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Title

John Harold Micklethwaite fonds [graphic material, textual record, moving images]. 

Fonds consists of

Arrangement structure

Date(s)

[ca. 1885]-1984

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

ca. 66,445 photographs ca. 53,334 col.
14 cm of textual records.
ca. 6 film reels (37 min).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Fonds consists of photographs taken by various members of the Micklethwaite family. Included are advertising photos for transport companies and trucks; photos of Toronto, Ont. and vicinity; photos of Muskoka Lakes, 1910-1913; family photographs and group photos, [ca.1885-1983]. The fond also contains personal material relating to John Micklethwaite and his family, as well as some records relating to the family's photography studio in Toronto including correspondence, 1905-1984, a photography notebook, ca. 1930's, personal and war records, 1930's to 1980's, of John Micklethwaite, correspondence, 1903, membership certificates, 1920's to 1940's and business and personal records, 1910-1920's of Fred Micklethwaite and genealogical information relating to the Micklethwaite, Dewar and McKechnie families. Also included are films about John T. Hepburn Iron Company, [ca. 1950-1959], and newsreels from the German series Degeto-Weltspiegel, 1941-1950. Included in horizontal storage: certificates and degrees related to the Freemasons; a family tree including the Dewar, McKchnie, and Micklewaite families. All items are in container 2.

Conditions of access

Moving images (film)
90: Open
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Volume MG30-D337 acc. no . 1971-127
former barcode 2000903838
former box RV 3
temp box PAN 071
2
90: Open
Textual records
90: Open
Volume
from 1 to 2
90: Open
Archival reference no.
Former archival reference no.

Terms of use

Photographs: No restrictions. Copyright on items less than 50 years old: National Archives of Canada. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Moving images: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holders.

Finding aid

Photographs: Vols. 1,2,3; File 1. Original business records and nitrate listing. Located in 2000775848. FA-093 (Paper)

Photographs: Vol. 1: Original alphabetical index. Vol. 2: Original 1897 Registry. Vol. 3: Original 1912 Odd Views List. Vol. 4: Original Muskoka Views subject index (copy in Photo A&R). Vol. 5: Original business record 1895-97. Vol. 6: Bound printout and item level records located in 2000775848. FA-093 (Paper)

Moving images: See MISACS for item level descriptions. (Electronic)

Biography / Administrative history

John Harold Micklethwaite, born 1916-09-07, came from a family of photographers. During the 1850s his great grandfather William Barton Micklethwaite practiced photography in Ireland. His grandfather Frank William Micklethwaite immigrated to Canada in the 1870s and established a career in photography in Toronto. His three sons Frank, Fred and Percy each worked for a time in the family studio. hen John Harold Micklethwaite's father, Fred, died in 1941, John carried on the family business. Although his family's specialization had been in portrait photography, John's specialty was commercial photography. His career was interrupted during W.W. II while he served in the R.C.A.F. Upon return from military service in 1945, he founded studio concentrating on commercial, advertising, and industrial photography.

Works located in: National Archives of Canada: 1982-144.

Additional information

The following items have been placed in horizontal storage: a family tree of the Dewar, McKechnie and Micklethwaite families, Honorary Life Membership in the Ontario Society of Photographers (1940) and a certificate of admittance to the Free Masons of Canada (1926) of Fred Micklethwaite, and a Degree of a Past Grand to P.C. Hodson from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (1923).

Received from John Micklethwaite and Gail Micklethwaite.

Subject heading

1. Commercial photography - Canada, [1903-1984]
2. Toronto (Ont.), [1903-1984]
3. Photography - Canada, [1903-1984]
4. Fred Micklethwaite, [1910-192-]
5. Photography - Studios and darkrooms, [1903-1984]
6. Business records - Ontario, [1903-1984]
7. Micklethwaite family - Genealogy, [1903-1984]
8. Mckechnie family - Genealogy, [1903-1984]
9. John Harold Micklethwaite - Correspondence, [1903-1984]
10. Business enterprises - Toronto, [1903-1984]
11. Family corporations - Ontario, [1903-1984]
12. Photography - Toronto, [1903-1984]
13. Photographic studios - Records, [1903-1984]
14. Photography - Societies, etc., [1903-1984]
15. Military service, 1910-1920.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

Related control no.

1. 1971-127 NPC
2. 1985-0538 MISA
3. 1985-273 NPC

MIKAN no.

101687