Title
Snowden House

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1895]

Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15.5 cm

Admin_Bio History
Note on attached sheet reads: "January 1966 - Snowden House was N. side of Charlotte Street - now Charlbond Apartments - (over 85 years) / Mr Dickson Jewett was Bar Tender. The Hotel was operated by Mr. Snowden and his son, Herb. English Canoe Co. Factory was across the creek beside the hotel - where Bad Boy's Store is today. Jack McCabe, 293 Burnham Street." (note signed in pencil by J. Boucher)

Custodial History
Purchased by vendor at a Peterborough area auction and offered to City Archives for purchase in January 2000. Additional provenance is not known.

Scope and Content
A photograph on board, showing a ground level exterior view of the Snowden House Hotel (now Charlbond Apartments), on the north side of Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough. The photograph shows the front entrance, with "Snowden House" painted on a sign about the main door. Also seen is the horse-drawn Chemong Bus, waiting in front, with several people on board and luggage stored on roof racks.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also: 1999-009 for another original photograph of Snowden House.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
William Robson House, North Monaghan

Date of Creation 1
2000, January 15 (photographic reprint)

Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Admin_Bio History
William Robson brought his wife and three sons, Ralph, John and William Jr, from Jedburgh, Scotland in 1829. Initially the family lived in Springville. In 1838 they purchased the current homestead (seen in photograph) for 250 pounds from Edward Cooney. The property was originally part of North Monaghan, but was annexed to the City of Peterborough after 1963. The Robsons developed a successful farming operation on this property. Several generations of Robsons have lived in the house and it is still owned by the Robson family.

Custodial History
Reprint made from original 8 x 10 tintype photograph owned by the Robson family.

Scope and Content
A photograph of the William Robson house, (originally on the east half of Lot 5, Concession 12 in North Monaghan). This brick, Ontario Gothic farm house is still standing at 2000 Lansdowne Street West (north side of Lansdowne, west of Brealey Drive and a few blocks west of Mapleridge IGA). The photograph shows family members posing on the front lawn of their house. The reprint was made from an original 8 x 10 tintype, in possession of the Robson family. The original photograph dates to about 1880.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also 1998-001 for original tintype portrait of Mr and Mrs John Robson (brother and sister-in-law of William Robson). A copy of this photograph can be seen on page 267 of "A History of North Monaghan Township". A historical sketch of the Robson family is also in this local history, published in 1989.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
collection

Title
Jack Rork - collector

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1900]
2000 (reproduced)

Extent
2 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 12.5 cm and 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Custodial History
These photograph were in possession of donor for some years prior to acquisition by the Archives. The donor is the grandson of J.W. Rork seen in the photograph of the "Ruby".

Scope and Content
An original photograph on board, showing the exterior of the Grand Trunk Railway Ticket Office and Street Railway Office, at 334 George Street North (ground floor of Bradburn Opera House). Nine people, including ticket agents and customers are standing inside the front entrance. A sign in the front windows indicates that W. Bunton is Agent for the GTR Ticket Office.
A reproduction photograph showing a group of Norwood people enjoying a Trent Canal 'pleasure cruise' aboard the steamboat "Ruby" (likely at Burleigh Lock). John William Rork, a Norwood hardware merchant, is standing at the bow of the boat. H.G. Buck, owner of the "Ruby" manager of the Norwood Cheese Box factory is next to Mr Rork.The photograph was likely taken about 1900.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals /
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
collection

Title
William W. Sliger fonds

Date of Creation 1
1954

Date of Creation 2
1956

Extent
2 files

Admin_Bio History
William Sliger was the owner of a lumber company in Huntington, West Virginia. In the mid 1950's Sliger contacted the Peterborough Canoe Company. He wanted to purchase a "fishermen's boat". Sliger died in the mid 1990's.
The Peterborough Canoe Company was a division of Canadian Watercraft Limited by the 1950's. The Canadian Canoe Company was also part of this merged company.

Custodial History
The catalogues and other material were originally owned by William Sliger - a customer of the Peterborough Canoe Company in the 1950's. After Sliger's death in the mid 1990's, the material was acquired by the vendor at an estate auction. The vendor sold the lot to the City Archives/PCMA in January 2000.

Scope and Content
A small fonds consisting of two illustrated, colour catalogues of Peterborough Watercraft and accessories (catalogue #54 and #56) manufactured by the Peterborough Canoe Company (1954, 1956); a personal business letter written by Sales Representative Robert H. Miller and addressed to Mr Sliger (1954); also generic covering letters and price lists.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues / price lists / business letters

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also: 1980-002 and 1980-018.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Col. James Z. Rogers

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1890]

Extent
1 photograph

Admin_Bio History
James Zaccheus Rogers (1842-1909) was an officer commanding the 57th Regiment - Peterborough Rangers. In 1879 he purchased assets and patents from the Ontario Canoe Company. In 1892 the Ontario Canoe Company factory was destroyed by fire. Rogers had it re-built at a new King and Water Street location and the Peterborough Canoe Company was born. The company operated until 1961.

Custodial History
The photograph was acquired by the donor at a sale and later offered for donation to the City Archives

Scope and Content
A studio portrait of Col. James Z. Rogers posing in his military dress uniform and wearing a Fenian Raid medal. The portrait was made by Roy Studio. James Z. Rogers was founder of the Peterborough Canoe Company in 1892.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also accession 1969-020 (PG 1-20 F) for group Roy Studio portrait of Col. James Z. Rogers with two other Rogers family members in military dress uniforms: Col. Henry C. Rogers and Col. Robert Zaccheus Rogers, taken during same photo session as this photograph. The photograph is often referred to as the "Three Colonels" photo.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
Canadian Raybestos Company

Date of Creation 1
1940, August 18

Extent
1 photograph (framed) : b&w ; 59 x 43 cm

Admin_Bio History
Raybestos was established in Peterborough in 1920. The main factory on Perry Street was constructed in 1905 for the Peterborough Tool and Shovel Company. Raybestos took the building over in 1920. The factory was used to manufacture asbestos-lined hoses, brake linings and clutch facings. During World War Two the company manufactured special equipment for the Canadian war effort. In 1956-1957 the company was renamed, Raybestos-Manhattan. In later years a new Peterborough plant opened on Crawford Drive. The company closed in the 1980's.

Custodial History
The donor worked at Raybestos starting in 1958. He worked on the factory floor and later became a supervisor. The donor retired in 1985. This photograph was given as a retirement gift the donor. The photograph remained with the donor until he offered for donation to the City Archives in the fall of 1999.

Scope and Content
A large, framed aerial photograph of the Canadian Raybestos office and factory at 280 Perry Street, Peterborough. Also seen in the photograph is part of Canadian General Electric (CGE), the Colonial Weaving Company, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) railway line, along with several 'workmen' houses on Perry, Reid, Park and Rye Streets.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also Raybestos file in Industrial History Research Collection (85-042). This file contains an historical sketch of Raybestos along with a few original price lists of the Company.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
The Jumbo Jamboree of the Jumbo Town, Programme of the Great Pantomorphite Procession at Peterborough On Dominion Day, July the Tooth, 1883.

Date of Creation 1
1883

Extent
1 poster

Custodial History
This poster may have been originally owned by local historian and journalist, F.H. Dobbin. Actual provenance and custodial history remains unclear.

Scope and Content
A large poster or broadside, advertising Dominion Day events in Peterborough for July 1883. The poster is decorated with humorous illustrations and comical descriptions of special events scheduled for the national holiday celebrations in Peterborough.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
posters

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See similar posters in the F.H. Dobbin fonds, City Archives/PCMA.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
Map of the Preliminary Lines Surveyed for the Peterborough and Port Hope Railway in the Townships of Hope and Hamilton

Date of Creation 1
1853

Extent
1 plan

Admin_Bio History
Port Hope began planning for a railway north to Peterborough in 1853. The initial route was to Peterborough via a line near the west shore of Rice Lake, through South Monaghan to Peterborough. The Town of Peterborough however, was still committed to the Cobourg to Peterborough Railway and thus showed little interest in the Port Hope venture. So in 1855 the route was redirected to Lindsay, through Millbrook, Bethany and Omemee. The line to Lindsay was completed in 1857. In 1858 a spur line was built from Millbrook to Peterborough, once it became obvious that the Cobourg to Peterborough Railway with its bridge over Rice Lake, would be a failure. By 1871, the rail line was extended to Beaverton and then to Orillia by 1873. The Port Hope, Lindsay, Beaverton Railway became the Midland Railway in 1869.

Custodial History
This plan was deposited with the Peterborough Public Library several decades ago. In 2000 it was transferred to the City Archives as a preservation measure.

Scope and Content
A large plan showing proposed routes of the Port Hope to Peterborough Railway (later known as Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway, then Midland Railway), between Port Hope and South Monaghan. The plan shows several geographic and built features including: Molson Mill, mill pond north of Port Hope, Ganaraska River, Smith Creek, Ward's Hill, Port Hope Wharf, Lake Ontario, south shore of Rice Lake, Bewdley, Mrs Foe's Inn, features later known as the Oak Ridges Moraine, "ancient lake beach", Boundary Road (later Highway 28), Gravelled Road, first and second tollgates on Boundary Road and McCamus Hill. The plan was prepared at the Engineer's Office for the railway company, by John W. Tate, Civil Engineer.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
plans / visual works

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
Illustrated Catalogue, Agricultural Implements, Manufactured by Peter Hamilton, Peterborough, Ontario

Date of Creation 1
1889

Extent
1 catalogue

Admin_Bio History
Peter Hamilton Agricultural Works was established in Peterborough, Ontario in 1849.

Custodial History
This catalogue was originally donated to the Peterborough Public Library and was incorporated into the "Peterborough Collection". It was culled in March 2000 and transferred to the City Archives at the PCMA as a preservation measure.

Scope and Content
An original catalogue of the Peter Hamilton Agricultural Works, Peterborough, Ontario. The catalogue includes detailed descriptions of product lines including: self binders, reapers, mowers, seeders, sulky rakes and other farm related tools and implements. Also included are steel engravings rendered by the Toronto Lithographic Company, that illustrate specific tools and implements. A steel engraved aerial view of the factory is used to illustrate the back cover. The catalogue also includes testimonials from happy customers, and a list of customers.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
1972-014 92-0088 76-007

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
collection

Title
Snowden House

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1885]

Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Admin_Bio History
The Snowden House was located on the north side of Charlotte Street - now Charlbond Apartments. The hotel was operated by Mr. Snowden and his son, Herb. The William English Canoe Company factory was on the east side of Jackson Creek, directly adjacent to the hotel.

Custodial History
This photograph was reproduced from the Wideman history of hotels in Peterborough.

Scope and Content
A reproduction photograph, showing a ground level exterior view of the Snowden House Hotel (now Charlbond Apartments), on the north side of Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough. The photograph shows the front entrance, with "Snowden House" displayed on a sign at the roof line parapet. Also seen is an almost complete front view of the William English Canoe Company, Jackson Creek with a wooden bridge over it, wagons and other Charlotte Street buildings.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also: 99-009 and 2000-001 for additional (original) photographs of Snowden House.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
Souvenir Program Peterboro Old Boys

Date of Creation 1
1903

Extent
1 booklet

Admin_Bio History
The Roy Studio was established in 1896 and soon became the leading photo studio in the Peterborough area.

The Roy Studio fonds documents the years 1904 to 1992. It best covers the years 1920 to about 1950.

The Roy Studio remained at the same Hunter Street location until 1992, when ownership of the business changed hands. The Studio itself, is a heritage building and a virtual ‘time capsule’ of the early years of photography.

The Roy Studio fonds is dominated by glass plate negatives and safety film negatives. Negatives are housed in individual envelopes with notes, studio numbers. In many cases prints, and even occasional correspondence are filed with envelopes.

Scope and Content
A souvenir booklet issued to celebrate a 'home coming' event sponsored by the Peterborough Old Boys Association. The booklet includes 16 pages of illustrations and 52 photo engravings by Roy Studio. The contents of the booklet feature a biographical sketch of Rev Edward Hartley Dewart, photographic portraits of J.W. Flavelle, Senator George A. Cox and Rev J.C. Speer (Honourary Presidents of the Association), portraits of all the officiers, also members of the provincial and federal Parliaments, County and City Councillors as well. The booklet also includes biographical sketches of early pioneers, poetry and the program of events and excursions scheduled for Home Coming (July 25 to 27, 1903).

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
ephemera / booklets

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images /
Roy Studio fonds

Date of Creation 1
1896

Date of Creation 2
1992 [predominate: 1904-1950]

Extent
ca. 400,000 photographs ; b&w and col. negatives /
9 Roy Studio Registers /
ca. 1500 photographic prints ; b&w

Admin_Bio History
The Roy family documented almost every aspect of life and work in the City and region, for over three generations. The result is an exceptional visual record. The principle photographers at Roy Studio were:

Robert Maitland Roy (1842-1912):

Robert Maitland Roy established the Roy Studio, at 140 Hunter Street, in 1896. R. M. Roy was born in Bond Head and raised in Belleville. He worked in Belleville for several years in the engineering and purchasing division of the Midland Railway.

R.M. Roy moved to Peterborough at the age of 45 in 1887, where he was in charge of stores for the Midland Division of the Grand Trunk Railway.

