History of Perth

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
98-014/007(01) Proposal and correspondence for writing a history of Perth; contract for publication File
98-014/007(21) Photos, negatives: Sampler by E. James; map of Perth; Gore St; Military Settlement of Upper Canada; unidentified File
98-014/007(03) Manuscript including illustrations File
98-014/007(11) Plans of buildings File
98-014/007(12) Don McLaren letters File
98-014/007(13) Newspaper references late 1800 to early 1900's File
98-014/007(15)-(17) Newspaper clippings File
98-014/007(18) Notes and newspaper clippings File
98-014/007(23) Church: articles re St. James church; Baptist Church File
98-014/007(24) Scrapbook Story of Perth [loose in box] File
98-014/007(14) Notes on history of Perth's buildings and streets File
98-014/007(22) Photocopies of postcards, photos re Perth from various sources (some identified) File
98-014/006(05) Perth: Tradition and Style in Eastern Ontario by Larry Turner File
98-014/007(02) Correspondence and publicity for the publication, includes a picture with Larry Turner holding the book; grants for the publication; correspondence re publishing File
98-014/007(04) Project Perth a Programme for Progress prepared by The Perth Historic Preservation Committee; Town of Perth Corporate Brochure draft File
98-014/007(05) Two Elizabeths and their Samplers by Larry Turner re Elizabeth James and Elizabeth McLaren; manuscript A Tale of Three Houses by Larry Turner re buildings in Perth File
98-014/007(06) Perth listings and directories: listing from Bell Phone book, 1909; Voter's lists, 1884; various listings re Perth from Hart's Canadian Almanac, 1866, 1871, 1914; Old Home Week, 1925 and 1948; Programme of 150th birthday week, 1967; Historical sites, homes, public buildings, and areas in Perth, 1958; Old houses in Perth; city maps; etc. File
98-014/007(07) Miscellaneous historical research, includes notes, excerpts from articles, etc. File
98-014/007(08) Miscellaneous historical research, mainly from the days of early settlement, including banking, education, physicians, social life, etc. File
98-014/007(09) Miscellaneous historical research re William Bain; Scottish Emigration; Inge-Va Estate; The Summit house; Radenhurst house; Clifton farm; John Kerr; MacMartin House; Wampole history; File
98-014/007(10) Miscellaneous historical research: The Early Highland Settlement of Perth by N. Robertson; "Broadsheet", May 20th, 1831; A History of St. Paul's United Church and its Antecedents in Perth, 1817-1975 by G. Weir Wilson and G. McLean Richardson; History of the Code Felt Mills; Mammoth Cheese; Balderson Cheese; etc. File
98-014/007(19) Pamphlets and brochures on Perth File
98-014/007(20) Various legal documents including wills, indentures; deeds and some correspondence names associated are : copies: Froome [Frome]; Hubbell; Church; Lake; Putnam; Tathill; Read; Flintoff; Porter; Miller; Patton; Wood & Gray; originals: Rulley; Warffe; Dickinson; Flintoff; Gilmour File