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 a plaque in appreciation for the Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation from the Circle of Care Campaign.

File consists of promotional material from Hillfield Strathallan College (formerly Hillcrest Private School) in Hamilton, Ontario.

File consists of a certificate for Ross and Doris Dixon in recognition of their generosity and acknolwedgement as special friends of the faculty.

File consists of a certificate from the University of Waterloo honouring Ross and Doris Dixon in The 1957 Society for their financial contributions to the university.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo, Hillfield Strathallan College, and other organizations, and in particular contains thank-you letters and cards from award and scholarship recipients. Includes correspondence, cards, and promotional material from the schools and other organizations. File also includes some unrelated personal correspondence.

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

File consists of the honorary degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University granted to Ross Dixon and Doris Dixon. Degrees are mounted in gold-covered portfolios and include the citation presented with the degree.

File consists of material relating to the convocation at Wilfrid Laurier University on June 7, 2002, at which Ross and Doris Dixon received honorary degrees. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, print-outs from the World Wide Web, typed and handwritten versions of the speech given by Ross Dixon at the ceremony, a biography of Dixon, ephemera, etc.

File consists of a snapshot of Ross and Doris Dixon at the Westmount Golf & Country Club, and a snapshot of the gardens at the Club.

File consists of a plaque in appreciation to Ross and Doris Dixon for their sponsorship of a house.

File consists of a book published by Hillfield Strathalln College, formerly Hillcrest Private School, in Hamilton, Ontario, about the school's history. Information about Dixon can be found on pages 39-40.

File consists of a certificate for outstanding volunteer presented to Ross Dixon by MPP Elizabeth Witmer.

File consists of a page from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record (D1, Monday, October 16, 2000) mounted on a plaque. The page contains an article about scholarships through the Big Brothers association and mentions Ross Dixon and the support of the Ross and Doris Dixon Foundation.

File consists of a photograph of Ross and Doris Dixon with Wilfrid Laurier University president Dr. Bob Rosehart.

File consists of material relating to Canadian First Financial Group. Includes two financial statements and an offer to purchase the company by Dundee Wealth Management Inc.

File consists of a videocassette.

File consists of a set of mounted photographs presented to Ross and Doris Dixon in appreciation for their support of Camp McGovern (at the time, operated by Big Brothers of Kitchener-Waterloo in Hanover, Ontario).

File consists of a snapshot of Doris Dixon.

File consists of a certificate and medal presented to Ross Dixon for his election as a Mel Osborne Fellow of the Kiwanis Foundation of Canada.

File consists of material relating to the acquisition of Hewmac Financial Corporation Ltd. by Canadian First Financial Corporation Ltd. (of which Ross Dixon Financial Services was a subsidiary), the removal of private company restrictions from Ross Dixon Inc., the amalgamation of Ross Dixon Inc. and Ross Dixon Franchisee Holdings Limited, and other other business relating to these companies. Includes memoranda, correspondence, notices of meetings, shareholder resolutions, newspaper clippings, a summary of agreement, a presentation, a report, a news release, etc.

File consists of certificates presented to Ross Dixon and Doris Dixon in recognition of support.

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

File consists of material compiled for delegates to a conference for Ross Dixon Finacial Services employees in 1998. Includes a conference program, biographies of guest speakers, presentation notes, etc.

File consists of a certificate recognizing Ross and Doris Dixon as honourary alumni of Wilfrid Laurier University.

File consists of material accumulated by Ross Dixon relating primarily to a conference for Ross Dixon Finacial Services employees in 1998. Includes conference agendas, typed and handwritten versions of a speech by Dixon, and ephemera.

File consists of newspaper clippings about women entrepreneurs and a female hockey player and student at Appleby College in Oakville, and a faxed copy of a letter from Dixon to a contact at the college regarding a donation to a scholarship fund for the young woman.

File consists of a certificate for Ross and Doris Dixon in recognition of lifetime support to the university and membership in the Legacy Society.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the University of Waterloo and in particular, the Ross and Doris Dixon Award in Applied Health Science, the Ross and Doris Dixon Student Athlete Award, and the Waterloo Region Entrance Scholarship.

Includes correspondence (some faxes), statements of contributions, draft terms of reference for awards, copies of students' applications, award agreements, the University's endowment policy and endowment funds reports, promotional material from the University, etc.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the University of Waterloo and in particular, the Ross and Doris Dixon Award in Applied Health Science, the Ross and Doris Dixon Student Athlete Award, and the Waterloo Region Entrance Scholarship.

Includes correspondence (some faxes), statements of contributions, draft terms of reference for awards, copies of students' applications, award agreements, the University's endowment policy and endowment funds reports, promotional material from the University, etc.

File consists of material relating to franchises and staff of Ross Dixon Financial Services. Includes photocopied and faxed lists of franchise locations, staff, and their contact information.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the Big Brothers Association of Kitchener-Waterloo and the Dixon Scholarship Award offered through the association. Includes scholarship recipient profiles and unsigned copies of the terms of the Award, annual reports of the Award, thank- you cards, etc.

Series consists of videocassettes relating to Ross Dixon and Ross Dixon Financial Services.

File consists of a videocassette containing television advertising for Ross Dixon Financial Services.

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.

File consists of thank-you cards and letters for Ross and Doris Dixon from award and scholarship recipients at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and other schools and organizations.

File consists of thank-you cards and letters for Ross and Doris Dixon from award and scholarship recipients at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and other schools and organizations.

File consists of reports showing gross commissions and commision paid for the various franchises or branches of Ross Dixon Financial Services for the years 1995-1998. Includes three reports (one is a faxed copy).

