- SCA220-GA207-5-487
- File
- 1954
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of house plans by N.O Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario). Includes plans for the Airewood, Belwood, Cliffwood, Dalewood, and Edwood model homes.
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Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of house plans by N.O Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario). Includes plans for the Airewood, Belwood, Cliffwood, Dalewood, and Edwood model homes.
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Mortgage : part of lot 4, plan 343.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of documents relating to the land and mortgage for part of Lot 4 of Plan 343 in Kitchener, or 681-683 Belmount Boulevard, purchased by Dixon from Harry Gaffney & Co. Ltd. Includes correspondence, offers to purchase, a mortage, sheriff and surveyor's certificates, an insurance policy, a draft deed, an abstract of title, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to municipal taxes paid by Dixon for Westmont Enterprises Limited as well as for his other businesses (including Ross Dixon Invesments Inc.) and property he owned. Includes notices of assessment, municipal enumeration notices, notices of property valuation, notices of construction for local improvement, receipts, charts created by Dixon, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a photograph of four people in canoes in Muskoka.
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National Home Builders Association : research committee newsletter.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of volume 1, no. 2 of the National Home Builders Association Research Committee newsletter.
Dixon, Ross
National House Builders Association.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to the National House Builders Association. Includes a handbook and warranty certificates for new home owners. File also includes letterhead for Westmont Enterprises Limited.
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New Belmont bldg constr. quotes.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating primarily to quotations and materials for the work on Job #52, a building on Belmont Avenue. Includes quotations from subcontractors, materials lists, handwritten notes and calculations, correspondence, advertisements, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of handwritten notes and calculations relating to disbursements.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of handwritten notes relating to jobs of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of handwritten notes relating to metal lathe from Boehmers for a particular construction job.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of house plans. Plans stamped as property of H.E. Ratz Lumber Co. Ltd.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of an offer for the lease of the store at 679 Belmont Avenue W., Kitchener, by the World-Wide Specialties Company.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a template for a memorandum of agreement for the purchase of a house built by the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of two office signs. One sign reads "R.V. Dixon" and one sign reads "Ross Dixon & Associates/Investments/Mortgages-Pension Plans."
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to property transactions of Westmont Enterprises Limited and of Ross Dixon. Includes deeds, agreements, an offer to purchse, handwritten notes, several pieces of correspondence, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Old general ledger cards (file 1 of 6).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of general ledger cards for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited.
Dixon, Ross
Old general ledger cards (file 2 of 6).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of general ledger cards for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited.
Dixon, Ross
Old general ledger cards (file 3 of 6).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of general ledger cards for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited. Includes index of account numbers.
Dixon, Ross
Old general ledger cards (file 4 of 6).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of general ledger cards for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including Koolite, Jasco, and Altex companies.
Dixon, Ross
Old general ledger cards (file 5 of 6).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of general ledger cards for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited.
Dixon, Ross
Old general ledger cards (file 6 of 6).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of general ledger cards for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of leaflets, price lists, and brochures advertising ornamental iron and aluminum. File also includes correspondence and invoices.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material accumulated by Dixon during his time at Otaco as well as material about Otaco and the Minnitoys division collected later. Includes correspondence, memoranda (among management as well as to company), draft memoranda, speeches and addresses prepared by Dixon, company notices, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, company newsletters, brochures for Otaco and Minnitoys, and other material.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of blank employment application forms for Otaco Limited as well as for other companies. File also includes one completed application for employement with Merchants Rubber.
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Otaco Limited : employee ability rating.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a blank hourly employee rating card and guidelines for the empoyee ability rating for the Canadian General Electric Company Limted, Peterborough Works.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : employment contract.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a blank copies of an employment contract.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : exit interviews.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of blank copies of forms for exit interviews and reports of personnel separations and exit interviews.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : leave of absence form, message from absent employee.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of blank copies of forms for messages from absent employees and requests for leave of absence. File also includes a memorandum from Dixon.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : new employee reference form.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of copies of employee reference forms from other companies.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : personnel functions.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to the fuctions and operations of a personnel department. Includes papers and guidelines about personnel departments generally as well as the department at Otaco.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : plant manuals, plant rules : copies.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to the development of a plant manual and plant rules for Otaco Ltd. in Orillia, Ontario. Includes a manual from another company, a pamphlet from the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, the wage policy for Research Enterprises Limited, typed drafts of the manual for Otaco, galley proofs and a mock-up for the manual, and handwritten notes.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : resignations, releases (see also exit interview).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of blank copies of release forms and employee termination notices and the employee release procedures for Otaco.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : security guard.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to the hiring of a security guard. Includes correspondence with the Department of Munitions and Supply (Ottawa) about security and an accident that occurred at Otaco, as well as a typed list of aspects of security and protection at the company.
