Stong family fonds
F0550
1840-2005
1840-1998 predominant
0.20 metres of textual records
ca. 80 photographs : b&w and col. ; 43 x 30 cm and smaller.
York University Archives & Special Collections (CTASC)
305 Scott Library, 4700 Keele Street, York University
Toronto
Ontario
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Stong, Vernon Oliver
Vernon Oliver Stong (1937-2005) was the son of Oliver Wellington Stong (1897-1993) and Verona Bowes (1904-?).
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Fonds consists of photographs, legal documents, correspondence and news clippings created and accumulated by members of the Stong family, and preserved by Vernon Oliver Stong.
Fonds also consists of photographs, news clippings and advertisements and promotional material regarding a branch of the Stong family that developed a chain of independent grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest, namely Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington.
Stong (family)
The fonds comprises the following accessions: 2005-052, 2009-028. No further accruals are expected.
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
2009/03/05 Awaiting review by the Data Collection Archivist
2011/06/13 Added additional genealogical information re. Vancouver branch of family Added custodial information re. new transfer of records. Tried to link accession file list with fonds.
2018/03/28 J. Grant. Upload of 2009-028 file list.
See also York University Historical Collection, Accession 1972-009 and 1980-027 for material relating to the Stong Family Historical Society and Stong Family Home located on York University's Keele campus.
Additional genealogical information can be found in Daniel Alexander Stong's "The Stong Genealogy of Canada and the United States 1800-1958" (1958) and Jean M. Constable's "Stong Roots & Braches" (2001).
No restrictions on access.
A .pdf finding aid for accession 2009-028 is attached to this description.
Photographs of Stong family members; Stong homes, farms and livestock; family events and celebrations
2005-052/001(1)
1860-1987
31 photographs : col. and b&w ; 25 x 20 cm and smaller (3 matted).
Many photos annotated on reverse.
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Photographs, news clippings and program re. Stong Family Cairn and Jacob Stong House
2005-052/001(2)
1950-2005
1 folder of textual records.
6 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm and 8 x 9 cm.
Many photos annotated on reverse.
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Photographs, reports and genealogy re. Stong and Kaiser families, Stong House and dedication of Stong Lane
2005-052/001(3)
1950-1998
1 folder of textual records
16 photographs : col. and b&w ; 13 x 18 and 10 x 15 cm.
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Photographs, correspondence and material re. Stong family, Townline Church Cemetery and Stong Lane
2005-052/001(4)
1952-2001
1 folder of textual records
Many photos annotated on reverse.
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9 photographs : col. and b&w ; 21 x 28 cm and smaller (two mounted).
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Photographs and news clippings for exhibit re. Stong family
2005-052/001(5)
1860-1998
1 folder of textual records
Includes marriage certificate of Oliver Stong and Verona Bowes.
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17 photographs : col. and b&w ; 15 x 11 cm and smaller.
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Reproductions of Stong family legal documents
2005-052/001(6)
1848-1927
1 folder of textual records
Includes indentures, marriage certificates and land deeds.
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Material re. Stong House, Black Creek Pioneer Village and Spadina Subway expansion
2005-052/001(7)
1972-2005
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Correspondence and textual material re. Peter Erlin Kaiser I and Jacob Stong house
2005-052/001(8)
[ca. 1979?]
1 folder of textual records
Includes speech by Vernon Stong and will of Daniel Stong in 1863.
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Stong Historical Society material
2005-052/001(9)
1980-1998
1 folder of textual records
Includes Stong family tree.
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
City of North York Historical Committee re. Jacob Stong House
2005-052/001(10)
1989-1990
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Material re. preservation of Black Creek Pioneer Village Cemetery / Townline Church Cemetery
2005-052/001(11)
[ca. 1993?]
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Stong family history by Vernon Stong and news clippings re. establishment of Vernon Oliver Stong Foundation
2005-052/001(12)
2004-2005
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Statement by Vernon Stong re. York Scholarship
2005-052/001(13)
19 April 2005
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Stong family and Stong College news clippings and memorabilia
2005-052/001(14)
[before 2005]
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Photographs and citation re. Stong House and Stong Lane
2005-052/002(1)
1998
1 folder of textual records
Published
2 photographs : col. ; 26 x 26 cm.
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Exhibit materials re. Vernon Stong, Stong family
2005-052/002(2)
[ca. 2004]
1 folder of textual records
Published
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Portraits of Jacob Stong and Sarah Stong (nee Snider)
2005-052/002(3)
[after 1860?]
1 folder of textual records
Published
2 photographs : sepia ; 50 x 40 cm (mounted on painted card paper).
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Stong family legal documents and deeds
2005-052/002(4)
1840-1930
1 folder of textual records
Includes deeds of land, marriage certificates and indenture contracts.
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2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Vernon's curls
2005-052/002(5)
[ca. 1938?]
1 folder of textual records
Box contains a lock of hair from Vernon Oliver Stong.
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1 pill box :(Hal Harley Duggist, Thornhill, Ont.); 7 x 4 x 2.5 cm.
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)
Vernon's curls - Nov 9 1946 9 yrs old
2005-052/002(6)
9 November 1946
1 folder of textual records
Contains hair from Vernon Oliver Stong.
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1 paper box : (Leland Linen : A Distinctive Paper for Fashionable Correspondence) ; 13 x 15 x 4.5 cm.
2009/03/05 Anna St. Onge:. EAD v. 1.0 (Creation)