John Carruthers Fonds F16

Location A C

Date of the items: c.1905-1915

Physical description: 2 inches

Title: John Carruthers fonds

Creator: John Carruthers (d. 1936)

Donor and date of donation: John Carruthers, June 8, 1994

Repository: Trent Valley Archives

Reference number: TVA Fonds 16

Scope and contents: Photographs of Quaker Oats building, taken by Lee Photos, Peterborough. As well there are military photographs of which some are taken at Gherat, India c. 1910.

Access Conditions: No Restrictions

Finding aid: Contained here

Accruals: no further accruals are expected

Custodial history: Fonds initially created by John Carruthers before being donated to the Trent Valley Archives in 1994.
Scope and Content Report initially created after acquisition in 1994, then updated by Samuel Taylor in January, 2025.

Biographical sketch/ Administrative history: George Carruthers worked for the Quaker Oats Co. as a foreman. George died on February 2, 1936. Also included within the collection are military photographs. The photos show the Black Watch and Gordons regiments of the British Imperial Armed Forces, the former having been formed in 1725, and the latter in 1881. The Black Watch still exists, the Gordons were merged into the Highlander regiment in 1994.

Related fonds at TVA: There are several fonds related to Quaker Oats

Access Points:

  • Lee Photo
  • British Indian Army
  • Quaker Flour Mill
  • Black Watch
  • Gordons

List of Files:
Photos List

  1. Mill Exterior
  2. Mill A. 9th Floor
  3. Mill A. Grinding Floor
  4. Feed Mill, bags of flour being filled
  5. George Clifton Carruthers, sewing flour bag shut
  6. Mill B. Motor
  7. Mill A. Sifter Floor
  8. Mill A. Purifier Floor
  1. Horse drawn artillery, British field officer wearing Australian-style slouch hats, leading men April 1910
  2. Officer cadet kit, cot and trunk. Wearing cap of an artillery unit.

Green photo book Mementoes “Views of Cherat” 1910

  1. A group of [gymnast] pupils
  2. Lord Kitchener visiting our bungalows
  3. Regimental badges set on the Cherat rock
  4. A party of Black Watch signallers at practice.
  5. The Gordons Badge & sculptors
  6. The Black Watch drummer
  7. Pipers of the Gordons in full dress
  8. Funeral of private Webster, Black Watch
  9. The grave
  10. Mass band
  11. Black Watch sports
  12. General Barrow
  13. […]on a visit from Afghanistan (Peshawar station)
  14. View of Cherat (looking east)
  15. Black Watch badge, 2nd Battalion 1905 Black Watch Nemo me impune lacessit
  16. A happy corner of the sports
  17. Nothing to do
  18. Canadian Group
  19. Hard work
  20. Strength
  21. Section group
  22. Privates Robertson, Shandy, Evans
  23. Private Fitzpatrick (a decent runner)
  24. Young Jones