1. Bound minute book with minutes of School Section No. 1, Fitzroy, 1851 - 1889 entered from one side of the book and “annual reports, payments” for the same period entered from the other side.
2. Receipts, Municipality of Fitzroy (1884-1931) in brown envelope.
3. Notice of Demand for Payment of Taxes, Dec. 3, 1910 (James Blair).
4. Mimeographed “Memorandum to Teachers” by school inspector Thomas P. Maxwell, dated Feb. 27, 1937.
5. Torn-out pages and photocopy of an article called “The Wheel Turns” by E. A. Green, about Fitzroy Provincial park. Chats Falls. See also file “Chats Falls”.
6. Clipping of article called “Sadler Family History” by Evelyn Moore Price (no date or source). Report about Sadler family reunion on July 25 (year?) at Fitzroy Harbour with 100 persons attending.
7. Correspondence regarding Sawyer family of Fitzroy Township, between Dennis Sawyer of Thunder Bay and Peter Hessel (1994).
8. Photocopies of an article in the Arnprior Guide of June 10, 1970 by John Currie, entitled “Kingdon Mine - A Boom Town Shafted by Onrushing Depression”, with illustrations. Galetta, Vydon Acres, Syne River, “Slabe Town”.
9. 7 black and white photos of construction of the dam at Fitzroy Harbour (1930’s).
10. Event note: Reference to an article in the Arnprior Chronicle, Jan. 31, 1930, page 2: “The CNR bridge at Fitzroy Harbour was completed”.
11. Event sheet: Reference to an article in the Arnprior Chronicle of April 18, 1930, page 3, on the naming of the village of Diamond in Fitzroy Harbour.
12. Event sheet: re an article on the history of Fitzroy Harbour in Chronicle of May 17, 1912, page 3.
13. Photocopy of 2-page typed note by Louise Hope of Claremont County, Ontario. Reference: MHGS Library (M...? Historical Genealogy Society?). entitled “A Canadian Colony in Kansas”. Handwritten source information. Key terms: Allen Sullivan, William McVicar, Archibald McVicar, Hugh Olmstead Rorison [Ulmstead], Anna Griswold.
14. Photocopy of photo in Guide, Oct. 6, 1982: school picture of 1942/43 at SS No. 1 Fitzroy. Surnames: Bidgood (4 x), Carss, Dean, James, McLure, Steinke, Towey.
15. Event report: Watchman, Apr. 13, 1919, page 1: Article RE Fitzroy lead mines.
16. Clipping of article by Kevin Ritchie, “A capital city, 150 years late” about the “legend” that Fitzroy Harbour was one “in the running to become Canada’s capital”. Photo of Robert Shirreff, decendant of Charles Shirreff.
17. Photocopy of front page of Arnprior Chronicle Dec. 14th 1888. Headlines: “Fitzroy, Garden of the Ottawa Valley, A Township which Teems with Agricultural Wealth - A short historical sketch of its early settlement”. Includes an image of W. P. Taylor Esq. and a list of Reeves and Councillers from 1850 - 1888.
18. Ottawa Journal July 20, 1968; photostory by Leo Lavoie about Kingdon Mine. Headline: A New Role for An Old Mine Site
19. Fitzroy Township Map - Reproduction of Belden Atlas 1879 (showing names of settlers on lots) produced by the Fitzroy Township Historical Society 2013. On reverse are Early Fitzroy Township points of interest including:
Point House, Shirref House, Landon Cemetery, Heretic's Hill Cemetery, Lavan's Lighthouse, Mohr's House, Diamond Methodist Church and St. John's Anglican Church, Antrim
Notes
See also file: Chats Falls in Peter Hessel Fonds
Related Material
See also: Article re new businesses in F.H., also railway, labour camps, dam construction (Chronicle, Feb. 14, 1930, p. 1.; and Chronicle, Oct. 16, 1930, page 4: Samuel Adam Tripp of Fitzroy
See also: Photo in Chronicle, July 1962, page 2: students of S.S. # 6 School, Fitzroy Harbour, Mohrs Corners, “about 1895” with names.