Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2003.44 |
Title |
Lyle R.J. Myers fonds, SERIES 1: Publications, 1915-1974. |
Date |
1915-1974 |
Description |
The fonds consists of materials compiled by Lyle R.J. Myers (1916-2002), an employee for over 30 years with Beatty Bros. Limited, Fergus, and later the principal of L.R.J. Myers Enterprises, which began with offices on Dawson Road, Guelph and later Whitney Place, Kitchener. SERIES 1: PUBLICATIONS, 1916-1945. SUBSERIES 1a: Catalogues; consists of 18 catalogues, often product- specific (eg. pumps, silos), issued by Beatty Bros. Limited, Fergus, arranged by date, ca.1915-1974. [MU 484, MU 484a] file 1: "BT" Hay Tools, Catalogue No.25, ca. 1915. 45 pp.; on cover "Bert Coulson, Fergus, Ont."; shipping label found within. file 2: On B-T Track You Can Beat 'Em All, ca. 1915. 20 pp. file 3: BT Steel Horse Stable Fittings, Book No.30; self-contained, pages 113-156 [includes photo of barn of, and quotation from, Chas. Mighton, Elora [Pilkington Twp]; on cover "Mail Dept / J.H.M."; ca.1917. file 4: Beatty General Catalogue No.5, ca. 1933. 216 pp. [red binding 2 copies, on one: "E.H. Stevenson / 33-B-3". file 5: Beatty General Catalogue No.15, August 1934. 240 pp.; yellow leatherette binding. file 6: Beatty "Direct Drive" Pumps and Water Pressure Systems, No. 22, [Dec. 1938]; 90 pp. file 7: Beatty Quality Manual No.2, 86 pages, ca, 1940. 3 copies; black binder; on spine, "Manure Carrier"; copy marked (p.27) "C.H. McGregor"; at front: drawing "Stall Partition", 12 Mar. 1941; photo of stanchion; at back "Contract Salesmen's Manual", 8 pp.; "How to Sell Beatty Stanchions Against Chain Tie", 4 pp.; "Steel Stall vs. Cement Stall", 2 pp.; "Quality of Beatty Pens and Comparison with Louden", 9 pp.; Price lists May-Sept. 1941. file 8: Beatty Pump Catalogue No.24A, 1940 [Jan. 1942]; 90 pp. file 9: How To Install Beatty Steel Stable Equipment, ca. 1940. 32pp. file 10: Beatty Pump Catalogue No.28, [Dec. 1946] 1947. 112 pp. [inside cover: "C.H. McGregor". file 11: Beatty Pump Catalogue No.30, 1947 [Apr. 1949]; 112 pp. file 12: [Beatty parts listing, showing each item by part number, and the component part-numbers of its constituents, ca.1950. file 13: Beatty Farm Equipment, 1962-1970.; Tab headings: Stalls; Pens; Gutter Cleaners; Bowls; Auto Feeding; Misc. Barn Eqpt; includes loose leaflets, "Beatty Gutter Cleaner vs. Opposition, 12 Dec. 1969. Removed from 3-ring binder. [NOTE: MU 484]. file 14: Quality Equipment to Produce Quality Pork by Beatty Modern Trends in Swine Housing & Equipment: A Complete Planned Service, 1964. Spiral-bound; includes advertising leaflets. file 15: Quality Equipment to Produce Quality Pork by Beatty Modern Trends in Swine Housing & Equipment: A Complete Planned Service, 1964. 3-ring binder; includes advertising leaflets, plans, reprints from university extension departments. file 16: Beatty A Planning Guide For Modern Swine Housing Systems, 1969-1971. 4 copies, each in red duotang: Manual 55, issued to George Armstong, Store Manager, Beatty Farm Service Centre, Winchester, Ont. , 5 May, 1969; Manual 31, issued to Regina Store, 10 Feb. 1969; found within: List of hours [allotted to projects?] 