Aboriginal Records

			  SECTION 1 (a) 
 
SUBJECT CATEGORY:    ABORIGINAL PEOPLE 
 
RECORD GROUP TITLE: 
 
SUB-GROUP HEADING: 
 
SERIES TITLE:       SOLOMON Y. CHESLEY  PAPERS (F 451) 
 
NOTES:              Papers consist of 5 journals written by 
		    Solomon Y. Chesley , who was at various 
		    points in his career Superintendent of 
		    the Department of Indian Affairs, Member 
		    of the House of Assembly  and Mayor of 
		    Cornwall.  The journals emphasize 
		    Chesley's career as an Indian agent. 
		    They document his travels to various 
		    reserves in Ontario, negotiations and 
		    mediation with the aboriginal leaders, 
		    ceremonies and customs.  They also 
		    document Chesley's opinions on various 
		    significant events in mid 19th century 
		    Canadian and international history, 
		    including the debates on the Clergy 
		    Reserves, Representation by Population, 
		    the Fenian Raids, and the movement of 
		    the Canadian capital. 
 
Description                            Microfilm Reference 
 
5 journals                                      MS 2640 
 

SECTION 2 (a) SUBJECT CATEGORY: ABORIGINAL PEOPLE RECORD GROUP TITLE: SUB-GROUP HEADING: SERIES TITLE: A.E. WILLIAMS/ UNITED INDIAN BANDS OF CHIPPEWAS AND MISSISSAUGAS PAPERS (F 4337) NOTES: Papers consist of documents collected by A.E. Williams, a collector and researcher of Canadian aboriginal history. The vast majority were created by or collected on behalf of the United Indian Bands of the Chippewas and Mississaugas, which was a grass roots movement of Ontario First Nations asserting their rights on issues of land, hunting, fishing, and voting. The United Band movement was operative from 1903 to sometime around 1920. The papers includes correspondence to and from G. Mills McClurg who was Secretary and Treasurer of the organization. Also included are legal documents, band census lists, speeches, and research materials aquired by McClurg on the bands' behalf. Description Microfilm Reference Beaver Store Band - Collins Inlet, 1905 MS 2604 Birch Island, 1904-1905 Black, Rev. - Parry Island, 1903-1904 Chemong, 1903-1906 Chippewa Hill, 1903 Christian Island (Beausoleil), 1902-1912 Garden River, 1903-1905 MS 2604 Georgina Island (Snake Island), 1903-1911 Grand River Navigation Company, 1905 Grant's Tomb Land Purchase, 1905 Hervey Inlet, 1904-1905 Hiawatha, 1903-1912 Hunting and fishing, 1911-1912 Long Lake, 1905 Maganeewan (Byng Inlet), 1905 Magnattawany, 1904 Mississaugas of the Credit (Hagersville), 1903-1904 Monague and Partridge visits to reserves, 1903-1904 Nipigon, 1905 Nipissing (North Bay), 1904 Nipissing (Sturgeon Falls), 1905 Non treaty, 1904-1905 Ojibways of Evansville, 1904 Parry Island, 1903-1906 Pays Inlet, 1905 Pic (Heron Bay), 1905 Rama, 1902-1912 Research trips, 1894-1904 MS 2605 Rowe, Sophia re: Anderson diaries, 1845-1905 Sagamok, 1904-1905 Sagamok Reserve - Huron Lumber Company, 1905 MS 2605 Scugog, 1903-1905 Sheguiandah, 1905 Sheshegwaning, 1905 Six Nations school issue, 1906 South Bay Band, 1905 Spanish River, 1904-1905 Sturgeon Falls, 1905 Sucker Creek, 1905 Thesssalon, 1905 Toronto meeting, 1904 Toulouse, Michel re: Spanish Station and Wikwemikong, 1904-1905 West Bay Band, 1904-1905, 1911 Whitefish Lake, 1905 Wikwemikong, 1905 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1903 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1904 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1905 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1911 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1912 18th century - various, [ca. 1904] Agreement at Narrows, 1839 [ca. 1904] British North American, provinces - correspondence, respecting Indians 1839, [ca. 1904] "Canadian Archives" calendar, [ca. 1904] Chippewas and Mississaugas claims - 19th century, [ca. 1904] Enclosure 18 in Treaty no. 11 re: lands between Ottawa River and Lake Nipissing, [ca. 1904] Lake Superior Indians - notes, [ca. 1904] Map, [ca. 1904] Notes on boundaries, map, [ca. 1904] Notes/miscellaneous, [ca. 1904] MS 2606 Public Record Office