Collection consists of: -- very large heavy hardbound account book from Mallorytown Consolidated School 1921-1939 (This item passed on the Mallorytown Archives) -- 3-ring binder containing photocopies of various histories of Rockport as well as individual items and photographs (placed in General Research Library) – an envelope of negatives addressed to Randy Frith from Brockville Museum. Negatives are from Murray Studio in Brockville, of various schools in Leeds and Grenville. Negatives retained include Lansdowne School 1972, Linklater School & Mr. Earl (3 negs), St John’s Gananoque, Front of Yonge (2 negs), Front of Yonge 1970; Negatives to be offered to other archivesAthens School (4 negs), St. Edwards Westport 1970, Rideau Vista Westport, Britannia Heights 1970, Lombardy 1969, North Edwardsburgh 1972, Oxford on Rideau 1972, North Augusya 1972, Centennial ’67, 1972, Merrickville Public School, Beckett’s Landing, Boundary St. Prescott 1969, St. Mark’s Separate School, Prescott, 1969, Central Public School 1970,Algonquin Public School 1972, North Edwardsburgh School, Spencerville School 1968/69, South Edwardsburgh School 1968. – book “A Pictorial Guide to the 1000 Islands” printed for Rockport Boat Lines, no date. – large file of history and photos comprising a book entitled “ SS#14 Rockport Then & Now, 1925-2001” including letters and announcements of the Trillium Grant received by the Rockport Recreation Center, 2001. – photocopies of 1919 voters lists for the 3 polling subdivisions in Front of Escott Twp. – file of LACAC notes on old schools of Escott twp and a Calendar for 2000 showing rural school in Front of Escott Twp. – file of Escott LACAC correspondence regarding the Old River Road Heritage Byway and Memorial Way, -- Front of Escott Twp. Newsletter Summer 2000. – large file of agendas and minutes and correspondence of Escott LACAC 1998-2000.– 10 pages of photos and clippings from the (Lansdowne?) Lions Club including meeting in Rockport Recreation Hall and a parade in Ottawa. – small file of clippings about Rockport Breakfast Club events. –collection of material and photos on Rockport Recreation Hall, formerly Rockport School (Escott SS #14) collected in the 1980s and “90s. – Sign-out book from Rockport School Library 1915-1957. – book “Continuous Record of Promotion” from Rockport School, 1919-1944. – book “Daily Register” from Rockport School 1964-66. -- File of 30 photos of Poole’s Boarding House on Grenadier Island taken during demolition 1997. – File containing 5 photos of the houseboat “Amaryllis”, 1 photo of LaRue Cemetery, 6 photos of LaRue House and barn, 7 photos of Escott Old Town Hall (archives building), 10 photos and negatives of a celebration at the Seaman House in Rockport July 1st, 1996 -- File containing various unidentified photos and negatives from Escott LACAC . – Financial Reports for 1951 for Front of Escott Schools # 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, & 20, Front of Escott and Front of Leeds & Lansdowne union schools # 15 & 18, Front of Yonge schools # 7, 8 &9, Front of Yonge and Elizabethtown union Schools #1, 2, 3, &8, and Mallorytown Consolidated School, with letters of transmittal. – Research files from Escott LACAC for buildings on County Rd 2 (old Hwy #2) incuding Springfield House, Escott Town Hall, Brooker/Hutchinson House, #1417 Cty Rd 2, #1441 Cty Rd 2, Nicholson House with history of Escott Copper Mine, and the John Cook House ( ex John Player) including sketches of wall stenciling by Mr. Dale.

Six hundred digital photos depicting the events at Kenwood Lodge on Grenadier Island. Kenwood is a cottage built on Grenadier Island by Ednor Marsh (about 1922-1924)

6 cm of material.

