Photograph - Robert Band as a child

Black and white photograph, 31 cm x 26 cm, of Robert Band as a child [backdrop appears to be the Niagara River Parkway].

Photograph - Robert DeVeaux Woodruff Band as a child

Black and white circular photograph, 14 cm, of Robert Band as a young child. This is a head and shoulders photograph.

Photograph - Robert DeVeaux Woodruff Band as a child with Teddy Bear

Black and white circular photograph, 14 cm, of Robert Band as a young child holding a teddy bear. This is a head and shoulders photograph.

Photograph - Robert DeVeaux Woodruff Band as a child in floral frame

Black and white photograph, 4 cm x 3 ½ cm, of Robert Band as a young child. This photograph is encased in a floral frame with a brass back. The back of the photo is inscribed with “Robert D. W. Band”.

Photograph - Robert DeVeaux Woodruff Band and Percy Carruthers Band

Two black and white photographs in an ornate, folding silver case measuring 6 cm x 4 cm (when folded). This case contains two 4 ½ x 3 ½ photographs. One photograph is of Percy Carruthers Band and the other is Robert Band as a young man.

Photograph - Group Photo with Robert Band as Child

A photograph of Robert Band with another older boy and woman and man standing behind him. They are outside, standing in front of a fence and small garden. Another house can be seen behind the fence.

Certificate of Baptism - Robert DeVeaux Woodruff

Certificate of Baptism for Robert DeVeaux Woodruff, the child of Percy Carruthers and Margaret Julia Band who was baptized at St. George's Church, St. Catharines, June 14, 1935. The sponsors are listed: Eleanor Gooderham White, Welland DeVeaux Woodruff, and Thomas Rodman Merritt.

Robert Elliot Account Fragment

A fragment of account information for Robert Elliot from the year 1855.

Indenture between William Kingsmill and Peter Buchanan, Isaac Buchanan, Robert W. Harris and I. Young

Indenture (vellum) between William Kingsmill, Sheriff of Niagara regarding the sale of goods and chattels of Darius Ball including buildings and improvements in Lot no. 4 near Grand River to Peter Buchanan, Isaac Buchanan, Robert W. Harris and I. Young, July 22, 1844.

Indenture between Robert Sparrow Delatre, Thomas Sheppard Smyth, Thomas Hector, and Arthur Shaw

Indenture between Robert Sparrow Delatre of Stamford Township, Thomas Sheppard Smyth of Brussels, Belgium, formerly of Stamford Township and Thomas Hector of Quebec, trustees of the last will and testament of Philip Chesneau Delatre to the Bank of Upper Canada and Arthur Shaw of Niagara Township regarding Lot no. 3 in the 1st Concession and Lot no. 4 in the 1st Concession, part of Lot no. 3 in the 2nd Concession, 50 acres of Lot no. 4 in the 4th Concession, 200 acres in Lot no. 8 in the 11th Concession in Blandford in the County of Oxford and broken Lot no. 11 in the 18th Concession in the Township of Zorra - instrument no. 6083. This is listed in the Blandford folio 184 and 185 in folio 63 and 64. Joseph Woodruff has signed this as conveyancer, March 29, 1853.

Indenture between Robert Hobson and Joseph A. Woodruff

Indenture (sheriff's deed) between Robert Hobson, Sherriff of the County of Wentworth to Joseph A. Woodruff of the Town of Clifton regarding Lot no. 10 in Block O in the Town of Clifton - instrument no. 8246, December 31, 1858.

Indenture between Robert Loring and John Conolly

Indenture of bargain and sale between Robert Loring of Toronto and John Connolly of St. Catharines for lot no. 8 in the 12th concession of Durham. The instrument no. is 24283, January 28, 1861.

Indenture between Henry Hope Graham and Robert Hill to Joseph Walker

Indenture of deed of land situate between Henry Hope Graham and Robert Hill, both of London, England called England Esquire Executors and Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Lieutenant General Percy Hill of London, England to Joseph Walker of Queenston, Ontario. This is in regard to parts of Lots no. 113, 114 and 115 in the Township of Niagara. This was registered on Nov. 10, 1885 – instrument no. 2075, Oct. 31, 1885.

Roberta "Bobbie" Styran fonds, 1707-2013, n.d.

Roberta “Bobbie” Styran was born and rasied in Fredericton, N.B. She graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. (1962) and M.A. (1964), before furthering her studies at the University of Toronto, where she received a Ph. D in History. From 1967 to 1978, she taught Medieval History at Brock University, where she developed an interest in the Welland Canal. She began a collaboration with Prof. Robert R. Taylor of the History Department at this time, researching the history of the Welland Canals. She later moved to Toronto and worked for the Ministry of Education, but returned to St. Catharines in 1988 to facilitate her work with Prof. Taylor. The two have co-authored several books, including The Welland Canals: the Growth of Mr. Merritt’s Ditch; Mr. Merritt’s Ditch: A Welland Canals Album; The Great “Swivel Link”: Canada’s Welland Canal and This Great National Object: Building the Nineteenth-Century Welland Canals. Bobbie travelled extensively, visiting many canal and industrial revolution sites in Great Britain and the United States. She was active in many canal associations, including the Canadian Canal Society (where she served as president and editor of the Society’s newsletter), the American Canal Society, and the Council of Inland Waterways International. She also helped to found the Welland Canals Preservation Association and organized and chaired the 2004 World Canals Conference at Brock University. In 2009, she received the W. Gordon Plewes Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, an award that recognized her services to Canadian engineering history.

Province of Upper Canada Grant to Robert Melville

A Province of Upper Canada Grant (vellum) to Robert Melville of Niagara. He was a captain in the 68th Regiment of Foot. He is granted 700 acres in lots 3, 4 and 7 and the west half of lot 8 in the 11th Concession of the Township of Enniskillen – Folio no. 527, June 15, 1837.