Documentary record in Aerial photos of the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway, photographed by Ed Clark

File consists of: -- booklet “William Losee/ Ontario’s Pioneer Methodist Missionary” by J. William Lamb, published by Trustees of the Old hay Bay Church, Adolphustown, 1974. – hardbound book “Lostwood Lodge” by Kathleen Purvis Earle, Ryerson Press/ William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1954 (also published as “Jenneth – Daughter of a Rebel”). – file of newspaper clippings about sisters and authors Kathleen and Evelyn Purvis Earle, and a poem. – booklet “Weeds and Weed Seeds” by Department of Agriculture Canada, 1930. – hardbound book “Ontarian Families” by Edward Marion Chadwick, reprint from 1894, published by Mica Silk Screening Ltd, Belleville 1972.

Collection consists of: 2-sided regalia ribbon for L.O.L. #485, Ellisville, -- 2-sided regalia ribbon for Ladies Orange Benevolent Association Lodge #497, Lyndhurst. -- 1 brown paper envelope that contained one of the ribbons. -- black and red vest (apron?) with Masonic symbol and others, embroidered "RBP 537". -- computer print from scan of colour photo of Vicki's Variety Store on Hwy 32 at Airport Rd.probably 1980s.

Accrual June 2018 consisting of : -- 2 recent computer prints from b&w Photos of Shaw's Store on Hwy 32 at Airport Rd. and a note about them from Judy Fisher to Keith Sly. -- letter of cangratulations from MPP Bob Runciman to Hebert & Bessie Sly on their 50th anniversary 1994. -- news clipping and printed napkin from the wedding of Wilmer Hill and Marjorie Young. -- typescript fund raising gimmick by Delta United Church Women 1983. --

Collection consists of : – 11 Cemetery transcripts published by the Leeds & Grenville Branch, OGS, including Union Cemetery (2001), -- Union Cemetery (1963 with 1986 addenda), -- Willowbank Cemetery, -- Gananoque Cemetery (2001), -- Gananoque Cemetery (1990). – Lansdowne (Ebenezer) Cemetery, -- combined transcripts Escott, Grenadier Island, LaRue family, Buell family, Hunt Family, Stratton, St Patrick's RC, St. Brendan's RC, Rockport New Protestant, Rockport Old Protestant, – combined transcripts for Dulcemaine, Sand Bay, Allen, & Marble Rock cemeteries with manuscript notes about Outlet residents. – St John's RC, Gananoque. – Blue Church near Prescott. – Cross cemetery. – transcript of church burial records from Olivet United Church by Doug Mainse 2009. – Index of names in Union Cemetery with women's maiden and married names cross referenced, anonymous. -- Book “Grace United Church 1836-1996” with paragraphs on its history and photos of parishioners in 1996.

Accrual to 2017-023-A, donated July 27, 2018
Small album of 34 snapshots taken at Shawmere in 1948 , when Evangeline Montgomery (Danny Chisamore) worked there, and 6 postcards sold at Shawmere.

Accrual to 2017-023 (intake #2019-011)
2017-023-B Military records of James Irvin Montgomery

• photocopy of a photo of James Montgomery in Navy Uniform.
• photocopy of a group photo of the officers and crew of the battleship HMCS Iroquois
• print of the HMCS Iroquios Home Page (www.jproc.ca/iroquois/index.html )
• 2 printouts of an email message from Geraldine Chase to Donald Chisamore, including accounts of activities of HMCS Iroquios.
• photocopy of an illustration of a plaque commemorating the life saving efforts of the crew of HMCS Iroquios in the rescue of the passengers of SS Duchess of York.
• page of data on James Montgomery..
• Letter to Evangeline (Danny) Chisamore from Library & Archives Canada 2006, regarding records for James Montgomery.

2017-023-C Military Records and incidentals of Sam Montgomery.

• photocopy of Demand for taxes from Front of Leeds & Lansdowne 1925.
• 1-page account of WW1 activity of Sam Montgomery.
• photocopy of Discharge Certificate for Samuel Gordon Montgomery, 1919
• 2-page account of the activity of H.M.A.T. "Araguaya" 1917-1919.
• photocopy of a group photo of the crew of H.M.A.T. Araguaya, including Sam Montgomery
• Souvenir booklet of H.M.A.T. Araguaya with photos of the interior and staff.
• photocopy of a photo of the H.M.A.T. Araguaya.
• 1-page of noted about the hamlet of Dulcemaine and residents George Patience, Wm. Herbert Root, James henry keating, William Leacock, Robert Williams, Samuel Montgomery.

