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William Roger Graham was born 19 March 1919, in Montreal. He earned a B.A. in 1941 from Union College (now the University of Winnipeg), an M.A. (1944) and a Ph.D. (1950) in History from the University of Toronto. He began his academic teaching career in 1943 at the University of Toronto and, in 1968, came to Queen's University's Depertment of History, by way of the University of Saskatchewan. While in Saskatchewan he completed his three volume biography of the former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister, Arthur Meighen. In 1973, he was named as the next holder of the Douglas Chair of Canadian and Colonial History. In 1984, he retired from the University, as Professor Emeritus, and remained actively engaged in historical research until his sudden death on 17 November 1988.

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The parents of Solomon Jones (1756-1822) emigrated from Wales to New Jersey around 1750 and later removed to Fort Edward, New York. Solomon attended medical school in Albany and in 1776-77 served as surgeon's mate with Sir John Johnson's corps. After the British surrender at Saratoga, Jones escaped to Canada where he served with the army, chiefly at Three Rivers and Montreal, until 1783. He then settled with his mother, sister and his brothers, Daniel, David, and John in the Township of Augusta, Grenville County. Here he farmed and practiced medicine (as one of the first doctors in Upper Canada). From 1796 to 1800 he sat in the Legislative Assembly as member for Grenville County. In 1800 he was appointed a judge of the Johnstown District Court and later served as Commissioner of Highways and member of the Land Board. Solomon Jones and his descendants were, and remained, influential members of the community: doctors, lawyers, farmers, businessmen.

Writer and educator, Yorkton, Sask.

Oscar Justus was born in Waterloo, Ontario, June 18, 1888. He joined the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America, Local 170 in Berlin, Ontario on May 26th, 1914. The union was founded in 1886 as the National Union of United Brewery Workmen. The members of the Union were almost entirely Germans, and publications dated from 1886-1903 were in German. In 1889, along with a growing number of labour unions, it was one of the first industrial unions established with a union logo in the United States. In 1903, the union changed its name to the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America. In 1917, the union changed its name to the International Union of United Brewery and Soft Drink Workers of America. Three years later it changed its name yet again, this time to the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America.

The J.D. Bryce and Company was one of the small businesses established in the city of Kingston, Ontario around 1850. It specialized in the retail of dry goods from Britain and other foreign places. The store was located at the corner of King and Princess Street.

The York Township Teachers' Association was established in 1865 with the aim of encouraging the exchange of ideas and intercourse between members of the teaching profession in an attempt to the adoption of the approved means of instructing.

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Student - Arts '31, and teacher.

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