The Library has archives of non-government charities and public welfare institutions in Hamilton. The Library has provided a document listing all of the historical material on microfilm by subject. This document also includes records of the City of Hamilton that have been microfilmed.
Please click to download the PDF for a complete listing
Some relevant historical documents include:
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- Aged Women’s Home, Minutes, 1846–1946
- Beverly Township, Birth, Marriage & Death Records, 1871–1946
- Blachford & Wray Funeral Home, Memo Books, 1952–1967; Records, 1890–1952
- Central Presbyterian Church, Baptismal Records, 1842–1954; Marriage Registers, 1858–1980 (some gaps)
- Death Records
- Directory of Welfare Services, 1950, 1955, 1958
- Dwyer Funeral Home, Records, 1888–1951
- Gore District and Hamilton Jail Registers, 1833–1867
- Marriage Records
- Orphan Asylum
- Red Cross, 1916–1918
- Soldier’s Aid Commission, Hamilton Branch, December 1916–April 1928
- St George’s Benevolent Society of Hamilton, Minute Book, January 1905–February 1926
- United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, Records
- Women’s Institutes
Hamilton Newspapers
The Library also has a strong collection of Hamilton newspapers and local periodicals. These are available on microfilm and listed in the Historical Documents on Microfilm document. For the dates available, please check the entry for each newspaper title.
The Hamilton Spectator has a digital searchable archive accessible through these steps.
The Hamilton newspapers on microfilm are:
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- Argus
- The Beacon
- The Bee
- Cailliopean
- Canada Christian Advocate
- Canada Evangelist
- Canadian Home
- Catholic Standard
- City Enterprise
- Commercial Advertiser
- Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation News
- Daily Evening Journal
- Dominion Watchman
- Election News
- Evening Journal
- Evening Times
- Gore Gazette
- Grimsby Beach Weekly
- Hamilton Charivari
- Hamilton Free Press
- Hamilton Gazette
- Hamilton Herald
- Hamilton Ladies Journal
- Hamilton Mountain Times
Hamilton News Hamilton Review Hamilton Spectator Hamilton Times The Herald Hoot, City Hall Knews Investigators Journal & Express Labour News Labour Union MacKenzie’s Weekly Message Morning Banner Morning PostOak Hall Times Our Greeting Palladium of Labour Peoples Journal Provincialist Real Estate News Reform Banner Reform Banner and Railway Chronicle Spirit of the AgeWeekly Tocsin Western Mercury Workingman’s Journal