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  • Isolated manuscripts are small collections - often single items, maps, drawings, individual letters or very small groupings of letters and documents.

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            IMC-152 · Item · 1920-1939

            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.

            Peterborough Male Voice Choir
            83-1017 · Item · 9 July 1904

            This photograph is of the opening of the hydraulic lift lock on the Trent Canal at Peterborough, Ontario, July 9, 1904.

            Peterborough Lift Lock
            76-1011 · Fonds · 1976

            This item is a photocopy of the by-laws of the Peterborough Law Association as amended January 16, 1893 and later amended July 12, 1903.

            Peterborough Law Association
            83-1024 · Collection · 1968-1969

            This fonds consists of 8 issues of the newspaper "The Peterborough Free Press" which was published in Peterborough, Ontario.

            Peterborough Free Press
            75-1003 · Fonds · 1970-1975 (copies of originals dated 1886-1900)

            This item is a roll book for fires in and around Peterborough, Ontario, between 1886 and 1900, with names of fire-fighters, drill entries, dates and places of fires as well as false alarms.

            Peterborough Fire Brigade
            01-1012 · Item · 1991

            Item is a Peterborough Ecology Strategy draft interim report, submitted by project coordinator Jean Greig to the Ecology Strategy Steering Committee for their review and comment, 1991.

            The Peterborough Ecology Strategy
            Peterborough directory
            75-1012 · Fonds · 1975

            This item is a photocopy of a 1875 directory showing the names, addresses, occupations, and in some cases date of emigration to Canada, of the early citizens of Peterborough.

            83-1023 · Fonds · 1976

            The fonds consists of the 3 issues of the newspaper "The Peterborough Common Press" which was published in Peterborough, Ontario.

            Peterborough Common Press
            04-1004 · Collection · 1960

            Collection consists of 13 Peterborough, Ontario postcards reproductions of scenes and buildings dated ca. 1940 - ca. 1955. Subjects include St. Peter's Cathedral, Western Clock Company Ltd., George Street, Civic Hospital, Trinity United Church, Quaker Oats Company Ltd., War Memorial, Peterborough Collegiate & Vocational School, St. John's Anglican Church, City Hall, George St. United Church, and St. Paul's Presbyterian Church.

            Peterborough City postcards reproductions
            02-1006 · Collection · 1970-2000

            Collection consists of photographs and slides of businesses, landmarks and sites within and near the city of Peterborough. Images include Peterborough Lift Lock, Little Lake, Petroglyphs, Peterborough Square, Fairhaven Home for the Aged, Edmison Heights Public School, P.C.H. Nurses residence, Queen Mary Public School, Kinsmen Garden Club, Zeidler farm house, Peterborough Courthouse addition, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Hutchison House, Art Gallery of Peterborough, St. Peter's Cathedral, Peterborough Centennial Museum, Peterborough Public Library, Comstock Funeral Home, Peterborough Theatre Guild, Victoria Park, Kaos Cafe & Revue Cinema, etc.

            73-1005 · Fonds · 1958

            The fonds consists of carbon copies of Surveyor's correspondence regarding a municipal drain dated November 6, 1958; and 3 undated identical maps for zoning in the City of Peterborough.

            Peterborough Chamber of Commerce
            97-1004 · Item · 22 February 1869

            This item is a by-law which sets forth the provisions for granting certificates to tavern-keepers or other gaming houses selling spirituous liquors, along with the costs of such licenses and the applicable fines for breaches of the law. Notation on the back of this item indicates that this copy of the by-law was submitted as evidence in the case of Cumming vs. Faucher, March 16, 1872.

            Peterborough by-law no.231 broadside
            97-1026 · Item · 1913

            This photograph includes portraits of 66 male graduates and 62 female graduates of the 1912-13 Peterborough Business College graduating class. Also included in the photograph are portraits of six instructors and administrators.

            Peterborough Business College
            97-1033 · Collection · 1975-1976

            This collection consists of copies of the agendas and minutes of the first eight meetings of the Steering Committee on Bikeways. Also included are a 1975 Peterborough Bikeway Report (which includes a proposed bicycle trail map), correspondence, etc.

            Peterborough Bikeways
            91-1018 · Fonds · 1830-1897

            This collection consists of 3 maps: a photocopy of a map portraying a portion of Northumberland County, showing Hope and Emily Townships on the west and Murray and Methuen Townships on the east, 1830s; a photocopy of a map portraying a portion of Peterborough County, showing North Monaghan Township to Belmont Township on the south and Harvey to Methuen Townships on the north, 1897; and an original map of Peterborough County, 1897.

