The fonds consist of various materials related to the activities of the Admiral Vansittart Chapter of the IODE and is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Administration
        Subseries A: Minute Books
        Subseries B: Annual Reports
        Subseries C: Financial Records
        Subseries D: Membership
        Subseries E: Constitution and History
Series 2: Citizenship Ceremonies
Series 3: Captain Andrew Drew Junior Chapter
Series 4: Sponsorship Programs
        Subseries A: Old Crow, Yukon
        Subseries B: Westwood High School, Stewart Town, Jamaica
Series 5:   Opportunity Shop
        Subseries A: Operations
        Subseries B: Finances
        Subseries C: Opportunity Tea and Coffee + One Party
                    Subseries D: Shop Schedules
Series 6: Special Events
        Subseries A: Meetings
        Subseries B: Anniversaries
        Subseries C: IODE Week
        Subseries D: Chapter Teas
        Subseries E; Honor Student Dinners
        Subseries F: Centennial Fashion Show
        Subseries G: Founders Day / Old St. Paul’s
        Subseries H: Scrapbooks
        Subseries I: Miscellaneous

The collection consists of various materials relating to the Vansittart family (specifically Vice Admiral Henry Vansittart) and to the early history of Woodstock. It includes newspaper clippings, land documents, wills and other legal style documents, photographs, booklets and essays as well as a framed miniature portrait and military cross. Subject Files are as follows:

• Admiral Henry Vansittart
• Vansittart Family
• John George Vansittart
• George Henry Vansittart
• Vansittart Legal Documents
• Land Documents (Lot 15, Concession 1, Township of Blandford)
• Vansittart Homes (Eastwood Park and Bysham Park)
• Old St. Paul’s Church
• Andrew Drew
• Vansittart Avenue
• Miscellaneous Local History (including the Old Stage Road)
• Correspondence of George A. Calder

The collection consists of 11 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to:

File 1: Utting-McKinney Northgate Towers High Rise, Woodstock. – 1971-1974.
File 2: Goff High Rise Application Huron Street, Woodstock. – 1971-1975.
File 3: Happening ’73, Woodstock. – 1973.
File 4: Ingersoll Avenue Reconstruction, Woodstock. – 1973-1978.
File 5: Devonshire Avenue Subdivision, Woodstock. – 1974-1975.
File 6: Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. – 31 January – 31 December 1974. (includes Happening ’74)
File 7: “Save the Golf Course”, Woodstock Golf Club. – 1974-1977.
File 8: Admiral Riddell Development Limited Condominiums – Northgate Towers, Woodstock. – 1976.
File 9: Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. – 1975-1976. (includes Happening ’75)
File 10: Goff Application for Zoning By-law change on Huron Street, Woodstock. – 1976.
File 11: Innerkip Area Ratepayers Association. – 1977-1978, 1997.

The fonds consists of the Charter, By-laws, Director and Stakeholder Registers, Notices of Meetings, Meeting Minutes and Reports, some correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the Woodstock United Appeal Association from 1963 to 1967.

The fonds consists of records related to the East Nissouri Jr. Institute and include minutes as well as miscellaneous items related to their activities.

The fonds consists of records related to St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 104, Norwich and is arranged into the following Series and Subseries:

Series 1: Administration
Subseries A: Minutes
Sub-subseries 1: Minute Books
Sub-subseries 2: Meeting Attendance Books
Subseries B: By-laws
Subseries C: History
Subseries D: Dispensations
Subseries E: Published materials
Subseries F: Miscellaneous

Series 2: Financial
Subseries A: Account Books
Subseries B: Financial Statements and Audited Reports
Subseries C: Expenses and Receipts

Series 3: Memberships
Subseries A: Membership Lists/Dues
Subseries B: Certificates
Subseries C: Petitions
Subseries D: Lodge Returns
Subseries E: Death scrolls

Series 4: Correspondence

Series 5: Events and Anniversaries
Subseries A: Summons
Subseries B: Anniversaries
Subseries C: Newspaper clippings
Subseries D: Programmes
Subseries E: Vistors/Guests
Subseries F: Tickets
Subseries G: Miscellaneous

Series 6: Photographs

Series 7: Scrapbooks

The fonds mostly consists of survey reports and other economic studies for Thamesford, between the years 2008 and 2014, that were created by or for the Thamesford Taking Action Group (T’TAGG) for which Marie Keasey served as Director.

