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Mike Willis Fonds
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5 cm textual and graphic material
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Given to the archives by John Willis, son of D G (Mike) Willis
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Fonds consists of: small diary (printed for1928) kept by Tallman Robb of Lyndhurst during duty on ships in 1944; postcard dated 1882 from James Shields in Tamworth to Hayden & Bryan, Camden East; National Registration certificate for Wellington Willis 1940; order signed by Wellington Willis to Sherwood & Reynolds for a 1937 Dodge and trading in a 1930 Buick; 1957 drivers license of Wellington Willis; correspondence to D G Willis re CNIB fundraising; correspondence to C B Tallman, treasurer of Lyndhurst Fair from R W Copeland 1915, and requisitions from secretary Ziba Jackson to treasurer for payment for various services to the fair 1909; “Mining Report of Leeds County” typescript of 26 page undated history of mineral use; photocopy of a typed history of Seeley’s Bay by Everett Elliot; “The Black Rapids Quartz Crystal Mine” by Louis Moyd, 1986, 11 pages; “The Reuben Hicock Family” by Ethel Amelia Pritchard 10 page family tree; “The Hicock Family Tree” 3 pages including excerpts from a diary of the trip from Connecticut in 1811 (2 copies); copy of a letter dated April 20 1936 from C L Hicock, Deloraine Manitoba to James Eaton at Seeley’s Bay about their school days; copy of the North Leeds Lantern May 1990 including an article by Robert Dent about the Philo Hicock house at Delta; copy of a survey plan of the north shore of Seeley’s Bay 1970 (Rocklind Close area); list of children of William Cockerill and Susan Horton and William Cockerill and Elizabeth Johnson; letter from Gerald Cockerill to Jack & Eleanor Wyatt 1978; copy of bill for surveying at Grippen Lake by George Bracken; 4 letters from Eleanor Wyatt to her brother Mike Willis 1978; letter and clipping re the 1923 LaFrance fire truck at Seeley’s Bay; clipping from The Leeds Echo showing Seeley’s Bay Public School class of 1935; unidentified clipping about 1956 showing photos of Seeley’s Bay incuding Wellington Willis; clipping fromThe Mural 2002 about the new elevator in Seeley’s Bay fire hall; booklet “Seeley’s Bay Profile 1967”; Souvenir Program (& historical review)of the Canadian Boating Federation Regatta at Brass Point Bridge 1954; 8x10 colour photo of cruisers at Seeley’s Bay 1954; 9 b&w photos of Mike Willis and partner prospecting for uranium in northern Ontario 1966; 8x10 photo of Gerald Cockerill and hired man with 5 pike; copy of a photo of a party of prospector departing for the Klondike gold rush May 15 1898 including George Cockerill; 22 colour post cards by Rideau Air Photos showing aerial views between Deep River to Kemptville; a letter from Eleanor (Willis) Wyatt Nov 2014 describing the business called "Rideau Air Photos" owned by her brother Mike Willis and her husband Jack Wyatt; a business card from Rideau Air-Photos Ltd., with written note on the back: 3 large format aerial photos of the ship graveyard at Garden Island and a sketch map showing the names of the ships.