Item consists of a printed charter for "Maple Grove" Lodge No. 432 of Independent Order of Good Templars, located at Escott, dated 27 March 1872.

2020-001 Items from Sunny Acres Resort at Seeley’s Bay

• 001 Spiral note book recording reservations for cottages 1967-70
• 002 7 sheets of letterhead for Sunny Acres Resort with pre-dial phone number
• 003 post card of a young man inscribed au verso “Homer Fleming/(unintelligible) Lake”
• 004 Membership card in The United Church Women for Mrs. Bob Fleming, 1974.
• 005 felt crest for Elgin Bowling Lanes 300+ bowlers.
• 006 5x8” post card commemorating the opening of Sweets Corners Elementary School, 1973, with drawings of the new school and the two old ones at Seeley’s Bay and Lyndhurst, by Etheline Tye.
• 007 Receipt $5 rent for a Post Office Box in Seeleys Bay 1978.
• 008 Bundle of receipts from local merchants for materials used in Sunny Acres Resort 1976-78, merchants include C W Hartley & Son, Gray’s Sports Center, Thousand Islands Concrete, Simpsons Sears Kingston, Tony Noakes, Sweet’s Sand & Stone, Cashway Kingston, MacLachlan Lumber Kingston.
• 009 small screwdriver advertising Thompson Electric, Seeleys Bay (artifact)

Ten sheets of paper of various sizes

Four volumes of hard-bound binders of newspaper clippings, photocopies and photographs pertaining to events in Lansdowne Township Lyndhurst and Rideau Canal area of Leeds County

Collection consists of:
File 2017-014-A -- 3 copies of the Voters List for Front of Leeds & Lansdowne Township, 1953. – Blank form for Dominion of Canada income tax for 1920. --
File 2017-014-B Farm Papers of Gus (Walter Augustus) Slack (son of Michael Slack)– Assessment Notices to Augustus Slack for 1917, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 37, 42, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 -- statement for sale of calf at Aylesworth Livestock Sales 1952. – 23 monthly statements from Cheeseboro Cheese Factory 1941-43. – 1 monthly statement from Kingston Creameries. – 3 tickets on a cash draw in aid of St. Brendan’s Church Rockport. -- Ticket stubs from Royal Five-Way Action Baseball lottery 1938 season. – Royal Five-Way Action Hockey Report for Feb 19-24, 1938 lottery results. – Learner’s permit for student driver 1930. – Quantity of milk statements from Cow & Gate Co 1940-50s. – Receipt and correspondence with Lanark County Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. – letter from newspaper subscription collection agency for $1.50 – Quantity of receipts from merchants including E. E. Johnston Hardware, J. Hilliard Warren, J. A. Bradley, Firman Cross, South Leeds and Pittsburg Rural telephone Co., Gananoque District Co-Operative, Wilstead Store, W. W. Mitchell, S. W. Warren, Fred McConnell, Massey Harris Co Ltd, Gananoque Roller Mills, I. W. Bennett & Son Hardware, Sampson Coal Co , T. I. Ellis, Jonas Hagerman, International Harvester, Haig & Burns, T. D. O’Connor, -- calendar page for July 1912 with the 16th blackened with pencil and inscribed “date of death of Pauline Slack” --
File 2017-014-C Farm Papers of Michael Slack. – Invitation to the wedding of Frances Keating and Fergus O’Connor 1907. -- 3 monthly statements from Wilstead Cheese & Butter Factory 1922? – 3 pages correspondence from Inspector of Taxation re 1919 income tax. – Registration of death of Patrick Heffernan 1914. – Warranty card for a Raymond Sewing machine 1898 – Bill and receipts from Wm. Edwards for funeral of Mike Slack 1922. – Guarantee Certificate for cream separator from Renfrew Machinery Co. Ltd. -- Large quantity of receipts and business transactions with local residents and merchants, including Renfrew Scale Co, Dr. J. P. Sinclair, Fred McDonald, R Evans Steacy, Dr. C. H. Bird, Webb Motor Sales, Dr E. J. Bracken, Wm McConnell & Son, Jas. Taylor & Son, R. Moxley, W. Y. Webster, International Harvester, The Fair Store, R. G. Harvey, John & George Roddick, G. W. Lee, Long Point Cheese factory. -- Demand for property taxes from Front of Leeds & Lansdowne for 1912, ’14, ’17, ’19-26, &’28. – Assessment notices for 1917-28. – quantity of statements and receipts from various insurance companies
File 2017-014-D Papers of Maude, Thomas, & Leo Slack. (children of Michael Slack) – Bills and receipts from local merchants including dentist Dr L. R. Stedman (for services to Miss Maude Slack 1920), Gananoque Roller Mills (McClellan & Shaneman), Robt. J. Deir, T. I. Ellis, Bennett & Son,
File 2017-014-E Papers of Robert Steacy & Son. – Series of 10 statements from Wilstead Cheese factory 1932. – receipt for $1000 from estate of Robt. Steacy to Myrtle Steacy Cross 1946. – Receipt from C. E. Anderson to Leo Slack

File 2017-014-F W B Steacy appeal to OMB.
Correspondence between Wm. B Steacy, FoLL, County assessor, and Ontario Municipal Board regarding objection to assessment for 1954.

Item consists of an elaborately decorated certificate to record that James Gardiner was admitted as a member of Gananoque Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge N0. 114 on 13 Feb 1902.

File consists of 5 coloured photographs of the James Roddick House, C #11 L #21.

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