General record: correspondence, photographs, cash book, business cards, circulars, licenses, legal documents, newspapers, clippings, concerning George Sleeman and his family, Guelph 1847-1926. 1847- 1926.

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Sleeman Family Collection. General record: correspondence, photographs, cash book, business cards, circulars, licenses, legal documents, newspapers, clippings, concerning George Sleeman and his family, Guelph 1847-1926.

General record: correspondence, photographs, cash book, business cards, circulars, licenses, legal documents, newspapers, clippings, concerning George Sleeman and his family, Guelph 1847-1926. 1847- 1926.

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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 family, brewery, baseball, and business, 1847-1926.

6 boxes, 1 oversize box.

University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library