1970, 1971, dated 25 May 1970; Letter from L. Myers, 2 July 1970 re. Tooling Projects 1970. [MU 484]. file 17: Beatty Cropstore [spine title], ca. 1971. In binder with tab headings: Grain; Systems Comparison; Testimonials; Questions and Answers [empty]; Finance [empty]; Forage; Systems Comparison; Testimonials [empty]; Questions and Answers [empty]; Finance; includes 4-page list of 93 "Harvestore [silo] Owners in Ontario", 24 Nov. 1966. [MU 484; vinyl binder stored in MU 484a]. file 18: Beatty Farm Equipment, retail price list, 1974. In binder with tab headings: Stalls; Pens; Manure Handling; Drinking Equipment; Feeding and Conveying; Miscellaneous. [MU 484; vinyl binder stored in MU 484a]. SUBSERIES 1b: Catalogues, 1916-1939. Consists of 30 BT and Beatty Barn Books, arranged chronologically by date, 1916-1939 [some duplicates]; bound hardcover, and published by Beatty Bros., Fergus. The Barn Books appeared in a standardized format 25cm x 17cm (9.75" x 7"); they included plans, and b&w illustrations of impressive barns and prosperous farmsteads "Remodelled stable of Edward Johnston, Canada's Premier Tenor, Guelph, Ont."; "Dairy Barn of Lady Eaton, Eaton Hall Farm, Eversley, Ont.". In addition to listing the Beatty products in detail, they included much information of a helpful and general nature: "Ventilating the Barn"; "Water Bowls Save Labour"; "Clean Yards and Sanitary Surroundings." [MU 480 - MU 481] file 1: BT Barn Book No.26, 336 pages, 1916. file 2: BT Barn Book No.34, 352 pages, 1918. file 3: BT Barn Book [No.3x, 336 pages; includes notes throughout for "Next Barn Book"; on front cover: "Barn Planing[sic] / Department / J.H. Matthews", ca.1920. file 4: BT Barn Book No.39, 352 pages, ca.1920. 2 copies; on front cover: "This copy belongs to the current literature file, and must not be destroyed or taken out of this office. Kindly return when you are through with it ... Job 500 / 2-AA-6 ... 10 Aug. 1920". file 5: Manuel BT sur construction de granges No.4, 336 pages, ca.1920. file 6: Beatty Barn Book No.5, 240 pages; 3 copies, one of which, on front cover: "2-AA-2" (London [England]: Beatty Bros. Limited, ca.1925). file 7: Beatty Barn Book No.6, 352 pages; 2 copies, one of which, inside front cover: "E.H. Stevenson / 2-AA-3"; second copy, inside front cover: "Kindly return to J.H. Matthews ... This Barn Book has notes in and corrections or changes marked for next Barn Book ... Have bright cover [for] 1930 Aug. convention". file 8: Beatty Barn Book No.8, 264 pages. 3 copies, one of which, on front cover: "2-AA-4"; other copy, on front cover: "This Barn Book has important notes for new issue. Kindly return to J.H. Matthews [Architectural Department]"; (London [England]: Beatty Bros. Limited, ca.1931). file 9: Beatty Barn Book No.9[a], 390 pages; front cover: "H.C. Hodson" pencilled notes attached within and on page 283: "This is the advanced edition of Barn Book No.9"; Title page date Dec. 1931; spine title date Jan. 1932. file 10: Beatty Barn Book No.9[b], 400 pages; 4 copies with various annotations: embossed seal "J.H. Matthews / Member Ontario Association of Architects"; inside front cover: "L.J. Sampson / Fergus"; inside front cover: "E. Earnshaw"; Title page date: Dec. 1931; spine title: Jan. 1932; back page "Final edition Dec. 1932". ======= BARN BOOKS ABOVE IN MU 480, BARN BOOKS BELOW IN MU 481 ========= file 11: Manuel Beatty sur la construction des granges, No.10, 380 pages, May, 1934. file 12: Beatty Barn Book No.11, 334 pages; 3 copies with various annotations: on front cover: "W. McD. Tait / Marked Copy"; inside front cover: "Harold Winter / Eng. Dept."; printed in Canada [for] Beatty Bros. Limited, London [England]; on spine: "Reprinted Dec. 1935". file 13: Beatty Barn Book No.12[a], 400 pages [many missing]; on cover: "Don't send out"; Jan. 1937. file 14: Beatty Barn Book No.12, 400 pages; 5 copies, one leather bound, inside front cover: "L.R. Myers / Engineering Dept."; inside front cover: "John R. Scott / Beatty Bros. Ltd. / Fergus, Ont."; front cover: "Marked Copy / Please Return [to] / Engineering Dept. / D.R.M" and inside front cover, rubber stamp: "Beatty Bros. Limited / Fergus, Ont. Canada / Engineering Department / Checked by DRVM" [contains numerous