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World War I, 1914-1918
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Mary Wood collection [Textual record and other material]

  • CA CoV Archives MG 10
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900]-2003, predominant 1929-1984

Fonds consists of textual records, photographic material and objects. Textual material predominantly composed of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, typescripts, circulars, brief histories and biographical sketches, pamphlets, etc. Also, graphic material including photoprints, some of which are located in the abovereferenced binders, slides, and microfiche copies of 2 photo albums. All material reflects Mrs. Wood's eclectic conception of those topics, events, persons, places, etc. constituting the history of the Vaughan area, with a particular emphasis on Woodbridge. M013.40 includes 19 diaries kept by Mary Wood between 1928 and 1989 as well as various cookbooks from the 1960s-1980s, photos of the Mud Brick House being moved, photos of the Fairground Lane Houses in Woodbridge being developed, and a Woodbridge School class photo from 1914 or 1915 as well as a book recording the graves at various cemeteries between 1921 and 1954. Also a book with obituary newspaper clippings from 1982 to 1989 and details on Wayne and Gert's 1956 wedding.

M019.3 contains material from Mary Wood received via Ann and Wayne Wood. This accession contains physical material from the Woodbridge Fall Fair (one cap, one candy dish, one entry ticket), one button with a mirror and a photograph material related to the funerals of Mary Wood, John Wood, and various others held at Scott Funeral Home in Woodbridge from 1969 to 1980. There is also 108 various Woodbridge photos (some identified, some not), 4 photo negatives, 1 stereosocopic negative, 14 negative strips, 3 postcards, business cards from Woodbridge in the mid-20th century, a baby book and pamphlet for Wayne Wood and funeral registers for (James Alvin Wood and Mary Wood, as well as the marriage certifcate and wedding book for John Wood and Mary (nee Brown) Wood. In addition, there are a couple scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, cards and documents, and a portrait of Mary Wood.

Norma Baker military memorabilia collection

  • CA CoV Archives M994.14
  • Collection
  • 1914-1945

Collection consists of four Canadian Army cap-badges (2 from WW I; two from WW II); one munitions' workers pin (earned by collector for war industry service during WW II); one crest, cloth (Royal Canadian Engineers); sergeant's chevrons.

Norman Train fonds

  • CA CoV Archives M004.1
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1919

Fonds consists of panoramic images of Canadian troops during World War I: No. 10 Platoon, 74th Battalion, Toronto, ca. 1916 (Norman Train is among men pictured); "Divisional Cycle Corps - Niagara Camp", 1915 (George Morley Train is among men pictured). Fonds also includes two war service medals and a photocopied image of a gold pocket watch conferred by Vaughan Township Council upon veterans of the Great War. Fonds is fragmentary.

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.

Photograph of Private Charles Nash, 124th Battalion

  • CA CoV Archives M995.6
  • Item
  • 1915

Item consists of a photograph. Photograph of Private Nash originally mounted behind coloured glass, ca. 50 x 40 cm, and framed; and pastel portrait of unidentified woman dated 1903 found used as matting-board.

Pioneering with Billy [Textual record] / Mary Cassar

  • CA CoV Archives M999.12
  • Item
  • 1999

Item consists of a manuscript detailing the genealogy and lives of the Jarrett family. The account covers roughly 200 years of history and provides extensive information on the lives of English farmers and Canadian pioneers.

Printer's plates and photographs

  • CA CoV Archives M990.35
  • File
  • 1912-1970

File consists of printing plates and photographs. All material in this series relates to Woodbridge : printer's plates depict Implement Day, 1900, the Village Council, 1886, and 1960, the Memorial Tower, the Woodbridge corporate seal, maps of the village, 1870, and 1960. Prints depict W.H. Young, Clerk of the Village of Woodbridge, a gasoline threshing engine, 1912, and a farm equipment retail outlet.

Robert Richards gold pocket watch [object]

  • CA CoV Archives M007.3
  • Item
  • 1916

Item consists of a watch. This gold Waltham pocket watch was conferred by Vaughan Township Council upon veterans of WWI. In this case, the recipient was Robert Richards. The watch

Roland Keffer fonds

  • CA CoV Archives M997.10
  • Fonds
  • 1905, [between 1914 and 1918]

Fonds consists of two photographs depicting Roland Keffer as a student in the Edgeley School, School Section # 8, Vaughan Township and as a member of a rifle company of the Royal Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. Fonds is fragmentary.

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