Fonds consists of records documenting Robert Lightbody's experiences with Trent University, as a student, lawyer, fundraiser, and active alumnus. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, planning records, student records, pamphlets and other ephemera, course syllabi, and student governance records. Fonds also includes a speech and pamphlets from a talk given by Margaret Lightbody for the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW).

Fonds is organized into 11 series. Trent University student life; Student government and groups; Course materials; University development; Athletics building; Alumni Association and reunions; Trent properties, funds, and development; Bagnani Endowmnent; Photographs and alumni reunion; Newspaper clippings and images; Margie Lightbody CFUW speech.

The fonds consists of a scrapbook relating to Marmaduke Matthew's office as secretary of the Canadian Academy of Arts, from 1878 to 1888; two unpublished manuscripts on Canadian art and artists; two sketchbooks, from 1863 and 1873 to 1874; and a record of pictures, from 1890 to 1908.

• undated, pencil manuscript, 8 pages, entitled "Why are our artists so poorly encouraged?"
• undated, pencil manuscript, 5 pages, entitled "Art and its uses"
• sketch books 1: 1863; 2: 1873-74
• record of pictures, 1890-1908

This fonds consists primarily of the correspondence of Scott Ackerman Medd to his parents Sidney Taylor Medd and Estelle Lumsden Ackerman and his sister Mary E. Medd. The correspondence covers such topics as Scott's education at Trinity College School in Port Hope and at the Royal Academy in London, England, his development as and artist, life in England, and World War II. The fonds also contains the family records of Thomas and Mary Medd consisting of emigration and settlement letters, 1819-1919; correspondence to Robert Medd, 1820-1852; and correspondence to and from Sidney Taylor Medd during World War I. Also included are photographs of various members of the Medd family and sketches and sketchbooks of Scott Ackerman Medd.

Series documents Peter Gzowski's tenure at the CBC (1971-1997), especially his work on Morningside (1982-1997). Records consist of correspondence, notes, logs, fact sheets, newspaper clippings, proposals, programs, and receipts. A significant amount of material relates to the final broadcast of Morningside (1997), as well as some long-running segments from the show, such as The Bhutan Program and Border Letters. Correspondence consists of internal business communication from CBC and Gzowski's producer, Shelley Ambrose, as well as listener letters.

Series includes prints from David Lasenby titled “North Wing, Otonabee College” (no. 100/350); “Sadlier House, Peter Robinson College” (no. 140/350); “Master’s Lodge, Champlain College” (no. 195/350), the building is now called the Alumni House; “North Wing, Lady Eaton College” (no. 140/350), and “Scott House, Catharine Parr Traill College” (no. 160/350). Series also consists of newspaper issues and clippings from the Peterborough Examiner, Globe & Mail, Trent Trends, The Telegram, and After Four newspaper clippings to do with Trent University. Also includes one flyer announcing the reopening of Sadlier House (2004).

File includes the following correspondence:

• Letter to “dearest Mother” and Helen from Isabel and [indecipherable] (April 4, 1932)
• Birthday letter to Mrs. T. Hay from Bobby, includes drawing (May 31, 1948)
• Letter to [Frannie?] from “Your affectionate son” [indecipherable] (March 19, 1944)
• Letter to Elise and Isabel from Helen (March 9, 1949)
• Letter to Elise from Helen (April 23, 1949)
• Letter to “My dear cousin” from Charlie B. (May 24, 1948)
• Letter to Mrs. Hay from Oscar (May 30, 1948)
• Letter to Mrs. Hay and Mr. Mathias from Lilian D. Grant

Item is a framed unnamed watercolour of a house with a woman standing in front. The inscription reads: Olive Langley. /50. A further identification tag on the frame reads: Peterborough Artist and Author.

Also included is a postcard and card from Kady MacDonald Denton to James Felton.

File consists of oversized prints and engravings. Subjects vary, including a portrait of Sir Charles Nicholson (Provost of the University of Sydney); "Graves at the Head of the Harbour of Balaklava," "Old Custom House, Dundee," cartoons from magazines, and French drawings accompanied by poems.

The fonds consists of the diaries of Harriet Pengelley (1835-1836), Robert Pengelley (1835), and A.E. Marguerite (Rita) Pengelley (1940-1941); correspondence; sketchbooks (1829-1830); drawings; and photographs. In 1994, an addition was made to the fonds which included a photocopy of a diary of Robert Pengelley (1837-1840) and textual records regarding the Pengelley family. In 2018, an addition of Pengelley family genealogical information was received. Some of the diaries have typewritten transcripts attached.

This fonds consists of original manuscripts, research material, correspondence, and transcripts relating to Peter Gzowski and the "Morningside Show" broadcasts of the Canadian Broadcast Corporation as well as photographs of Peter Gzowski and other people. Also included in the fonds are business contracts and correspondence from listeners, to the show, from across Canada. There are also materials relating to Peter Gzowski's radio career.

This fonds consists of letters addressed to Peter Gzowski and the CBC radio show "Morningside". It also consists of manuscripts, correspondence with publishers, etc.

Fonds consists of letters written to Peter Gzowski in his role as broadcaster for CBC's "Morningside" show. The hundreds of letters include such subjects as literacy, Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and Edith Babb. Also included are contracts, correspondence, notes, and memos relating to Peter Gzowski's career with CBC; records relating to Gzowski's association with the "Peter Gzowski Invitational Golf for Literacy" tournament; Gzowski's association with Ridley College, and Trent University (Margaret Laurence tribute, Timothy Findley conference, chancellorship); and greeting cards, personal calendars, photographs, family genealogical information, and correspondence relating to awards received. The fonds also includes correspondence, partial manuscripts, and notes relating to various books which Gzowski has written.

