3 unidentified glass negatives depicting a house, boat, and a group of people. Also, handwritten genealogical details relating to the Mossom Boyd family of Bobcaygeon.
File consists of scanned historical photographs, one each of W.T.C. Boyd and Meta Boyd of Bobcaygeon, Ontario (photographs located on a removable flash memory device); also photographs of Edgewood, the W.T.C. Boyd family home, and the "Barn", taken in approximately 2006 by Barbara McFadzen and Brian McFadzen
Boyd familyThis fonds consists of two certificates: a Horticultural Service Diploma dated 1952, awarded to Sheila Boyd by the Bobcaygeon Horticultural Society for "meritorious service to horticulture"; and, a Canadian Legion certificate dated 1955, awarded to Sheila Boyd as an expression of appreciation for her work with Bobcaygeon Branch 239.
Boyd, SheilaContents focus on the early 20th century gardens of the Boyd family of Bobcaygeon. Included are images from seed catalogues and a photograph of the the Boyd house surrounded by magnificent gardens. Also included is a commentary on the Peterborough publication, The Canadian Horticulturalist & Beekeeper, first published in 1881.
Contents include letters to Santa written by the Boyd family children of Bobcaygeon, Ontario between 1897 and 1901.
Contents include some Christmas cards from the Boyd Collection. We also featured a Christmas dinner which Helen Fowlds and other nursing sisters served to soldiers serving in France in 1915.
