Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1998 and 1999. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the year 2004. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related ephemera and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated about the Welland Canals Preservation Association, Port Colborne, the Niagara College Centre for the Arts, and Shipley's books To mark our place: a history of Canadian War memorials and St. Catharines: Garden on the canal. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers, booklets, drawings, and related publications.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated about the Welland Canals. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers, booklets, presentations, and publications. Publications are:

• Lock 24. First Welland Canal by the Welland Canals Society (1988),
• Welland Canals corridor development guide. Prepared for the Regional Municipality of Niagara with the assistance of the Canada-Ontario Tourism Subsidiary Agreement (1988),
• Stroke of the pen: newsletter for the Niagara branch of the Canadian Authors Association (Vol. 5 No. 3, January 1988) that promoted Shipley's book St. Catharines: Garden on the canal,
• The economic development journal (June 1989) with an article by Shipley titled "Developing the business potential of the historic Welland Canals. Channelling energies,"
• Leisure Ontario (February 1989) with an article titled "The Welland Canals: and adventure in engineering and human enterprise" by Alan Hewetson mentioning Shipley.

Also contains materials related to Shipley's poetry writing, including a flyer for the event "Waterways. A festival of maritime culture and traditions" (September 9, 1990) where Shipley participated in the storytelling section with "Shipwreck" and There is. Niagara poetry anthology (Vol. 6) where Shipley published "Spanning Ages" (1988).

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 2005 and 2006. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related ephemera, received correspondence, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers and booklets related to the event "Playback 200" (1984) where Shipley was the festival coordinator, a printout for a guest lecture (March 15, 1984), and publications. Publications are:

• There is: Niagara poetry anthology (Vol. 3, 1985) where Robert Shipley published poems "Dad and grand dad - 1938," "Creative tension," and "Insect issues" and There is: Niagara poetry anthology 1984 with "Grenade bed," "Safe kitchen," and "The W o in man,"
• Welland Canals Preservation Association annual report (1986) and plans of Niagara South Rowing Club grand stand,
• Canalside '84 calendar. 12 views by Robert Shipley,
• Printout of Shipley's unpublished manuscript ...and nobody came (What if you had an orgasm and nobody came: stories of erotic transportation),
• Canadian author & bookman (Vol. 59, No. 2, Winter 1984 and Vol. 59, No. 4, Summer 1984) with Shipley's "The writer as promoter,"
• Goodwin's (Winer 1983-84) with drawings by Shipley,
• What's up Niagara (Vol. 3. No. 11, October 1984) with a profile by Shipley,
• History through drama edited by Shipley (1984) and related promotional ephemera,
• Poem book Relation ships (1984),
• Literaty gifts. Niagara branch Canadian Authors Association (Christmas 1984) with a poem by Shipley titled "Winter kitchen still life."

Also contains materials related to the Canadian Authors Association (CAA) Awards of 1985 with related ephemera and a draft of the chapter "Introduction" ("Introduction" was written by Shipley during the National Executive Meeting of the CAA, was read during the workshop orientation meeting, and was published as part of To build a book: a compendium of workshops on publishing by the CAA).

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes newspaper clippings and photocopies, a legal agreement between Shipley and Norman Turner Bragg for Shipley to write for the book The mighty waterway, and publications. Publications are:

• Program for the "Ontario History and Social Science Teachers' Association presented 'in pursuit of the national dream'" where Shipley participated with a talk titled "'Slabtown revisited': an approach for studying local history" (1982)
• Articles by Shipley published in Alive and Well (1981-1982),
• Unpublished articles titled "The man, the poet: Irving Layton" (with Halia Zamkow), "Creativity... 'the inextinguishable flame'," "The arrival of the home computer," "I got it off my dad and he got it off his dad," "Women's world: the Nestle boycott: babies and you," and "Minor hockey: a major headache for the kids,"
• Channel Magazine (March 1982) with Shipley's article "Who owns the language of morality,"
• Perception Magazine (March-April 1981, January-February 1981) with drawings by Shipley,
• Niagara peninsula writers lovebook. St. Valentine's day 1982 with Shipley's "Love in the laneway,"
• Northern Travel Survey (1978).

