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PID: islandora:3950
Title: John Grant - Preserving Lake Simcoe
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--phosphorous--pollution--heritage--environment--Roches Point--conservation--sport fishing--industry--economy--fishery--stocking--interview, oral history--phosphorous--pollution--heritage--environment--Roches Point--conservation--sport fishing--industry--economy--fishery--stocking--interview
Description: John Grant discusses the significance role of Lake Simcoe in the past as well as the important efforts made to preserve

PID: islandora:3499
Title: Dutch Farmers
Date: 2013-02-11
Subjects: oral history--farm--agriculture--immigration--church--religion--tractor--labour--family--interview, oral history--farm--agriculture--immigration--church--religion--tractor--labour--family--interview
Description: Jean Warrington and Brian Baker discuss the arrival after the Second World War of Dutch immigrants to the farming

PID: islandora:3655
Title: Brian Baker - School Days
Date: 2013-03-15
Subjects: oral history--Lillian Prince--education--class--winter--dress--facility--interview, oral history--Lillian Prince--education--class--winter--dress--facility--interview
Description: Brian Baker describes his experiences as a youth at Killyleagh school, which had a mostly Irish student body. His

PID: islandora:3642
Title: Brian Baker - Coming to Canada
Date: 2013-03-15
Subjects: oral history--snow--plane--immigrant--farm--train--Pan-American--embassy--interview, oral history--snow--plane--immigrant--farm--train--Pan-American--embassy--interview
Description: Brian Baker recounts his emigration from England to Innisfil as a 12 year old, and being one of the first farming

PID: islandora:3872
Title: Alan Ely - White Gate Cottage
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--occasion--celebration--community--neighbourhood--vacation--family--children--interview, oral history--occasion--celebration--community--neighbourhood--vacation--family--children--interview
Description: Alan Ely recalls his grandfather's role in the Beaverton community, though he never knew him, from stories told by his

PID: islandora:3947
Title: John Grant - Family Legacy
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--house--business--genealogy--polio--neighbour--World War II--Beaverton Telephone Company--drugstore--invisible ink--World War I--family--education--interview, oral history--house--business--genealogy--polio--neighbour--World War II--Beaverton Telephone Company--drugstore--invisible ink--World War I--family--education--interview
Description: John Grant describes his family's history in Beaverton, where the originally came as cottagers. His mother and aunt

PID: islandora:3553
Title: Rosemary Campbell - Innisfil in the 1940s and 50s
Date: 2013-02-15
Subjects: oral history--education--school--winter--snow--Andrade--Bill Lamb--Vic's Market--Dietrich--Webb--Fagents--Flagel--interview, oral history--education--school--winter--snow--Andrade--Bill Lamb--Vic's Market--Dietrich--Webb--Fagents--Flagel--interview
Description: Rosemary Campbell (née Fagents) came to Innisfil in July 1944 as an 11-year old, and though it was different from the

PID: islandora:3925
Title: Alan Ely - Festivals, the CNE, and Taking the Train
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--train station--travel--fairs--event--special occasion--transportation--community--interview, oral history--train station--travel--fairs--event--special occasion--transportation--community--interview
Description: Alan Ely recounts memories of the Beaverton Fair, which he describes as "a must." The Fair took place in September and

PID: islandora:2586
Title: Herb Dietrich - Bill Lamb "the Ice Man"
Date: 2013-02-11
Subjects: ice--Lake Simcoe--interview--oral history--hut, ice--Lake Simcoe--interview--oral history--hut
Description: Herb Dietrich reminisces about the "ice man" Bill Lamb, who lived in a pointed stone house and kept an ice house by the

PID: islandora:3435
Title: Margaret Baker - The Warnica Family
Date: 2013-03-15
Subjects: interview--geneaology--Sarah Soules--Elizabeth Sibbald--Charles Drury--Lizzie Drury--United Empire Loyalist--oral history, interview--geneaology--Sarah Soules--Elizabeth Sibbald--Charles Drury--Lizzie Drury--United Empire Loyalist--oral history
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Margaret Baker describes tracing her family tree and discusses her great-grandfather, John

PID: islandora:18
Title: Alan Ely - Recreation:
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--recreation--sport--leisure--community--film--friend--interview, oral history------recreation--sport--leisure--community--film--friend--interview
Description: Alan Ely recalls how he spent his free time as a youth including bringing in docks during working bees, going "fishing",

PID: ourstories:21361
Title: Shirlie Toro-Fralick - Joining the Army
Date: 2013-11-27
Subjects: performer--singer--WWII--World War Two--enlist--woman, performer--singer--WWII--World War Two--enlist--woman
Description: Shirlie Toro-Fralick describes joining the Canadian Army at age 18 and being one of the youngest women to go overseas

PID: islandora:4100
Title: Charlotte Empringham - Swimming Lessons on Lake Simcoe
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--recreation--education--water--Maple Beach--Cedar Beach--children--pier--interview, oral history--recreation--education--water--Maple Beach--Cedar Beach--children--pier--interview
Description: Charlotte Empringham recounts her days as a swimming instructor in Beaverton on Lake Simcoe with more than two hundred

PID: islandora:3651
Title: Brian Baker - Farm Life
Date: 2013-03-15
Subjects: oral history--clover--farm--community--thresh--combine--machinery--binder--tools--labour--agriculture--interview, oral history--clover--farm--community--thresh--combine--machinery--binder--tools--labour--agriculture--interview
Description: Brian Baker recounts several stories of the daily life of a farmer in Innisfil in the 1940s and 1950s, including the use

PID: ourstories:24235
Title: Adolph and Anita von Graffen - Coming to Canada
Date: 2013-11-15
Subjects: oral history--interview--farm--farming--Germany, oral history--interview--farm--farming--Germany
Description: Adolph and Anita von Graffen describe what drew them to move to Canada and their earliest experiences upon arriving.

