File consists of three photographs of Peter Dillon, a Professor Emeritus of the School of Environment and Chemistry. Dillon is the recipient of the Distinguished Research Award (2004). Photographs include Don Mackay.

This fonds consists of letters from Hugh Munro, Edinburgh, to his son Samuel Munro and daughter-in-law Emma Davidson Munro as well as letters to Samuel Dickson from his mother in Ireland. There are also photographs and newspaper obituaries of Laura Davidson, President of Peterborough (Dickson) Lumber Company from 1934 to 1957; photographs of the Dickson home on Dickson Street, Peterborough and typescript histories of the Dickson Lumber Company.

File consists of a photograph of Judge Harry Deyman (1912-1975). Judge Deyman was the supreme court judge for Cobourg and then Peterborough.

This series consists of documents written on the growth and development of the Athletics Centre from 1964-2014, including reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The Athletics Department has gone through many periods of transformation. From shared facilities in downtown Peterborough, to a temporary Air Hall, to having a permanent home on the Nassau campus. There was a great need for a designated facility at the Nassau Campus. Budgets initially allowed for a temporary ‘air hall’ to be set up to relieve the need for renting shared facilities in downtown Peterborough. Eventually, a new building was developed on the west bank of the Nassau campus and became the permanent location for the Athletics Centre. This is reflected in the architectural briefs, drawings, research and publications of the development of the Athletics Centre building and services offered.

File consists of a photograph of Denis Desjardis at a dinner table with unidentified individuals. Desjardis is a Trent University Alumni and donor.

Fonds consists of research notes re RCMP, and Prisoners of Cabrera. Also included is a translation of the book on Pinochet.

File consists of eight photographs of Dan Dempster, former Principal of Catharine Parr Traill College.

Collection consists of employee records, plant and engineering operations, and photographs of Deloro village and the Deloro mining and smelting site.

This collection consists of technical plans and details of the Deloro mining processes, labour relations and union papers, medical information concerning arsenic poisoning, historical material regarding Deloro and the village of Marmora, maps, and plant photographs, layouts, and site plans.

File consists of a photograph of Richard Dellamora, a professor of Cultural Studies at Trent University.

File consists of two headshots of activist Esther Delisle.

File consists of six photographs of Maureen Delaney, a Trent University Alumni. Photographs include Tony Storey, Sarah Fraser, and Kathleen Hurley Easson.

File consists of one photograph of Yvonne Del Mastro an unidentified person standing by a desk in the Financial Aid Office. One photograph includes Tony Storey.

File consists of two images of Luc Declerck who was the acting University Librarian from 1991 to 1992.

File consists of eight photographs of John de Pencier, five of the photographs are of him and unidentified individuals in Trent University apparel. De Pencier received an honorary degree (Doctor of Law) in 2002, and the Eminent Service Award in 1993. He was also on the Trent Board of Governors from 1981 to 1993, five of those years as Chair. One photograph includes Katie Brown.

File consists of a photograph and two images of Peter Dawson, a Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at Trent University. He was also the acting Master of Champlain College in 1988, Senior Don of Champlain College in 1985, TUFA Chair from 2000 to 2004, and a recipient of the Eminent Service award in 2016.

Fonds consists of research materials and notes, modern correspondence, photocopies of historical documentation, and genealogical resources for the Need family as well as other people living in both England and Newcastle District. The historical documentation includes wills, gravesite information, lot and concession records, military records, correspondence. As well as the Need family, there is also biographical information on other families, including the Dunsfords, Langtons, Campbells, and Sawers.

These research materials were accumulated by Dawn Bell Logan and used to write books, articles, and biographical entries about Thomas Need, including Thomas Need : settler in the backwoods of Upper Canada (self published, 2022), and the Dictionary of Canadian Biography entry for Thomas Need (V. 12). Photographs are of some sites in Lincolnshire, U.K, Peterborough, Canada, the Trent Severn Waterway, Thomas Need’s descendants, and gravestones of Need family members.

Fonds is organized into four series: Thomas Need journals and correspondence; Research materials and manuscripts; Dawn Logan correspondence; and Files on Dawn Logan’s publications.

Thomas Need Biography

Thomas Need (1808-1895) emigrated from Nottingham, England to Upper Canada in May 1832 and settled in Verulam Township in Victoria County in 1833 around Sturgeon Lake. He had graduated from University College, London, in 1830 and rejected the idea of becoming a member of the clergy. This contributed to his decision to leave England.

While in Upper Canada, Need was a member of the government commission that oversaw the construction of what became the first lock of the Trent-Severn Waterway, founded the Village of Bobcaygeon in 1834, and served as a magistrate for the Court of Requests from 1835 to 1837.

Need anonymously published his book Six years in the bush or extracts from the journal of a settler in Upper Canada (London, 1838) on his experiences in Upper Canada. The book was based on his journal entries he made in his personal journal which he called the “Woodhouse Journal.” Need returned to Nottingham, England permanently in 1847 and died in 1895. His authorship was confirmed with the publication of John Langton’s letters in 1926 and he was subsequently recognized as a contributor to early Canadian literature.

Source: Biography – NEED, THOMAS – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/need_thomas_12E.html. Accessed 11 Jan. 2024.

File consists of seven photographs of Darek Dawda, a recipient of the Symons Medal in 1995.

File consists of a photograph of the 18th Premier of Ontario Bill Davis in an academic gown.

File consists of one headshot of Arlene Davis, a recipient of the Eminent Service Award in 1989.