In 1896 the GTR Railway laid off Mr Roy. This action forced a sudden and fortuitous career change for Roy. He decided to buy out Peter H. Green's photographic business on Hunter Street. Roy had always loved photography (along with sailing, sports and the outdoors) and soon flourished as a professional photographer.

R.M. Roy was also an accomplished and popular magician and amateur artist. He used these skills to stage several very popular lantern-slide shows in church halls and theatres in the region. Roy would create a 'stereo-scopic' presentation using two projectors and 'film dissolve' techniques to switch from one image to another.

His steam boat the 'Rob Roy' was a popular fixture on the Trent Canal and Kawartha Lakes. It was one of the first boats to pass through the Lift Lock when it opened in 1906.

The photograph studio was growing steadily with portrait work, commerical contracts and postcards. By 1906, it was reported in the Weekly Examiner that Roy Studio was turning out picture postcards at a rate of several thousand a week.

A devastating fire in the winter of 1904 nearly destroyed the Studio. The building was saved and Roy Studio was soon re-established. Over the decades ahead the Studio would be expanded and remodelled on several occassion.

R.M. Roy brought his son Fred into the business as a young man, along with other family members. R.M. Roy died in 1912. He was married to Maria Flagler.

Frederick Lewis Roy (1881-1950):

The Roy Studio fonds is dominated by the diverse work of Fred L. Roy. Fred Roy was born in Belleville on November 26, 1881.

Fred Roy documented almost all key events that occurred in Peterborough and surrounding area. He started working in the studio when he was 15 years old. He became sole owner of Roy Studio after his sister married and both parents had died.

Fred Roy was a gifted and prolific photographer. He was honoured with a Master of Photography degree from the Professional Photographers of America ( PPA ). In 1930 he won the gold medal at the PPA 's International 50th Anniversary. He was also Secretary of the Ontario Society of Photographers from 1912-1914 and President in 1916. Fred Roy received at least 25 photography awards in Canada and the United States, over his career.

Fred Roy not only photographed aspects of life in Peterborough but he also travelled throughout Canada and Europe. In 1931 he took over 200 photos of Jack Miner's sanctuary in Kingsville (later used in books and documentaries). In 1935 he travelled to Britain and photographed King George V reviewing the naval fleet at Southampton. In the Spring of 1937 he and his son Rob returned to England (on the Queen Mary) to photograph the Coronation of King George VI. He also secured assignments with the CPR while in England. Fred and Rob also met Baden Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement. In 1940 Fred Roy began filming the pioneer tourism documentary, "Call of the Kawarthas ".

Fred Roy was also busy doing photographic shoots for the Peterborough Examiner newspaper until they hired their own pool of photographers in the early 1940's. Roy in fact, was ahead of his time in photo journalism. In the days prior to 35mm cameras, it was virtually unheard of for a photo journalist to document 'everyday life', events and activities to the degree Fred Roy did. His talent and his love of photography very apparent when looking at these images.

Fred Roy served a term as City alderman for the 1940-1941 term. He was a charter member of the Rotary Club and served as its first president. He was president of the Boy Scouts Association, president of the Fish and Game Association, a board member of the Exhibition and a life member of the Red Cross Society.

Like his father, Fred was also an avid outdoorsman, hunter and boater. He loved golf and in his younger years enjoyed travelling the region in his motorcycle equipped with a side-car.

Fred Roy died, March 22, 1950 and is buried in Little Lake Cemetery. He and his wife Mona lived at 308 Rubidge Street for several years.

His wife was Mona Cavanah. She was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta on February 3, 1886. Mona died on May 10, 1965 and is buried in Little Lake Cemetery.

Rob Roy (1923-2001):

Rob Roy joined the firm after the Second World War. Rob was trained by his father and he took courses at Rochester and Winona . He maintained the high quality work of Roy Studio for over 40 more years!

Rob Roy specialized in portrait photography. He also documented the major and routine events of Peterborough life - just as his father and grandfather had before him. Rob Roy retired in 1992 after nearly 50 years in the photography business. He and his wife Catharine live in Peterborough.

Other Roy Studio photographers included: Roy Pitchford, Alex Darling and Fred Cripps. Others working in the Studio over the years included: Mona Roy (wife of Fred L. Roy), Gladys Roy (Fred L. Roy's sister), Mrs R. M. Roy, Della Thompson Standish, Stewart Brown, Kate Masterson, Leila Spriggs and Judy White.

Custodial History
The fonds was created and maintained in the original Roy Studio basement storage area, from 1896 to 2000. In May and June of 2000, the entire fonds was carefully transferred to a purpose built storage facility in the Peterborough Public Library. The fonds is owned and managed by the by the City Archives / Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives (PCMA).

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of a tremendously comprehensive body of photographic negatives produced between 1896 and 1992 by the Roy Studio, Peterborough. Included are well over 400,000 glass plate and film photo negatives. The fonds documents most of the key events in Peterborough and area between 1904 and 1992. Subject matter captured on film includes: local industry and business, weddings, local government, conventions, entertainment and theatre, parades, sporting events (e.g. baseball, golf, hockey), outdoor recreation, public ceremonies, schools, churches, architecture (interior and exterior), daily life and work. The Studio also did special photo shoots for the local newspapers. They produced extensive postcard series and prepared advertising shoots for area factories like DeLaval, Quaker Oats, Peterborough Canoe Company, Westclox and Canadian General Electric. Roy Studio produced an extensive photographic record of the early years of the Peterborough Exhibition, also cottage life at Stoney Lake and the Kawarthas, major construction projects (e.g. Hunter Street Bridge, Trent Canal, Odeon Movie Theatre, Peterborough City Hall, etc), disasters such as the Quaker Oats fire, Turnbull Disaster, train and car accidents and fires. The Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville, is also well documented. Most of these photographs are part of either the "View Register" or "Boxed Plate" series. Another large component of the Roy fonds is portraiture. Roy Studio produced an outstanding body of artistic studio portraits, also wedding photos and family photos. Fred Roy was an avid outdoorsman, and the fonds includes extensive personal photographs of his hunting and fishing trips. Also included is a series of photographs taken by Fred Roy for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), that documents the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Other noteworthy portrait subjects include: Hall of Fame professional baseball player, Tris Speaker (1923). Senator Frank O'Connor, founder of Laura Secord Chocolate Company, Sir John and Lady Eaton, American statesman, William Jennings Bryan (1911), Prime Ministers R.B. Bennett (1935), William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent (1950), Sir Henry Thornton, Sir Sam Hughes, Lord Baden Powell (1937), the founder of the Scouting Movement and Rev. Edwin A. Pearson, father of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. In addition to the photo negatives, the nine original, handwritten studio registers used by the photographers at Roy Studio, have also survived. The volumes are: 1892-1899, 1900-1911, 1912-1929, 1930-1945, 1945-1966, 1967-1990, 1990-1992, plus View Register 1900-[ca.1969] and View Register 1969-[ca.1992]. Assorted photographic prints, advertising materials and other ephemera are also included in the fonds.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs / negatives

Arrangement Note
Fonds to be arranged using original Roy Studio filing system and Studio registers. To recognize the generosity of the donor, the Roy Studio fonds shall be referred to as: "Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images".

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
yes; in development

Related Material
2000-013

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1935 circa

Extent
1 item

Admin_Bio History
Fred L. Roy was born in 1881. He joined his father's photography firm (Roy Studio) when he was 15 years old. Fred was a gifted and artistic photographer. He had a masters degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America and won several photography awards. Fred was also loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He died in 1950.

Custodial History
This printed poem was discovered among several large format prints and ephemera related to the Roy Studio that had been left in the Studio after it closed in 1992.

Scope and Content
A printed poem by Fred L. Roy, entitled "Morning Mists", along with a photograph of a man paddling a small canoe with outboard motor, in a misting tranquil lake.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
2000-012 Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds).

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
House at 485 Bonacord Street

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1913]

Extent
1 photograph : b&w

Admin_Bio History
City Directories indicate that in 1913-1914 a Mrs Agnes B. Spence (widow of John) lived at 485 Bonacord Street. The 1904-1905 City Directory lists the house as 35 Bonacord Street. John Spence is living with wife Agnes as late as 1899. By 1901 he is deceased.

Custodial History
This photograph was acquired by purchase, through a local antique dealer.

Scope and Content
A photograph on board, showing the exterior of the house at 485 Bonacord Street in Peterborough. The house is a simple, Ontario Gothic cottage with a hip roof, brick facade, picket fence and small enclosed porch covering main door. Two women are posing in front of the house. The photograph was taken by Wilfred H. Orme Studio, 170 Charlotte Street, Peterborough.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1935, October

Extent
1 photograph

Admin_Bio History
E. A. Peck was federal MP from 1925 to 1935 when he decided to step down. Peck had been in the Conservative caucus under Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. James Strickland, K.C. replaced Peck as the local Conservative candidate for the 1935 election. On election night (October 14, 1935) the local Conservative vote split with the Reconstruction Party (Col. C.H. Ackerman as local candidate). As a result, the Liberals won the seat with J.J. Duffus as the new MP for Peterborough riding. The Liberal Party won a majority and formed the new government under William Lyon Mackenzie King. King remained Prime Minister until retiring in 1948.

Custodial History
This print was retrieved from material in the Roy Studio fonds in August 2000.

Scope and Content
A 4 x 6 photograph of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett speaking to a crowd of supporters at the CPR Railway Station in Peterborough. Bennett is on a 'whistle stop' tour during the 1935 federal election campaign. Bennett is speaking into a microphone while Senator Iva Fallis, her husband, Amy Strickland (wife of James Strickland, KC), E.A. Peck (local Member of Parliament) and Agnes Strickland (child) stand behind him. James Strickland was the local Conservative Party candidate for this federal election.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
2000-012, Roy Studio fonds.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1946, December

Date of Creation 2
1947, July

Extent
4 photographs

Custodial History
These prints were discovered in negative portfolio (View Register 4764) in August 2000. The negatives remain in the Balsillie/Roy Studio storage area in the Peterborough Public Library.

Scope and Content
A series of four 8 x 10 photographs documenting the construction of the Odeon Movie Theatre in downtown Peterborough. The photographs were taken for the building contractor, A. Davidson, Toronto. The photographs show: construction of the basements and foundation, front exterior facades and partially completed interior. Also seen in the photographs are commercial buildings on the west side of George Street near King, the facade of the J.J. Turner Building adjacent to the theatre construction site.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
2000-012, Roy Studio fonds

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
file

Title
Oil Painting by Mamie Langley McCarthy

Date of Creation 1
1930 circa

Extent
1 painting : oil on canvas

Admin_Bio History
See record: 1990-108 for administration/biographical history.

Custodial History
unknown.

Scope and Content
A large oil painting on board by Mamie Langley McCarthy. It depicts a small sailboat on a quiet lake. The lake is surrounded by lush green trees along the shoreline. There is also a small tree-covered island in the centre of the lake. The work is signed, "M. Langley McCarthy" in the lower left corner. Large oil paintings by McCarthy - particularly landscapes, are relatively rare.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
paintings / visual works / oil paintings / waterscapes

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also: 1990-108 for description of the main body of M.L. McCarthy artworks in the City Archives.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1912

Date of Creation 2
1950 [predominate: 1920-1938]

Extent
5 files /
1 portfolio

Admin_Bio History
Robert Maitland Roy established the Roy Studio, at 140 Hunter Street, in 1896. R. M. Roy was born in Bond Head and raised in Belleville. He worked in Belleville for several years in the engineering and purchasing division of the Midland Railway.

R.M. Roy moved to Peterborough at the age of 45 in 1887, where he was in charge of stores for the Midland Division of the Grand Trunk Railway.

In 1896 the GTR Railway laid off Mr Roy. This action forced a sudden and fortuitous career change for Roy. He decided to buy out Peter H. Green's photographic business on Hunter Street. Roy had always loved photography (along with sailing, sports and the outdoors) and soon flourished as a professional photographer.

R.M. Roy was also an accomplished and popular magician and amateur artist. He used these skills to stage several very popular lantern-slide shows in church halls and theatres in the region. Roy would create a 'stereo-scopic' presentation using two projectors and 'film dissolve' techniques to switch from one image to another.

His steam boat the 'Rob Roy' was a popular fixture on the Trent Canal and Kawartha Lakes. It was one of the first boats to pass through the Lift Lock when it opened in 1906.

The photograph studio was growing steadily with portrait work, commerical contracts and postcards. By 1906, it was reported in the Weekly Examiner that Roy Studio was turning out picture postcards at a rate of several thousand a week.

A devastating fire in the winter of 1904 nearly destroyed the Studio. The building was saved and Roy Studio was soon re-established. Over the decades ahead the Studio would be expanded and remodelled on several occassion.

R.M. Roy brought his son Fred into the business as a young man, along with other family members. R.M. Roy died in 1912. He was married to Maria Flagler.
Fred L. Roy was born in 1881. He joined his father's photography firm (Roy Studio) when he was 15 years old. Fred was a gifted and artistic photographer. He had a masters degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America and won several photography awards. Fred was also loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He died in 1950.

Custodial History
This material was created by R.M Roy and Fred L. Roy. After his death in 1950 it was in the custody of the Roy family. It was donated to the City Archives in August 2000.

Scope and Content
An addition to the Roy Studio fonds consisting of three files of newspaper clippings, journal articles, ephemera (e.g. six illustrated negative envelopes ranging in dates from about 1896 to 1930) related to Fred L. Roy, Roy Studio staff and studio operations; also two files and a portfolio containing examples of Roy Studio letterhead and stationary [ca.1908 to ca. 1950].