Dixon, Ross
Otaco Limited : warning slips.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a warning slip in triplicate.
Dixon, Ross
Over-kote, laminated building materials.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of leaflets, correspondence, and handwritten notes relating to Over-kote protective coating and other building supplies.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of leaflets and brochures advertising paint.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a photograph of a [military?] parade with spectators along a main street of an unidentified city.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a newspaper clipping about pension funds.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to pensions and Old Age Security. Includes newspaper clippings, a photocopy of the Old Age Security Act, material (leaflets, etc.) from Health & Welfare Canada, and a newsletter from an actuarial consulting firm.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
Series consists of material, much of it personal or biographical, accumulated and kept by Ross Dixon and documenting his activities and interests outside of his career and businesses. Includes material relating to Dixon's time as a student at Hillfield School (later Hillfield Strathallan College), his involvement in the Toronto Skating Club and planning skating carnivals, his wedding to Doris McRae Whiting, their cottage at Paradise Lake, his role in the Belmont Business Association, his political interests, honours he received, etc.
Series includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, agreements, photographs, biographies, certificates, honourary degrees, personal documents, agendas and minutes, a scrapbook, and other material.
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Personnel : evaluations, functions.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to the Industrial Relations Department and personnel activities. Includes blank forms for personnel evaluation and interview summaries, notes about the functions and organization of Industrial Relations and Personnel departments, and other material.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to the Grand Valley Human Resources Professionals Association, formerly the K-W Personnel Association, of which Dixon served as president (1952). Includes correspondence, flyers, a membership directory, chapter by-laws, and one set of mintues from the Conestoga College of Applied Arts & Technology Personnel Program Advisory Committee, of which Dixon was a member.
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Personnel policies, forms, etc.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating mainly to personnel activities and the assessment of employees with managerial potential. Includes forms, memoranda, a pamphlet about success in work, and two photographs of signs inside the company for a Christmas draw for employees. File also includes unrelated advertising material.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of reprinted architectural perspective drawings by Frank Adams (Brantford, ON). Includes two drawings of houses by the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
Series consists of material relating to the philanthropic activities of Ross and Doris Dixon, and in particular their charitiable giving to the Big Brothers Association of Kitchener-Waterloo, the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, and other charities and organizations in the Kitchener-Waterloo region and in Hamilton. Includes some material relating to the Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation and student awards and scholarships provided by the Dixons.
Series includes correspondence and thank-you letters, certificates and plaques, newspaper clippings, statements of contributions, award applications and agreements, donation appeals and other material from charities, financial statements and committee and annual reports of charities, photographs, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
Series consists of photographs, including portraits and snapshots, accumulated and kept by Ross Dixon. Includes photographs of Ross and Doris Dixon, relatives of the Dixons, Ross as a child, and houses in the Westmount neighbourhood; and photographs taken at events such as an award ceremony, a Uniroyal conference, and other company events; as well as other subjects.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of photographs of Dixon, including portraits and group photographs. Includes photographs of Dixon at various work-related and company events. File also includes several newspaper clippings. Duplicates may be present.
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Photos re: Ross Dixon Financial Services.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of photographs relating to Ross Dixon Financial Servcies. Includes several portraits of Ross Dixon, snapshots of renovations and the opening of a franchise, snapshots of Ross and Doris Dixon presented with an award and a painting, snapshots of Dixon giving a speech, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a set of reproduced house plans (most likely ordered by the Westmount Construction Co.). Basic desgin by Edward R. Tyler. Rudolph A. Matern, Architect (New York, NY).
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a plan of the Maple Hill Acres subdivision. Red stickers are affixed on some lots. One portion of the plan is overlaid with a revised version.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of brochures, leaflets, and magazine clippings advertising plastering and drywall methods and materials.
Dixon, Ross
Plastering, sheetrock, J.M. Board.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of brochures and leaflets advertising plastering materials, including sheetrock.
Dixon, Ross
Plastic laminates : arborite, formica, panelyte.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of leaflets advertising plastic laminates and other composite materials.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of brochures and leaflets advertising materials and fixtures relating to plumbing, including sinks, water softeners, water heaters, pumps, bathroom fixtures, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Plumbing : shower stalls, sinks.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of leaflets and catalogues advertising bathroom fixtures, water softeners, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Plywood : paneling, storagewall.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of brochures, leaflets, catalogues, and price lists advertising plywood and paneling products.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of portfolios and a monogrammed note and record book for executives. Portfolios contain flyers about planning at Dominion Rubber and formerly contained notepads. Pages have been removed from the executive notebook.
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Poem for Ross on his 90th birthday.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a typed poem written for Ross Dixon by Mildred Brown.
