Ministry of
Government and Consumer Services
Ministry of
Government and Consumer Services
Fonds F 2076
11.4 metres of textual records
ca. 3000 photographs
2 audio cassettes (ca. 35 min.)
1 locket
Fonds consists of the records created and collected by Alvin D. McCurdy. Fonds includes the personal correspondence and a genealogy of the McCurdy family. Fonds also includes material collected by McCurdy relating to: Amherstburg planning and conservation (1953-1983), Amerherstburg schools (1881-1987), Black churches (1852-1988), the Joiners and Carpenters Union (1950- 1989), and various black organisations such as the Amherstburg Citizen's Advancement Association (1887-1983). Fonds includes additional records relating to Freemasonry, and in particular to Lincoln Lodge no. 8 (Amherstburg).
Fonds also contains 12 scrapbooks, compiled between 1880-1989, of newspaper clippings regarding Amherstberg peoples and events.
Fonds also contains ca. 3000 photographs, 1850's-1989. Subjects include: Amherstberg church activities, Masons, newspaper clippings and soldiers. Families represented include: McCurdy, Adams, Banks, Holten, Kirtley, King, Munroe, Saunders, Thomas and Thompson families.
Fonds also includes 181 postcards, ca. 1905-1987, depicting scenes of southern Ontario and the northern United States.
Fonds also includes two oral history interviews, 1974-1976, regarding Ontario black settlers. Interviewees are: Sarah Estella Stokes and Charlie Duncan.
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Alvin D. McCurdy (1916-1989) was a carpenter, historian, and collector of Black historical materials who lived in Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario.
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Title based on contents of the fonds.
Accession Number: 24094
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| Reference Code | Series Title |
| F 2076-1 | Alvin D. McCurdy family papers |
| F 2076-2 | Alvin D. McCurdy scholarly and literary works |
| F 2076-3 | Alvin D. McCurdy resource files |
| F 2076-4 | Alvin D. McCurdy genealogical files |
| F 2076-5 | Alvin D. McCurdy Prince Hall Freemasonry files |
| F 2076-6 | Alvin D. McCurdy's papers of the Carpenters and Joiners Union |
| F 2076-7 | Alvin D. McCurdy local planning and conservation files |
| F 2076-8 | Alvin D. McCurdy's conveyancer papers |
| F 2076-9 | Alvin D. McCurdy's papers of Black organizations |
| F 2076-10 | Alvin D. McCurdy's records of Black churches |
| F 2076-11 | Alvin D. McCurdy's records of Amherstburg schools |
| F 2076-12 | George D. McCurdy papers |
| F 2076-13 | Stokes family papers in the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds |
| F 2076-14 | Alvin D. McCurdy's scrapbooks |
| F 2076-15 | Alvin D. McCurdy's book collection |
| F 2076-16 | Alvin D. McCurdy's photographs |
| F 2076-17 | Alvin D. McCurdy oral history interviews |