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File consists of clippings, a snapshot, typescript notes, and correspondence related to the Holy Ann Prayer Shed and Well. The majority of clippings in this file relate to the controversial property development proposed for the Thornhill site and the refusal of Elizabeth Smith, the owner of the house, to surrender it to the developer who owns the land it stands on.

The typescript notes and some of the clippings describe the life of Ann Preston, who emigrated from Ireland in 1830 and worked as a servant in Dr. Reid's family home on the Thornhill Estate, as well as the origins of Ann's Prayer Shed and Well. A photograph which appears to depict Ann's Prayer Shed is also contained in this file. Some of the correspondence contained in this file (1973) took place between Mr. and Mrs. Clark and William G. Davis, Premier of Canada, and relates to Holy Ann's cottage and Annswell, located on the on the property.

File consists of correspondence from politicians in response to letters and petitions from the Muskoka Acid Rain Petition Committee. Letters are addressed to the committee, Ruth Miller, or Judy Godfrey. Includes letters from:

• Ontario Premier William Davis, Ontario Minister of Natural Resources (James A.C. Auld),
• Ontario Provincial Secretary for Resources Development (Rene Brunelle),
• Ontario Minister of Energy (Robert Welch),
• Ontario Minister of the Environment (Harry Parrott),
• Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Stan Darling, Office of the Prime Minister,
• Minister of Environment Canada (John Fraser),
• Minister of National Health and Welfare (Monique Begin) and the
• Office of the Leader of the NDP (Canada and Ontario).

File also includes copies of speeches by Harry Parrott and John Fraser, news releases from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and the Ontario NDP, a copy of a House of Commons debate on acid rain, a copy of a draft order to Inco Limited from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, and other photocopied documents.

Left to right: Mrs. Needles, Mr. Dunton, J.G. Hagey, I. Needles[?], Mrs. Hagey, Bill Davis.

Left to right: Pollock, Hagey, Davis, Needles(L-R) Pollock, Hagey, Davis, Needles.

File consists of material relating to the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario, and mainly to legislation changes in the early 1980s affecting the McMichael Canadian Collection and the response of interested parties (including COAA members) regarding the changes. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, politicians' statements given at the Legislative Assebmly of Ontario, transcripts of parliamentary committee meetings (Standing Committee on Social Development), newsletters, fliers, etc. File also contains copies of the Act to Establish the McMichael Canadian Collection (1972) and the Act to amend the McMichael Canadian Collection Act (1981). File probably belonged to Oreen Campbell and most correspondence belongs to Campbell, but some correspondence is also addressed to Doris Law. Includes a letter from Premier William G. Davis.

Photograph of Mrs. J.G. Hagey receiving a bouquet at Dr. Hagey's retirement. Left to right: A. Davidson Dunton, J.G. Hagey, C.A. Pollock, Mrs. J.G. Hagey, Wm. G. Davis, I.G. Needles (at Table).

Slides labelled "C, not sorted.

File consists of one photograph of Panabaker with William Davis (Premier of Ontario) and Harold Shipp at the opening of the Mississauga Executive Centre.

One colour snapshots of the 1971 Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade. It rained before the parade started that year.

File consists of material relating to nuclear power and nuclear waste. Includes newspaper clippings (some photocopied); correspondence (some photocopied); draft correspondence; notes; pages photocopied from books, newsletters, and reports about nuclear power; material produced by Ontario Hydro; material produced by independent political candidates; and other material. Includes correspondence between Godfrey and Ontario Premier William Davis.

Left to right: Peter Barnes, Student, Dr. J.G. Hagey, The Honourable W.G. Davis, Minister of Education.

Left to right: W.A.E. McBryde( Dean of Science), I.G. Needles, J.G. Hagey, (President) W.G. Davis