Fonds 86-027 - Choate Family fonds. 1986 additions

Some of the songbooks in Box 2 are very fragile. Use gloves and do not photocopy.

This fonds was donated by Harold Choate.

None.

This fonds is an addition to 77-026.

Over-sized items located in Large Materials Cabinet - Drawer 31.

FINDING AID

Series A

Music Books

• The Bridgewater Collection of Sacred Music, 1831 (1)

• The Sabbath Bell, by George F. Root (1)

• Boston Collection of Church Music, by Lowell Mason, 1856 (1)

• Howe's Dugtts, 1863 (1)

• Songs of Salvation, 1887 (1)

• Palm Leaves, 1867 (1)

• The Canadian Anthem Book, 1873 (5 plus 1 partial)

• The American Vocalist, 1849 (1)

• Singing School (2)

• New Carmena Sacra, 1857 (3)

• Musical Monitor, 1827 (1)

• Musical Monitor, 1833 (1)

• The Canadian Church Harmonist, 1864 (4 plus misc. pages)

• Sacred Harmony (2)

• The Golden Wreath, by L. O. Emerson, 1857 (3)

• Bright Jewels, by Rev. Robert Loury, 1869 (1)

• The Musical Textbook, by Charles Butler, 1860 (3)

• Welcome Songs (1)

• Sacred Songs of Solo (1)

• The Canticles, 1897 (1)

• Jousse's Musical Catechism, 1887 (1)

• The Columbian Song Book, by Asa Fritz, 1856 (1)

• Loomis's Progressive Music Lessons, 1875 (1)

• The Colonial Harmonist, by Mark Burnham, 1832 (4 partials)

• The Church Choir Part II, by Joseph Guenscher, 1856 (1)

• Sacred Melodies, by Lowell Mason, 1833 (1)

• New Technical Studies, by Louis Plady, 1865 (1)

• No Title (blue - grey - spine repaired)

• No Title (note inside by Harold Choate stating that the book belonged to David Thomas Choate, b. 1827)

Series B

Articles by Richard Choate

Oversized - wrapped in tissue on top of box

• volume 1 scrapbook containing Harold Pammett's "Progress of Peterborough" clipped from the Peterborough Examiner 1959

• volume 2 - as above

• scrapbooks containing clippings from the Globe1933 - 1934

Oversized - Stored in Large Materials Cabinet Drawer 31

• Poster "Sons of Temperance" Tea Meeting Feb 9. 1858

• The Toronto Sunday Toronto 1890

• The Globe Toronto 1890

• The Globe Toronto 1890

• Peterborough Examiner 1956

• Peterborough Examiner 1956

• Peterborough Examiner 1956

• Peterborough Examiner Old Home Week 1929

• The Globe Toronto 1929

• Peterborough Examiner 1929

• " " Centennial Edition 1856-1956

• " " 1936

• " " 1961

• " " 1956

• " " 1961

• " " 1961

• " " 1960

• " " 1961

_ " " 1961

• Mail and Empire 1916

• Toronto Saturday Night 1891

• Soloist Shares Honour - Globe and Mail 1961

• The Nightingale - Globe and Mail 1954

• Richard J. Devey St. Jon's Peterborough Examiner 1949

• Sparks Fly - Examiner 1958 R. F. Choate

• Native Dream Saturday Night 1936 Painting - R.F. Choate

Series C

Collected research notes and newspaper clippings

Box 1

Folder:

1 - Marryat - articles by Helen Marryat and related correspondence

2 - Physiography - Warsaw Road etc.

3 - Isabella Valancy Crawford -photographs - 2 (8x10) black and white of Isabella Valancy Crawford's "Indian Potentate and Retinue"

4 - J.R. Stratton - 5X7 - photo 8X10 (cartoon) Stratton as "Uncle Pumblechook" - Music Sheet jingle

5 - Inland Waterways Association, London - Bulletins, related correspondence, negative (8X10) "Steamer entering lock" British Waterways

6 - Northwest Rebellion - notes and clipping

7 - Serpent Mounds - clippings 1952-57

8 - Sawers material and property from registry office Sawers Creek Map

9 - R.F. Choate - cartoons - clippings from Calgary News Telegram 1912

10 - R.F. Choate - notes by him "Thought" - various subjects

11 - Miscellaneous letters and reply about Choate (Thomas) property

• list of property of Zaccheus Burnham - 1952

• letter from Harold G.E. Choate to R.F. Choate 1948

• Note to Editor (2 copies) about release of Kinsey's "Sexual Behaviour in Human Females"

• Museum Bulletin No. 23, No. 31 and accompanying letter

• 1 copy of A Free and Responsible Press " a general report on mass communication by commission on Freedom of the Press.