extracts, [ca. 1904] Report of Special Commissioners to investigate Indian Affairs in Canada 1858, [ca. 1904] Robinson treaties - various, [ca. 1904] Chemong, 1903 Christian Island, 1903-1912 Fort William, 1904 Georgina Island, 1862, 1903-1911 Hiawatha, 1903-1905 Mud Lake, 1878 Rama, 1884-1912 Rice Lake, 1903 United Bands, 1903-1904 Christian Island, 1903 Georgina Island, 1903 Mud Lake, 1903 Rama, 1903 Rice Lake, 1903 Scugog, 1903 United Bands, 1903 By-laws, [ca. 1903] Claims for Unceded Territory, [190-?] Statements by elderly on boundaries and claims, 1903-1904 Unidentified/Miscellaneous correspondence, 1904 John Monague Correspondence,1904 Hunter and Hunter - W. H. Hunter correspondence, 1903-1911 Goodman and Galbraith - A. K. Goodman to Chiefs, 1912 Goodman and Galbraith - A. K. Goodman to Dept. of Public Works (Ontario), 1912 Goodman and Galbraith -A. K. Goodman to Dept. of Indian Affairs (Canada), 1911 Goodman and Galbraith, Chubb Lease,1911-1912 Goodman and Galbraith - Members of Parliament (Ottawa), 1911 Treaty 45, [ca. 1904] US Flag - notes, [ca. 1904] US Indians - notes, [ca. 1904] Witness to payment list, 1850 [ca. 1904] Bands paid-in - Statement, [190-] Cash received - United bands, 1911 Expense accounts - various, 1903-1911 Lists - miscellaneous, [190-] Receipts - various, 1903-1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Birch Island, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Blind River, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Chemong, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Christian Island, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Garden River, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Georgina Island, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Henley Inlet, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Mississauga band, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Parry Island, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Parry Island (non-treaty), 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Point Grondin, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Rama, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Sagamok, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Scugog, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Serpent River, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Sheguindah, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Shishegwaning (Morrisville), 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - South Bay, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Spanish River, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Sturgeon Falls, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Sucker Creek, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Thesslon, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - West Bay, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Whitefish Lake, 1904 F Subscriptions/Lists - Whitefish River, 1904 Subscriptions/Lists - Wikwemikong, 1904 Accounts, 1846-1864 MS 2607 Anderson, Charly - Letter to George Pautash on arms from 1837 rebellion, 1840 Anderson, T.A. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1840-1852 Bartlett, W.R. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1861-1864 Broadside re: trespassing on Indian lands, 1874 Broadsides: on expulsion of Wikwemkong (English and Ojibway), 1866 Christian Island logging, 1873-1879 Deacon, A. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1865 Higginson, T.M. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1844 Howe, Joseph - Copy of 1872 letter, [189-?] Indian Location tickets, 1886 Jarvis, Samuel Peter - Correspondence/ Circulars, 1841-1842 Jarvis, Samuel Peter - Complaint by Snake Island Indians, 1842 Lease - Canadian Southern Railway, 1898 Lease - Charles Bassett re: Oneida lot, 1903 McLean, J.D. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1902 McNeill, J.D. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1898 Murdoch, F.M.C. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1841 Pedley, Frank - Correspondence/Circulars, 1902 Plummer, W. