Fonds 20-004 - Alan Brunger fonds. 2020 additions

Fonds acquired in 2019 from Professor Alan Brunger.

Fonds arranged as received.

Some of the research material is comprised of copies from other archival collections. This material may not be photocopied or quoted directly without appropriate consent.

Related fonds in TUA: 71-006, 92-1001, 80-009, 07-001, 98-014, 98-1002, 74-008, 86-002, 97-011, and 94-1000.

This fonds, along with 21-001, is an addition to 08-004.

Box 1

Folder:

1. Township Papers
2. Provincial Archives Sources, 1972-1991
3. Bamberg Paper; 4 black and white photos of Douro and Ennismore, Ontario n.d.; correspondence between Trent University and Universitat Bamberg, Germany, 4 November 1980 – 21 June 1997
4. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Thomas Talbot
5. PhD Thesis information – approximately 20 loose maps and figures of the ‘Study Area – Southern Part of London District’
6. Thomas Talbot settlement research – Horizon Canada
7. Thomas Talbot settlement research, 1972-1992
8. Thomas Talbot opinion writing piece, 29 March 2003
9. Yeigh – Report on Crown Lands in Upper Canada (1892), 30 June 1992
10. Land settlements in Upper Canada, microfilm research, 27 November 1972
11. Settlement of Talbot roads
12. Thomas Talbot Settlement Papers, 1973 – 1974
13. Copy of 1806 map of Thomas Talbot road routes
14. Thomas Talbot Settlement various primary sources
15. PhD sources and references
16. Thomas Talbot and USC
17. Thomas Talbot Settlement – maps, population assessments ca 1815
18. Surveys and Vegetation research
19. Assessment Records (Aggregate) – London District 1825-1850
20. Population Summary – London District 1825-1850
21. Upper Canada Land Petitions
22. Crown Land Papers – Talbot Settlement
23. Biographical information on William Allen
24. Biographical information on W.D. Powell
25. Ridout Papers, 1815, 1818
26. Selkirk Papers
27. J.G. Simcoe 1752-1806 Papers
28. Sir D.W. Smith biography
29. Newspapers Sg. Thomas “Liberal”, Quebec Gazette
30. Thomas Talbot Settlement – Building Types, 1818
31. Thomas Talbot Settlement – Soil Groups
32. 1818 Talbot Settlement – coded data for 537 settlers
33. Southern part of London District copy of Blank Map for diagrams
34. Microfilm of Upper Canada Sundries (R.G. 5, A1, Volume 22) – Report on Upper Canada lands 1815; Upper Canada State Papers (R.G. 1, E 3, Volume 87) Talbot Portfolio – 1818 Settlement and 1804 map
35. Microfilm of Association and Paper Return Legal District. 1825-1828 from Appendices to J. of Legal Association of Upper Canada; Sales records of Lands in London District (Crown Clergy Res. 1837)
36. 15 Township maps and data sheets on which raw data were recorded from sources of individual settlement land holding
37. Research supporting the Thomas Talbot settlement papers as well as newspaper articles and brochures related to the bicentennial celebration of the Talbot settlement, 1968-2003

Box 2

Folder:

1. Research gathered about Thomas Alex Stewart, his wife Frances Browne and their children
2. Correspondence with Mary Mood and Bernadine Dodge regarding Richard Birdsall research
3. Douro Township settlement under Peter Robinson; Township surveyed by Richard Birdsall in 1823; Graduate thesis papers for Geography
4. Richard Birdsall Survey notes – 1823 – land labelled by type (ie. Hard land, Swamp, Rough land, Good land, etc)
5. Douro Township settlements notes from microfilms located at Archives of Ontario
6. List of Douro Township property owners and lot numbers including years of acres patented, maps of notable people and locations in Douro Township
7. Names and locations of early Irish Settlers in Douro Township; Peter Robinson settlement maps
8. Maps of types of agriculture in Douro Township
9. Research for paper titled “Locality and Community in Early Canada: The Irish in Douro Township”
10. Research and papers on price of land ownership in early Ontario settlement; notes, research, maps
11. Douro Assessment 1826
12. Douro Census 1839
13. Douro Census 1840
14. Township of Douro meetings 1848 – notes of meeting between householders
15. Regional comparison of population density and percentages of acres cultivated between Dummer, Douro, Asphodel, Otonabee
16. Association of Canadian Studies paper titled “The Irish Immigration Experience: The Case of the Peter Robinson Immigrants 1823-1825" and associated research
17. Irish and Scottish distribution across Canada
18. Peter Robinson Assessment – Master File
19. Spiral bound green booklet of field notes for Douro Township
20. Microfilm from 1963, a paper by Julian Wolpert titled “Decision-making in Middle Sweden’s farming – A spatial analysis” (PhD Thesis U. Wisconsin, 1963)
21. Microfilm titled “Analysis Census and Assessment Returns for Upper Canada (Canada W) 1824-1850
22. Series of Microfilms – reels 11-13 on Schedules and Land Rolls – 1784-1922

Box 3

Folder:

