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We would like to acknowledge that the J.N. Desmarais Library & Archives are located on the traditional territory of the Atikameksheng Anishnaabek, which is within the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory.
Located on the first floor of the J.N. Desmarais Library, the Archive Repository houses the holdings of archival fonds of organizations and individuals from the Northern Ontario community as well as seven different special collections: the Faculty Collection, Fourth Year Honour’s Essay, Graduate Theses, the Rare Books Collection, the Regional collection, Reference sources, and Vertical files (from Mining & Environment database).
All collections are accessible to everybody but all have to be consulted in the Angus Gilbert Reading Room, in the Archives. The Angus Gilbert Reading Room can accommodate forty (40) researchers.
February 20th - the archives will be closed in the morning and opening at 1 p.m.
February 21st the archives will close at 2 p.m.
February 28th - the archives will be closed
Monday | CLOSED |
Tuesday | 10:00am - 12pm; 1pm - 4:30pm |
Wednesday | 10:00am - 12pm; 1pm - 4:30pm |
Thursday | 10:00am - 12pm; 1pm - 4:30pm |
Friday | 10:00am - 12pm; 1pm - 4:30pm |
Saturday | CLOSED |
Sunday |
CLOSED |
* Archives hours may be subject to change
Policies & Procedures
Laurentian University archives are accessible to all. We do require that you make an appointment if you wish to access archival fonds which are housed in the archives.
Archival fonds and the special collections housed in the archives, cannot be borrowed through Inter-Library Loan services or taken out of the Angus Gilbert Reading Room. Only in-house consultation is authorised.
Archives staff will provide assistance with research services, however we are unable to commit to more than three hours of our time for such research. As an alternative, there are Laurentian University students that can, for an hourly fee, assist in this regard.
If you cannot come to the archives to do your research, we can provide you with names of Laurentian University students who, for an hourly fee, could do the research for you. Although we provide you with names of LU students, it is your responsibility to negotiate the agreement with the student. LU archives is not responsible for the research done by the students.
Note:
- You will be charged for postage, when applicable.
- There is no transmission of documents by fax.
- There is no transmission of documents by email.
Procedures and Costs for the Scanning of Photographs (PDF)
Procedures and policies for photocopies of archival documents (PDF)
Request for reproduction of archival material (PDF)
Use of a Camera by Researchers in the Archives
Rules and Registration Form (PDF)
Floor Plan in pdf format
Archival Fonds
Presented in this document are some of the private archival collections and fonds of the holdings of Laurentian University Archives. These fonds and archival collections are arranged by broad subjects or major themes. Furthermore, the subject or theme does not represent an exhaustive analysis of what topic areas are in each fonds and the list does not include all fonds or archival collection of the holdings.
The groupings are in alphabetical order.
In accordance to our policy on processing of archival materials, and in compliance to the Rules for Archival Description (R.A.D.) the archival fonds are described in the language of the producer. Occasionally the description can be in the language of the documents instead of the producer.
DEFINITIONS
Archives is: recorded information, regardless of date, form or medium and of continuing value.
A fonds is: The whole of the records, regardless of date, form or medium, created, received used and automatically accumulated by an individual or corporate body in the course, or in the performance of their activities or functions, constituing the integral, organic and recorded information of the body or the individual.
A collection is: An artificial accumulation of documents of any provenance brought together on the basis of some common characteristic, e.g., way of acquisition, subject, language, medium, type of document, name of collector, to be treated for description purposes as a descriptive unit under a common title. Collectors may be those outside the archives who assembled the material, or may in some cases be an archival repository itself.
