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Duncan Cameron Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1025
  • Fonds
  • 1804-1805

Cameron's papers comprise a journal kept in the Nipigon region from July 1804 to May 1805, together with a separate volume of extracts from the 1804 journal.

Cameron, Duncan, active 1804-1805

Ward Family Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 175
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1885

This collection consists of an account book of members of the family of Lt.Gen. William Cuthbert Ward, R.E., kept partly by Captain W.C. Ward of the 42nd Royal Highlanders, 1850-1885.

Ward Family, 1850-1885

Gustavus William Wicksteed Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 476
  • Fonds
  • 1825-1841

This material consists of a journal kept at St. Giles de Beaurivage.

Wicksteed, G. W. (Gustavus William), 1799-1898

Union of Canadian Municipalities fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 809
  • Fonds
  • 1901-1931

The Union of Canadian Municipalities (UCM) fonds consists of the UCM’s administrative records and correspondence between 1901 and 1931. This collection presents the UCM’s organizational activities in Montreal and Canada in the early 20th century.
This fonds includes 64 files of administrative and financial records, 8 photographs and 1 technical drawing. Administrative records consist of Constitution 1901, meeting minutes 1903-1919, correspondences 1901-1919, Act or Bill or argument copies 1903, 1905, 1914, memorandum 1903, 1913, 1918, convention materials 1908-1919, official circulars 1905, 1914,1915,1919, survey 1905 and convention attendance registration book 1901-1914. Financial activities are documented by cash book 1904-1905, account book 1902-1915, cheques and invoices 1904-1919, ledgers 1901-1919 and financial reports 1913. Newspaper clippings covering 1905 to 1913. The publications include UCM journals from 1901-1919, annual reports 1905-1911 and convention reports 1902-1904. A scrap book, containing newspaper clippings, stock profile report, petition to House of Commons 1906, correspondence 1931, bulletins and circulars covering the period between 1902 to 1931. The collection also includes 8 photographs taken between 1902-1913. Besides, a technical drawing titled "Plan showing proposed system of telephone installation C.P.R. premises" is dated in 1904.
The majority of the UCM records are arranged as chronological files. A small portion of administrative documents includes a few UCM annual books, convention books and a scrap book of newspaper clippings. Then there are publications of their journals. Thus, the fonds consists of 3 series: 1) chronological files and 2) publications, and 3) administrative files.

Union of Canadian Municipalities

Dawes-Leishman Family Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1235
  • Fonds
  • 1842-1923, 1985

Fonds consists of primarily financial and legal records related to property transfers and the estates of members of the Dawes and Leishman families. It includes land sale deeds, court documents, invoices, receipts, and wills. Business and legal affairs of James P. Dawes, his wife Elizabeth Leishman, and their son Albert F. Dawes are represented in the fonds. Business deals associated with James P. Dawes include with Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. Many legal documents in the fonds are related to land holdings and property in Lachine, Quebec.

Dawes, James Powley, 1843-1907

German Society of Montreal Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 829
  • Fonds
  • 1835-1955

Includes minutes, membership lists and other materials related to the activities of the German Society of Montreal.

Deutsche Gesellschaft zu Montreal

Henry Watts & Co fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1295
  • Fonds
  • 28 July 1911 - 12 February 1915

This fonds consists of professional correspondence and some business documents related to Henry Watts & Co, a company that sold land in Alberta to interested people in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. The correspondence includes both external correspondence with clients and internal communication, between employees of Henry Watts & Co as well as employees of Leighton and Gilbert (agents of the Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company), to whom they were contracted. The internal correspondence includes lists of potential buyers, discussions of plans to recruit more buyers, organizational details for excursions to Alberta to show buyers available land, sales updates, accounting information, changes in legislation that affect the sale of land, and letters documenting hiring. The external correspondence mostly consists of letters from customers seeking information about purchasing land in Canada (especially Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) or who were interested in visiting available land for sale, with responses containing information about available land, upcoming excursions and about farming in Alberta at this time, including recommendations of profitable crops and farming methods.

