2022.061: Keay's Hardware fonds

2022.061: Keay's Hardware fonds

Keay's Hardware

1928-1962

Fonds

Stored in 9 folders, 1 for brown bag, 3 for the box itself, artificially arranged by archivist, and 5 sub-series of invoices, arranged by archivist, from various companies.

Keay's Hardware Fonds (1928 - 1962)

- Brown paper wrapping with string tie w/ “The Allcock, Laight & Westwood Co., Limited” written on front (1928 – 1936):
- 32 invoices from The Allcock, Laight & Westwood Co., Limited; 2 invoices from Canada Needle & Fishing Tackle Co. Limited; 1 invoice from Wm. Croft & Sons, Limited

- Box itself (everything was stored within a heavily damaged folder called Miscellaneous) (1956 – 1959):
Ephemera (1955 – 1959):
Memo about R. Fraser Keay with his year of birth and day, month, and year of death
Keay’s Hardware notebook with orders from 1956
Purchase Order receipt
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Reckitt & Coleman (Canada) Ltd.
2 letters from Keay’s Hardware to Taylor Instrument Co; of Canada, Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to L. Robinson & Co; (Gillingham) Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Sunbeam Corporation (Canada) Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Ernest-Allen Company Inc.
2 letters from Keay’s Hardware to Union Coal and Oil Limited
2 letters from Union Coal & Oil Limited to Keay’s Hardware
4 letters from Keay’s Hardware to Bach Agencies
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to F. J. McKinney, Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to John Leckie Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Central Appliance & Services Limited
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Irish Ropes Limited
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Schooner Outfitting Co., Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Consolidated Paint & Varnish Corporation
Letter from Central Rubber Company to Keay’s Hardware
Letter from Victoria Paper Company, Limited to Keay’s Hardware
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Canada Rex Spray Co., Ltd.
Letter from Keay’s Hardware to Bombay Trading Company Limited
Letter from J. Lynch Company to Keay’s Hardware
Letter from Russell Chemical Co. Ltd. To Keay’s Hardware
Letter from Russell Lath Mill to Keay’s Hardware
Delivery slip from L. H. Morneault Co. Limited
Application for membership form for United Dominion Promotion Sales Inc.
2 straight bills of landing from CPR
Merchandise Receipt from Canadian Pacific Express
Notes: letters are exceptionally thin and frail. Handle with caution.
Russco Solvease price list and sheet, 2 pg
3 collections stapled together referring to Jubilee Hose Clips from L. Robinson & Co. (Gillingham) Ltd., with 1 receipt (No. 496098), 1 large blue invoice (now in F5, Misc.), 1 Appraisal Note for small collections, 1 order number 11325 note, and 1 parcel post card stapled to a note from the company to Keay’s Hardware

- Cheques (1962):
470 Cheques of various amounts and from various payees from 1962
Notes: Note of David Blanchard and receipt on back with original amount + interest and total. Originally stapled together; “Please negotiate without charge...” note originally stapled to the from of a Bank of Nova Scotia cheque for $5 to Charlotte County Christmas Seal Fund

- Statements (1955-1962):
8 Keay’s Hardware Ltd. Bank of Nova Scotia account statements
16 Emerson & Fisher Limited statements (Dec 1961 – Dec 1962)
2 (1 BD) Daigle Lumber Limited statements
3 Sumner’s statements (Nov 1961 – Dec 1962)
3 The Sherwin-Williams Co. statements (Dec 1961 – Dec 1962)
1 Deputy & Ferguson Ltd. Statement
1 Scott’s Greenhouses statement
Notes: Emerson & Fisher Ltd. Jul & Aug 1962 has two sheets previously stapled together.

- Invoices: (1955 – 1959) (Most heavily damaged!)
661 invoices from various businesses, products, and amounts.
Folder 1
Zilz’s Distributors (No. 64920 2 pgs. stapled)
Fairmount Trading Co. (Inv. 717 2 pg. stapled)
Horton & Walsh
Slazenger
Atlantic Sales Limited
Canada Rex Spray Co. (No. 08913+08914 stapled; No. 6060 stapled w/ straight bill of landing & letter addressed to company, all but invoice in Textual Material)
Atlas Hardware
DeWalt Sales Ltd.
Eastern Machine Products Ltd.
Jardine Engineering

Folder 2
General Window Products of Canada Limited
The J. Pascal Hardware Co.
HM Lennox Limited (one sheet badly damaged)
Ernest-Allen Company Inc.
New Brunswick Wire Fence Company Limited
Eastern Paper Products Limited
Dupuy & Ferguson
Capital Sales Ltd.

Folder 3 (“|” means two companies in one division)
Belanger Limited (CS. 51637 stapled to yellow sheet)
Dunn Sales Limited
The Hoover Company Limited
Wellinger & Dunn Leather Goods Limited
Globe Firearms Limited
The J. W. Windsor Co. Ltd.
Estey & Co., Limited
S. W. Anderson & Co.
Dawson Auto Parts Limited
General Dry Batteries of Canada Limited | B. W. Deane & Company
Canadian Thermos Products Limited/Thermos Bottle Company Limited | Imperial Quilt Mfg. Ltd.
The Russell Chemical Co. Ltd. | Garrett’s Photo Supply Co.
Schooner Outfitting Co. Ltd. | E. Pullan Wipers & Waste Co., Limited
C. E. MacDonald Axe and Tool Handles | Kierstead Appliances Sales Co.
Canadian Lite Metals Limited | Burnaby Venetian Blinds Ltd.
B & L Metal Products/Iron Home | Nordic Import Limited
The Summers Fertilizer Co., Inc. | Economy Distributors & Importers Ltd.
Fred Lewis Industries Ltd. | Certified Electric Company

Folder 4 (“|” means two companies in one division)
Sunbeam Corporation (Canada) Ltd.
G. H. Wood & Co. Limited
Stinson Reeb Supply Co.
F. J. McKinney Ltd.
Reckitt & Colman (Canada) Limited
John Leckie Limited
Howard & Warwick, Limited
Canadian Pittsburgh Industries Limited
J. Lynch Company (Letter from company stapled to No. 04626)
W. H. Perron & Co. Limited
Werlich Industries Limited
Atlantic Television Distributors Limited
New Brunswick Apple Exchange Limited | McAllister Bros. Ltd. (Stapled together was 14 slips, 1 invoice from Keay’s Hardware (moved to F5, Misc), and a receipt stapled to A6769 + a blue slip)

Folder 5 (“|” means two companies in one division
Miscellaneous (One-time recorded purchases from various companies) (Skinner’s Limited w/ small receipt for $0.82 stapled)
Central Tire & Service Limited
Electrics Limited
Ottawa Valley Lumber Co. Limited
St. Croix Valley Products, Ltd.
Consolidated Paint & Varnish Corp. (2 damaged pgs. stapled together) | International Lithography Company Limited
Montreal Motor Boat | Meskino Manufacturing Co.
C. Malcolm Cook | Maritime Sales Limited
Crowell Brothers, Co., Ltd. | Sunshine Uniform Supply Co., Ltd.
Log Cabin Products | The Canadian Wood Products Limited
Direct Factory Sales Limited | Union Coal Co. Ltd.
Ideal Electric Supply Ltd. | Central Rubber Company
R.C.R. Products Ltd. | Lightmaster Corporation Limited
Maritime Gardeners, Limited (All originally stapled together)

There were quite a few staples that were removed, any notes in description that say stapled mean previously stapled. Some material is exceptionally fragile, thin, and damaged. The cheques are edge to edge and can also fall out. Please handle with caution.