Conservation / Preservation:
Archives / Library
Online Archives: the archives is pleased to offer on-line 87 years of the Canadian War Cry in PDF format.
Artefacts
Some artefacts on display include a 1914 original Canadian Staff Band festival uniform, an original cornet owned by a member of the original Canadian Staff Band, the “bass drum” from the old Feversham Corps, etc…
Public Programming:
Exhibitions
- November 1st 1884 Copy of War Cry on Display in Museum.
- Exhibits in the museum display the early days of The Salvation Army, its origins in England and beginnings in Canada and in Bermuda.
- The history of The Army as it spread across Canada from coast to coast and into Bermuda.
- Artefacts from the loss of the Empress of Ireland in 1914.
- The story of Salvation Army music and ministry.
- The late General Clarence D. Wiseman, the first Canadian to be elected General.
- A Youth and Children’s display.
- The commencement of and ongoing work of The Salvation Army in Bermuda.
- Grace Hospital History.
Tours
Guided group tours can be arranged by telephoning the office of the Director at 416-285-4344.
Conservation/Preservation:
Archives / Library
The Ryerson University Archives Collection dates from 1783 to the present, with the majority of records relating to Ryerson University and dating from 1948 to the present. Collections include,
- Correspondence and files of senior-level, administrative and academic departments.
- Reports, minutes, and agendas of committees, including the Board of Governors and Academic Council.
- Financial records, including statements and budget and audit records.
- Human resources records.
- Records of student, faculty, staff, and alumni organizations.
- Annual reports, contracts, agreements, and other legal documents.
- Policy and procedure manuals.
- Publications such as student, staff, and faculty newspapers and newsletters, manuals, handbooks, course calendars, and yearbooks.
- Photographs, including prints, negatives, transparencies, and digital images.
- Motion picture films and video tapes, sound recordings, oral interview tapes, and transcripts.
- Cartographic and architectural records.
- Paintings, drawings and prints.
- Electronic records, speeches, and addresses.
- Subject files, including, primarily, secondary source material on Ryerson-related topics, private papers and manuscripts, published books and articles by members of the Ryerson community (The Ryerson Authors Collection).
- Selection of images representing people, places, events, and activities from Ryerson’s history.
- Special Collections has acquired and preserved photography, film, and cultural history objects. These holdings comprise archival materials, cultural artefacts, and rare book collections, including,
- approximately 4,000 books on photography.
- 1,000 original audiovisual recordings documenting shipwrecks in Canadian waters such as the Titanic, Edmund Fitzgerald and H.M.S. Breadalbane.
- extensive photographic archives from Kodak Canada Inc. and Canadian Architect magazine.
- Collections of cultural artefacts also form part of the archives and include,
- historical photographic materials, Inuit sculpture, and a significant collection of objects depicting former Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
- Photographic technology collections include antique cameras and darkroom equipment.
- The archives maintains a comprehensive collection of files that complement its main holdings, and contains clippings and other documentation of a secondary source nature, on people, departments, buildings and general topics related to Ryerson University and its history and operation.
Public Programming:
Exhibitions
This archives has digitized photographs, posters, drawings, artefacts, and other items from its archival collections or advertisements put on display as exhibitions and events in the Library.
Public Programming
Exhibitions: The collection includes weapons, pictures, artefacts and archives.
Tours: School tours by appointment.
Conservation/Preservation:
Archives / Library
The collection includes archival material relating to yachts and pleasure sailing on Lake Ontario and many original documents relating to the social history of Toronto, including
- Documents on the history of the RCYC itself, the Canada’s Cup Challenges, membership registers, yearbooks, minute books, and annual reports.
- Papers donated by prominent Toronto yachtsmen, such as Emelius Jarvis and Paul J. Phelan.
- Drawings by yacht designers such as Herrick Duggan and George Cuthbertson.
- Photographs of famous Toronto yachts.
- News clippings, personal diaries, and yacht logs.
- Lloyd’s Register of Yachts
- Yearbooks of national and international yachting associations and back issues of American, British, and Canadian yachting magazines
Conservation/Preservation:
Artefacts / Archeology
Bead Hill, an archaeological site with the remains of a 17th century Seneca Village on the Lower Rouge River, is a National Historic Site designated by the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 1991. The site is a sensitive archaeological area and is not open to the public at this time.
