General record: brewery documents, postcards, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, military documents, education information, circulars, licenses, family documents and records, Guelph history and Canadian travels, miscellaneous items concerning George Sleeman and his family, and the Barb

ArchivalResource

Sleeman Collection. General record: brewery documents, postcards, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, military documents, education information, circulars, licenses, family documents and records, Guelph history and Canadian travels, miscellaneous items concerning George Sleeman and his family, and the Barber and Inch families, Guelph 1828-1990.

General record: brewery documents, postcards, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, military documents, education information, circulars, licenses, family documents and records, Guelph history and Canadian travels, miscellaneous items concerning George Sleeman and his family, and the Barber and Inch families, Guelph 1828-1990. 1828- 1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/626160800

George Sleeman was born in St David's, Lincoln County, Ont. He became proprietor of Silver Creek Brewery. He held positions in Town Council 1876, was a reeve 1879, mayor by acclamation 1880, 1893, Heat and Light Commissioner until 1906, and was head of Board of Parks management. He promoted the Guelph Opera House Co. and built, owned, and operated the Guelph Street Railway. He was the president of the Maple Leaf Baseball Club, and coin collector. The records concern his f amily, brewery, baseball, and business, as well as the Barber, Watson, Inch, and Irving families.

12 boxes, 5 oversize boxes.

University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library