File consists of a plaque presented to Ross Dixon for his term of president from 1959-1960.

File consists of a certificate presented to Ross Dixon in recognition of service as Class Chairman, Leather, Rubber and Tanners section.

File consists of a certificate of honourary life membership presented to Ross Dixon in appreciation of service.

File consists of material relating to the formation and governance of Decimus Investments Limited, of which Dixon was a shareholder (and possibly a director). Includes financial statements (1957-1958, 1961, 1963-1965), balance sheets (1954-1955, 1959), lists of stock prices and values, correspondence, mintues from a shareholders meeting and a directors meeting, a president's report (1963), an agreement, handwritten notes, and a copy of a judgement of the Income Tax Appeal Board (Canada).

File consists of letterhead for: Westmount Contruction Co. (photocopies), Westmont Enterprises Limited, (several versions), Ross Dixon & Associates Investments, Ross Dixon Investments Inc., and R.D.K. Aluminum Ltd. (manufacturers of Jasco).

File consists of two office signs. One sign reads "R.V. Dixon" and one sign reads "Ross Dixon & Associates/Investments/Mortgages-Pension Plans."

File consists of material accumulated by Dixon during his time at Otaco as well as material about Otaco and the Minnitoys division collected later. Includes correspondence, memoranda (among management as well as to company), draft memoranda, speeches and addresses prepared by Dixon, company notices, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, company newsletters, brochures for Otaco and Minnitoys, and other material.

File consists of blank employment application forms for Otaco Limited as well as for other companies. File also includes one completed application for employement with Merchants Rubber.

File consists of a blank hourly employee rating card and guidelines for the empoyee ability rating for the Canadian General Electric Company Limted, Peterborough Works.

File consists of a blank copies of an employment contract.

File consists of blank copies of forms for exit interviews and reports of personnel separations and exit interviews.

File consists of blank copies of forms for messages from absent employees and requests for leave of absence. File also includes a memorandum from Dixon.

File consists of copies of employee reference forms from other companies.

File consists of material relating to the fuctions and operations of a personnel department. Includes papers and guidelines about personnel departments generally as well as the department at Otaco.

File consists of material relating to the development of a plant manual and plant rules for Otaco Ltd. in Orillia, Ontario. Includes a manual from another company, a pamphlet from the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, the wage policy for Research Enterprises Limited, typed drafts of the manual for Otaco, galley proofs and a mock-up for the manual, and handwritten notes.

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

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 a warning slip in triplicate.

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 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 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 typed and handwritten resumes created by Dixon.

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 securities charts for April 1966, for the mining and oil section and the industrial section of the Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges. Issued by Fraser Research Ltd.

File consists of twenty-six rubber stamps used by Dixon in his various businesses as well as personally. Includes stamps used for Westmount Construction Co., Westmont Enterprises Ltd., Ross Dixon Invesments Inc., Jasco Sales, Industrial Construction Company, and Ross Dixon & Associates.

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.

File consists of material relating to speeches by government ministers and in particular comments about the free market system in Canada by Prime Minister Trudeau. Includes newspaper clippings, an address by Hon. John Munro (Minister of Labour), and a photocopy of a reply to the Prime Minister's remarks by the Labour-Management Relations Committee of Uniroyal (Dominion Rubber).

File consists of material relating to economics in Canada. Includes newspaper clippings and photocopied pages of data relating to the GDP, Consumer Price Index, employment, etc.

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

File consists of a pamphlet describing the group insurance for salaried employees at Dominion Rubber.

File consists of a guide to inventory policy prepared for the Dominion Rubber Company.

File consists of material relating to Dixon's involvement with the Industrial Accident Prevention Association as well as safety in the workplace and industrial accident prevention. Includes speeches and addresses by Dixon to various chapters and conferences of the I.A.P.A. and to other organizations (including some drafts), handwritten notes, leaflets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other material.

File consists of material relating to Dixon's involvement with the Industrial Accident Prevention Association as well as safety in the workplace and industrial accident prevention. Includes speeches and addresses by Dixon to various chapters and conferences of the I.A.P.A. and to other organizations (including some drafts), handwritten notes, leaflets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other material.

File consists of material from the Industrial Accidents Prevention Association (Ontario and Quebec), and some material relating to the Workers' Compensation Board. Includes a memorandum and program for the 1977 annual conference, newsletters, correspondence to members, accident prevention campaign promotional materials (posters, etc.), a guide for management, and a newspaper clipping.