Also contains scripts for the plays "The battle of Slabtown," "There goes my chicken salad," and "A legend from ashes" all developed by students of Banting Secondary School and Robert Shipley.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers and booklets, and publications. Publications are:

• Program for the "Twenty-eight annual Western Ontario exhibition" (May 10-June 10, 1968) where Shipley participated with acrylic "My captain #5,"
• Folio (Vol. 20, No. 3, Spring 1968 and n.d.) with Shipley's "My captain the father" and "Kingston,"
• Program for "By little town: a special exhibit of the Lamton Heritage Museum" by Shipley (November 1978),
• "Material History Bulletin" from the National Museum of Man (Fall 1979) with the collaboration of Shipley,
• Perception Magazine (November-December 1980, Novemeber-December 1979, July-August 1979) with drawings by Shipley,
• Heritage Canada (Vol. 5, No. 3, August 1979) with an article by Shipley titled "Lest we forget: war memorials in disrepair,"
• The history and social science teacher (Vol. 15, No. 3, Spring 1980) with an article by Shipley titled "Feeling History - the workshop experience,"
• Alumni Gazett (Spring 1980) with drawings by Shipley,
• Prospectus for the Meaning of the stones (May 1980).
• Niagara peninsula writers. Christmas 1981 with Shipley's drawings and story "the winos Noel."

Also contains a script of play "Silver Caves: the history & the legend of John Walden Meyers" by Shipley. And materials related to the book The 8th hussar. Cyprus 1978-1979 in which Shipley published drawings.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers and booklets related to the event "Playback 200" (1984) where Shipley was the festival coordinator, Shipley's resume, script for a talk in the First United Church (St. Catherines), and publications. Publications are:

• First draft and photocopy of Shipley's unpublished In search of Jesus Canuck,
• Approaching Ontario's past: how to produce your own audio-visual show to which Shipley contributed,
• Institute of urban and environmental studies: decisions for the Great Lakes by Brock University (1983) in which Shipley contributed with part IV "Resource use,"
• Canadian Author & bookman (Vol. 59, No. 1, Fall 1983) with Shipley's article "Playing with ideas - for money" and (Vol, 58, No. 3, Spring 1983) with a feature on Shipley,
• Canal side '83 calendar. 12 views by Robert Shipley,
• There is: Niagara poetry anthology (Vol. 1, 1983) with Shipley's poems "St. Catharines bus station," "May mountain locks walk," "Across the room," and "Macramed lovers,"
• Welland Canals Heritage Parkway (phase II): a proposal for the Welland Canals heritage parkway with a preface by Shipley (1983).

Also contains The oak and the pine tree chief a play developed by History and Theatre Arts students at Niagara district secondary school in cooperation with Shipley (April - May 1983).

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley between September 1971 and July 1974. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and a photograph received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley in 1978. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1979. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and photographs received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley in 1982. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and a photograph received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1998 and 2002 to and from Dana Švihlová, sometimes printed on reused paper. Includes personal correspondence, related ephemera, and photographs.
Also contains a photocopy of pages from Švihlová's work Trvalo udržateľný rozvoj na miestnej úrovni.

Correspondence sent by Robert Shipley to Bill Ratcliffe between 1993 and 2002, and in 2008. Includes personal correspondence, invitations to events and ephemera, Shipley's resume, related newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper clippings, a printout of book proposal The late late loyalists. Canada in the eyes of American immigrants, and printouts of Shipley's writings "Going home" and "Ants."

