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"

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.

This collection consists of original photographs, copy photographs, negatives and glass negatives of the City of Peterborough. Subjects such as street scenes, store fronts, churches, industries, cemeteries, the Peterborough Canoe Company and schools are included in the fonds. Most of the photographs were taken by Roy studios and used in "Peterborough Examiner" articles during the 1960's.

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.

The fonds consists of the constitution and by-laws of the Peterborough Community Concert Association. Also included are correspondence, contracts, minutes, programmes, clippings and publicity materials of each concert season spanning a twenty-nine year period.

This fonds consists of photographs, programmes of concerts, as well as financial statements, budgets, etc. There are also newspaper reviews and adds for the concerts, administrative papers, minutes of meetings, lists of board and executive members, contracts, and campaign reports.

This fonds consists of Peterborough Community Concert Association administrative and promotional material, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, budget reports, series programs, newspaper clippings, membership lists, newsletters, artist contracts, and other related material.

The fonds of the Peterborough Cricket Club consists of scorebooks of the club (G. Whitaker Company Cricket Club) 1937-1954; 1965, as well as photographs of players and matches. Also included are newspaper clippings and rule books. Amongst the cricketeers is Richard B. Rogers.

This collection consists of 33 lithographic print plates, mounted on wood, of photographic negatives of the fire brigade, Peterborough City Council (1925, 1933 and 1941), the waterworks, the first fire engine, and the Aylmer Street station. There are also print plates of photographic negatives of fires at various buildings in Peterborough including Quaker Oats, the Boston Cafe, the Salvation Army, and the Peterborough Canoe Company.

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

Item is an original typescript of biographies of doctors who served in the Peterborough area from 1821 to 1921. The document also includes photographs of some of the doctors and appendices comprised of several papers on medical subjects.

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.

This collection consists of 14 photograph negatives of Peterborough Normal School, undated, and portraying people and the grounds of the school. The negatives are enclosed in a J.J. Gilfillan, Orono, Ontario, photographer's envelope, with the name Calvin Hamm, Orono, Ontario written on it. Calvin Hamm was born on March 28, 1909 at Orono, son of Ernest Hamm and Florence Hughson. He was appointed Principal of the Morley Consolidated School at Stratton in September 1935 and received his B.A. at Western University in June 1943. He later taught high school in Fort Frances (taken from a typed information enclosure which accompanies the collection). Also included is a Peterborough Normal School Christmas Card, undated; a Peterborough Normal School Literary Society invitation, 1930; and a photograph of the "Floating Bridge, Bridgenorth, Chemong Lake, 1933."

This collection of photographs consists of the Peterborough County Council for 1925 and 1937, Margaret AnneElizabeth Rubidge which includes family information written on the back, interior of a Peterborough church and Canton #10 inPeterborough.

This item is a photocopy of a newsprint photograph and news article as well as research proposing to establish the date that the early post office acquired its tower and bell.

This fonds consists of four Peterborough residences of which two are framed. One of the photographs is of the Haultain home from approximately 1880 and another is of Maplehurst.

File consists of photographsof Professor Michael Peterman, who taught in the English department at Trent University from 1972 to 2008. He was also Senior Tutor of Lady Eaton College (1981), Associate Dean and Principal of Part-Time Studies (1988-1990) and Principal of Catharine Parr Traill College (2001-2004 and 2005-2008. Michael Peterman received the Distinguished Research Award in 1999.

File consists of a photograph of David Peterson.

File consists of one photograph of Sandy Pflug.

File consists of photographs of Professor Dr. Thomas (Tom) Phillips (d.2022), the interim Co-op, Careers and Experiential Learning Director (2017-?) and the Senior Tutor of Champlain College (1995, 1998-2002).

File consists of photographs of campers, Olympic celebrations, medal ceremony, summer cookout, swim lessons, corn husking, play day, Camp Richildaca sign, camper group photographs, royal life training, canoeing, “Indian” dancing, totem poles, cooking on a fire, archery, exterior of cabin, campers on the bus, arts and crafts, parents’ night, tree house, teepee, campers on sail boat, trap shooting, riding the ponies, rope bridge, and special needs campers. File also includes Ontario Camping Association senior day camp staff weekend workshop schedule with photographs from that event. Individuals photographed and identified include Doug, Bonnie, Peter, Reneé, Hugh, Don, Erin, Scott, “Chief” and “Mrs. B”, Paul Murray, Marilyn Walker, and Dave Sale.

File consists of photographs of campers, tree planting, hockey on the pond at Richildaca, stones for the gabions, interior and exterior of cabins, Richildaca float parade, and buildings in Kettleby Village.