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Collection consists of deeds of land, indentures, agreements of tenancy, land claims, lists of lands for bargain and sale, etc. collected for their artifactual and aesthetic value, as well as their utility to genealogists; indentures predominate.

Fonds consists of records reflecting the abovenoted functions: correspondence, assessment and collector's rolls, printed matter, minutes, financial and legal documents, judicial reocrds, voters lists, tax arrears material, etc. Major subjects addressed include transportation, agriculture, economic development, the Great Depression, the World Wars, Clergy Reserves, labour issues, electoral reform, etc.

File consists of six posters (four of them copies) issued by Vaughan Township concerning a by-law to dispose of several portions of highways and inviting members of the public to express their opinions at the upcoming council meeting.

Accession M023.11 consists of meeting minutes, membership lists and mailing recipients. Also included are special events promotion, obituaries, correspondence and notes on society business.

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.

Item consists of one album containing 122 slides of locations within Vaughan Township, including several of the Hayhoe Flour Mill in Woodbridge. The exact date of creation is unknown however one of the slide descriptions includes the year

Collection consists of multi-provenance reproductions of Cartographic items relating to two major villages in Vaughan Township, Kleinburg and Thornhill; as well as the Village of Woodbridge. Thornhill: 3 site plans, 1859, 1872, 1939; Kleinburg: 3 site plans, 1848, 1849, 1865; Woodbridge: 5 site plans, 1853, 1878, 1882, 1884, 1919.

Fonds consists of textual record and photographs. Fonds is extremely fragmentary; majority of records missing; available records include annual reports, agreements, financial documents, general correspondence, and fire-related by-laws; also includes a series of photographs detailing the aftermath of the Superior Propane Explosion in Maple, 5 Aug. 1962.

Item consists of a map. Map of Vaughan Township indicating freeholders and householders for each lot with assessed value of real property for which the foregoing were rated; relative locaton of property owners not shown. Map indicates the exact vote cast by each eligible voter in the Township, and thus provides a cumulative portrait of the political leanings of municipality during time under examinatiion. Data derived from Vaughan Township election returns and assessment rolls; records for Ward #5 were incomplete, with the map reflecting this fact.

Item consists of election returns. Map of Vaughan Township indicating freeholders and householders for each lot with assessed value of real property for which the foregoing were rated; relative location of property owners not shown. Map indicates the exact vote cast by each eiligible voter in the Township, and thus provides a cumulative portrait of the political leanings of the township during the time under examination. Data derived from Vaughan Township election returns and collectors' rolls for 1857.