Fonds consists of records of the North Norwich Agricultural Society, including a minute book containing lists of directors and executive members, and minutes of regular meetings, committee meetings, and annual meetings; and a catalogue of expenses for agricultural education supplies, such as books and magazines, garden tools, and classroom materials (such as microscopes, petri dishes, incubators, and other materials).

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The fonds consists of various materials relating to the history of the Y.M.C.A. including the Y.W.C.A before amalgamation. Such materials include:

Series 1: YMCA History, Programs and Services

• Minutes of the Board of Directors (1919-1942)
• Annual Membership and Financial Campaign and Programs
• YWCA
• Amalgamation of YMCA and YWCA
• Newspaper clippings
• Photographs / slides
• Capt. W.H. Pierce
• “Y” Beaver Minstrels
• Christian Emphasis School
• Miscellaneous

• Video Cassettes

  Series 2: Fisher’s Glen “Y” Camp

• History/ newspaper clippings (1930-1992)
• Fisher’s Glen Reunion (1993)

• Photographs / slides (includes photocopies of photographs)

  Series 3: Scrapbooks (majority are photocopies, not all complete)

• Margaret Flower’s Scrapbook (1955-1964)
• Jean Schwass’ Scrapbook (1957-1967)
• Kay Fulham’s Scrapbook (1957-1983)
• Scrapbook – original (1962 – 1963)
• Scrapbook (1965)
• Scrapbook (ca. 1965-1971)
• Ruth Gilmar’s Scrapbook (February 1966 – December 1968)
• Jean Schwass’ (May 1973 – July 1974)
• Jean Schwass’ (1974-1975)
• Jean Schwass’ (July 1975 – May 1976)
• Jean Schwass’ (June 1976 – June 1977)
• Scrapbook (1982)
• Scrapbook (1982)
• Scrapbook (1983)

• Scrapbook (1983)

  Series 4: Bill Butt’s play - Women and Men: The Story of the YMCA-YWCA of Woodstock (1994)

• Script
• Background research notes / rough notes
• Production
• Costumes and Props
• Sheet Music
• Photographs / slides
• Newspaper clippings
• Audio cassettes – oral histories (1993)

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the establishment and administration of the Innerkip Ratepayers Association. Such materials include:

Application for Facilities Rental - 1985

By-laws and Resolutions – 1977

Correspondence from G.A. Calder, Barrister & Solicitor - 1984

Directors’ Register – 1977-1984

Expenditures and Receipts – 1977-1984

Letters Patent – 1977

List of Members – 1977, 1980-1982

Minutes of Meetings – 1977-1984

The fonds consists of various materials related to the history of the Village of Innerkip. Such materials include:

Brochure entitled “Take a walk through time” A walking tour of homes and historic buildings. – ca. 1991.

Correspondence. – 1870, 1898, 1940

Front roll card for St. John Sunday School. – 1910.

Ladies Aid Birthday Calendar, Presbyterian Church. – 1948.

Local History Books:
“A History of Blandford Township” by George Oliver. – 1966.
“The Early Days of Innerkip District” by Zella M. Hotson. – 1952.
“History of the Village and neighbourhood of Innerkip” by Zella M. Hotson. – nd.

Maps:
Topographic Map of Woodstock and Area. Original survey 1908; revised 1935.
Whiteprint map of Oxford County. - ca 1950s

Membership card for the United Church Women, Innerkip United Church. – 1962.

Miscellaneous:
The story of an old house, lot 15, Vincent Survey – Innerkip. – 1962.
List of former residents of Innerkip. – nd.
List of teachers and students of S.S. No. 10 East Zorra. – nd.

Newspaper clippings. – 1854, 1967, 1978, nd.

Photographs. – 1909, 1955-6, 1959, 1963, 1967-9, 1978, 1989, 1991, nd.

Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid programme booklet. – 1944.

Prize List for the Annual School Fair for East Zorra Township. – 1932.

Programmes:
Innerkip Annual Decoration & Memorial Service. – 1990.
Innerkip Cemetery Decoration and Memorial Service. – 1994.
Innerkip Centennial and Old Boys’ Reunion. – ca. 1967.
Innerkip Centennial Celebrations. – 14-16 July 1967.
Innerkip Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society, 90th Anniversary. – 1991.
27th Annual Innerkip Cemetery and C.O.F. Decoration Service. – 2 August ?

