1. Archival Finding Aids: Recent submissions
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Muster roll of a part of Captain Grant’s Company, 2nd Lincoln Militia employed in erecting works of defence on Queenston Heights, April-June [1814] [photocopies]Two photocopies of muster rolls of Captain Grant’s Company, 2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia, employed in erecting works of defence on Queenston Heights. The first sheet is dated from April 27 to May 3 and includes names, ranks, period worked, total number of days, rate for each day and total amount. Names include John Morrison; Thomas Alexander; Richard Bond; Aaron Crane; William Eyckler; Robert Fralick; Jacob Gardner; Augustus House; Frederick House; Peter Hoover; Laurence Lemon; William McLellan; Frederick Near; Robert Pew; Lanty Shannon; Viart Vanwyck; Gilbert Vanwyck; Thomas Willson; Patrick Willson; Robert Willson; and William Weaver. The roll is signed by John Warren. There may be another surname after his name but it is not legible. The second sheet is dated from May 30 to June 2. Names include John Warren [?]; John Fralick; Jacob Killman; Richard Bond; Aaron Crane; William Eyckler; Jacob Gardner; D. Lemon; Frederick Near; Lanty Shannon; Viart Vanwyck; Thomas Willson; Robert Willson; John Upper [?]; Adam Spencer; Benjamin Corwin; William Gardner; Jacob Near; and Haggy Cook. The original documents are with Library and Archives Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7.
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Correspondence of Isaac D. Barnard, 1813-1836, n.d.The collection consists mostly of correspondence written by or to Isaac D. Barnard. There are 57 letters, 10 manuscript receipts and promissory notes, and two printed circulars. Barnard was an American lawyer, solider, politician and Senator from West Chester, Pennsylvania. The letters provide information on his service during the War of 1812, legal career, his terms in the State Senate of Pennsylvania, and as a United States Senator. His service during the War of 1812 included Fort George, Plattsburg, and Lyon’s Creek [Cook’s Mills]. There are two letters in the collection dated during the War of 1812.
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The history of a narrow escape of some white men from being tomahawked, scalped and robbed by IndiansA promotional pamphlet titled “An Indian Tradition: the history of a narrow escape of some white men from being tomahawked, scalped and robbed by Indians”. The first four pages of the pamphlet describe a thwarted ambush of a cattle drive from Niagara to Detroit at the end of the 18th century. William Wallace and three companions were warned of the ambush by a friendly Indigenous person named Jacob Big Tree. He also gave them a miraculous medicine that is advertised in the remaining 12 pages of the pamphlet. The medicine advertised is Brant’s Indian Pulmonary Balsam and Brant’s Indian Purifying Extract, touted to cure a host of ailments including consumption, whooping cough, inflammation of the lungs, ulcers, liver complaints, and female complaints.
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Travel diary of Marguerite Treet “New York to Frisco and Back”, 1919A travel diary belonging to Marguerite Treet of Hackensack, New Jersey, describing her trip from New York to San Francisco and back in 1919. The entries are dated from July 7, 1919 to November 18, 1919 and include descriptions of her activities, accommodations, sightseeing, meals, people she meets, and the state of her car. The trip takes her through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, then up to Alaska, back down to Oregon, and California, before heading back east through Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, and Maryland. The first few days of her trip take her from New York to Niagara Falls.
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The Countryman newspaper with an account of Blondin’s tightrope crossing at Niagara Falls, October 6, 1862An issue of The Countryman, October 6, 1862. The Countryman was a secessionist newspaper by J.A. Turner from Turnwold, Putnam County, Georgia. Turner printed the newspaper from his plantation. It mostly contains articles about art and culture rather than politics. This issue contains a first-hand account of Charles Blondin’s stunts when crossing the Niagara River on a tightrope. The account takes up approximately half of the first page and describes how Blondin lay down on the tightrope, balanced on his head, hung with one leg hooked over the rope, cooked an omelette on a sheet-iron stove and lowered it to passengers below on the Maid of the Mist. The writer concludes by giving a physical description of Blondin, noting that “he was rather small, but looked hard, wiry and muscular. His complexion was somewhat cadaverous, his hair, moustache, and goatee nearly white. This, I suppose, was their original color, and age had nothing to do with it, for he appeared to be about thirty years old”.