Accession number | P090- |
Title of fonds (Name of producer of the records) |
District Court of Manitoulin Records fonds |
Dates of creation of the material | 1888-1915 |
Length & nature of materials | 1m 20cm of textual records |
Presentation of the producer | Administrative history: The District Court of Manitoulin located in Gore Bay, Ontario was the public administrative office where chattel mortgages and chattel mortgage renewals were filed between 1888 and 1915. |
Description of the material | Scope and content: This fonds consists of chattel mortgages and chattel mortgage renewals filed at Manitoulin District Court from 1888 to 1915. The records provide information on what moveable property was held as collateral security. |
History of the material | Custodial history: The fonds was donated by Dr. W.R. Wightman from the University of Western Ontario, Department of Geography. It was received in one accrual on October 26, 1992. Dr. Wightman obtained these documents as part of a research project that is now completed. |
International
P137 | Fonds Tiphaine Dickson |
P146 | Joseph Herman Molohon fonds |
Northern Ontario
1. Arts, culture and communications media
1.1 Arts & culture
P016 | Fonds Éditions Prise de Parole |
P023 | Fonds Théâtre du Nouvel Ontario |
P033 | Fonds Galerie du Nouvel Ontario |
P036 | Fonds Jocelyne Villeneuve |
P084 | Sudbury Operatic Society fonds/ Société d'opérette de Sudbury |
P114 | Margaret (Peg) and Dennis Roberts fonds |
P124 | Fonds André Paiement |
P126 | Fonds Lucien Pelletier |
P127 | Fonds Robert Dickson |
P133 | Fonds de la Fondation André Paiement |
P138 | Fonds La Ruche des Artistes Inc. |
P149 | Florence Isabella Craig-Yeigh Fonds |
P183 | Fonds Albert Régimbal |
P186 | Highway Bookshop Fonds |
1.2 Newspapers & publications
P010 | Fonds de la revue Réaction |
P034 | Canadian Mining Journal fonds |
P050 | Arachnee fonds |
P100 | Fonds Le Communicautaire (Nouvel Ontarien) |
P110 | Fonds La coopérative du livre de Sudbury |
1.3 Radio stations
P082 | CBCS fonds |
2. Clubs & social organizations
2.1 General
P049 | Sudbury and District Historical Society fonds |
P085 | University Women's Club of Sudbury fonds |
P089 | YMCA, John Island Camp fonds |
P139 | Fonds de la Société Historique du Nipissing |
P142 | Fonds l'Amicale des mycologues de Sudbury |
P147 | Fonds Carrefour francophone de Sudbury |
P198 | Fonds Georgette Simard-Paquette |
2.2 Health Services
P093 | Fonds des Auxiliaires bénévoles HRSRH/HRSRH Auxiliary/volunteer |
P148 | The Sudbury History of Nursing Group fonds |
2.3 Social assistance
3. Economy
P013 | Canadian Association of Single Industry Town (CASIT)fonds |
P090 | District Court of Manitoulin Records fonds |
P094 | David Leadbeater fonds |
P097 | Monica Neitzert fonds |
P107 | Lloyd Wagner fonds |
4. Education
P041 | Fonds Roger St. Louis |
P083 | Fonds Liliane (Gauthier) Beauchamp |
P092 | Fonds Jean-Louis Bourdeau |
P101 | Fonds de L'Association franco-ontarienne des conseils d'écoles catholiques |
P111 | Ernie Checkeris fonds |
P112 | Roman Catholic School Board fonds [Sudbury Region] |
P115 | Fonds du conseil des écoles séparées catholiques romaines du District de Sudbury |
P117 | Fonds du Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel Ontario |
4.1 Laurentian University
5. Forestry
P219 | James MacNiece Austin fonds |
P220 | Benjamin F. and Mary Adelaide (née Stone) Avery fonds |
6. Labour
P002 | Cleve Kidd fonds |
P003 | Brian Hogan fonds |
P009 | N.O.L.I.A. fonds |
P015 | Brotherhood of Railway Carmen fonds |
P019 (previously RG 11) |
Mike Solski fonds |
P020 | IUSWA /District 6 (Timmins) fonds |
P021* (previously RG 33) |
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation fonds |
P024 | USWA. Local 5417, Elliot Lake fonds |
P026 | International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter workers (IUMMSW) fonds |
P030 | Victims of Mining Environment (VOME) fonds |
P035 | Nelson Thibault fonds |
