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1800's Newspaper Index
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1901 Douro Census
Transcript of the 1901 Douro Census.
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1914 Peterborough Assessment
Alphabetical by Surname
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A list of popular research resources at TVA
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Anson House
Research material related to the
Peterborough Relief Society, Anson House, and Anson House Committee. The
papers permit the historical analysis of local attitudes and approaches
to social welfare, poverty and relief for aged poor, for a period of
over 130 years.
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Barrons, Charlie (Fonds 61)
Collection
includes many items relating to the settlement of Havelock/Belmont
township including books, photographs, mining, mine lists, plus a
ledger from the Cook Cheese Factory of Marmora. Mr. Barrons also
gave an oral history of the area which includes transcripts.
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Boreham, Jack
Collection
includes items relating to the building of the Peterborough Post Office
and Market Hall. Correspondence found between J.R.Stratton and John E. Belcher.
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Bradburn, Thomas E.
The Bradburn Estate was
created by Thomas Bradburn sometime between 1885 and 1900. The first
Thomas Bradburn had been a general merchant in downtown Peterborough.
However, the family shifted to real estate, and remained in real estate
management confirmed with the creation of the family trust.
Items include deeds, plans, photographs and items relating to William Helm
(1822-1901) who came from
Cobourg to Peterborough about 1866 and operated a machine shop and
foundry on Simcoe Street near Jackson Creek (now the site of the city
bus depot) until 1876. After a few years in Gananoque, he returned to
Peterborough. Helm was widely known, serving on town council, the Fire
Brigade, the Board of Education, with the Mechanics' Institute and the
Masonic Order. There are also photographs relating to William
Cummings (1819-1890), wagon maker, came to Canada from Balnain,
Scotland, in 1843. He was appointed the first Town Constable, 1850, and
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District Court Certificates of Judgement
Colbourne District Court - Certificates of Judgement (1846 - 1861)
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Chronology of Peterborough 1819 to 1999
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Cournyea Newspaper Article Collection
Historical research collection based on
newspaper articles copied from the Peterborough Examiner (1891 - 1924)
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Cournyea Newspaper Article Collection
Historical research collection based on
newspaper articles copied from the Peterborough Examiner (1925 - 1965)
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Dorfman, Andre (Fonds 55)
Items relating to Dummer township; people, photographs, buildings, events which led to the creation of the Dummer Township book.
Also includes birth, marriages and burials on the Warsaw and Norwood Circuit.
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Dummer Township Photographs (Fonds 55)
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Dyer (2) Fonds
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Genealogy Library Finding Aid |
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Gerry Stephenson Canoe History (Fonds 93)
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Gillies, Ray
Former Lighting Director affiliated with the Peterborough Theatre Guild. Collection includes many theatre programs. |
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Guide to TVA Archival Holdings
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1869 Peterborough Assessment
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Delledone, Robert
Research materials, scrapbooks, news
clippings, photographs on varied aspects related to the history of
Lakefield
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Delledone Fonds
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Delledone Photograph listing
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Dobbin’s F H Chronology of Peterborough Railways &
Industries
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Dobbin F H Historical Index of the Town and
City of Peterborough 1914
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Early Land
Patents in Douro Township
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Edmison
Papers relating to Rev J. H. Edmison (1857 -
1928) correspondence of J Alex Edmison. Research materials and
incidental correspondence relating to the history of Peterborough, Douro
Township and other local matters
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"Electric City" Photo collection. Over 600 photographs
gathered for the book in 1981
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Hope, Albert
Architectural plans and drawings c 1914 for
houses built by Albert Hope, Peterborough builder together with several
coloured plates and details that appeared in the Scientific American,
Architects and Builders Edition 1887 - 88
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Hubbs, Dorothy
Highlights include items
relating to the creation of Hutchison House and copies of Dr. John
Hutchison's notes on births in Peterborough. |
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I.O.D.E
Major Bennett Chapter. Items include Minutes, Reports, Special events, Scrapbooks etc. |
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Index of Biographies from the History of the County
Peterborough 0ntario by Dr. C. Pelham Mulvany - Published
1884 |
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Johnston, William
The heart of the
collection is in the letters, 1875-1876, written by William Johnston to
his son who was pursuing a career as a pharmacist. The papers have been
supplemented with strong family and genealogical research and contain
documents related to Alfred J. Johnston. Most of the original letters
have been xeroxed for research purposes, and the letters are also
available digitally. |
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Kidd, Martha
Research collection of Martha Anne Kidd,
local Peterborough historian, relating to her work with the Peterborough
Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, as well as numerous
research notes, and papers on the preservation of historic buildings,
the Ontario Heritage Act, and Heritage Canada. The papers related to all
aspects of her career. The collection includes a large quantity of
historic photographs and negatives.
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Kidd, Leitha
Scrapbooks of newsclippings containing local events and her former students in Peterborough (1960s-1980s) |
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Kidd, Martha (Fonds 90)
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Lee-Rankin
Collection includes various ephemera and photographs relating to Peterborough. |
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McBride, Stan
Papers, photographs,
printed materials, street directories, ephemera and other materials
relating to Peterborough and the life of Stanley A. McBride including
Peterborough City Directories from 1906-1980s. |
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Moloney, John
Collection includes many issues of Municipal
World magazine as well as surveyor notes and plans relating to
Peterborough County properties. |
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Newspaper Collections
The Trent Valley
Archives contains different kinds of indexes and aids to help
researchers access Peterborough's newspapers many of which
chronicle daily life in Peterborough. In the Martha Kidd
Collection we have the actual texts of many interesting articles from
the Despatch, the Peterborough Review and the Peterborough Examiner for
1847-1860. We have gathered a sample of these articles which provide
historic snapshots on topics as politics, town matters, sports, social
and religious gatherings, suspicious and tragic deaths etc. The whole
collection is available on computers at the Trent Valley Archives. The
searchable index found in our archives is approximately 1000 pages in
length. These articles may not be reproduced without permission of the
Trent Valley Archives. |
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Marsh, John
Articles relating to tourism and sports in Peterborough. |
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Ogilvie
Diaries, manuscripts, publications and
photographs from William G. Ogilvie (1899 to 1992) and his father George
Gilbert Ogilvie (1851 - 1945) who surveyed the international boundary
1873 - 74
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Osborne Photograph collection - by date
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Osborne Photograph collection - by name
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Pammett, Howard
Papers of Howard T. Pammett (1900 - 1990),
civil servant with the Federal Department of Labour and local historian.
Research notes and thesis (1930 - 35) materials related to the local
history of Peterborough, the Trent Canal, Irish emigration, the Grand
Truck Railway, the Peterborough Exhibition, Peterborough Collegiate and
Vocational School, Ontario Agriculture and the Kawartha's
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Peterborough County Taverns 1884
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Peterborough Examiner Index
1858 - 1874 Peterborough Examiner articles index |
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Peterborough Exhibition
Items relating to the creation of the book "Winners" which looked at exhibitions in Peterborough for 150 years.
Includes prize lists, newspaper articles, photos etc. |
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Peterborough Newspapers in TVA collection
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Prime Time
Historic articles written mainly by Martha Kidd on various houses and businesses in Peterborough. |
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Raybestos
Canadian Raybestos is one of our newest collections - it is Fond 146. |
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Tolmie, Archie
Local history of Mariposa and nearby
Townships of Victoria County from the beginnings to the 1980s.
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Upper Canada Documentary History
(Fonds 96)
Leo A Johnson: Textual 10 meters, Digital
560 MB, Microfilm 255 Reels
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