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Fonds consists of Jean Keffer artwork from 1935; correspondence regarding the annual Campbell, Keffer, Cameron, and Snider family reunions; Jean

Item consists of a copy and transcription of a letter written by John Lawrence to his cousin V. Handon Tisdale on Dec. 26, 1837 detailing the events of the 1837 Rebellion along Yonge St. from the perspective of the those loyal to Britain.

Item consists of December 1990 issue of the Vaughan Weekly celebrating Vaughan's new status as a City. Includes articles on the history of Vaughan and Woodbridge as well as historic photos. Topics include: lamplighters and street crossings, early municipal services and government, the Superior Propane Explosion in Maple, the naming of Vaughan, Woodbridge Fair, volunteer firefighters, the first pioneers, and rounding up pigs in township. Recollections and memories of Nathaniel Clarke Wallace and his father, Rev. N. Clarke Wallace as well as Ted Jackman, Deputy Administrator of Vaughan.

Item consists of a map. Map delineating road beats in Vaughan Township, ca. 1879. Road beats were divisions of the Township delineated for the purpose of facilitating the administration and actual execution of road maintenance in compliance with local statutes of labour. The latter were in place in lieu of municipal taxation for the purposes of road maintenance, and involved obligations on the part of property owners to undertake road work, with the time requirements being directly proportional to the assessed value of a given property. The data utilised in the compilation of the map was gleaned from the Vaughan Township statute of labour returns.

Fonds consists of a history of the Ingram family which is composed mostly of anecdotes and stories of the various family members.

Item consists of an extensive history of the evolution of the Humber River and Carrying Place Trail and their contribution over the years to the development of Canada through exploration, settlement, and commerce. Includes a timeline of histroical events as well as historical photos and coloured photographs of the Humber River and surrounding area.

Item consists of an unpublished thesis. The work elucidates early history of Vaughan Township from intial European settlement in the wake of the American Revolution to 1840; as such predates advent of local government, which was implemented in 1850; provides analysis of topography, transportation, settlement patterns, economic development, the general pioneer social experience and their interconnection; also comments on impact of War of 1812 and 1837 Rebellion on Vaughan Township.

Item consists of the history of the Ellis family in Vaughan from early 19th-century to 1986. Comments, also, on general history and evolution of Vaughan.

File consists of two volumes detailing the history of the County of York and its inhabitants. The first volume covers the history of the area from pre-historic times to confederation and gives an account of each of the County's townships and villages. The second volume gives biographies of individuals and families that lived in the County of York.

Item consists of a short history of the pioneers who first settled in the Claireville area. Gives names of families and their lots and concessions as well as a brief history of the area.