Document
Identifier:
F.0013
Description
The fonds consists of the private records of Henry Bertram; the documents are primarily his personal correspondence and research into the Bertram family history. There are also a few of Henry Bertram's financial records in the fonds as well.
Additional Information
The fonds consists of the private records of Henry Bertram; the documents are primarily his personal correspondence and research into the Bertram family history. There are also a few of Henry Bertram's financial records in the fonds as well. The correspondence is with friends and family with correspondents including: Andrew Bertram, Alexander Bertram, Belle Armfelt, Henry Graham Bertram, various members of the Stirling family, Aimers Stirling Bertram, Lennard Halliday Bertram, J.S. Wort, William Notman, the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association, a Colonel Smith, Thomas Cantley, Kenneth Carruthers, and a miscellaneous collection of single letters from other correspondents. The fonds also contains a number of wedding invitations, funeral notices, and postcards. There is some business correspondence in this fonds primarily with Alexander Bertram, whose correspondence is a mix of personal and business and with the Industrial Accident Prevention Association Incorporated. The second largest part of the fonds is Henry's genealogical research that includes correspondence about the family, handwritten notes and family trees, copies of vital documents (birth, death, and baptism records). Henry had also conducted some research into the history of the 77th Wentworth Regiment, which was included with his genealogy research. In the fonds there are also records relating to Glenholme, primarily fire insurance documents from the 1930's and 1940's. There are also a small collection of records relating to the death of his son Aimers Stirling Bertram. The fonds also includes a wide range of photographs and newspaper articles focusing on the John Bertram & Sons Co., the Bertram family, and Glenholme these cover the period from about 1894 to 1930. There are also two diaries kept by Henry Bertram, a personal one from 1914 and one from 1898 when Henry Bertram was Mayor of Dundas. The fonds also contains a few business records from the John Bertram & Sons Co., primarily donation, stockholders, and merger records from 1917 to 1926. The fonds consists of the following types of records: correspondence (letters and telegraphs), photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, machine shop specifications, ink drawings, copies of death certificates, copies of birth records, copies of baptism records, copies of parish records, copy of a ship registration, handwritten family trees and notes, event programmes, mortgage records, estate records, fire insurance records, stock holder meeting agendas and motions, memoranda of agreement, school reports, journal articles, and diaries.
Physical Description
0.6 m textual records
345 photographs : b&w negatives
70 photographs : b&w
1 token
Date:
1871 – 1943
Creator:
Bertram, Henry