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Accession # |
A2006.122 |
Title |
Ada Currie records, Erin Township, (1881-1960). -- 3 cm. |
Date |
1881-1960 |
Description |
Materials related to Ada Currie (1881-1960); Miss Currie was born in Erin Twp., and lived there on and off until she and her brother Errett retired to Guelph in 1956: - File 1: Sanderson's Infallible Guide for Farmers and Horsemen / Sanderson Bros. / Veterinary Surgeons and Chemists, Richmond Hill, Ont.; includes calendars for 1886, 1887; blank pages with heading: "Private Receipes"; one page lists bags of grain Oct.1886 - May [1887]. - File 2: "The Entrance / British History Notes" by Geo. E. Henderson and Chas. G. Fraser / Eighth edition / The Educational Publishing Co., Toronto, 1901; includes 2-page handwritten essay on Warren Hastings; opposite Preface page, handwritten note signed "Ada", 30 May 1902. - File 3: Conversazione / Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont., 1912; handwritten, inside front cover: A. Errett Currie; list of Patronesses, Committee; programme of 16 dances, with author/composer and/or performer; each has a name pencilled adjacent, and a rating of the "Rendezvous"; an "Information Card" lists refreshments, and times of cars leaving; 26 Jan. 1912. - ph 21130: Post Card. Eng. Ch. [Anglican Church], Rockwood, Ont. Addressed to Mrs. W.H. Hortop, Everton; "Dear Emma", signed "Ida", 21 April 1913. - ph 21131: Post card sized image of lake or river [at Rockwoood?]; on reverse: "Mrs/Miss Hamilton"; see ph 11502 for similar view; ca.1910. - File 4: "John Galt: Canadian Pioneer" by Andrew Braid; "The Settlement of Waterloo County" by W.H. Breithaupt; "Notes on the Galt Churches" by A.J. Clark. Reprints from Papers and Records, Vol. XXII, Ontario Historical Society, 1925. - File 5: Letterhead, Guelph Horticultural Society, ca.1930 [printed at top: names of Officers, Directors and Honorary Presidents; includes 2 pencil monogram designs incorporating the letters J R E]. - File 6: Erin Township Council, 1941. Proceedings, Financial Statement and Summary of Auditor's Report for the Year 1941. Handwritten on front cover "Tooling Leather Designs"; includes handwritten notes on the subject. - File 7: Found within, patterns 1896-1947: - Knitted bib for infants, pattern from "The Delineator", undated. - 4 Quilt patterns, undated. - Rug design, undated. - 3 rug-quilt-crochet patterns, from Globe and Mail, The Evening Telegram, undated. - Ladies Fancy Silk Mitten, knitting pattern, undated. - With Hammer, Nails and A Bit of Glue, from Ladies Home Journal, November 1896. - How to Tool and Emboss Leather by Katherine Girling, from The Craftsman, July 1903. - Pretty Girl Papers, by Emma E. Walker, M.D., ca.1910. - Norwegian Embroideries, from Ladies Home Journal, January 1929. - Our Perforated Quilting Service, from Witness and Canadian Homestead, 18 March 1931. - A Peer Without Peer in Sport, 1932. - Quilting Dresden Plate Quilts, from Witness and Canadian Homestead, 21 March 1934. - Small Yarn Figures, from The Star Weekly, 17 Dec. 1938. - Red Cross Revises Instructions for Knitting Socks for Army Wear, from 20 Sept. 1939. - Our Blue Ribbon Quilt, from Country Gentleman, February 1940. - Glove advertisement, Eaton's, Spring 1947[?]. - File 8: "The Quest", poem by Ada Currie. Includes handwritten version, with additions and corrections, and typed version; includes letter from Errett [Currie], explaining the elm trees "midway between the buildings on Ospringe homestead and the woods" and; the poem's meaning through a brief resume of Ada Currie's life. [Found within an envelope marked "Cunningham's tree / house]: - ph 21132: Card, with text "Seasons Greetings" and image of a tree at the side of a country gravel road. - ph 21133: Print, tree at the side of a country road(1), ca.1950. - ph 21134: Print, [Cunningham's] 2-story brick farmhouse. - ph 21135 / NA 5308: Print, tree at the side of a country road(2), ca.1950. - ph 21136 / NA 5309: Print, tree at the side of a country road(3), ca.1950. - File 9: Footnotes to Disciple History, 1953, 1954. [handwritten on cover: "Return to Ada Currie"; includes leaflet, found within: "Listen to the Bells" by Schulmerich Electronics Inc., Carillon Hill, Sellersville, Pennsylvania]. -"The Lunenberg Letter with Attendant Comments", Footnotes to Disciple History No.2, by Alexander Campbell, the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Christmas 1953. -"An Address to the Different Religious Societies on the Sacred Import of the Christian Name", Footnotes to Disciple History No.4, by Rice Haggard, the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1954. - File 10: "Tribute to Miss Ada Currie", Letter to the Editor by Hugh Douglass, Guelph Mercury; the Memorial Service, following Miss Currie's death, was held 1 May 1960. |
Creator \ Maker |
Unknown [NA] |
Creator \ Maker |
Henderson, George E. [Author] Fraser, Charles G. [Author] Educational Publishing Company Limited [Publisher] Ontario Agricultural College [Publisher] Braid, Andrew [Author] Clark, A. J. [Author] Breithaupt, W. H. [Author] Campbell, Alexander [Author] Haggard, Rice [Author] Douglass, Hugh [Author] |
Item Name |
Prints Record Group Poem Notebook Dance Card Postcard Biography Pattern |
Person \ Organization |
Sanderson Brothers Educational Publishing Company Limited Ontario Agricultural College Rockwood Anglican Church Guelph Horticultural Society Corporation of the Township of Erin Erin Township Council Toronto Telegram Ladies Home Journal Witness and Canadian Homestead Toronto Star Weekly T. Eaton Company Limited Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) Guelph Mercury Globe and Mail Sanderson Hortop, Will (Mrs.) Hortop, Emma Hamilton Galt, John Currie, Ada B. Currie, Errett Cunningham Douglass, Hugh |
Place |
Erin Richmond Hill Guelph Rockwood Everton Waterloo Galt Rockwood Park |
Subject |
Crafts Animals Religion History Gardening Government Quilting Poetry Biography |
Photo, Map # |
NA 5308 - NA 5309 ph 21130 - ph 21136 ph 21131 ph 21132 ph 21133 ph 21134 ph 21135 ph 21136 |
Year Range from |
1881 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Accession # |
A2006.122 |
Containers |
MU 622 STACKS |