File consists of:
Book “Uncommon Women” a history of RWTO by Lenora Beech, 2011 – Agenda for the RWTO convention in Kingston 2005. – RWTO 49th annual report 2005. – newspaper clippings about Margaret Mathers the historian & archivist for RWTO Gananoque Branch. – flyer and post cards from Frontenac County Schools Museum. – “A Provincial History of the Ontario Association of Superanuated Women Teachers 1956-1994”. – handbook of OASWT. – finger print Identification kits for school children.

Two ring binder containing typescript memories of local teachers including Georgie (Burt) Shanks, Kathryn (Sullivan) Scott, Nina (Carther) Churchill, Evelyn (Willis) Swain, Laura (Carther) Bender, Helen (Bryan) Burtch, Anne (Roantree) Smith, Marjory Coulter, Ruth Chisamore, Winona Kyes, Doris (Latimer) Potter, Dora (Smith) Bell, Janet Lindsay, Teresa Donnelly, Stella Cheetham, Dorothy (Crossley) Dodds, Dora (Dillon) Kenny, Dora (Thurston) Wilson, Marie Bishop, Margaret (Avery) Mathers, Valerie Kench, Edna (Armstrong) McCalpin, Margaret Earl, Sadie Allen, Marion Steacy, Ruby (Forrest) Johnston, Edna Gile, Sybil Smith, Sharon Carr, Betty (Gates) James, Hazel (Simpson) Gardiner, Erma (Cooke) Bracken, Frances (McConnell) Tye, Charlotte (Hutchings) McConnell, Etheleen (Gamble) Tye, Irene (Fletcher) Woods, Lucille (Dowsett) Strong, Lena Gallagher, Vina (Leadbeater) Simpson, Myrtena (Fletcher) McVean, Freda (Simmons) Moulton, Miriam Young, Rita (Wright) Hollister, Hilda (Jeffery) Cardiff, Helen (Roddick) Wilson, Lillian (White) Wills, Marjorie Curtis, Elsie (Frayn) Mainse, Dorothy (Summers) Landon, Helen (Cameron) Moorhead.
The binder also contains photos and clipping and stories of the following local schools: Ripley School class of 1953, teacher Georgie Burt, Arnold Summers, Eldon Burtch, Charles martel, Rita Burtch, Teresa Donovan, Georgie Halladay, Clinton Halladay, Phillip Jodoin, Brenda Burtch, Catherine Donovan, June Burtch, Jean Landon, Chris Skoryna; Elgin school, Sand Bay school, Short Point school, Linklater School, Wilstead School & photo from 1926, Fairfax, Rockfield, Legge's school & picture 1937, Howe Island school, Sunny Plain school, Mannhard's school, Eden Grove & 1928 picture, Portland, Crosby, New Dublin, South Lake, Seeley's bay, berryton, Ellisville with photo, Sheldon's school, Lake View, Cedar valley with photo 1931, Lockwood school, Plum Hollow with photo 1936-37, Delta Jr. room photo 1928-34, Lakeview photo 1950, Sweets Corners, Long Point, Beford Mills with photos, Lyndhurst, Harlem, Washburn, Oak leaf, Escott, Woodvale, Soperton,

Green three ring binder of photos, clippings, and highlights of RWTO events.

Blue Three ring binder of proceedings of the 2005 RWTO convention in Kingston.

Blue three ring binder “Memories of Past years” RWTO with photos and clippings of events 2007-2012.
Minutes book of OASWT Gananoque Branch gatherings 1978-94
Scrap book of events,issues and obituaries of OASWT 1978-87

Collection consists of a poster printed on card, advertising the weekday schedule and fare for the "Palace Launch F.H.F." between Lansdowne, Rockport, and Alexandria Bay, F. H. Fitzsimmons manager and operator. -- small paper advertising Sunday excursion on the Palace Launch F.H.F.

