This file contains deeds of sale and ownership from 1864-1912 for property on Rachel Street.

Photo reproduction of first Montreal Star offices, 64 St. James Street. Original photograph from 1869.

This folder contains a prepared report of the history of the refinery operations of the St. Lawrence Sugar Refining Company (later St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries Co., Ltd.) from 1879-1932. The majority of the information contained within the report concerns the state of sugar markets, the technical and scientific processes used by the refineries as well as the development of the physical grounds of the refinery. Includes table of contents, index and a map of the refinery buildings.

This file contains a subscription listing for the original shareholders of the St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries, Ltd. Dated 1879.

This diary contains an account of the European tour taken by J.W. McConnell’s father-in-law, Reverend Thomas Griffith in 1887. Rev. Griffith’s descriptions cover the ocean crossing on the Dominion as well as travels in Preston, Ulverston, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Brussels, Cologne, Paris and then again London.

Photo reproduction of McConnell family portrait. Original photograph from approximately 1890s.

Portrait of John Wilson McConnell and a clerk at Goulding’s in Toronto.

Copy of letter from the Monck Municipal Council to John McConnell, John Wilson McConnell’s father, on his resignation from the Monck Municipal Council before he moved the family to Toronto, 01 May 1893.

This item consists of handwritten figures and schedules comparing the sugar production between St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries and Acadia Refineries between 1897 and 1913. Sugar production values are recorded monthly for each individual refinery.

This bundle contains miscellaneous correspondence from friends and business associates dated from 1898-1901 as well as one letter from Rev. Thomas Griffith, J.W. McConnell’s father-in-law, to his daughters Agnes and Lily, McConnell’s future wife.