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1991 and 1992 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to letters of submission and acceptance for his work, different positions he had, trips, membership in committees, revenue income from books, letters thanking him for participating in events, and related ephemera. Also contains a certificate of his appointment as Lieutenant of His Majesty's Provincial Matrine Squadron on Lake Ontario.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1990 and 1992 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, cards, photographs, related ephemera, and photocopies of newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 1994 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to grants, submission of his work, and jobs he had. Also contains personal correspondence related to trips and friends, and related ephemera and photocopies of newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1987 and 1990 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence received from National Defense, correspondence related to the Welland Canals and the Niagara Region, letters about his appearance in the Canadian Who's who, letters inviting him and thanking him for participating in events, invoices and royalties, and related ephemera received with the correspondence.
Also contains a review of Shipley's book To mark our place: a history of Canadian war memorials and a printout of City building by Lane, Frenchman and Associates, Inc. (1989).

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 1996 from different persons and institutions. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo, job applications, and applications for grants. Also contains personal correspondence, letters thanking him for participating in events, letters received from politicians, and ephemera received with the correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1984 and 1986 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends. Also contains letters and drawings made by Shipley as a child in 1950s.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1986 and 1989 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, cards, and ephemera received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1981 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participating in events, letters congratulating him for his work, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains personal correspondence, Shipley's biography, and related ephemera and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1980 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participation in events and congratulating him for his work, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains personal correspondence and related ephemera received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1979 and 1980 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participating in events, letters congratulating him for his work, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains related ephemera and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1971 and 1978 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to the military, his work in education, committees and organizations of which he was a member, letters from politicians, and employment offers and agreements. Also contains personal correspondence related to insurance policies and vacations, Shipley's biography, and related ephemera and newspaper clippings received with the correspondence.
Also includes copies of Out of the West (April 1976 and December 1975) from the Ministry of Culture & Recreation, Western Unit.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to TRW Thompson Products Division St. Catherines, Ontario
Includes consent forms for taped interviews, invoices and payments, published copies of Forum magazine: Thompson Products Division (1984 and 1985), related articles, research notes, and drafts of "History of TRW Thompson Products Division St. Catherines, Ontario."
Also contains the "Ragan report on how to write a corporate history."

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including Canadian politics, Canadian law, archives, history and heritage of Ontario, and cooking. Includes articles and newspaper clippings, research notes, and related ephemera. Also contains personal correspondence.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including the Loyalists, the Canadian International Brigades, transportation, business personalities in Canada, historical trails and landmarks, and Canadian politics. Includes articles and newspaper clippings, bibliography lists, research notes, and related ephemera.
Also contains a reproduction of painting given to Shipley and letters received by Shipley from students at school.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including how to do research, Ontario wines, Canadian politics, Nuclear waste, and the agricultural history of Ontario. Includes articles and newspaper clippings, research notes, and related ephemera.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including Canadian politics, Canadian history, Canadian culture and heritage, and resources for writers. Includes articles, bibliography lists, research notes, newsletters, and related ephemera. Also contains personal correspondence and notes, and poems written by Shipley.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to his time in the Canadian Armed Forces. Includes materials covering the history of Canadian National Defense, instructions and rules, class materials, course sillabi, research and class notes, class exercises, weekly schedules, and related ephemera.

Materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to his time in the Canadian Armed Forces. Includes personal notes, correspondence, and related ephemera.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including Canadian politics, Canadian law, and Canadian law, and resources for writers. Includes articles, bibliography lists, research notes, newsletters, and related ephemera. Also contains personal correspondence and notes.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including Canadian politics, general history, and military history. Includes articles, research notes, and related ephemera. Also contains personal correspondence and notes.

Materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley. Includes personal correspondence, notes, writings, and poems. Also contains ephemera related to events and organizations in which he participated.

Research materials created or accumulated by Robert Shipley related to different matters, including Shipley's work, other Canadian authors, and general history. Includes articles, research notes, and related ephemera and newspaper clippings. Also contains personal and University of Waterloo notes and correspondence, and class materials.

Correspondence sent and received by James Downey related to different areas of Downey's professional life. Includes letters of appreciation, tributes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to awards received and work performed by Downey in different roles and associations.
Also contains drafts of speeches and addresses related to Downey's work or roles, such as "Remarks by the Chancellor" during the official launch of Lord Beaverbrook and the Kennedys by James Downey (May 15, 2012) or "Commencement Address the University of Waterloo" by Trina McQueen, president, Discovery Channel (June 18, 1999).

