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Complete scanned copy of the 35-page booklet titled "The Centenary of the Welland Canal" by Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, published in November 1924 by the Tribune-Telegraph Press.

It celebrates and examines the origin of the first Welland Canal…

Scanned copy of the 25-page booklet titled "Thorold Parish Centennial 1813-1913."

It contains a short history of the church community in Thorold from 1813 to 1913 and includes illustrations and photographs of prominent members of the…

A brief history of the telephone in Welland, from 1877-1958. It was written by Bell Telephone Company's then-Public Relations Officer (for the Welland branch on Division Street) Jack Haskett.

The second file is a newspaper clipping from the…

Photocopy scans of some of the original founding documents of the Rotary Club of Welland, c. 1920.

The club was established on April 1, 1920. These documents include the application to the International Association of Rotary Clubs to establish a…

Scanned document concerning the genealogical history of the Sidey family of Welland. It was written by Harold Sidey in 1974 and 1975. The Sidey family is most notable for owning and operating the Welland Tribune from 1865-1920.

Magazine article on the history of St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal, from the August 1881 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.

Harper's was a New York City-based publication, and the article is 21 pages long, titled "Water Routes from…

Booklet entitled "Niagara District Portrait Album and Souvenir," c. 1932. Published by C.B. Reece of Fenwick, it contains mostly advertisements of contemporary businesses in Niagara, along with a number of photographs of the Fenwick Fair, where the…

24-page booklet written by the Pelham Women's Institute titled "Tweedsmuir Village History," c. 1951. It concerns the history of Pelham and its citizens and institutions.

The second file is a typewritten manuscript with the same information,…

Reproduction of a report of the first survey for the Welland Canal, from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, c. 1823.

It consists of two letters from William Hamilton Merritt to Major Hillier, dated June 2, 1823 and September 22, 1823,…

Handwritten note concerning a short history of the Beckett family of Effingham. The letter was written in the 1970s or 1980s by a member of the Effingham Heritage Association. The text reads:

"About the year 1793, three brothers came from England…