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
clippings / journals

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
series

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1920]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1930]

Extent
1 box /
26 advertising panels : ink and pastels on board

Admin_Bio History
Robert Maitland Roy established the Roy Studio, at 140 Hunter Street, in 1896. R. M. Roy was born in Bond Head and raised in Belleville. He worked in Belleville for several years in the engineering and purchasing division of the Midland Railway.

R.M. Roy moved to Peterborough at the age of 45 in 1887, where he was in charge of stores for the Midland Division of the Grand Trunk Railway.

In 1896 the GTR Railway laid off Mr Roy. This action forced a sudden and fortuitous career change for Roy. He decided to buy out Peter H. Green's photographic business on Hunter Street. Roy had always loved photography (along with sailing, sports and the outdoors) and soon flourished as a professional photographer.

R.M. Roy was also an accomplished and popular magician and amateur artist. He used these skills to stage several very popular lantern-slide shows in church halls and theatres in the region. Roy would create a 'stereo-scopic' presentation using two projectors and 'film dissolve' techniques to switch from one image to another.

His steam boat the 'Rob Roy' was a popular fixture on the Trent Canal and Kawartha Lakes. It was one of the first boats to pass through the Lift Lock when it opened in 1906.

The photograph studio was growing steadily with portrait work, commerical contracts and postcards. By 1906, it was reported in the Weekly Examiner that Roy Studio was turning out picture postcards at a rate of several thousand a week.

A devastating fire in the winter of 1904 nearly destroyed the Studio. The building was saved and Roy Studio was soon re-established. Over the decades ahead the Studio would be expanded and remodelled on several occassion.

R.M. Roy brought his son Fred into the business as a young man, along with other family members. R.M. Roy died in 1912. He was married to Maria Flagler.
Fred L. Roy was born in 1881. He joined his father's photography firm (Roy Studio) when he was 15 years old. Fred was a gifted and artistic photographer. He had a masters degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America and won several photography awards. Fred was also loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He died in 1950.

Custodial History
The panels were discovered in the basement of the former Roy Studio on Hunter Street, Peterborough. They were originally commissioned by Fred L. Roy as early as the 1920's. They were retrieved during the transfer of the Roy fonds in the summer of 2000.

Scope and Content
A series of original, hand painted advertising panels, with calligraphy, used by the Roy Studio for window displays. Many of the panels were rendered by the graphic design / commercial art department of J.J. Turner and Sons, Peterborough. Several are decorated in ink and oil paints.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
advertising / paintings / visual works

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
2000-012

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
series

Title
Hector C. McLeod fonds

Date of Creation 1
1930

Date of Creation 2
1932

Extent
5 photographs

Admin_Bio History
Hector C. McLeod was born on July 19, 1908. He died on March 24, 1996.

Custodial History
The photographs were originally owned by the creator of the fonds. After his death in 1996, they were owned by a daughter, who recently offered them for donation to the City Archives.

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of four photographs on board of local basketball teams. Specific items include: Roy Studio photograph on board of the 1930 Westclox Basketball Team (names identified in pen and bottom of board); a Baker Studio photograph of Westclox Senior Ladies Basketball Team, 1931-1932 (runners-up, Peterborough Ladies Basketball Association); Baker Studio photograph of the Westclox Junior Ladies Basketball Team, 1931-1932; a Baker Studio photograph on board, of the Riley and Hickey Mens Basketball Champions, 1931-1932, in the YMCA Senior Basketball League; laser copy of Hector McLeod doing a gymnastic stunt (head stand) from the water tower on the roof of the Westclox factory.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals /
photocopies

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
William Scott Blacksmith Shop

Date of Creation 1
2000 (reproduction)

Extent
1 photograph

Admin_Bio History
William Scott was a blacksmith, jobber and horse shoer. He was born in Odessa, Ontario and moved Peterborough by 1912. Scott was a fourth generation blacksmith. The business first appeared in Peterborough City Directories in 1912. He and his family later moved to Detroit, Michigan. He died in 1961.

Custodial History
The original photograph was owned by William Scott. After his death, his son acquired the photo and retains ownership of the original. The reproduction print was arranged in the summer of 2000.

Scope and Content
A photograph showing the exterior of the William Scott Blacksmith Shop, located at 297 Water Street. The photograph shows William Smith (in overalls) and another man are standing in front of main doors to the shop. The original photograph was taken in 1924.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Associated Material
The original photograph is retained in private hands with members of the Scott family.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Peterborough Quality Watercraft, 1958

Date of Creation 1
1958

Extent
1 catalogue

Custodial History
This item was acquired through an American antiques dealer who did not document specific details of custodial history.

Scope and Content
A 28 page colour catalogue featuring the complete line of cedar strip canoes, aluminum canoes, inboard and outboard motor boats, dories, cruisers and sailing dinghies manufactured by the Peterborough Canoe Company in1958. The catalogue includes photographs and/or illustrations of boats along with specification charts showing measurements and design details. Also included is a page outlining general construction details for cedar strip canoes, canvas covered and plastic boats.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Peterborough County Jail (Gaol) and Registry Office

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1880]

Extent
1 photograph

Admin_Bio History
The Registry Office was built in 1861. The high board fence around Victoria Park was constructed during the summers of 1863 and 1864. The fences were removed in 1885 during a major re-beautification effort sponsored by the Horticultural Society. The Court House was renovated in 1878 with the removal of the cupola and other roof alterations. Using this information, the photograph can be dated to about 1880.

Custodial History
This photograph was among the material recently culled from the Peterborough Public Library "Peterborough Collection" and transferred to the City Archives as a preservation measure.

Scope and Content
A rare view showing the entire front, stone facade of the Peterborough County Court House and Jail (Gaol) along with the Peterborough County Registry Office (built 1861) and water pumping building, both adjacent to the Court House. Also seen in the photograph, is a high board fence that encloses the court house grounds (Victoria Park). This photograph was produced by the US View Company.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Grant Family fonds

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1875]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1961]; (predominate: 1910-1950)

Extent
2 photograph albums /
1 wedding certificate /
2 mounted photographs /
4 files

Admin_Bio History
William Grant and Isabella Tulley arrived in Smith Township about 1832 from Scotland. They and later their children (Robert, Andrew, James, Mary, Isabella and Jane) established successful farms in the area. Andrew Grant established a large, 100 acre farm, along Chemong Road in Smith Township. In 1872 he and his wife Catharine Fowler-Grant, built a large red-brick farm house that is still standing. They had four children: William J. Grant, Andrew Fowler Grant, Jane and Isabella. Andrew Fowler Grant later became a medical doctor and spent over 30 years as a medical missionary in Egypt. He died in Tanta, Egypt in 1932. William J. Grant married Emmaline Blewett and continued farming on the original Grant land. Their children included: Stanley, Mabel (later wife of Harold Archer), Clare and Cora (later wife of Percy Crummey). The Grant family also owned a house in Peterborough at 247 Waterford Street. Most members of the family are buried in Little Lake Cemetery.

Custodial History
The two family photograph albums were acquired initially by the City Archivist, while visiting a Lakefield antique store in August 2000. The albums had been sold to the antique dealer a few week prior. They had originally been owned by Mabel Grant Archer. The antique dealer contacted person who previously owned the albums to enquire about other family material that might still be available for purchase or donation to the City Archives. A subsequent home visit by the Archivist, resulted in the acquisition of additional photographs, correspondence and other material. This material had been in the possession of the donor (a daughter of Cora Grant-Crummey) for several decades prior to acquisition by the City Archives.

Scope and Content
The Grant family fonds consists of extensive photographs, some correspondence and other material relating to the descendants of William Grant (1800-1874) and Isabella Tully (1796-1874) - early Smith Township settlers. Significant material relates to Dr Andrew Fowler Grant, M.D. (1870-1932), a medical missionary who spent over 30 years practising medicine in Egypt, with his wife Harriet Hopkins-Grant; material also relates to William J. Grant (1864-1943), his sister Mabel Grant-Archer and her husband Harold Archer, Clare Grant and Cora Grant-Crummey. Specific items include: several portraits and photographs of Dr Andrew Grant and his wife Harriet Hopkins Grant at the American Missionary Hospital in Tanta, Egypt, other photographs of Egypt, Dr Grant in the operating room and at home, also a photograph of his grave in Egypt; photographs of Grant family homes on Chemong Road and Waterford Street; photograph on board of the Gilmour Memorial Young Men's Bible Class by Roy Studio; carte-de-visite studio portraits of Robert Grant; tintype of Dr Andrew Fowler Grant as a young man; several early family portraits; also letters of condolensce to William J. Grant upon the death of his wife Emm in 1924; some correspondence from Harriet Hopkins Grant to her sister-in-law Mabel Grant-Archer; marriage certificate of Mabel Grant to Harold Archer in 1923.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs / correspondence / certificates

Arrangement Note
The material has been arranged into three series: series one (photographs); series two (correspondence) and series three (certificates).

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Arthur Rutherford House, 539 Reid Street, Peterborough

Date of Creation 1
1999 (reproduction)

Extent
1 photograph /
1 laser copied photograph

Admin_Bio History
Arthur Rutherford was a local building contractor and carpenter. He arrived in Peterborough about 1852 from England. By 1870 he built the house at 539 Reid Street. (Martha Kidd)

Custodial History
The original photograph is in the possession of a Rutherford family member living in the United States.

Scope and Content
Photographic images of the Arthur Rutherford house at 539 Reid Street in Peterborough. The photographs are reproduced from an original 8 x 10 mounted photograph produced about 1880 by the US View Company. It shows a brick house in the Ontario gothic revival style, with a picket fence, substantial clapboard carriage house or stable in the rear of the property and three persons standing near the front porch. The house is still standing today, but is virtually unrecognizable after major alterations in the early decades of the 20th century. The photograph also shows a partial view of the house at 543 Reid Street.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Trafalgar Cottage, Peterboro, Canada West. The residence of the Revd. Vincent M. Clementi

Date of Creation 1
1855, September 27

Extent
1 sketch : pen and ink

Admin_Bio History
Trafalgar Castle was the home of Vincent Clementi. It was built about 1840 and demolished about 1910. The house was located at the southest corner of Parkhill Road and Armour Road, near the Otonabee River (now Nicholls Oval Park).
Vincent Clementi was born in England in 1812. He was the son of classical composer, Musio Clementi. Vincent Clementi was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained as a minister of the Anglican Church in 1839 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Clementi arrived in Peterborough, Canada West in 1855. He served in the local Anglican Church. In 1863 Bishop Strachan appointed Clementi minister of the Lakefield parish. The current Christ Church was erected under his management. In 1873 he returned to Peterborough and in 1881 was appointed Rector in Lindsay. Clementi was an avid artist and helped establish the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). He was also very active in the Horticultural Society, Victoria Museum. Rifle Association, Peterborough Boating Club, Exhibition, Little Lake Cemetery, Cricket Club, Knights Templar, Agricultural Society and the list goes on. Vincent Clementi died on October 16, 1899 and is buried in Little Lake Cemetery.

Custodial History
The provenance is unclear. The sketch was acquired from a Chicago area antique dealer via eBAY. The dealer had owned the sketch for some 15 years prior to selling it to the City Archives.

Scope and Content
A small pen and ink sketch of "Trafalgar Cottage" the Regency style home of Rev Vincent Clementi in what is today Nicholls Oval Park. The sketch depicts a side elevation of the two storey house, with full wrap-around verandah, along with surrounding trees, path and grounds. It also includes a small caricature of a pipe smoking Rev Clementi walking up the path towards his house, with a fishing pole over his shoulder and wearing knee-high boots. The artist identifies himself with the notation: "Portrait of V.M.C.".

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
sketches / visual works

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See 968.166.12 (PG 2-32) for a larger and more detailed watercolour of Trafalgar Castle painted in November 1855. The vantage point and details are virtually identical to this ink sketch. See also PG 1-19 B for an 1893 photograph of Rev Clementi on the grounds of Trafalgar Cottage.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Alex McIlvena fonds

Date of Creation 1
1901

Date of Creation 2
1904

Extent
18 albums (232 pages)

Admin_Bio History
Alex McIlvena was Superintendant of the Trent Canal. He lived at 33 Cricket Place in Peterborough from about 1949 until his death in the mid 1950's.

Custodial History
These albums were found in the attic at 33 Cricket Place by the donor, who then offered them to the City Archives as a donation. Research using Peterborough City directories indicates that Alex McIlvena, Superintendant of the Trent Canal, lived at 33 Cricket Place in Ashburnham, from the late 1940's until his death in the mid 1950's. His wife continued to live in the house until about 1979-1980.

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of 18 albums containing over 230 pages of 5 x 7 cyanotype photographs that photo-document the construction of the Peterborough Lift Lock in chronological order. Each album has a title such as: "Concrete: Main Walls and Wings", "Pit Excavation", "Hydro Lock Culvert", "Stone Pitching", "Taylor Air Compressor" and so on. The albums were likely produced for the Trent Canal or the federal Department of Public Works.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Arrangement Note
The albums have been arranged in their original order based on numbering and sequence.

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also the Roy Studio fonds, McGrath collection and other photographic holdings in the City Archives (PCMA).

Associated Material
The Trent Severn Waterway have similar photographs in their reference collection. Other sources would include the National Archives of Canada (Public Works records).

