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Collection consists of records collected by Françoise Noël in the course of research for her book Nipissing: Historic Waterway, Wilderness Playground (Toronto: Dundurn Books, 2015), about the historical development of the tourism industry in the Nipissing District. The collection was assembled over approximately five years leading up to the book's publication. It contains maps, photographs, postcards, tourist guides and brochures, souvenir booklets, event programs, yearbooks, and other material relating to the history of North Bay and the Nipissing District, especially the tourist industry. The collection is arranged into five series based on documentary form.

Item is a magazine featuring an illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets on the front cover and an article titled "A squint at the Quints" (on page 11) by Maud Tousey Fangel about her visit to draw them.

Item is a magazine featuring a photograph on the front cover of the Dionne Quintuplets at play, and an article titled "The Quintuplets round out their first free years."

Item is a voters' list.

Item is a caricature map promoting North Bay businesses.

File contains two De Luxe Coach Lines summer timetables for coach service between North Bay and Huntsville (with stops in Callander and at the Dafoe Hospital) and between North Bay and Temiskaming.

File contains De Luxe Transportation Limited city bus lines schedules for North Bay, and summer and winter timetables for coach service to/from North Bay - Ferris, the North Bay Airport, Champlain Park, Miami Beach, Callander, the Dafoe Hospital/Dionne Nursery, and Temiskaming.

Item is a brochure containing a timeline of historical events concerning St. Andrew's United Church on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the church building.

Item is a deed of land from a sale of land by North Bay mayor John Ferguson and wife to Charles Dunbar.

Item is a letter written on North Bay Old Home Week 1935 letterhead that was mailed from Sudbury to Stratford, Ontario. Letter is accompanied by a matching North Bay Old Home Week envelope illustrated with a photograph of the Dionne Quintuplets and a partial map of Northeastern Ontario showing the main highways to North Bay.

Item is a telephone directory.

File contains two drafts of an essay by Julie Nielsen about the early history of North Bay.

File contains a poster for the Powassan and District Union Public Library's exhibition "The photography of local historian Hartley Trussler," a map of Trout Creek in the 1890s, an article titled "Trout Creek logging railway" by Brian D. Westhouse, and two pages of thumbnails of Hartley Trussler's negatives.

Item is a brochure about the history of hydroelectric generating stations on the South River.

Item is a magazine about North Bay local history.

Item is a guide created by the City of North Bay Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee.

Item is an issue of a magazine published monthly by the Northern Broadcasting Company Limited.

File contains issues 1 and 3 of Rond-Point, the newsletter of L'ecole secondaire bilingue de North Bay.

Item is a book containing articles, news clippings, and photographs.

File contains ephemera from North Bay including: business cards for Sunbeam Bungalow, Camp Bona Vista, and White Line Cabins; a booklet of promotional personal soap papers from City Deep Freeze Lockers; a label from Borden's Chocolate Flavoured Sweetened Malted Milk featuring the Dionne Quintuplets; a water bill payment card issued by the Water Department of the Municipality of the City of North Bay; and a Rotary Club raffle ticket.

File contains two issues of a French Catholic newspaper published weekly in Mattawa. The two issues are: volume 1, number 25 ( June 21, 1895) and vol. 3, unknown number (April 30, 1897).

Item is an account of the fifth Northern Ontario trip made by delegates from teachers' institutes in Ontario.

Item is a history of the Trinity United Church pipe organ.

Series consists of programs and souvenir booklets from events organized by North Bay clubs, service organizations, churches, and schools including banquets, church services, memorial services, sporting events, art exhibitions, and anniversary celebrations. Series also contains souvenir booklets from civic anniversary celebrations in Powassan, Cobalt, and Renfrew.

Item is a banquet program containing a menu, toast list, and a list of speakers/performers.

Item is a program for a church service attended by a local Masonic lodge.

File contains programs for Remembrance Day services.

Item is a program from a veterans' memorial service held in Lee Park.

Item is a program for a memorial service held at the Capitol Theatre.

Item is a program for a dinner held in the Crystal Ball Room on Monday, April 8, 1940. Program contains toasts, a menu, and the lyrics of the club's song "Ski Heil."

Item is a souvenir program for a figure skating carnival held on Friday, February 2, 1940 at the North Bay Arena.

Item is a program for a service held by the North Bay and District Ministerial Association at the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, May 31, 1953.

Item is a souvenir booklet containing a list of municipal centennial projects and a calendar of centennial events.

Item is a brochure containing a calendar of events and a list of the members of the 50th Anniversary Committee.

Item is a booklet from a gala evening at the Clarion Pinewood Resort held on May 14, 2005. Booklet contains a message from the Mayor, a program, dinner menu, and lists of anniversary committee members and past officers.

Item is a booklet produced for the 30th anniversary of Les enseignantes et enseignants retraités de l'Ontario / The Retired Teachers of Ontario #44 Région du Ciel Bleu.

Item is an exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at the WKP Kennedy Gallery in North Bay.

Item is a catalogue for an art auction held at the WKP Kennedy Gallery.

Item is booklet published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Ontario Northland Railway/Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Booklet contains a history of the railway; photographs of its chairmen and facilities; and lists of personnel.

Item is a booklet published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Powassan.

Item is a booklet published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Trinity United Church.

Item is a program for a Scollard Hall reunion held August 4-6, 1956. Program also contains a ladies program and a schedule of events.

Item is a booklet from Scollard Hall's fiftieth anniversary reunion.

Item is a souvenir program.

Item is a cookbook containing recipes and photographs of Cobalt and area. Book contains a newspaper clipping featuring a recipe for "Knox banana dessert."

Item is a souvenir booklet commemorating North Bay Old Home Week. The booklet contains historical articles about North Bay, photos, poetry, and advertisements of local businesses.

Item is a program.

Item is a program from an event honouring the Trapper Hockey Club.

Series consists of maps of North Bay and other areas in the Nipissing District.

Item is a map of the Ferguson Highway, a gravel trunk road built between 1925 and 1927 between North Bay and Cochrane.