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to Ross Dixon Financial Services and Ross Dixon Inc. Includes articles, editorials, and advertisements (some photocopies, some duplicates).

File consists of documents kept by Dixon. Includes ephemera, handwritten notes, a newspaper clipping, speeches, correspondence, etc.

File consists of a certificate presented to Ross Dixon in recognition of service as President, 1959.

File consists of thank-you cards and letters for Ross and Doris Dixon from award and scholarship recipients at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and other organizations.

File consists of thank-you cards and letters for Ross and Doris Dixon from award and scholarship recipients at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and other organizations.

File consists of several copies of a letter sent to the Diector of Administration & Planning, Township of Wellesley, from Ross Dixon and other concerned residents of Paradise Lake, regarding a proposal for developments for the Environmental Learning Centre at Camp KiWay, Paradise Lake. File also includes a brochure about the developments.

File consists of material relating primarily to a zoning by-law in the City of Kitchener permitting home businesses and the actions of citizens opposed to the change. Includes newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence (some photocopied), reports, leaflets, a copy of the by-law, and other photocopied materials.

File consists of newspaper and newsletter clippings relating to Ross Dixon, his career, his activities, and his philanthropy. Some are photocopies.

File consists of correspondence and other material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the McMaster University.

File consists of miscellaneous correspondence, most of which is personal. Includes some faxed correspondence.

File consists of material relating to Dixon's involvment with the Board of Governers of Juniour Achievement of the Waterloo Region and his financial support of the organization. Includes correspondence (some copies, some faxes), minutes of Board of Governors' meetings, copies of cheques, and newspaper clippings.

File consists of a certificate for Ross Dixon & Associates from the United Way in recognition of support. File also includes a reprinted painting by Norman Rockwell.

File consists of a sign announcing the opening of the new Belmont Village franchise of Ross Dixon Financial Services, including a photograph of Dixon with J. 'Sandy' Matheson.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the University of Waterloo and various scholarships, bursaries, and funds they established or to which they contributed. Includes correspondence (some faxes), promotional material from the University of Waterloo Office of Development, copies of cheques, etc.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts for Ross Dixon Financial Services.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording disbursements for Ross Dixon Financial Services.

File consists of material relating to opportunities for donations to Hillfield Strathallan College in Hamilton and Dixon's support of the school. Includes correspondence, publicity materials for giving campaigns and the school's centennial in 2001, a biography of Dixon, and a report.

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 accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for Ross Dixon Investments Inc.

File consists of a certificate for Ross Dixon & Associates on its achievement as one of the top five independent insurance agents in Canada.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for Ross Dixon Investments Inc.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording disbursements for Ross Dixon Investments Inc.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording disbursements for Ross Dixon Investments Inc.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts for Ross Dixon Investments Inc.

File consists of material relating to the philanthropy and charitable giving of Ross and Doris Dixon to various organizations and institutions, including local hospitals, galleries and symphonies, and food banks and other charities and foundations. Includes correspondence (mainly thank-you letters and donation appeals), promotional material from the organizations, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes by Dixon relating to his charitable givings, receipts, etc.

File consists of three snapshots of Ross Dixon waterskiing.

File consists of material relating to the philanthropy and charitable giving of Ross and Doris Dixon to various organizations and institutions, including local hospitals, galleries and symphonies, and food banks and other charities and foundations. Includes correspondence (mainly thank-you letters and donation appeals), promotional material from the organizations, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes by Dixon relating to his charitable givings, receipts, etc.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. and Ross Dixon & Associates.

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 material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward Wilfrid Laurier University. Includes correspondence (some faxes), endowment funds reports, promotional material from the University, newspaper clippings, etc.File also includes photographs of award recipients.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward Wilfrid Laurier University. Includes correspondence (some faxes), endowment funds reports, promotional material from the University, newspaper clippings, etc.File also includes photographs of award recipients.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the Big Brothers Association of Kitchener-Waterloo and the Dixon Scholarship Award offered through the association. Includes correspondence (some from recipients of the scholarship); scholarship recipient profiles and unsigned copies of the terms of the Award; financial statements and president and committee reports of the association from the 1990s; newspaper clippings; copies of cheques; and flyers and other material from the association.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

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 newspaper clippings and brochures relating to the financial situation of the City of Kitchener and the City of Waterloo in the early 1980s. File also includes handwritten notes from a later date.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

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 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 a letter from the mayor of Kitchener to Dixon regarding his contribution to the Belmont Improvement Area, Board of Management Committee, and a lease between the City of Kitchener and the Board.

File consists of the 1979 annual report for Uniroyal Inc.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes handwritten notes and calculations.

File consists of press clippings (some photocopies) about Ross Dixon.

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

File consists of a letter to Dixon from the Kitchener-Waterloo Housing & Urban Development Association.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording cash receipts and disbursements for subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited, including the Westmount Construction Co.

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 correspondence and memoranda from Selwyn H. Sangster, president of Standard Management and Appraisals Co. Limited. Some correspondence relates to Dixon's position as Mortgage Officer with the company.

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 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 a newspaper clipping about pension funds.

File consists of material relating to Dixon's retirement from Uniroyal as well as the retirement of other friends and colleagues. Includes a typed speech he gave at his retirement, incoming and outgoing correspondence, a card, and a carbon copy of remarks about his retirement given to a Kitchener-Waterloo Record reporter.

File consists of newspaper clippings about successful business ventures in Kitchener-Waterloo.

File consists of newspaper clippings and a pamphlet regarding employee benefits in general and for salared employees at Uniroyal.

File consists of newspaper clippings (some photocopied) relating to the Parti Quebecois and the separatist movement in Quebec.