Fonds consists of records of the Township of the Front of Escott (and of its' predecessor, the Township of the Front of Yonge and Escott). This includes tax records, vital statistics, census of children, council financial records, and electoral records including voter lists.
Series are as follows:

1. Administration
2. Council and By-Laws
3. Electoral Records
4. Financial Records
5. Legal Affairs

Box G0166 contains SS #17 Escott Public School files cosisting of: a file of School Inspectors Reports – file of Teacher Contracts
-- file of Insurance Policies
–file of Book orders and receipts for various supplies
– envelope of receipts including Billheads from local merchants such as Chas. Heaslip, Escott, R S Heaslip, R H Smart Brockville, R P Hagerman Escott, Wm Chick Mallorytown, Kelly Bros Mallorytown, Jas. Smart Mfg. Co Brockville, Merkley’s Transport Iriquois, E E Johnston Lansdowne, A E Summers & Son Mallorytown, Wm McConnell Lansdowne, Gananoque Agency of The Rathburn Company, J G Steacy Escott, Wm Mconnell & Son Lansdowne, S M Mallory Mallorytown,
-- “Statutes and Regulations Respecting Public and High Schools Ontario 1896”
-- “An Act respecting Public, Separate, and High Schools”, 1879 – “Catalogue of Books Recommended for Public School Libraries” Department of Education 1902
-- “Instructions to Inspectors” Dept of Education 1907 & 1910 – “Changes in the High and Public Schools Acts” 1907
– “An Act to Amend the Public Schools Act” 1907
– Elementary Agriculture and Horticulture and School Gardens in Village and Rural Schools” Dept of Ed. 1907
– blank Application Form for Teachers’ Summer Course at Ont. Agricultural College, Guelph, 1907
– Course Description for Summer Schools for teachers at Ont. Agricultural College 1907
– “An Act to Amend the Department of Education Act” 1907
– Accomodations and Equipment of Rural Public and Separate Schools” 1906 (incomplete)
– Catalogue of Maps, Globes, and Charts, Geo. M Hendry Co. Toronto 1910
– Catalogues and price lists from E N Moyer Co. Ltd. School Furnishers, Toronto, 1909, ’10, ’11.
– Catalogues of School Books from William Briggs, Toronto, undated
– The Merchant’s Bank of Canada statement for 1909 from Lansdowne branch, R F Hungerford, manager
-- Letter and reciepts to Miss Irene Finucane from Dept of Agriculture 1924 --

2019-022 Dollinger / Kavanaugh books
Collection consists of:

• small hardcover book “Piano-Forte Primer” by J F Burrowes, Boston, 1854, signed “Libbie Dollinger / Rockport / C. West”. [Mary Elizabeth Dollinger, born 1854, married Thomas T. Kavanaugh in 1873 and the couple lived for a while in the Kavanaugh house] Very poor condition, not complete.
• Small softcover book “The Most Reverend Doctor James Butler’s Catechism”
  a book of Roman Catholic religious instruction, no date. Poor condition missing part of the cover page, otherwise complete.
• newspapers from Montreal between 1919 and 1926, found in the same house, were discarded, as were the remnants of a book about coffee and tea by Chase & Sanborn, with testimonials dated 1882-83.

