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Collection consists of:

• a wooden plaque with silver plated metal banner inscribed "RURAL SCHOOL FAIR", a central scroll with a medallion embossed with a farm scene, and attachments naming the schools that won the trophy each year. The winners were:
  Sweets Corners School 1921 - Sweets Corners School 1922 - Long Point School 1923 - Long Point School 1924 - Seeleys Bay School .1925 - Seeleys Bay School 1926 - Sweets Corners School 1927
• Cast zinc attachment in the shape of a shield with crown, maple leaves and a beaver and banner with the name "LYNDHURST CONTINUATION SCHOOL". It has nail holes from being attached to a wooden plaque, and damage resulting from being removed from the plaque.

File contains: a ledger of transactions by James Young, blacksmith at Lyndhurst, from 1897 to 1899. -- papers found in the ledger, including a fruit cake recipe. -- a bound pamphlet of photocopies of "The Youngs" family history of the Youngs from 1826. (located on General Research shelves) -- A bound pamphlet of photocopies of "The Paiges of Massachusetts and their descendants in Canada and the United States", with which is bound "Descendants of Nathaniel Paige". This pertains to the family of Nelson Paige of Lyndhurst (located on Gerneral Research shelves)

Zella (Sweet) Kenny Negatives
2023-014 large collection of black and white film negatives that belonged to Zella Kenny, wife of Clarence Kenny, who lived on Sweets Corners Road.

2023-014-A 14 negatives that appear to be taken at the Clarence Kenny House at #362 Sweets Corners Rd, all unidentified.
A-001 B&W negative, three horses pulling a farm wagon and driver beside a barn.
A-002 B&W negative, man and young girl standing at the head of three horses in harness.
A-003 B&W negative, 12 people posed by the stone wall in front of Clarence Kenny House.
A-004 B&W negative, 2 people sitting on the stone wall in front of Clarence Kenny house.
A-005 Snapshot B&W print, man and woman in dress clothing standing in a garden.
A-006 B&W negative, either Gordon or Lloyd Kenny with dump truck and dogs, by the stone wall in front of Clarence Kenny House.
A-007 B&W negative attached to A006, 2 dogs on a lawn.
A-008 B&W negative, girl and bicycle by the stone wall at Clarence Kenny house.
A-009 B&W neg, girl in plaid skirt on the lawn at Clarence Kenny house.
A-010 B&W neg, Man and woman in dress clothes standing on an iron bridge.
A-011 B&W neg, 2 women standing on the same bridge as previous.
A-012 B&W neg, man and woman in dres clothes on the lawn at Clarence Kenny house.
A-013 B&W neg, small dog on the stone wall at the Clarence Kenny house.
A-014 B&W neg, 2 people on horseback.

2023-014-B 200-300 B&W negatives, unidentified