File consists of an antique leather bound photo album containing 35 CV photos and tintypes. Names include Mary and Leonard Donovan, Kitty Smith, Jane Kennedy (Mrs Ed Clair) and Johnnie Kennedy, Mrs Ed Deir, Mary Mahanna, Peter Doyle, Nicholas Doyle, -- a machine embroidered book mark from World’s Fair 1893 with name Peter Doyle– a photo of Rockfield Cheese factory & residence – a photo of Holland School with pupils Jimmie Cobey, Eugene Lynch, George Reid, William J Kennedy, Wilfred Cobey, Mary Lynch, and Mary Ellen Kennedy (7 names, 9 people) – a funeral card for Patrick Kennedy who died Nov 21, 1913 aged 55 years – clippings of obituaries for Patrick Kennedy, Mrs Mary Ward (d 1874), Edward John Flood (1863 – 1929) --

File consists of: savings account book from Union Bank of Canada Merrickville Branch -- Ladies Orange Benevolent Assoc Constitution and Laws, Feb 1950 -- Loyal Orange Assoc. Rules of the Royal Scarlet Order, Juvenile Orange Assoc., and Grand Lodge Benefit Fund 1947 -- Masons Lodge of Canada authorized Funeral Service 1935 -- Grand Black Chapter of British North America, rules and regulations Jan 1949 -- Instruction manual and Parts list for R A Lister "Melotte" cream seperator, 1901 -- 2 pages correspondence from R A Lister Co. 1901 and 1927 -- Receipt from Office of the Registrar-General to Mr J Dillon, 1951 -- Annual Statement for Twp Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne 1946 -- "Garnet & Gold" yearbook from Seeley's Bay Continuation School, 1929-30 --