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

File consists of material relating to the Industrial Relations Department and its functions at Merchants Rubber. Includes typed and handwritten minutes of department meetings, handwritten notes taken by Dixon at various meetings, a typed address given at a supervisory conference, and a memorandum.

File consists of material accumulated by Dixon in his role as Director of Industrial Relations at Dominion Rubber, relating to various aspects of labour relations and industrial management. Includes photocopied articles and clippings, incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters and circulars, a folder of information about the Uniroyal management benefit plan, and other material.

File consists of pamphlets, leaflets, other small publications, and ephemera accumulated by Dixon in his capacity as an executive and Director of Industrial Relations. Items relate to topics such as: industrial relations, labour relations, productivity, success in management, and automation.

File consists of material accumulated by Dixon in his role in the Industrial Relations department at the Merchants Rubber factory in Kitchener and as the chairman of the Grand River Valley (later Kitchener) division of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association. Material relates to workplace safety, industrial management, labour relations, and the functions of Industrial Relations, both generally and at the Merchants factory.

Includes typed speeches and addresses by Dixon and others, newsletters and news releases from Merchants Rubber and various associations, reports, magazine clippings, pamphlets, handwritten notes, conference programs, a memorandum, etc.

File consists of material relating to management theory and issues and labour relations. Includes photoreproductions of magazine articles; clippings from magazines; conference programs (annual supervisory conference of Merchants Rubber); typed articles; the Factory, Shop & Office Building Act (Ontario); and other material.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda relating to contracts with management and personnel consultants and other service providers, including security firms. File also includes handwritten notes and draft correspondence.

File consists of material summarizing discussions from a conference on management and business operations in Canada. Contains typed (photocopied) pages of information on management, corporate growth, profit, motivation, supervision, etc.

File consists of volume 8 of the employee newsletter, the Merchanteer. Includes issues 1-9.

File consists of volume 11 of the employee newsletter, the Merchanteer. Includes issues 1-7. File also includes two copies of volume 12, issue 1 (1957).

File consists of material accumulated by Dixon in his role in the Industrial Relations department at the Merchants Rubber Factory in Kitchener, relating to the activities and programs of the department as well as specific issues with employees. Includes memoranda and correspondence, reports, and employee manuals and handbooks from Dominion Rubber, Research Enterprises Ltd., and other companies.

File consists of material accumulated by Dixon in his role as Industrial Relations Manager. Includes correspondence with H.J. Zeller whom Dixon replaced at Merchants Rubber, memoranda (including a draft), minutes of a Negotiating Committee meeting, a comparison of retirement and pension plans, a resume, a memorandum to Dixon and others regarding a communications survey, a Uniroyal fact sheet, etc.

File consists of miscellaneous material accumulated by Dixon during his time at the Merchants Rubber factory in Kitchener and at the Dominion Rubber Company head office in Montreal, relating to the company. Includes newspaper clippings, the Merchants' newsletter, memoranda and correspondence, a flyer from the Merchants' recreation committee, a typed speech, etc.

File consists of a newspaper clipping about pension funds.

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 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.

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 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 a newspaper clipping about drug prices.

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

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

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 newspaper clipping about illegal strikes. The article quotes Dixon.

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

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 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 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 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 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 compensation and salary administration. Includes newsletters and reports from management consultants and a pamphlet on salary administration at Uniroyal.

File consists of material relating to speeches and addresses given and collected by Dixon, mainly on the topics of workplace safety and accident prevention, industrial relations, and other labour and employment issues.

Includes speeches and addresses (including drafts) by Dixon presented at Dominion Rubber as well as at various clubs, associations, and conferences; speeches and addresses by other people; handwritten notes for speeches; newspaper and magazine clippings; pamphlets on workplace safety, labour relations, etc.; newsletters and bulletins from various institutes and associations; etc.

File consists of material relating to speeches and addresses given and collected by Dixon, mainly on the topics of workplace safety and accident prevention, industrial relations, and other labour and employment issues.

Includes speeches and addresses (including drafts) by Dixon presented at Dominion Rubber as well as at various clubs, associations, and conferences; speeches and addresses by other people; handwritten notes for speeches; newspaper and magazine clippings; pamphlets on workplace safety, labour relations, etc.; newsletters and bulletins from various institutes and associations; etc.

File consists of an owner's guide and guarantee for steel belted radial tires from the B.F. Goodrich Co.

