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File includes the original full length manuscript dated March 2012, and the final version of the above manuscript, now titled: "The Frost Brothers: The Lives and Times of Les and Cecil Frost." Revision pages were added to the final version located in Special Collections (FC 3075.1 .F7 M34 2014).

A publication by Michael Cullen, Trent Photographics. This copy includes signatures of many of the faculty and staff of Trent University who were photographed for the publication

Items in this small collection include illuminated poems by Richard Outram; many signed and illuminated single poems; a special edition of Canadian Notes & Queries (2003) dedicated to Barbara Howard; a memorial card of the service held in memory of Richard Outram and Barbara Howard at the Arts and Letters Club, April, 2005.

The photographs were taken by Mr. William Martyn who lives on Alexander Ave. in Peterborough, Ontario, next to the hospital. Over the years, whatever the weather, Mr. Martyn produced a complete chronicle of the building/demolition process. Many hours too, were spent arranging and compiling the photographs on the disks into a comprehensive slide show.

Treasurer's book listing receipts, expenditures, statements of exchange, ticket sales, concert statements, recapitulation statements, and annual statements for the Peterborough Male Voice Choir between 1920 and 1939. Most statements are written directly into the book, while some are typed and glued in or inserted. Statements for concerts indicate performances at Port Hope, Coburg, Peterborough, Lakefield, and Fenelon Falls, as well as a broadcasted concert that was held on May 19, 1926. Also included are statements relating to the Ontario Music Festival Fund. Some additional items are inserted inside the front cover of the book, such as a copy of a paid loan from the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1929 and the on-board menu for a May 26, 1929 dinner on the return trip of the choir from New York via the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

A one-page document outlining the accomplishments of the two explorers and requesting support for the construction of a memorial in their honour at the Nigerian Pavailion at Wembley.

Reproduction with settler names as of 1878, plus sketches on edges of churches and other landmarks.

File consists of two copies of Katherine E. Wallis: Canadian Sculptor by A. Roger Collins. One copy is inscribed "Dear Aunt Elise with much love from 'Alas!' and 'Alack!,' Happy Memories, 1949". Elise may refer to Elise Roux (1853-1953), wife of Thomas Alexander Stewart Hay (son of Dr. Thomas Hay and Anna Maria Stewart). Loosely inserted is an unidentified photograph of a woman.
The second copy is inscribed "Helen Dear for the new house, Love from Alice, 1953". Helen may refer to the donor's aunt, Helen Frances Mathias who married Rod Stuart; Alice may refer to the author, Alice Roger Collins.

File also includes two removable flash memory devices containing Dr. Mathias' PhD dissertation as well as digital images, slides, and photographs linked to archaeology work conducted by Mathias in Newfoundland, Qatar and Afghanistan. The dissertation provides context for the images.

Script reads "Any person who removes this card, or in any way violates the law under which this card is posted up, shall for every offence incur a penalty of not more than $20.00."

The material includes correspondence, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and a deed to Polly Cow's Island. Correspondents include Catharine Parr Traill, Katharine Agnes Strickland Traill, Harriette McKay Traill, Mary Traill, James George Traill, Rev. Walter J.S. Traill, William Edward Traill, Harry Strickland, Thomas Strickland, Samual Strickland, Robert and Caroline Strickland, Jane Strickland, Agnes Catherine Vickers, Catherine Vickers, Mary Agnes FitzGibbon, Agnes Chamberlin, Sir Sandford Fleming, A. Llewelyn Roberts, Sarah Gwillym, Goldwin Smith, Annie Traill Fotheringhame Atwood, Florence Atwood, Kate Atwood, Mary Muchall, Hargrave Henry Muchall, Carrol Muchall, Eva Muchall, William Briggs, E.S. Caswell, James Caswell, John Lowe, Susanna Moodie, John W. Dunbar Moodie, John William Todd, Frances Stewart, Frank Stewart, Ellen Dunlop, Anna Hay, Bessie Brown, Katherine Brown, and others.

File consists of material compiled for a project on the history of Camp Wangoma, including 12 editions of a newsletter, "Wangomatters - 50 years - Before the Memories Fade" and a written history of the camp. Files are available in both paper and digital form.

A six-page typed account of Hamilton's experience as a Parks Canada official who assisted with the organization of an event involving the crossing of a Viking ship from Norway to North America in 1991. Professor T.H.B. Symons presided at the event in his capacity as Chairman of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. "Vinland Revisited" is entertaining and humorously written

Collection consists of post-Russian Revolution era propaganda posters, reproductions

Ledger appears to have belonged to a general store which operated in Woodville, Eldon Township, Victoria County.

Item is a brochure for the Spark Photo Festival, a celebration of photography in Peterborough, Ontario.

A two-part article published in Issue 117 (February 2010) and Issue 118 (May 2010) and based in part on research of the Scott Young fonds, Trent University

Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs etc. related to Neill, a WW II nursing sister who lived in Peterborough. Neill died in 1950. Genealogical information re Neill added to this file July 2016;

Scrapbook includes cut-outs of art, homilies, poems.

Titles include:

• Funeral Procession, Circa 1915-1920
• Children in Garden, Circa 1930
• Robert Neill Shoe Store, Circa 1930
• Jackson Park, Circa 1905
• Gillespie Garage, 1917
• Central School, Circa 1910
• J.W. Browett Optical Specialist, Circa 1910
• Installing Pipes in City, Circa 1905
  Gull Lake, 1918, George Street, Visit of Prime Minster William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1924"

File consists of a letter written on Massey College letterhead. Davies writes: "Dear Margaret: Here is the play about the Peterborough ladies - & another short one from the Peterborough district. - Many thanks for last night's delightful conversation! Rob."