Fonds consists of twelve daily diaries, intermittently spanning between 1907 and 1948, that contain entries pertaining to daily farm operations. Included, though unrelated, are two ledgers from a Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario general store for the years 1893 and 1907. Accounts listed include purchases by John King, father of William Lyon Mackenzie King, that help document the lifestyle of the King family while living at Woodside, now a National Historic Site.
Fonds contains three books written by Robert Forbes. They consist of ledgers dating from 1823 to 1873 and daybooks documenting Fobes' activities as a farmer and merchant dating from 1856 to 1891. Also included are three leaflets with information about postal and farmers’ schedules from the Department of Agriculture, Ontario.
Daybook coverage:
January 1871 – October 1881;
January 1882 – December 1891; and
March 1856 – December 1862.
Ledger coverage:
July 1839 – [1858?];
September 1851 – December 1857; and
September 1823 – 1873.
Three files:
3 pamphlets; Accounts, day books, diaries (volume 1 of 3), 1839 – 1862
Accounts, day books, diaries (volume 2 of 3), 1851 – 1881
Accounts, day books, diaries (volume 3 of 3), 1843 – 1891
Fonds consists of one daybook from The Standard Life Assurance Company, believed to have been kept by Samuel Daniel Buckberrough. Also includes a clipping about the January 21, 1904 snow storm in Kitchener.
Fonds consists of eleven day books and two ledgers listing daily sales and corresponding customer accounts for William Kriesel's stoves and tinware store (hardware store) from 1889-1905.
