Fonds consists of notes, manuscripts, papers and articles by Professor Kenneth Kidd; research materials in the form of photographs, maps, and copies of articles and diaries; family correspondence; genealogical information relating to the Kidd and Jebb families, and 2 numbered Fred Saggashi prints.
Kidd, Kenneth E.File includes the following photographs:
- 166-179. Stewart as an adult (Note: #177-179 are prints taken of a portrait painted by Edward Halliday, 1936
File includes printed maps, advertisements, and other information about various travel options, including trains, boats, .
Includes the following
- Willard's New Map, Hudson River. Published by H.A. Willard of the Steam-Boat Empire
- Michigan Central and Great Western Railways
- Map of the Erie Railway
- The only route via suspension bridge and Niagara Falls
File includes correspondence, brochures, receipts, and other records relating to Peterborough Centennial Museum & Archives, The Art Museum (Princeton University), Art Gallery of Northumberland, The Art Gallery of Peterborough, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (attached is a photo of Ray Mead, Robert Fulford, and Stewart Bagnani, 1979), The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Edmonton Art Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum, History of Medicine Museum, and others.
File includes the following letters:
- letters to Gilbert re book donations, manuscript evaluations, etc.;
- letter to Gilbert from possible relatives, Bagnani Brothers Hauling, 1962;
- letters to Stewart from friends;
- letter from antique store regarding two antiques the Bagnani purchased from them, 1967 (two photographs of the antiques attached);
- letter to Gilbert from John Ecclestone, 1967;
- plus other miscellaneous letters
File includes letters from Gilbert to Stewart. The letters dated January to March are from Gilbert while he is doing a lecture tour in the U.S. and Canada at 26 years old, and Stewart is in Rome. The letters dated June to October are from Gilbert in Rome, while Stewart is in Europe.
File includes the following photographs:
- 34: Stewart as a child dressed in a ballerina custom (framed)
- 35-59: Stewart as a child
- 60-84: Stewart as a young girl (#73 is an accompanying photo, not of Stewart; #80-82 are negatives)
Series consists of various research materials on the history of Peterborough County, including newspaper clippings, brochures, photographs, and postcards. See file level descriptions for more details.
Series consists of 5 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. See file listing for more details.
This addition to the fonds consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, music books, notes and memorabilia concerning various parts of Peterborough County.
Choate familySeries consists of various song books and scores. See file listing for more details.
File includes the following items:
- 1-43: Black and white postcards of Stoney Lake and surrounding waterways (includes many shots of McCracken's Landing)
- 44: Colour photograph of the locks at Youngs Point
- 45: Colour photograph of the Peterborough Lift Lock
- 46: Map of Trent Navigation and Murray Canal
- 47: Postcard of Indian River
- 48: Postcard of Channel Glenwood
- 49: Postcard of Gil-Crest Park
- 50: Postcard of Bowness Park
- 50a: Card of Peaceful creek at Bowness Park
File includes the following:
- Newspaper clippings
- List of prize money for Peterborough Exhibition: Peterborough Horticultural Society
- Bureau of Municipal research - White Paper No. 247 January 1940: re number of people in Houses of Industry and in single men's hostels in Toronto during the 1930s
- "The Unbridled Frontier" by Merril Dension, clipped from Harpers Monthly Magazine
- "Public Affairs" (2 copies) The Eternal Problems of Crime and Criminals by J. Alex Edmison, letter and clipping (R.F. Choate) about Senator Buchanan
- Letter to R. Choate from G. Craw about writing an article about Warsaw for the Examiner
The collection of pamphlets in the Trent University Archives are generally Canadian in scope and there is a special emphasis on items that relate to the Peterborough and Trent regions.
Photograph of a group of students gathered together on the bank of the Otonabee River to watch the Head of the Trent Regatta races. They are located on the West Bank near Champlain College. Some are taking photos and others are gathered around chatting.