File contains: -- List of Rockport Women’s Institute officers and conveners of Standing Committees, and schedule of meetings for the next year, undated. – “Women’s Institute Song Sheet”. – Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario memo to all branches, Feb 1977, with directions for competitions in handicraft, a painting, and community history kit. – 3 page pencil manuscript of suggestions for compiling a Tweedsmuir History, on letterhead of “Women’s Institute of Leeds East District” having a list of branches in the district, 1954..—Bound booklet of programs for Women’s Institutes Leeds East District 1978-79. – 8 page amendment to the constitution of Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario, 1975. – post card showing the stone bridge across the International Rift, part of the Thousand Islands International Bridge system. --

2019-055-A Diary describing the travels of Maude Nichols beginning Aug. 5th, 1904, with her return from their honeymoon trip to Europe, ending Nov 1906.

• Illustrated brochure for the Woodstock Inn, Vermont, where they visited in Oct 1904.
• Theatre programs and entertainment events almost every other page. Frequent art exhibits and sales.
• 40 page brochure advertising a production of Alice in Wonderland to benefit Vincent Memorial Hospital, Boston.
• 32 page brochure for New York Hippodrome, WonderTrips around New York by electric coaches, Amateur & professional Circus to aid the Children’s Home,
• Souvenir list of members of a Raymond & Whitcomb Tour to California including Mrs. Austin Nichols, Dec 1904 until March 1905
  -Trip to Yellowstone Park and Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition in Spokane June 5, 1905, with maps, tickets, brochures, menus, then on Pacific Coast Steamship Co to Alaska, brochure for resorts in the Canadian Rockies, returning July 13.
• Chase family tree 1618 to 1855
• 24 page brochure Holt Renfrew guide to “10 Days in Quebec”, 24 page brochure promoting Montreal
• Last item is an obituary for Dr Charles Stewart Kittredge, father of Mrs. Austin Nichols.

2019-005-B Photo album assembled by Maude and Austin Nichols showing activity at Winnekenni beginning in 1915:

• Post card of Maude and Austin Nichols on their wedding trip to Europe, 1904
• People posing in Indian costumes with canoe, dated 1917
• Two large photos by L. Prosser of a race at Gananoque Canoe Club about 1917, with yachts and motor boats observing.
• Various inboard skiffs and launches
• Two men and two women in a flying boat, dated 1922.
• Names on pictures include Stan Guteling, Wm Kittredge, Rose Cronise, Mary and Ruth Caldwell, Bill Quinn, Paul Leach, Bell, Skinner, Wheeler, Mr. Wilson, Ednor Marsh, Florence McLaughlin, Maude Hartling, Marion Day, Mrs. McGillis, Sally Dickenson, Maude Peters, Geo. Gibson & family, Miss Fisher, Miss Gallord, Janette Weeks, Frances Miller, Margaret Knepper, Mary Frances Phelps, Bill Rhind, Helen & Alice Morse, Phyllis Britcken, House, Hessey, Dunlap, Anne Mills, Maude Leighton
• Pictures of the May family starting in 1930, including close-ups of the houseboat in 1936, and quantities of sturgeon, and building the “Peirce Arrow” in 1939.
• A series of photos of Winnekenni in 6” of snow taken by David May in Nov 1936
• Photo of Grenadier Island school class of 1938, teacher Helen Mallory

2019-005-C Photo album assembled by Maude Nichols and her husband Austin Nichols showing photos and newspaper clippings related to Winnekenni Lodge, including:

• Post card of Winnekenni Island and the Lodge with note “Built early 1908/Occupied 1st summer of 1908, Austin Nichols, Maude (his wife) + James Ricson”
• Miniature silhouette of Austin P. Nichols
• Clippings and post card of Winnekenni Castle in Haverhill Mass, which was the source of the name for the lodge.
• Six photos of Winnekenni with 6” of snow, Nov. 1936, incudes the boathouse with their boat “Aloha”
• Two photos of “Mrs. Gibson (senior)”
• Photo of a class beside “The little school on Granadier Island” with a list of names including the three May sibblings.
• A second photo of Grenadier Island School and pupils from 1947 when Maude May was the teacher.
• Many photos of the May and Nichols family members at Winnekenni, photos of the Lodge and its interior, the boathouse and skiff house, boats, games, and fish, dated from 1933 to 1955.
• Several guest families are named including Rowe, Hensley, Hooper, Hayes, Pillsbury, Poole, Davis, Warner, Ny, Poulter, Knowles, Peters, Chase, Genge, Smith,

