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.
Peterborough miscellaneaIncludes the following:
- Appointment of Constable - Brighton;
- Mcfeeters vs. Gaud;
- Neil Colville(Orono Magistrate) letter to W.F. Kerr;
- Constable's Oath;
- Voters list Letter for Darlington, Colborne, Murray, Brighton, Hamilton twp., Cavan, Port Hope, 1915;
- Letter Re: Percy Sedition trial;
- Board of Criminal Justice Audit appointments;
- Letter Re: Parliament Hill Fire, Feb. 1916;
- Naturalization Index Letter;
- American Hotel Liquor Trial;
- Certificate to carry Pistol - Montague James Smith;
- Grand Jurors and Petit Jurors;
- F. Arkless, 136 Battalion letter;
- Letter from Grand Jury on the inspection of Hospital, Gaol, and House of Refuge --- talks about War effort recruitment in Northumberland and Durham, and Loss of Lord Kitchener;
- Naturalization Act: Rejection of Andrew William Kuhne due to Alien enemy origin;
- Naturalization Act: Acceptance of Lt. James Henry Rooney of136 Battalion, formerly of Detroit;
Mrs. G. Lenox, Lakefield P.O." is written on the reverse; also photograph titled "Members of L.O.L.'s 9[3]rd Battalion, C.E. [ ] Peterborough, February 12th, 1916"
Includes the following:
- Correspondence on Rex. Vs. Galvin ;
- Letters Re: Sheep stealing in Orono, J. C. Thornton;
- Letter Re: Ross Marlow, a inmate at Kingston's Hospital for the insane - had escaped;
- Bernardo letter about resettlement of child;
- Letter Re: Voters list correction 1915;
- Campbellford Police Magistrate, Payne, writes in hopes for salary increase;
- Voters list: Alnwick, Cramahe, Percy and South Monaghan, Clarke, Millbrook, Colborne;
- Statutes of Ontario,1916;
- Correspondence on Francis Henry Davidson Assault Case -- found in Toronto being too sick for trial
Series consists of records of Local 23 of the Journeymen Tailors' Union of America, including correspondence, bills of prices, signage advertising the union label, minutes, and constitutions.
Octavo (23 cm x 16 cm), pp. 77, 3 portrait plates on a yellow-toned paper. Original dark cream printed card covers, sewn binding, deckled fore-edge. Covers darkened primarily to the spine and around edges, else near fine, clean copy. [2023]
Fonds consists of diaries, notebooks, and "cash books" of W.T.C. Boyd relating primarily to business matters, with occasional references to personal matters. Also included are photographs of family members; letters written during WWI by Boyd's son, Thornton; letters and documents related to the building of Boyd's house by architect, John E. Belcher; and letters and documents relating to the family cattle/buffalo cross-breeding enterprise.
Boyd, W.T.C.Fonds consists of 27 diaries of William Thornton Cust Boyd dated 1878 through 1917. Five of the diaries, 1884-1888, include financial records. The diaries recount the private and public life of Boyd, and include references to his wife, Meta, and their children, and social activities with family and friends including boating excursions and picnics. He refers throughout to Richard Birdsall Rogers (1857-1927), superintending engineer of the Peterborough Lift Lock, in social and business terms, and the two often conduct business relating to the Trent Valley Canal. Activities which Boyd participated in regularly include yachting and boating (on the "Calumet", "Ogemah", and "Ajax"), curling, hunting, gardening, tree planting, playing cards, skating, canoeing, and attending the theatre. He recounts details of the illnesses, deaths and funerals of acquaintances and family members, including his step-brother, Mossom (Mossie) Martin Boyd. Boyd recounts in detail the building of his house by John E. Belcher ([184-]-1915), architect, civil engineer, and surveyor. This house is now operated as Case Manor Nursing Home. The diaries speak of local and federal politics, World War I, and the activities of the church. They also detail the activities of the Lindsay, Bobcaygeon and Pontypool Railway Company, the Trent Valley Navigation Steamship Company, and the day-to-day operation of the family lumbering and cattle/buffalo enterprises.
Boyd, W.T.C.Includes the following:
- Letter from G.A. Payne, Campbellford, on the status of his son, Lt. Charles A. Payne in Europe;
- Letter asking for Ontario Statues 1917 to Fraserville;
- Letter asking for Ontario Statues 1917 to Newcastle;
- Return of Convictions Bowmanville;
- Naturalization Act RE: John T. Atkins, Brighton/Presqu'ile wants to become a Canadian to fight in Canadian army;
- Petit Jurors and Grand Jurors, Jun. 1917;
- Police Magistrate Letter RE: Percy Dench, and H. Westlake of Carrying Place;
- Letter to W. Kerr RE: Alfred Gerow from A.O. Scriver;
- Richard Jarvis Letter RE: Food regulations and desertions in Bowmanville;
- Letter Re: Rex. Vs. Keith Chatterson accused of raping Benham Collins from Smithfield; letter state Collins had Gonorrhea
- Letter from Attorney General asking for local authorities to crack down on military desertions;
- Letter from Attorney General Re: Military Service Act;
- Henry Black, Campbellford slander Case: remark about Franco-Canadians and Roman Catholics has hurt sales;
- Jennie Tripp, Mrs. Lane, Children's Aid Society, Port Hope;
- Letter from D.R. Wright, Constable from Campbellford Re: 6finding men of military age contraty M.S.A.;
- Letter to W. Kerr notifying of "Catholics drilling in Burnley Catholic Church yard . . . notify' for our safety" ;
- Letter from D.R. Wright on Food Control, Campbellford;
- Letter RE: Evs Rogers, Subject of Greece who owes George Lakas, of Oshawa money;
- Press Release of Food Controllers meeting; Return of Convictions, Brighton;
- Return of Convictions; Return of Convictions, Cobourg Return of Convictions, Campbellford;
- Letter to W. Kerr RE: Alice Townsend of Norwood;
- Naturalization Act: Bryan Jennings Rurey of Brighton is an American wanting to become Canadian;
- Ben Ewing Statement Regarding Canadian Conscription in Northhumberland and Durham, and inspection of
- Goal, Hospital, and Court Room;
- George Manjuris Naturalization Papers, Walton Street, Port Hope
Fonds consists of photographs of Boyd's family, postcards, a notebook, and a book entitled Canada in Khaki: A Tribute to the Officers and Men now serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1917.
Boyd, W.T.C.The fonds consists of a memoir (photocopy, 8 pages) on Sir MacKenzie Bowell (1823-1917) by his private secretary; and an anonymous scrapbook of clippings relating to Canadian Railways, Laurier, Bourassa, Canadian nationalism and annexationism.
Kayser, E.Series consists of the published constitution of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen (1917), in Polish.