File consists of material relating to the Mayor's Advisory Council for Kitchener Seniors and its Salute to Seniors awards. Dixon was an honouree. Includes a letter, the program from the award ceremony, a pin, a certificate, a ribbon, and a photograph of Dixon with Mayor Carl Zehr. Program is annotated by Dixon: "Note!! Keep this document!!"

File consists of material relating to compensation and salary administration. Includes newsletters and reports from management consultants and a pamphlet on salary administration at Uniroyal.

File consists of typed speeches on the subject of workplace safety prepared by Dixon, some for meetings of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association. File also includes a plant inspection report and a report on promoting safety at Merchants Rubber.

File consists of material relating to workplace safety. Includes newspaper clippings about safety at Merchants Rubber, Merchants Rubber newsletters, safety manuals (including one from Research Enterprises Limited), typed safety rules, and a typed speech given by Dixon at an Industrial Accident Prevention Association event.

File consists of material relating to workplace safety and accident prevention. Includes photocopied magazine articles, handwritten notes taken by Dixon at a meeting. minutes of a company safety meeting, a memorandum regarding the company safety program, and a newsletter from the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (Grand River Valley Division).

File consists of material relating to the construction and rental of the house at 144 Claremont Avenue, Kitchener, by Dixon, as well as material relating to taxes. Includes an agreement, income tax act interpretation bulletins, handwritten and typed notes relating to Westmount Enterpriese Limited and to taxation.

File consists of price lists for extra features in construction and correspondence regarding sales and marketing.

File consists of a biography of Ross Dixon by Susan Brown, Shad valley UNB.

File consists of a reporting book prepared by Sims Clement Eastman (Barristers, Solicitors, Trademark Agent, Kitchener, ON). Includes photocopies of agreements, acknowledgements, etc., and one piece incoming of correspondence.

Fonds consists of material accumulated and kept by Ross Dixon relating to his entrepreneurial interests, career, and personal life, and to the philanthropic activities of Ross and Doris Dixon. The material documents some aspects of his personal interests and childhood, his early career, and his career in industrial relations at Uniroyal Canada (formerly the Dominion Rubber Company).

A significant portion of the fonds relates to the businesses he formed outside of his professional career, the Westmount Construction Company and Westmont Enterprises Limited, for the period from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. These records document trends in suburban home-building and design during that time and include a large number of architectural drawings.

The fonds is not comprehensive, lacking documentation relating to the formation and administration of the Westmount Construction Company and Westmont Enterprises Limited and containing only a small amount of material relating the other area of his entrepreneurial activities, investment and financial services.

Fonds includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, advertising material, architectural drawings, legal documents, photographs, accounting records, reports, handwritten notes, certificates, speeches, company publications, minutes, financial statements, ephemera, and other material.

Series consists of material relating to Ross Dixon Financial Services from the late 1980s to 2002.

In 1977 Ross Dixon became a local agent for a trust company and soon established Ross Dixon and Associates. [At some point in the 1980s, Ross Dixon Investments Inc. also existed.] He then sold a majority of his shares to a holding company and formed Ross Dixon Financial Services. In 1992, the holding company Canadian First Financial Group was formed and included Ross Dixon Financial Services among its subsidiaries In 2002, Dundee Wealth Management Inc. purchased all of the assets of this company.

The series is not comprehensive, but contains a small amount of material relating to ownership and administration of Ross Dixon Financial Services, the operation of franchises, and a 1998 employee conference. Includes reports, clippings, correspondence, photographs, leaflets, conference agendas and programs, handwritten notes, a speech, ephemera, and other material.

File consists of a videocassette.

File consists of miscellaneous material relating to Ross Dixon Financial Services. Includes newspaper advertisements for the company, letters to clients and an address to the company, leaflets, handwritten notes, a list of locations, letterhead, etc. File also includes some material (a letter and a newsletter) relating to the Canadian Association of Retired Persons and the National Citizens' Coalition.

