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The following is a listing of the materials acquired by the Archives since January 2004. The accessions have been arranged by format into the following categories. Many donations are composed of materials of various formats. This section is not a finding aid for locating materials in the Archives, rather is it a listing of donations in the order in which they have been acquired. More detailed descriptions will appear on this website in the future. Please contact us for further information.
  • Textual Records
  • Audiovisual Materials
  • Photography
  • Three-dimensional Artifacts and Textiles
  • Library
  • Artwork
  • Maps and Plans

Textual Records
Collection of historical and archival materials about St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church, Thornhill including the transcribed diary of Edward Seager [c.1853-1873].
Loaned for copying by Gwyn Wojna - March, 2005.

Research on 141 Centre St. Compiled by James Broughton for the February, 2005 SPOHT Newsletter historical article.
Donated by James Broughton - March, 2005.

Save the Pomona Mills Meadow Committee papers [2001-02].
Donated by the disbanded committee - February, 2005.

Purkiss family genealogy records.
Donated by Frank Purkis - January, 2005.

J. W. Thompson building contractors papers: ca.11 Job files from building projects in Thornhill [c.1949-1955].
Donated by Gordon Thompson - January, 2005.

Research materials on Hurricane Hazel, compiled by James Broughton for the November 2004 SPOHT Newsletter.
Donated by James Broughton - November, 2004.

Recollections of George Billerman. Handwritten notes of early life in Thornhill, page 3.
Donated by Pam Birrell - November, 2004.

Poem: ["In Better Days"] Found written on an envelope in the Isaac Chapman house in 1980.
Donated by Vivian Wylie - October, 2004.

Documents regarding the Thornhill Men's Class [1930], the Thornhill Epworth League [c.1912].
Donated by Thornhill United Church - September, 2004.

News articles related to Henderson Avenue Public School fire and re-opening.
Donated by Henderson Avenue Public School - May, 2004.

Articles and papers related to the life and work of Sir. Robert Watson Watt.
Donated by Anthony Drew - February and April, 2004.

Parsons Family Genealogy
Donated by Gary Aitken - January, 2004.

The Jackson papers
Donated by Robert Stitt - January, 2004.

Minutes of the Thornhill Recreation Committee, 1962-70.
Donated by Glenn Rae - January, 2004.

The Findlay papers
Donated by Al Findlay - January, 2004.
Photography
1 colour photograph: Thornhill Village Festival "Best Booth" presentation to St. Luke's Church [Sept. 21, 2005].
Donated by Pam Birrell - March, 2005.

Colour photographs of Old Yonge St., Thornhill Park and the Thornhill Pool [c.1992].
Donated by Patrick Trant - March, 2005.

Digital copies 39 of 35mm colour slides. Images depict the home of Patrick and Eira Trant, scenes of Old Yonge St. and Centre St., the Thornhill Golf Course, etc. [c.1968-1972].
Loaned for coying by Patrick Trant - March, 2005.

8 colour photographs by Vivian Wylie: Thornhill Village Festival volunteers, 2004.
Donated by Vivian Wylie - February, 2005.

3 photograph groups by Adam Birrell: Thornhill Village Festival 2003 / Official Opening of the Thornhill Meadow, 2003 / B&W photographs of Thornhill in 2002.
Donated by Adam Birrell - January, 2005

1 photograph: Patrick Trant, Bill Trow, and Dino Di Monte at the opening of the new Thornhill Pool facility [July 11, 2004].
Donated by Patrick Trant - December, 2004.

1 Photograph by Alf Weaver, of the Munshaw house at 10 Ruggles Ave., Langstaff., newspaper articles and local advertisements.
Donated by Adam Birrell - November, 2004.

4 photographs of the Thoreau MacDonald Property by Dima Malkov, June 2004.
Donated by Dima Malkov - October, 2004.

 Photographs of the Langstaff Jail Farm [1970's], photographs and documents from the Sholdice and Hollister family [c.1940's - 1960's].
Donated by Brenda Hollister - September, 2004.

ca.360 photographs of the 2004 Thornhill Village Festival, by Lance Gitter.
Donated by Lance Gitter, photographer - September, 2004.

1 photo negative of the Thornhill Methodist Manse [after 1930].
Donated by Thornhill United Church - September, 2004.

Electronic copies of photographs of 16 and 22 Elgin St. in the 1960's
Donated by Carolyn Den Engelsman - August, 2004.

Thornhill Aerial photograph, c.1960.
Donated by Ruth Gall - March, 2004.
Library and Small Publications
Invitation to the Official Opening of the Thornhill Pool and Tennis Clubhouse - Sunday, July 11, 2004.
Directly acquired.

Pamphlet: "A Glimpse at Thornhill & Concord: Presented by Mario G. Racco, M.P.P. - Thornhill", [2005].
Directly acquired - March, 2005.

"Old Time Thornhill", by Doris M. FitzGerald, 1970.
Donated by Mohammed Hosseini-Ara - February, 2005.

"Nothing More Comforting: Canada's Heritage Food", by Dorothy Duncan, 2003. (signed copy).
Donated by Dorothy Duncan - February, 2005.

"Celebrate Markham's Heritage", Markham Heritage Night program, February 16, 2005.

"An Irish Saint", by Helen Bingham, [published pre-1925].
Donated by Carolyn Den Engelsman - February, 2005.

"Life Story", by Margaret I. McLean (local author), Trafford Publishing, Victoria, B.C., 2004.
Purchased - January, 2005.

37 Editions of the "Thornhill Month" [c.1980-c.2000].
Donated by Marion Matthias - December, 2004.

"The Ladies' 1924-1999: The History of the Ladies' Golf Club of Toronto", by Tim O'Connor, 1999.
Transfer by Wendy Locke - November, 2004.

"Thoreau MacDonald's Sketches of Rural Ontario", by George W. J. Duncan. Illustrations by Thoreau MacDonald, 2004.
Purchased - November, 2004.

"Thoreau MacDonald in the 1920's: A Boy All Spirit", Edited by John Sabean, 2002.
Donated by Susan MacDonald - August, 2004.

"Abitibi Adventure", by Jack Hambleton. This book, published in 1950 by Longmans, Green & Company of Toronto, features 32 drawings by Thornhill artist Thoreau MacDonald.
Donated by Marion Matthias - May, 2004.
Maps and Plans
Copies of Thomas Rattcliffe's 1859 Map of Thornhill.
Donated by Doreen Giles - August, 2004.
Audiovisual Materials
VHS video: Classicomm Cable TV video of the 1979 and 1981 Thornhill Village Festivals.
Loaned for copying by Derek Giles - March, 2005.

VHS video: "Corn, Wheat, and Maple Syrup: The Baker Family Story", produced by the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, 1999.
Transfer by Wendy Locke - November, 2004.

 VHS video: "A Thorne In Our Side", 1994. Performed by members of SPOHT as part of the Thornhill Bicentennial celebrations in 1994.
Transfer by Wendy Locke - November, 2004.
Three-dimensional Artifacts and Textiles
Thornhill Public School Quilt made in 1944, baring the signatures (reproduced with stitching) of staff, students and trustees.
Donated by Penny Moxon - May, 2004.
Artwork
Painting by William Walton Armstrong - Oil on canvas [n.d.].
Donated by Robert Stitt - November, 2004.


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