Correspondence received and sent by James Downey to his sisters. Most letters written by Downey are under the heading “Dear Sis.” Includes photocopies of photographs of family members and friends, related newspaper clippings, ephemera with eulogies for friends and family members, and a few related letters.
Also contains a poster for the "Thomas Gray and the Humanist tradition: a conference to mark the bi-centenary of the death of Thomas Gray," Carleton University (May 18-20, 1971).

One scrapbook kept by an unknown theatre goer. The book is specially made for theatre performances and features in index of the plays, and a two page spread devoted to each play. The left hand side of the page allows for written comments on the title, date and location of the play as well as impressions, and criticisms of the actors and performance. The right hand side of the page is intended to be used to paste in the playbill. In many entries newspaper clippings about the performance are also present. All of the productions were held at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston by the Boston Stage Society in 1904 and 1905. There are records for 80 plays. Some of the playbills also include advertisements.

United States Department of Agriculture Farmer's Bulletin 565 Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using it. Includes information on corn, corn meal and other corn products as well as understanding the nutritional makeup of corn products. Also includes recipes using corn in baked goods, for corn based meals, and for desserts.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 717: Digestibility of Protein Supplied by Soy-Bean and Peanut Press-Cake Flours, printed in Washington D.C. September 25, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states that it is primarily of interest to students and investigators of food problems and records the results of research on digestibility and nutrition of soy and peanut flours.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 2: Do You Know Corn Meal? The leaflet gives information on how to use corn meal, as well as recipes.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.14: Dried Peas and Beans. This leaflet gives information on varieties of dried peas and beans, ways to cook them, and recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 649: Experiments on the Digestibility of Fish printed in Washington D.C. April 13, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states that it is primarily of interest to students and investigators of food problems and records the results of research on digestibility of Boston mackerel, butterfish, grayfish, and salmon.

United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 717 Food for Young Children. The guide provides information on what nutrients children should be getting in their diets, the food groups they should eat (milk and dishes made chiefly of milk; breads and other cereal foods; butter and other wholesome fats; vegetables and fruits; simple sweets), ways in which to prepare foods, and recipes and meal plans.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 7: Food For Your Children. This leaflet gives information on the kinds of foods that are important for children to or not to have, as well as a meal plan an recipes.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.16: Fresh Vegetables. This leaflet gives information on types of fresh vegetables to buy or grow, tips on cooking, recipes, timing for cooking vegetables, and tips on urban foraging.

Glucose for Household Use issued by the Canada Food Board, Ottawa, August, 1918. This pamphlet gives information on saving sugar and using glucose in its place, including notes on how to use glucose for canning and preserving, and recipes substituting glucose for sugar.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 19: Hominy. This leaflet gives information on how to cook hominy, types of hominy, and recipes using it.

One decorative hanging with the poems "In Flanders Fields" and "America's Answer" which was written by R.W. Lilliard as a response to the entreaties in McCrae's poem. Also includes a large envelope addressed to Miss. Helen M. Wright, teacher, Annette St. School, Toronto that the poem was originally housed in.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 8: Instead of Meat. This leaflet gives information on meat substitutes, as well as recipes.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 5: Make a Little Meat go a Long Way. The leaflet gives information on how to make stews and meat pies to make a little meat go a long way.

Ontario Department of Agriculture Women's Institutes Bulletin 254 War Breads, This bulletin fives information on why wheat needs to be saved for the way effort, how other grains and can be used in its place (including recipes) an appendix of upcoming demonstration-lecture courses.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 10: Plenty of Potatoes. This leaflet gives information on the nutritional value of potatoes, how to cook them, and recipes.

Potatoes and how to Cook Them published by the Canada Food Board, Ottawa, 1918. This pamphlet provides information on the nutritional value of potatoes, recipes using them, how to purchase store and grow them, and information on other recipe books that can be purchased.