2019-005-D Books & Papers
D-001 “A Community Vanished” by Christina Bates ,1987, history of Grenadier Island. Located in General Research – Local Histories
D-002 “Souvenir of the Thousand Islands”, the James Bayne Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., 86 pages, undated circa 1900, showing 82 professional photos of places, boats and people in the 1000 Islands.
D-003 “A History of Gananoque” prepared for the Gananoque Museum Board by John Nalon, 1985.
D-004 Undated but very old looking fold out engraved map, 21 cm x 364.8 cm (8 ¼” x 144”) “Drawn by Alfred R. Waud/engraved by John Andrew, Boston, US.” showing the waterway from Niagara Falls to Niagara on the Lake, excluding Lake Ontario, resuming at Kingston, and ending at Quebec City, with views of towns along the shores and vignettes of interesting places in between. It shows the Grand Trunk Railroad, the Prescott to Ottawa RR, Cape Vincent RR Depot, and frequent illustrations of sail boats and paddlewheel steamboats.
D-005 St Lawrence Islands National Park Newsletter, July 2007.
D-006 22 blank pages with letterhead of “1000 Islands Area Residents’ Association/Lansdowne Ontario”
D-007 Folding rack-card explaining the Tousand Islands Heritage Conservancy.

2019-010 Carol Lynch families material:
2019-010-A: Webster Family:

• “Early History of This District” by Gerald Foley, relating to Union Rd area, read at the Webster Reunion 1935.
• “History obtained from the T. J. Webster Files” a 2 page history following the immigration of several Websters to Canada.
• “The Records of the Webster Family Dated May 1936” single page.
• Group photo of the family of Robert Webster (1806-1871), including Robert and wife Joyce Steacy, + Joseph Webster, Robert Steacy, John A Webster, Henry O Webster, Emily Joyce Webster (Mrs Wm Henry Foley), Jane Webster (Mrs Henry Rudd), Anna Mary Webster, Eliza Webster, Benjamin Edward (or Howard?) Webster, Thomas Webster, George Webster.
• photo from scan of Nelson Webster (1858-1938) and wife Victoria Storey (1856-1947) with a list of their children Alice Mary, Sarah Elizabeth, Thomas John, Martha Victoria, Margaret Susanne, Hester, Jane, Robert, Pearl, Mabel, Anna May, Ford Wm.
• photo from scan of Nelson and Victoria Webster and children Jane (Mrs. Stanley Brown), Victoria (Mrs. Robert Jack), Alice (Mrs. Sam Heaslip), Lizzie (Mrs. Ross Andress), Maggie (Mrs. George Bryan), Robert (mar. Lola Moorehead), Nelson (father), Mabel (Mrs. George Jack), Victoria (mother), Pearl (Mrs. J D McNeeley), Wilhemina (Mrs. Sam Horton), Anna (Mrs. George Burns), Thomas (mar. 1 Adeline Trusdell, 2 Margaret Horton).
• photo from scan of Nelson and Victoria Webster and children circa 1936.
• List of the children of Victoria Storey and their spouses.
• photo reprint of Martha Webster and husband Nat Kendrick and two children.
• photo from scan of the children of Thomas Webster and Alice Bowen; Jane (Mrs. John Foley) Mary (Mrs. George Loney), Margaet (Mrs. Robert X Foley), Martha (Mrs. 1 Nat Kendrick 2 Wm Steacy), Alice (mrs. Joe Cliff), Isabel;, Elizabeth (Mrs. Peter Wood), Wm. Nelson (mar. Victoria Storey).
• photo from scan of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Heaslip
• photo from scan of Jeannie Webster, Mrs. Stanley Brown.
• photo from scan of Bernice Grier.
• photo from scan of John E Steacy and Harry Steacy, children of A J Steacy, Warburton.
• group colour photo by Ted Hewitt of the Webster Reunion at Lansdowne Community Building, 2002.
• group colour photo of the Webster Family Reunion at Holy Trinity Church, Oakleaf, 2012.
• group colour photo of the Webster Family Reunion at Lansdowne Community Building, 2007 (two copies)

