Dr. Allan Booth

Professor of Classics, Allan Booth, lecturing.

Dr. Allan Booth

Professor Booth lecturing in the Thistle Complex.

Dr. Allan Arthur

Professor of History

James Allan at the podium

James Allan speaks at the Tower groundbreaking ceremony.

James Allan speaking

Provincial Treasurer, James Allan, speaking at the Tower groundbreaking ceremony.

Proceedings : Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario - 1869

On spine : The Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.

William Van Every fonds, 1784, 1804-1806, 1815-1816, 1828, 1832, n.d.

William Van Every, son of McGregory and Mary Wilcox (Jaycocks) Van Every, was born in New York state in 1765. During the Revolutionary War he joined Butler’s Rangers and served under Captain John McDonnell. He was granted three lots of land in the Township of Niagara, with additional lands granted at later dates. William married Elizabeth, daughter of George Young. Elizabeth was the widow of Col. Frederick Dochstader and mother of Catherine Dochstader, b. 1781. William Van Every died in 1832, his wife Elizabeth in 1851. Both are buried in the Warner Cemetery, in present day Niagara Falls. The children of William Van Every and Elizabeth Young were Mary, Elizabeth, Phoebe, John, Peter, William, Rebecca, Samuel and Joseph. Source: Mary Blackadar Piersol, The Records of the Van Every Family, Toronto : Best Printing, 1947. And, Patricia M. Orr, Historic Woodend, sponsored by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, 1980?

General regulations and orders, 1804

Bound with: The manual and platoon exercises, &c., &c. (51 p.) and: General orders and observations on the movement and field exercise of infantry (16 p.) Inscribed on front paste-down: L. Colonel Brock. Also inscribed: Maj. Genl T.A. Smith late of the 1st. Rifle Regt. Bookplate of Robert B. Taylor, Norfolk. On front flyleaf: lengthy, two-page transcription in ink, headed /Copy/Circular/ dated "Horse Guards, 25th May '07" and signed: "Harry Calvert Adjt. General.

General regulations and orders, 1804

Bound with: The manual and platoon exercises, &c., &c. (51 p.) and: General orders and observations on the movement and field exercise of infantry (16 p.) Inscribed on front paste-down: L. Colonel Brock. Also inscribed: Maj. Genl T.A. Smith late of the 1st. Rifle Regt. Bookplate of Robert B. Taylor, Norfolk. On front flyleaf: lengthy, two-page transcription in ink, headed /Copy/Circular/ dated "Horse Guards, 25th May '07" and signed: "Harry Calvert Adjt. General.

The Physician’s Visiting List for 1869

The Physician’s Visiting List for 1869, Lindsay and Blakiston, Philadelphia, 1869. This is an almanac that contains handwritten recipes and household hints. Newspaper clippings of household hints are also glued into the back pages. The name Dr. W. K. Cleveland is embossed on the outer leather cover. The leather cover is quite deteriorated and the leather clasp is gone, 1869.

Letter with the letterhead “Allan Line of Royal Mail Steamships, Hugh and Andrew Allan, agents, Montreal”

Letter with the letterhead “Allan Line of Royal Mail Steamships, Hugh and Andrew Allan, agents, Montreal”. The salutation is “Dear Sir” and it is signed by Andrew Allan. Mr. Allan had enclosed $150 for shooting rights for last season and is asking if there are any rights available for next year, Dec. 16, 1886.

Letter to Mr. B. Allan from Burrow, Chatfield and Co.

Letter to Mr. B. Allan from Burrow, Chatfield and Co. saying that they will put together all the gas fixtures, Sept. 22, 1876.

Receipt from Allan and Bro. of St. Catharines for building supplies

Receipt from Allan and Bro. of St. Catharines for building supplies, Oct. 5, 1876.

Receipt from Allan and Bro. of St. Catharines for work done on walls

Receipt from Allan and Bro. of St. Catharines for work done on walls, Oct. 31, 1876.

Receipt from Allan and Bro. for upholstering

Receipt from Allan and Bro. for upholstering, Jan. 2, 1877.