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Avon model.

File consists of plans by the Westmount Construction Co. for the Avon model house (possibly Job 74). Verso of one drawing notes "Split, #119."

Dixon, Ross

Automation.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Architectural Drawings

  • SCA220-GA207-5
  • Series
  • [19-], 1947-1977, predominant 1954-1965
  • Part of Ross Dixon fonds.

File consists of architectural drawings prepared for the Westmount Construction Company. Includes mainly house plans but also some plans for an apartment building and several commercial buildings. Many of the drawings do not include the creator's name, but some were prepared by C.E. Voelker, N.O Hipel (Preston), J. Crebolder, and others. A small number of drawings were mass-produced (published in magazines).

Many drawings contain handwritten annotations; some are original plans and some are revisions to plans. The construction jobs for the Westmount Construction Company appear to have been classified as either "residential" or "miscellaneous" and in each category were generally assigned a Job # in chronological order. A log of jobs was kept and can be found in Series 4, File 250. There are duplicate drawings corresponding with many of the job numbers.

Dixon, Ross

Applications for employment, references : 1947.

File consists of material relating to Dixon's search for employment from 1944-1947. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding various opportunities, magazine and newspaper clippings (including help wanted ads and business ideas), a version of a resume, and handwritten notes (including a list of "job contacts").

Dixon, Ross

Appliances.

File consists of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes relating to various household appliances and other items, probably in relation to sales.

Dixon, Ross

Appleby special.

File consists of newspaper clippings about women entrepreneurs and a female hockey player and student at Appleby College in Oakville, and a faxed copy of a letter from Dixon to a contact at the college regarding a donation to a scholarship fund for the young woman.

Dixon, Ross

Apartment building by Ray Haffner Construction Ltd.

File consists of plans for an 11-unit apartment building at 45 Avondale Avenue South, Waterloo by Ray Haffner Construction Ltd. File also includes a leaf of typed information about the building and units (rental rates, expenses, amenities, etc.).

Dixon, Ross

Announcement : Belmont Village franchise.

File consists of a sign announcing the opening of the new Belmont Village franchise of Ross Dixon Financial Services, including a photograph of Dixon with J. 'Sandy' Matheson.

Dixon, Ross

American Motors Corporation.

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

Dixon, Ross

Airewood model.

File consists of plans for the Airewood model house by N.O. Hipel Ltd. (Preston, Ontario).

Dixon, Ross

Air conditioning.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Advertisment for house.

File consists of a sign advertising a house for sale in the Westmount area. Includes a photograph of the house with a handwritten description. File also includes a sign stating: "Sellers $195 fee only."

Dixon, Ross

Advertising : scrapbook (file 2 of 2).

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.

Dixon, Ross

Advertising : scrapbook (file 1 of 2).

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.

Dixon, Ross

Advertisements and folders I produced.

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.

Dixon, Ross

Advertisements.

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).

Dixon, Ross

Accounting Records

Series consists of accounting records for the Westmount Construction Company, as well as for Westmont Enterprises Limited and its subsidiaries, from around 1952 to 1989. Also present are some accounting records for Ross Dixon Financial Services from around 1982 to 1989. Includes accounting journal pages, general ledger pages, and handwritten notes.

Dixon, Ross

Accounting journal : Westmount Construction Co.

File consists of a hard-cover accounting journal organized by construction job. Includes a cost analysis by job as well as journal entries relating to the Dixon's cottage at Paradise Lake.

Dixon, Ross

Aberta Scott, Decho Properties.

File consists of material relating to property in Walkerton, Ontario, owned by Dixon. He purchased property from Alberta Scott in 1969 and sold property to Decho Properties Ltd. in 1970; he also sold to Robert Foreman in 1972. File includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, deeds, agreements, tax notices and assessments, notices and by-laws for the Corporation of the Town of Walkerton, handwritten notes, etc. File also includes plans of subdivisions in Walkerton (duplicates are present).

Dixon, Ross

ABC of Canadian export trade.

File consists of a paper compiled by G.A. Newman, Assistant Director, Export Division, Department of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa.

Dixon, Ross

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