• pamphlet ' "The United Empire Loyalists Association"

• 1 copy of Contributions of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology No. 7 "The Passenger Pigeon in Ontario"

12 - 1 copy Waterways to Explore: "The Trent" plus various clippings

• 1 copy "The Trent Waterway Through Central Ontario Canada"

• 1 map the Trent Canal

• 1 copy - Reference and Guide Book: The Trent Canal

• clippings out of "Report of the Select Committee on Conservation

• 1 copy "Report of the Select Committee on Conservation" 1950

• 1 copy "Trent Watershed Survey" 1913

Box 2

Folder:

1 - Guillet - newspaper clippings by about Edwin C. Guillet

2 - Postal History - Warsaw - notes, clippings, ephemera

3 - Forestry, Conservation - newspaper clipping Forestry and conservation and various related topics

4 - Music- memorabilia regarding Julia Choate - Violinist

• Music sheets from "The School Girl"

• Music cards used by Thomas Choate - also bill for printing them

• Notes about Mark Burham

• 1 copy - "Annotate book of words" from Coronation 1902

• 1 copy Old Favourite Songs

• 1 copy Six Old English Songs for Madame Yvette Guilbert by Gustave Ferrari

• 1 copy "Oh Dry Those Tears" by Teresa Del Biego

• Music workbook notes and 2 photos 8X10 of cartoons of Yvette Guilbert

• Manuscript music, dated Haldimand March 27, 1824

5 - 1 copy "The Seraph" 1863

6 - 1 copy "The Seraph" 1867

7 - Newspaper clipping Kawartha Lakes, water conservation, lift lock Trent Canal

8 - Miscellaneous

• Brochure for Kawartha lakes

• Brochure for Rockland House Bobcageon

• Booklet "St Lawrence River Route and Canals" 1918

• Brochure about Trent Canal

• map of Trent Canal

• Letter from W.H. Bennet to R.F. Choate

• Correspondence about Georgian Bay

• Ottawa Canal Huron - Ontario Canal

9 - Churches - warsaw (some small Peterborough area ones) clippings plus related correspondence, also some copies of Canadian Churchman - also notes

Box 3

Folder:

1 - Notes (possibly compiled by R.F. Choate) Various subjects

2 - Notes and articles about Choate Family - also some accounts and material from Choate store in Warsaw - News clippings

3 - Notes and clippings concerning Dummer

4 - scrapbook containing clippings 1928-1933

5 - Newspaper clippings - articles by R.H. Choate - also series entitled "Peterborough's History Mirrored in Language" contained in scrapbook.

6 - Miscellaneous newspaper clippings - mainly concerning - Peterborough and the surrounding area

7 - William Cruikshank R.C.A. - article about him - (9X12) black and white photos of Cruikshank's artwork

• also article entitled "Our Engravings" possibly written by R.F. Choate

8 Miscellaneous: - various handbills, notices of lectures C. 1862

• list of prize money for Peterborough Exhibition: Peterborough Horticultural Society

• Bureau of Municipal research - White Paper No. 247 January 1940: re Number of people in Houses of Industry and in single men's hostels in Toronto during the 1930s.

• "The Unbridled Frontier" by Merril Dension - clipped from Harpers Monthly Magazine

• "Public Affairs" (2) The Eternal Problems of Crime and Criminals by J. Alex Edmison

• letter and clipping (R.F. Choate) about Senator Buchanan

• letter to R. Choate from G. Craw about doing article about Warsaw for the Examiner

9 - 1-43 (3x5) black and white post cards Stoney Lake and surrounding waterways; many shots of McCracken's Landing

• 44-45 (3x5) colour photos - (1) locks at Youngs Point (2) Peterborough Lift Lock

• 46 map - Trent Navigation and Murray Canal

• 47 Indian River

• 48 Channel Glenwood

• 49 Gil-Crest Park

• 50 Bowness Park

• 50a Peaceful creek at Bowness Park