additions, notations]; inside front cover: "L. Myers / Engineering Dept. / Private Property / Do Not Take Away"; inside front cover: "J.H. Matthews / Marked Copy / Kindly return to my desk please / JHM" [found within: "Barn Equipment Manual", handwritten, 4 pages; "How To Install Beatty Steel Stable Equipment", 32 pages, ca.1930; "Physical Requirements of a Stable", handwritten, 4 pages; "Sectional Barn Book", typed, 1 page]; at back: "Complete Edition Jan. 1937". file 15: Manuel sur construction de Grange. No. 13, 356 pages [pp. 79-80 missing]; spine title, front page: Feb. 1939; back page: "completee mai 1939". SUBSERIES 1c: Catalogues, 1919-ca.1945. Consists of 12 catalogues, similar (or relevant to) the BT / Beatty Barn books, arranged chronologically. [MU 485] file 1: The Star Line [Catalog No.77]: Comprising Dairy Barn Equipment, Stalls, Stanchions, Stock Pens, Litter, Feed and Milk Can Carriers, Hay Carriers, Barn and Garage Door Hangers, Stock Tank Heaters, Wire Stretchers, Hoists, Coaster Wagons and Hardware Specialities; 356 pages; on front and inside front cover: "S.P. Brown; found within: 1-page advertisement for Beatty-Louden track bending irons (Harvard, Illinois and Albany, New York: Hunt, Helm, Ferris & Co., 1919). file 2: Stable Your Cattle the Superior Way [catalogue, hand-numbered "87"], 26 pages; printed by (Fergus: Fergus News-Record, ca.1920). file 3: Vertical Forced Lubrication Steam Engines [Bulletin No.34-A]; 28 pp.; on cover: "W. Cudney". (Galt: Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie- McCullough, Limited, ca.1920). file 4: The James Way [Catalog No. 29]: A book showing how to build and equip a practical up to date Dairy Barn. 320 pages; inside cover: "G.W. Cox / Arch. Dept. / Beatty Bros. Limited". (Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: The James Manufacturing Co., 1920). file 5: Better Barns: The Seven Essentials of a Satisfactory Dairy Barn; 64 pages; inside front cover, embossed imprint: "James H. Matthews / Architect / Member / Ontario Association of Architects" (Fort Atkinson, Wis., Elmira, N.Y., Minneapolis, Minn: James Manufacturing Co. / Jamesway, 1922). file 6: Superior Price List No.21; 40 pages (Fergus: Superior Barn Equipment Company Limited, 1926). file 7: "Standards". 19 blueprints, some signed A.B., E.L. or J.G. [J.W. Gordon]; on front cover: "J.W. Gordon"; 15 June 1927 - 18 Nov. 1930. file 8: Plans for Concrete Farm Buildings; 72 pages; on front cover: "J.H.M[atthews].", rubber stamp: "Beatty Bros. Limited"; distributed by (Montreal: Canada Cement Co. Ltd., 1929). file 9: Salopian Cow House Equipment, As Fitted in Europe's Largest Cow Houses; 142 pages (Whitchurch [England]: The Salopian Cattle Bowl Co., ca.1930). file 10: Pedlar's Farm Building Materials [catalogue] (Oshawa: The Pedlar People Limited, 1937). file 11: Farming in Canada by Hon. Duncan Marshall, 232 pp. "for the purpose of assisting Returned Veterans from World War II in their Settlement on the Land" (Brantford: Cockshutt Plow Company Limited, ca.1945). file 12: V.L.A. Production-Line Farming Handbook / Part V / Low-Cost High-utility Farm Buildings (Ottawa: Veterans' Land Act, ca.1945). On front: "L.R.J. Myers / Eng. Dept.". SUBSERIES 1d: Beatty Stable Equipment booklets, arranged by date, 1949-1956; consists of 40 softcover booklets, with the subtitles as listed below. [MU 482] item 1: Barn Building Section, No.1, 142 pp., 4 copies, Oct. 1949. item 2: Steel Cow Stall Section, No.2, 120 pp., 7 copies, July 1953. item 3: Water Bowls, Tanks, Pumps, Windmills, No.3, 32 pp., 2 copies, 1950. item 4: Horse Stalls and Fittings No.4, 32 pp., 8 copies [4 mis- bound] , ca.1950. item 5: Manure Carriers, Feed Carriers, Milk Can Conveyors, No.5[a], 56 pp., 1 