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Pierre Berton fonds (MG 57)

  • CA CoV Archives MG 57
  • Fonds
  • 1812 - 2007

Fonds consists of textual records (correspondence, party lists and invitations to social events, fan mail, articles written by and about Pierre Berton, and newspaper clippings), photographs from 1886-2002, clothing and various other artifacts, awards and certificates, and publicity posters.

Berton, Pierre

Janet Berton fonds (MG 52)

  • CA CoV Archives MG 52
  • Fonds
  • 1837-2013, predominant 1950-2004

The fonds consists of records that reflect the different roles that Janet played throughout her life as well as the various activities and functions she performed throughout the community. The fonds is arranged into five series and then various subseries, all of which reflect Janet’s diverse activities.

The majority of the records are textual (i.e. minutes, reports, correspondence, published material, newspapers, etc.) although there is also a sizable photograph collection as well as some maps and plans and even artwork. Fonds consists of: Binder Twine Festival programs, posters, artwork, committee minutes, advertising, press releases, copies of by-laws, books, correspondence, account ledgers, newsletters, speeches, research notes, newspaper clippings, cassette tapes, Kleinburg/community history notes (eg. United Church, historical buildings and homes, families and individuals), walking tour booklets, notes on Kleinburg and Vaughan development, Humber Heritage committee notes, agendas, newspaper clippings, reports, LACAC/Heritage Vaughan books, notes on heritage homes and architecture, minutes and agendas, manuals, newspaper clippings, reports, CFUW books, newsletters, pamphlets, journal articles, minutes, conference notes, newspaper clippings, Kleinburg Home & School Association notes, newspaper clippings, HELP newspaper clippings, minutes, newsletters, Operation Catch-Up files, CACY pollution and development notes, Dellcrest notes, reports, minutes, KARA agendas and minutes, notes, correspondence, address books, calendars, agendas, travel notes and booklets, guidebooks and maps for locations around the world, other Ontario and Canadian heritage books, reports, magazines (York, food, National Geographic, Beaver, cat), fiction books, journals, programs, pamphlets, maps, Kleinburg Shaw store account ledgers from late 1800s to ca. 1930.

Berton, Janet

City of Vaughan Council fonds (RG 1)

  • CA CoV Archives RG 1
  • Fonds
  • predominant 1849-2014

Fonds consists of records that reflect the functions and activities of Council as a legislative and regulatory body in legal matters, taxation, justice and public protection, education, public health and welfare, finance, public accountability and planning. Records include, but are not limited to: working papers, minutes and resolutions, by-laws, reports to Council, and Court of Revision Records. The fonds chronicles Council activities and functions, and documents decisions and deliberations, and relationship with the civic administration, the Province of Ontario, the County of York, the Village of Woodbridge before 1971, and the Regional Municipality of York after 1971.

City of Vaughan (Ont.). Council

Woodbridge Horticultural Society fonds [Textual record and other material]

  • CA CoV Archives MG 42
  • Fonds
  • 1934-2023

Fonds consists of annual year books and show books; these provide lists of officers and members of the board of directors, programmes hosted by the Society for the year, show rules, essays on a variety of subjects related to horticulture by members and non-members, with contributions from the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture being particularly prevalent; general membership lists and lists of junior members are also present, as are local advertisers who supported the Society financially.

Accession M024.3 consists of Woodbridge Horticultural Society Yearbooks, photographs of displays and materials promoting the 100th Anniversary in 2023.

Photonegatives of Vaughan Township : [1878-1957]

  • CA CoV Archives M988.9
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1988

Fonds consists of images of Edgeley Methodist Church, Concord Methodist Church, Teston Methodist Church, Vellore School, Claireville, Maple, Grand Trank Railway Station in Maple, Claireville Dam and Reservoir, Kleinburg Library, Kleinburg Public School, Mount Lebanon Public School, Edgeley Mennonite Church, Edgeley Cemetery, Edgeley Post Office, Vaughan Township Offices, Elder's Mills, members of Maple Cattle Breeders Association, 1946, Dr. Garnet D. McLean, Kleinburg Women's Institute, Nashville Women's Institute, and Elder's Mills Women's Institute.

Ruth Reesor fonds [Graphic material]

  • CA CoV Archives M989.69
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1938-1945]

Fonds consists of photonegatives and contact sheets. Fonds focuses on members of Baker family : Amos, Isaac, Alvin, Mary, Ruth, and Paul; also provides insight into life in Vaughan during period in question in terms of architecture, occupations, transportation system (particularly impact of winter on municipal roads), etc.

Court of the General Sessions of the Peace fonds [microform] : [1793-1934]

  • CA CoV Archives M993.8D
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed [ca. 1980]

Fonds consists of minutes of the Court of the Genreal Quarter Sessions. Of particular interest to genealogists will be the numerous lists of minor officials, government contractors, petty offenders, and taxpayers cited in the records.

Vaughan Township Historical Society fonds

  • CA CoV Archives MG 5
  • Fonds
  • 1868, [ca. 1900-1935], 1977-1995

Fonds consist of minute books, and membership lists and treasurer's lists; graphic material consists of photoprints depicting the presentation of the original 1868 plans of the Vellore School and accompanying architectural material by the Vaughan Township Historical Society to Archives Vaughan, 1989, Dec. 9; as well as microfiche copy of photo album documenting Historical Society's barn project, 1974, microfiche of plan of side-road between lots 40 and 41, concession 1 illustrating longitudinal and cross sections, 1866, photoprints of John Harvie, Maple's first train conductor, taken in 1914, and undated photoprint of Keffer Log House, lot 14, concession 3. Fonds also includes two printing plates used in Society's publication of, Somerville, Patricia and Macfarlane, Catherine, eds. Vaughan Township Churches (Maple: Vaughan Township Historical Society, 1985); and collected material relating to Vellore School: correspondence of Vellore School Trustees, 1868, and original 1868 architectural drawings (3 elevations) of the Vellore School and sundry late 20th-century material related to the restoration thereof. Of note, too, is a series of postcards providing extensive visual documentation of Vaughan Township during the late-19th to early-20th century. Also present is a video production released in 1995 by the Vaughan Township Historical Society relating to the Village of Maple during the 1940's, and the full interview with Joe Stong relating to the history of the Stong family in Vaughan and North York, excerpts of which were utilized in the production of the former. Also depicted is Lot 14, Concession 3.

G. Elmore Reaman fonds

  • CA CoV Archives M990.12
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1971

Fonds consists of 11 photoprints of students of the Vellore School, 1907-1964 (bulk 1949-1964), with students identified in most cases; and 1 photoprint of Woodbridge (Ont.) prior to the course of the Humber being altered in 1960. Two sets of printer's master copies of Reaman, G. Elmore. A History of Vaughan Township. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.

Page family fonds

  • CA CoV Archives MG 2
  • Fonds
  • 1902-1984

Fonds consists of textual records and photographs. Transcripts of reminiscences of Marjorie Page, 1989; map of Vaughan Township, 1924; educational records; Stewart Page's 4th year thesis (1924) at the Ontario Agricultural College re: the agricultural history of Vaughan Township, including area's settlement patterns, ethnic configuration, transportation development, social life, topography, agricultural products raised, revenue derived therefrom, etc.; photoprints of Page property and family including series depicting Stewart Page as a serviceman with the Canadian Forces overseas in WW I.

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