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Lincoln County Clerk of the Peace Office Records, 1852-1889, n.d.Records from the Lincoln County Clerk of the Peace Office dated from 1852 to 1889. The records include a bond between Peter Grant & Elias Hoover; a list of Constables costs; opinion of P. McCarthy, misdemeanor; bond between Nathan Johnston and Henry Culp; printed correspondence from the Office of the Peace sent to local Justices of the Peace; a complaint by Robert Lambert against Robert Moot; a complaint by Robert Wilson; a statement by Matthias Misener against James Blanchard; an oath by John Sparbeck; an oath by William Anderson; complaint of Thomas Scanlon; a warrant to apprehend Thomas Ullman; an oath by James Smith; complaint of James Anderson; oath of Andrew Parker; summons to John Chambers; oath of Lewis Shoalts; oath of Eli Robins; oath of Lafayette Dennis; oath of Nancy Ann Robins; oath of L.W. Dennis; oath of Walter Cavers; oath of John Johnston; oath of A.E. Thomas; oath of George Castle; oath of Alfred Wade; oath of Jeremiah Smith; oath and examination of John Smith; oath of William Walker; oath of Michael Johnson; oath of William Walker; oath of Christopher Misener; a series of motions in 1886 written on small scraps of paper; oath of Ella House; conviction of George Pitman for assault of Ella House; and oath of Charles Scott.
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Beatties Stationary Fonds, 1836-2014, n.d.Fonds contains material related to the activities of Niagara-based office-supply business Beatties. The company has operated under several names over the year including Izzard and Bixby Booksellers and Stationers, D.W. Bixby Books and Stationary, Bixby-Beattie Company, Beattie-Hill Ltd., Beattie Stationary Ltd. and Beatties. In addition to selling stationary, the store also had a lending library at one point. Numerous books are included in the fonds, as well as material related to the company’s operations and expansion including catalogues, promotional material, photographs, administrative records, and branded items. Some information about the Beatties family is also included, as well as several historic St. Catharines newspapers from the 1860s and 1870s that feature early advertisements for the business.
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Snap-shots, Port ColbornePhoto album and scrapbook containing many World War I era newspaper clippings and family photographs. The black and white photographs are of various subjects including the building of the Welland Canal, Niagara Falls, early aviation near Port Colborne, Nickel beach, homes in Port Colborne, and a photograph of an unknown engineer on the new Welland Canal. The photographs also include three individuals in black face. Please note: This collection contains imagery that reflects the time period when it was created and the view of its creator(s). This can include offensive and negative language, references, and stereotypes that are no longer used or appropriate today. The item(s) retain their original content to ensure that attitudes and viewpoints are not erased from the historical record. The Archives & Special Collections are actively working on including more respectful and representative language in our own descriptions now and into the future
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American Reports on the War of 1812, 1813-1817Assorted published American reports on the War of 1812. One set of reports is bound with missing covers.
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Lou Cahill interview transcripts by Peter Johansen, 1998Two typewritten interview transcripts of an interview with Lou Cahill by Peter Johansen of Carleton University. The first transcript is 27 pages and is dated March 16, 1998. The second transcript is 20 pages and is dated May 1, 1998. Also included is a copy of Peter Johansen’s article published in Journalism Studies and titled Professionalism, Building Respectability, and the Birth of the Canadian Public Relations Society. The abstract notes that the paper draws “upon selected aspects of Macdonald’s model of professionalism, this paper traces the emergence of public relations in Canada in the years following World War II and, in particular, the role of the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) in that process. A brief sketch of pre-war public relations history is provided; selected explanations for post-war growth are advanced. The paper’s primary aim, however, is to outline some steps that CPRS took to establish the respectability of the emerging profession and its claims for expertise…”
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Railway Employees’ Time Book Guide and Directory, 1938-1940A completed Railway Employees’ Time Book Guide and Directory. The identity of the booklet’s owner is unknown but the pages record the day; straight time; overtime; total hours, days or miles; overtime rate; time left; time arrived; time of register; and amount. The book also contains many advertisements for local businesses in Niagara Falls, Bridgeburg, Ridgeway, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Stevensville, and Welland.
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Niagara Region 10-year published review, 1980A newspaper-style 10-year published review of the Niagara Region titled Niagara The Regional Municipality of Niagara Ten Years of Service for You. The review was published in October 1980 and contains articles on early municipal history and formation of regional government; municipal government basic relationships; community services; basic organization of regional Niagara; the Regional Planning’s role in community development; amalgamation of essential services for tax savings; a plan to burn garbage to produce electricity; Public Works; Social Services Department; Senior Citizens Department; Niagara Regional Health Unit; Niagara Children’s Services Committee; Family and Children’s Services; Niagara Regional Police Force; Tourism; and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.
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Letter to Alexander Hamilton by Samuel Street, July 20, 1833A letter by Samuel Street to Alexander Hamilton, Postmaster, Queenston dated at Fall Mills, July 20, 1833. The letter is one page and concerns Mary’s Estate. The letter states that “I did not get your late sisters’ books till yesterday aftn the receipt of your letter advising that they were forwarded by Mr. Forsyth’s stage. I cannot now say on what day I would visit you and your brother John to come up.” It is signed by Samuel Street and postmarked Chippawa.