File consists of: Letter to Miss Ann Eliza Moulton at Seeley’s Bay from Cousin Lena in Blue River BC 1938; envelope addressed to Elmer J Bryan at Lyndhurst containing Constitution and By-Laws of the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada, receipt of membership fee for 1947, breeding record book, and guide to describing colour markings of cows, also certificate of membership, and pedigree of calf born May 20, 1948; full size layout on tissue paper of a painted sign with a bass fish and name Elmer & Winnie Bryan (encapsulated); post card commemorating the opening of Sweets Corners Elementary School, 1973; 2 unidentified photos of a man and a woman circa 1900; photo of a young woman adhered to glass with a chain hanger; certificate of confirmation of Mrs. Ethel B Waldron, St Pauls Church, Escott, Nov 28 1932; 1940 calendar from Norton Johnson, Seeley’s Bay (damaged); undated calendar from Alfred Kenny Shell Service Station, Seeley’s Bay; a file of papers regarding the formation of Fortune’s Line heritage Foundation 1988; file of invoices on billheads of various merchants and suppliers in Lyndhurst, Delta, Elgin and Athens; souvenir folder for the 1937 Coronation, compliments of T Eaton Co (encapsulated; file of circulars and bulletins from Morton Post Office describing procedures for Post Masters 1915-17; file of correspondence between Morton Post office and Postal dept 1914-17; file of commercial letters to Morton Post Office and schedules for Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 1910; 2 car window transfers for residents of Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne (had to be shown to use the landfill); silver plated coffin plate for Thomas Mullen, died 1884; glass ash tray souvenir of Seeley’s Bay Fire Dept 25th anniversary 1975; stamped aluminum ash tray advertising Greene’s Electric Contracting, Seeley’s Bay; rubber stamp for Sly’s Service Station, Seeley’s Bay; pin-backs for Turkey Fair 2011 & 2013 and Frost Fest 2011 & 2014; pinback from RDHS Winter carnival 1960s; pinback from Seeley’s Bay School Reunion 1989; 3 page reciept of items purchased at the auction sale of Elmer and Winnie Bryan Sept 1999;
Item donated as second instalment: Key tag advertising Herman Webb Signs, Seeley’s Bay – bottle opener advertising The Tinker Toy lunch bar, Seeley’s Bay – 2013 Frost Fest pin – Booklet “Garnet & Gold” program from 1989 reunion of Seeley’s Bay Continuation School – technical bulletin “Cemetery Transcribing” published by American Association for State and Local History 1971 – Delta Fair Prize List 1946 – Delta Fair member’s ribbon 1962 in its envelope—Delta Fair Assoc. bank draft to Mrs. Clifford Morris for $8.90 prize money – small pulp scribbler titled “Alert” with ledger entries from an unidentified general store in Delta 1916 – booklet “Reasons for not Embracing the Doctrine of Universal Salvation” by American Tract Society, 1834, belonged to William Sproule, Belleville – small hardbound ledger “Assessors Book A / Wm H Montoney/June 10 1866” has lists of names in alphabetical order followed by numbers, also has diary pages listing travels by train – high school entrance certificate for Bessie Woods, Chantry, 1933 –
PHOTOS
Gananoque Fire Dept 1910, includes Ed Shurtliffe, Fred Potter, Les Cunningham, Sid Wheeler, Dick Bolton, Charlie Sweet (Chief), Sid Mullins, Leo Morgan, Jack Kevin, Mike Nalon, George Lucy, Allan Truesdell, William Brennan, Lawrence Amo – 3 reproductions of photos of Punch Bowl School, Gananoque, 1920-21, one entitled Nellie Lake’s class – Post card of steamer “Rideau Queen” at Seeley’s Bay, post marked at Singleton (later Crosby) – 2 studio cards of Mary Berry/Mary Buttler, d/o Henry Berry & Mary Townsend – Studio card of Douglas & Dorothy Sly, children of Elmer Sly & Edna Wright – sc of Ella Seabrook (married Jim Townsend) – post card photo of Lucy Jane Chapman – cdv Lucy Jane Chapman – cdv Alva Chapman – sc Chapman Family including 2 unidentified sisters, Susan Crooks (Chapman) Seabrook, Lucy Jane Chapman, Ella Seabrook, Charles Chapman – sc Chapman Family including Alva Chapman, unidentified sister, Charles Chapman, Susan Crooks Chapman Seabrook –
Sc Joseph Butler and wife Mary Berry – sc Leita & Lena Berry 1905 – sc Vera, Ford & Gladys Berry as children c/o Thomas Berry & Margaret Coldwell – sc Vera & Gladys Berry late teens – photo of Margaret Coldwell wife of Thomas Berry – cdv Elva & Maud Berry, d/o John Berry & Lizzie Nuttall – cdv Etta McKinley d/o John McKinley & Mary Collinson – George Berry s/o George Berry & Ann Jane McKinley – Sc George Berry as previous – sc Nellie & Hazel Bracken d/o George Bracken & Ann Berry – sc Ann Jane McKinley wife of 1 John Chapman, 2 George Berry – cdv Maud Simmons & Lizzie Stanton – cdv Harold Munro -- sc Lottie & Mabel McAlpin d/o John McAlpin & Sarah Hilferty – sc Leonard & Florence Sly c/o Wm Sly & Ann Powell – sc Wellington Putnam 1881-1904 s/o Wm & Martha Putnam -- sc Herbert Sly and 2 others – sc Mamie, Allan, Gussie & Georgie Long 1897 c/o John & Marguerite Long – 4 sc unidentified – photo Elva Berry Hamilton – photo Gordon Berry holding Elmer & Elwood Hamilton, Willie Hamilton, Elizabeth Berry, John Berry, Raymond Berry – photo reproduction family of John Berry & Elizabeth Nuttall including Maude, father John Berry, Gordon, Elva, mother Elizabeth Nuttall Berry, & Raymond circa 1904 – The Stolicker Album was a photo album belonging to Rettie Stolicker of Gananoque,d/o Myron Sly and Ann Eliza Elliot; from the Stolicker album 23 unidentified studio cards – from the Stolicker Album sc of Wm Healy Sly – sc of Wm B Sly s/o Ben Sly & Lizzie Chapman -- from the Stolicker album sc of John Brown and Sadie Leadbeater, John was raised by Albert & Addie Leadbeater, story in pencil au verso.

