This item is a poster asking people for donations of artifacts for the planned Victoria Museum in Peterborough, Ontario.
Victoria MuseumThis item is a programme used by the Royal Arthur Lodge for an installation banquet at the Masonic Hall in Peterborough in 1923.
Masonic HallThis item is a history of the Peterborough Horticultural Society written in 1975 by Zoltan Bank.
Peterborough Horticultural SocietyThis item is an account book of Alvin Bee, Concession 1, Lots 26, 27, 28 of Hope Township, relating to expenditures for his farm. Also included is a 1907 tax notice.
Bee, AlvinThis item is a contract between Thomas Watson, teacher, and the Trustees of the Joint Board Grammar and Common School, Port Hope. The contract is for 1 year at a salary of one hundred and twenty pounds.
Watson, ThomasThis item is a broadside from the Better Bait Company of Peterborough, Ontario which was owned and operated by Perce Dyer. The broadside notes the seasonal limits for various kinds of fish.
Better Bait CompanyThis item is an account book from a Port Hope business containing entries for socks, hose and mitts, as well as some entries as to who purchased what. The entries start in 1909 and end in 1910.
This item is a broadside advertising Horses for Sale by the Patterson Brothers of Millbrook, Ontario, who bred and sold horses as a business enterprise.
This item is a certificate from the St. John's Church of England in Port Hope to Doris M. Hancock for completing part one of the first year of the standard teacher training course.
Hancock, Doris M.This item contains the minutes of Brighton Women's Auxiliary monthly meetings from 1895 to 1901.
Brighton Women's AuxiliaryThis item is a notebook written by William Howden and kept between 1860 and 1903 on the subject of animal husbandry. It contains various recipes for horse medicine and newspaper articles on stallions available for stud.
Howden, WilliamThis item is a letter book containing copies of letters from Arthur T. Ogilvy, a Toronto businessman, to businessmen in the Port Hope and Peterborough area, as well as family. Most of the correspondence concerns properties, deeds and mortgages in those areas
Ogilvy, Arthur T.This item is a broadside advertising stud services of the Hambletonian Stallion "Boxer" from Springville. On the front part of the page is a description of the stallion and the dates of what towns he will be going to and when. On the back of the page is a tabulated pedigree chart.
Hambletonian Stallion "Boxer"This item is a leather-bound photograph album containing photographs and tintypes. Some of the photographs are identified.
Fair familyThis item is a ledger used by John Bertram & Sons to keep track of daily transactions and orders.
John Bertram & SonsThis item is a book of deposit slips for W.F. McMahon's trust account at the Bank of Montreal in Port Hope, Ontario.
McMahon, W.F.This item is a household day book of W.B. Northrup for the years 1907-1908.
Northrup, William BartonThis item is a typescript of an autobiography written by Captain Charles Rubidge and published in 1870.
Rubidge, CharlesThis item is an account book which is bound in pigskin. Some of the accounts are related to the sale of clocks. Also included are notes with the following headings "To lay gild on glass", "To gild wood or stone", "To gild any metal", "To writ with silver letters", "To soften metal", "Numbers of an 8 day clocke", "To make yellow varnish", etc. It is possible that the owner of this account book was a clock-maker.
This item is a notebook which belonged to F.W. Hilshaw, Churchfield House, Halton, near Runcorn in Cheshire. It contains schoolwork, newspaper clippings, accounts and recipes.
Hilshaw, F.W.This item is an account book, covering the period from 1885 to 1894 which belonged to Dr. M.S. Boyle of Bowmanville, Ontario.
Boyle, M.S.This item is a student notebook of mathematical problems. Inside the cover is written 'Rowland Tivey 1850'. This item is remarkable for its beautiful calligraphy.
Tivey, RowlandThis item is a notebook which belonged to Roy H. Parsons. It contains notes on surveying lectures given by Professor J.B. Davis in the autumn of 1895.
Parsons, Roy H.This item is a broadside containing information about the By-Laws of the Municipality of Haldimand for the information of pound keepers: "Extracts from the statutes of Canada and the by-Laws of the Municipality of Halidmand..."
Haldimand TownshipThis item is an autograph book belonging to (Mrs.) Letitia Matchett Johnstone, inscribed by various friends and relatives between 1883 and 1893.
Johnstone, Letitia Matchett