PID: islandora:3886
Title: Alan Ely - Sir Henry Pellatt
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--genealogy--family--house--relative--Toronto--interview, oral history--genealogy--family--house--relative--Toronto--interview
Description: Alan Ely elaborates on his familial connection to Sir Henry Pellatt, owner of Casa Loma, and his son Reginald. He

PID: islandora:21
Title: Adolph and Anita von Graffen on growing up in Germany
Date: 2013-11-15
Subjects: WWII--WWII, WWII--WWII--Germany
Description: Adolph von Graffen with his wife Anita discuss their childhood experiences growing up in pre-World War II Germany and

PID: islandora:3428
Title: Margaret Baker - Teaching
Date: 2013-03-15
Subjects: oral history--education--teacher--school--classroom--career--interview, oral history--education--teacher--school--classroom--career--interview
Description: Longtime Innisfil resident Margaret Baker recalls her career as a teacher at Huronia and Warnica schools, 1957-1975. She

PID: islandora:3530
Title: Dance Halls in Innisfil
Date: 2013-02-11
Subjects: oral history--dancing--recreation--leisure--teenager--interview, oral history--dancing--recreation--leisure--teenager--interview
Description: Rosemary Campbell and Jean Warrington discuss dances as a pastime in Innisfil, and visits to Peggy's Dance Hall in

PID: islandora:3557
Title: Rosemary Campbell - The Andrade Family
Date: 2013-02-15
Subjects: children--family--street name--oral history--interview, children--family--street name--oral history--interview
Description: Rosemary Campbell (née Fagents) discusses the pivotal role of the Andrade family in her youth and their mark on the

PID: ourstories:24239
Title: Adolph and Anita von Graffen - Life in Innisfil
Date: 2013-11-15
Subjects: agriculture--oral history--interview--couple--family, agriculture--oral history--interview--couple--family
Description: Adolph and Anita von Graffen describe their life in Innisfil working, living on a farm, and raising children

PID: islandora:3863
Title: Alan Ely - Cedarhurst Golf Club
Date: 2013-02-06
Subjects: oral history--golf--leisure--recreation--children--activity--organization--dance--interview, oral history--golf--leisure--recreation--children--activity--organization--dance--interview
Description: Alan Ely reminisces about his summers as a youth in Beaverton at the Cedarhurst Golf Club, which was co-founded in 1922

PID: ourstories:24237
Title: Adolph and Anita von Graffen - Building Furniture and Totem Poles
Date: 2013-11-15
Subjects: art--oral history--interview--craft--building--labour, art--oral history--interview--craft--building--labour
Description: Adolph von Graffen talks about his passion and skill with woodworking, which he has used to create numerous beautiful

PID: ourstories:2649272
Title: Innisfil Veterans Book Launch
Date: Nov. 11th 2013
Subjects: Military--Veteran--War--Service--Remembrance
Description: Photograph of living Innisfil Veterans who attended the launch of Innisfil Historical Society's book “Innisfil Veterans:, 4453

PID: ourstories:2649275
Title: Innisfil Veterans Book Launch
Date: Nov. 11th 2013
Subjects: Military--Veteran--War--Service--Remembrance
Description: Photograph of Cookstown Councillor Lynn Dollin inviting book committee member Andrew Cowan to sing her copy of “Innisfil, 4456

PID: ourstories:2649276
Title: Innisfil Veterans Book Launch
Date: Nov. 11th 2013
Subjects: Military--Veteran--War--Service--Remembrance
Description: Photograph of Veterans book coordinator Donna Wice encouraging veterans or their family members to stand, to be, 4457

PID: ourstories:2649277
Title: Innisfil Veterans Book Launch
Date: Nov. 11th 2013
Subjects: Military--Veteran--War--Service--Remembrance
Description: Photograph of Innisfil Historical Society President, Marj Mossman, standing next to a display of Innisfil veterans at, 4458

PID: ourstories:2649274
Title: Innisfil Veterans Book Launch
Date: Nov. 11th 2013
Subjects: Military--Veteran--War--Service--Remembrance--Mayor
Description: Photograph of Major Barbara Baguley signing Veteran John Battle's “Innisfil Veterans: Their Lives and Memories” book at, 4455

PID: ourstories:2649273
Title: Innisfil Veterans Book Launch
Date: Nov. 11th 2013
Subjects: Military--Veteran--War--Service--Remembrance
Description: Photograph of Barb Love and MP Peter Van Loan holding up the book “Innisfil Veterans: Their Lives and Memories” during, 4454

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