File consists of a poster containing photographs with captions depicting Dixon's career at Merchant's Rubber. Many photographs are missing from the poster and some captions have been partially torn off.

File consists of drawings and paintings by Dixon when he was a student at Hillcrest Private School in Hamilton, Ontario.

File consists of material relating to Jasco Aluminum Products Coporation and R.D.K. Aluminum Limited (Baden, ON). Includes a contract, a memorandum regarding an annual dealers' sales conference in Kitchener, and a carbon copy of an outgoing letter from Ross Dixon.

File consists of leaflets and brochures advertising shingles and other roofing materials.

File consists of brochures and flyers relating to sliding glass doors and in particular doors by RMP Industries Ltd.

File consists of a certificate and drawing of Dixon presented to him on his retirement from Uniroyal. File also includes a photocopied newspaper clipping announcing his retirement.

File consists of typed and handwritten resumes created by Dixon.

File consists of completed residential specification forms for construction jobs of the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes one final inspection report.

File consists of a spiral-bound notebook containing an index to the jobs of the Westmount Construction Co. Includes job number, names, and addresses.

File consists of house plans and handwritten notes.

File consists of house plans by C.E. Voelker-H.E. Ratz Lumber Ltd.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans drawn by Hank Deloo for Barnett & Rieder, Architects.

File consists of house plans, including revisions, drawn by G.V.H. for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario) for the residence on Spruce Street in Galt, Ontario. Marked as "office copy."

File consists of house plans drawn by E.R. Berry for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans drawn by E.H. Hymmen, Architect.

File consists of leaflets, brochures, and magazine clippings advertising ceilings and other aspects of recreation rooms.

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.

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.

File consists of a template for a quotation form.

File consists of material relating to quotations for Job #29, an office building. Includes quotations, tenders, and materials lists.

File consists of a template for quotations received for various jobs involved in building houses.

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.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases for Westmont Enterprises Limited.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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.

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.

File consists of a circular and a letter to Dixon. Circular is titled "Beat the 'war measures' with class war."

File consists of a newspaper clipping about illegal strikes. The article quotes Dixon.

File consists of plans for an apartment development for Hallman Construction Ltd. by Gordon L. Sutin & Associates Limited.

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.

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

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.

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.

File consists of a report by the Footwear & General Products Division of Dominion Rubber.

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.

File consists of a photocopied newspaper clipping and a research institute newsletter relating to profits.

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.

File consists of a newspaper clipping about drug prices.

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.

File consists of a clipping from a magazine about prefabricated housing.

File consists of one portrait of Ross Dixon and one portrait of Doris Dixon, done in pastel by K. Costas.

File consists of a typed poem written for Ross Dixon by Mildred Brown.

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.

File consists of brochures, leaflets, catalogues, and price lists advertising plywood and paneling products.

File consists of leaflets and catalogues advertising bathroom fixtures, water softeners, etc.

File consists of brochures and leaflets advertising materials and fixtures relating to plumbing, including sinks, water softeners, water heaters, pumps, bathroom fixtures, etc.

File consists of leaflets advertising plastic laminates and other composite materials.

File consists of brochures and leaflets advertising plastering materials, including sheetrock.

File consists of brochures, leaflets, and magazine clippings advertising plastering and drywall methods and materials.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

File consists of reprinted architectural perspective drawings by Frank Adams (Brantford, ON). Includes two drawings of houses by the Westmount Construction Co.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

File consists of a newspaper clipping about pension funds.

File consists of a photograph of a [military?] parade with spectators along a main street of an unidentified city.

File consists of leaflets and brochures advertising paint.

File consists of leaflets, correspondence, and handwritten notes relating to Over-kote protective coating and other building supplies.

File consists of a warning slip in triplicate.

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.

File consists of blank copies of release forms and employee termination notices and the employee release procedures for Otaco.