Conservation / Preservation:
Archives / Library
- Episcopacy of the Archdiocese of Toronto – Administrative records of the Bishops, Archbishops and Auxiliary Bishops of Toronto documenting their ecclesiastical challenges and daily activities. This includes papers of Bishop Alexander Macdonell, who was the first bishop of the Diocese of Kingston, which from 1826-1840 included the territory of the current Archdiocese of Toronto. The papers are described at the file or item level up to the end of Archbishop Pocock’s episcopate. Finding aids, including item level descriptions, are available for research use up to 1961, which marks the end of Archbishop James C. Cardinal McGuigan’s active episcopate.
- Administrative Records of the Archdiocese of Toronto – Documents pertaining to the day-to-day business of the offices and agencies of the Archdiocese, including some subject based collections such as the World Wars, Catholic Cemeteries, Education, etc. The most commonly accessed collections are the Parish Historical Records, and Architectural Drawings.
- Other Collections – Ancillary records regarding Archdiocesan committees and commissions, as well as Catholic institutions and organizations working within the Archdiocese.
- Special Collections – Collections determined by material format. In the past, these items were often removed from other areas of the archives to facilitate preservation and access. Special collections (including photographs, rare books, artwork, textiles, and artifacts) enrich the administrative records of the other three parts of our holdings.
Artefacts
Examples of Special Collections include: Artifacts, Altar Stones, Diocesan Seals, Medallions, Papal Bulls, Relics and Textiles.
Public Programming:
Digital
Weekly posts to blog, The Archivist’s Pencil. http://archives-archtoronto.blogspot.ca/
Other
This archives provides reference service for phone and email inquiries as well as in-house research assistance. Researchers are welcome to book an appointment after consulting with the reference archivist and determining a course of research that is consistent with ARCAT’s policies.
Public Programming:
Monthly meetings of the society include lectures on subjects of interest to the history of Riverdale, and other types of presentations of related interest. The society meets on the last Tuesday of every month except during July, August and December.
Public Programming:
Exhibitions
- Current production methods of sugar crafting as practiced at the Toronto facility.
- The world-wide distribution of the sugar industry.
- Transportation and distribution systems for sugar (including scale model road and rail vehicles).
- Sugar packaging from around the world public display.
- Origins of sugar cane and its use in the ancient world.
- The spread of the sugar industry around the world.
- The growth of the New World sugar industry.
- The social influence of sugar in society from the 13th – 19th Century.
- Early technology of sugar refining (sugar cane manufacturing).
- Early attempts at the development of a Canadian sugar refining industry.
- Corporate history
- The modern sugar industry.
Tours
Pre-booked tours, of variable length, are offered at no charge to adult groups of 10 – 50 individuals, according to the schedule of the tour group. The programme follows the same pattern as that used for senior school age groups.
For groups of less than 10 people or casual visitors the museum is made available on a self-guided tour basis following a brief introductory orientation session.
Following an initial video presentation and introductory session, groups of up to 50 students and supervisors are taken on a guided tour through the museum.
Other
Upon request, an external speaking engagement can be arranged for groups, organizations, and societies using slides and selected artefacts from the archives and reserve collection.
Conservation / Preservation:
Archives / Library
The archives contain documents as lists of personnel dating back to 1777, written military orders (including those of the 12th Battalion, the York Rangers, the 12th York Rangers, the 20th Battalion, the 127th Battalion and the 220th Battalion), training manuals, diaries, maps and photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera.
Artefacts
Uniforms, medals, badges, weapons, equipment
Public Programming:
Exhibitions
Displays of uniforms, medals, badges, weapons, and equipment tell the story of this regiment and those that preceded it.
Tours: Yes, by special request
Re-enactments / Theatre: Annual Regimental Events:
- Last Weekend of May – Ranger Weekend to commemorate founder Major Robert Rogers.
- First Weekend of August – Simcoe Day.
Conservation / Preservation:
Archives / Library
The archives’ holdings date primarily from the early 1800s to the present, and consist of approximately 3,500 cubic feet of textual records, 15,000 photographs, several thousand hours of audio-visual recordings, hundreds of architectural plans, and more than a million pages of documents on microfilm, including,
- Records of General Assembly and the National Office departments of the Church.
- Records of Synods.
- Records of Presbyteries.
- Records of congregations from across the country.
- Records of individual ministers, moderators, missionaries, college professors, and church officials.
- Records of the various Presbyterian theological colleges.
- Records of the Women’s Missionary Society and its predecessors.
- Presbyterian periodicals / journals.
- Several resources that may be helpful to family historians and genealogists, including local church records, microfilmed registers from across the country, reference books, biographical files, and private papers.
Public Programming:
Digital
Numerous online exhibits are available on the archives’ website: www.presbyterianarchives.ca
