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WWII Volunteer List

WWII Volunteer List

This honour scroll shows the names of Kenwood Mills employees who volunteered for service in WWII. This document, designed, by A.J. Casson, a member of the Group of […]
Application and Employment Record of Gerald Homuth

Application and Employment Record of Gerald Homuth

The application above was submitted by Gerald Homuth on November 6, 1941. He was hired at 16 years old to operate the ring spinner. In January of 1943, […]
Letter from Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. to E.J.C. Norrie and Co., 1916-1918

Letter from Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. to E.J.C. Norrie and Co., 1916-1918

Throughout WWI Griffith and McNaughton, Ltd. had private business dealings outside their contracts with the Canadian Department of Militia and Defence and the U.S. War Department. This letter […]
Arnprior Felt Co. Blanket Tender with the DMD, 1915

Arnprior Felt Co. Blanket Tender with the DMD, 1915

This tender, submitted to the Canadian War Purchasing Committee of the Department of the Militia and Defence, shows the Arnprior Felt Co.’s estimate to produce 300 General Service […]
DMD Contract with Griffith and McNaughton, 1918

DMD Contract with Griffith and McNaughton, 1918

As WWI stretched on, it became apparent that soldiers in the frontline trenches of France desperately needed blankets to ward of freezing temperatures, and dry, well-made socks to […]