Dixon, Ross
Portraits of Ross and Doris Dixon.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of one portrait of Ross Dixon and one portrait of Doris Dixon, done in pastel by K. Costas.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a clipping from a magazine about prefabricated housing.
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Presentation of Melvin Pine & Co., Inc., for Ross Dixon.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a presentation containing information about Melvin Pine & Co. Inc. and its activities as export managers for manufacutring companies. Includes typed information and handwritten notes.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a newspaper clipping about drug prices.
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Principal's Only : advertisement and registration forms.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to Principal's Only Real Estate Information Services K-W. Includes an advertisement, handwritten notes, and two completed registration forms: one for a duplex at 37 Allen Street East and one for a house at 92 Noecker Street in Waterloo. Forms include information about the real estate for sale, the mortgages, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a photocopied newspaper clipping and a research institute newsletter relating to profits.
Dixon, Ross
Programme : K-W Follies, carnivals.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to events held by the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club and Dixon's role in planning several of the events, as well as his role on the Board of Directors of the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club. Includes newspaper clippings, programmes for various skating events, correspondence, minutes, planning documents, handwritten notes, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Project report : expanded polystyrene beads.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a report by the Footwear & General Products Division of Dominion Rubber.
Dixon, Ross
Property and mortgage at 26 Amos Avenue, Waterloo.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating primarily to the property and mortages involved in Lot 15, Parts 3 and 4 of Plan 1436 in the City of Waterloo, addresses 26A and 26 B Amos Avenue. The lots were sold by Russ Howald Construction to Ross Dixon and Westmont Enterprises Limited, and in turn to Grand River Developments Ltd. Includes architectural drawings and plans, agreements and mortgage documents, mortgage statements, correspondence, inovoices, financial statements, handwritten notes, and other material.
Dixon, Ross
Property income questionnaire.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a letter and questionnaire from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Also present are handwritten notes and photocopies of forms and instructions from previous property income questionnaires.
Dixon, Ross
Proposals for unity : independent Canada.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of newspaper clippings relating to the economy in Canada, the role of education in economic growth, and the relationship between Canada and the US
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a plan for a proposed apartment complex in Lindsay, Ontario, for Job 65-23 by Westmont Enterprises Limited. Drawn by G.W.H.
Dixon, Ross
Proposed apartment development : Alpine Village, Kitchener, Ontario.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of plans for an apartment development for Hallman Construction Ltd. by Gordon L. Sutin & Associates Limited.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a newspaper clipping about illegal strikes. The article quotes Dixon.
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Publications : bulletins (R.V.D., Brock).
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a circular and a letter to Dixon. Circular is titled "Beat the 'war measures' with class war."
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating mainly to publicity for new plants and plant expansions of Dominion Rubber, including a tire cord plant in Lindsay, Ontario; expansions of Naugatuck Chemicals plants in Edmonton, Alberta, and Elmira, Ontario; and a new plant in Ville d'Anjou, Quebec. Includes press clippings, news releases, and a data sheet for the tire cord plant.
Dixon, Ross
Purchase of lots from Maple Heights Limited.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating mainly to the purchase by Westmount Enterprises Limited of lots from Maple Heights Limited. The lots are in the proposed subdivision Maple Hill Acres No. 3 in the City of Waterloo. Includes correspondence, memoranda, agreements of purchase and sale, amendments to agreements, offers to purchase, plans of the subdivision (some showing redivisions of lots), handwritten notes, lists of lots with costs and prices, a copy of a grant of easement, etc.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases for Westmont Enterprises Limited.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material from the Quebec Industrial Relations Institute. Includes a letter, a memorandum to members, and the auditor's report for Institute for 1976.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a template for quotations received for various jobs involved in building houses.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to quotations for Job #29, an office building. Includes quotations, tenders, and materials lists.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of a template for a quotation form.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of material relating to quotations from subcontractors submitted to the Westmount Construction Co. for the construction of Job #37, office building no. 2. Includes correspondence regarding quotiations, handwritten notes, and quotation forms.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of indexes of real estate listings of Westmont Enterprises Limited, one by geographical location and one by type. Location index contains index cards between separators (by city) containing the number, address, date of listing, and list price. Type index contains only the separator cards (by type, e.g. duplex, semi-detached, commercial, etc.).
Listing numbers are in two series: numbers in the 1000 series refer to homes, and numbers in the 5000 series refer to income land. Indexes were probably originally kept in a rolodex-type file.
Dixon, Ross
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of leaflets, brochures, and magazine clippings advertising ceilings and other aspects of recreation rooms.
Dixon, Ross
Residence for Mr. & Mrs. A. Hopton.
Part of Ross Dixon fonds.
File consists of house plans drawn by E.H. Hymmen, Architect.
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