Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 DA 2007.05
Title
Materials transferred from Deseronto Town Hall
Date(s)
- 1889-1956 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
8 items
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Name of creator
(1889-)
Administrative history
Deseronto, Ontario was incorporated as a town in 1889. The settlement had become a village in 1871, known as Mill Point. It was given the name Deseronto in 1881, after Captain John Deserontyon, the leader of the 20 families who settled in the area as the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in 1784.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred to the Deseronto Archives in October 2007 by Bill Bouma. Moved to the Community Archives in September 2016.
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Scope and content
- Printed ‘Rules of Order of the Municipal Council of the Town of Deseronto’ 18 Feb 1889
- Printed pro-forma for a certificate of public recognition by the town of Halifax for service in the Second World War (with pencilled alterations to make reference to Deseronto instead), 1945
- Printed booklet on ‘The Future of the Liberal Party’, address by Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, 4 Aug 1948
- Auditor’s report on road expenditures for the Town of Deseronto, 1949
- Edition of ‘Roads and Road Construction’ journal, March 1951, Vol. 29, no. 339
- Leases between the Town of Deseronto and the Deseronto Lions Club (of the Skating Rink) and Deseronto Boating Club (part of the old saw mill property), 1953-1954
- Published report by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs on ‘Civil Liberties and Rights of Indians [Indigenous People] in Ontario’, 19 Mar 1954
- Letter from J.D. Lee and Company to the Deseronto Medical Officer of Health, Dr W. H. Duffett, with two copies of blueprint relating to modifications to the septic tank of the Deseronto Public School, 4 Dec 1956
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2007.04(1) is available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/deserontoarchives/3177505251/