File consists of: -- large faded photo on card of a house with 5 people standing outside, titled “Trickey farm, Quabbin” – smaller photo on card of the same house with 2 women outside titled “Trickey farm Quabbin” – studio photo of young couple titled “Blanche & Charles C Trickey” – long horizontal format photo of house and barns titled “Trickey Farm in Quabbin” – large CDV of 7 people titled “Trickey Family, Quabbin Road”, also a photocopy of the same photo with names inserted as follows: Permelia Hogaboom Trickey, Malcolm Cameron Trickey, Norris Mallory Trickey, Philander Smith Trickey, Sophia Mallory Trickey, Julia Ann Shipman Trickey, Chales B Trickey. – CDV of young man inscribed on back “Mae”, from Trickey photo studio, Winchester, ON. – CDV of a couple from Trickey photo studio, Winchester, ON, also a photocopy of the same titled “Sophia Mallory Trickey” – CDV of bearded man titled “Malcolm Trickey” – CDV from Taylor’s studio, Menominie, WIS. of a couple with infant, titled in ink “Malcolm Trickey” with pencil note “Joseph Miller Trickey lived Hammond Wisconsin, 20 mi. WNW from Menominie WIS. (see E Worley letter)”. Also a photocopy of the same with names “Agnes Rebecca Fern Trickey, Charles B Trickey, son Malcolm Charles” – small CDV of an old lady, possibly Permelia Hogaboom Trickey from large family photo, with pencil note “Mrs M C Trickey CB298 Grade C stretcher” – small CDV of 7 men and women from G B Murray gallery, Brockville. – small CDV of 5 people, probably a family – tintype of a man & woman and 2 daughters, scratched on the back “Lizzie Trickey, Picton Box 209” – 9 pages of photocopied photos and Trickey family lists, stapled – photocopy of transcript of the will of Peter Trickey, 1854 – photocopies from a bible recording the marriage of Joseph Warren and Julia Ann Trickey, 1857, listing of their birth and death dates, and list of moves from Escott to Quabbin to Mallorytown – photocopy of 17 pages of computer printout listing the Descendants of Christopher Trickey b. 1750 – 3 pages handwritten research notes about the people in the photos – photocopy of a letter and family notes by Cecil Avery to a Mr. Mazurk, 1997. -- Accrual June 2018: Pamphlet "History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business" (Morristown NY.) Smithsonian Institution Press 1972.

2023-004-A : Photos of Boy Scout Camp at Grippen Lake from 1948 and 1949.
A-001 Group photo, scouts seated in the shade of trees, labeled “1948 / Whole camp at Church Meeting”.
A-002 Boy in Scout uniform holding a flag on a stick, labeled “P.L. (Patrol Leeder?) Ted Symons”.
A-003 Five boys standing, 4 in uniform, one carrying the flag in previous photo announcing “Beaver Patrol”, labeled “our patrol/ Left to right: A.P.L. David Gilbert, Arvid Johnston, Jimmy Grass, John Fey, P.L. Ted Symons.”
A-004 Two boys standing beside a tent, labeled “Arvid Johnston, Jimmy Grass”.
A-005 Man in bathing suit standing in the lake, labeled “1949 / Dad brushing teeth / Grippen Lake”
A-006 Four boys standing in front of a tent, labeled “1949 / Next door Neighbours/ Grippen Lake”
A-007 Four boys standing in front of a tent, labeled “1949 / Dave Gilbert, Earl Kish, Ted Darling, Julian ___, Grimp Freeman, in tent Fred Baikie.”
A-008 Three boys carrying their clothes, labeled “1949 / Earl Kish, Teddy Darling, Dave Gilbert, Grippen lake Camp.”
A-009 At least five boys in a boat, labeled “1949 / Old tin boat / Grippen Lake Camp.”

