Name/Title

Ghosts of Haileybury

Entry/Object ID

2021.958.01

Tags

Haileybury, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Great Fire of 1922

Scope and Content

Book detailing the history of Haileybury Ontario. It discusses the rise and fall of the town and the circumstances that made this occur.

Context

The book discusses the rise and fall of the town and the circumstances that made this occur. It also discusses how the town was founded and how it became the cosmopolitan centre of "New Ontario", the great fire of 1922 however greatly impacted the town and destroyed this status. It covers: Ossian Walli and the provincial institute of mining, the great fire of 1922, Art Ross' season with Haileybury, Haileybury: a mining centre without a headframe, the Nippissing Central Railway, the birthplace of curling, three boys and a pair of skis, Gilbert LaBine: Haileybury's Link to the Atomic Bomb, The Big Explosion, a day at the races, Leslie McFarlane: Haileybury's Ghost of the Hardy Boys, Haileybury's Street Name Origins.

Collection

Haileybury, Ontario History Collection, Northern Ontario History, Great Fire of 1922 Collection

Cataloged By

Kat Bezaire

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Brian Dobbs, Highway Book Shop

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1990

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Ghosts of Haileybury

Description

Book detailing the history of Haileybury Ontario. It discusses the rise and fall of the town and the circumstances that made this occur.

Creator

Brian Dobbs

Date(s) of Creation

1997

Subjects

History, Mining, Fire, Land development, Industrial development, Settlements

Notes

Autographed by the Author

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Township

Haileybury, Ontario

City

Temiskaming Shores, Ontario

District

Temiskaming, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

32752

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

0-88954-397-6

Dimensions

Width

5-1/2 in

Length

8 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Northern Ontario History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 13, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 13, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

North Bay Museum

Owner/Agent

North Bay Museum

Place

City

North Bay, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Donated by the North Bay Museum on July 14th, 2021

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on August 5th, 2021 by Kat Bezaire, re-cataloged on January 13th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 13, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 13, 2022