Collection 1986-005 - Art Shaw initial donation

27 cm. printed and manuscript material

Material collected by Art Shaw over several years. Donated to archives in Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne Sept 18, 1986.

Acc #1986-005 Art Shaw initial donation . Originally accessioned as #986-05

File 1986-005-A : Daybooks, Cashbooks and ledgers from C B Tallman hardware and tin shop in Lyndhurst, 1894 to 1927
– book “Memory Turns the Dial” by Madeline O’Connor, 1980
A001

File 986-05-B: loose documents from the Account books of C B Tallman and A C Brown Granite Co. including their billheads.
– invoices and shipping bills from James Smart Mfg. Co, Brockville, 1905.
-- order lists from McClary Manufacturing Co 1905,

• Frothingham & Workman 1910,
  • Beach Foundry 1905,
    -- telegram from Crathern & Caverhill 1891
    – invoice of blacksmith John Aimer 1891.
    -- correspondence from Samuel Sons & Benjamin, and Niagara Stamping Co and Metallic Roofing Co addressed to C B Tallman in Frankville, ON. 1890 & ’91.
    – statement from D Findlay & Sons stove manufacturers to C B Tallman in Frankville, 1889.
    -- correspondence from Samuel Sons & Benjamin, and E T Wright tinware to C B Tallman in Frankville, 1892, negotiating prices for maple syrup in payment for goods.
    -- invoice from Pedlar Metal Roofing 1905.
    – Invoice Queen City Oil Co, 1905.
    – receipt from John & George Roddick 1980.
    – receipt from William Buck Stove Co, Brantford, 1910.
    – invoices and statements from Gurney Massey Co, Montreal,
    Bickmore Gall Cure Co, Old Town Maine,
    William Darling, Montreal,
    William A Lewis, Brockville,
    McClary Manuf. Co, Ottawa Furnace & Foundry Co,
    Henry Skinner druggist Kingston,
    Moffat Stove Co Weston,
    Aylmer Pump & Scale Co Aylmer–

File 986-05-C: advertising sheets and flyers for goods available to C B Tallman’s store
Including carpet sweepers and barrel churns from Hamilton Industrial Works,-- press screws, bells, and corn shellers from Goulds Manufacturing Co, Seneca fall NY. – 1890-91 price list for buying raw furs by H Johnson, Montreal. – 3 price lists Aug 1891 for cartridges, cases, shot and powder, scythes, forks rakes etc, Acme skates, Rixford harvest tools, from H S Howland Sons, Toronto. – ready to wear clothing from H Shorey, Montreal. – Chown & Cunningham stoves and ranges, Kingston, 1891. – Crathern & Caverhill cut nail price list 1892. – Acme Can Works “Harland’s Improved Can” from Wm. Walker, Montreal. – Wheeler & Bain wholesale price list for furnaces, cornice and eves trough, Toronto, 1891

1986-005-D:
D-001 1 Minutes book recording meetings of the shareholders of A C Brown Granite Co. in Lyndhurst, May 1924 to Sept 1925
D-002 Short Inventory of Goods Seized (3 items) by bailiff H W Imerson following bankruptcy of A C Brown Granite Co, 1925.
D003 Longer Inventory of Goods Seized By H W Imerson in the same case.
D004 Rough pencil calculations of dollar payments and balances between 1926 and 1940, probably to do with the bankruptcy.
D005 to D009 Billheads of A C Brown Granite Co
Credit note between James Danby and James Huffman 1918

File 1986-005-E: Material found on the floor of the Plunkett log cabin on Black Rapids Rd in 1960s -- 3 issues of the Food Bulletin from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, 1945 & ’46 addressed to Long Point Cheese factory. – 2 copies Annual Statement of Twp. Of Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne, 1945. – 5 issues of “The Canadian”, newsletter of the “Liberal-Conservative Party”, Vol 1, 2, 4, 7, & 8. 1930 – 51st Annual Report Agricultural & Experimental Union, Dept. of Agriculture 1929. – Program for the Leeds County Hockey Play Offs for 1929, 14 pages. – honour certificate for Mildred Johnson, most points at school fair, 1924. – flyer advertising McElroy’s Novelty and Toy Shop in Lyndhurst, 1945.

File 986-05-F: Prize tickets from Local fairs found nailed in a barn stable by Bob Moore -- 8 prize tickets from Lyndhurst Fair 1903-1912, Delta Fair 1902, & 1910, Frankville fair 1908, Lombardy Fair no date. (mostly poor condition)

File 1986-005-G Book “Memory Turns the Dial” by Madeline O’Connor, published privately, 1980