Series consists of records relating to T.H. Stinson's political career from approximately the 1920s to mid 1940s. Included are campaign files; notes regarding Leslie Frost's 1934 provincial campaign; correspondence; 1937 election posters; federal (1935) and provincial (1937) voter tally boards; polling information for the Electoral District of Victoria from the 1920s; and maps for the District of Victoria, Haliburton and surrounding districts from the 1930s, and Bobcaygeon (ca. 1944).
File includes wedding invitations for T.H. Stinson and E.E. Robson, various Christmas greetings, and unidentified portraits.
File consists of postcards, likely accumulated on the 1913 tour. Includes images of Quebec, California, Victoria, Georgian Bay, Colorado, Santa Fe, and other areas.
File consists of travel photographs from across North America. Photographs are largely unidentified. Some photographs of Santa Fe, including visits to Indigenous peoples, are captioned.
File includes the "Wonders of America" magazine for July 1913. Also includes illustrated guides to Medicine Hat, Alberta; Brandon, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia; Corona, California; Cripple Creek, Colorado; and the Foothills Trolley Trip from Denver. File also includes a guide to local time tables for the Southern Pacific and an issue of The Medicine Hat Manufacturer (vol. 1, no. 7-8, June-July 1913).
File includes the following genealogical material:
- A copy of the will of Mary Dunlop (May 16, 1935)
- Thomas Hay and Anna Maria Stewart’s marriage date and list of the birth dates (and some death dates) of their eight children: James, Frances Stewart, Margaret Chirstina, Thomas Alexander, Anna Maria, Barbara Helenor and Jane Elizabeth (twins), and John Patrick
- A list of family deaths: Thomas Hay, Anna Maria Stewart Hay, and Thomas Alexander Stewart Hay
- Short biographies of Thomas Alex. Stewart Hay, Elise H.A. Hay (nee Roux), and their children: Isabel Frances Hay and Helen L. Hay
This fonds consists of photocopied correspondence of the Stewart and Dunlop families. Most of the letters are to Ellen Dunlop (daughter of Frances Browne Stewart) from Frances Stewart, Catharine Parr Traill and Harriet Beaufort as well as James Wallis. Also included is a Stewart family tree.
File consists of photographs of Ray Stewart planting a tree with Angela Roest and Richard Miller.
File consists of a photograph of Jane Stewart, a Trent University Alum. In 2006 Jane received the Distinguished Alumni Award.
File consists of four identical headshots of Dr. D.D. Stewart, professor of Modern Languages and Literatures (German).
File consists of images of David Stewart, who retired from Trent University in 1993.
File includes 8 pencil sketches of people, flowers, & farm animals: 2 unsigned; 3 signed "M.E.R." 1 signed "Bessie"; 1 signed "S.E.R."; 1 signed "F.B." and titled "Kate & Pompey in the stable & the other Pompey mending the first Pompey's collar." "The other Pompey" according to Stewart Brown is his grandfather, T.A. Stewart Brown (1852-1936).
Also includes 1 ink sketch unsigned. 1 envelope addressed to Bessie Lydia Stewart.
Also included is a linen-backed map of Ireland "published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." Sir Francis Beaufort, relative of Frances Stewart, is known to have been involved in the preparation of such maps/atlases published by the above Society
Fonds consists of correspondence, journals, and newspaper clippings related to the family of Thomas Alexander Stewart and Frances Stewart. Many papers originate from the family of their son, Henry Louis Stewart. Also included is one photograph, a sketch of Auburn, the family homestead, and a hand-drawn map.
Stewart familyOriginal, photocopied, and transcribed materials pertaining to the family of Thomas Alexander Stewart and Frances Stewart. Included are correspondence (1869-1935; 1989); a family tree and genealogical material; paper titled “Selections from “Fragments That Remain”” by Alec Wilson; probate of the will of Thomas Alexander Stewart Brown (1937); conveyance Edward T. Brown to Thomas Alexander Stewart Brown (1880); a typescript list made from a 1789 sale notice of auction items belonging to James Frood; a colour copy of a sketch and map of the original Stewart home and early Douro Township; and typescripts of articles and diaries pertaining to Stewart family history and their settlement in Upper Canada.
This accession consists of four books. The first book, The Holy Bible, is a pulpit bible printed by John Baskerville [c.1750], and includes the dedication to King James 1 and the Apocrypha. Handwritten family records, from Thomas A. Stewart's father down through several generations, appear on the inside of the front cover and at the beginning of the New Testament. Included with the bible is a description and history of the book, as provided by Reverend John Shearman. The second book is a "Commonplace" book. The notebook inscribed "Frances Browne, 1811", reflects Frances Stewart's taste in verse and sayings and is handwritten except for a few clippings inter-leaved. A photocopy of the "Commonplace" book is also included.
Two additional books were added in 2004. The first of these is Frances Browne's music book, 1811, and consists of sheet music bound together inside a leather cover; the inscription on the cover reads "Miss F. Browne, 1811." The second of these is Church of England, Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments..., [170-]; the title page is missing.
Stewart familyAlbum includes several photos, many of which were taken during World War One. Cyril was a cousin of Stewart’s and was killed in a plane crash in Belgium. Stewart visited his grave in 1929 on a visit through Belgium.