Finding Aid
Boxes 1-18
Annual reports, minutes, list of common stockholders and other material,1939-1952; Annual Reports Boxes 17-18
Box 19
Annual and quarterly reports 1960-1968 for General Steel Wares and subsidiary companies
Box 20
Deeds of trust and mortgage, 1927-1937
Box 21
Deeds of trust and mortgage, 1950
Box 22
Happy Thought Foundry Co., Labour chart ledger
MacDonald Mfg Co. order book, 1929
Two unidentified ledgers
Dominion Foundry, open order ledger
Box 23
Davidson & Co. appraisal ledger
Box 24
Appraisal of company, Sept. 1927. 2 vols..
Memorandum of agreements book 1920-195
Purchase ledger 1928
General ledger
Private ledger
Private journal
Box 25
Appraisal of company, Sept. 1927. 2 vols..
Speciality ledger 1918-1942
Catalogue of wares 1918, 3 issues
Catalogue of wares 1926, 3 issues
Minutes of meetings from 1894-1912
Box 26
Davidson & Co. correspondence prior to merger
Box 27
Aubry & Fils, ledger of accounts
2 unidentified ledgers
Box 28
Appraisals
Box 29
Transfer ledger and record book, Aubry & Fils Minutes
Box 30
Assessments
Cancellation of charter
Cancelled shares
Box 31a
S.M.P. Co., Ledger 1 (half)
Box 31b
S.M.P. Co., Ledger 1 (half)
Box 31c
S.M.P. Co., Ledger 2 (half)
Box 31d
S.M.P. Co., Ledger 2 (half)
Box 32
S.M.P. Co., 1 country ledger
Current ledger and account books 2 and 3, 1913-1927
Box 33
Cash disbursement ledger
Transfer cash ledger
Box 34
Accounting book, 1931
Box 35
McClary order register
Box 36
S.M.P. Co., city ledger no. 2
McClary city & country jobbers ledger
Cash receipt book 1931
Boxes 37-38
General Steel Wares "bibles" (Plant Notices) 1-645 (5 books)
Boxes 39-40.5
Change sheet ledgers 1931-1940
Box 41
Comptroller's circular 1928
Sales managers' circulars
Box 42
Quality and sales bulletins. 1930-1931 (2 items)
Box 43
To All Salesmen circulars
Box 44
McClary pamphlets and others
Box 45
Catalogues and leaflets: General Steel Wares & subsidiary companies
Box 46-49
Leaflets and catalogues
Box 50-51
Catalogues and leaflets 1890's-1926
Box 52-57
Catalogues and leaflets 1927-1968
Box 58
Product leaflets 1960
Box 59-60
Newspaper advertisements (2 Scrapbooks)
Box 61
Correspondence & booklet General Steel Wares and United Steelworkers of America
Box 62
Correspondence General Steel Wares and Canadian National Railway
Box 63
Miscellaneous correspondence, plans and blueprints
Box 64
Programme and papers of first Convention of Salesmen 1928
Box 65
Reviews in magazines and newspapers, 1964-1971
Box 66-67
History of company including 64 photographs. General Steel Wares history by J. Thompson (1 sheet; location not known)
Listing of photographs in Box 67:
MacDonald Hardware and Metal Staff, 1928
W. S. Gibson, Vice President in Charge of Sales
MacDonald transfer room
MacDonald stamping press
MacDonald stamping room (2)
MacDonald press room (2)
MacDonald soldering room (making corn beef tin)
MacDonald soldering room
MacDonald cutting room
MacDona1d shipping room
Kemp Manufacturing Co. works (11)
Kemp works (looking from Gerrard Street bridge); 2
Kemp works (view from yard)
Kemp works (River St. view)
Kemp works (entrance)
Kemp works (aerial impression)
Kemp employees leaving
Kemp front door entrance
Kemp work shop (3)
Kemp testing room
Kemp railway siding
Kemp box room (2)
Kemp stamping room
Kemp machine room
Kemp dry kiln?
Kemp office
Kemp enamelling room.