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Peterborough Canoe Company Promotional Kit

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1925]

Extent
1 company envelope /
5 items

Custodial History
This package was originally mailed to Mr Mathew Watson, Store Keeper, Carcross, Yukon Territory. Decades later it was acquired by Mary Tooley, an antique dealer based in Victoria, British Columbia. She sold it to the City Archives (PCMA) in September 2000.

Scope and Content
A Peterborough Canoe Company promotional package mailed to Mr Mathew Watson, Store Keeper, Carcross, Yukon Territory. The package contains: a small colour booklet advertising the Light Twin outboard motor manufactured by Johnson Motors (the Peterborough Canoe Company was the Canadian distributor for Johnson products); a colour leaflet featuring the "Peterborough Speedabout" - a 16 foot motor boat built by the Peterborough Canoe Company especially for Johnson outboard motors. The leaflet includes a blueprint and specifications for the "Speedabout" along with detailed descriptions (and a blueprint) of the Johnson "Big Twin" outboard motors designed to be used with the "Speedabout"; a flyer advertising Peterborough Canoe Company accessories (e.g. propellors, batteries, horns, Johnson outboard motors, etc) for canoes and boats; flyer and price list for Bryant and Berry boat propellers, which were distributed in Canada by the Peterborough Canoe Company; a colour brochure featuring "Some Popular Peterborough Boats - specially designed and built for outboard motor equipment" - with photographs and descriptions of: #417 outboard boat, "Peterborough Dory", #315 outboard boat, # OB16 16 foot stern canoe and the #OB16-S stern canoe with sponsons - includes testimonials from satisfied customers, a colour illustration of a group of people motoring across a lake in a #417 boat and a colour illustration of a man fishing from a "Peterborough Dory".

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
advertising / brochures

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Westwood Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir Scrapbook, 1946 /
Women's Institute fonds - additions

Date of Creation 1
1946

Date of Creation 2
1964

Extent
1 scrapbook : ca. 60 pages /
2 sketches : ink and watercolour /
ca. 40 photographs

Admin_Bio History
The Westwood Women's Institute was founded in 1932.

Custodial History
This Tweedsmuir Scrapbook was created in 1946 by the Westwood branch, Women's Institute. Mrs Jane Thompson was primarily responsible for the development of the scrapbook. She maintained it until her death in 1964. The volume was then maintained by the WI until it was deposited in the City Archives in 1999.

Scope and Content
This addition to the local Women's Institute consists of a large, bound Tweedsmuir Scrapbook, documenting the history of the Village of Westwood in Asphodel township. This is an exceptional volume considering the large quantity of rare, original photographs, sketches and documents, along with detailed histories contained within it. Significant original material includes: dozens of carte-de-visite photographs and tintypes of early Westwood settlers such as Henry Fowlds, John Powell, Thomas Blezard, members of the Brackenridge, Birdsall and Thompson families; two original sketches ink and watercolour sketches of Westwood by Rev Farrar (1864, 1869); letter written by James Fowlds, postmaster (1856); early photographs of local churches (Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church); schools (Westwood Public School, S.S. #12), mills, bridges (Welbeck Bridge), businesses and stores (Powell's Store, Cheese Factory, Sargent and Sons, Red and White) and other landmarks, events (Sucker Hunt at Welbeck Dam on the Ouse River, East Peterborough Agricultural Fair Grounds, 1885, William Thompson Bee Yards on Indian River); several photos of school teachers, pupils and ministers; photo of the Thomas Reid homestead, the "earliest house" built in Westwood (as of 1938); photograph of a uniformed James Thompson who fought in the 1885 Riel Rebellion; photograph of sheep being led in a lenghty row, to morning feed on the Thompson farm; sketch of a horse-drawn #3 Kirby Single Reaper Rolling Head Rake in a wheat field, by A.L. Humphries and much more.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
scrapbooks / photographs / tintypes / cartes-de-visites / visual works / sketches / correspondence / legal documents

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no; priority for development

Related Material
See Women's Institute fonds.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Peterborough Canoe Company, 24 Ft. Peterborough Autocraft

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1929]

Extent
1 catalogue

Custodial History
This catalogue was acquired by an Maine antique dealer and offered for sale. The City Archives acquried the item in September 2000.

Scope and Content
A Peterborough Canoe Company colour catalogue featuring their line of wooden motor boats. Most of the catalogue is devoted to the 24 foot Peterborough Autocraft, a luxary motor boat constructed in oak and cedar with mahogany decking and a 20 horse power motor, manufactured by the St Lawrence Engine Company of Brockville. The catalogue is illustrated with photographs of the boat, detailed specifications and two line-drawn plans of the boat. Also included are other motor boats: the 18 and 20 foot hatch type Peterborough Runabouts, Peterborough open type Runabouts and Peterborough shallow water boats.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
Plan, Burleigh Falls, Perry's Creek and Vicinity, County of Peterborough

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1880]

Extent
1 plan : ink on linen

Admin_Bio History
The Central Ontario Power Company built and operated the Burleigh Falls power dam. Between 1883 and 1887 the federal government improved navigation by building the locks at Burleigh Falls and at other areas along the canal route.

Scope and Content
A plan on linen showing Burleigh Falls, Perry's Creek, the north shore of Lovesick Lake, Burleigh rapids, islands and part of Stoney Lake. Also shown are landmarks such as the Government dam and slide, bridge, hotel and stable on the north side of the rapids, location of proposed power house connecting Perry's Creek to the south shore of Stoney Lake, sub-divided lots (19 through 31) along the south side of the rapids and the location of the Burleigh Road. The plan is highlighted in blue watercolour along the shoreline. It is stamped, "Central Ontario Power Company" and initialed by "J.A.C". - likely Alfred Cameron, Provincial Land Surveyor. One of the significant aspects of this plan is that it shows the shorelines as they were just prior to major dam and lock construction for Trent Canal and regional power companies.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
plans / visual works

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
High Grade Clothing, Grafton and Co, Manufacturers

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1910]

Extent
1 catalogue

Scope and Content
A catalogue featuring tailored suits for men and boys by Grafton and Company, a long standing clothing retailer with stores in Peterborough and other communities. The small catalogue includes illustrations and descriptions of a whole line of men's suits. It also includes biographical sketches of company founders, J.B. and J.S. Grafton.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Birds-Eye View of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

Date of Creation 1
1874

Extent
1 birds-eye map

Custodial History
This map was previously in the custody of the Peterborough Public Library. It was transferred to the City Archives as a preservation measure.

Scope and Content
A birds-eye map of the town of Port Hope, Ontario, drawn by H. Brosius in 1874. Like all birds-eye maps, this map shows major landmarks, hotels, factories, streets, buildings, churches and other features from an aerial perspective.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
maps

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
sous fonds

Title
"Aeroplane's Harvest Moon" - Evening Examiner, Peterborough, Tuesday November 15, 1910

Date of Creation 1
1910, November 15

Extent
1 newspaper sheet

Custodial History
This sheet was originally owned by the donor until offered to the City Archives for a local aviation history project in 1999.

Scope and Content
A newspaper sheet taken from the Peterborough Examiner newspaper, featuring an illustrated look at the emerging aviation industry. It includes information and illustrations about the Wright Brothers and other pioneers of aviation.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
newspapers

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also material relating to Peterborough Airport.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Tents, Sails, Awnings, Flags and Camp Equipment, J.J. Turner and Sons, Limited, Peterborough, Canada (Catalogue #48)

Date of Creation 1
1932

Extent
1 catalogue

Admin_Bio History
The J.J. Turner Company was established about 1870 in Port Hope, Ontario, It re-located to Peterborough in 1887. It was described as the largest maker of tents, sails and awnings in Canada (1914). In 1908 it employeed 68 workers in a 20,000 square foot factory in downtown Peterborough. It was at one time, among Peterborough's ten largest employers. The factory contained a blacksmiths shop, carpentry shop and other large scale workshops. J.J. Turner also had a nation-wide marketing and distribution network.

Custodial History
unknown

Scope and Content
A ninety-one page catalogue published by J.J. Turner Company in 1932. The catalogue features the extensive line of canvas tents, awnings, porch curtains, venetian blinds, camping gear (e.g. stoves, folding chairs, cots and other equipment), flags and banners, canoes, skiffs, canoe sails, life preservers, bouys, dog harnesses, horse blankets and feed bags, snow shoes, skis, and a variety of other equipment and accessories. The catalogue was published by the Peterborough Examiner. In addition to general information about products, the catalogue also includes extensive illustrations, some photographs, price list and historical information about J.J. Turner and Company.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also a 1975 catalogue (1979-015), interior photograph of Turner Company store, circa 1900 (55.76.1), the Industrial History Gallery research collection (1985-042) and the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (2000-012).

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
The Original Retail Store of the Adam Hall Ltd., Stove Manufacturers

Date of Creation 1
2001 (reproduction)

Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10

Admin_Bio History
Adam Hall Stove Company was established in Peterborough in under Thomas Lannin. In 1878 Adam Hall took over the business and began manufacturing iron stoves for the home, lumber camps, hotels and restaurants. Originally the company included a retail hardware and stove outlet (407 George Street) but by about 1910 began to focus exclusively on manufacturing. Adam Hall died in 1920 and the business was taken over by his sons. It appears that the Adam Hall Stove Company was out of business by the late 1930's - presumably it fell victim to the economic downturn of the Great Depression.

Custodial History
The original photograph was part of Adam Hall's personal papers. It remains in the custody of the Hall family.

Scope and Content
An interior photograph of the Adam Hall Stove Company retail outlet in downtown Peterborough, dating to about 1878. The photograph shows iron stoves, kettles, buckets, lanterns, tinware and other metalware products. Adam Hall is seen standing at the store counter (bearded, wearing cap).

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also 1885 Adam Hall Company catalogue in City Archives holdings.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
City of Peterborough - Peterborough Public Library fonds - additions

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1950]

Extent
1 painting : oil on canvas

Admin_Bio History
Manly Edward Macdonald was born at Point Anne, Ontario in 1889. Macdonald studied art under Ernest Fosbery, William Paxton and Philip Hale in the United States. Later he attended the Ontario College of Art and studied under Canadian artist, J.W. Beatty. He was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA). He established a Toronto studio but often painted in the Bay of Quinte and Belleville area. Macdonald specialized in rural landscapes - mostly in Ontario. He also enjoyed painting scenes in small Ontario towns and the shorelines of Lake Ontario. He preferred painting on large canvases. His work was exhibited at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Macdonald was a founding member of the Ontario Institute of Painters in 1958. In 1959 Macdonald won an important commission to paint a cityscape view of the Toronto skyline as a gift to Queen Elizabeth on her Canadian tour. Manly Edward Macdonald died at the age of 81 in 1971.

Custodial History
This painting was among the holdings of the Peterborough Public Library. It was transferred to the City Archives in February 2001 as a preservation measure. Information as to how and why the Library originally acquired this painting is not yet available (as of March 2001).

Scope and Content
A large landscape painting depicting a typical Ontario rural scene, possibly near Rice Lake or Port Hope. This oil painting on canvas was rendered by Canadian artist Manly Macdonald (1889-1971). It shows gently rolling fields of hay, a country road and possibly Lake Ontario in the background. It is signed by the artist in the lower right corner of the canvas.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
visual works / paintings / oil paintings

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Associated Material
Manly Macdonald paintings can be found among the holdings of the National Gallery of Canada, Agnes Etherington Arts Centre in Kingston, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and in several other public galleries in Canada.

Accruals
scheduled

Level of Description
item sous fonds

Title
Canoe Company Advertising Literature Collection

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1927]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1960]

Extent
3 files

Custodial History
This material was acquired by the City Archivist and donated to the Archives in 2001. The illustrated spec sheets from the 1960's were purchased in September 2001 at Last Tango. The dealer indicated that he acquired this material from an older couple living in Lakefield. The husband had worked for local canoe companies.