2012-027A arrived Aug 2015 accrual consists of:
-- book “Ten Years of Upper Canada in Peace and War, 1805-1815, by M Edgar, 389 pages, undated, partly an account of the adventures of Thomas Ridout. – photo compilation of the members of Leeds and Grenville County Council of 1962 (photo is adhered to glass). -- – wedding photo of Bob Simpson and Myrtle Landon. – 2 prints of a photo of Seeley’s Bay men at a hunting camp, including Wallace Gardiner, Joe Seabrook, Ben Whalen, Manford Ralph, Bert Simpson, Jim Simpson, and dog Sleepy. – wedding photo of Carl Leadbeater and Barbara Lindsay, Feb 8, 1956. – 6 stickers used to mark garbage bags for Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne landfill. – 2 letters from RoLL Twp to Keith Sly regarding concerns he communicated. --

Accrual Artifacts including: -- 3 musket balls from war of 1812, 2 British, 1 American (smaller). – 10 pieces prehistoric potsherds bearing various forms of incised decoration. – 4 pieces prehistoric stone projectile points. -- plastic envelope printed for Stuart Willoughby, General Insurance, Seeley’s Bay. – wooden pencil with no eraser, printed “You make no mistake when you vote ELWOOD STEWART Conservative – Leeds – May 29th so we left the eraser off”. – red plastic swizzle stick with the profile of a young woman in a swim suit, printed “BURTON’S CAMP Chaffey’s Locks, Ont.” – large can and bottle opener with round plastic handle printed “SLY’S SERVICE STATION Seeley’s Bay Ont.” -- smaller can and bottle opener with plastic scales, printed “SLY’S TEXACO Seeley’s Bay Tel: 387-3334” – brass dog tag in the shape of a heart, inscribed “DOG TAG Twp rear of Leeds & Lansdowne 391 1971” – a large doll 24” tall x 9 1/2” wide x 4” thick, with leatherette boots, wool pants and coat, painted canvas head. – waxed cardboard container for freezing fruit, as used in first locker plant at Seeley’s Bay, dated ’43.

File contains: -- 8x10 colour photo of 6 past reeves of Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne including Hubert Sly, Roy Greenhorn, John McKinley, Johnson Plunkett, Harold Webster, and Douglas Moore. -- hand written receipt on letterhead of Albert J Sly for payment of principal and interest on mortgage between Albert Sly and W. G. Collinson, 7 July 1916. -- Class photo of Seeley's bay Continuation School 1931, Deed to Adelbert Sloan for Plot #55 in Trinity Church Burying ground Lansdowne, Letter from Adelbert Sloan 1913 instructing William Bryan to prevent his chickens from trespassing, bill from Lyndhurst telephone Co to Frank Chase 1924, bills to Hubert Sly from Don McGregor, R A Warner, Lorne Chapman, Emerson Baxter, and G L Normandin; Voters lists for Bastard & Burgess Twp 1917-18-19-20;