1. Paper titled “Patterns of Primary Social Institutions in a New World Setting: Pioneer Settlement in Nineteenth Century Upper Canada” presented at the Regional Congress of the International Geographical Union in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – 16-20 August 1982
2. Notes on diaries and journals of early settlers, 1799-1867
3. Maps of central places in Southwestern and South-Central Ontario, early 19th century.
4. Gini Coefficient research
5. Welsh Settlement and Immigration
6. Maps on distribution of immigrants
7. Photocopies of the “Series of Questions from the Minister of Agriculture to an Emigrant Farmer” ca. Early 19th century. Approximately 41 copies of questions answered by farmers who had emigrated to Upper Canada.
8. List of names of those who passed immigration at New York, for immigrants from England and Ireland, 1817-1819.
9. Literature and research on British Immigration to Canada; copies of letter correspondence between James Burchall to his cousin Frank ca 1919.
10. Dummer Township – Inter-relations by land/kin, 1840-1875
11. Maps and data on land patents in Dummer Township, 1826-1851
12. Parish Registers, Peterborough, 1830-1860
13. Ontario Archives References: Appendices, Township Papers, Surrogate Court Wills
14. Dummer Township maps of assessment, agricultural census, 1840
15. Dummer Township – personal Census ie: place of birth, religion, age/date of birth, 1851
16. Dummer Township – Agriculture Census, 1851
17. Dummer Township – Agriculture Census, 1861
18. Dummer Township – Miscellaneous Correspondence: maps, newspaper clippings, journal articles
19. Correspondence with Sir John Colborne. Records from the Public Archives Canada, “Colborne Papers”, 1832-1834
20. Public Archives Canada research on emigration, colonization, and distribution of immigrants in 1820-1861
21. Research on the Colborne Settlement Scheme in Upper Canada, early 1830’s
22. Petworth Emigration to Upper Canada, 1832
23. Statement of Accounts for Upper Canada for labour on roads, 1832-1833
24. Alphabetical list of Land Speculators (500+ acres) in Newcastle District, many who were actual settlers.
25. Newcastle District / Peter Robinson Irish Success
26. Maps of Agriculture Patenting, 1820-1850
27. Data logs from Trent University on English and Welsh in Upper Canada, 19 April 1984
28. Newcastle District assessment information, 1802-1804
29. Newcastle District assessment information, 1820-1850
30. Newcastle District assessment information, only 1830
31. Newcastle District assessment information, only 1840
32. Newcastle District assessment information, only 1850
33. Master file for Newcastle District assessment collection on surrounding Townships
34. Lists of names, lot numbers, dates of patent, and additional comments for townships beginning with letter A – H.
35. Lists of names, lot numbers, dates of patent, and additional comments for townships beginning with letter M – V.
36. Microfilm - “Emigration Letters from Sussex Emigrants ed. Thos Sockett.” B-10 5625 U of T Library
37. Two red exercise books with glued pages of letters from immigrants to Canada. Both were assembled at Taunton, June 1982. The letters from excerpts from the following books Letters from Poor Persons who Emigrated to Canada from the Parish of Frome in the County of Somerset and Extracts of Letters from Poor Persons who Emigrated Last Year to Canada and the United States.

Box 4

Folder:

