Fonds documents Surtees' work as a Professor of History at Nipissing University. Fonds contains one series documenting Surtees' research for his book "The Northern Connection: Ontario Northland Since 1902," a history of the Ontario Northland Railway/Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Other records in the fonds reflect Surtees' academic activities and research interests, including First Nations and northern Ontario history.
Item is a souvenir booklet from the reunion of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge 234, which took place in North Bay on August 8, 1935. Booklet contains reminiscences of lodge members, membership lists, an account of the reunion, and histories of Lodge 234, North Bay, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Canadian National Railway. The booklet also contains photographs of members and locomotives, and advertisements for North Bay businesses.
File documents Surtees' research at the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Archives. File contains archival descriptive information including printouts of archived drawing plan reports, item-level descriptions of collections, and lists of files and plans.
File contains graphs showing flag stops along each subdivision of the Ontario Northland Railway, with elevation and grade (slope) information. File also contains lists of subdivisions and flag stops, and notes regarding photographs to illustrate chapters of Surtees' book.
File contains system maps and a timetable of railway and highway services provided by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway/Ontario Northland Transportation Commission.
Item is a map showing Haileybury and the Bucke area to the west of Lake Temiskaming, including roads, trails, creeks, and the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway.
Item is a plan showing the Ontario Northland Railway's North Bay terminals (scale 1 inch = 100 feet) with annotations detailing exclusive ONR trackage, Alderdale Subdivision interchange trackage, and terminal yard trackage. Item also contains two inset plans of an oil separating plant (scale 1'=50'), and the right of way to Nipissing Junction and property owned by Ontario Northland Railway (scale 1" = 200').
File contains three photocopied maps titled: Area to be served by Northern Light Railways (Cobalt Daily Nugget, 31 May 1921, p. 5); Map of Central Canada showing transportation and commercial development (Natural Resources Intelligence Service, Department of the Interior, January 1927); Road map of the north eastern portion of the Province of Ontario (Department of Northern Development, 1929).
Item is a plan of Location CNR4 (scale 1 inch = 100 feet) with two inset plans showing the location in relation to the surrounding area (scales 1 inch = 2640 feet and 1 inch = 200 feet).
File contains photographs of the construction of a railroad bridge across the Moose River which were taken by Charles Shaw in 1930-1931. File also contains a letter and photograph identification key by Elizabeth Shaw, Charles' widow.
File contains a variety of photographs depicting: trains crossing a trestle, a steam shovel excavating, railway ties loaded on truck, engineer (?) "Barney" Morgan, the last Ontario Northland passenger train from Timmins (1989), a railway caboose of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway, and a train crew with their locomotive. File also contains permission signed by Kelly Morgan authorizing Surtees to use the photos "of Mr. T. Morgan and others" in his book.
File contains correspondence and photographs relating to the father of Colonel Andrew Duncan, who was an engineer who worked on a Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway survey crew in the Kirkland Lake/Swastika area around 1908-1913.
File contains photographs of former Ontario Northland employees that Surtees interviewed, including Mrs. Chivers, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brill. File also contains photographs of a cattle car, a cornerstone, and Ontario Northland staff (?).
Subseries contains files relating to oral history interviews Surtees conducted with former Ontario Northland Railway employees. Files contain transcripts, interview notes, photographs, and records given to Surtees by the interviewees.
File is a technical drawing showing mining levels and shafts/winzes/raises in Cobalt, annotated with ground radar penetration, lines of drilling, and drill footage information.
Item is a map showing geological formations and mineral deposits in the Kirkland Lake and Swastika areas. The map features extensive notes about the area's geology, mineral veins, and mining development.
Item is a design drawing of a roll of honour commemorating Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway employees who served in World War One, including those who were wounded, taken prisoner, or killed in action.