer” and “Winter”. Textual records included are excerpts from his books Pilgrims of the Wild, and Tales of an Empty Cabin, as well as various newspaper clippings concerning Grey Owl. Professor Smith mounted the photographs into 52 subject-based binders and provided descriptions for most of the images. During the physical processing of the collection, the binder pages were placed into file folders but the original subject-based arrangement was preserved.

Collection consists of ten engineering drawings and plans created by the Great Western Railway, most likely provided to Gibson Quarry as part of supply contracts for rail bed aggregate or building stone. The collection consists primarily of plans of abutments for Great Western Railway bridges and culverts along the Niagara Falls-Windsor line. The drawings also include a sketch of the Great Western Railway along the Grand River, a section drawing of a turn-table to the engine shed in St. Thomas, Ontario, and a plan for a swing bridge over the Welland Canal. Several of the plans have been signed by the Great Western Railway's Chief Engineer, Joseph Hobson.

Fonds consists of records created by Michael Hough, a Toronto-based landscape architect, who founded a consulting firm known in one of its incarnations as ENVision-The Hough Group, and worked as a consultant, university lecturer and author. Fonds contains correspondence, reports, lectures, articles, draft publications, subject files, and professional photographs written, collected or taken by Hough. The fonds also contains awards given to Hough, his collected publications and project drawings, as well as materials he collected while teaching at the University of Toronto and York University in Toronto, Ontario. Fonds also contains journals and planners filled by Hough, documenting his life and practice, including the diary he maintained while in the British Army. Fonds also includes records of his sales of shares in his various firms and commissions and appointments for Hough from the University of Toronto. Photographs in this fonds typically depict landscapes, wildlife, national parks, urban and rural environments as well as documenting planning and landscape architecture projects, such as the Don Valley Brickworks or Ontario Place. Earlier photographs depict Michael Hough's student projects and early work in Philadelphia. Architectural records in this fonds are sketches, site plans, sections, elevations and perspectives. They depict sites, parks, varying environments, parks, trees and landscapes and were created by Hough as he worked on projects or created publications. Cartographic records tend to be of areas Hough visited or worked as part of his career, including Turkey, England, Australia, South Africa and the United States. Moving images are videocassettes, depicting the visit of Prince Charles to the Don Valley in Toronto, Ontario as part of an official visit to Canada. Fonds was primarily arranged by creator, but often file titles are misleading, as he tended to repurpose file folders. Scope and content notes often more accurately reflect the contents of the files.