Fonds consists of records documenting Peter Gzowski’s professional activities as the host of CBC’s Morningside (predominant 1997) as well as his annual charity golf tournament, the Peter Gzowski Invitational (PGI) (1986-2010). Gzowski’s personal life and education is also documented, as well as Gzowski family history from 1813-2002.

Professional activities documented include researching and producing Morningside and ongoing work related to other CBC programming. Correspondence includes listener letters and internal communications within CBC. Research and production material include show notes, logs, drafts, scripts, and handwritten notes. PGI material includes copies of poems from PGI events, photographs, ads and programs, and limited correspondence.

Personal activities documented include Gzowski’s undergraduate studies, honours and awards received throughout his schooling and professional life, projects such as research into Stephen Leacock, and Gzowski’s death in 2002. Material documenting Gzowski’s undergraduate studies include photographs and course essays. Awards include The Canadian Journalism Foundation lifetime achievement award and an honourary LL.D. degree from the University of Western Ontario. Research material includes correspondence, drafts, notes, and photocopies of published material. Gzowski’s death is documented through several volumes of memorial books.

Gzowski family history documented include genealogies, education, and personal relationships. The professional life of Peter Gzowski’s paternal great-aunt, Hope Morgan, as a soprano is also documented. Correspondence includes letters from Peter Gzowski’s mother, Margaret Young, to her own parents; letters between Gzowski’s paternal grandparents, Vera Gzowski and Harold N. Gzowski; and letters between his father, Harold E. Gzowski and his paternal grandparents. Photographs include portraits, some framed, of Gzowski’s paternal relatives. Research material related to Gzowski family history includes correspondence, photographs, and photocopies of published material, especially about Sir Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski’s paternal great-great-grandfather.

This fonds is organised into six series: (1) Gzowski, Morgan, and Young families correspondence and research; (2) Awards and memorabilia; (3) Morningside and CBC materials; (4) Projects and publications; (5) Speeches; and (6) Peter Gzowski Invitational.

This fonds contains galley proofs, correspondence, art work, page proofs, boards for deluxe copy and cover, clippings, press releases and research data collected prior to the publication of the Peterborough Historical Atlas.

The fonds consists of assorted documents related to Peterborough County, and the surrounding area. It includes: By-laws of North and South Monaghan townships, broadsides (sale of lands for taxes), numerous newspaper advertisements (commercial and political) and assorted postcards depicting area scenery. Also included are two photographs, one of Hon. Zaccheus Burnham, and the other, of Rev. Mark Burnham.

File includes the following photographs and drawings:

• 1: Cabinet card of Major General Sir Isaac Brock
• 2: “Bonair", St. Peter's Port, Guernsey, C.I., ancestral home of the Brock family (original and photographic reproduction)
• 3: Photographic reproduction of sketch and layout of original "Brockland Cottage", Rice Lake
• 4: Harriet Catherine Brock (photographic reproduction of a framed photograph)
• 5: Harriet Catherine Brock, with biographical sketch by Miss Pengelley
• 6: Sketch (original) of Corville, France, by Miss Brock
• 7-10: Four items - floral picture: poem by Miss Brock; Miss Pengelley's comments on the poem (in original note and in photographic reproduction of note)
• 11: Photograph of pencil sketch of Catherine Mary Lamport, wife of Commodore John Pengelley (great grandmother of Miss Pengelley)
• 12: Commodore John Pengelley (xerox of miniature photograph - 2 copies) - (great grandfather of Miss Pengelley) [missing – envelope empty]
• 13: Copy of photo of Commander (Captain) Robert Lamport Pengelley, with biographical sketch (2 copies)
• 14: Certificate showing an engraving (1823) of Daniel De Lisle Brock

Folder includes the following photographs:

1: Young girl holding baby, unidentified, presumed to be Stewart's cousins in England, c.1910-1918
2: Hon. John Beverley Robinson, Toronto, 1820-1896
3: Hon. Justice Hagerman
4: Stewart Houston (Bagnani), with her father, Stewart Houston
5: Louisa Robinson, daughter of Sir John B. Robinson (Note: she was the first wife of George Allan) - daguerreotype, 6th plate
6: Augusta (Robinson) Houston, wife of Stewart Houston, and mother of Stewart Houston (Bagnani) (on back of photo “Victoria Era”)
7-10: [Augusta Robinson]
11: Augusta (Robinson) Houston, with back spaniel (2 copies)
12: [Stewart F. Houston}, with back spaniel
13: Black spaniel (see 11&12)
14: [Stewart F Houston] (see 11 & 12)
15: Stewart F. Houston, husband of Augusta, and father of Stewart Houston (Bagnani)
16-28: Augusta (Robinson) Houston in Cairo, 1933 (also one negative - #28)
29: Silhouette of woman facing right (on back of frame “Sam’l Johnson, LLD” - framed
30: Silhouette of a man facing left
31: Silhouette of a man facing left (on back ‘Hagerman or MacCauley”
32: Augusta (Robinson) Houston, 1920?
32a: Augusta (Robinson) Houston (on back of photo “A.L.H 1919”
32b: Alan Houston
32c: [Bill and Barbara Houston], 1965
32d: Houston tomb stone [Louisa’s grave, Rome?] (Note: negative only)

Large Materials Cabinet – Drawer 36: 32b. [Augusta & Stewart Houston wedding photo] (Note: This is unidentified but the woman in the wedding gown appears to be the same woman as in photos #7-10)

File consists of 10 photographs and 9 print copies on paper. Most of the photographs show Peter Gzowski and others in studio. One photo from Gzowski's [2003?] likely visit to Galt Collegiate Institute (see: 23-014/001(28)) Also included are five print copies of cartoons and drawings and one print on card.