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Hugh Wilson fonds

  • ON00009 C 271
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1887

Fonds consists of cartographic and textual records created, used and acquired by Hugh Wilson in his capacity as a public land surveyor. Included in the fonds are manuscript maps, survey contracts and instructions, pamphlets and field notes pertaining to the mineral location surveys of the north shore and islands of Lake Superior. Other items are surveys of various Ontario communities, townships, and railways, as well as a general map of the Dominion of Canada, and a few New Brunswick sheets produced by the Geological Survey of Canada. Numerous Ontario surveyors are represented in the collection including Thomas Devine, J. McNaughton, Isaac Traynor, David Gibson, and Sanford Fleming.

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Arthur Heeney fonds

  • ON00009 C 27
  • Fonds
  • 1941-1984

Fonds consists of the records of architectural draftsman, Arthur Heeney Junior. Fonds includes ca. 1,700 architectural drawings of Heeney's numerous projects including the Toronto Hospital for Consumptives in Weston and the Muskoka Hospital in Gravenhurst. Fonds also contains ca. 210 photographs of various projects. In addition fonds contains correspondence with clients, memoranda, and newspaper clippings relating to hospitals.

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Duncan Campbell Scott fonds

  • ON00009 C 275
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1905]-[ca. 1906]

Fonds consists of photographs created and accumulated by Duncan Campbell Scott during his tenure as a civil servant for the Department of Indian Affairs for the Federal Government. The fonds is arranged into three series. The photographs in Series 1 depict the customs and traditions of native peoples. Series 2 depicts the photographs of the James Bay Indian Treaty Tour and, Series 3 are views of northern Ontario.

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CJRT-FM fonds

  • ON00009 C 274
  • Fonds
  • 1971-1990

Fonds consists of audio reels, audiocassettes and videocassettes relating to programming activities of CJRT-FM, Inc. Fonds is comprised of general programs such as music and informational programming, as well as programming related to its "Open College" radio activities. Fonds includes open reel audio tapes (80 hrs.) and videocassettes (25 hrs. of sound recordings only) of broadcasts of concerts from its CJRT Festival series (1973-1989), as well as general music programming. Also included are broadcasts of speeches from the Canadian Club (1980) and the Empire Club of Canada (1980-1982), with speakers including business, industry and political personalities such as John Pearce Bunting, Barbara Amiel, Maureen McTeer, Michael Wilson, Sinclair Stevens, John Sewell, Frank Miller, and Art Eggleton. Other CJRT informational programs are represented, including broadcasts of News Journal (1978-1988), On the Arts (1978-1988), and Science Journal (1977-1987). Also included are open reel audio (70 hrs.) and audiocassette (31 hrs.) recordings of programs related to CJRT's first Open College course, "Sociology" (1971-1972), as well as programming from other non- credit courses (1971-1990)

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Harry Beattie fonds

  • ON00009 C 278
  • Fonds
  • [191-]

Fonds consists of photographic prints and negatives believed to have been produced by Harry Beattie. The majority of the photographs appear to have been taken in the Niagara region, particularly around the Winona area. Other Ontario locations depicted include Stoney Creek, Grimsby, Sudbury, Ruel, Owen Sound, Port Arthur, Toronto, Jerseyville and Niagara Falls. Also included in the collection are photos of Chicago, and Victoria, British Columbia.

Subjects of the prints and negatives include various aspects and scenes of orchards and vineyards, including the harvesting and transportation of fruit. Other subjects include fishing in Lake Ontario, winter scenes, views from the Niagara Escarpment, Great Lakes steamships, a 1912 train wreck at Grimsby, Ontario, and the installation of Bell telephone lines. As well, there are numerous family portraits of Beattie's family, his wife's family (the Orrs) and his mother's family (the Wentworths).

Fonds includes 195 cellulose nitrate film negatives as well as 194 black and white gelatin photographic prints.

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Ray M. Hall fonds

  • ON00009 C 28
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1955

Fonds consists of ca. 200 architectural drawings of Galt architect, Ray M. Hall. Projects represented are predominantly from the Galt area and include: a building for Galt Malleable Iron Company, residences for the Hespeler Housing Commission, stores for J.A. McIrvine, a school for the Galt School Board, and the Waterloo County Registry Office. In addition, fonds includes 6 photographs depicting the Waterloo County Registry Office, unidentified factory buildings, and a private residence. Fonds also contains 8 trade brochures for steam boilers, glazing compound, mortar mix, and cedar shingles.

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Playing With Time, Inc. fonds

  • ON00009 C 284
  • Fonds
  • 1986-1988

Fonds consists of records accumulated by Playing With Time, Inc. Fonds is comprised of a complete set of draft scripts, representing three seasons of "Degrassi Junior High," 1986-1988. Material represents 42 episodes, each of which generated 3 or 4 draft scripts, including an outline and shooting script for each episode. Fonds also includes a draft script for a television production entitled "Danger".

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Charles Trevelyan fonds

  • ON00009 C 283
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1960

Fonds consists of home movie footage photographed by Charles Trevelyan. Fonds includes footage of the Trevelyan family fishing, swimming and boating at their cottage at Willow Beach on Lake Simcoe. Also included is footage depicting an early Shriners' parade, as well as city street scenes from Toronto, Beamsville and Thornbury, Ontario, as well as family activities at these locales.

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George Wilson and Sons fonds

  • ON00009 C 287
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1964, predominant 1882-1923

Fonds consists of posters and ephemera printed and accumulated by George Wilson and Sons, Limited. Fonds includes broadsides, handbills, playbills and ephemera pertaining to local events in Port Hope, Ontario. Included in the fonds are newsprint advertising broadsides relating to events including auctions, concerts, sporting events, excursions, church functions, and public or private political meetings. Information relating to the contents of the broadsides is on the backs of the documents, presumably supplied by the advertising clients when submitting a printing request. Fonds also includes other textual materials dealing with activities, organizations, various products and services in Port Hope and surrounding area. These materials include ephemera such as handbills, playbills, ticket stubs, church bulletins, certificates and financial statements, circulars and open letters, ballots, membership cards, programs and menus.

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McCarthy Aero Services fonds

  • ON00009 C 285
  • Fonds
  • [1919?]-1920

Fonds consists primarily of 4"x 5" black and white aerial oblique photographs of various cities, towns and locations throughout southern Ontario, Quebec and the United States, taken by McCarthy Aero Services Limited. Several larger sized prints are part of the fonds, including a montage featuring Camp Borden. Most of the photos were taken in 1919 or 1920, mainly from an estimated height of between 200 and 300 feet; the Camp Borden photos were taken at a height of approximately 5000 feet.

Majority of photographs depict views of southern Ontario cities and towns, including along the St. Lawrence River, lake Ontario, Toronto, Ottawa and the Niagara Falls and Niagara River region. Quebec photos include views of Montreal, Vaudreuil and Hull. American photos include views of cities along the Canadian border, such as Detroit and Buffalo. An exception is two aerial photographs of Fort Worth, Texas, which may have been taken by another firm.

As well, there are a number of views of early aircraft, some of which are thought to have been used in aerial photography activities.

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