1. Maps of Dummer Township Settlements, 1830-1850
2. Settlement information of immigrants from Corsley, Wiltshire in Dummer and Douro. Paper by Professor Alan Brunger in the Canadian Geographer titled “The Distribution of English in Upper Canada 1851-1871,” 1986
3. Settlement information of immigrants from Corres, Wiltshire. Includes information and correspondence from the Wiltshire Record Office and the Public Record Office in London, England
4. Settlement information of immigrants from Horningsham, Wiltshire
5. Settlement information of immigrants from Warminster, Wiltshire
6. List of immigrants from Westbury
7. Settlement information of immigrants from Frome (Somerset), 1831
8. Corsely Census, 1841
9. Notes from journal articles on Sir John Colborne’s Settlement Scheme
10. Notes on British immigrations from the 1830’s based on statement of accounts including names, services, amount paid for service
11. English Pauper immigrants in Upper Canada, 1830-1832
12. Biographical notes and Township histories
13. Newcastle District – lists of land reserved/purchased in the various Townships
14. Letters and Correspondence re. 19th century immigrants to North America – Master List
15. English Settlers to Peterborough County. Includes Peterborough Directories from 1842-1858, 1875, 1883-1884, 1893
16. Analysis of Immigration Accounts, 1831-1834
17. British Immigrations of the Bathurst District, 1830’s
18. British Immigration of the Seymour Township, 1831
19. Disbursements of Immigrants made by the Emigrant Committee at York, 1832-1833
20. British Immigration and distribution accounts, 1833
21. Information regarding Wiltshire from the Swindon Local Studies Library, Wiltshire and Swindon Records Office, Wiltshire Heritage Library, and maps
22. Population data on Townships in Upper Canada with English and Scottish immigrants.
23. Biographies and Transcripts of Surrogate Court Records
24. Assessment Records of Newcastle District, Upper Canada
25. United Church Archives in Upper Canada
26. Research of Upper Canada Sundries on microfilm from the Public Archives Canada through interlibrary loan. Copies of microfilm series, 1810-1840
27. Upper Canada Sundries – general immigration research and notes
28. Upper Canada Sundries – Bathurst District; Lanark County.
29. Upper Canada Sundries – Newcastle District and Dummer Township, copy of memorandum for Peter Robinsons responsibility of distribution of immigrants from Ireland within Upper Canada.
30. Data of Upper Canada immigration population, newspaper clippings of articles written by Donald Jones on the history of immigration to Canada
31. Research and notes on newspaper articles about immigration to Upper Canada
32. Research and notes on newspaper articles about immigration to Upper Canada, the Bathurst Herald, Bathurst Chronicle
33. 7th report on grievances of the Colborne Settlement Scheme of Upper Canada, February to April 1835
34. List of Immigrant letters from America, the Niagara region in particular
35. Charts showing the number of immigrants per year in Canada and the United States
36. Finding Aid from Public Archives of Canada on the Dalhousie, George Ramsay, ninth Earl of (1746-1839), Army Officer. List of papers he wrote available on microfilm.
37. Charts, graphs and maps on Upper Canada population, 1830’s
38. Census of Canada for Peterborough County, 1826, 1831, 1836, 1841, 1846, 1850
39. Current data on Peterborough County and Victoria-Haliburton, inquiries about historical agriculture settlements in the Newcastle District, 1977
40. Wills from Peterborough County
41. Map and data of the Township of Belmont, 1840
42. Irish immigration data, list of immigrants, maps of distribution, 1851-1871
43. English in Canada, Symposium Paper research
44. Map of Metcalfe Township
45. North Monaghan Township survey notes; maps of the Scotts Plains, list of names of early settlers' patents
46. Maps and data from Seymour Township settlement
47. Letter transcriptions of correspondence between English family members from Wiltshire/Somerset and those who had settled in America, 1829-1839
48. Research on immigration to Southwold Township; research notes, pamphlets from historical sites, maps, charts and statistics from immigration in the London District
49. Research on chain migration to Southwold Township; research notes, maps,
50. Southwold Township – Interrelationships by land
51. Biographical information on Joseph Silcox (Silcock), a prominent person in the development of the Southwold Township Church as a Reverend and schoolteacher. He immigrated to Upper Canada in 1817
52. Research on Canada Census, 1851, on religion and the Upper Canada Congregational Church
53. Religious movements and missions in Upper Canada; newspaper articles, letters, and notes
54. Research for paper by Professor Alan Brunger titled “The Development of Roman Catholic Parishes in the Peterborough Area,” 1977
55. Research for paper by Professor Alan Brunger titled “Aspects of Planned Settlement in Bathurst District, Upper Canada, 1982”
56. Statement of Accounts for Colborne Scheme including map, 1831
57. Assessment of OPS Township, including maps and photocopied census, 1841
58. Assessment of Adelaide Township, including maps and photocopied census, 1842
59. Assessment of Adelaide Township agriculture, including maps and photocopied census
60. Research for paper on the Crown Lands, 1986

Box 5

Folder:

1. Research for paper titled “The Distribution of Scots and Irish in Upper Canada, 1951-71", 1989
2. Statistics pertaining to Irish Protestant Immigrants, 1871
3. Slides of immigration distribution based on nationality and religion
4. Unpublished paper on Upper Canada Settlement titled “Geographical Aspects of English Emigration to Canada in the 1830’s: Settlement and Community Transfer”, 1983
5. Paper for the Canadian Association of Geographers on “Comparative Settlement of Irish in Two Areas of Upper Canada”, 1979
6. Data pertaining to Scottish immigration in 1861 and 1871
7. Paper for the Canadian Association of Geographers on “Progress of Settlement in the Newcastle District Before 1840,” 1977. Includes research notes, data, and maps
8. Geography 332a papers on Scottish Immigration, 1978
9. Scottish Antecedence
10. Cultural Patterns among Canadians – Religion, Nationality and Ethnicity
11. Research on early Canadian Ethnicity
12. Newspaper articles on multiculturalism, ethnicity, identity in Canada
13. Maps expressing Canadian Immigration based on ethnicity, religion, 1851
14. Lecture Planning Geography 332a “Settlement Geography”
15. Research on immigrant's settlement in Quebec
16. Maps representing the 1851 Census Districts
17. Upper Canada maps
18. Upper Canada published maps
19. Maps representing the histories of Townships, Towns and localities and counties and districts
20. Research and writing on the “cultural areas of Canada”, chapter one; journal articles, newspaper clippings, maps
21. Research and writing for chapter two, “Measuring Culture In Canada,”; journal articles, maps, data
22. Chapter 3 – Analysis and classification of Census Statistics * empty
23. Research and writing for chapter four on nationality in Canada; lots of maps and data
24. Research and writing for chapter 5 on Ancestry; two maps
25. Research and writing for chapter 6 on Religions
26. List of resources for chapter 7 on Cultural areas
27. Research and notes of the local history of Quebec
28. Lower Canada Census, 1851 and 1861
29. Lower Canada Census, 1861
30. Lower Canada Census, 1851 and 1861 – was loose in box behind folder 29
31. Census data of English and Welsh immigrants in Upper Canada