Scope and Content
An artificially compiled collection of local canoe company advertising literature. Items include: a 33 page Peterborough Watercraft (Peterborough Canoe Company) catalogue (ca. 1941); Peterborough Watercraft pull-out brochure (1952); Price List #4 of Motor Boat Equipment manufactured by the Peterborough Canoe Company (ca. 1930); Canadian Canoe Company advertising blotter (ca. 1927); cartoon illustrated Christmas greeting cards from the staff of Outboard Marine Corporation - OMC (1955, 1956); owners manual for the Fleetwin 7.5 Aguasonic outboard motor manufactured by Evinrude Motors (Outboard Marine Corporation); owners manual for the Sea Horse 10 hp model (1959); a colour postcard showing a "Portion of Northern Section, Canadian Pavilion, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908", which features an exhibit of canoes manufactured by the Canadian Canoe Company, Peterborough (1908); a series of illustrated spec sheets for boats manufactured by local canoe and boat building companies (ca. 1960) including: Rilco Industries in Lakefield (Camper Tripper, Playboy, Angler, Cutlass, Comet, Lark, Triton, Capri and Sinbad); Canadian Canoe Company ( Banff, Minaki, York) and Peterborough Canoe Company (Lancer, Fury, Breezy, Cyclone.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues / price lists / greeting cards / blotters / postcards

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See PCMA guide listing extensive holdings relating to local canoe and boat building industry.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
collection

Title
Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS) fonds

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1890]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1980]

Extent
4.5 m of textual records

Admin_Bio History
Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS) is one of the oldest schools in Ontario. Reverend Samuel Armour opened the first school in Peterborough on May 1, 1826. The school, originally known as the Peterborough Government School was first located in the back playground of present day Central Public School on Murray Street in Peterborough. It functioned as a public elementary school and the early Victorian equivalent to a public high school. As the population of Peterborough increased, public school students moved into smaller schools while the Grammar School high school) students stayed in the original school building. By 1854 the school trustees had leased an old church, on the corner of Hunter and Sheridan Streets, to hold the school but the student population soon grew too large. In 1855 plans to build a new school had begun. The new building was completed in 1859 and was intended to be used by both common and grammar school students. It was located where the present day Central School is built. The new school was known as the Union School. By 1868 the principal of the school asked that girls be allowed to attend grammar school. A new building was constructed west of the Union School to allow for the increased student population. In 1871, with a government bill abolishing the term grammar school and replacing it with collegiate, the Union School became the Peterborough Collegiate Institute (PCI). Due to overcrowding and various moves within the buildings it soon came time for the Collegiate to have its own building, separate from the public school. On August 1, 1907 the cornerstone for the new school was laid. The new school opened in 1908 on the corner of Aylmer and McDonnel Streets near the Armouries. In 1927 a vocational school was added to the P.C.I. After this date, the high school was known as Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational Institute (PCVS). Students and staff at the school helped in a variety of projects including creation and publication of the student monthly newsletter "The Collegiate Echoes" or simply, "The Echoes", which began publication in 1905. The school has also established an outstanding drama and theatre arts programme. One of the PCI graduates was Prime Minister and Nobel Laureate, Lester B. Pearson. Pearson attended PCI in the first decade of the 20th century, during the period when his father, Rev. Edwin A. Pearson, was Minister of George Street Methodist Church. Another prominent graduate was Dr Peter Demos, an MIT nucleur physicist, who in the early 1960's served as a science advisor to President John F. Kennedy. A distinguished member of the PCI/PCVS faculty was HRH Kenner, Principal at PCVS until his death in the mid 1940's. In the 1970's and 1980's various attempts were made to close PCVS, but fierce public protests have stopped all efforts to date. In the 1990's an extensive restoration project was undertaken at PCVS to restore the original architectural character of many interiors including the main hallways. The exterior of the building was re-painted in 2000 using a period colour scheme. (Taken from: "Echoes Sesquicentennial Edition." 1977 and Trent University Archives.)

Custodial History
This material was generated by PCI/PCVS and stored on-site at the high school until 2001 when it was donated to the City Archives. This material will be used in a special history project in conjunction with a PCVS reunion scheduled for 2002.

Scope and Content
An extensive fonds of the Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational Institute (PCVS), consisting of minute books, photographic materials, correspondence, scrapbooks, blueprints, reports, year books, certificates and assorted ephemera. Specific series or items include: the minute books of Peterborough Collegiate Institute (PCI) Athletic Association (1904-1922), minute books of Girls Athletic Association (1924-1999), minute books of the PCI Literary Society (1904-1927), PCVS Home and School Association (1962-1975), minutes of the PCVS Student Council (1938-1967), Senior Dramatics Club (1951-1977), Junior Dramatics Club (1952-1953), minutes of the "Echoes" Year Book Committee (1937-1953); PCI student fee register (1896-1905); financial records for the PCVS War Work Finance Committee (1941-1945), financial records of "Echoes" year book committee (1936-1963), financial records of Boys Athletic Association (1931-1952); scrapbooks of the PCVS Choral Club (1947), PCVS Dramatic Club, also a scrapbook of PCVS newspaper clippings; Honour Roll of PCVS graduates serving overseas during World War Two, which includes handwritten information from many of these former students, along with newspaper clippings; photographic prints and negatives of PCI and PCVS sports teams, clubs, student councils, school interiors and exteriors, classes, etched copper printing plates used in production of "Echoes" (1890's to 1970's); correspondence between former PCVS students overseas during World War Two and current students (1942-1945); PCVS Activities Reports (1943-1966); architectural blueprints primarily relating to renovations and expansions of PCVS in 1927 and more.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
correspondence / year books / financial records / photograph albums / photographs / plans / reports / negatives / newsletters / scrapbooks / scripts / positives

Arrangement Note
The material has been arranged into series following the basic filing system established by PCVS in recent years.

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
yes; in development

Related Material
See also (1974-035) for copies of "Echoes" yearbook and newspaper clipping scrapbooks (1974-035); also a 1906 architectural presentation sketch of PCVS rendered in ink and watercolours by Peterborough architect, John E. Belcher (P.67-210); L.67.144 and L.67.149 for scrolls given to HRH Kenner upon his retirement as principal of PCVS in 1943; Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) and Parks Studio fonds.

Associated Material
See also PCVS material at Trent University Archives, including two minute books of the PCVS Girls Athletic Association (GAA) from 1908 to 1923 (accession: 94-015).

Accruals
scheduled

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Old Home Week

Date of Creation 1
1981 (reproduced)

Extent
1 film reel : b&w ; 16 mm /
1 letter

Admin_Bio History
"Old Home Week" was filmed in Peterborough in June 1929. It was created to help commemorate events and activities including the unveiling of the Citizens' War Memorial in Confederation Park. The film was shown at the Capitol Theatre, Peterborough on July 1, 1929.

Custodial History
The original film was initially screened then deposited with the Peterborough Examiner newspaper. The Examiner then sent it to City engineer Ross L. Dobbin. Mr Dobbin transferred it to the Peterborough Public Library. In 1980 the Library forwarded the original 35mm cellulose nitrate based film to the National Archives of Canada. The National Archives made preservation copies in 16mm and deposited a copy with the Library. In 1999 the Library transferred their copy from the Peterborough Collection to the City Archives.

Scope and Content
A reproduction copy of "Old Home Week" a short film made in June 1929. The film primarily documents the unveiling of the Citizen's War Memorial in Confederation Park (designed by Walter S. Allward). Footage shows General Sir Arthur Currie, Cannon F.G. Scott of Quebec City, Mayor Roland Denne and Mrs Joe Mills at the unveiling, which took place on June 30, 1929. The film also shows the Old Home Week Parade (June 29, 1929) through downtown Peterborough. The camera is situated on the east side of George Street between Hunter and Brock Streets. This is a silent film with text block inter-titles. The letter was attached to the original copy of the film. It was addressed to Ross L. Dobbin from the Peterborough Examiner. The Examiner had the film just after screening at the Capitol.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions /
originals

Physical Characteristics
motion pictures

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also extensive photographic material in the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, along with commemorative programs and booklets in the City Archives.

Associated Material
See also accession 1981-0159 in the National Archives of Canada for the original copy of this film.

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Peterborough Boats, Peterborough Canoe Company

Date of Creation 1
1927

Extent
1 catalogue /
1 letter /
1 order form /
1 mailer

Custodial History
This catalogue and other material was mailed to Mathew Watson of Carcross, Yukon in 1927. It eventually became the property of the vendor in Calgary, Alberta. The vendor sold it to the PCMA in 2001.

Scope and Content
A 1927 colour catalogue (catalogue #27) featuring Peterborough Boats (canoes and outboard motor boats) manufactured and sold by the Peterborough Canoe Company. This 36 page catalogue includes a two colour, embossed front cover with the logo of the company, several photographs and illustrations of boats and accessories, along with details descriptions of materials, dimensions, colours and other information. Also included is an original cover letter signed by Claude H. Rogers, (Vice President). Rogers outlines costs of boats, recommends certain accesories and describes motors that could be outfitted for boats purchased from the Peterborough Canoe Company. A blank order form and the original Company mailer (sent to Mr Mathew Watson, Carcross, Yukon Territory) is included. The catalogue was printed by Brigdens Limited of Toronto.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues / correspondence / sales catalogues / advertising

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also the extensive collection of catalogues and other material related to the local canoe and boat building industry in the City Archives holdings.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Deluxe Cafe, Peterboro, Ont, Jim Hum, Mgr

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1940]

Extent
1 menu

Admin_Bio History
The Deluxe Cafe originally opened as the Dominion Chinese Cafe in 1902. It was the first Chinese restaurant in Peterborough, initially under the management of Tom Him and three other Chinese gentlemen. Jim Hum bought shares in the business and started working there soon after his arrival in Peterborough (1913). In the mid 1930's Mr Hum had bought out his partners and renovated the restuarant. In 1937 it was renamed the Deluxe Cafe. It remained in operation until about 1973. Jim Hum was born in Canton, China in 1893. He emigrated to Canada in 1908, with his father, settling first in Montreal. In 1913 Jim Hum moved to Peterborough and flourished in business and family life. (Most information from Examiner article; 1969).

Custodial History
This menu was purchased by the City Archivist from a Santa Paula, California antique dealer.

Scope and Content
A restaurant menu from the Deluxe Cafe, 328 George Street North in downtown Peterborough. The restaurant was owned and operated by Jim Hum. The menu cover is silver coated paper with Art Moderne lettering and design - popular in the late 1930's and early 1940's.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
menus

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also photographs of Deluxe Cafe and Jim Hum in Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) and the Parks Studio fonds.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item collection

Title
Peterborough Gun Limited, Dealers Catalogue, 1961

Date of Creation 1
1961

Extent
1 catalogue

Admin_Bio History
Peterborough Guns Limited was established in the late 1950's. David A. Wilson was president of the company.

Scope and Content
A soft cover catalogue for Peterborough Gun Limited (Canada's only complete wholesale gun house). The catalogue includes information and photographs of rifles, pistols, ammunition and accessories.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
catalogues

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item collection

Title
George Johnston fonds

Date of Creation 1
2001 (reproduced)

Extent
1 file

Admin_Bio History
George Johnston was born in 1822. His family was originally from Ireland. They emigrated to Peterborough in 1845. In 1846 George Johnston and his brother William, established a thriving tailorshop (W. and G. Johnston Merchant Tailors and Clothiers) on the east side of Water Street, just north of Hunter (now parking lot of St John's Centre). In 1851 George married Elizabeth Mitchell. George and Elizabeth had two children (George and Alfred). About 1870 George Johnston was appointed police constable. Some years after that he became the second Chief of Police, replacing Chief Arnott. George Johnston died suddenly November 28, 1885.

Custodial History
This material was copied from the original Johnston family papers in the possession of Carol Koeslag. Mrs Koeslag is a member of the Johnston family.

Scope and Content
A fonds consisting of reproduction photographs, newspaper clippings and other information relating to local tailor and Peterborough's second Chief Police Constable George Johnston (1822-1885). Included is: portrait of George Johnston, family photograph of George Johnston family, early exterior view of Central Public School (Union School) dating to about 1870, exterior view of W. and G. Johnston's Tailorshop on Water Street, dating to about 1860. The building is decorated with garlands and banners welcoming the Prince of Wales to Peterborough (later Kind Edward VII).

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs / clippings

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1904]

Extent
1 file

Admin_Bio History
R.M. Roy produced several interesting and polished slide shows after Roy Studio opened. Roy was an accomplished public speaker and amateur magician. He would use two lantern slide projectors and 'dissolve' between one slide and another. He also could produce stereoscopic effects with his equipment. His slide shows were extremely popular in the region between 1896 when Roy Studio opened and 1912 when R.M. Roy died. His son Fred Roy took up the tradition and presented several lectures and film screenings during his time as owner of Roy Studio.

Custodial History
This booklet was in the custody of the Roy family prior to acquisition through Rob Roy in May 2001.

Scope and Content
An addition to the Roy Studio fonds consisting of a promotional booklet advertising R.M. Roy's lantern slide shows, entitled, "Illustrated Lectures by R.M. Roy". It consists of descriptions and a listing of talks that were prepared by Roy (e.g. Westminster Abbey, A Trip Through Canada, Niagara Falls, World's Fairs and The Drunkard's Progress). The booklet also includes several local press reviews praising his "stereopticon entertainment". The booklet also includes a photographic portrait of R.M. Roy and some engravings based on some of his photographs (e.g. Kingston waterfront and Montreal harbour).

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
booklets / advertisements

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also 2000-012 and additions to Roy Studio fonds.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Pte. John Irwin, 57th Regiment, Peterborough Rifle Company

Date of Creation 1
2001 (reproduction)

Extent
1 photograph

Admin_Bio History
John Irwin lived in South Monaghan. He was a carpenter and furniture maker. In June 1866 he enlisted as a Private, with the 57th Regiment (Peterborough Rifle Company) at the outbreak of the Fenian Raids. He was part of the local contingent that travelled to Prescott to battle the Fenians. John Irwin was married to Elizabeth Harper. He died when he was about 40 years old (likely in the 1880's). He is buried in Little Lake Cemetery.

Custodial History
The original photograph is is the possession of family members. It was loaned to the City Archives/PCMA for copying in August 2001. The lender is the great grand-daughter of John Irwin.

Scope and Content
A reproduction photographic portrait of Private John Irwin. The photograph was originally taken in 1866. Irwin is wearing his 57th Regiment uniform (Peterborough Rifle Company). He is standing at attention and holding a rifle with a fixed bayonet.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also records of the 57th Regiment, Peterborough in the City Archives.

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
item

Title
Insurance Plan of the City of Peterborough, Ont.

