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Image of a group portrait of 16 men in uniform posing on a wooden riser outdoors. Annotation reads: "From Bandsman Peter McKivens, 160. Batt. England. London Ont. Canada. Sept 14/16 160. Bruce Battalion Band Boys, 160 Bruce County."

Accession consists of two photograph albums. The first album contains 53 silver gelatin prints taken between 1903 and 1909 containing views of London, Ontario (including the McPherson Fruit Company) and other communities in southern Ontario, with one interior view of a house in Winnipeg. The second album contains 55 silver gelatin prints created between 1906 and 1907 showing construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway's extension in Saskatchewan and views along the St. Lawrence River near Quebec City.

Consists of a bound volume containing handwritten entries by Peter Cheetham that list the title, format, name of publisher, date of publication and size of sheet music collected by Cheetham. Parts of the collection were acquired by Hugh Anson-Cartwright (who added the check marks that appear in the catalogue) and by John Arpin

Collection consists of small groups of documents and items acquired from a variety of sources that have enduring research value.

File consists of an album containing 60 silver gelatin prints placed on black paper using corner mounts. Many of the prints are identified on the photograph and a few have descriptions written in pencil on the verso. The images document visits to communities in Canada, as well as California, Oregon, Portland, and Seattle. Photographs taken in Canada include a Canadian National Railway town and snow plows, Wainwright, Edmonton, housing on the prairies, bridges and the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, the prairie west of Winnipeg, the rail approach to Jasper park, views of the park and a car used by the Jasper Park Lodge, the coal pier and elevator in Port Arthur, Ontario, Victoria harbour, and piers in Vancouver harbour. The album also contains several views of the Peninsula Lumber Company and piers along the waterfront in Portland, Lake Washington canal and a dry dock in Seattle, Colorado Springs, the San Francisco waterfront, Sacramento, Long Beach, and travelling through Nevada and Utah.

Accession consists of eighteen letters (seventeen holograph and one typewritten) and one transcription of a literary work of Jonathan Swift.

Series consists of individual letters written during the late modern period, which begins in the middle of the eighteenth century. This material was acquired from donors or antiquarian booksellers to support research and teaching by faculty and students at York University.

Postcard image of riverboat "Iroquois" annotated "Gore Bay."

File consists of a letter written by Graham Wallas, a socialist and educator, likely to William T. Sedgwick, a scientist and teacher who a co-founder of the joint MIT-Harvard School of Public Health in 1913.

Image of 17 men posing with brass instraments and drums.

File consists of a four-page holograph letter written on one sheet of paper discussing the challenges facing American residents living in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada and the impact of the 1837 Rebellion with his cousin, who lived in Tyringham South, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Image of ranks of soldiers and some men on horseback in front of large crowd.

Image of five men on wooden board competing in a tug-of-war. Twelve men, some in military uniforms, others in civilian clothes observe.

File consists of 48 silver gelatin prints mounted onto stiff white leaves with another 7 prints loosely inserted. Several of the mounted prints have captions and most of the people in the loose prints are identified. The first page of the album bears the inscription, "A.M.M.C., from W.M.W. June, 1906." The photographs show construction of the C.P.R.'s rail line near Wolseley and Grenfell, Saskatchewan, including: group images of the construction crew; views of the camp in summer and winter; railway tracks and bridges under construction; surveyors with their equipment; railway stations and streets in Wolseley and other towns; a grain elevator; a view of Quebec City and the Chateau de Frontenac hotel; a paddle steamer (possibly on the St. Lawrence River); and a passenger car of the Gatineau Railway.

File consists of twenty-seven photographic postcards featuring members of the 160th (Bruce) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, prominently featuring Indigenous soldiers from the community of Neyaashiinigmiing, also known as Cape Croker, Ontario.

File consists of silver gelatin prints and one sample print on "velox" paper pasted onto grey album leaves. Many of the prints are accompanied by captions. Images show scenes in various communities in southern Ontario and one domestic scene in Winnipeg, including: operations at the MacPherson Fruit Company in London; the Thames River near Woodstock; Robert Ross Scott, secretary-treasurer of the MacPherson Fruit Company, in his office; moonlight on Lake Ontario; a view of London showing the power houses and Grand Trunk Railway bridge; the Thames River in winter; Springbank; Mountain Road in Hamilton; sledding during winter in High Park; King Street bridge in London; York County bathing beach; the Pere Marquette locomotive at Port Stanley; interior of a house on Roslyn Road in Winnipeg; Annie Pixley's mausoleum, "Woodland," in London; the steamship "Melbourne" at Port Stanley; the Custom House in London, decorated for the Old Boys Reunion in 1905; interior of the gymnasium at the London Collegiate Institute; a backyard rink in 1904-05; the Grand Trunk Railway station platform in London; a survey party of the Canadian Pacific Railway; Byron Dam, London; damage to rail cars at Caledon; the old church at Niagara-on-the-Lake; Fort Mississauga, Niagara; the Culinary Department, Becher Street house; a man standing with a horse-drawn carriage and barrels in an Ontario orchard; and various individuals identified only by their initials.

Annotations on verso: "Yours truly Charles Alfred Telfer ("Fred") Photographer Wiarton September 1919

Annotations on verso: July 20 15

Letter reads: I am sending you my picture maybe you will recognized it that after I cam out from the Hospital Sc Good Bye"
Annotated "From Pte S.F. Keeshig." and "From Cape Croker Canada (Ont.)"

Letter reads: "London Ont Dear Delima I forgot to tell you about that Mary better write to me first she was as king me about Selvester Kesshig that's why I wrote to her. To me like Masy Lobre I would even read it because I don't like her I guess you know about this picture that me Good bye from H. Johnston."

Letter reads: London, Ont. Oct. 9, 1916 Dear Father I was just thinking about you to night so I thought I would send you this card I guess you must be wondering to see the bosy well I guess that all I can say for to night
I must send my best regards to everyone who see this card. Good Buy Hope I will see you again
From Pte. Wellington P.

Postcard image of riverboats and outbuildings along the shore annotated "Tobermory Harbour."

Series consists of a collection of reports and maps of Toronto harbour collected by Dr. Gene Desfor in the course of his research and consulting work. The collection deals with the formation and preservation of Toronto harbour, the Toronto Harbour Commissioners’ Waterfront Development plan of 1912, waterfront property management by the Government of Canada, urban planning for the lower Don River and Harbourfront, and a heritage assessment of the East Bayfront.