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Model homes : N.O. Hipel Ltd.

File consists of house plans by N.O Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario). Includes plans for the Airewood, Belwood, Cliffwood, Dalewood, and Edwood model homes.

Dixon, Ross

Mortgage : part of lot 4, plan 343.

File consists of documents relating to the land and mortgage for part of Lot 4 of Plan 343 in Kitchener, or 681-683 Belmount Boulevard, purchased by Dixon from Harry Gaffney & Co. Ltd. Includes correspondence, offers to purchase, a mortage, sheriff and surveyor's certificates, an insurance policy, a draft deed, an abstract of title, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Municipal taxes.

File consists of material relating to municipal taxes paid by Dixon for Westmont Enterprises Limited as well as for his other businesses (including Ross Dixon Invesments Inc.) and property he owned. Includes notices of assessment, municipal enumeration notices, notices of property valuation, notices of construction for local improvement, receipts, charts created by Dixon, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Muskoka.

File consists of a photograph of four people in canoes in Muskoka.

Dixon, Ross

National House Builders Association.

File consists of material relating to the National House Builders Association. Includes a handbook and warranty certificates for new home owners. File also includes letterhead for Westmont Enterprises Limited.

Dixon, Ross

New Belmont bldg constr. quotes.

File consists of material relating primarily to quotations and materials for the work on Job #52, a building on Belmont Avenue. Includes quotations from subcontractors, materials lists, handwritten notes and calculations, correspondence, advertisements, etc.

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Notes (file 1 of 2).

File consists of handwritten notes relating to jobs of the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Notes (file 2 of 2).

File consists of handwritten notes relating to metal lathe from Boehmers for a particular construction job.

Dixon, Ross

Oakhill.

File consists of house plans. Plans stamped as property of H.E. Ratz Lumber Co. Ltd.

Dixon, Ross

Offer to lease.

File consists of an offer for the lease of the store at 679 Belmont Avenue W., Kitchener, by the World-Wide Specialties Company.

Dixon, Ross

Offer to purchase.

File consists of a template for a memorandum of agreement for the purchase of a house built by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Office signs.

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

Dixon, Ross

Old deeds.

File consists of material relating to property transactions of Westmont Enterprises Limited and of Ross Dixon. Includes deeds, agreements, an offer to purchse, handwritten notes, several pieces of correspondence, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Ornamental iron.

File consists of leaflets, price lists, and brochures advertising ornamental iron and aluminum. File also includes correspondence and invoices.

Dixon, Ross

Otaco Limited.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Otaco Limited : applications.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Otaco Limited : employee ability rating.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Otaco Limited : personnel functions.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Otaco Limited : plant manuals, plant rules : copies.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Otaco Limited : security guard.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Paint.

File consists of leaflets and brochures advertising paint.

Dixon, Ross

Parade.

File consists of a photograph of a [military?] parade with spectators along a main street of an unidentified city.

Dixon, Ross

Pensions : government, O.A.S.

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.

Dixon, Ross

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.

Dixon, Ross

Personnel : evaluations, functions.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Personnel association, G.R.V.

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.

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Personnel policies, forms, etc.

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.

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Perspective drawings.

File consists of reprinted architectural perspective drawings by Frank Adams (Brantford, ON). Includes two drawings of houses by the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

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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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.

Dixon, Ross

Photos : early business.

File consists of photographs of Dixon, including portraits and group photographs. Includes photographs of Dixon at various work-related and company events. File also includes several newspaper clippings. Duplicates may be present.

Dixon, Ross

Photos re: Ross Dixon Financial Services.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Plan #9353.

File consists of a set of reproduced house plans (most likely ordered by the Westmount Construction Co.). Basic desgin by Edward R. Tyler. Rudolph A. Matern, Architect (New York, NY).

Dixon, Ross

Plastering, drywall methods.

File consists of brochures, leaflets, and magazine clippings advertising plastering and drywall methods and materials.

Dixon, Ross

Plumbing.