Gananoque High School photos
2017-036

Collection consists of:
– Panoramic photo of the assembled students of Gananoque High School 1944-45 showing 189 students and staff, inscribed “R E Lewis, B.A. Principal” and “Powell, Cayuga” (photographer). 6” x 25 1/4”, autographed au verso “Cecelia M Oster, David Musciles Byers, E Sword, R E Lewis, John M Paddle, Joan Hay, Albert Lee, Richard Scratchy Belfie, Bill Cowan, Violet Chase, Betty Shaw, Buddy LaSha (Jive Bomber), Nancy Lloyd, John H J Brennan, Noreen Brash, Ronnie Anderson, Edward James Keyes, Charles Cliffe, G MacDonald, Elsie Paddle, Joan Mooney, Ruth McCalpin, Lu Lu, Joyce Stratford (Hep Cat), Hilda Cowan, Eric Truesdell, Kathleen Creeggan, D Brown Grade 10A 1944, J R May, Jamie Latrance, Ronnie Hutcheon, Phyllis Griffin, Olive Brewster, Graham Wilson, Ted Davis”

– Panoramic photo of the students and staff of Gananoque High School 1947-48 inscribed “R. E. Lewis, B.A., Principal” and “E. J. Powell, Cayuga” (photographer) 6” x 32. Names written au verso all by the same hand: “Miss Stewart (comm), John Segsworth (Trig), Miss Boomer (Eng), Miss Oster (Fr), R. E Lewis (Principal Alg/Geom), Doug Stainton History, Miss Rainey Latin, Niel McMillian Chemistry Physics, Melba Albnalt, Rhea Slack, Jane Galoway, Josephine Caiger, Noreen Brash, R Hokenson, P Griffin, Joan Mooney, A Morris, Dinese Colenson, Joan Hay, R McCalpin, B Abrams, B May, Godfrey Beresford, Bill Killen, Bill Colles, D Brown, Mich Stratford, Vic May, Bill Brown, J Mabee, William Huskinson, G V Roney, Joe Spence, Conday McKay, P Murray, Ab Lee, Glenn Goff” and signed D Brown / Grade XII / 1947.

– Secondary School Graduation Diploma for Donald G. Brown dated at Gananoque, 2 July, 1947. – Intermediate Certificate for Donald G Brown, dated at Gananoque 3 July 1945

single fold flyer from Wilson's Grocery Co, Gananoque dated Sept 1906. -- flyer for "Good Cheer" wood stoves stamped "N H Webster/agent/ Lansdowne, Ont.". -- flyer for the Star Amusement Hall/ McKenzie Block (Gananoque) Chas. Cornack proprietor. -- reciept from Golden products, Brockville, David Cox rep. -- Dinner ticket given by Empire Furniture Co, Gananoque with a $10 purchase. -- card advertising All Kinds of Furniture at Yule's, undertaker and embalmer, cor. King & Stone, Gananoque. -- card advertising Doherty and Bell pianos from W Wilson, agent, Gananoque. -- envelope that contained a complimentary souvenir from De Laval Cream Separator Co.