2019-010-B: Foley Family:

• photocopy of a photograph, inscribed “W. H. O. Foley.”
• Photographic copy of an old studio photo, inscribed “Grandmother Purvis 18 yrs./Emily Joyce Foley (1891-1955)/ Wife of Jas. Claude Purvis (1892-1967)”
• Group snapshot inscribed “Emily Joyce Webster (Mrs. Henry Foley) and grandchildren/ Arthur, Howard, Gerald and Eric Foley/ Jean de Pendleton (Foley), Muriel Grier(Donald) (Foley) and Geraldine Baile (Mrs. Herb Horton)”
• Snapshot of couple, inscribed ”Rob & Bertha (Kendrick) Foley”
• Studio folder photo of WW 1 Soldier, inscribed “Roy Foley”

2019-010-C: Nunn Family details:
Booklet “The Nunn Family” consisting of 36 pages of family tree information from 1731 in Suffolk, England, to 2007 in Leeds County, Canada and beyond. Author unknown.

2019-010-D: Leech Family;
Booklet entitled “The Ten Brother” by J Hillyard Leech and Ernest T Leech, 1951, being the family record of the 10 sons of Richard John Leech and Barbara Webster, 37 pages.

2019-010-E: Misc. Families
Photocopy of two pages from an attendance register from unknown school (possibly Rockfield), lists children of Basil Chisamore, Eric Foley, George Foley, Richard Carl, Edward Curry, Keith Warren, Robert Grier, Oliver Crate, Fred Nixon, Merlin Horton, Leslie Warren, Orville Grier, Anna Lappan, Charles Foley, Wm DeWolfe, Ann Trupp.

