A History of H. Corby Distillery Ltd.
- CA ON00156 TR/0924/2
- Item
- 1973
A short local history of Henry Corby and the Corby Distillery, taken from the Nick and Helma Mika book 'Belleville Friendly City', 1973.
Mika, Nick
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A History of H. Corby Distillery Ltd.
A short local history of Henry Corby and the Corby Distillery, taken from the Nick and Helma Mika book 'Belleville Friendly City', 1973.
Mika, Nick
Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute records
Fonds consist of 3 Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Also included are 2 minute books and 1 binder of president's notes. Books contain newsclippings, photographs, minutes, brochures, expenditures, handwritten notes, poems, maps and reports of local history and the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are programmes, banquets and miscellaneous events.
Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute
Township of Thurlow voters' list and lists of election officials
Lists of election officials and list of voters for Corbyville for the Federal election of June 1968.
Township of Thurlow
Booklet produced at the time of the closure of the Corbyville plant of Corby's Distilleries, containing a history of the Corbys and photographs of employees and site buildings and vehicles.
Corby's Distilleries
Ledger from the Clapp family of Corbyville
Account book of farm activities, labourers' wages, etc.
Clapp, John Leavitt
Programme for Religious Education in the Public Schools, 1949
The file contains an original copy of the handbook "Regulations and Programme for Religious Education in the Public Schools, 1949" from the Cannifton-Corbyville Public School, Thurlow Township School Area.
The file contains correspondence from Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Migration Department, London, England; dated 15 May 1956, they are certifying that Sarah Ann Bowers (married name Lyon) was a former ward of Marchmont Home, born 3 May 1894 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, father Thomas Bowers and mother Sarah Ann Bowers.
Decoration Day leaflet and Corby Distillery photographs
Kellaway, Don
Aerial photograph of Corby's Distilleries site in Corbyville
Framed aerial view of the Corby's Distilleries complex at Corbyville, Ontario.
Corby's Distilleries
Day book registering sales of bulk alcohol products, with customers' names and town.
Corby's Distilleries
Photograph of Mike Stanko and Clare Homan
Photograph taken at John and Leatha Homan's farm on Harmony Road in Corbyville, Hastings County, Ontario. It shows Mike Stanko, a displaced person from Poland who came to Canada after the Second World War, and the Homan's son, Clare, next to a car.
Letter from Henry Corby to Col. Ponton
Letter written from Henry Corby to Colonel Ponton, containing H. Corby Distiller & Importer letterhead
Corby, Harry
Corby's Has Oldest Firm Distinction
A newspaper article about the Corby Distillery and its history.
H. Corby Distillery Ltd. 1968 Annual Report
1968 annual report for the Corby Distillery
H. Corby Distillery Ltd.
Corbyville Distillery notes for address 1951
File contains 1968 and 1984 annual reports for the Corby Distillery, a history of the distillery and newspaper articles about it, as well as notes for an address given by R.N. Plumpton about the distillery.
Corby's “The Home of Good Spirits” 1960
File contains a magazine, “The Home of Good Spirits”, published by the Corby Distillery in 1960.
Corby's Distilleries
File contains a newspaper clipping about the reforestation of the Corby Distillery farm.
Corbyville Post Office materials
Comprising:
1) 'General Record of Registered Letters' mailed at, received for delivery, or forwarded through the Corbyville Post Office from 1 January to 27 September 1916. Records origin of letter, date received, address of letter, number of letter, name of office to which forwarded and date of delivery or dispatch.
2) Post Office record of money orders issued, December 1919 to March 1920
3) Samples of various Post Office receipts, acknowledgements and order forms, 1920
Black Diamond Cheese and Belleville-Corbyville Rail line proposal
Two files retrieved by Gerry Boyce from Thurlow Township materials destined for shredding in 2005:
Township of Thurlow
Map of Thurlow Township with annotations
Part of Map collection
A map of Thurlow Township featuring the addition of handwritten annotations. Concessions, railways, proprietors, businesses and locations are featured. The map extends from the Bay of Quinte in the southwest to Roslin the northeast. Circa 1950 (Bakelite plant opened c. 1948 and the Foxboro Cheese Factory closed in 1961).
Specific annotations are as follows: Halloway Grist Mill, Latta Bridge, Plainfield Grist, Saw Mill, O'Brien's Bridge, Grist Mill, Canning Factory Foxboro, Footbridge, Cheese Factory, Fairfields Bridge, Dam Corbyville, Distillery, Cannifton Dam, Grist & Saw Mill, Quarry & Substation, Round House, Brickyard, Graham's Dried Foods, Bell Telephone Lines, Hydro Power Lines, and Cement Works.