With one exception the subjects of these photographs, all dating from around the turn of the century, are not identified. It is not known if the unidentified subjects have any connection with the donor and the photographs were possibly collected as part of the donor's interest in costume. The photographs are all individual studio portraits. Four are portrait busts of women. One is a full length portrait of a woman identified as Katherine Tupper, the granddaughter of Sir Charles Tupper, wearing her 'coming out' dress, ca.1905 - 1910. There is also a full length portrait of a young girl sitting on a stool wearing a floral wreath in her hair and holding a crook.

This small collection consists of 14 cartes de visites photographs dating from ca.1865 - 1880. Only one subject is identified (through a penciled note on the back of the carte) and no relationship between the subjects of the photographs and the donor can be discerned from the donation records. The cartes are all individual portraits. Six are of women, five are of men, one is of am adolescent girl and two are of small children. Imprints indicate that the photographs were taken at various locations in southern Ontario and in the American Midwest (specifically one in Iowa and two in Illinois).

The collection includes: a b&w photograph of the wedding couple and their attendants - the groom and his two attendants wear military uniforms and there are eight bridesmaids in matching dresses; and a b&w photograph of the wedding party and the wedding guests. Both photographs were taken out of doors in a garden.

This collection includes: a couple, possibly Mel and Merran, seated reading at a parlour table, ca.1910; a wedding portrait of Mel and Merran, ca.1904; a carte de visite of Merran as a small child in a mourning dress, ca.1884; and a copy print of this image.

The photographs consist of two large full length portraits of Grace (Mooney) Hutt in her wedding dress and veil and one full length portrait of Grace and a bridesmaid. The women are posed in front of a large fireplace.

Items consist of 8 b&w photographs plus 5 colour photographs. Dates range from ca.1900 for two views of the Marshall, Saskatchewan homestead to 1971 for two photographic proofs Ruth and Guy Moore with their daughter on the day of her wedding. Also included are: a studio portrait of a small boy, ca.1900, identified as Bertram Hall; a postcard print of a soldier, ca.1914 -1918, identified as Angus McRae; two snapshots of Ruth Hall in skating costume, ca.1935-40; Ruth Hall and her father, J.B. Hall, on the day of her wedding to Guy Moore on March 28, 1941; and two colour photographs of Ruth Hall and one of Guy Moore wearing the clothing they wore to attend a dinner in honour of Queen Elizabeth at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on June 29th, 1959. Also part of this fonds are a number of documentary items including 1 newspaper clipping, dated March 29, 1941 and consisting of a captioned photograph of Ruth and Guy Moore outside the church following their wedding.

Other documentary items include: five Toronto Skating Club Carnival Programs dating from 1929 to 1941; a Granite Skating Club Carnival program dating from 1935; an "Ice Cycles" program dating from 1952; two RCMP Christmas cards signed by Sergt. & Mrs. Heacock of Vegreville, Alberta; a program for a dinner in honour of Queen Elizabeth II in Toronto in 1959; an Easter card addressed to Guy Moore, Vegreville, Alberta; two invitation cards to an 'At Home' and an afternoon tea addressed to Miss Ruth Hall; and a wallet with identification card which had belonged to Mr. J.B. Hall, Ruth Moore's father, and gives the name of his WW I regiment.

The collection includes: 2 colour photographs of Roland and Etta James with the wedding couple, the bride's parents and guests at their son Douglas' wedding in 1965; and 2 colour photographs featuring Etta and Roland at their son Gordon's wedding in 1956.

The holding consists of a Cartes de Visites album containing 12 photographs which date from ca.1865-1885. The subjects of the Cartes are adults, adolescents and children and they are identified as Gillanders relatives. Also included with this holding is a collection of 14 loose Cartes de Visites (designated C13) and larger studio photographs dating from ca.1870-1918. Subjects include individuals, couples and groups of all ages. Many are identified as Lockharts and Gillanders. One is a group photograph identified as Maryburgh School.

This album (designated A-15) contains 18 leaves with openings to insert 64 Cabinet Card photographs and 12 Cartes de Visites (for a total of 76 photographs). Eighty-six photographs were found in the album dating from ca.1880-1915.

The collection consists of two copies each of a contemporary copy print enlargement of a cabinet card full length portrait of a man and a woman, possibly a wedding portrait, ca.1890; and a contemporary copy print of a wedding party of seven posed in a garden, ca.1914. The 1914 wedding party is possibly that of Chrissie Elizabeth Isabella Martin and Percy Mann, Mr. W. F. Mann's parents, who were married in Montreal on April 25, 1914.