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      Tweedsmuir Histories were perhaps the first “organized”, although amateur approach to recording local history. The idea was articulated by Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, who was the wife of John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, and Governor General of Canada in 1935-1940. This digital collection contains materials from the scrapbook compiled by the …

      In many ways, the members of the Women’s Institutes were the unofficial archivists of their communities. They acquired records, oral histories, photographs and much more for inclusion in their volumes, leaving us today with an outstanding resource on the history of rural Ontario.

      This is a hard covered scrapbook that is Volume 3 of a 4 volume set covering the history, events and changes that took place within the Iron Bridge United Church between 1963 and 1992.

      Due to preservation and quality concerns not all of the pages of the binder were scanned. The complete binder can be viewed at the Perry Township Public Library.

      Four page history on the Grand Trunk Railway. This document focuses mainly on the impact of the railway on the Sundridge area. It covers the export and import of farm goods and how the the local business reacted to the railroad.

      The paper is missing its appendix.

      This report was written by Jamie Hall and Mark Kehae for their History 150 in Mr. Edwa....'s Almaguin Highlands Secondary School class. The due date was March 8....

      This project was begun when the South River-Machar Union Public Library received a grant from Summer Canada '81, the Employment Development Branch, and Canada Employment and Immigration Commission. Sherri Hawthorne, Anita Peters and Shelley Lacombe worked on the project through 1981 and 1982. The third page of the project is …

      Typed on heavy paper.

      Eleven page history of the Hill family in Sundridge. It covers the family history, the early days of Sundridge, education of the children, and life on the farm.

      A short one page history of the post office and post masters of Sundridge. The paper covers the town's first three post masters.

      Third section of the Quirt family history. This section is made up mini-biographies of the Quirt family. It also details what the members Quirt family did for a living and how much they made, or what they did at home.

      The second page is a list of names of the people in the picture, it was excluded from scanning. There are two copies of the picture, only one was scanned

      Second of three histories found in a pink duo-tang. This section concerns itself with Charles Quint and Grinton. The first three pages are typed, the next four are hand written and the last three are photocopies of a newspaper article.

      Inside a well worn green duo-tang the history is held. It is written by Sophia Smith. The essay is written about her life on a variety of topics including: My Home, The Farm Out Building, Soap Making and Washdays, School Days, berry Picking and Odd Happenings, Happenings Around Home, Pig …

      In the ledger page section there are two blank pages, these were not scanned.

      Report titled "Logging in Parry Sound District." This is a very detailed report on all aspects of the forestry industry in the Parry Sound District.

      114 page history of the Village of Sundridge and surrounding areas. Each of the thirty-three sections was written by a different author.

      Three page history of the groups of people who moved from Brampton Ontatrio to Sundridge Ontario.

      Text in a green duo-tang of the the history of the Methodist, Presbyterian & United Churches in Sundridge Ontario. However the early part of the piece discusses how people would make the journey to Sundridge. There's also a list of the reverends of the Methodist & Presbyterian churches.