File consists of material relating to management and leadership. Includes research reports, photocopied material from workshops, a pamphlet, a memorandum, and other material.

File consists of a booklet of travel expense forms (blank).

File consists of the 1979 annual report for Uniroyal Inc.

File consists of two bookmarks advertising the first issue of the compay magazine issued under the Uniroyal name.

File consists of an employee manual. Contains handwritten annotations (editing).

File consists of a catalogue for the Uniroyal employees' store.

File consists of the retirement plan for employees of Uniroyal Ltd.

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 a newspaper clipping about inflation in the US.

File consists of a handbook for employees of the Dominion Rubber Company Limited.

File consists of publicity material relating to the centennial of Dominion Rubber. Includes a brochure featuring the Footwear Division, Merchants Rubber Factory (multiple copies), a program for a long service dinner, a song sheet, and two folders.

File consists of correspondence with and regarding the American Motors Corporation, accumulated by Dixon as Director of Industrial Relations.

File consists of material relating to automation in the rubber industry. Includes a photoreproduction of an article on automation, typed extracts of an article, a memorandum and a letter to Dixon.

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

File consists of newspaper clippings regarding Dixon's roles and activities at Uniroyal.

File consists of issues of company publications. Includes 5 issues of Uniroyal Management, 1 issue of Uniroyal Management Review, 1 issue of Uniroyal World, 41 issues of Plain Talks, 3 issues of Uniroyal News, 1 issue of Uniroyal Liaison, 1 issue of Chemnews, 1 issue of The Dominion, 5 issues of The Merchanteer, a clipping, and a letter from Dixon to members of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (I.A.P.A.).

File consists of a newsletter from the Conference Board in Canada and a newspaper clipping regarding economics and politics in Ontario.

File consists of material relating to the corporate name change of Dominion Rubber to Uniroyal (1966) Ltd. and from U.S. Rubber to Uniroyal. Includes a marketing consultant case study of the name change, corporate publications and news releases, typed copies of speeches and comments by management, and a public relations proposal by Dixon regarding the name change.

File consists of a small amount of miscellaneous incoming and outgoing correspondence of Dixon. File also includes an index to Dixon's personal files and other material.

File consists of photocopied readings for a course about sales called "Smooth Selling" offered by George N. Kahn Co. Inc. (New York, NY).

File consists of material relating to the economy and productivity. Includes newspaper clippings and newsletters from various organizations.

File consists of material relating to employee relations, public relations, and management. Includes photocopied magazine and newspaper articles, newsletters from various associations and companies, draft copies of notes by Dixon (e.g. how to improve wage employee relations), memoranda, an agenda and minutes for a Labour Management Relations Committee meeting of the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, and other material.

File consists of a brochure and the 1975 annual report of the Industrial Development Bank (succeeded by Federal Business Development Bank).

File consists of conference programs for the 1955 and 1956 annual supervisory conferences of the Footwear & General Products Division of the Dominion Rubber Company.

File consists of blank forms required by the Industrial Relations Department relating to all aspects of employment at Dominion Rubber. File also includes a Dominion Rubber employee manual.

File consists of material relating to the Golden Jubilee celebration of Dominion Rubber, and specifically the activities in Kitchener. Includes memoranda, guest lists for receptions and luncheons, etc. Material received by D. McAsey (Head Office).

File consists of newspaper clippings relating to federal and provincial government policy and typed excerpts from a speech by Bora Laskin.

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.

File consists of material relating to advertising for the Westmount Construction Co. and material for builders about advertising homes. Includes advertisements clipped from newspapers and magazines, sample advertisements, handwritten notes, and layout sketches for an advertisement for Jasco aluminum products (another subsidiary of Westmont Enterprises Limited).

File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper advertisements and clippings. Includes mainly advertisements for homes from the Westmount Construction Co. but also contains advertisements for products by subsidiaries of Westmont Enterprises Limited: Jasco, Altex, and Kool-Lite Awnings. Some advertisements are annotated and some are loose. Scrapbook also includes a leaflet, copy and a layout for a Jasco advertisement, and a drawing of a window.

File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper advertisements. Includes mainly advertisements for homes from the Westmount Construction Co. but also contains loose advertisements in the front and back from other builders as well as for Jasco windows and doors. Some advertisements are annotated.

File consists of material relating to air conditioning. Includes brochures and catalogues as well as one piece of correspondence. File also includes brochures relating to water softening/conditioning.