2019-004 Material collected by Keith Sly

2019-004-A Misc. local photos and papers

• Post card of boy on horse, taken at Chantry, Harry Davis on the horse.
• Post card of man in a horse and buggy, in front of a stone house, taken in Chantry. Subject is Tommy DeWell.
• Post card of a village street with large frame house in foreground being jacked up for new foundation.
  -Post card labelled “Golden Slipper Camps/12 Miles East of Kingston” post marked 1932, showing 10 sleeping cabins and a McColl-Frontenac gasoline filling station.
• Post card of an unidentified couple in Edwardian attire, inscribed “Taken on Driveway 1912” presumed to be “The Driveway” beside the Rideau Canal in Ottawa.
• Post card of a gathering and ceremony, possibly a dedication of a monument, in front of a brick building, probably a town hall, with flags, soldiers, officials, and Boy Scouts.
• 5x7 photo of a group of men in regalia, inscribed “L.O.L. Grand Lodge Officers, Brockville Ont. 1947”.
• Photo on card of four elderly women, inscribed “Rhoda Chase Middleton/Jane Anne Chase Niblock/Viola Chase Berry/Teressa Chase Palmer/ daughters of Lewis Chase & Lavina Middleton.
• Fragment of a handwritten will of David Johnson Galloway, 1928, with comments by Keith Sly.
• 8x10 photo with names of participants in a Fire Inspection Practices Course at Ontario Fire College, 1961, includes “C. Grice, Gananoque”.
• Dept. of Education Certificate to Margaret Young for admission to High School, 1927.
• Toronto Conservatory of Music certificate to Margaret Young for Introductory Examination in piano playing.
• Toronto Conservatory of Music certificate to Margaret Young for Elementary School Examination in piano playing.
• Program for dedication service of the new Standard Church in Seeley’s Bay, 1996, with a history of the Seeley’s Bay congregation.
• includes flyer and price list for Metalic Roofing Co, 1938, with envelope to Sam Wills, Morton, Ont.
  2019-004-B Forms and records from Morton Post office, 2 cm thick
• Bundles of acknowledgments of receipt of Registered items at Morton post office.
• Bundle of requisitions for supplies of postal notes for Morton Post Office.
• Bundle of Registered Letter Bills from Morton Post office.
  2019-004-C Painting by Ethel Pritchard, done on a bracket fungus 29cm x 14cm x 7cm.
  2019-004-D Reference Book of Dun & Bradstreet Canada Ltd., Jan 1957 (Shelved in general research section)

2017-004
Collection consists of:
Computer print of a 1920s photo of Short Point School. – manuscript note by Vi McMachen about Brier Hill School when she taught there. – CDV of a young woman inscribed “Myron Sly’s daughter”. – Post card entitled “Rideau Inn, Seeley’s Bay, Ont.” showing Coleman’s Hotel. – 4 previous items from Viola McMachen.
Following material from Keith Sly collection.
Invitation card from Parliament St Methodist Church. – multi-fold post card of London England addressed to Mrs Arnold Berry, Lyndhurst. – 3 post cards of the Bay Motel at Hwys 15 & 32, 2 new 1 used. – post card of Grove United Church, Lansdowne. – post card of Main St, Gananoque, 1910. – post card of “Sunny Acres” Seeley’s Bay. – Post card of Gananoque industrial buildings entitled “Overlooking the St. Lawrence” circa 1905. – postcard of fall colour entitled “Greetings from Seeley’s Bay, Ont. Canada” 1957. – Post card of fall colours entitled “Greetings from Seeley’s Bay, Ont.” 1947. – Post card entitled “Up the Gananoque River” showing the railway bridge and pump house near Cheeseboro. – Booklet about Burnt Hills School, SS #8 Storrington entitled “Burnt Hills School Reunion July 6, 1996” 20 pages including advertising. – paper poster advertising the book “Kitley 1795-1975” by Glenn Lockwood. -- book "Luther H Holton a founding Canadian Entrepreneur" by Henry C Klassen, 2001 (Luther Holton was born at Soperton) (in General research Row 3, Bank A, Shelf 3)

File consists of
Small soft cover pocket book listing purchases and sales by Wm. Moulton (1828-1907), mentions tradesmen J B Turner, W R Acton, John Stephenson.
– 4 copies “Stable Book for Breeding Records” published by the Holstein-Friesian Association, used by Ralph Green, Boyce Green, and Hubert Sly, early 1950s.
– Baptism certificate for Keith Allan Sly, 1946.
– 2005 calendar from Seeley’s Bay Pastoral Charge of United Church of Canada. (oversize, encapsulated)
– 10 Ektachrome slides taken at the ceremony to unveil the historical plaque in Lyndhurst. May 22, 1967.
– Pin-back buttons, 5 from Frost Fest 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017, 4 from Turkey Fair 2004 and 2007.
– small pin-back “Seeley’s Bay on the Rideau”.
– Receipt to Hubert Sly on letterhead of A J Emmons Lumber Co., Elgin, 1960.
– receipt to Hubert Sly from Toronto Dominion Bank at Lyndhurst for safety deposit box, 1960.
– receipt from Ladies’ Orange Benevolent Association to Sister Bessie Sly for membership, 1967.