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Van Aernum, Hendrick

  • RC0794
  • Persoon
  • [17--]-[18--]

There is no information available about van Aernum except the lease.

United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America

  • RC0793
  • Instelling
  • [1935?]-1995

The United Rubber Worker of America merged with the United Steel Workers of America in July 1995. The members of Local 113 probably worked for the Firestone plant in Hamilton, Ont. which is now closed.

Trenton Air Station Hospital

  • RC0792
  • Instelling
  • [1931?]-

Trenton Air Station was the hub of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada during World War II.

Ting (Merle R. Tingly)

  • RC0791
  • Persoon
  • 1921-

Merle R. Tingley was born on 9 July 1921 in Montreal and educated at the Valentine School of Commercial Art. He was editorial cartoonist with the London Free Press from 1947 to 1986, using the pen name of Ting. During his career he won many national and international awards; his cartoons were collected and published several times, beginning in 1957.

Arnold, Thomas

  • RC0790
  • Persoon
  • 1795-1842

Thomas Arnold (1795-1841), theologian and historian, was born on 13 June 1795 on the Isle of Wight. Educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he is best known as the headmaster of Rugby School which he turned into one of the best schools in Britain. He was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1841. He died at Rugby on 12 June 1842.

Arnold, Matthew

  • RC0790
  • Persoon
  • 1822-1888

Matthew Arnold, (1822–1888), poet, writer, and inspector of schools, was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. His best-known work is the poem "Dover Beach". He died on 15 April 1888 in Liverpool.

Jefferys, Charles William

  • RC0789
  • Persoon
  • 1869-1951

Charles William Jefferys was born in England in 1869. He moved with his family to Canada around 1880. Jefferys had a long career as a newspaper, magazine and book illustrator. He also taught for many years in the Department of Architecture at the University of Toronto. His most well known work is the three-volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History (1942-1950). He died in 1951.

Iron Molders' Union of North America. Local 26 (Hamilton, Ont.)

  • RC0788
  • Instelling
  • 1859-1988

The Iron Molders' Union of North America (prior to 1881 known as the National Union of Iron Molders) established five locals in Canada before 1859: Montreal, local 21; Hamilton, local 26; Toronto, local 28; Brantford, local 29 and London, local 37. By 1870 there were thirteen other locals, stretching from Halifax, Nova Scotia to St. Catharines, Ont. The activities of the Canadian locals in the later part of the nineteenth century are well documented in the Iron Molders Journal.

Boievoi Karandash

  • RC0787
  • Instelling
  • 1939-

Boievoi Karandash (The Militant Pencil) is an organization in Moscow that sells Soviet art in poster form. The posters were intended to satirize Soviet bureaucracy. The publisher of the posters is Khudozhnik RSFSR, and the series is Na Obcshii sud.

Socialist Labor Party of Canada

  • RC0785
  • Instelling
  • 1930-[2005?]

The Socialist Labor Party of Canada was founded on a national basis in the early 1930s with its head office in Toronto. It rejects capitalism in its entirety. It is affiliated with the Socialist Labor Party of America. The party seems to have dissolved after the death of its National Secretary, Doug Irving, in 2005.

Snelling, H.W.

  • RC0784
  • Persoon
  • 1849-[19--]

Harry W. Snelling was born in Woolich, England on October 14, 1849. In March 1867 Snelling enlisted in the 60th Royal Rifles, 1st Battalion. Snelling and his battalion were sent to Canada to assist with the Riel uprising in 1870. Following his armed service, Snelling became involved in the operation of a small Montreal store. He married a woman from Ireland, named Jane (4 May 1840-, and they had a daughter Isabella Caroline (25 Sept. 1879-). Between 1891 and 1901 the family moved from Montreal to Kingston where he was the Manager for a telephone company. He was still alive in 1921 when the census was conducted.

Stoyan, Carl

  • RC0783
  • Persoon
  • [19--?]-

No information could be found about Carl Stoyan. In addition to being an artist, he may have hosted a programme on Toronto Radio, Q107, called “Scruff”.

Hille, James R. H.

  • RC0782
  • Persoon
  • [18--?]-[19--?]

James R.H. Hille was an autograph collector who lived in Leigh-on-Sea, England.

Hall, Charles W.

  • RC0780
  • Persoon
  • [18--]-[19--]

Charles W. Hall was born presumably in England and was a member of the 93rd Derbyshire Regiment. On 11 December 1861, he boarded the steamer H.M.S. Windsor in Dublin, Ireland and set sail for Liverpool. On 12 December 1861, Hall transferred and served aboard H.M.S. Australasian, another steamer, and along with a regiment of 850 and an artillery of 270, set sail for Canada. 1 February 1862 marked Hall's arrival in Hamilton, Ontario.

Sheppard, Hugh Richard Lawrie

  • RC0779
  • Persoon
  • 1880-1937

Dick Sheppard was born in Windsor on 2 September 1880 and educated at Marlborough and Trinity Hall Cambridge. In July 1914 be became Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields church. He came to be well known for his religious broadcasts. In 1929 he became Dean of Canterbury. He was one of the founders of the Peace Pledge Union in 1936. He died suddenly in London on 31 October 1937.

Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division

  • RC0777
  • Instelling
  • 1941-1946

The Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force was created in 1941 because of a shortage of personnel. It was disbanded in1946.

Hennique, Léon

  • RC0776
  • Persoon
  • 1850-1935

Léon Hennique was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe on 4 November 1850. At the age of nine he moved to France where he received much of his formal education. He received educational training in Brest and Saint Quentin, and from 1865 to 1869 in Paris at the Jesuit school de la rue de Vaugirard. Hennique tried his hand at painting but did not find it as rewarding as writing. He was a novelist, playwright, journalist and a man of letters. His first published work appeared on 20 March 1876 in The Republic of Letters. Hennique followed the Naturalist school of thought, contributing several works to this literary movement.

Hennique was a close friend and associate of Emile Zola and the brothers Goncourt. He was a member of the Group of Médan presided over by Zola. Hennique assumed the presidency of the Goncourt academy from 1907 to 1912. He was also involved in developments in the Théatre-Libre in Paris. He was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1895 and was also named an Officer of the National Order.

Harrison, James Graham

  • RC0775
  • Persoon
  • fl. 1966

James Graham Harrison at the time of writing this manuscript was a hospital patient in Concord, New South Wales, Australia. He appears to be a writer of local history with particular concentration on Bendigo, which is near Melbourne, Victoria.

Hamilton-Scourge Foundation

  • RC0774
  • Instelling
  • 1981-

The Hamilton and Scourge were two wooden schooners which sank in Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Their location on the lake bottom was discovered in 1975. In 1981 the City of Hamilton created the Hamilton-Scourge Foundation for the purpose of fund-raising. In 1983 the Project was formally organized by the City to undertake research with particular emphasis on the raising and exhibition of the ships. There is a book about the two schooners by Emily Cain, Ghost Ships: Hamilton and Scourge: Historical Treasures from the War of 1812 (1983). As of 1997 there is insufficient funding to finance the raising of the ships.

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