Series consists of the records of William Kerr, including papers relating to his private business and to that of his son William F. Kerr after he joined his father in the law firm of Kerr and Kerr.
Series consists of records relating to the large land holdings of Victoria College in the Cobourg area; includes historical documents relating to the College's early beginnings, the land deals which allowed it to expand within the town and Haldimand Township and the College officers involved in the negotiations and the final move to Toronto at the end of the nineteenth century.
The fonds has been divided into three general series. Series A consists of business and legal papers of the Kerr and Kerr Law firm which was run by William Kerr and his son William F. Kerr. Included in this series are many individual case files. Series B consists of the papers of Victoria College which was located in Cobourg, Ontario. Included in this series are papers dealing with the large land holdings of the College, historical documents relating to the College's early beginnings and the land deals which allowed it to expand within the town of Cobourg and Haldimand Township, as well as the papers of the officers involved in the negotiations and the the final move of the College to Toronto at the end of the nineteenth century. Series C consists of the personal papers and business correspondence and documents of John W. Kerr, Senator William Kerr's brother, and also a Lawyer in Cobourg, Ontario.
Kerr family