File consists of brochures and leaflets advertising materials and fixtures relating to plumbing, including sinks, water softeners, water heaters, pumps, bathroom fixtures, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Pocket books.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Prefab : colonial.

File consists of a clipping from a magazine about prefabricated housing.

Dixon, Ross

Principal's Only : advertisement and registration forms.

File consists of material relating to Principal's Only Real Estate Information Services K-W. Includes an advertisement, handwritten notes, and two completed registration forms: one for a duplex at 37 Allen Street East and one for a house at 92 Noecker Street in Waterloo. Forms include information about the real estate for sale, the mortgages, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Profits.

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

Dixon, Ross

Programme : K-W Follies, carnivals.

File consists of material relating to events held by the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club and Dixon's role in planning several of the events, as well as his role on the Board of Directors of the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club. Includes newspaper clippings, programmes for various skating events, correspondence, minutes, planning documents, handwritten notes, etc.

Dixon, Ross

Property and mortgage at 26 Amos Avenue, Waterloo.

File consists of material relating primarily to the property and mortages involved in Lot 15, Parts 3 and 4 of Plan 1436 in the City of Waterloo, addresses 26A and 26 B Amos Avenue. The lots were sold by Russ Howald Construction to Ross Dixon and Westmont Enterprises Limited, and in turn to Grand River Developments Ltd. Includes architectural drawings and plans, agreements and mortgage documents, mortgage statements, correspondence, inovoices, financial statements, handwritten notes, and other material.

Dixon, Ross

Property income questionnaire.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Proposals for unity : independent Canada.

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

Dixon, Ross

Proposed apartment complex.

File consists of a plan for a proposed apartment complex in Lindsay, Ontario, for Job 65-23 by Westmont Enterprises Limited. Drawn by G.W.H.

Dixon, Ross

Publicity : expansions.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Purchase of lots from Maple Heights Limited.

File consists of material relating mainly to the purchase by Westmount Enterprises Limited of lots from Maple Heights Limited. The lots are in the proposed subdivision Maple Hill Acres No. 3 in the City of Waterloo. Includes correspondence, memoranda, agreements of purchase and sale, amendments to agreements, offers to purchase, plans of the subdivision (some showing redivisions of lots), handwritten notes, lists of lots with costs and prices, a copy of a grant of easement, etc.

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Purchases, 1960.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1961.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1962.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Purchases, 1963.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Purchases, 1964.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1965.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1966.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1967.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1968.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1969.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1970.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Purchases, 1971.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1972.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

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Purchases, 1973.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases of the Westmount Construction Co.

Dixon, Ross

Purchases, 1974.

File consists of accounting journal pages recording purchases for Westmont Enterprises Limited.

Dixon, Ross

Q.I.R.I.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Quotations.

File consists of a template for quotations received for various jobs involved in building houses.

Dixon, Ross

Quotations : office bldg.

File consists of material relating to quotations for Job #29, an office building. Includes quotations, tenders, and materials lists.

Dixon, Ross

Quote forms.

File consists of a template for a quotation form.

Dixon, Ross

Quotes : office no. 2.

File consists of material relating to quotations from subcontractors submitted to the Westmount Construction Co. for the construction of Job #37, office building no. 2. Includes correspondence regarding quotiations, handwritten notes, and quotation forms.

Dixon, Ross

Real estate listings indexes.

File consists of indexes of real estate listings of Westmont Enterprises Limited, one by geographical location and one by type. Location index contains index cards between separators (by city) containing the number, address, date of listing, and list price. Type index contains only the separator cards (by type, e.g. duplex, semi-detached, commercial, etc.).

Listing numbers are in two series: numbers in the 1000 series refer to homes, and numbers in the 5000 series refer to income land. Indexes were probably originally kept in a rolodex-type file.

Dixon, Ross

Recreation rooms.

File consists of leaflets, brochures, and magazine clippings advertising ceilings and other aspects of recreation rooms.

Dixon, Ross

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