Farmers' Bulletin 1195 United States Department of Agriculture: Rice as Food. This bulletin gives information on how rice is grown and processed, how to cook it (including recipes and what to do with leftovers) and information on wild rice.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 18: Rice. This leaflet gives information on how to cook rice, and recipes for its use.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.15: Save Sugar. This leaflet gives information on how to save sugar, sugar substitutes, recipes for sweets that do not contain sugar, and how to follow the food pledge.

United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 630: Studies on the Digestibility of Some Nut Oils, printed in Washington D.C. April 16, 1918 as a contribution from the States Relations Service. The bulletin states that it is geared towards students and investigators of food problems and records the results of a study on the digestibility or almond, black-walnut, Brazil-nut, butternut, English-walnut, hickory-nut and pecan oils.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 111 Use Barely-Save Wheat. This circular includes information on barely as well as recipes for baked goods using barely in place of wheat from the kitchen of the Office of Home Economics.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 117: Use Corn Meal and Corn Flour to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on corn meal and corn flour and recipes for baked goods made with corn instead of wheat from the Experimental Kitchen of the Department of Agriculture, Office of Home Economics and the U.S. Food Administration, Home Conservation Section.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.17: Use More Fish. This leaflet gives information the nutrient value of fish, types of fish to use to replace meat in your diet, how to cook fish, and offers recipes.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 118: Use Oats to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on rolled oats and oat flour and recipes for baked goods made with oats instead of wheat from the Experimental Kitchen of the Department of Agriculture, Office of Home Economics and the U.S. Food Administration, Home Conservation Section.

United States Department of Agriculture Farmer's Bulletin 955 Use of Wheat Flour in Baking Substitutes. The bulletin gives information on wheat substitutes such a sorghum, corn, rice, potatoes, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas, beans and peanuts well as providing recipes for wheat free baking.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 110 Use Peanut Flour to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on barely as well as recipes for baked goods, meat substitute dishes and soups using peanut flour in place of wheat from the kitchen of the Office of Home Economics.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 106 Use Potatoes to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on potatoes as well as recipes for baked goods, potato dishes, and potatoes used as meat substitutes.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 106 Use Potatoes to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on potatoes as well as recipes for baked goods, potato dishes, potatoes used as meat substitutes and potato recipes to save wheat from the Experimental Kitchen of the Department of Agriculture, Office of Home Economics and of the Home Conservation Section of the U.S. Food Administration. This circular is an update to the previous circular on using potatoes from March 12, 1918.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 119: Use Rice Flour to Save Wheat. This circular includes information on how rice flour is made and recipes for baked goods made with rice flour instead of wheat from the Experimental Kitchen of the Department of Agriculture, Office of Home Economics and the U.S. Food Administration, Home Conservation Section.

United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary Circular No. 113: Use Soy-Bean Flour to Save Wheat, Meat and Fat. This circular includes information on soy-bean cakes as well as recipes for baked goods and meat dishes that use soy-beans in place of flour or wheat.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 9: Vegetables for Winter. This leaflet gives information on the importance of continuing to eat vegetables during the winter, as well as vegetables that grow in the winter, how to cook with canned and dried vegetables, recipes, and how vegetables can replace meat.

Wartime conservation pamphlet on potatoes for patriotism published by the New York State Food Commission in Cooperations with the Federal Food Board, prepared by the Department of Home Economics, New York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and approved by the Bureau of Food Conservation of New York City. Includes information about how to best cook potatoes, potato recipes, and recipes using mashed potatoes in place of wheat flour.

Wartime Conservation: Wheat Saving Bread, published by the New York State Food Commission in cooperation with the Federal Food Board prepared by the Department of Home Economics, New York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, approved by the Bureau of Food Conservation of New York City. The pamphlet gives information on how and why to save wheat for the war effort, and provides recipes for breads and other baked goods that save on wheat.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 20: Wheatless Breads and Cakes. This leaflet gives information on what substitutes such as corn meal, oats, rice and buckwheat, how to cook with them, recipes using them, and other tips on how to save wheat.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No. 13: A Whole Dinner in One Dish. This leaflet gives recipes for one dish dinners and information on the food groups.

