Merchant ship captain John F. Kennedy fonds, 1796-1862

John F. Kennedy was a merchant ship captain from Baltimore (not to be confused with another Baltimore merchant of the period named John Kennedy, who was the father of the American novelist John Pendleton Kennedy). He married Marcia Gray in 1799 or 1800. They had two daughters and a son.The fonds consists mainly of letters from merchant ship captain John F. Kennedy to his wife Marcia Gray, written from 1796 to 1818. Some letters describe the confiscation of his ships, a common occurrence at the time due to the Napoleonic wars, the War of 1812, and the Barbary Wars. One letter is from Kennedy to James Mosher, a banker in Baltimore, dated December 28, 1808. Other print documents include two pages of financial accounts (1833-1835); a one page family register recording births, marriages and deaths; and a manuscript fragment of a poem. The collection also includes 3 photographs. One is a photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Marcia Gray Kennedy); a photograph of Lucy Hansel MacGrotty Phipps, dated October 8, 1862; and a photograph of a building in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, by American photographer Frank B. Berry (ca. 1890s)

Ontario Forest Industries Association records, 1900-1989, n.d.

The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) was founded in 1944. It is a provincial trade association that represents member companies who produce a wide range of products, including pulp, paper, paperboard, lumber, panelboard, plywood and veneer. The OFIA works with its member companies to address issues of common interest and concern, and communicates these issues to the appropriate government, industrial or business sector. The Ontario Forest Information Service represented the OFIA from 1951 to 1988 as the publishers of their industry periodicals. Bush News was the first periodical published by the Service for the OFIA and ran until 1964, when it was replaced by Ontario Logger. In 1968, the name was changed to The Logger. In 1970, this was replaced by The Forest Scene. This new periodical was a departure from the earlier versions, which had served primarily as an internal communication system for the industry. The Forest Scene adopted a new format and editorial approach, emphasizing outdoor activities, recreation, hunting and fishing, conservation, and forestry operations and methods, thus appealing to a much wider readership. The Forest Scene ceased publication in 1988.This archive is part of the larger Ontario Editorial Bureau Fonds (OEB) housed at Brock University. The records contain information about the Ontario Forest Industries Association and the Ontario Forest Information Service. Some material about the Ontario Professional Foresters Association, Ontario Forestry Association, Canadian Forestry Service, and the Canadian Forestry Association is also included

Roberta "Bobbie" Styran fonds, 1707-2013, n.d.

Roberta “Bobbie” Styran was born and rasied in Fredericton, N.B. She graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. (1962) and M.A. (1964), before furthering her studies at the University of Toronto, where she received a Ph. D in History. From 1967 to 1978, she taught Medieval History at Brock University, where she developed an interest in the Welland Canal. She began a collaboration with Prof. Robert R. Taylor of the History Department at this time, researching the history of the Welland Canals. She later moved to Toronto and worked for the Ministry of Education, but returned to St. Catharines in 1988 to facilitate her work with Prof. Taylor. The two have co-authored several books, including The Welland Canals: the Growth of Mr. Merritt’s Ditch; Mr. Merritt’s Ditch: A Welland Canals Album; The Great “Swivel Link”: Canada’s Welland Canal and This Great National Object: Building the Nineteenth-Century Welland Canals. Bobbie travelled extensively, visiting many canal and industrial revolution sites in Great Britain and the United States. She was active in many canal associations, including the Canadian Canal Society (where she served as president and editor of the Society’s newsletter), the American Canal Society, and the Council of Inland Waterways International. She also helped to found the Welland Canals Preservation Association and organized and chaired the 2004 World Canals Conference at Brock University. In 2009, she received the W. Gordon Plewes Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, an award that recognized her services to Canadian engineering history.Fonds contains research material compiled by Roberta Styran. Most of the material concerns the Welland Canals. The fonds also includes manuscripts, as well as material related to Roberta Styran’s activities with the Canadian Canal Society and World Canals Conferences

Commemorative stamps, British, American and Canadian, 1974-1977, 1982-1984, 1996.

The Guernsey post office stamps consist of 2 exhibition series souvenir sheets commemorating Major-General Sir Issac Brock, 1769-1812. The stamp was issued in 1996 to celebrate Guernsey’s attendance at Canada’s international stamp exhibition CAPEX 96. The stamps issued by the United States postal service consist of 1 sheet of stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Peace Bridge, 1927-1977. The stamps issued by Canada Post include 5 commemorative day-of-issue envelopes with stamps featuring William Hamilton Merritt and the Welland Canal. This stamp was issued in 1974 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the canal. There is also a set of 4 inscription corner blocks of stamps. These items are contained in an envelope addressed to Mr. J.N. Jackson, St. Catharines, ON. There is also a separate sheet of the same stamp. Also issued by Canada Post are 2 full sheets of stamps, one commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Peace Bridge (1927-1977), and one commemorating 25 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway (1959-1984). Lastly, there are 2 full sheets of stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Royal Henley Regatta, issued in 1982.Consists of various commemorative stamps issued by Canada Post, the United States postal service and the Guernsey post office