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1881 Rama petition, 1884 Rice Lake Memorial to Superintendent General R.J Pennefather - Band copy, 1853 Smart, J. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1897 Stewart, S. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1902 St. Mary's Island, 1880-1902 Six Nations and Mississaugas of Credit dispute - report, 1892 Superintendent General Secretary Miscellaneous [includes 1899 letter on McClurg] 1899-1904 Thorburn, M.R. - Indian Agent Gore Bay, 1904 Vankoughnet, L. - Correspondence/Circulars, 1881-1885 Agreement between chiefs and warriors - Rice Lake, Scugog and Mud Lake, 1852 Carron, Thomas speech - Col. Robert McDoel transcript, [ca. 1812] Chippewa- Mohawk war - Historical outline, [18--] Christian Island - Beausoleil Band - Agreement with Beck Lumber, 1899 Chubb, Chief - Roseneath, 1886 Dundas militia - 1st battalion - William Loucks Company, 1832 Este, Auguste (son of George III) to Chief John Sunday, 1838 Gun Shot Treaty - various, [184-?-190-] Grand Oreilles speech 1814 - transcript [190-?] Head, Edwin Walker - petitions and memorials from chiefs [184-]-1855 Miscellaneous [184-?]-1927 Miscellaneous Ojibway documents, 1847-[190-?] Newcastle District Islands - unidentified document, 1859 Ontario Treasury Department re: Manitoulin Island, 1875-1876 Pataush, George, 1842-1856 Rama, 1846-1886 Rice Lake - schoolteacher's agreement, 1843 Ridout brothers Handbill (predecessor to Aikenhead's) 1842 Surrender of Chippewas - Anderson Township, Essex County, 1848 Surrender of Christian Island, 1866 Treaty 22 of 1820 - copy from Colonial Office, [18--?] "True Copy of Report respecting Chippewas of Lake Huron and Simcoe, made in year 1856 - 1858", [187-?] U.S. treaty with Michigan Chippewa, 1885 Walpole Island, 1899 Yellowhead genealogy, [188-?-190-?] Beatty, William, presentation 1904 - transcript[196-?] Clippings - Anderson, 1903 Clippings - First Nations various, 1896 - [196-] Clippings - Miscellaneous, 1907-[196-?] Clippings and notes - Oldest newspapers, 1968 Correspondence - Chief Big Canoe, 1961 Correspondence - Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs re: Samuel Jarvis, 1975 Correspondence - Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs re: settlement, 1970 Correspondence - Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs re: St. Mary's Island, 1894, 1975 Correspondence - R.C.M.P., [ca. 1970] Correspondence - Toronto Telegram, 1960 McClurg, George Mills - Death Certificate, 1958 Notes - various, [196-?] Act for the gradual enfranchisement of Indians, 1869 Act to amend Chapter 9 of Consolidated Statutes of Canada respecting the civilization and enfranchisement of certain Indians, 1863 Act to encourage gradual civilization of Indians, 1857 Act to encourage gradual civilization of Indian tribes in this province, 1857 Act to further amend Indian Act, 1895 Act to prevent hunting of deer with hounds except during particular months, 1850 Acts relating to Indian matters in the Province of Canada, 1858 British North America Acts, 1867-1886, 1893 Exposure of Misrepresentation of Public Accounts [by Reform Party] 1882 F 4337-13-0-10 "Facts for the people - the Indian as voter" [Reform Party pamphlet) [after 1885] Fishery Act, 1858 House of Commons debate Indian reserves in Muskoka [between 1867 and 1891] Indian Affairs - Province of Canada - Report, 1864 Indians of Ontario [Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern development], 1966 Indians' Protection Bill - Upper Canada, 1850 Legislative Assembly - Routine Proceedings, 1864 Memorial of Mary McCormick to Baron Monck re: Point Pelee, [after 1865] Petition to House of Commons - Algonquin and Nipissing, 1851 Petition to Legislative Assembly from Abenaki nation, New Brunswick, 1858 Report of Indian Branch of Secretary of State for Provinces, 1872 Votes and proceedings in the Legislative Assembly, 1854 "The format has been modified slightly in this document to make it appear better on this page. The contents are the original as they appear in the Archives of Ontario Microfilm Interloan Catalog."