This file contains leaflets on different Indigenous communities from the National Museum of Canada. These are titled, Indians of Canada, The Iroquoians, Pacific Coast Tribes, Plains Indians, The Eskimo, Mackenzie River Tribes, and The Cordillera Indians.
This file contains a collection of articles from International Water Supply Ltd. titled the "ABC's of Water". Each article features a different description of aspects of hydrology.
This file contains monthly summaries of the results from the insect survey done in the Port Arthur district in 1952.
This file includes reports from the Lakehead Technical Institute on different tractors in use. Includes diagrams of parts, issues with the machines, and proposed solutions across reports. Also includes training manuals for how to use the machinery. These reports span from 1950-1961.
This file contains reports on how to improve different logging camps. These include cutting costs, building cabins, and use of motor homes for logging use.
This file contains reports on the growth of different types of trees. These include how to plant and cut down these trees to maintain the ecosystem. This also includes collections of research done on different trees and wood types.
This file contains cost reports and information on a project conducting by D.S Laidlaw.
This file contains handwritten notes and diagrams by H.E Stafford regarding plans for a Aqualax PEdestal Type Fountain. This file also includes typed reports on the plans for this fountain and correspondence about costs.
This file contains invoices, letters, and data for different projects under Northern Wood Preservers Ltd.
This series contains a collection of blank examinations from various courses at the Lakehead Technical Institute. Additionally, there are graded assignments from the Alexander Hamilton Institute in New York, completed by students from Port Arthur, Ontario.
This file contains a collection of examinations from the Lakehead Technical Institute on a wide variety of courses.
This file contains a collection of examinations from the Lakehead Technical Institute in a wide variety of courses.
This file contains a collection of examinations from the Lakehead Technical Institute in a wide variety of courses.
This file contains a collection of examinations from the Lakehead Technical Institute in courses pertaining to biology.
This file contains a collection of examinations from the Lakehead Technical Institute in a wide variety of courses.
Consists of a memoir written by Horace Hunter "Holly" Parsons, an aerial timber sketcher whose career spanned over 50 years. This memoir contains information about the contracts he fulfilled for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, formerly the Department of Forests and Lands, and various logging, pulp, and paper corporations. Some contracts also involved mapping out the borders of areas where forest fires had occurred. These contracts spanned across Ontario and parts of Quebec, with a focus on the areas surrounding the District of Thunder Bay. Included in the memoir are personal anecdotes, descriptions of his trips, crew members he worked with over the years, and photographs taken by or given to "Holly" Parsons.
Dates of the memoir and accompanying photographs range 1922-1976.
Horace Hunter "Holly" Parsons (1902-1990) was born in Owen Sound, Ontario and lived in Etobicoke, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1925 with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry.
A bound collection of manuscripts of Who talks of victory? To endure is all. Dated 1962-1964. Poems are handwritten with some notes, written in a collection of bound up notebooks.
Bound manuscript of an unpublished novel by Raymond Souster titled Another time, another place. Or alternatively titled The last year of the war. Some notes.
A collection of letters written by Jonathan Williams, Charles Olson and Louis Zukofsky, all American poets, to Raymond Souster. These letters are primarily about his poetry. Dated 1953-1960.
A collection of letters from Sidney “Cid” Corman to Raymond Souster. The letters are on a wide variety of topics including poetry and Souster’s career. Dated 1952-1964.
A bound collection of revised page proofs for poems titled “Place of Meeting” dated June 14, 1961. Poems written by Raymond Souster between 1958-1960. Some notes
Manuscripts of work by Canadian poet Al Purdy. Includes a list of the manuscripts that are included and information on whether they are a draft, unfinished, or completed works, along with the copies of the manuscripts themselves.
A black and white photograph of Chancellor Paterson Library at Lakehead University.
Posters advertising a 100th birthday celebration for Senator Norman M. Paterson held in the Chancellor Paterson Library in 1983.
A photograph of the main building for Kaministiquia Lumber Company. Description reads, “Main building of Kaministiquia Lumber Company in the 1920’s. A subsidiary of N.M Paterson & Sons Co. Ltd. from the early 1920s to 1954”