2018-002 Chase Sloan Fonds

2018-002-01 Chase and Sloan photos Identified
Postcard 2 WW1 soldiers on studio backdrop, inscribed “stand'g Frank Chase” – studio ½ card of 3 children, inscribed “L, Annabell Earl?/ C, Cecil Earl?/ R, Borden Earl?/ children of Hilliard & Lily Earl Annabell b 1901/ Cecil b 1904/ Rena b 1905/Borden b 1912” – CDV young woman inscribed “Laura Chase”. – CDV young couple, inscribed “Horace Warren, Laura Chase/ Landis Sask.”. – CDV 2 young men inscribed “Frank's (Chase) brothers?”. – studio half-card of William Sloan. – Post card of 2 women inscribed “L. Hattie Sloan/R. Effie Mustard (a homegirl?). – small folder with photo signed “Sincerely yours/Rena/Xmas 1916” (Rena Earl?) – photo young couple inscribed “Mary Gilfillan/her husband/…….. Raison”. – post card of Athens Main St. from “D.S”, Forfar, 1917. – post card of The general Hospital, Brockville, to Mrs. Harriet Sloan from Effie Mustard. – post card of St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, to Frank Chase from “Brownie”. – snapshot of young man inscribed “Elmer Landon” with 2 addresses in Windsor and Walkerville, and “Susie Sloan/Lyndhurst”, with note “disappeared in Detroit”. – snapshot of same man as previopus. -- post card of 5 young women inscribed “center Miriam Sheffield”. – printed photo-Christmas Card from Mr. & Mrs. F Chase/ Landis, Sask. Inscribed “To Frank Hattie and boys/ Year 1944/ Loring at 17 months”. – tiny 1” x 1” photo inscribed “This is Adrain and his kitten”. – photo in folder young nurse inscribed “Florence/ 25/3/19” – post card of young woman inscribed “Yours/Florence” and au verso “To Frank with Love”. – post card of young nurse inscribed “Very Sinceley Yours/K. M. Rodden/Dec 22nd, 1917”. – group photo on card of Lyndhurst Anglican Sunday School with teacher ….. Graham, and 7 pupils including Annabell Earl and Hattie Sloan. – post card of WW1 soldier inscribed “Steve Landon, worked building bridges in the war”. – post card of a large motor boat full of people, entitled “A Lyndhurst Yachting Party”. – post card entitled “Sheffield’s Point/Lyndhurst Ont”. – post cars of Sydney, Cape Bretton to Frank Chase in Brant, Michigan, from “Miriam” (Sheffield?). – baby picture in folder inscribed “To Aunt Jane and family/from Adeline & Gordon/Allan age 9 months” (Gibson?) -- oversize studio card inscribed “William & Viola Berry”. – oversize studio card inscribed “Masey ? Berry”

2018-002- 02 Chase and Sloan legal papers
Frank Chase farm fire insurance policy 1933. – lease of roadway from William Sloan to Twp Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne, 1913 (2 copies + letter). – farm appraisal for Edward Stafford, 1880. – the will of William Sloan, 1913. – transfer deed of land between Samuel G Stafford to son Edward H Stafford, 1874. – Transfer deed of land between Samuel Garret Stafford and William Harrison Stafford 1858. – certificate from Leeds Sheriff's Office that there are no Executions or Extents against the lands of Edward H Stafford, 1880. – Mortgage from E H Stafford to Elizabeth Wilson, 1880. – Mortgage from Edward Stafford to Richard Singleton, 1879. – manuscript abstract of transactions in the Registry Office for S half Lot 5, Con 11Lansdowne, 1870. – Deed from W H Godkin to Wellington Johnson, 1890. – Deed from Sidney R Gilbert to William Henry Godkin, 1884. – Tax Sale deed from United Counties of Leeds & Grenville to Leslie Kendrick, 1941. – Deed from Joseph Hudson to James Maxwell, 1894. – Mortgage from Joseph Hudson Sr. to Mary B Aitken, 1880. – Deed from Joseph Hudson to Alonzo Cromwell, 1891. – Quit Claim deed from John Hudson to Joseph Hudson, 1889. – Deed from Andrew Scott to Joseph Hudson, 1879. – Deed from Alonzo Cromwell to Joseph Hudson, 1892. – Conveyance letter and envelope for legal papers from H A Stewart to Delbert Sloan, 1916. –

2018-002-03 Chase Sloan personal papers
Early notebook with scribblings by Joseph Danby including birth and death dates for William, Francis, and Edward Sloan and others, and a promissory note from William Sloan dated 1835, with later pencil scribblings of Sloan deaths to 1949 including Elizabeth Pierce, Mrs Wm Sloan 1838-1900. – re-purposed book cover containing a felt fold-out of a single page from a ledger recording payments, purpose unknown. – Canadian Army Pay Book for Frank Chase. – Canadian Expeditionary Forces Pay book for Frank Chase, blank except for one page. – 18 Christmas cards from Majour Robert Massey or his widow, and a memorial booklet (presumed to be a commanding officer of Frank Chase). – Frank Chase’s small black leather pocket notebook with pencil, containing dates of arrivals and departures to and from Canada, England, France and Belgium in 1916, plus record of time spent on farm work in 1930. – several receipts and notes and a news clipping, from the pocket of the notebook. -- Frank Chase’s small red leather journal for 1914 with addresses overseas and training notes. -- printed card from Ethel R. Brown, R.N./Lyndhurst, Christmas 1923, in envelope addressed to Mr & Mrs Frank Chase/Lyndhurst. – 8-page folder ”L D Sawyer & Co.’s Catechism” being instructions to assemble and run a Sawyer & Massey steam engine. – notice of arrival of freight for William Sloan on the Grand Trunk Railway, Gananoque, 1891.—receipt of payment of balance on a range to Adelbert Sloan from C B Tallman, 1914. – receipt for riding plow from W R Moulton, 1948. – deeply embossed birthday card 1915, to Frank Chase, Brant, Mich. From “Muriel”. – invitation to graduation of nurses at Brockville General Hospital, 1923, grads include Euphemia Mustard. – letter to Frank Chase from “F.M.” 1921. – note card to Frank Chase from cousin Eva Campbell congratulating him on marriage, Mar 1914. – notice of a box social to Frank Chase from his siter

