The collection consists of subject files, court records, diaries and photographs. The material illustrates many aspects of the history of Montague and Kitley Townships as well as the activities of Lockwood Family. The files also contain a great deal of research material relating to the Loyal Orange Lodge and the Rural Telephone Company of Kitley Limited. Petitions to the Montague Township Council and Township Assessment rolls are invaluable for a study to the early history of this township. A large collection of photographs illustrate the social history of the area.
Collection consists of a script for a screenplay entitled, "Revenge", written while a student at Queen's University at Kingston; photographs of student days, standing with Bob Rae at his nomination for a Trillium Award, and contact prints for the cover of his novel entitled, "how insensitive."
Collection consists of legal and financial documents, plus some correspondence, associated with the Drummond Family, from the Johnstown District of Eastern Ontario, and primarily Captain Peter Drummond, formerly a Lieutenant in Jessup's Rangers, towards the end of his life when he was no longer associated with the military.
Collection consists of legal documents relating to Robert Headlam, his clients and others, plus his legal successors, including a rare Indenture, printed several years prior to any previously known document having been commercially produced by him.
Collection consists of military papers, correspondence, and other material, including an edited copy of "An Act to Incorporate the Ontario College at Picton" (1868).
The collection consists of minute books, membership rosters, treasurer's books, and certifcates of degrees awarded in the Lodges. Includes records from Loyal Orange Lodges No. 6, No. 481, No. 577, and No. 2659.
Collection consists of thesis data and a scrapbook, compiled by Elizabeth (Bess or Bessie) Sinclair following the death of her husband, R. Gordon Sinclair, who drowned in Collins Bay; correspondence, speeches, and photographs relating to Huntly M. Sinclair, as well as a certificate recognizing him as a Baden-Powell Fellow for his generous support of world scouting; and a file relating to the Sinclair Cemetery (a.k.a. the Scotch Corners Cemetery), located in Beckwith Township, Ontario.
The collection consists of research files; correspondence; subject files; reports including Annual Reports; newsletters and other printed material; records relating to former employees; donations to David Young's research from other individuals; photographs; moving image, and sound recordings; cartoons (some autographed), by some well known cartoonists, such as Andy Donato of the "Toronto Sun" and xxx, and given to David Young during his time as editor of "Research Quarterly", the technical publication of the Research Division of Ontario Hydro; and David Young's extensive 1,275 page manuscript entitled "Dobson Chronicle: A History of Ontario Hydro's Research Laboratories, 1912-1994."
The drawings represent heritage buildings in many towns and regions in southern Ontario such as Adolphustown, Bath, Claireville, Cobourg, Cornwall, Grafton, Islington, Kingston, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Perth, Port Hope and Toronto. Two northern towns are represented by North Bay and Penetanguishene. The drawings represent a variety of structures from churches, clubs and rectories to commerical buildings, factories and mills. The material is organized alphabetically according to town or region.
