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Metadata
Accession # |
A2002.54 |
Title |
Guelph / Toronto, 1832-1981: Guy Saunders fonds (3), A2002.54, Series 25. |
Date |
1950-2000 |
Description |
Guy Saunders fonds (3), A2002.54, SERIES 25: GUELPH, TORONTO, 1832-1981. This series consists of records which are not related to particular families in the series. Subseries 1: St. George's [Anglican] Church, Guelph, 1832-1932. File 1: Register Records of St. George's Church, Guelph. Includes extracts of births, marriages and deaths, and some family trees. List of names on front of file, including: Alling; Conolly / Connolly; Dunbar; Harvey; Hale; Hewat; Hogge; Holliday; Howitt; Marcom; McCaul; Marsh; Murton; Nelles; O'Brien; Ouchterlony; Parker; Parsons; Powell; Reynolds; Sandilands; Sorby; Stewart; Stone; Strowger; Vale; Webster. File 2: History of St. George's parish, 1832-1932 History of Woodlawn Cemetery, compiled by Frank H. Cooke (Guelph: Guelph Cemetery Commission, 1977); copy receipts and plan of Saunders' plots, Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph; maps of the city. File 3: Copy of History of St. George's Parish, Guelph Ontario, 1832-1932. 91 pages, 1932. Subseries 2: File 1a: Land Grant to Hannah VanEvery, 1827: 200 acres, Lot 27, Concession 3, Twp of Eramosa, County of Halton, District of Gore; additional reference to Lot 10, Concession 5, Eramosa Twp. [MU 474 OVERSIZED]. File 1b: Impressions of Guelph and Its Vicinity in 1849. Copy of portions of a diary by Major Thornton, as reproduced in the Guelph Mercury and Advertiser, 19 Jan. 1929 File 2: Guelph Local History Correspondence with local history author Findlay Weaver, 1955; Hugh Douglas, 1963; with Guelph Historical Society and Guelph Cemetery Commission, and others; drawing of marks on a gun, presented by Bernard Daly of Dublin [then] owned by GLS; newspaper clippings. Includes sketch, said to have been done by Col. Thomas Saunders of "Woodlands" (1795-1873). File 3: Handwritten "List of Persons hanged in Guelph Gaol from its foundation in 1840 to date 1911...[list of five names, with age, date committed, date hanged] certified correct [signed] John McNab, Gaoler, Guelph, 5th Dec. 1911. Subseries 3: Guelph Historical Society. File 1a: Guelph Historical Society [Number 1]. Guelph Historical Society [includes: invitation to D.I. Symons, to attend "Guelph Assembly" at City Hall, Guelph, 3 Jan. 1901]; includes correspondence, 1977, with Judith Nasby, Curator of Art, University of Guelph, regarding the W.E.H. Napier watercolour of "Woodlands"; copy of article "A painter of Guelph: David Johnston Kennedy", by Judith M. Nasby; correspondence with Ruth Pollard, President, The Guelph Historical Society, re presentation by GLS, to that Society 1 Feb. 1979; includes newspaper reviews; audiocassette of GLS presentation "Early Days in Guelph and the Saunders Family" moved to audiocassette cabinet. File 1b: Guelph Historical Society No.2 / 1981. Includes Guelph Historical Society Membership lists 1980-1981, 1981-1982; article noting Guelph resident Henry Law, and his connection to Scottish poet Robbie Burns; letter to James McIntyre Cameron, Guelph, 1970; letter from Edward Mitchell, Guelph, 1990. Life Membership card. Subseries 4: University of Guelph, 1981. File 1: Correspondence with Judith Nasby, University of Guelph; opens with List "Pictures of Guy L. Saunders Oct.15/81"; includes correspondence with Pat Mestern, WCMA, re sketch of Harvey cottage, the residence of George Wilson. Subseries 5: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1958-1987. File 1: Gift forms from the Royal Ontario Museum to GLS for items received, including artwork by William Armstrong; W.H.E. Napier; Edward Taylor Dartnell; Lucius O'Brien; G. Saunders, ca.1916; Alexander Dingwall Fordyce; Arthur Cox. Includes correspondence, annotations by Honore dePencier; Scott Symons; Mary Allodi; Dennis Reid, National Gallery of Canada; list of railway books from the library of Francis Shanly Library donated to Archives of Ontario; list of Trains magazine, donated to Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library. 1958-1960. Subseries 6: GLS Collection, 1982-1992. File 1: Handwritten list of books in GLS collection, 1982, and [possible] disposition. File 2: Handwritten list of "GLS Files in Lower Cupboard", Articles in Upper Hall"; includes lists of photos, with names, sizes, studios, 1992. NOTE: NO EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO RETRIEVE PHOTOS RELATED TO GUELPH / TORONTO. |
Creator \ Maker |
Saunders, Guy LeFanu (Estate) [compiler] |
Creator \ Maker |
Napier, William Henry Edward [Artist] Kennedy, David Johnston [Artist] Weaver, Findlay [Author] Nasby, Judith [Author] Pollard, Ruth [Author] |
Item Name |
Article Book Church Register Correspondence Diary Gift Form Grant Invitation Land Record List Membership Register Record Group Vital Statistics |
Person \ Organization |
Alling Allodi, Mary Archives of Ontario Armstrong, William Burns, Robbie Cameron, James McIntyre Connolly Conolly Cox, Arthur Daly, Bernard Dartnell, Edward Taylor Depencier, Honore Douglas, Hugh Dunbar Fordyce, Alexander Dingwall Guelph Cemetery Commission Guelph Historical Society Hale Harvey Hewat Hogge Holliday Howitt Law, Henry Marcom Marsh McCaul McNab, John Mestern, Patricia Mattaini (Mrs.) Mitchell, Edward Murton Napier, William Henry Edward Napier, William Henry Edward Nasby, Judith National Gallery Nelles O'Brien O'Brien, Lucius Ouchterlony Parker Parsons Powell Reid, Dennis Reynolds Sandilands Saunders, G. Shanly, Francis Sorby St. George's Church Stewart Stone Strowger Symons, D. I. Symons, Scott Thornton, (Maj.) Vale Van Every, Hannah Weaver, Findlay Webster Wellington County Gaol Wilson, George Woodlawn Cemetery |
Place |
Dublin Eramosa Twp. Gore District Guelph Halton County Toronto Woodlands |
Subject |
Biography Depression Genealogy Military Portrait Railroad Social Life Wedding |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
2000 |
Accession # |
A2002.54 |
Containers |
MU 470 MU 474 OVERSIZED |