Scrapbook for the Innerkip Unit of the Red Cross. – 1939-1946.

Township of Blandford Minutes of the Meetings of Blandford Council. – 1961.

The fonds consists of records related to the history and activities of the Brownsville Optimist Club formerly located in Brownsville, Ontario. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Charter Banquet, 1 June 1974

Series 2: Executive Officers’ Photographs
File 1: 1974 - 1980
File 2: 1980 - 1990
File 3: 1990 - 1995

The fonds consist of records related to the history of the Crawford family. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Diaries
Subseries A: Benjamin Benedict Crawford (1800, 1810-1859)

• This Series consists primarily of diaries of Benjamin B. Crawford. These include a diary of a trip to Upper Canada in 1800, as well as yearly diaries from 1810 to 1859. Diary entries relate to; the weather; farm activities; social events in the community; births, marriages and deaths of his family and his neighbours; experiments with crops and prices of supplies and produce; Kings County court sessions; the Rebellion of 1837; elections; and services in the Anglican church in the Ingersoll area. Daniel Nathan Crawford, the eleventh child of Benjamin Benedict Crawford, continued his father’s diary during the latter’s final illness, and after his death for the remainder of 1859.
• This subseries also includes transcripts of a majority of the diaries, made by Blanche Crawford, in 1938.

Subseries B: James Augustus Crawford (1865-1882)

• The diaries of James Augustus Crawford, a son of Benjamin Benedict Crawford, note farm duties, and family and community activities.

Subseries C: Leeman Wallace Crawford (1877)

• The diary of Leeman Wallace Crawford (son of James Augustus Crawford, and a carriage- maker at London), contain entries describing his work, with some references to politics, and family and community affairs.

Subseries D: Charles W.A. Crawford (1848-1875)

• The diaries of Charles W.A. Crawford contain description of his daily work, including purchases, sales, and debts related to his farming businesses. These diaries have been transcribed by a member of the Crawford family.

Subseries E: Eliza Georgina Crawford Nichols (1930-1945)

• The diaries of Eliza Georgina Crawford continue daily musings of people and events.

Series 2: Correspondence [18-- ] – [1995] (not inclusive)

• Includes correspondence of various members of the Crawford family concerning personal and family matters. Letters also include correspondence to/from Ruth (nee Crawford) Ellis regarding family genealogy.

Series 3: Writings of Christopher Colin Crawford (ca. 1880s)

• Includes unpublished manuscript writings (poetry and prose). Tiles are as follows:
  Poems:
  Battle of Queenston Heights
  India’s Golden Gate
  The Lamb
  Lines Written on the death of late Mrs. H. Guppy
  The Metis
  The Rockies
  The Shanly Boy
  Prose:
  Along the Bow
  Camp Life on the Bow River
  Chinook Winds
  A Frontier Town
  Infidelity
  Latest Mining News from British Columbia
  On Leaving Silver City
  Montana
  The Serpent
  A Visit to Morley
  Winter, 1885-1886
  A Word about the Provincial Agricultural Exhibition of Asaboia

Series 4: Genealogy ([18-- ] – 2007)

• A very complete and detailed genealogy of the generations of the Crawford family in North America beginning with John and Jane Henderson Crawford, whom arrived in Connecticut, United States from Ireland. It contains dates and places of birth, marriages and deaths; details on families into which Crawfords married; and often a description of the individuals the early genealogy was prepared in 1927 by Mrs. Olive Arnold Crawford of Ingersoll, Ontario, with the assistance of certain relatives, while the later and more complete family history was completed by Ruth Ellis.
• Includes research papers and notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs, as well as a copy of “The Crawford Family” by Ruth Ellis.

Series 5: Almanacs (1761, 1814-1853)

• Contains New Brunswick, New England, Maine, Canada West Farmer’s Almanacs, and several Medical Almanacs. These are arranged alphabetically according to the locality for which they were calculated. Occasionally, a diary was bound into an Almanac, and these volumes have been stored with the diaries.

