County of Peterborough

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Taxonomy

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Scope note(s)

  • The land which is now Peterborough County was originally part of Newcastle District before 1841, and the Colbourne District until 1850, the year when districts were replaced by counties in Upper Canada. At this time the United Counties of Peterborough
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Source note(s)

  • Taken from: "Illustrated Historical Atlas of Northumberland and Durham Counties, Ontario." Belleville: Mika Silk Screening Limited, 1972.

Hierarchical terms

County of Peterborough

9 Archival description results for County of Peterborough

7 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
Township of Asphodel-Norwood fonds
02-016 · Fonds · 1850-1950 predominant

Fonds consists of original Assessment books, Collectors' Rolls, Minute Books, Voters' Lists, By-laws and township business correspondence for the Township of Asphodel and the Village of Norwood, County of Peterborough.

 Township of Asphodel-Norwood
Peterborough newspaper files collection
88-025 · Collection · 1846-1860

This fonds is comprised of typescripts of newspaper articles from the Peterborough Weekly Despatch, the Peterborough Review and the Peterborough Examiner. The articles have been arranged chronologically under a number of subject headings by the donor.
Peter Adams fonds
97-1031 · Fonds · 1976-1990

This fonds consists of three papers written by Peter Adams (one with B.F. Findlay and B.E. Goodison) concerning snow. It also includes his speech notes for a Peterborough Social Planning Council meeting, and two annual reports written in his capacity as M.P.P.

 Adams, William Peter
New Democratic Party fonds. 1990 additions
90-013 · Fonds · 1957-1988

This addition to the fonds consists of interviews with prominent NDP and labour activists recalling the 1960 by-election in Peterborough, and the early history of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the… Read more

 New Democratic Party
Millbrook and Cavan Township fonds
74-021 · Fonds · ca. 1920-ca. 1940

This fonds is a small collection of historical information on the people, places, mills, organizations in Cavan Township and the Village of Millbrook. Included are reminiscences from pioneer descendants, essays on the Cavan Blazers (an Orange vigilante… Read more

 Millbrook and Cavan Township
Joseph Wearing fonds
98-011 · Fonds · 1966-1978

This fonds consists of materials relating to Gilbert and Sullivan productions, the Coventry Singers of Peterborough, and the Town and Gown concerts of Peterborough. Also included are materials related to the Progressive Conservatives, the New Democratic… Read more

 Wearing, Joseph
J. Alex Edmison fonds
98-001 · Fonds · 1837-1975

This fonds consists of miscellaneous documents including Alexander Edmison's diary, a typescript of "Alex's Day", photographs, etc.

 Edmison, Alex
David Macmillan collection. 2005 accession
05-003 · Collection · 1655-1918

This collection is comprised of disparate documents collected by Professor David Macmillan. The scope of the papers is primarily North America, 1680 to 1918.

 Macmillan, David Stirling