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High treason register

  • ON00009 F 907
  • Fonds
  • 1926

Fonds consists of "Register of Persons Connected with High Treason during the War of 1812-14, with U.S.A." along with associated notes, correspondence, and indices, compiled by Charles Black, special clerk at the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives in 1926.

The register is arranged alphabetically by surname, and includes information as to land allotments, charges preferred against the individual, some biographical information, and references used: mainly the Ontario Archives, Dominion Archives, Ontario Historical Society, and Patents Office, Department of Lands and Forests.

Margaret Scrivener fonds

  • ON00009 F 4325
  • Fonds
  • 1971-1988

Fonds consists of records donated by Mrs. Margaret Scrivener that include some personal records and records relating to her career as a Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament, a Cabinet Minister in two portfolios, and in various other capacities. The records cover the entire period of her provincial political career.

The material has been arranged into outgoing correspondence and indexes, speeches, a few miscellaneous files, a few incoming correspondence and private members bills files, and files relating to her tenure on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. The series of outgoing correspondence, in particular, inter-mixes her private affairs with those relating to her various positions in the government.

Substantial information may be found in the fonds relating to the Ministries of Housing, Government Services and Revenue, the Ontario Task Force on Provincial Rail Policy, and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

Murray Gaunt fonds

  • ON00009 F 4152
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1981

Fonds consists primarily of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence from Murray Gaunt, MPP, Huron-Bruce. Records also include incoming correspondence to Gaunt for the years 1962-1965.

Files are primarily arranged in chronological order by month and year.

Society of Friends (Quakers) fonds

  • ON00009 F 997
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1974-1976 (originally created 1740-1974)

Fonds consists of records of the Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers), its constituent meetings, its standing committees, and other related bodies which entrusted their records to its care between 1955 and 1974. This includes records from the three Yearly Meetings that united in 1955 to become Canadian Yearly Meeting.

An inventory for the original records was prepared by the University of Western Ontario Regional History Collection in 1971, and reference codes were assigned. These reference codes are provided here in brackets next to the title, for the use of researchers who may wish to correlate published references to the microfilm and to the originals. In the University of Western Ontario reference codes, C identifies records of Conservative Friends, O identifies Orthodox records, and H identifies Genessee (Hicksite) records.

Sidney Handelman fonds

  • ON00009 F 4166
  • Fonds
  • 1970-1978

Fonds consists of records created and / or accumulated by Sidney Handleman during his career as Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton. It documents his tenure as Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations as well as his work on various standing committees.

Included are Handelman's correspondence files, subject files, and speech files.

Also included is a motion picture film entitled "A Guide to the Ontario Building Code", produced by Communications Research and Development Limited, Toronto, which features Handleman.

Ian Scott fonds

  • ON00009 F 4339
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1990, predominant 1985-1990

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Ian Scott during his political and legal career. The records document Scott's political and legal career during the time he served as Liberal MPP for the St. David (1985-1987) and St. George-St. David (1987-1990) ridings.

Records include: annotated copies of Scott's speeches and notes of remarks (1985-1990), election materials (1981-1990) including a diary/memoir manuscript by Scott of his 1985 campaign, some material related to Liberal Party fund-raising, and Scott's Queen's Park Reports (1985-1990). Records also consist of records related to his research on legal cases at the time he served as Attorney General, particularly, research material and handwritten notes on cases pertaining to the Ontario Energy Board. In addition, records contain personal papers including biographical information, correspondence and condolences on the death of his parents in 1989. A number of photographs pertaining to his fundraising and election campaigns are also part of this fonds.

North Hastings Teachers' Institute fonds

  • ON00009 F 4669
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1970

Fonds consists of two minute books created by the North Hastings Teachers' Institute.

The minute books provide detailed information pertaining to curriculum development. The minutes also document discussions relating to various teachers' experiences such as dealing with behavioural problems and teaching in one room school houses.

Fonds also consists of newspaper clippings, a programme for the 1928 convention, a programme for the 1929 convention, and account details of expenses.

Emma Fawell teaching certificate

  • ON00009 F 4673
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1882

Fonds consists of a public school second class teaching certificate issued to Emma D. Fawell by the Ontario Department of Education.

The certificate shows her standings in various professional and non-professional examinations at the Toronto Normal School. The certificate is signed by the Chairman of thee Central Committee of Examiners and by the Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Education.

Dalton McGuinty fonds

  • ON00009 F 4668
  • Fonds
  • 1996-2013

Fonds consists of correspondence, constituency records, personal records, Ontario Liberal Party records, speeches and photographs created and accumulated by Dalton McGuinty in various professional capacities and in his personal life. Records were created and accumulated by McGuinty in his roles as MPP for Ottawa South, leader of the Official Opposition party in the Ontario Legislature, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, and as a private citizen.

Fonds includes correspondence created by McGuinty as leader of the Official Opposition and as an MPP for Ottawa South, as well as personal correspondence between Dalton McGuinty and friends, colleagues, supporters and others, such as David Suzuki, Lincoln Alexander, Peter Munk, Jack Layton and Ken Shaw. Correspondence covers topics such as: concerns of constituents, Ontario Liberal Party positions, birthday greetings, letters of thanks, congratulation, condolence and sympathy, and responses to letters congratulating McGuinty on 20 years of public service.

Fonds also includes annotated remarks given by McGuinty in his role as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party to guests at Ontario Liberal Party fundraisers and events, and surveys and questionnaires created by party stakeholders and sent to Dalton McGuinty in his role as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Photographs in the fonds consist of personal copies of photographs of Dalton McGuinty accumulated by him during his career. Photographs depict McGuinty with individuals, groups, visiting dignitaries and celebrities, as well as in studio portraits.

Electronic records in the fonds consist of a media guide to the 1999 Ontario Liberal Party campaign. They include textual records detailing the various candidates, as well as photographs of each candidate and Ontario Liberal Party branding.

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