P037 | Roger Leblanc fonds |
P038 | International USWA/District 6(Sudbury) fonds |
P040 | Homer Seguin (USWA) fonds |
P046 | Elmer McVey Fonds |
P047 | Barbara Dunphy fonds |
P048 | Gilbert H. (Gib) Gilchrist fonds |
P051 (previously RG 001) |
James L. Kidd fonds |
P052 (previously RG 002) |
Gordon Hurley fonds |
P053 (previously RG 003) |
Alfred Fraser fonds |
P054 (previously RG 004) |
Norman Stephen fonds |
P056 (previously RG 006) |
Jack. L. Giroux fonds |
P057 (previously RG 007) |
Robert H. Carlin fonds |
P058 (previously RG 008) |
Frank Southern fonds |
P059 (previously RG 009) |
Jim Tester fonds |
P060 | Dorothy Wigmore fonds |
P062 previously RG 012) |
Tom Hannaway fonds |
P063 previously RG 013) |
Laurentian University Faculty Association (L.U.F.A.) fonds/ Fonds de L'Association des professeurs de l'Université Laurentienne (A.P.U.L.) |
P064 | Mike Farrell fonds |
P065 (previously RG 015) |
Roy Scranton fonds |
P068 (previously RG 018) |
Anne Morrison Collection |
P069 (previously RG 19) |
Dan Sweezy fonds |
P070 (previously RG 20) |
George Prusila fonds |
P071 (previously RG 21) |
Victor Baumruck fonds |
P074 (previously RG 24) |
IBEW fonds |
P075 (previously RG 25) |
Alan Senter fonds |
P076 (previously RG 26) |
Louis Brema fonds |
P080 (previously RG 30) |
Bricklayers and Allied Craftmen fonds |
P081 (previously RG 31) |
Paul Hatala fonds |
P095 | Laurentian University Staff Union fonds |
P099 | Canadian Union of Professional Employees, Local 1555 (CUPE) fonds |
P102 | David Letho and George Prusila collection |
P105 | Gowganda Miners Union fonds |
P120 | United Copper Nickel Workers fonds |
P130 | USWA Local 4440 fonds |
P140 | Robin and Archibald McArthur fonds |
P150 | Kerr Addison Mine Employees' Association |
P151 | USWA Local 4458- Timmins fonds |
P152 | USWA Local 4461- Timmins fonds |
P153 | USWA Local 4462- Timmins fonds |
P154 | USWA Local 4857- Timmins fonds |
P155 | USWA Local 6779- Timmins fonds |
P156 | USWA Local 7056- Timmins fonds |
P157 | USWA Local 7243- Timmins fonds |
P158 | USWA Local 7267- Timmins fonds |
P159 | USWA Local 8091- Timmins fonds |
P160 | USWA Local 9171- Timmins fonds |
P161 | USWA Local 13911- Timmins fonds |
P162 | USWA Local 4305- Timmins fonds |
P163 | USWA Local 7580- South Porcupine fonds |
P164 | USWA Local 4438- South Porcupine fonds |
P165 | USWA Local 9283- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P166 | USWA Local 4639- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P167 | USWA Local 7308- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P168 | USWA Local 7964- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P169 | USWA Local 6409 - Kirkland Lakefonds |
P170 | USWA Local 4354- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P171 | USWA Local 4584- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P172 | USWA Local 951- Cobalt fonds |
P173 | USWA Local 4374- Cobalt fonds |
P174 | USWA Local 4423- Cobalt fonds |
P175 | USWA Local 5138- Cobalt fonds |
P176 | USWA Local 6217- Cobalt fonds |
P177 | USWA Local 6270- Cobalt fonds |
P178 | USWa Local 4501- Cobalt fonds |
P179 | USWA Local 6896- Kirkland Lake fonds |
P180 | USWA Local 5506- Cobalt fonds |
P181 | USWA Local 4866- Cobalt fonds |
P182 | USWA Local 6258- Cobalt fonds |
P191 | Provincial Mine Workers of Ontario fonds |
P192 | Fonds Jean Gagnon |
7. Mining industries and related activities (see also Labour Relations)
P007 | Denison Mines fonds |
P078 | Falconbridge fonds |
P079 | McIntyre Mines fonds |
P096 | Zepha Trevorrow fonds |
P121 | Charles Kenneth Leith fonds |
P141 | William Ernest Hale fonds |
P208 | Leslie M. Sheridan fonds |
P218 | John Dunlop Evans fonds |
8. Politics & Politicians
8.1 Militancy
P001 | Dorothy Zaborszki fonds |
P027 | Joan Kuyeck fonds |
P073(previously RG 23) | Mick Lowe fonds |
P113 | Jennifer Keck fonds |
P144 | Fonds Mercedes Steedman |
9. Population & socio-ethnic groups
9.1 Socio-ethnic groups/ groupes socio-ethniques
