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      Place Settings is the final project of the County of Brant Public Library's 2016-2017 Writer-in-Residence Program. This anthology showcases 16 unique non-fiction pieces by local writers about their personal connections to the County of Brant’s geography and history. The anthology includes stories that range from the singularity of a park …

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      This copy of the book was scanned from Rammage's original typed manuscript, and contains previously unpublished colour illustrations.

      Several of the pages and supporting documents are nailed together, so a few pages were not able to be imaged.

      Several of the pages and supporting documents are nailed together, so a few pages were not able to be imaged.

      This poem was written by Wilbur M. Edy and presented to his friend Payson Vivian in gratitude for the help which Mr. Vivian had given him when he was ill. The original can be found at the Oakland Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.

      "A bi-centennial preview." Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194) and index.

      World War I Military service records of George Wray Crumback. The son of Joseph Merrit and Mary Melissa “Minnie” (McEwan), George was born on 21 November 1896 in Oakland, Brant. He enlisted as a private in Canadian Expeditionary Force in Brantford on 15 November 1917 just before to his twenty-first …

      This 1901 certificate documents Mr. G. Kenward's pledge to abstain from all intoxicating alcoholic drinks in the "Band of Hope" at Scotland's Down House Mission. It is dated May, 1901, and signed by the secretary or registrar H. J. Wood. The temperance movement was a strong social force in the …

      In this book, Samuel Gordon Hunter recorded all of the major events which occurred on his Simcoe St. flower farm in the 1870s and 1880s. This two page excerpt provides examples of the events that marked farm life, such as the dates of bee swarms, dates of flowers blooming, and …

      An autobiographical article by Agnes Macphail about her family history and trip to Scotland to visit her ancestral homes.

      One of Agnes Macphail's regular postcards to her sister, Gertha Reany (nee McPhail)

      Postcard to Gertha (nee McPhail) and Merd Reany from Agnes Macphail in Glasgow, Scotland

      Postcard from Agnes Macphail to her sister, Gertha reany (nee McPhail)

      Postcard from Agnes Macphail to her sister Gertha Reany (nee McPhail) from Scotland