Date of Creation 1
1929, May

Date of Creation 2
1943, July (revised and reprinted)

Extent
1 bound insurance plan (ca. 35 pages) : col. ; 63 x 53 cm

Admin_Bio History
Charles E. Goad (1848-1910) initiated fire insurance mapping in Canada in 1875. These plans were produced to assist insurance companies with risk assessments in an era when building fires were extremely common. The plans provided detailed information on the nature and construction of every building in a given community. They showed size, shape, construction materials and occupants, along with street numbers, property lines, proximity to fire protection equipment and so on. C.E. Goad produced detailed plans of most towns and cities in Canada. Originally, these plans were printed on large sheets and bound, using a scale of 1 inch = 50 feet. Periodically existing plans would be updated and new sections would be cut and pasted into the existing plan books. By the 1950's the format was reduced in size for easier storage and access. The Charles E. Goad Company was eventually replaced by the Canadian Underwriters Association.

Custodial History
The fire insurance plan was loaned by the Underwriters Survey Bureau to J.R. Sinclair. Its later custodial history remains unclear. In August 2001 it was discovered in a landfill site in Perry Township by landfill workers. It had apparently been disposed of with other estate contents. The township contacted Betty Drain at the City of Peterborough and she made arrangements for the plan to be shipped to the City Archives.

Scope and Content
A bound fire insurance plan for the City of Peterborough revised and reprinted in July 1943 (from the May 1929 plan). The plan was published by the Underwriters Survey Bureau of Canada. It shows the location and nature of all buldings in the City, including business, industry, parks and houses.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
fire insurance plans

Restrictions
yes; copyright and reproductions rights restrictions apply.

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also the 1915, 1929 and 1968 fire insurance plans for Peterborough.

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
item

Title
Brinton-Peterborough Carpet Company fonds

Date of Creation 1
1910

Date of Creation 2
1973

Extent
14 cm of textual records /
23 files /
2 panoramic photographs : b&w /
3 photographs : b&w mounted ; 8 x 10 inches /
1 poster : col.

Admin_Bio History
In 1906 Brinton and Preen Carpets of Kinderminster, England, one of Great Britains most prominent textile firms, established a Canadian branch factory in Peterborough. The first plant manager was G.P. Preen. Gripper looms and other equipment invented by Brinton's were shipped over from England. In 1908 the company employeed over 100 people. In 1910-1911 the Peterborough factory was taken over by Canadian interests. Throughout most of its operation in Peterborough the company was know as the Brinton Carpet Works or Brinton-Peterborough Carpets. The Peterborough branch of Brinton Carpets became a leading manufacturer of wool and synthetic carpets and rugs. All designs, carding, spinning, warping, dyeing and weaving were done locally. The factory was located on a large lot south of Lansdowne Street at Lock and Braidwood. During the Second World War, Brinton Carpets was contracted by the Canadian Defense Department to manufacture all the cotton duck (waterproof coat linings) for uniform overcoats. In 1945 Brinton Carpets opened another plant in Lindsay to manufacture carpet yarns. The Peterborough plant was used primarily for weaving after the expansion to Lindsay. In 1966 the company was taken over by Armstrong Cork Carpets. One of the most popular Brinton carpet lines was the Sar-U-Kan Persion style carpet. They also produced a popular line of oriental style carpets. In the 1980's Brinton's closed their Peterborough plant. In 1999 the Braidwood Avenue factory was demolished. The large empty site is now being redeveloped for housing.

Custodial History
This material was in the custody of the donor (Mr Sidney W. Townsend, the former Treasurer and Board Secretary of Brinton Carpets, Peterborough) prior to acquisition by the City Archives in July 2001. Mr Townsend began working at Brinton Carpets in 1933 as a office mail boy. He retired in 1980.

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of surviving business records of the Brinton Carpet Company, Peterborough. Included are: early business records (1910-1911); Bylaws and Letters Patent (1927-1973); General Managers Reports (1962-1963); Minutes of the Board of Directors and Annual Shareholder Meetings (1952, June to 1973, April); promotional material including a colour catalogue and poster featuring Brinton Oriental Carpets made in Peterborough (ca. 1950); photograph on board, of Brinton Carpet office staff (ca. 1930), two panoramic group photograph of Brinton employees ca. 1930 and August 1936), mounted photograph showing the interior of the factory and a Jacquard Axminster Loom in operation (ca. 1920) and other photographs.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
posters / bylaws / correspondence / reports / catalogues / photographs

Arrangement Note
Minutes have been removed from their original binder for preservation reasons and rehoused in acid free file folders. The order of the minutes (chronological) has been retained. Other loose documents have been sorted chronologically and by function.

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
yes; inventory list

Related Material
See also a wooden shuttle and spool from Brinton Carpets and a Sar-U-Kan Persion style carpet donated to the PCMA in 1996. The Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images and the Parks Studio fonds have a large series of photographic negatives devoted to Brinton Carpets.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Mary Rogers fonds

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1875]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1937]

Extent
3 paintings

Custodial History
The Wallis paintings were originally owned by Marjorie Hatton of Peterborough. She was a close friend of Katherine Wallis. Mrs Hatten gave the Wallis paintings to the donor. The Clementi painting was originally owned by Edgecombe Pearse. It was later acquired by Mr Pearse's daughter Lillian Pearse Kerr (wife of Francis D. Kerr). It hung in the Pearse-Kerr House at 586 Rubidge Street (later part of Traill College). Mrs Kerr bequeathed the painting to the donor, who was an old family friend.

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two watercolour paintings (with pastels) rendered by Katherine Wallis about 1937 and an oil painting on board by Rev. Vincent Clementi [ca. 1875]. The two Wallis paintings depict rural scenes near Victoria, British Columbia. The Clementi painting depicts a woman and child walking along a snow covered path toward two rustic log cottages at Nassau (near Trent University). The painting also shows the Otonabee River, along with storm cloads, forest and hills in the background.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
paintings / oil paintings / watercolours / fine arts

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Peterborough Typographical Union fonds

Date of Creation 1
1902 (predominate: 1902-1907)

Date of Creation 2
1952

Extent
2 files

Admin_Bio History
The Peterborough Typographical Union was established under charter in 1902. The first meeting was held in the Sons of England Hall, Hunter Street, on January 4, 1902. It was a local union affiliated with the International Typographical Union of America. Twenty three people signed the original charter. The first regular meeting of the union (as local #248) was held on January 18, 1902 in the boardroom of the YMCA. The union represented printers and typesetters employed by the Examiner, Review and Times newspapers. One of the first issues dealt with by the union local included wages of female printers and the establishment of a Trades and Labour Council for Peterborough.

Custodial History
This material was held by the donor while serving as Secretary of the union local between 1956 and 1981. The donor was also an employee of the Peterborough Examiner newspaper. He retired from the Examiner in 1993 but kept this minute book until he donated it to the City Archives in 2002.

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of the first minute book of the Peterborough Typographical Union (1902, January 2 to 1907, April 13); also a "Souvenir Presentation Banquet Menu" for a union banquet held at the Empress Hotel in 1929 and a souvenir program of the 50th anniversary of the Granting of Charter held at the Empress Hotel in 1952.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
minutes / pamphlets

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Collegiate Cornerstone, August 1st, 1907

Date of Creation 1
2002, March 16 (reproduction)

Extent
1 photograph

Custodial History
This photograph was taken from an original photograph album originally owned by the Felix Brownscombe family. The album dates between 1902 and 1910 and includes Brownscombe family members, shots of PCVS, Carnegie Library, Armouries, Murray Street Baptist Church under construction, also shots of Brownscombe cottage on Stoney Lake, Canadian Canoe Company factory and other scenes.

Scope and Content
A reproduction photograph showing Leta and Minto Brownscombe posing on the cornerstone for Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS). The original 3 x 5 snapshot was taken on August 1, 1907. The old drill hall (later replaced by the Peterborough Armouries) is clearly visible in the background.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Associated Material
See other copies of photographs from this album in additions to Martha Kidd fonds (accession: 1995-061).

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Ernest Crozier fonds

Date of Creation 1
2002, March 18 (reproduced)

Extent
1 file

Admin_Bio History
On October 17, 1932 Edward Franklin "Stonewall" Jackson shot his friend Eugene Lee at the Saltern family farm in Dummer Township. Jackson and Lee had been friends and served together in the US Army prior to coming to Peterborough in the early 1930's. Jackson was arrested and tried for first degree murder. He was found guilty and hanged in the yard of the Peterborough County Jail on November 29, 1933. Jackson was the last person to be executed in Peterborough County. Ernest Crozier lived on the Saltern farm and witnessed the murder of Eugene Lee. Crozier was called to testify during the murder trial. The October 21, 1932 issue of the Peterborough Examiner includes a summary of Mr Croziers testimony.

Custodial History
Ernest Crozier worked on the Saltern farm where in October 1932 Edward Jackson shot and killed Eugene Lee. Crozier later testified at the murder trial.

Scope and Content
The fonds consists of a series of photographs originally owned by Ernest Crozier of Peterborough. Of particular note are photographic portraits of Edward Franklin "Stonewall" Jackson (posing in US army uniform) and Eugene Lee (sitting at office desk). Both original photographs were taken in the early 1930's. On November 29, 1933 Edward Jackson was hanged in the yard of the Peterborough County Jail for the murder of Eugene Lee which occured on October 17, 1932 at the Saltern farm in Dummer Township. Edward Jackson was the last person executed in Peterborough County. Also included in the fonds are a series of negatives of Mr Crozier working on the construction of the Jackson Creek bridge in Jackson Park (1961) and other family photographs.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Associated Material
See also accession 1999-017, Peterborough County Jail Exercise Yard fonds (a 1996 archaeological survey) which include extensive background information on the Jackson-Lee murder case. The remains of Edward Jackson were excavated during this archaeological dig.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1902

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1930]

Extent
4 files

Custodial History
The postcards were discovered during initial processing of the Balsillie Collection and the pamphlet, fragment of R.M. Roy letterheada and letter from Copyright and Trademarks Branch were donated by Catherine Roy in February 2002.

Scope and Content
An addition to the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) consisting of three files of post cards generated by Roy Studio between the early 1912 and 1930. Postcards of particular note include: postcard image of S.S. Titanic, titled, "The Ill-fated S.S. Titanic Foundered April 15, 1912" produced by Roy Studio to commemorate the tragic sinking of the ship in the Atlantic Ocean (1064 VR, 1912, glass plate); Canadian General Electric (CGE) girls softball team, July 1926 (2982 VR); Orange Lodge parade on George Street; factory interior views of Peterborough Milk Products Company; a small grouping of studio portraits printed as postcards; convention delegates of the Loyal Order of Moose taken in front of Roy Studio, Hunter Street in 1926; ephemeral material includes: fragment of R.M. Roy letterhead dating to 1902, a pamphlet announcing that the "New Roy Studio, Peterborough" will re-open to the public in May 1904 as if "Raised from the Ashes" following the devastating fire of January 1904 along with a photo mounted on board, of the fire which occured on January 18-19, 1904; a business letter addressed to R.M. Roy from the Copyright and Trade Mark Branch, Federal Department of Agriculture informing Mr Roy that, "The Wild Rice Harvest at Rice Lake, Peterborough, Canada" has been registered in Folio 20040 of Register of Copyrights, No. 71 (September 30, 1908).

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
postcards / photographs / business letters / business records / letterheads / pamphlets

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
series

Title
HMCS Peterborough, K342

Date of Creation 1
2001 (reproduction)

Extent
1 photograph

Admin_Bio History
The HMCS Peterborough was commissioned at Kingston (Ont.) on June 1, 1944. In September 1944 the ship joined EG C-6 and sailed on convoy duty. It was used as a mid ocean escort for the remainder of the Second World War. In 1947 the HMCS Peterborough was sold to the Dominican Republic and renamed, "Gerardo Jansen". The ship was scraped in 1972.

Custodial History
This photograph was purchased by Kim Reid, PCMA Curator on eBAY, March 2001.

Scope and Content
A reproduction photograph, originally taken about 1944, showing the Royal Canadian Navy ship, HMCS Peterborough at sea.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also the Jack Raines fonds in the City Archives.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item collection

Title
Peterborough Advertising Cards Collection

Date of Creation 1
1868

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1920]

Extent
1 file

Custodial History
This material was acquired through a variety of sources starting in 1959. Later it was relocated into the Archives open files or ephemera collections. In 2001 these more historically significant items were pulled from these other open collections as a preservation measure.

Scope and Content
An artificially compiled collection of advertising cards and other promotional materials produced by Peterborough businesses. Included are: price list with promotional information for the Canadian Cordage and Manufacturing Company (1905); colour card for Porter Brothers makers of buggies, carriages, sleighs, cutters and wagons [ca. 1890]; leaflet advertising the Dr J.W. Browett's Peterborough Optical Institute in the Market Hall [ca. 1900]; coupons designed to look like currency for the William Fairweather Company (1868); laundry list from Sing Lee Chinese Hand Laundry at 232 Hunter Street [ca. 1920]; advertising card for Grafton and Company Clothing Manufacturers (1908).

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
advertising cards / advertisements / price lists / brochures

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also Peterborough Industrial History Collection, accession: 1985-042.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
collection

Title
Richard Crawford - collector

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1895]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1959]

Extent
17 photographs : b&w

Custodial History
This material was acquired by Mr Crawford from a variety of sources and offered for sale to the City Archives in 2001.

