Municipal Elections 2022 Web Collection
Web material related to the 2022 municipal elections in municipalities across Northwestern Ontario.
Sites crawled include those of municipalities and candidates. Candidate social media accounts include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. All sites are publicly listed as related to the election.
Northwestern Ontario Governments and Services Web Collection
Sites crawled include those of municipalities, health services, social services, policing, libraries, and schools across Northwestern Ontario.
Orillia University Committee collection
The collection consists of newspapers (primarily the Orillia Daily Packet and Times) with stories related to the proposal to establish a campus of the Waterloo Lutheran University in Orillia.
The proposal made by the Orillia University Committee in September 1965 to Simcoe County Council to establish funding for the new university campus was approved, and $600,000 allocated. Fundraising commenced, but was halted in 1968 by the Ontario Ministry of University Affairs.
Part of Finlandia Club collection
Ledgers and account books for a variety of organizations.
National Joint-Stock Bank Account Book, probably from the Hoito Restaurant, February (March 1930) to November 28, 1939 (Balance note April 30, 1940), sum of money listed both in Finmarks and dollars
M. Kaartisen’s Accounts. No organization name given. Entries vary – mostly subscriptions to papers, August 24, 1932 (9)? To March 29, 1943
Social Democratic Party of Canada (P.A.)? January 1915 to January 1918. Records of:
1) Expenditures
2) Membership ledger (1915 and 1916)
3) Accounts (1915)
4) Stamp account (1915)
Finnish Hall Co. Receipt (or Account) Book, June 1910 to June 14, 1911.
Various Subscription Records, 1928 to 1939, no organization given. Book kept in turn by:
1) M. Kaartinen
2) Mrs. Lankola
Notebook, Hoito Restaurant(?), listing meal tickets sold. 1910.
Minute book, Theatrical Society Executive Committee, October 22, 1927 to September 28, 1930.
Subscription Records Ledger for the publication ‘Tie Vapauteen’ (Road to Freedom), 1921 and 1929
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company collection
Engineering drawings of the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company.
The collection consists of legal files and documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and drawings from the legal firm Wink & Cameron (Port Arthur). The collection consists of the following series:
A publication of Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. News articles cover shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway and internationally, and related topics such as shipbuilding and the grain trade.
This small collection is an incomplete set of issues between 1965-1969.
Silver Islet Cemetery Documents
Two documents containing transcriptions and images of the Silver Islet Cemetery:
"Silver Islet Cemetery," Ontario Genealogical Society, 1982
"Silver Islet Cemetery," 2007.
Photographs and documents from the Silver Islet Mine and Silver Islet Store, including ledgers and a chart.
A rich deposit of silver was discovered on Silver Islet in 1868. A small island at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula, the mine was built deep below the waterline, and relied on breakwaters and pumps. Silver Islet was mined until 1884, when pumps failed, and the mine was flooded. The small community built on shore to support the mine is still inhabited.
The Argus is the student newspaper of Lakehead University.
This collection consists of scans of the first three years of the Argus, from September 1966 to March 1969.
Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society collection
A vast and varied collection of records documenting the experiences of Finnish immigrants to Northwestern Ontario. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, interviews, published material, and ephemera. The photograph collection is extensive and covers a wide range of subjects.
The records are arranged into the following series:
A - Bay Street Project
B - Finnpraxis Project
C - Collections
D - Photographs
E - Miscellaneous
F - Finnish Experience
Thunder Bay Finnish Community Web Collection
Sites crawled include those of local Finnish heritage and Finnish-Canadian groups and organizations.
William Fitzgerald Langworthy collection
Photographs and documents, generally collected because they would be of interest regarding the history of Port Arthur and Fort William. Includes rail and CPR, ships, fishing, and social and sporting groups.
“A Vast and Magnificent Land” Project collection
Support material for the production of the book "A Vast and Magnificent Land" by Matt Bray and Ernie Epp. The records consist mainly of copies of images used in the book, with information about the source of each image.