Economic Development - ETRC

Belle Wilcox, Mary Annette Thomas, Carrie F. Young, Kate Ferrin, Margaret C. Sutton, Erma LeVan, and
Mabel A. Harland.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
Envelopes have been preserved only when they contained pertinent information on the author or on the date
of the letter.
The documents are in English.
P173/001.03/002
Travel. - [1930]-1931. - 3 textual records.
Scope and content:
The file consists of documents regarding some of Lill Ferrin Baldwin’s travel destinations from 1930 to 1931.
Included among the documents is an itinerary for a trip in Florida, a letter regarding rates and accomodation
at the Potton Springs Hotel and a passenger list for a cruise from Los Angeles to Hawaii, on which Lill was a
passenger.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
P173/001.03/003
Death and estate. - 1935-1937. - 7 textual records.
Scope and content:
The file contains primary source information on the death and estate of Lill Mead Ferrin Baldwin from 1935 to
1937. It consists of a list of funeral expenses, a death record, and certificates of payment of accession duties.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
P173/001.04
Harold Ferrin Baldwin. - 1904-1974, 1989. - 0.17 m of textual records. - 46 postcards. - 7 photographs.
Biographical sketch:
Harold Ferrin Baldwin was born 9 July 1886 in Baldwin’s Mills, the eldest son of Willis K. Baldwin and Lill M. Ferrin. He
pursued post-secondary studies at McGill University in Montreal and graduated in 1909. He also traveled extensively during
his early adulthood. Harold married Ruth S. May, also of Baldwin’s Mills, 26 January 1921. He and Ruth had seven children:
Ruby May, Willis Keith, Elvyn Mead, Eunice Ruth Alice Lill, Harold Richard and Lester Stevens.
Harold F. Baldwin passed away 2 April 1975 while in California and was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery in Baldwin’s Mills.
Scope and content:
The subseries contains primary source material on the personal and professional life of Harold F. Baldwin from 1904 to 1974.
It consists mainly of correspondence, personal diaries and land deeds. The series is composed of the following files: Personal
correspondence (1904-1974), Business correspondence (1920-1974), Politics (1925-1929), Land Transactions (1913-1966,
1989) and Personal Diaries (1923-1925), Parents’ estate (1935-1938).
Notes:
Title based on contents of subseries.
Most of the documents are in English, a few are in French.
P173/001.04/001
Personal Correspondence. - 1904-1974. - 0.11 m of textual records. - 5 photographs. - 46 postcards.
Scope and content:
The file contains information on the family, peronsal life and social activities of Harold F. Baldwin from
1904 to 1974. It largely consists of correspondence written to Harold during his lifetime from friends and
non-immediate family members about various topics, including travel, politics, family history and day-to-day
events. It also includes numerous sympathy cards to Harold’s family after his parents’ deaths, as well as a few
photographs and postcards. Among the authors of the correspondence to Harold are: F. D. Gilbert, H. (?) Miller,
Margaret Sutton, Carrie F. Young, Kate Ferrin, Liz and Sam Munro, Robert Haskell, Tina Edwards, Helen F.
Flint, George Rusby, Mabel A. Harland, Belle Wilcox, Charlie Williams, Josephine Bissonnet, S. M. Davis,
Minnie S. Mitchell, Anne Lee, Erma LeVan, Hattie Kilburn, Myron Fox, Nell Chatterton (?), Gwendolyn Lane,
Marion Carter, Angeline May, John May, George Baldwin, Irwin Fowler, Mrs. E. Coburn, Henrietta Banting,
Leonard Auger, Mamie Howard, Herbert Karns, Graham Barr, F. N. Molyneux, Arthur Hawkes, Caroline
B. Ferrin, Edith May, Perry Haskell, Roland Racicot, John T. Hackett, Ross Corey, Irma McPhail, Eugene
Baldwin, Myra Paulson, R. J. Meekren, Harry A. Haskell, Ralph Wentworth, George Wormsley, Myrtie Putnam
and Roseline Jackson. It also includes letters written by Harold to his father, W. K. Baldwin; his brother, Mead
H. Baldwin; and his wife, Ruth S. May.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
P173/001.04/002
Business correspondence. - 1920-1974. - 0.02 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The file contains primary source material on the business life of Harold F. Baldwin from 1920 to 1974.
It consists of correspondence both written by and addressed to Harold and cover topics such as property
agreements, logging, road construction in Barnston, United Church affairs, the Pinnacle Holdings Inc., mining
interests and the sale of maple syrup. Among the authors of the correspondence addressed to Harold are: Rev.
H. Mick, John Colby, E. Astbury, A. J. Bissonnet, Agnes Telfer, Tom Barbour, Alexander Langlois, Charles
Howard, Roland Racicot, H. Carson, C. B. Newsome, A. T. Jones, Florence Nelson Cann and J. MacKay.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English, a few are in French.
P173/001.04/003
Politics. - 1925-1929. - 2 textual records.
Scope and content:
The file contains primary source material on the political activities of Harold F. Baldwin from 1925 to 1929. It
consists of a letter attesting that Harold is qualified to be the Justice of the Peace for the St. Francis District in
1925 and a letter from the Stanstead County Liberal Association in 1929.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
One document is in English, the other in French.
P173/001.04/004
Land transactions. - 1913-1966, 1989. - 0.01 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The file contains primary source material on the land transactions and property holdings of Harold F. Baldwin
from 1913 to 1966. It consists largely of deeds of sale and other property agreements involving Harold from
locations including Barnston Township, Stanstead Township, the Province of Alberta and the State of Vermont.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
The document is in English.
P173/001.04/005
Personal diaries. - 1923-1925. - 0.01 m of textual records.
Scope and content:
The file contains primary source information on the personal life Harold F. Baldwin from 1923 to 1925. It
consists of two personal diaries written by Harold in 1923 and in 1925.
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
The documents are in English.
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