Scope and Content
A series of photographic materials collected by local antique dealer Richard Crawford. Included are: twelve original Roy Studio photographic prints of Great Grand Indian Council, Curve Lake, September 15th, 1926, reconstruction on site of Turnbull building collapse, December 1913, senior cadets marching down George Street with Teco Store, Grafton's and Company, Rexall Drugstore, Robert Fair building in the background, [ca. 1918], aerial view of Dewart Mill fire along Otonabee River shoreline at the foot of Simcoe Street [ca. 1950], exterior photograph of the now demolished Menzies House at 610 George Street North [ca. 1920], Belleghem's Furniture Company display booth in the Armouries, photograph of soldiers and Minicola family members bidding farewell at railway station as soldiers leave for active service [ca. 1940], Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa, exterior view of J.R. Stratton House (Sadleir House), Coronation Parade in London, England (1937), interior of Curling Rink; hand coloured photograph on card of the Quaker Oats fire of December 1916 showing flames in brilliant red colour, exterior view of the Canadian Oil Company at 125-127 Hunter Street East in Ashburnham (later site of Fitzgerald Fuels) with Leo Hynes standing beside an oil truck [ca. 1925], stereographic card of the Pagoda Bridge in Jackson Park by The Canadian View Company [ca. 1895], postcard of the toboggan slide in Jackson Park published by R.J. Soden, Number 124 [ca. 1910]; photograph on board showing the engineers and general contractors with the Canadian Leonard Construction Company on the Quaker Oats factory site during the reconstruction of the plant following the December 1916 fire [ca. 1919].

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
collection

Title
Map of the Extension of the Port Hope and Peterborough Railway in the Town of Peterborough

Date of Creation 1
1865

Extent
1 plan on linen

Custodial History
unknown

Scope and Content
A large plan on linen showing the proposed extension of the Port Hope and Peterborough Railway in the Town of Peterborough, through the Samuel Dickson Lumber Mill property, along the Otonabee River and down toward King Street and ending at Sherbrooke Street. To the north of the proposed extension is the line of the Chemong Lake Railway. The map was signed off by Mayor W.H. Scott and J. Edwards, Town Clerk. The plan shows buildings, flumes and the lumber yard of the Dickson Mill along with Dixon Creek (Jackson Creek), the Mill Pond just north of King Street between Aylmer and George Streets, bridge over Hunter Street, Flouring Mill (Adam Scott mill) on the west side of the Otonabee River at the foot of King Street and other landmarks.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
plans

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
item

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1911

Extent
3 photographs : b&w

Admin_Bio History
Robert Maitland Roy established the Roy Studio, at 140 Hunter Street, in 1896. R. M. Roy was born in Bond Head and raised in Belleville. He worked in Belleville for several years in the engineering and purchasing division of the Midland Railway.

R.M. Roy moved to Peterborough at the age of 45 in 1887, where he was in charge of stores for the Midland Division of the Grand Trunk Railway.

In 1896 the GTR Railway laid off Mr Roy. This action forced a sudden and fortuitous career change for Roy. He decided to buy out Peter H. Green's photographic business on Hunter Street. Roy had always loved photography (along with sailing, sports and the outdoors) and soon flourished as a professional photographer.

R.M. Roy was also an accomplished and popular magician and amateur artist. He used these skills to stage several very popular lantern-slide shows in church halls and theatres in the region. Roy would create a 'stereo-scopic' presentation using two projectors and 'film dissolve' techniques to switch from one image to another.

His steam boat the 'Rob Roy' was a popular fixture on the Trent Canal and Kawartha Lakes. It was one of the first boats to pass through the Lift Lock when it opened in 1906.

The photograph studio was growing steadily with portrait work, commerical contracts and postcards. By 1906, it was reported in the Weekly Examiner that Roy Studio was turning out picture postcards at a rate of several thousand a week.

A devastating fire in the winter of 1904 nearly destroyed the Studio. The building was saved and Roy Studio was soon re-established. Over the decades ahead the Studio would be expanded and remodelled on several occassion.

R.M. Roy brought his son Fred into the business as a young man, along with other family members. R.M. Roy died in 1912. He was married to Maria Flagler.
Fred L. Roy was born in 1881. He joined his father's photography firm (Roy Studio) when he was 15 years old. Fred was a gifted and artistic photographer. He had a masters degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America and won several photography awards. Fred was also loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He died in 1950.

Custodial History
These prints were pulled while processing the View Register series of the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images.

Scope and Content
A series of three original Roy Studio photographic prints relating to the Barnardo Home in Peterborough. One photograph (View #807) shows a group of young Barnardo girls posing on the steps outside Margaret Cox Home. The other two photographs (View #976) were taken during a public Barnardo Home reception at Hazel Brae in 1911 and consist of group photos of staff and Barnardo girls.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
2000-012 Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds).

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
file

Title
Fife Cemetery Company fonds

Date of Creation 1
1853

Date of Creation 2
1979

Extent
8 files

Admin_Bio History
The Fife Cemetery (Concession 5, Lot 21; Otonabee Township) was established in 1845 as a private family plot for two young sons of John Fife and Eliza Carter Fife. The two boys died of Scarlet Fever. In 1852 a deed was signed converting the burial ground into a community cemetery. The Fife family was among the first European settlers in Otonabee Township, arriving in 1820. In 1862 cemetery trustees were appointed after a meeting in the Fife home. Among the new trustees were, John Fife, William Lang, Thomas Easson, Thomas Fife, Thomas Evans, James Carter, Adam Beavis, William Fife and James Fife. The trustees met regularly in the Bethel Methodist Chapel. The cemetery grounds were laid out, trees were planted and cemetery plots were sold for one dollar each. In 1884 the cemetery was expanded to the south bringing the total size of the cemetery to one-sixth of an acre. The cemetery was expanded again in 1927 when 40 feet of frontage was purchased from Phoebe Fife. The Fife Cemetery is still active. David Fife, inventor of 'Red Fife Wheat'; members of the Esson family; William Lang, builder of Hope Mill; Dr Joseph Alexander Fife who served in the Civil War, members of the Redpath family and several other early settlers are buried in Fife Cemetery.

Custodial History
This material was under the care of the Fife Cemetery Board through its Secretary Treasurer, Elizabeth Stillman. In May 2002 the Fife Cemetery Board voted to donate the historical records of the Cemetery to the City Archives.

Scope and Content
Fonds consists of administrative and financial records pertaining to the development and management of the Fife Cemetery Company in Otonabee Township. The fonds includes: the original indenture and legal documents establishing the Board of Trustees for the Fife Cemetery (1862), minute books, recepits for burial plot purchases, lists of plot owners, notebooks and records of maintenance and construction, some correspondence and a history of Fife Cemetery.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
histories / minutes / financial records / administrative records / lists / receipts / correspondence

Arrangement Note
The fonds has been arranged using existing series and file order as established by the Fife Cemetery Board prior to acquisition by City Archives.

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Curling in Canada and The United States - A Record of The Tour of the Scottish Team, 1902-3, And of the Game in the Dominion and the Republic

Date of Creation 1
2002 (photocopied)

Extent
1 file

Custodial History
Original volume remains with the donor who visited the PCMA in June 2002 to permit a photocopy of the Peterborough portion for the reference holdings of the City Archives.

Scope and Content
A portion of "Curling in Canada and The United States - A Record of The Tour of the Scottish Team, 1902-3, And of the Game in the Dominion and the Republic" (published in 1904) relating to the Scottish Team's visit to Peterborough. The section includes a rare exterior view of the Peterborough Curling Club by R.M. Roy, studio portraits of the winners of the Peterborough Bonspiel in 1903, other local team photos and information.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
photocopies

Physical Characteristics
histories

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
item collection

Title
Canadian Nashua Paper Company fonds

Date of Creation 1
1932, October

Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 28.5 cm

Admin_Bio History
Canadian Nashua Paper Company was established in Peterborough in 1920. The factory was located at 25 Aylmer Street at Perry Street. Later Canadian Sealrite was also on the site. Nashua Paper manufactured waxed papers, tape, labels and various types of office paper. The company originally employeed 20 people and by 1967 had a total workforce of over 160 employees. In 1947 the company relocated to a larger plant located at Braidwood and Monaghan Road. The head office was located in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA. In recent years the company became Peterborough Paper Converters. In 2002 the company closed.

Custodial History
This photograph was kept in the vaults of Peterborough Paper Converters, the company that assumed ownership of Canadian Nashua Paper's Braidwood Avenue plant. The photograph was transferred to Jay Amer of GPEDC in July 2002 during the final closure of the company. Mr Amer transferred the photograph to the City Archives.

Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a mounted group photograph of the employees working for Canadian Nashua Paper Company and Canadian Sealrite, both Peterborough industries. The photograph was taken on the grounds of the Perry street plant of Nashua Paper by A.S. Gard, photographer.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Richard Crawford - collector

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1907]

Date of Creation 2
[ca. 1950]

Extent
15 postcards

Custodial History
In June 2002 Richard Crawford purchased a large private postcard collection, comprising over 700 Peterborough and area postcards. He permitted the City Archivist to review the whole collection and purchase selections from it.

Scope and Content
A series of colour and black and white postcards of Peterborough and area subjects, including: construction of Peterborough Normal School (Teachers College) at Benson and O'Carroll Avenues; theatre district in downtown Peterborough [ca. 1930's to 1950's]; photo postcard of the residence of Ralph C. Braund and family at 53-55 Park Street (1907); exterior view of a large clapboard frame building at Lock 19 on the Trent Canal; Harry Oakman aerial view of Club Aragon on Highway #7 [ca. 1950]; views of the Market Hall and Clock Tower originally produced by Parks Studio [ca. 1947]; CPR railway station; east facade of the Auburn Woollen Mills from the Otonabee River; architectural plan for All Saints Anglican Church reproduced as a postcard by Roy Studio [ca. 1920]; interior colour view of the Elite Cafe (339 George Street) described as the "Most Beautiful Restaurant and Tea Room in Canada"; view of George Street entitled "Peterboro in Winter" and taken after a huge snow storm which shows the exterior of the Robert Fair Building (with golden lion visible above main entrance) along with Routley's wallpaper store Cluxton Block and Cressman's Department Store [ca. 1925]; view looking south on George Street at the busy intersection with Charlotte Street showing cars, Grand Hotel, Capitol Grill, Eatons Store and other buildings.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs / postcards

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also Peterborough Postcard Collection which is among the holdings of the City Archives.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
collection

Title
McIlwain House at 671 Stewart Street

Date of Creation 1
2002 (reproduced)

Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 inches

Admin_Bio History
The McIlwain house was demolished before 1943. Matthew McIlwain was born in Cavan in 1850. He worked as a labourer for most of his life. Matthew McIlwain appears on City Directories between 1904 and 1907 as living at 671 Stewart Street. He died on January 7, 1917 in Peterborough.

Custodial History
The original photograph was loaned to the donor by another member of the family and offered to the City Archives for reproduction copywork in May 2002.

Scope and Content
A reproduction photograph of the Matthew McIlwain family posing in front of their house at 671 Stewart Street (near Parkhill Road). The photograph was taken about 1907 and shows Matthew McIlwain (seated with young child in lap), his son Robert Gordon McIlwain (wearing a dark suit and cap), son Matthew (junior) with his wife Gertrude Freeman, Jennie McIlwain, Bernice Fitzsimmons (child), along with twin girls and boy (unidentified). The front facade of the wood frame Ontario Gothic styled house is clearly visible in the photograph and shows clapboards, cedar shingled roof, gable window over main entrance, transom over main entrance, two front windows with wooden shutters and a large vine growing on the wall just to the left of the main entrance.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
item

Title
Peterborough Women's Progressive Conservative Association fonds

Date of Creation 1
1923

Date of Creation 2
1976

Extent
12 cm of textual records

Admin_Bio History
The first meeting of the Peterborough Women's Progressive Conservative Association or Conservative Women of West Peterborough as originally known took place at the Empress Hotel in downtown Peterborough on May 10, 1923. Iva Fallis was elected the first president of the organization which was formed to support Conservative Party activities in Peterborough County.

Custodial History
This material had been in the custody of past corresponding secretaries and finally in the custody of Muriel White, Past President of the Peterborough Women's Progressive Conservative Association. Mrs White transferred the material to the City Archives in 1999 as a formal donation.

Scope and Content
Fonds consists of minute books (1923-1976), reports (1963-1976) and Progressive Conservative party literature (1965-1972) generated by the Peterborough Women's Progressive Conservative Association.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
minutes / correspondence / reports

Arrangement Note
Three series were identified in the fonds: minutes, reports and party literature.

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no; priority for development

Related Material
See also the Senator Iva Campbell Fallis fonds (accession: 1999-029).

Associated Material
Trent University Archives hold records of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
fonds

Title
Tremaine's Map of the County of Durham, Upper Canada

Date of Creation 1
1861

Extent
1 map : mounted on linen ; 155 x 134 cm

Custodial History
The map was originally purchased in the early 1860's by the donor's relatives (Sharpe family) in Ida, Ontario.

