Fonds consists of correspondence, journals, and newspaper clippings related to the family of Thomas Alexander Stewart and Frances Stewart. Many papers originate from the family of their son, Henry Louis Stewart. Also included is one photograph, a sketch of Auburn, the family homestead, and a hand-drawn map.
Stewart familyThis item is a day book of T.B. Collins. It has daily entries from June 27, 1884 to August 22, 1885 showing the sales of general merchandise, as well as several entries "to cash". From October 1885 to November 1903, entries are in the form of accounts, are not daily, and deal mostly with cash exchanges. Also included are entries relating to mortgages; details of expense accounts for building barns, houses and other buildings and items. In the back of the book, entries are headed "Pump Business:, December 1884-October 1885.
Collins, Thomas B.This item is a letters patent incorporating the Havelock Electric Light and Power Company, dated March 21, 1903 and recorded by the Deputy Provincial Registrar on March 25, 1903.
Havelock Electric Light and Power Company LimitedOctavo. (24.5 cm x 16.8 cm), pp. 46. Grey printed paper wraps with etched portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, stapled binding. Covers coming loose from the staples, chipped at staples, spine ends, and upper cover fore-edge, top corner of front cover detached and loosely inserted, soiling to margins, tanning to text margins. Otherwise a good copy of the first publication of this series attributed to the National Liberal Federation of Canada. [2250]
This collection consists of a number of stereographs produced by different publishers with the majority published by Underwood & Underwood. There subject matter of the stereographs are the Boer War in South Africa from 1889 to 1902; the Timothy Eaton Company including store interior shots; views of Niagara Falls and the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.
Underwood & UnderwoodOctavo. (22.6 cm x 15.3 cm), 153 pages plus frontispiece portrait, 13 inserted plates and 1 text illustration, tipped-in errata slip between pages 38-39. Light beige printed card covers. Covers lightly soiled, with tanning to margins and spine, chipping to spine tips (appears to have been re-pasted), else a very good copy consisting primarily of historical and biographical sketches. Front cover reads: "The United Empire Loyalists' Association. Vol. IV. Annual Transactions 1901and 1902." [2393]
This item is an account book dated 1902-1903 of a furniture factory owned by Frank Sanford of Fenelon Falls. At the end of the book, several pages are filled with grain accounts. Throughout, many pages are covered with pasted-in pictures from magazines, and a child's drawings. There are also three pages of notes relating to British colonies.
Fletcher, T.M.This 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 the correspondence of Henry White. Topics discussed include legal matters dealing with collection of rent, reference to typhoid fever in November 1903, and reference to the forthcoming election of December 1903. The letter book includes an index and is alphabetically arranged.
White, HenrySmall Octavo. (19.5 cm x 13.2 cm), pp. [1], 1-98; unpaginated [51]; line-drawings, tables. Plain tan wrappers, sewn binding. Handwritten ink note on title-page "The Property of ? Copy C.A.S.C.", previous owner's ink signature to front cover, covers soiled and stained, very light tide-lines in the fore-edge margin of approximately the first 20 leaves, diminishing within and not affecting text, else very good copy. [2316]