St. Catharines and District Labour Council fonds, 1957-1986

The St. Catharines and District Labour Council was founded in May 1957 by unionized workers from St. Catharines, Thorold, Merritton, Port Dalhousie and Grimsby. They sought to improve the social and economic welfare of workers; promote the organization of workers into unions for their mutual benefit, regardless of race, creed, colour, or national origin; encourage the sale of union-made goods and services; promote worker education; provide workers with a voice in politics; and safeguard the democratic nature of the labour movement. The Council, affiliated with both the Canadian Labour Congress and the Ontario Federation of Labour, was instrumental in assisting local workers with their labour disputes, including Canadian Pulp and Paper workers at Abitibi Provincial Paper in Thorold [1975-76], and Gallaher Paper [1999], workers at the St. Catharines Eaton’s store [1985], as well as smaller disputes such as that between the part-time secretarial staff and the Welland County Roman Catholic Separate School Board [1972] and workers of the Skyway Lumber Company [1972]. The Council also assisted the community at large by offering a Community Counseling Service [1971-1976] to help citizens with issues concerning various government agencies, social services and Acts, such as the Vacation Pay Act, Landlord and Tenant Act, Employment Standards Act, unemployment insurance claims and workman’s compensation claims. Other projects that the Council organized included an annual Education Institute [1958-1965] and the annual publication of Labour Review, a summary of the Council’s past year. The Labour Council continued to operate until 2010, when several local Labour Councils merged to form the Niagara Regional Labour Council.Fonds contains material about the operations and activities of the St. Catharines and District Labour Council. This includes projects the Labour Council organized and operated, such as the Education Institute and Community Counseling Service. Most of the material is correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, speeches, reports, newsletters, news clippings and case files from the Community Counseling Service

Kimberly-Clark (Canada) records, 1960-1987

Kimberly, Clark & Company was founded in Wisconsin in 1872. The founding partners were John A. Kimberly, Havilah Babcock, Charles B. Clark, and Frank C. Stattuck. That same year, the company built the Globe Mill, which made newsprint from linen and cotton rags. The company soon established a reputation for developing new and innovative paper products and processes. In the 1920s, Kimberly-Clark opened a Canadian Pulp Mill and Power plant known as the Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company, in Kapuskasing, Ontario. Other branches of Kimberly-Clark were established in Ontario at Huntsville and Terrace Bay.This archive is part of the larger Ontario Editorial Bureau Fonds (OEB) housed at Brock University. The records contain information about Kimberly-Clark (Canada) and their operations. The bulk of the material is correspondence and media releases

Proceedings of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, 1823

Seven pages of proceedings of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York dated February 27, March 1 and March 6, 1823. Proceedings include a report of the Committee of the Canal System , Memorial of Samuel Wilkeson on the subject of Black Rock and Buffalo Harbors, a report from the Surveyor General of the land reserved to the state at Black Rock, and an Act to incorporate the Niagara Canal Company

The Mary Schmon Singers collection, 1956-1958, n.d.

The Mary Schmon Singers were a choir from St. Catharines, Ontario, directed by Mary Schmon (Mrs. Robert Schmon). The group had a weekly radio program on CKTB in St. Catharines which began in September 1956. The group later became known as the Mary Mitchell Singers.The collection contains twelve news clippings about the Mary Schmon Singers from St. Catharines, Ontario. There is also a note written by Mary Schmon to Betty [Webster], and a program for a Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra performance that the Mary Schmon Singers were part of, dated March 7, 1958

St. George’s Anglican Church cemetery photographs, n.d.

The history of St. George’s Anglican Church in St. Catharines dates back to 1792 when the first Anglican clergyman, Reverend Robert Addison, settled in present-day Niagara-on-the-Lake. Initially, a community church was used by the early settlers, where Presbyterians, Methodists and Anglicans worshipped. Around 1830, plans were begun to construct an Anglican church. It was completed in 1840 and named St. George’s Church.Contains 32 black and white photographs of tombstones from St. George’s Anglican Church cemetery in St. Catharines, Ontario. Some of the tombstones may be from other local cemeteries. Names on the tombstones include Margaret Jane Bradburn; Thomas Black (Jr. and Sr.); Edward Barker; Clarissa Stevens; William Chisholm; Elizabeth and John Fletcher; Jedidiah and Penelope Prendergast; Thomas Merritt (Jr. and Sr.); Ann Maria Ingersoll; Francis Parnall; Thomas Rolls; Paul Shipman; Eleanor Hutt; Caroline Gordon; Stephen Secord; Hannah Deforest; Lavinia Warner; Elizabeth Zeller; George Acker; Charles Howell; Jemima Hill; George Grant; Jessie Douglas; and Charles Clement Parkin

Niagara Falls: 18 phototone postcards from original photographs, no date.

A small folder containing 18 black and white postcards with photographs of Niagara Falls, no date. The photographs include views of the Horseshoe and American Falls, as well as the American Rapids, the Falls in winter, Prospect Point, and Cave of the Winds. The back of the envelope is stamped “Castle Court Motel, 9802 Pine Ave., Niagara Falls, N.Y.”