This addition to the fonds consists of a pen and ink drawing of Conger House and hill, north of George Street in Smith Township, by Edward C. Caddy. The cardboard backing from the original frame has information regarding the sketch and donor.
Caddy, Edward C.This collection consists of two photographs and five prints of various towns. The two photographs are of Port Hope and are hand-coloured. One photograph (item #1) is of Trinity College School before the fire. The other photograph (item #2) is framed and matted. It is of Port Hope's harbour taken from the western hill. There is one coloured reproduction print (item #3) of Port Hope which is matted and framed. This print was presented by Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Lewis to Trent University on the occasion of the opening of Bata Library. There is one print (item #4) of Lindsay which was produced in 1882. Another print (item #5) is entitled "Hastings on the Trent, Ont." and was drawn by Rev. M.A. Farrar and lithographed by Brown and Bautz. Item #6 is a framed black and white photograph of an 1832 pencil sketch of Government House in Peterborough which was drawn by Mary Sanford. The last print (item #7) is a framed coloured reproduction print of York from Gibralter Point from 1828.
File consists of a photograph of a group of individuals, including P. Gaudear, Joe, [Aubrise?], Barrow, Cameron, Dick, [Hallire?], Heath, Old Gaudear, G.A. Stewart, [Jarle?] Gaudear, H.L. Stewart, and Cooke.
Fonds consists of records documenting the Stinson family, primarily the legal and political career of T.H. Stinson. Family records include Christmas cards, wedding invitations, family portraits, travel records (postcards, booklets, photographs), and Ella Stinson's (nee Robson) correspondence.
Fonds is organized into series by the three accessions making up this fonds. Please see series level descriptions for further detail.
Stinson, T.H. (Thomas Hubert)This fonds consists of photographs, two charcoal portraits, land documents, family bible and biographical sketches of Lakefield, Ontario. It also includes information on the Joseph Walton family of Smith Township. The bible contains genealogical information and is a "Cottage" Bible stamped with name of Joseph and S.J. Walton.
Burgess-Walton familyThis fonds consists primarily of the correspondence of Scott Ackerman Medd to his parents Sidney Taylor Medd and Estelle Lumsden Ackerman and his sister Mary E. Medd. The correspondence covers such topics as Scott's education at Trinity College School in Port Hope and at the Royal Academy in London, England, his development as and artist, life in England, and World War II. The fonds also contains the family records of Thomas and Mary Medd consisting of emigration and settlement letters, 1819-1919; correspondence to Robert Medd, 1820-1852; and correspondence to and from Sidney Taylor Medd during World War I. Also included are photographs of various members of the Medd family and sketches and sketchbooks of Scott Ackerman Medd.
Medd familyThis fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, balance sheets, and financial records of the Gordon Mackay Company, its subsidiaries and some of its officers. It includes photographs, maps, plans, annual reports and newsclippings.
Gordon Mackay & CompanyThis fonds consists of posters, publicity materials, set design sketches, brochures, programs, photographs and newspaper clippings of Arbor Theatre, Peterborough, Ontario.
Arbor TheatreThis fonds consists of 4 boxes of materials related to the life and works of Spencer J. Harrison.
Harrison, Spencer J.Fonds consists of one box of materials related to the life and times of Spencer J. Harrison, artist and gay activist.
Harrison, Spencer J.Fonds consists of correspondence and photographs related to the careers and the private lives of Martha and Kenneth Kidd.
Kidd, Kenneth E.This addition to the fonds consists of diaries, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings of Dorthy Choate Herriman. The fonds includes material on the Canadian Authors Association, Carol Cassidy Coates and other poets and writers. Newspaper clippings, original illustrated layout, biographical information, author's proof and a bound copy of Mater Silva are also included in the fonds. There is also an annotated copy of editor John Garvin's Canadian Poets.
Herriman, Dorothy ChoateThis fonds consists of glass slides which were used as teaching materials at Mount St. Joseph. The subjects include Tennyson: Idylls of the King, 55 slides; physiography, 15 slides; zoology, 5 slides; physics, 4 slides; English and history, 7 slides; and, European history, 6 slides. Ten of the slides in physiography, 2 slides in botany and 1 slide in chemistry were made by high school students in Lindsay.
Mount St. JosephFonds documents the work of the Trent-ESL program and experiences of its students. Records include brochures, posters, and student guides. Fonds also includes 3 testimonial books featuring stories and photographs by Trent-ESL students and alumni (2003-2014), a scrapbook of the Canadian Culture Summer English experience program (2019), and a memory book on the history of Trent-ESL, produced for its final celebration (April 2026). See file descriptions for more details.
Trent-ESLFile consists of a presentation book featuring testimonials from Trent-ESL and international students, written in their first languages and sometimes translated. This book features students from Korea, China, Vietnam, and Russia. Also includes photographs printed onto paper. The section on Vietnam also documents the activities of the Vietnamese Organization at Trent (VOT).
File consists of a memory book produced for the final ESL celebration on April 2, 2026.
File consists of a scrapbook for the Canadian Culture Summer English Experience (CCSEE) program. The program ran in 2019 only, and was largely organized by Caroline Bedros, the ESL student assistant. Campers came from a high school in Peru, resided in home stays, and engaged in activities on Trent's Symons campus. The scrapbook includes photographs and messages from the campers.
File consists of a presentation book containing testimonials and photographs from ESL and international students from Japan, written in their first language. Some are translated into English.
File consists of a presentation book containing testimonials and photographs from ESL and international students from China and Taiwan, written in their first language.
Fonds consists mostly of correspondence (both handwritten and typed) between Mary Northway and Professors John Wadland and Alan Wilson. This correspondence relates primarily to the Brora Centre, the Neathern Trust, Canadian Studies, Trent University, and Windy Pine's history and transfer to Trent. Correspondence also mentions Dorothy Millichamp and Margot Thompson.
Fonds also includes a copy of A. Wilson's nomination of Mary Northway for an honorary degree, her CV, and a list of her publications. There are also 2 photographs of Mary Northway, Helen James, Adele Ebbs and Dorothy (Dore) Millichamp, a poem about Mary Northway by Betsy Struthers, a published copy of Child Student in Canada: A Casual History by Mary Northway, and a Toronto Star obituary of Mary Northway.
Also included is an 8 mm film of Windy Pine (3 minutes, silent, colour), featuring Flora Morrison and her dog Charlie at Driftwood cabin, Windy Pine in the 1970s (also copied on DVD).
Northway, Mary LouiseThis fonds consists of administrative records relating to the establishment, operations, and wind up of the Neathern Trust. Fonds also includes numbered case files for various projects that received funding from the Neathern Trust which was set up by Dr. Mary Northway. Fonds is organized into two series: Project files and Administrative files. Please see series and file descriptions for more information.
Neathern Trust