copy, 1950. item 6: Manure and Feed Handling Equipment, No.5[b], 26 pp., 2 copies, 1956. item 7: Hay and Grain Carriers, No.6, 32 pp., 1 copy, 1950. item 8: Hay and Grain Carriers, No.6 and Sliding Door Track For Barns, No.7, 44 pages, 3 copies, 1950. item 9: Sliding Door Track For Barns and Garages, No.7, 12 pages, 2 copies, October 1949. item 10: Sanitary Steel Pens, 68 pages, 2 copies, 1956. item 11: Beatty Stable Equpment series, bound in 3-hole binder; on front "Beatty Barn Book"; inside cover: L.R. Myers / Engineering Dept...". Includes: Barn Building Section, No.1, 142 pages, Oct. 1949; Steel Cow Stall Section, No.2, 120 pages, July 1953; [Untitled, 22 pages, begins: "Bull Pen With Corner Manger"]; Sanitary Steel Pens, 68 pages, 1956; Water Bowls, Tanks, Pumps, Windmills, No.3, 32 pages, 1950; Horse Stalls and Fittings, No.4, 32 pages, ca.1950; Manure and Feed Handling Equipment, No.5, 26 pages, 1956; Hay and Grain Carriers No.6 and Sliding Door Track For Barns, No.7, 1950. SUBSERIES 2: "Victory Views -- News", 1942-1944. Published by Personnel Department and Employee Works Council, Beatty Bros., Fergus. Some issues in envelope addressed to "AC2 Myers, L.R.J. ...Hamilton, Ont...18 March 1943". Some include enclosures re. health and safety, questionnaires, pamphlets re. war-work; "Air Sea Rescue" pamplet (32 pp., London [England]: HMSO, 1942); "Major George Fielding Eliot's Strategy Map of Europe" (New York: Reynal & Hitchcosk, 1940). [MU 485] item 1: Vol.1, No.4, Sept. 1942, 2 copies [includes photo of marriage, 9 May 1944, Lyle Myers, Engineering Dept. to Vera Cudney, Fergus Washer Store, daughter of Engineer Wilfred Cudney of Hill St. Plant]. item 2: Vol.1, No.5, Oct. 1942. item 3: Vol.1, No.6, Nov. 1942; 2 copies. item 4: Vol.1, No.7, Dec. 1942. item 5: Vol.1, No.9, Feb. 1943. item 6: Vol.1, No.10, Mar. 1943, 2 copies. item 7: Vol.2, No.1, Apr. 1943. item 8: Vol.2, No.2, May 1943. item 9: Vol.2, No.3, June 1943; 2 copies. item 10: Vol.2, No.4, July 1943; 2 copies. item 11: Vol.2, No.5, Aug. 1943; 2 copies. item 12: Vol.2, No.6, Sep. 1943. item 13: Vol.2, No.8, Nov. 1943. item 14: [Vol.2, No.9], Dec. 1943; 2 copies. item 15: Vol.2, No.10, Jan. 1944. item 16: Vol.2, No.11, Feb. 1944. SUBSERIES 3: "Beatty Booster" clippings, 1946-1948. Consists of clipped portions of the "Beatty Booster", "published for Beatty dealers and salesmen", April 1946 - July 1948. [MU 485] |
Creator \ Maker |
Beatty Brothers [Publisher] |
Creator \ Maker |
Hunt, Helm, Ferris and Company [Publisher] Cockshutt Plow Company Limited [Publisher] Salopian Cattle Bowl Company [Publisher] Superior Barn Equipment Company Limited [Publisher] Babcock-Wilcox [Publisher] Goldie and McCulloch Company Limited [Publisher] James Manufacturing Company [Publisher] Gordon, J. W. [designer] Canada Cement Company [DISTRIBUTOR] |
Item Name |
Catalogue |
Person \ Organization |
Beatty Brothers Babcock-Wilcox Cockshutt Plow Company Limited Goldie and McCulloch Company Limited Harvestore James Manufacturing Company Jamesway Manufacturing Company Louden Machinery Company of Canada Limited Superior Barn Equipment Company Limited Armstrong, George Brown, S. P. Coulson, Bert Cox, G. W. Cudney, Vera Cudney, Wilfred Earnshaw, E. Eaton Gordon, J. W. Hodson, H. C. Johnston, Edward Matthews, John Harvey McGregor, C. H. (Corky) Mighton, Charles Myers, Lyle Myers, Vera B. (Mrs.) Sampson, L. J. Scott, John R. Stevenson, E. H. Tait, William McD. Winter, Harold |
Place |
Elora Fergus Pilkington Twp. |
Subject |
Architecture Agriculture Commercial Manufacturing And Trades Windmill Wedding |
Year Range from |
1915 |
Year Range to |
1974 |
Accession # |
A2003.44 |
Containers |
MU 480 MU 481 MU 482 MU 484 MU 484A - OVERSIZED MU 485 |