• print from scan of a farm house with family consisting of Robert Foley, Margaret Foley, son James Foley and daughter Mary Jane Foley.
• Photo from scan of Rockfield Church and large number of people, possibly a wedding, mid 1960s.
• Print from scan of Rockfield Church by Jack Brown, 1966.
• three Prints from scans of the stone house at 1803 Blue Mountain Rd, with its gabled wing addition, taken 1947 and 1969, an aerial photo of the house and farm buildings in winter, and a real estate ad for the property of 100 acres.
• print from scan of Wm H O Foley and brother Rob Foley in the lane at the Foley Farm in Tilley.
• large original photo of Rockfield School class of 1953, including Joan Earl, Elaine Currie, Kay Grier, Nancy Warren, David Carl, Sandra Crate, Romona Carl, Donald Chisamore, Freddie Peck, Roger Greenham, Bruce Foley, Eddie Jenkins, Edward Chisamore, Grant Birtch, Mervyn Warren, Donnie Currie, Bonnie Greenham, Pat Peck, Connie Foley, Wayne Webster, Allan Warren, Billy Peck, Carol Foley, Dorothy Chisamore, Frances Deprato, teacher Marjorie Warren.
• undated clipping from Brockville Recorder & Times showing the previous photo with names (filed in General Research – Schools – Rockfield School).
• large photo on card of the brick school at Tilley about 1922, with students Eric Foley, Gordon Horton, Arthur Foley, Bob Grier, Hubert Leeder, Edwin Horton, Howard Foley, Elgin Horton, Gerald Foley, Reg Grier, Alice Brenon, Minnie Brenon, Hilda Grier, Verma Grier, inspector Dowsley, teacher Evelyn (Ferguson) Webster.
• print from scan of previous photo
• print from scan of brick school labeled Gowan School, Escott SS#18, but appears to be an earlier photo of the previous school (Tilley), including students Laura Moxley, Sam Byers, Merlin Horton, Will Foley, Orvile Grier, James Foley, Willie C Webster, Roy S Foley, Victor Webster, Robbie Leeder, Emily Joyce Foley, Hubert Earl, Annie Horton, Charlie Byers, Annie Leeder, Ronny Leeder, Lizzie Cosgrave.
• print from scan of students at Tilley School including: Marion Running, Harold Running, George Warren, Baden Haird, Adeline Horton, Hartley Warren, Velma Horton, Isabell Webster, Harold Haird, Thelma Horton, Edith Haird, Muriel Foley, Jean Foley, Grace Running.
• print from scan of students at Tilley School, including Bill Grier, Mervyn Warren, Freddie Pyke, Bruce Foley, Elaine Currie, Kay Grier, Janice Walsh, Roger Currie, Alan Currie, Yvonne Smith, Patsy Pyke, Russell Currie, Mary Warren, Freddie Warren, Nancy Warren, Donne Currie, Janice Fay Warren, Karen Warren.
• print from scan of students at Greenfield School 1953, including Lawrence O’Grady, Catherine Webster, Loretta Dobson, Donnie Burns, Percy Steacy, Rosemary O’Grady, Wendel Webster, Sharon Birtch, Gary Burns, Jim Dobson, Robbie Steacy, Joan Burns. Teacher Betty (Foley) McKinnon.
• three prints from scans of mothers and students at Greenfield School with a Lane Cedar Chest presented as a farewell to a teacher in 1954, including Dorothea Burns, Emily Burns, Marcella O’Grady, Leah Moorhead, Bernice Horton, Annie Moorhead, unknown possibly Mrs Webster or Mrs Birtch), Joyce Dobson, Thelma Steacy, Anne Burns, Rosemary O’Grady, Loretta Dobson, Joan Burns, Lawrence O’Grady, Jim Dobson, Robert O’Grady, Bob Steacy, Catherine Webster, Percy Steacy, Sharon Birtch, Wendell Webster, Gary Burns, Donnie Burns.
• Photo of ladies at Greenfield School, including Alma Moorhead, Leah Moorhead, Anna Burns, “MOM”, Mabel Earl, Nancy Webster, Helen McKay, Beatrice Webster, Dorothea Burns.
• print from scan of Rockfield Cheese factory with patrons and wagons.
• two prints from scans of Tilley Cheese Co.
• group photo in colour by Ted Hewitt of the O’Connor/Trainor Connections Reunion August 12, 2006.
• group photo of Lions Club Musical Festival in Brockville 1954, including Mary Oakley, ? Larose, Van McCready, Allan Warren, Myrna Slack, Catherine Webster, Velda Stennitt, Carol Foley, Loretta Dobson, David Wray, Lloyd Foley, Bruce Foley, ? Wray, Romona Carl, Grant Birtch, Rosemary McDonald, Betty Kyes, Gale Horton, Martha Fitzsimmons, Bill Peck, Lawrence O’Grady, Marie Larose, Peggy Smith, Catherine Running, Sandra Sly, Robert O’Grady, Linda Wray, Ann Wray.
• Obituary for Mildred (Gilroy) Pitt, with family notes by Carol Lynch.
• account of the Doughty Family coming to Canada on the S S Arabic in 1913. They included Ernest Wm. Doughty, his wife Sarah Ann, and their children Edith and Frank.
• Large colour photo of a reunion of O’Connor/Trainor Connections, Aug 12, 2006.
• booklet "Facts About Thomas and Ruth Wills" by Leonard Booth, 1991.

2019-010-F Leeds Junior Farmers/4H Club

• Leeds County Junior Farmers Year Book 1956 (first annual).
• Leeds County Junior farmers Year Book 1957
• scribbler with minutes of the 4H Garden Club for 1957 and ‘58
• large collection of newspaper clippings and photocopies of news articles about activities of the Leeds County Junior Farmers 1954- 1960
• 5x7 photo of Leeds Junior Farmers executive for 1966, including Bruce Foley, Thane Johnston, Peter Lynch, Jim Foote, Edward Jenkins, Sharon Earl, Vicky (Lynch) Grier, Elaine Newell, Carol (Foley) Lynch, Joan Burns. =asasasasasasasasas

Collection consists of:

• post card colourized photo of Half Moon Bay.
• post card colourized photo of a primitive airplane, entitled "Gilbert's Aeroplane".
• post card colourized photo of a tent and lighthouse on a wooded shore, entitled "Mirror Bay, below Fair Haven, Brockville, Canada."
• 9 small photos of the Thousand Islands sold as a souvenir, in an envelope, published by Valentine-Black Co. Ltd. Toronto

Item consists of a white cotton quilt with names of subscribers embroidered in red. It is accompanied by a photo album of the quilt and all the individual squares, made by Rev. Connie McNamara and Ruth Antoine about 2010.

Item consists of a two-page manuscript list of recipients of the Ellis Scholarship for students from School Section #13 Ellisville for the years 1950 to 1980.