Kemp staff, 1896
Unidentified-either Kemp or MacDonald Manufacturing Co. (5)
McClary Exhibition at Hatfield, England (8)
Stove
W. G. Shambrook, president of Duro.
Easy Spiralator, Mark V (2)
Beatty Twin Tub Swirlator. (2)
Beatty Bros. plant at Fergus, Ont. (2)
Beatty farm equipment show
Belwood Appliance, Fergus, Ont. (2).
Electric Kettles and Ranges after flow line assembly techniques introduced, Toronto and London plants, 1953, 1954, (72).
Box 68
Miscellaneous correspondence
General Steel Wares and Continental Can.
General Steel Wares and subsidiary companies
Box 69
Framed Photo of W. F. Holding, Vice-President and Managing Director
Framed Photo of J. C. Newman, Chairman of the Board
Inventory and store catalogues, 2 items
Blue Prints for alterations to buildings #4 and 11, Dec. 16, 1947
Box 70
Realia
Box 71
Miscellaneous catalogues
Box 72
Sales magazines, Mof-facts and sales chef, 1931-1954
Silver Cup from Thos. Davidson & Co., 1922-1926 (shelved after box 72)
BOX 73
The Highly Industrialized and Strikingly Beautiful Grand River Valley, J.P. Jaffray ed. Galt, ON: J.P. Jaffray, 1932.
GSW Annual information forms, 1992-1993.
GSW Annual reports, 1969, 1979, 1985-1996.
Annual General meeting speech, 1990. By R.A. Stevens?
Waterways, 1992-1993, 3 issues.
GSW Review, 1967-1980, 4 issues.
Investment research, Woody Gundy1994.
Camco annual report, 1990.
Certificate from Presidents Association, Management Course for Presidents, 1969.
Newspaper clippings.
Invitations, congratulations, announcements, and special events, 1964-1982, 2 programmes.
Sales Catalogue, [ca. 1970s].
McClary’s Wireless, no. 6 vol 10, 1918, 24 pp.
Louden Barn Plans, 1915.
Memorandum from R.M. Barford, 1972.
BOX 74
Business and Finance, vol. 5. no. 11, July 1987.
GSW Quarter Century Club, 1979.
Address list.
GSW information circular, 1970.
Speech to the annual convention of the Retail Council of Canada, 1977.
Business card.
Beatty Bros. annual reports, with circulars, and interim reports, 1961-1970.
Newspaper clippings.
Beatty Quarter Century Club, 1961.
Invitations.
Fergus materials.
Correspondence.
By-law No. 22.
Third accrual. – 1928-2005. – 35 cm of textual records and graphic material. – 4 photographs.
Series 1
Company records. – 1928-2004. – 24 cm of textual records. – Series is composed of documents created by GSW through the various business, administrative, media, legal, and other internal activities of the company, with associated material. Also included are secondary reference materials which aided the company’s operations. Title from content of series. An alphabetical file arrangement according to subject matter has been imposed.
BOX 75
F. 1 Annual reports, 1928-1938, 1953-1959. Printed. For intervening years, see first accrual.
F. 2 Annual reports, 1969-1975. Printed.
F. 3 Annual reports, 1976-1983. Printed.
F. 4 Annual reports, 1984-1992. Printed.
F. 5 Annual reports, 1993-1999. Printed.
F. 6 Annual reports, 2000-2004. Printed.
BOX 76
F. 1 CAMCO, 1976, 8 pp. Typescript and photocopied.
F. 2 Circulars and interim reports to shareholders, 1971-2002. Printed. Includes handwritten notes.
F. 3 Circulars and interim reports to shareholders, 2002-2005. Printed.
F. 4 Companies Act (R.S., 1952, c. 53), pp. 1879-1993. Printed.
F. 5 “Compromise or Arrangement,” 1937. Printed.
F. 6 Correspondence, 1968-1995. Printed and typescript.
F. 7 Correspondence and management notes, 1960-2005. Printed, typescript and handwritten.
F. 8 Faxes, 2004, 5 pp. Facsimile.
F. 9
GSW News, Mar.-Apr. 1952, 6 pp. Printed.
GSW Review, 1967 [Special Centennial Issue], 12 pp. 2 copies of issue. Printed.