The fonds consists of records related to local businesses, schools, churches, and built heritage in Woodstock, Ontario, as well as materials related to other communities within Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Photographs & Postcards
Sub-series A: Postcards
Sub-series B: Souvenir Postcard Booklet
Series 2: Businesses
Sub-series A: Woodstock
Sub-series B: Ingersoll
Series 3: Ephemera
Series 4: Stamp Collection
Series 5: Scrapbooks

The fonds consists of records related to the Grace Patterson Women's Institute and include minutes and scrapbooks. The fonds consists of the following series:

Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Finance
Series 3: Tweedsmuirs and Scrapbooks
Series 4: Programmes
Series 5: Miscellaneous

The fonds consists of records related to the Plattsville Women’s Institute. They are arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Minute Books
Series 2: Tweedsmuir History Books
Series 3: Programmes
Series 4: Miscellaneous

The fonds consists of records related to events held by the Women’s Institute and local news in Lakeside. It is arranged into the following series:

Series 1: Lakeside Women’s Institute Tweedsmuirs
Series 2: Lakeside Lark newsletters

The fonds consists of a Treasurer’s Book (ca. 1972-1992) and a Scrapbook of various materials related to the operation and activities of the Innerkip West 4-H Club between the years 1980-1982. Such materials include:

Attendance sheets
Awards Programmes

Minutes of the Meetings (or Secretary Reports) of the Innerkip West 4-H including such groups as the Homemaking Club, Munchkins, “Breadwinners”, Quilting Club, Etiquette for the 80’s, Social Recreation, etc.

Newspaper clippings
Photographs including the Innerkip 4H Club “What shall I wear” group
Treasurer’s Book – ca. 1972-1992

The fonds consists of various materials related to the centennial celebrations of the Village of Innerkip: 1953 Centennial, 1978 Silver Centennial and 2003 Homecoming Weekend. Such materials include:

1953 Centennial:
Programme for the Melrose Presbyterian Church Centennial Services

Souvenir Programme entitled Innerkip Centenary (two copies)
Guest Book/Scrapbook

1978 Silver Centennial:
Bumper sticker

Correspondence and schedule of events

Financial records

Guest/Register Books

Newspaper clippings

Photographs (b/w and colour)

Programme for Innerkip’s Silver Centennial

Souvenir Booklet

2003 Homecoming Weekend
Articles and schedule of events published in What’s On Woodstock Magazine

Brochure
Souvenir Booklet (two copies)

The fonds consists of various materials relate to the history of the Oxford Camera club and its predecessors and include the following series:

Series 1 – Minutes

• Minutes of the Oxford Movie and Camera Club – 1 March 1955 – 18 March 1965.
• Minutes of the Oxford Camera Club. – 11 October 1966 – 13 May 1986.
• Minutes of the Oxford Camera Club. – 1986 – 1988.
• Membership lists of the Oxford Camera Club. – 1981 – 1988.

Series 2 – Scrapbooks

• Scrapbook of photographs and newspaper articles. – 8 March 1949 – 8 May 1963 including:
  • Coronation Group: Ross Walker, Al Simbaldi, Stan Nadorozny, Eric Hepworth, Cliff Fink and Roy Gatland. – [after 1953]. – photograph: b&w; 8 x 10 inches. Note: standing in front of the Oxford CINE Club Official Car.
  • Reel Garlick Bolex Award. – 16 September 1955. – photograph: b&w; 10 x 8 inches.
  • Oxford Movie and Camera Club Executive: Cliff Fink, Harry Parkinson, Geoff Voyce, Don Smith, Bill Smith, Len Talbot, Bill Farr and Tom Brooks. – 1960. – photograph: b&w; 5 ¼ x 10 inches.
• Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper articles, bulletins, etc. – September 1966 – June 1971.
• Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper articles, bulletins, etc. – 4 September 1971 – June 1976.
• Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper articles, bulletins, etc. – 1976 – 1978.

Series 3 – Membership list

Series 4 – Photographs

• Camera Club Meeting. – 1978. – 3 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches.
• General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – 6 September 1978. – 5 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches.
• Camera Club Meeting[?] – February 1980. - 8 polaroids: colour: 4 ½ x 3 ½ inches. Note: includes images being taken and photographs of members.
• General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – October 1981. – 17 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches. Note: photographs taken by Laverne Rice.
• General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – November 1981. – 17 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches. Note: photographs taken by Jack Cockburn.
• General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – December 1981. – 7 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches. Note: photographs taken by Conroy Bows.