            IMC-107 · Collection · 1873-1915

            Collection consists of photographs (mainly carte de visites) and postcards from Peterborough and surrounding area. Includes postcards of Knox Church, Peterborough; St. John’s Church, Peterborough; The Armouries, Peterborough; and Customs House, Peterborough.

            Also includes the following photographs and postcards:

            • Image of two men. Written on back: “Ed. Doxsee sitting and Seaworth Hogg”. Roy Studio (postcard)
            • Three men standing. Written on back: “2- Elliott boys and their uncle” (postcard)
            • One man sitting. Written on back: “Allen McBain” (postcard)
            • A curious baby lying down looking beside the camera. Written on back: “Emma - Hutchinson about 1873”. W. McFadden, Little’s Old Stand, George Street, Peterborough
            • Profile of man with moustache. C. Lawes, Cobourg
            • Portrait of man with prevalent sideburns. J.H. Blomfield, Hastings
            • Profile of young man with fur lined collared coat. Sproule, Peterborough
            • Portrait of young woman with high and tight collar adorned with ribbon and a jewel in the middle of neck. P.H. Green “Grand New Studio”, Post Office Block, Hunter St., Peterborough
            • Full body portrait of a couple. Woman is holding a scroll and man is sitting in chair. Sproule, 170 Charlotte Street, Peterborough
            • A portrait of two young boys looking bored. Byers, George Street, Peterborough
            • Image of 9 people standing and sitting in a group. 2 men, 4 women, and 3 children. Written on back: “1915”. Roy Studio, Peterborough
            • Subset of 6 photographs said to have been taken at 61 Francis Street East, Fenelon Falls:
            • Two little boys (one tall one small) standing by house
            • A boy with a large brimmed hat and bandana with a girl in peter pan collared shirt and tartan skirt standing by house with stone and mortar wall.
            • Girl with long frilled and puffy sleeved dress standing by house
            • Girl in hat and coat and frilled dress standing on snowbank by house
            • Young boy with dog by house
            • A boy and a girl standing by small pine tree in the snow
            • Profile of bust of lady with a large braided hair bun, small post earrings, a grand frilled collared top adorned with large necklace. Thompson, Peterborough
            • Full body portrait of baby in white gown. W. Cowen, 170 Charlotte Street, Peterborough
            • Full body portrait of toddler in white socks and gown looking away from camera. Roy Studio, Peterborough"
            04-1013 · Fonds · 1917-1936

            Items consist of accounts issued largely to the Westwood, Ontario Brackenridge family. The accounts were issued by businesses and institutions in Peterborough, Westwood, Hastings, Bridgenorth and Toronto.

            Peter Robinson report
            92-1001 · Item · 4 May 1827

            This item is a report of the selection and despatch of the Irish immigrants that Peter Robinson settled in the Peterborough area in 1825, including names of the ships used, numbers carried, a list of townships in which the immigrants settled and the results of the harvests in 1826. A transcript of the report is included.

            Robinson, Peter
            96-1007 · Item · 13 Nov. 1828

            This item is a document cover sheet with an inscription "Glengary 13th Nov. 1828, Bishop McDonell, Cornwall, Private, 25 Nov., [to] The Honbl. Peter Robinson, His Majestys Wardon of Woods in Upper Canada & c., York".

            Robinson, Peter
            Peter Adams fonds
            97-1031 · Fonds · 1976-1990

            This fonds consists of three papers written by Peter Adams (one with B.F. Findlay and B.E. Goodison) concerning snow. It also includes his speech notes for a Peterborough Social Planning Council meeting, and two annual reports written in his capacity as M.P.P.

            Adams, William Peter
            83-1016 · Collection · 1850-1950.

            This collection consists of a number of photographs depicting various people such as Queen Victoria, William Lyon Mackenzie King (May 22, 1948 in Ottawa), two brass bands of which one is from Cobourg, Ontario and two photographs of a wood bee at Salem, Ontario, January 25, 1899, photographed by F. B. Jones of the Dominion Photo and View Co., Brighton, Ontario. There are also 4 photographs of unknown people.

            IMC-127 · Collection · 1961

            Collection consists of postal envelopes featuring Pauline Johnson. On 10 March 1961, the Government of Canada released a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Pauline Johnson's birth.

            IMC-083 · Fonds · 1948-1951

            File includes annotated copies of The Echoes (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951), the yearbook of Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School; a photograph of Pat Bolger (n.d.); a newspaper clipping regarding Bolger winning a PCVS scholarship (date unknown); and a reproduction of a [19th-century] pencil drawing titled "County Court-House and Jail, Peterborough"

            Bolger, Pat
            Owen Hoey fonds
            77-1012 · Item · 1853-1880

            The fonds consists of the deeds and other land records relating to property in Seymour Township.

            Hoey, Owen