GSW Review, Fall 1967, 8 pp. Printed.
GSW Review, Spring 1968, 8 pp. Printed.
GSW Review, Summer 1968, 8 pp. Printed.
GSW Review, Spring 1976, 8 pp. Printed.
GSW Review, Summer 1980, 8 pp. Printed.
F. 10 Promotional material, n.d., 1 folder. Printed.
F. 11 Prospectus, 1937-1958, 4 pamphlets. Printed.
F. 12 Share option agreement, GSW Ltd and R.M. Barford, 1968. Printed.
Series 2
Media Records. – 1962-1997; predominant [197-]-1982. – 5 cm of textual records. – Series consists of newspaper articles ands reports concerning GSW, its administrative staff, and its business activities. Title from content of series. Files arranged chronologically.
BOX 76
F. 13 Newspaper articles, 1962-1982. Printed. Clippings, some pasted to paper and cardboard.
F. 14
Newspaper sections:
Financial Post, 11 Aug. 1962. Printed. Contains several articles on GSW on pp. 1, 15.
Globe and Mail: Report on Business, 22 Jan. 1981. Printed. Contains article on GSW on p. B1.
Globe and Mail: Report on Business, 9 Jun. 1982. Printed. Contains article on GSW on p. B1.
BOX 77
F. 1 Newscards and historical report [published by Financial Post], 1990-1997, 12 reports. Printed and photocopied.
Series 3
Company History. – [2003?]-2005. – 6 cm of textual records. – Series reflects the efforts of the company to publish an account of its own history, The Pioneering Spirit: 150 Years at GSW. (Oakville, ON, 2005). Title from content of series. Files arranged chronologically.
BOX 77
F. 2 Notes, with list of presidents, chairmen, and chief executive officers, [2003?], 19 pp. Printed and handwritten.
List of presidents, chairmen, and chief executive officers, [2003?], 2 pp. Printed.
“History of GSW” [draft of Pioneering Spirit], [2003?], 7 pp. Printed.
“History of GSW” [draft of Pioneering Spirit], [2003?], 7 pp. Printed. Fax copy dated 20 Jan. 2004.
“History of GSW” [draft of Pioneering Spirit], [2003?], 9 pp. Printed, with handwritten annotations and addenda.
“History of GSW” [draft of Pioneering Spirit], [2003?], 8 pp. Printed.
F. 3
“GSW History draft 1A” [of Pioneering Spirit], 9 Dec. 2003, 65 pp. Printed with handwritten annotations and corrections.
“RMB [ie Ralph M. Barford]’s comments, marked by page reference to the draft” [2003-2004]. Printed, with photocopy of handwritten corrections. Marked “first draft” at top.
“RMB [ie Ralph M. Barford]’s comments, marked by page reference to the draft ...” [2003-2004], 16 pp. Printed, with handwritten annotations and corrections.
“RMB [ie Ralph M. Barford]’s comments, marked by page reference to the draft ...” [2003-2004], 19 pp. Printed, including photocopies of handwritten pages of comments by DGF [ie Doug Fixter?].
“Breaking Ground: A History of GSW draft 2” [of Pioneering Spirit], 24 Mar. 2004, 76 pp. Printed. Marked “9 June” at top.
F. 4
“Breaking Ground: A History of GSW” [draft of Pioneering Spirit], 18 Jun. 2004, 121 pp. Printed.
“GSW History Book” [galley proofs of Pioneering Spirit], 15 Dec. 2004, 90 pp. With correspondence.
Series 4
Photographs. – [197-]-[200-]. – 4 photographs. Title from content of series. Photographs arranged alphabetically by name of subject.
F. 5 Photographs:
1. [Ralph M. Barford?], [ca. 1970s?]. – b&w.
2. Ralph M. Barford, [ca. 2000s?]. – b&w.
3. [Doug Fixter], n.d. – b&w.
4. General Steel Wares Ltd. sign, n.d. – colour.
A copy of The Pioneering Spirit: 150 Years at GSW (Oakville, ON, 2005), which was included with this accrual, has been removed and catalogued for Research Collections post-1800 monograph collection.
