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
