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To Fonds Description
Harold and Grace Leather fonds. -- Second accrual. -- 1793-1978.
-- 1 m of textual records, graphic material and realia.
Box 1
Series 1:
Personal correspondence. -- 1919-1968. -- 1 cm of textual records. --
Title based on contents of series.
File 1 Correspondence, 1939-1965 to Harold Leather, predominantly consisting
of congratulatory letters upon receiving the title of Member, Order of
the British Empire in 1943.
Series 2:
Legal correspondence and documents. -- 1793-1924. -- 3.5 cm of textual
records. -- Title based on contents of series.
File 2 Correspondence, 1807-1836, relating to various land transactions
in Hamilton. Correspondents are George Hamilton, Peter Hunter Hamilton,
James Durand and Richard Beasley.
File 3 Records of various mortgages and charges on property at 341 James
St. South and adjoining parcels of land; Indentures, Deeds, 1864-1922.
File 4 Abstract of Title from County of Wentworth Registry office, 1793-1924.
Series 3:
Red Cross Society. -- 1944-1966. -- 4 cm of textual records.-- Title based
on contents of series.
File 5 Correspondence with overseas Red Cross agencies. 1944-1966.
File 6 Red Cross conferences - invitations, brochures, photographs predominantly
relating to XVIIIth International Red Cross conference, Toronto, 1952.
Series 4:
Samuel B. Freeman scrapbooks. -- 1851-1861. -- 2 cm of textual records.
-- Title based on contents of series.
File 7 Samuel B. Freeman (lawyer) scrapbooks (2) containing clippings
of defence of escaped fugitive slave, John Anderson, who travelled from
Missouri to Canada in 1853.
Series 5:
Memorabilia. -- Title based on contents of series.
1 brown leather briefcase embossed with the initials, "H.H.L."
Box 2
Series 6:
Certificates and awards. -- 1914-1978. -- 44 cm of textual records. --
Title based on contents of series.
Certificates of merit, and awards for Harold Leather and Grace Leather.
25 items.
Box 3
Series 7:
Photographs and albums. -- 1911-1939. -- 44 cm of graphic materials. --
Title based on contents of the series.
Photograph albums (3) and postcard album (1).
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