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File consists of house plans drawn by E.R. Berry for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario) for the residence on Spruce Street in Galt, Ontario. Marked as "office copy."

File consists of house plans, including revisions, drawn by G.V.H. for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans drawn by Hank Deloo for Barnett & Rieder, Architects.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans by C.E. Voelker-H.E. Ratz Lumber Ltd.

File consists of house plans and handwritten notes.

File consists of a spiral-bound notebook containing an index to the jobs of the Westmount Construction Co. Includes job number, names, and addresses.

File consists of completed residential specification forms for construction jobs of the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes one final inspection report.

File consists of typed and handwritten resumes created by Dixon.

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 brochures and flyers relating to sliding glass doors and in particular doors by RMP Industries Ltd.

File consists of leaflets and brochures advertising shingles and other roofing materials.

File consists of material relating to Jasco Aluminum Products Coporation and R.D.K. Aluminum Limited (Baden, ON). Includes a contract, a memorandum regarding an annual dealers' sales conference in Kitchener, and a carbon copy of an outgoing letter from Ross Dixon.

File consists of drawings and paintings by Dixon when he was a student at Hillcrest Private School in Hamilton, Ontario.

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 miscellaneous material relating to Ross Dixon Financial Services. Includes newspaper advertisements for the company, letters to clients and an address to the company, leaflets, handwritten notes, a list of locations, letterhead, etc. File also includes some material (a letter and a newsletter) relating to the Canadian Association of Retired Persons and the National Citizens' Coalition.

File consists of a videocassette.

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.

Fonds consists of material accumulated and kept by Ross Dixon relating to his entrepreneurial interests, career, and personal life, and to the philanthropic activities of Ross and Doris Dixon. The material documents some aspects of his personal interests and childhood, his early career, and his career in industrial relations at Uniroyal Canada (formerly the Dominion Rubber Company).

A significant portion of the fonds relates to the businesses he formed outside of his professional career, the Westmount Construction Company and Westmont Enterprises Limited, for the period from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. These records document trends in suburban home-building and design during that time and include a large number of architectural drawings.

The fonds is not comprehensive, lacking documentation relating to the formation and administration of the Westmount Construction Company and Westmont Enterprises Limited and containing only a small amount of material relating the other area of his entrepreneurial activities, investment and financial services.

Fonds includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, advertising material, architectural drawings, legal documents, photographs, accounting records, reports, handwritten notes, certificates, speeches, company publications, minutes, financial statements, ephemera, and other material.

File consists of a reporting book prepared by Sims Clement Eastman (Barristers, Solicitors, Trademark Agent, Kitchener, ON). Includes photocopies of agreements, acknowledgements, etc., and one piece incoming of correspondence.

File consists of a biography of Ross Dixon by Susan Brown, Shad valley UNB.

File consists of price lists for extra features in construction and correspondence regarding sales and marketing.

File consists of material relating to the construction and rental of the house at 144 Claremont Avenue, Kitchener, by Dixon, as well as material relating to taxes. Includes an agreement, income tax act interpretation bulletins, handwritten and typed notes relating to Westmount Enterpriese Limited and to taxation.

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 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 the Mayor's Advisory Council for Kitchener Seniors and its Salute to Seniors awards. Dixon was an honouree. Includes a letter, the program from the award ceremony, a pin, a certificate, a ribbon, and a photograph of Dixon with Mayor Carl Zehr. Program is annotated by Dixon: "Note!! Keep this document!!"

File consists of scrapbook kept by Ross Dixon. Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera. Many of the newspaper clippings relate to Dixon's involvement in figure skating.

File consists of a scrapbook containing magazine clippings kept by Dixon as ideas for house plans and layouts, home decor, and home furnishing. Most clippings are related to storage and other built-in features. Scrapbook also includes brochures.

File consists of a scrapbook containing magazine clippings kept by Dixon as ideas for house plans and layouts, home decor, and home furnishing. Most clippings are related to kitchens and bathrooms. Scrapbook also includes brochures, sketches, and an architectural drawing (ornamental iron railing).

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 a template for a list of services by job completed for the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes a list of items to be completed for Job #79.

File consists of a sign stating "no cost to buyers."

File consists of material relating to building houses and house plans. Includes architectural drawings, clippings from magazines and newspapers, and brochures.

File consists of material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends, and primarily to smaller ranch-style house plans. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for house plans, housing developments, etc.) and brochures.