The fonds is described at the file level, and is not divided into series. Files are arranged in chronological order. The fonds consists of handwritten and typed letters, typed copies of letters, and telegrams. It also includes some legal and financial documents.

Henry Watts & Co

Hall family fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1299
  • Fonds
  • 21 January 1719 - approximately 1912

This fonds contains documents created by or created for members of the Hall family and their extended family, beginning with Sarah Barker and ending with Charlotte Anne Vennor Lindsay, her great-great-granddaughter. The documents in the fonds represent the personal relationships and activities of Hall family members, as well as some of their business dealings. They date from between 21 January 1719 and approximately 1912, with the majority of the documents representing the period between 1750 and 1890. The documents were created while members of the Hall family and their relations lived in Montreal, Quebec City, and in New England (including Philidelphia, Andover, and Boston). Other documents were created in parts of Ontario (including Kingston, Fort Erie, and York/Toronto) and Germany (Kirchbrak, Durlach).

The fonds is arranged into four series: Diaries, Correspondence, Financial and legal documents, and Other family papers. The Diaries series consists of bound diaries and loose diary entries created by Hall family members. The correspondence series consists primarily of personal correspondence between Hall family members, with some business correspondence and some letters and notes related to genealogy and a financial legacy. The Financial and legal documents series contains a variety of documents related to personal and household expenses, guardianship of minor children, land sale and management, and the execution of wills and distribution of estates. This series includes accounts, receipts and invoices, loans, power of attorney, land surveys, wills, inventories of estates, a marriage contract, and other documents. Finally, the Other family papers series contains documents that did not fit neatly with the other series. These are related to the Hall family's participation in military, religious, and masonic organizations - documented by certificates, official letters, and a religious manuscript - and also includes a recipe.

Hall family

Women Associates of McGill University fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4021
  • Fonds
  • 1906 - 2007

The fonds spans just over 100 years, and especially reflects student and community life at McGill University from 1906-2007. Although the Women’s Association's efforts were aimed at providing help and resources to McGill’s students and community, the Association’s members had their own ties to McGill through employment, scholarship, or family member’s scholarship. The Women’s Association’s social and financial contributions to McGill are documented in this fonds.

Most of the records are related to the administrative functions and social activities of the Women’s Association of McGill, which went through several name changes. The series consist of Administrative records, Special Events and Activities records, and Information and Historical Documentation records. Many of the administrative records (such as minute books) are organized by year and reflect institutional changes in the organization. Other series, such as special events and activities, include associational social events and philanthropy activities.

The Administrative records series consists of minutes, financial statements, and other documentation produced in the regular maintenance and functions of the association. Financial records include cash books, transaction records, treasurer’s reports, receipts, expense reports, and statements, which can be found for the Women’s Union (1914-45) as well as the Women Associates of McGill (up until 2007). Meeting minutes and official reports presented by or to the Executive Board span from 1906-2007, with a complete set of minute books from 1914-1955 (Women’s Union and Women’s Associates). Versions of bylaws, constitutions, and attempts at documenting the history of the Women’s Associates exist from 1906-2000 for both the Women’s Associates of McGill and subgroup Women’s Associates of MacDonald College (spanning 1969-1994).

The Special events and activities records series includes records that were produced in the organization of special events and recurring social activities outside of official meetings, such as wartime efforts, social teas, and scholarship funding. Newsletters and promotional material document special events such as the Book Fair (1974-1985), but can be found up until 2007 more generally. The correspondence between the Women’s Association and non-member McGill students found in some files also shows some particular functions of the Women’s Association; this includes letters from the McGill students who received scholarships and bursaries from the Association, as well as correspondence from undergraduate students enlisted in World War One thanking the Association for knitting projects and letters (1914-1920).

The Information and historical documentation records series includes photographic material, compilations of newspaper clippings, and other documents that were published by other sources but collected by the association for the purposes of documenting information about the association over time. The books containing newspaper clippings about the Women’s Association, presumably compiled by members, about their contributions and achievements (1944-1962, 1942-1984).

Women Associates of McGill University

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