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Architectural Drawings

  • SCA220-GA207-5
  • Series
  • [19-], 1947-1977, predominant 1954-1965
  • Part of Ross Dixon fonds.

File consists of architectural drawings prepared for the Westmount Construction Company. Includes mainly house plans but also some plans for an apartment building and several commercial buildings. Many of the drawings do not include the creator's name, but some were prepared by C.E. Voelker, N.O Hipel (Preston), J. Crebolder, and others. A small number of drawings were mass-produced (published in magazines).

Many drawings contain handwritten annotations; some are original plans and some are revisions to plans. The construction jobs for the Westmount Construction Company appear to have been classified as either "residential" or "miscellaneous" and in each category were generally assigned a Job # in chronological order. A log of jobs was kept and can be found in Series 4, File 250. There are duplicate drawings corresponding with many of the job numbers.

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Photographs

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.

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Personal

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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Career

Series consists of material documenting Ross Dixon's search for employment and his career up until the time he began working at the Dominion Rubber Company, and includes material from his time at Toronto Radio & Sports, Research Enterprises Limited, Otaco Limited, and other companies.

Series also includes material documenting his professional activities and associations from throughout his career, such as his involvement with the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, the Grand Valley Personnel Association, the Canadian Public Relations Society, and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association.

Series includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, forms, manuals, brochures, certificates, financial statements, agendas, handwritten notes, resumes, ephemera, and other material.

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Career : Uniroyal

Series consists of material documenting aspects of Ross Dixon's career at Uniroyal (formerly the Dominion Rubber Company), where he worked from 1947 until his retirement in 1977, as Manager and then Director of Industrial Relations. Material relates to industrial relations, employee relations, management, and workplace safety as well as political and economic issuse of interest to Dixon, and other aspects of his role in the company.

Series includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, speeches, company publications, employee newsletters, conference programs, leaflets and brochures, handwritten notes, forms, ephemera, and other material.

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Westmount Construction Company

Series consists of files kept by Ross Dixon relating to the operation of the Westmount Construction Company. He formed this company ca. 1952 to build houses in the newly-developing Westmount area of Kitchener-Waterloo, hiring foremen and carpenters and contracting out the basic construction work. Doris Dixon became involved in the accounting work and other administrative aspects of the company.

The material in these files relates mainly to home-building, including construction methods and materials and exterior and interior design features. Also present are files relating to the administration and operation of the company and aspects of specific construction jobs, as well as advertising for homes built by the company.

Series includes brochures, flyers, catalogues, pricelists, advertisements, newspaper and magazine clippings, circulars, bulletins, forms and charts (including estimates, cost analysis, etc.), agreements, handwritten notes, correspondence, sketches, architectural drawings, and other material.

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Accounting Records

Series consists of accounting records for the Westmount Construction Company, as well as for Westmont Enterprises Limited and its subsidiaries, from around 1952 to 1989. Also present are some accounting records for Ross Dixon Financial Services from around 1982 to 1989. Includes accounting journal pages, general ledger pages, and handwritten notes.

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Westmont Enterprises Limited

  • SCA220-GA207-6
  • Series
  • 1955-2001, predominant [196-]-[197-]
  • Part of Ross Dixon fonds.

Series consists of material accumulated by Ross Dixon relating to the activities of Westmont Enterprises Limited, a holding company that Ross Dixon formed ca. 1953 for the Westmount Construction Company and other subsidiary companies as well as rental properties. One of these subidiary companies was Jasco, a manufacturer of aluminum windows and doors in Baden, Ontario.

Series consists mainly of material relating to the advertising and sale of real estate in Kitchener and Waterloo, as well as the surrounding region; and real estate and rental properties mainly in the Belmont neighbourhood. Series includes correspondence, deeds and mortgages, agreements, photographs, architectural drawings, handwritten notes, invoices, and other material.

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Ross Dixon Financial Services

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.

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Philanthropy

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.

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Visual Materials

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

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