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Robert B. Townsend fonds

  • ON00009 C 107
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1975

Fonds consists of footage of activities of the Queen City Yacht Club in Toronto, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Lions Club. Also included is footage of Junior Olympics in Cleveland, Ohio, and scenes from Camp Beausoleil on Beausoleil Island, Georgian Bay. Queen City Yacht Club material includes footage of Royal Yacht "Britannia" and of the "Queen Mary" ca. 1956-1960. Royal Canadian Yacht Club footage features a number of garden parties, as well as the yacht "Ivanhoe". Lions Club footage includes footage of amateur boxer George Chuvalo at Lions Club Boxing Show.

For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+107?SESSIONSEARCH

Archibald McIntyre fonds

  • ON00009 C 113
  • Fonds
  • 1951-[1956?]

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Archibald McIntyre recording the construction of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario warehouse and offices at Harbourfront in Toronto (architects: Mathers and Haldenby). The subject matter is mostly construction site views, with a few aerial shots of the site and the surrounding area.

For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+113?SESSIONSEARCH

Souter, Bell, Howard and Souter fonds

  • ON00009 C 12
  • Fonds
  • [1889?]-1965

Fonds consists of architectural drawings, photographs and a small amount of textual material created by the firm Souter, Bell, Howard and Souter, its predecessors, and other predecessor firms ultimately associated with the firm of Souter- Lenz-Taylor. A number of drawings were acquired over the years as reference drawings by the firm of Souter, Bell, Howard and Souter. Included among these were the drawings of the firms of McDonnell and Lenz, William Stewart and Son, Stewart and Witton [or W.P. Witton and Stewart], and Roy H. Bishop. Fonds also contains drawings of various firms of engineers. Types of buildings represented in the fonds include many commercial and industrial structures such as office buildings, plants and factories, as well as hotels, banks and department stores. There are also private clubs, schools, orphanages, churches, residences, hospitals, band shells, arenas and YMCA facilities.

For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+12?SESSIONSEARCH

A.W. Barton fonds

  • ON00009 C 121
  • Fonds
  • [191-?]-[ca. 1918]

Fonds consists of 79 glass photographic negatives depicting numerous Toronto and area scenes.

Subjects in the fonds include Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers at the Canadian National Exhibition during World War One; numerous views of Toronto buildings and streets, including the Parliament Buildings at Queen's Park, the University of Toronto, the Old Mill, Howard Park Avenue Methodist Church, the Rushholme residence, the Dominion Bank on Danforth Avenue, a store front of Barton's Defender Photo Supply, and a race track (probably the old Woodbine race course).

A number of portraits are also included, some of which may be of members of Barton's family. The remainder of the collection covers miscellaneous subjects, including ships, the entrance to a special effects theatre (possibly at the C.N.E.), a convention of magpie enthusiasts, the Markham High School cadets, the Chevrolet Motor Company building (presumably in Oshawa), a wooden bridge over an unidentified river (possibly the Don River), and views of an early automobile and a child on a pull sleigh.

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Douglas Kertland fonds

  • ON00009 C 13
  • Fonds
  • [192-?]-[196-?]

Fonds consists of the records of Toronto architect Douglas Kertland. Fonds includes ca. 800 architectural drawings of his various projects in Toronto. In addition, fonds contains Kertland's business correspondence arranged according to client or building.

For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+13?SESSIONSEARCH

J.J. McFadden fonds

  • ON00009 C 154
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1890]-1955

Fonds consists of photographs related to the activities of J.J. McFadden's logging company in northern Ontario and Michigan. Subjects include ice damage along the Niagara River in 1938, timber rafts and lumber camps, horse-drawn delivery and hauling of supplies and timber, views of the Pronto Uranium Mines, numerous photographs of sports teams, and town buildings. Also, there are several shots of a 1926 Canadian Lumberman's Association banquet in Montreal, as well as of the 149th and 157th Battalions at Camp Borden, 1916.

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R.E. McDonnell fonds

  • ON00009 C 16
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1954

Fonds consists of the records of Hamilton architect, R.E. McDonnell. Fonds includes architectural drawings and photographs from McDonell's various projects. Projects documented include: the Ranchman's Club; the Norton Palmer Hotel; the Refectory Building; the approach from the Queen Elizabeth Way to the Peace Bridge at Fort Erie and various private residences. Fonds also contains textual records such as letters of recommendation from various architects and engineers in addition to correspondence concerning the Queenston Heights Refectory.

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Annie Elizabeth Saunders fonds

  • ON00009 C 176
  • Fonds
  • [189-]-1923

Fonds consists of cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, gelatin prints and post cards (both black and white and hand-coloured) taken or collected by A.E. Saunders. The photos depict her family life and nursing career and include views taken in England, South Africa and Cobalt, Ontario. Some of the amateur prints were taken either by A.E. Saunders herself (although none explicitly identify her as the photographer), Dorothy May Saunders, a relative by marriage, or other nurses. Others were taken by professional photographers. Some of the photos have identifying information and dates written on the back.

The majority of the photos depict Cobalt, especially the Cobalt Mines Hospital. The Cobalt views, many on post cards, depict mines, street scenes, and various buildings. Of particular interest are views of the 1909 and 1912 Cobalt fires, and views of Sir Wilfrid Laurier opening the Y.M.C.A. on September 18, 1912. There are also interior and exterior views of the Cobalt Mines Hospital, portraits of nursing staff (including A.E. Saunders), and photos of nurses with patients.

As well, there are portraits of nurses in Great Britain during World War I, including some of nursing staff with military personnel. There are also a number of Saunders family portraits taken in England and Canada, with some identification. Finally, there are pre- Boer war views of nurses and a hospital facility in South Africa.

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Alfred H. Chapman fonds

  • ON00009 C 18
  • Fonds
  • [1880?]-1959, 1976-[1978?]

Fonds comprises records of Alfred Chapman, a Toronto-based architect between 1906 and 1943.

Fonds consists primarily of architectural drawings associated with projects undertaken by Chapman's architectural firms: Chapman and McGiffin; Chapman and Oxley; Chapman, Oxley, and Bishop; and Chapman, Oxley and Facey. Included are specifications, correspondence, and other materials, including photographs and prints. Projects include residences, office buildings, religious houses, and public buildings, including educational institutions and recreational structures.

Fonds also contains materials related to the architectural projects. These include such as reviews of Chapman's buildings in architectural publications, and also general reference for ornamentation, decoration, and design, in the form of portfolios and loose plates, prints, and tearsheets.

The records have been augmented with materials of a biographical or genealogical nature, some collected by Chapman's son Howard D. Chapman.

Fonds has been arranged into four series according to functional differences in the records.

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