2018-002-04 Chase and Sloan photos Unidentified:
2 studio half cards people in stage costumes, unidentified. – 2 post cards of groups of WW1 soldiers, unidentified. – post card WW1 soldier in oval frame with flags, crown, and motto For King & Country, unidentified. – CDV of man, unidentified. – Post card of large group of children and one adult, possibly a school class photo, unidentified. – 3 negatives of a child and dogs, with an envelope inscribed “J P Lamb & Son”. – oval in folder of young woman in nurse’s uniform, probably a graduation picture. – 15 postcards to Frank Chase from unidentified people. – 2 post card of houses. – CDV of young woman well dressed. – snapshot of couple embossed “R. Dunn & Co Photographers”. – snapshot of 2 men building a shed. – post card of small village on the prairies, possibly Landis Sask.. – post card 3 women in elaborate cowgirl costumes. – 2 small snapshots, one of a couple and one of the woman alone. – snapshot woman lying on grass, inscribed “Myself”. – snapshot of a snapshot, woman standing beside an empty chair. – snapshot 4 women before a pile of huge rocks. – large photo, couple beside a car, in stand-up cardboard frame. – studio ¼ card, 2 young men, in folder embossed with swastika. – studio ¼ card of young woman, in folder. – tall narrow studio ¼ card of young woman, in folder. – studio card in colour, small girl. – studio card well dressed men and woman on sidewalk before a brick store on a dirt street, probably Sask. – studio card, gathering of early automobiles and buggies full of people, Case auto in foreground flying a pennant for Landis (Sask.). -- studio card of a stable building with false front, on the prairies, men and horses in front. –

2018-002-05 Sweets Corners Red Cross
hardcover 2-ring loose leaf book of minutes of meetings of the Sweet's Corners, Leeds and Springvale branch of Red Cross Sept 1941 to 1945, with annual reports in the back for 1944 and '45. – pulp scribbler recording meetings of Sweets Corners Red Cross for 1944, the dates alternate between the meetings recorded in the first book. – 3 letters on Red Cross letterhead from Mrs Freeman the War Work Coordinator to Sweets Corners branch, 1944 and '45. – Thank you note from Mrs James Day in England to Sweets Corners Red Cross. – Letter of remarks from the National Purchasing Agent for Red Cross War Work, Jan 10, 1945. – acknowledgment of flowers and sympathy from “The Berry Family”

2018-002-06 Lyndhurst Orange Lodge Items
2 regalia ribbons printed for Harmony Lodge LOL #226, Lyndhurst, reversible to black for funerals. – enclosure letter from Grand Black Chapter of Eastern Ontario “annual” for 1924. – enclosure from “World Annual for 1917book “Constitution and Laws of the Loyal Orage Association of British America” 1909. --

2018-002-07 Music and Drama script.
Script for a Farce-Comedy play, “An Afflicted Family” by Ames Publishing Co. 1888. – “Louis Kholer/Practical Method for the Pianoforte” 1911, signed by Susan Sloan. – “Standard Graded Course of Studies for the Piano Forte/ Grade 1” 1892. – unidentified music instruction book with no covers