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Food Administration United States Food Leaflet No.4: Choose your Food Wisely. The leaflet gives information on the food groups, and why you need to eat something from every group each day.

A collection of food circulars distributed during the First World War in both Canada and the United States. The circulars provide information on food nutrition, rationing and recipes.

The Sims family collection encompasses records of the Sims and Cook, Davidson and Garden families retained by members of the two family branches that came together when Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos married in 1902. Their Sims and Davidson forbears were equally significant in the history of the Waterloo-Wellington area and in the growth and development of agriculture, education, business and government. Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos were deeply involved in their local community of Berlin, (later Kitchener) Ontario and their own records contain significant additions to our knowledge of local personalities and affairs. Harvey was a childhood and lifelong friend of William Lyon Mackenzie King; they wrote and visited each other regularly. King's sister Bella was also a close friend of Florence from school days on.

February 7, 1986 issue of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. The front-page features an article about the life of Harry Huehnergard printed for his retirement. It also showcases three of his photographs he took for the Record during his career with the newspaper.

A 1 volume (400 p.) calendar of historical international, national and local events, organized chronologically with one page for each day of the year. According to the donor, entries date from about 1886 (although events prior to this date are recorded) and are in the handwriting of W.J. Motz, J.E. Motz and Cully Schmidt. Newspaper clippings of "Today in History" are also pasted in. An alphabetical name and subject index is present. This volumes is a condensation of local information and forms an important, albeit selective, index to the Record. Title from the contents.

File consists of a place card for Mrs. Porter.

File consists of a photocopy of the announcements section of The Globe and Mail which features a marriage announcement for Dorothy Walwyn (formerly Porter) to George Dean Gibson.

File consists of Dorothy Porter's certificate for the 1922-1923 school year for the Oxford Higher Local Examination.

File consists of an envelope with vital records and information for Dana Porter, Jr. Includes correspondence regarding the records from the RCAF, as well as a high school graduation diploma, reports of examinations from the Ontario Agricultural College, clippings on Porter's time at OAC and letters of reference.

File consists of one business card for Dana Porter which reads "With the Compliments of Hon. Dana Porter, Q.C. Treasurer of Ontario. Parliament Buildings, Toronto."

File consists of five business cards from associates of Dana Porter. There are for: F.J. Lyle, Director Trade and Industry Branch ; E.V. McNeill, Commissioner of Police for Ontario ; Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Carrere ; Ray Timson, London Free Press ; Arthur Welsh, Department of Planning and Development.

File consists of campaign materials for the 1955 election. Includes materials for Dana Porter, George Drew, James H. Rooney, George Hees, Roly Michener, and Joe Keenan.

File consists of one dinner invitation to an informal dinner for commissioners and their wives at the Porter residence to meet the Prime Minster.

File consists of one envelope addressed to Professor R.S. Knox, Department of English, University of Toronto as well as an attached note indicating that Professor Knox is out of the country.

File consists of clippings primarily related to the interests of Dana Porter, including ones on higher education and book reviews. Also includes two from 1968 on the George Drew years of Ontario parliament.

File consists of clippings accumulated by Dana Porter and family on Dana Porter, his work, personal life, and interests.

File consists of one large scrapbook with clippings relating to Dana Porter, his life, work and interests.

File consists of two photocopies of a clipping from the May 20, 1948 edition of the Toronto Evening Telegram. Clipping discusses Porter's position as Minister of Planning and Development.

File consists of a small card giving directions from the church to the reception area for Dana Porter's wake at 32 Heath Street West in Toronto.

File consists of biographical sketches on Dana Porter from The International Yearbook Statesman's Who's Who.

File consists of the service programme for the funeral of Dana Porter. A list of honorary pallbearers appears on the verso and includes Claude T. Bissell, John Diefenbaker, Leslie Frost, Ira G. Needles, and John Roberts, among others.

File consists of one wedding invitation for the wedding of Julain Porter and Susan McCutcheon.