Scope and Content
Tremaine's Map of the County of Durham, Upper Canada, drawn by John Shier, (Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer) and assisted by Mr John F. Ward. The map was published by George C. Tremaine, Toronto, 1861. This large, paper wall map with a linen backing cites the property holders in all townships in Durham County, including: Hope, Cavan, Manvers, Cartwright, Darlington and Clarke. It also has city directory listings for each of these regions. The map also includes several engraved illustrations of houses, landmarks and streetscape views including: the Town Hall in Bowmanville, School Building in Orono, George C. Ward house in Port Hope, furniture factory of G.P. Walter and Company, Union School, Wellington Street, Bowmanville, Prince Albert Bridge for the Grand Trunk Railway (Viaduct) in Port Hope, Church's Hotel, Port Hope, view of King Street, Bowmanville, view of Walton Street in Port Hope, view of Newcastle, the home of William Hillier and iron foundry of A.W. McLeod in Bowmanville.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
maps

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Associated Material
Trent University and McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) also hold original Tremaine maps of Durham County.

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
item

Title
City of Peterborough - Finance and Administration Services fonds /
Book of Remembrance, City and County of Peterborough

Date of Creation 1
1962

Date of Creation 2
2002

Extent
1 bound volume : ink and watercolour ; (23 pages, 4 fly leaves, 2 leather covers)

Admin_Bio History
The Book of Remembrance project was launched in 1961 at the request of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 452. The Peterborough Memorial Book Committee was then formed to coordinate financing and production. City Alderman Gordon Monkman was appointed committee chair. The Book Committee was also responsible for compiling the hundreds of names to be commemorated using casualty lists and other readily available military records.
Talented local artists were selected to design and create the Book. James Ridyard rendered each names in calligraphy. John Ledingham illuminated the pages with ornate ink and watercolour motifs. Oscar Schlienger, consulting artist on the project, sketched a design for the leather front cover based on the "Angel of the Dead" figure on the Confederation War Memorial. Mrs Clarence Boorman hand-tooled Schlienger's design into the cover.
Over the years some local citizens have noted that the names of loved ones were missing from the Book of Remembrance. In 2001 City Councillor, Glenn Pagett, spearheaded an initiative to update the Book. The Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives (PCMA) was given the responsibility for the project. Primary research yielded seventy-one new names and five new pages have been added to the original Book. Each of these new pages has been beautifully hand illuminated in the same decorative style as the original. The additional names were rendered in hand painted calligraphy. Museum conservators painstakingly cleaned and repaired the Book to ensure its on-going preservation. Ultraviolet radiation filters have been installed over all lighting and windows in the City Hall foyer to help protect the Book from cumulative light damage. A digital version of the Book is now on the Internet. The Book of Remembrance has been formally incorporated into the holdings of the City Archives but will remain on permanent display at City Hall.

Custodial History
The Book of Remembrance was designed and created in 1962 as a special project financed jointly by the City and County of Peterborough. It has remained on permanent public display in the City Hall foyer. In 2002 the City agreed to transfer on-going preservation and stewardship of the Book to the City Archives in the PCMA, but the Book will remain on permanent display at City Hall. The formal transfer of custody took place at special City Council meeting held to commemorate Remembrance Day on October 28, 2002. The transfer documents were signed by Her Worship Mayor Sylvia Sutherland and Brian Horton, Director of Finance and Administrative Services, City of Peterborough.

Scope and Content
The "Book of Remembrance, City and County of Peterborough" lists the names of 800 local men and women "who were killed in action, died of wounds, illness or injuries" in the First Great War (1914-1918), the Second Great War (1939-1945) and in the Korean Conflict (1950-1953). In 2002 the Book was updated with the addition of 71 names previously not included in the volume. Each new page was hand illuminated and the names entered in calligraphy by local artist, Audrey Caryi.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
military records / books

Restrictions
yes; conservation and handling restriction apply.

Finding Aids
yes

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item series

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images (Roy Studio fonds) - additions

Date of Creation 1
1950

Date of Creation 2
1951

Extent
14 photographs : b&w

Admin_Bio History
Robert Maitland Roy established the Roy Studio, at 140 Hunter Street, in 1896. R. M. Roy was born in Bond Head and raised in Belleville. He worked in Belleville for several years in the engineering and purchasing division of the Midland Railway.

R.M. Roy moved to Peterborough at the age of 45 in 1887, where he was in charge of stores for the Midland Division of the Grand Trunk Railway.

In 1896 the GTR Railway laid off Mr Roy. This action forced a sudden and fortuitous career change for Roy. He decided to buy out Peter H. Green's photographic business on Hunter Street. Roy had always loved photography (along with sailing, sports and the outdoors) and soon flourished as a professional photographer.

R.M. Roy was also an accomplished and popular magician and amateur artist. He used these skills to stage several very popular lantern-slide shows in church halls and theatres in the region. Roy would create a 'stereo-scopic' presentation using two projectors and 'film dissolve' techniques to switch from one image to another.

His steam boat the 'Rob Roy' was a popular fixture on the Trent Canal and Kawartha Lakes. It was one of the first boats to pass through the Lift Lock when it opened in 1906.

The photograph studio was growing steadily with portrait work, commerical contracts and postcards. By 1906, it was reported in the Weekly Examiner that Roy Studio was turning out picture postcards at a rate of several thousand a week.

A devastating fire in the winter of 1904 nearly destroyed the Studio. The building was saved and Roy Studio was soon re-established. Over the decades ahead the Studio would be expanded and remodelled on several occassion.

R.M. Roy brought his son Fred into the business as a young man, along with other family members. R.M. Roy died in 1912. He was married to Maria Flagler.
Fred L. Roy was born in 1881. He joined his father's photography firm (Roy Studio) when he was 15 years old. Fred was a gifted and artistic photographer. He had a masters degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America and won several photography awards. Fred was also loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He died in 1950.

Custodial History
These photographic prints were removed from the negative sleeves (VR 4897 and VR 5043) as a preservation measure.

Scope and Content
A series of photographs documenting the construction of the new Peterborough City Hall at 500 George Street North. The photographs were produced by Roy Studio, likely on commission for Eastwood Construction (builders of City Hall) or the Examiner newspaper. Photographs were taken from roof of YMCA building at the south west corner of George and Murray Streets.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also Parks Studio fonds for additional photographs of the construction project. 2002-019; tendering documents and other material relating to City Hall construction. 1999-033 - photographs in the City Clerk fonds of the cornerstone laying. 1995-075 - copies of the architectural plans for City Hall by Marani and Morris, Architects of Toronto.

Accruals
not likely

Level of Description
file

Title
City of Peterborough - City Clerk fonds - additions

Date of Creation 1
1943

Date of Creation 2
1955

Extent
3 architectural drawings : blueprints ; 73 x 73 cm /
1 newspaper insert /
4 files

Admin_Bio History
Peterborough first considered constructing a new City Hall in the mid 1930's. In 1939, W.G. Morrow died and left substantial financial resources to the City for the construction of a large, modern City Hall. In 1943 City Council established a "City Hall Committee" to investigate space needs for a new facility. In 1948 the City expropriated lands and houses comprising an entire city block between Murray and McDonnel Streets for the construction site. Existing houses and other structures were then demolished. In November 1949 architectural plans (in the "contemporary Georgian Style") tendered by F.H. Marani and R.S. Morris, Architects of Toronto, were accepted by Council. Eastwood Construction Company won bids to build the structure and construction of the new City Hall at 500 George Street North, began early in 1950. The cornerstone was laid by Hon, Leslie Frost, Premier of Ontario on December 1, 1950. The building is clad in limestone quarried in Queenston, Ontario. Another interesting feature is the floor map inside the foyer. It was designed by City Engineer, E.A. Chalmers. The City Hall also has a clock tower, with the dome originally clad in gold leaf. The clock works were contracted to Grant and Loucks of Peterborough and they had the clock built by Stromberg Time Corporation of New York. The new City Hall was officially opened on October 26, 1951 by G.R. Chamberlain, Mayor of the City of Peterborough, England.

Custodial History
Material transferred to the Archives from the City Clerk vault located in Peterborough City Hall. Material was transferred in 1999 along with several boxes of City agreements. It was not processed formally until 2002 because the documents were being flattened as stabilized.

Scope and Content
An addition to the City Clerk fonds consisting of material relating to the construction of the new City Hall by Marani and Morris, Architects. Specific items include: three architectural blueprints entitled, "Sketch Plan Proposed Municipal Building" rendered in 1943 by City Treasurer, M.E. Shaver for the City Hall Committee"; original contractual agreement between the City and Marani and Morris, Architects for the design of City Hall (1949); construction agreement (#97) drafted between the City and Eastwood Construction Company as general contractors on the project (1950); correspondence and and a series of construction "change orders" (1950-1955); "Peterborough Review" newspaper supplement celebrating the opening of new City Hall (October 25, 1951).

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
correspondence / legal documents / contracts / municipal government records

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also: Parks Studio fonds and Balsillie Collection (2002-018) for construction photographs. 1995-075; copies of architectural drawings of Peterborough City Hall. 1999-031; will of W.G. Morrow outlining financing of a new City Hall for Peterborough (1939). 1999-033; framed photographs of the cornerstone laying for City Hall by Parks Studio.

Accruals
scheduled

Level of Description
sous fonds

Title
The Roy Studio

Date of Creation 1
1910

Extent
1 postcard

Custodial History
This postcard was purchased via eBay through a Kingston, Ontario postcard dealer. It was originally mailed to a Miss Alice Dunk, Young's Point (Ont.) by Roy Studio.

Scope and Content
A advertising postcard originally published in 1908, by the Roy Studio, Peterborough. The postcard includes two interior views of Roy Studio ('Skylight Room and 'Reception Room'), described as "An up-to-date Photographic Studio". The postcard also promotes the souvenir picture postcard business of Roy Studio. The postcard was mailed to Miss Alice Dunk of Young's Point - likely by Roy Studio since the message states, "Have just discovered your films were addressed to Lakefield & were posted this A.M.".

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
postcards

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Related Material
See also Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images.

Accruals
closed

Level of Description
item

Title
Wedding Party - Olive and Cyril at Moira Hall - Peterboro

Date of Creation 1
2002 (reproduced)

Extent
1 photograph : B&w

Custodial History
The original photograph is in possession of Dr. Tom Currier (wedding of his parents).

Scope and Content
A reproduction photograph showing the wedding party of Olive Kathleen Bradburn and Cyril Currier, taken at Moira Hall, Albertus Avenue, circa 1900.

Source of Title
Formal title.

Physcial Characteristics
reproductions

Physical Characteristics
photographs

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
item

Title
Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images - additions /
Roy Studio fonds - additions

Date of Creation 1
[ca. 1903]

Date of Creation 2
1927

Extent
3 photograph albums (ca. 300 photographs) /
1 book

Admin_Bio History
Robert Maitland Roy established the Roy Studio, at 140 Hunter Street, in 1896. R. M. Roy was born in Bond Head and raised in Belleville. He worked in Belleville for several years in the engineering and purchasing division of the Midland Railway.

R.M. Roy moved to Peterborough at the age of 45 in 1887, where he was in charge of stores for the Midland Division of the Grand Trunk Railway.

In 1896 the GTR Railway laid off Mr Roy. This action forced a sudden and fortuitous career change for Roy. He decided to buy out Peter H. Green's photographic business on Hunter Street. Roy had always loved photography (along with sailing, sports and the outdoors) and soon flourished as a professional photographer.

R.M. Roy was also an accomplished and popular magician and amateur artist. He used these skills to stage several very popular lantern-slide shows in church halls and theatres in the region. Roy would create a 'stereo-scopic' presentation using two projectors and 'film dissolve' techniques to switch from one image to another.

His steam boat the 'Rob Roy' was a popular fixture on the Trent Canal and Kawartha Lakes. It was one of the first boats to pass through the Lift Lock when it opened in 1906.

The photograph studio was growing steadily with portrait work, commerical contracts and postcards. By 1906, it was reported in the Weekly Examiner that Roy Studio was turning out picture postcards at a rate of several thousand a week.

A devastating fire in the winter of 1904 nearly destroyed the Studio. The building was saved and Roy Studio was soon re-established. Over the decades ahead the Studio would be expanded and remodelled on several occassion.

R.M. Roy brought his son Fred into the business as a young man, along with other family members. R.M. Roy died in 1912. He was married to Maria Flagler.
Fred L. Roy was born in 1881. He joined his father's photography firm (Roy Studio) when he was 15 years old. Fred was a gifted and artistic photographer. He had a masters degree in photography from the Professional Photographers of America and won several photography awards. Fred was also loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He died in 1950.

Custodial History
These items were created and maintained by Robert M. Roy and Fred Roy, then by family members following their deaths. They were donated to the City Archives in 2002.

Scope and Content
An addition to the Roy Studio fonds consisting of a leather bound copy of "Who's Who in Professional Portraiture in America" which features Fred L. Roy (1927). It was published by the American Institute of Photography; also three original photograph albums containing several hundred significant photographs from members of the Roy family and Roy Studio itself [ca. 1905-1920]. The pages of each album are hand decorated and most images are labelled. Images of note include: a series on the 1904 fire at Roy Studio, construction of the Liftlock, local landmarks such as Market Hall, Customs Building, Central School, fishing, hunting, camping at Chemong Lake and Stoney Lake, recreational activities photographed by H.H. Boyce, dinner aboard the family boat, "Rob Roy", classic portraits entitled, "The Shoemaker" and "The Blacksmith", Fred Roy building a canoes, steamships, a 1906 trip to Portland and more.

Source of Title
Title based on contents of the fonds.

Physcial Characteristics
originals

Physical Characteristics
photograph albums / books

Restrictions
open access

Finding Aids
no

Accruals
possible

Level of Description
series