Fonds consists of : 25 binding cases filled with invoices, receipts and communications on letterheads from suppliers of goods to Johnston’s hardware store spanning the years 1918-35 and 1948-51. – 1 bundle of invoices and communications with suppliers 1901-15 – 38 tied bundles of freight bills, drafts, and cheques to suppliers spanning 1917 to 1957. – 7 books of cheque stubs 1916-28 and 1938-42. – 7 scribblers used as Day Books, 1919-22, 1 bundle of loose leaf Day Book pages 1922-24. – 1 bundle of “stock sheets” 1953-55. – Artifacts: cast iron embossing stamp from Thomas J Darling, notary public, – desktop spike for impaling paper receipts. – 4 rubber stamps for business papers -- 3 “Micro-Metal” engraving plates crudely engraved with a wood furnace, lavatory sink, and kitchen water tap set (respectively).-- Above material contained in 10 Hollinger boxes in remote storage.
– undated Retail Price List for iron barstock, bolts and screws. – a 1927 callendar advertising E. E. Johnston’s hardware store (removed from a frame for which it had been trimmed to fit). (both encapsulated) -- a studio half-card photo of E E Johnston, dated April 29, 1906. – a computer print of an old photo of Fredenburgh’s store, later Johnston’s Hardware– a letter from Erastus Johnston to the Angican Synod and the reply, regarding a disagreement about payments, 1916. -- a bag of postage stamps and War Tax stamps removed from documents that were too mouldy and rotted to preserve.