P004 | Finnish National Society of Sudbury fonds |
P022 | Gertrud Jaron Lewis collection |
P039 | Fonds de l'Association canadienne-française d'Ontario du grand Sudbury (ACFO) |
P104 | Federation of the ethnic groups of Sudbury fonds |
P119 | Abdul Zia fonds |
P123 | Oiva W. Saarinen fonds |
9.2 Early settlements (population)
P012 | Sandra Slater collection |
P014 | Underwriter's Survey Bureau fonds |
P042 | Robert Boudignon fonds |
P045 | Charles Ferguson fonds |
P088 | Buchanan Family fonds |
P090 | District Court of Manitoulin Records fonds |
P091 | Rose and Nick Perkovich fonds |
P103 | Catharine Dixon fonds |
P106 | Marguerite (Buell) Blakely fonds |
P116 | Town of Copper Cliff, collection |
P145 | Fonds Joseph Alphonse Lévesque |
P188 | Gerald Goltz Collection |
P189 | Kunkel Family Collection |
P195 | V Ireton fonds |
P196 | Élorie Trottier fonds |
P206 | Robert S. (Bob) Atkinson Collection |
10. Religious Communities
P032 | Anglican Diocese of Moosonee fonds |
P086 | Fonds Paroisse St. Eugène |
P087 | Fonds Paroisse St. Casimir Parish (Catholique) |
P125 | Fonds des Soeurs de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge, (Ontario) |
10.1 Missionaries
P205 | William G (Reindeer) Walton fonds |
P212 | James Scanlon fonds |
11.1 Land-use Planning
P122 | Sudbury Mining Heritage Committee inc. fonds |
P132 | Sudbury Planning Board/ Junction Creek fonds |
P204 | William O. Mackasey fonds |
Related Sites
The finding aids are located in the Angus Gilbert Reading Room.
Other online sources of archival information include:
- ARCHEION, Ontario's Online Archival Information Network
- Canadian Archival Information Network
- PDF Guide to Citing Archival Records
- Aboriginal Archives Guide (PDF)
- Aboriginal Heritage
- US National Archives on YouTube
- Copyright Act
- Exception for Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museum Regulations (P.C. 1999-1351, July 1999)
Contact Us
By mail
Archives
Laurentian University
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury, ON, Canada
P3E 2C6
By email
By fax
(705) 675-4877
By telephone
Archives Reception: (705) 675-1151 Extension 3306
Archivist, Marthe Brown: (705) 675-1151 Extension 3339
In person
The Laurentian University Archives are located on the first floor of the J.N. Desmarais Library at the Laurentian University campus on Ramsey Lake Road in Sudbury, Ontario. We are situated in the heart of the Laurentian University campus just minutes away from one of Sudbury’s main arteries, Paris Street.
Those making their way by car will find several parking lots on campus. Those flying into the Greater Sudbury Airport will want to arrange for a shuttle or taxi.
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Directions By Car
From Highway 69 North (from Toronto)
- Take Highway 69 North to Sudbury, which becomes Regent Street
- Turn right onto Paris Street at the Paris and Regent intersection.
- Turn right on Ramsey Lake Road (where Science North is located).
- Turn right on University Road.
From Highway 17 East (from Ottawa)
- Take Highway 17 West towards North Bay and Sudbury.
- In Sudbury, take the “Kingsway,” which becomes Brady Street.
- Turn left on Paris Street
- Turn left on Ramsey Lake Road (where Science North is located).
- Turn right onto University Road
From Highway 17 West (From Sault Ste. Marie)
- Take Highway 17 East to Sudbury
- Exit at Long Lake Road
- Turn right at exit onto Regional Road 80 North
- Continue onto Regional Road 80 North, which becomes Paris Street
- Turn right on Ramsey Lake Road (where Science North is located).
- Turn right on University Road
From Highway 144 South (from Timmins)
- Take 144 South towards Sudbury
- Take the Big Nickel Road ramp
- Continue onto Regional Road 55 east which turns into Lorne Street.
- Turn right on Douglas Street which turns into Brady Street.
- Turn right on Paris Street
- Turn left on Ramsey Lake Road (where Science North is located)
- Turn right on University Road