File consists of brochures and sketches relating to built-in cabinets and bookshelves.

File consists of material relating to designs for built-in cupboards and a fireplace as well as decorative railings, for various jobs. Includes sketches and architectural drawings and handwritten notes.

File consists of templates for two forms relating to specifications for a house.

File consists of a building permit and application for 679 Belmont.

File consists of a building permit and application for 681-683 Belmont. File also includes a sketch and handwritten notes.

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 material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends, and primarily to split-level house plans. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for house plans, housing developments, etc.) and brochures.

File consists of certificates presented to Ross Dixon and Doris Dixon in recognition of support.

File consists of brochures, leaflets, and fliers for stairs, ladders, windows, screen, doors, and other materials. File also includes some correspondence.

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.

File consists of several copies of the standard specifications for a house built by the Westmount Construction Co., as well as a draft of the document.

File consists of a statement of adjustments form.

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

File consists of material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends, and primarily to storey & half house plans. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for house plans, housing developments, etc.; some with annotations), and brochures.

File consists of brochures advertising steel products.

File consists of plans drawn by D.A. for the Dominion Rubber Company, Limited, Central Engineering Department, Montreal.

File consists of summaries of real estate listings of Westmont Enterprises Limited. Includes summaries for the 1000 series (homes), the 5000 series (income land), and private sales. Summaries include dates sold, locations, refers, advertisements, list prices, etc.

File consists of a template for a tender acceptance form for work contracted out by the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of a certificate of membership in the society for Ross Dixon.

File consists of house plans.

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

File consists of plans drawn by J. Crebolder for the Forum model house, for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of The Forum model house plans drawn by J. Crebolder for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of plans drawn by J. Crebolder for the Forum model house, prepared for the Westmount Construction Co. File also includes a leaflet from Better Homes and Gardens describing the model.

File consists of plans for the Forum model house by J. Crebolder for the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of a study plan (reproduction) depicting "the house of the week" selected by AP Newsfeatures. Alfred H. Ryder, Architect (Cleveland, OH). Plan is in the form of a leaflet with articles and ordering information on verso.

File consists of a share certificate for the Toronto Winter Club in the name of Ross V. Dixon.

File consists of a photograph of a townhouse complex for sale in the University district in Waterloo. Verso of the backing for the photograph contains a description of a house for sale on Erb Street in Waterloo.

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 a photograph and a handwritten description of a twin 12-plex for sale on University Avenue in Waterloo.

File consists of material collected by Dixon relating to house plans and building trends, and primarily to two-storey house plans. Includes articles and advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers (for house plans, housing developments, etc.).

File consists of a drawing of a house.

File consists of a group portrait taken at Christmas; Ross and Doris Dixon are included in the group.

File consists of three portraits of unidentified men. One man is in uniform.
Photograph by [Troth?], Port Hope, Ont.

File consists of house plans.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co. Drawings are reverse photocopies.

File consists of house plans.

File consists of house plans.

File consists of house plans.

File consists of house plans.

File consists of house plans by the Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of house plans.

File consists of house plans by C.E. Voelker (Waterloo, Ontario). Labelled "office copy."

File consists of house plans.

File consists of a portrait of an unidentified woman.

File consists of a wedding portrait of an unidentified woman, possibly Ross Dixon's mother.

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 a catalogue for the Uniroyal employees' store.

File consists of a photograph of men and women seated around tables at a conference of Industrial Relations Managers of Uniroyal Inc. in New York. Dixon is present in the photograph.
Photographer: Standard (New York).

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 an employee manual. Contains handwritten annotations (editing).

File consists of a certificate for Ross Dixon & Associates from the United Way in recognition of support. File also includes a reprinted painting by Norman Rockwell.

File consists of a template for a form for units in production by job of the Westmount Construction Co., including payments per agreement, summary of costs, and receipts. File also includes forms completed for Jobs #11-40; many of these forms include the name of the person for whom the job was completed.

File consists of material relating to Ross and Doris Dixon's philanthropy toward the University of Waterloo and various scholarships, bursaries, and funds they established or to which they contributed. Includes correspondence (some faxes), promotional material from the University of Waterloo Office of Development, copies of cheques, etc.

File consists of a certificate for Ross and Doris Dixon in recognition of their generosity and acknolwedgement as special friends of the faculty.

File consists of a certificate from the University of Waterloo honouring Ross and Doris Dixon in The 1957 Society for their financial contributions to the university.