Collection consists of: -- original 8x10 group photo by Brockville Recorder & Times of the Lansdowne Continuation School Choir 1952, with names Back Row; Theresa LaPlant, Margaret Rose Lynch, Myrna Doak, unknown, Faye Fitzsimmons, Loverna Montgomery, Mona Grier, Marlene Prue, Bessie Horton, Myrna Ried, Ann Crozier, Cecelia Fodey, Marie Caiger, Marilyn Burns. Front Row; Linda McCready, Geraldine O'Grady, Margaret Steacy, Marion Tedford, Florence Funnell, Shirley Lackie, Freda Warren, Carolyn Clancy, Barbara Fletcher, Ada Warren, Nora Gavin, Donalda Steacy. – original 6x8” group photo of a class at Victoria School including Top row; Mona Grier, Ada Warren, Freda Warren, Middle Row; Marion Tedford, Theresa LaPlante, Myrna Doak, Vera Foote, Barbara Fletcher, Linda Pritchard, Shirley Lackie, Front Row; Lucille Smith, Catherine Fodey, Doreen Milner, Dianne Wills, Catherine Lynch, Gail Nunn, Carolyn Clancy, Doris Freeman, Ann McMullen.
– recent reprint of a photo of a class at Victoria School 1946, including Back row; Glenda Tedford, Myrna Doak, Jim Lappan, Douglas Warren, Kenneth Fletcher, Bill Fletcher, Sam Davidson, Robert Tamblyn, Ray Burns. Middle Row; Margaret Rose Lynch, Cecelia Fodey, Marie Caiger, Shirley Lackie, Meribeth Truesdell, Betty McDonald, Marion Tedford, Edwin Kelly, J. C. Ralph, Paul Burns. Front row; Doris Trueman, Ada warren, Linda Wills, Freda Warren, Barbara Fletcher, Shirley Ann Allore, Carolyn Clancy, Mona Grier, Merrill Alguire, David Reynolds, Paul Reynolds.
– recent copy of a group photo of Lansdowne United Church Choir April 5, 1953, including Back Row; Barbara Fletcher, Ada warren, Marion Tedford, Shirley Lackie, Barbara Leith, Peggy Grier, Myrna Doak. Front Row; Freda Warren, Dorothy Jane Puttenham, Diane Wills, Vera Foote. –
recent copy of group photo of Lansdowne Continuation School Grade 11 & 12 class 1955-56 including; Back row L-R; Theresa LaPlant, Mona Grier, Donalda Steacy, Marion Tedford, Carolyn Clancy. Front Row; Myrna Doak, Ada Warren, Freda Warren, Ann Crozier, Shirley Lackie, Mary Webster.
– recent reprint of group photo of 1948 Musical festival at Lansdowne Twp Hall, taught by Mr. Thrasher, including Back row; George Warren, Florence Funnell, Marina McDonald, Naida Alguire, Myrna Doak, Doreen Lappan, Bob Huskinson, Glenna Tedford. Front row; Carolyn Clancy, Doris Trueman, Margaret Rose Lynch, Mona Grier, Glen Haffie, Betty McDonald.
– clipping from Gananoque Reporter showing grade 9 and 10 classes at Lansdowne Continuation School Nov 9, 1953, including Front row l-r Joan Morrison, Roy Griffin, Janette Goff, Tasker Kelsey, Linda McCready, Margaret Steacy, Alvohn Cross, Carolyn Clancy, Joseph Ralph, Mr. Campbell. Second Row; Marlene Prue, Faye Goff, Nora Gavin, Shirley Ann Allore, Barbara Fletcher, Donalda Steacy, Ada Warren, Mona Grier, Freda Warren. Third row: Freda Rutter, Faye Fitzsimmons, Myrna Reed, Ann Crozier, Shirley Lackie, Mary Webster, Myrna Doak, Marion Tedford. Back row; Theresa LaPlante, Geraldine O’Grady, Jimmy Lappan, Douglas Warren, Edwin Kelly, Margaret Rose Lynch.
–computer print from a scan of a group photo entitled “Alpha Class 1930s”, including Back Row: Mrs. Arthur McCready or Mrs. Jim Moxley, Fern McConnell, Katie Johnson, Mrs. Walter Andress, Mrs. Ollie Aldrich, Eva Vanorman, Katie McMullen, Mrs. Paul Moore, Lucia Jack. Front Row: Mrs. Billy Graham, Flo Surplis, Mrs Hattie Landon, Mrs. Wm. McNeil, Gertrude Webster, Mrs. Joe Kirk.