2023-004-B : Photos of Grippen Lake Camp in 1951 by David Gilbert.
B-001 Snapshot view over Grippen Lake from elevated location, labeled “1951 / From the hill top”.
B-002 Snapshot, four tents on the meadow, 10 boys in sight, labeled “1951/ Some of the camp”.
B-003 Snapshot similar to B-001, labeled “1951 / Grippen Lake”.
B-004 Snapshot from a boat showing kids swimming, labeled “1951 / In Swimming”.
B-005 Snapshot as previous with three boys in foreground, labeled “1951 / Arnold Besley, Gary Latimer.”
B-006 Snapshot 18 boys standing on the gunnels of the old lifeboat, with others in the water, labeled “1951 / Waiting for the Whistle”.
B-007 Snapshot from a boat, large group in the water splashing, labeled “1951 / Making a splash”.
B-008 Snapshot from a boat, large group swimming, labeled “1951 / Swimming”.
B-009 Snapshot from a boat, as previous, labeled “1951 / Swimming – Buddy system”.
B-010 Snapshot, group of 12 boys standing, with tents in background, labeled “1951 / My Bible group”.
B-011 Snapshot, tent with 2 boys outside, one inside, labeled “1951 / ME” (Dave Gilbert)
B-012 Snapshot, boys swimming, one standing, labeled “1951 / John Wilson”.
B-013 Snapshot, many swimmers with the old lifeboat with eight kids aboard among the swimmers, labeled “1951 / Pushing out the old boat”.
B-014 Snapshot, many kids seated among the tents, labeled “1951 / The whole camp drawn up in the tents”.
B-015 Snapshot, six boys in front of a tent, labeled “1951 / Tent No. Six/ Junior leader – G Latimer”.
B-016 Snapshot, boys walking toward the camera on a road, labeled “1951 / Dinner – First come first served”.
B-017 Snapshot, similar to previous, labeled “1951 / Dinner time”.
B-018 Snapshot, ball players in a field, labeled “1951 / Ball Game/ Tom Connor at Bat”.
B-019 & B-020 Snapshots of boys on the ball field with tents behind, jointly labeled “1951 / More Base Ball”.
B-021 Snapshot, group of 12 boys standing and seated, labeled “1951 / My group- ready for the hike”.
B-022 Snapshot, group of 11 boys standing at the edge of the beach, labeled “1951 / Grippen Lake”.
B-023 & B-024 Snapshot, six boys swimming naked, jointly labeled “1951 / Swimming B.A.D. in Grippen Lake”.
B-025, B-026, B-027, B-028 Snapshots of boys swimming naked in Grippen Lake.
B-029 Snapshot, 11 boys around a camp fire, labeled “1951 / Around our campfire”.
B-030 Snapshot, five boys around a campfire, labeled “1951 / Cooking hot dogs”.
B-031 snapshot, boys taking down tents, labeled “1951 / Getting ready to go home”.
B-032 snapshot, boys folding blankets and tents and loading things into car trunks, labeled “1951 / Going home”.
B-033 snapshot, boy and girl in a rowboat, labeled “1951 / Marilyn McQueen/ Arnold Besley”.
B-034 snapshot, man standing beside a steel tower holding a brass bell, labeled 1951 / Chief Moddle”.
B-036 snapshot, Dave Gilbert and four men, labeled “1951 / Me, Etantoes, Leighfei, and Wilson – Chief”.
B-036 snapshot, girl standing on the steel bell tower, labeled “1951 / Marilyn McQueen”.

2023-004-C : Photos and program from Gan-Gaieties Revue at Gananoque High School, 1952.
C-001 20 page program with local advertising, listing the itinerary and the casts for the plays included in the dramatic production Gan-Gaieties Revue. 1952.
C-002 Prosser photo of Mr. C Braggins, Miss K Boomer, Mrs. Jean Pattison & Mr. W Pattison.
C-003 Prosser print of the Usherettes and make-up crew.
C-004 Prosser print of the stage crew.
C-005 Prosser print labeled “Opening Act”.
C-006 Prosser print labeled “Chorus Line.
C-007 Prosser print, 2 men, labeled “This Co-Educational System.
C-008 Prosser print of cast of the play “In The Cafeteria”.
C-009 Prosser print of the cast of “Come Golf With Me”.
C010 Prosser print of the cast of “Down on the Farm”
C-011 Prosser print of the cast of “Acromaniacs”
C-012 Prosser print of the cast of “In the Furnace Room” (blackface)
C-013 Prosser print of the cast of “That’s My Type”.
C-014 Prosser print of the cast of “Le Ballet De Monte Carload”.
C-015 Prosser print of the cast of “Sea-Sea-Sea-Sea”.
C-016 Prosser print of the cast of “The Explorer’s Club”, “Lets be Friends”, and “Call Surgery”.
C-017 Snapshot of Gananoque Citizens Band on parade 1952

Item consists of a rayon fabric flag 32 x 37", and a cardboard poster showing the top three entries in the contest to design the flag.

Photos of St. Luke's Church, Lyndhurst around 1890's. Photo of brick school, possibly the 1860 school that was on the site of 1898 school.