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Fonds · ca. 1920-2004

This fonds consists of records created and/or maintained by the Elgin Photographic Heritage Society. It is comprised of the following series:
-Photographs, ca. 1920-1996.
-Historical Information, 1975-ca. 1993.
-Correspondence, 1993-2000.
-Membership, ca. 1993-January 2004.
-Minutes, 1994-2003.
-Policies and Procedures, ca. 1994-1999.
-Publications, ca. 1994-2000.
-Financial records, 1995-2002.
-By-laws, ca. 1996-1997.

Elgin Photographic Heritage Society
Fonds · 1918-2005

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Middlemarch Women’s Institute, including a history of the early activities of the Women’s Institute, newspaper clippings, meeting programs, meeting reports, publications, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, and the Tweedsmuir History of Middlemarch.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Minutes series, 1918-1993
-Photographs series, 1930-1993
-Tweedsmuir and scrapbook series, ca. 1945-1993
-Activities series, 1954-2005

Middlemarch Women's Institute
Fonds · January 18, 1940-June 19, 2008

This fonds consists of records created by the Freemasons St. David's Lodge No. 302, St. Thomas. The records have been divided into the following series:
-Minutes series, January 18, 1940-June 19, 2008.
-Membership and Attendance series, February 15, 1951- May 15, 2008.
-General History series, September 1998.

Freemasons St. David's Lodge No. 302 (St. Thomas)
Alma Pearl McMullin fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1940]-1948

Photographs and letters written by Alma Pearl McMullin, a teacher at the Talbotville Public School (Southwold School Section Number 6) from 1939-1944. Fonds includes class photographs of her students, and letters that she sent to her boyfriend at the time, W.L. "Jimmy" Ward. At the time, teachers had to resign on marriage. Alma and Jimmy were married in July 1944.

McMullin, Alma Pearl
Fonds · 1972-1997

The Aylmer Centennial Garden and Horticultural Society fonds consists of 3 scrapbooks, and associated negatives, encompassing the years 1972-1997, that document the Society's meetings, activities, events, and members.

The Aylmer Centennial Garden and Horticultural Society
Earl A. Rawlins fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1939-1945]

Fonds contains notebooks and textbooks used by Earl A. Rawlins during his time at the RCAF Technical Training School in St. Thomas, Ontario, circa 1939-1945. The notebooks contain handwritten notes and diagrams.

Rawlins, Earl A.
Evelyn Moore Collection
Collection · [ca. 1850-1989]

Collection contains material collected or created by Evelyn Moore and her husband Frank C. Moore, with records mostly relating to Belmont, Ontario. There is an emphasis on records from the Yarmouth and Belmont Agricultural Society records, which were likely acquired by Frank C. Moore during his tenure as the society's President. Fonds is arranged into the following series:

  1. Photographs
  2. Yarmouth and Belmont Agricultural Society records
  3. Manuscripts
  4. Belmont Telephone Co-Operative Association Limited records
  5. Knox Presbyterian Church records
  6. Miscellaneous historical records
Moore, Evelyn
Ken Verrell Collection
Collection · [ca. 1851-2010]

Collection contains several thousand items, including correspondence, photographs, personnel records, financial records, subscription books, lease agreements, maps, plans and drawings from a number of railway companies that operated in Elgin County. This includes the Michigan Central Railroad, the London & Port Stanley Railway, the Pere Marquette Railway Company, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Wabash Railroad Company, Canada Southern, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, the Canadian National Railways, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Consolidated Rail Company (Conrail), as well as many of their subsidiary companies. There is a strong emphasis on the Michigan Central Railroad and the London and Port Stanley Railway.

The collection provides insight into the day-to-day interactions between local businesses, residents and the railway companies that were operating in Elgin County and increases our understanding of the county’s economic development over time. The collection documents changes in the county’s built environment as a result of the development of railway in the area, and illustrates the evolution of railway technology from early steam engines to electrified and high-speed rail.

The collection also includes personal records belonging to Ken Verrell, reflecting his role in various local organizations and his interest in railway history.

The collection is arranged into the following series:
-Photographs series
-Postcards series
-Michigan Central Railroad Records series
-Canada Southern Railway Records series
-Pere Marquette Railway Records series
-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Records series
-London and Port Stanley Railway Records series
-Grand Trunk Railway Records series
-Wabash Railroad Records series
-Canadian Pacific Railway Records series
-Canadian National Railways Records series
-Conrail Records series
-Miscellaneous Railways Records series
-General Railway History series
-St. Thomas Railway History series
-Labour Unions Records series
-Elgin Photographic Heritage Society Records series
-Elgin County History series
-St. Thomas History series
-Personal Records and Memberships series
-Miscellaneous Records series
-Newspaper Clippings series
-Audio-Visual series

Verrell, Ken
Lemon Family fonds
Fonds · 1881-1981

Fonds consists primarily of photographs of the Lemon family and their friends in the West Lorne vicinity. There are also many photographs documenting the Lemon's Store in West Lorne. Fonds has been divided into the following series:
-Photographs, 1881-1979
-Historical Research records, 1904-1981
-Correspondence, 1917-1979

Lemon (family)
Fonds · 1953-1980

The fonds consists of the records kept by the Empress Chapter #277 of the Order of the Eastern Star. It includes minute books that also contain a record of the constitution of the chapter and a list of past members.

The fonds is arranged into the following series:

  1. Minutes series, 1953-1980
Order of the Eastern Star, Empress Chapter No. 277 (Port Stanley, Ont.)
Fonds · 1937-1999

Fonds consists of minute books (1937-1982), by-laws (1938-1983), and financial records (1996-1999) relating to the West St. Thomas District No. 49, No. 9, and No. 18 Rebekah Lodges. The fonds consists of the following series:

  1. Minutes
  2. By-laws
  3. Financial records
Rebekah Assembly of Ontario, Independent Order of Odd Fellows St. Thomas Lodge No. 18
Collection · 1885-1891

Fonds consists of a Bailiff Process Book for the 4th Division Court in the County of Elgin, 1885-1891. Placed inside the book is a typed document that outlines the Phrenological Chart of D. McGregor.

Hale, Duncan Richard
Fonds · 1930-1981

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the Elgin County branch of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, including newsletters, handbooks and reports.

Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario, Elgin County
Fonds · 1939-1995

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the St. Thomas Maple Leaf Chapter No. 3 of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Order of the Eastern Star, Maple Leaf Chapter No. 3 (St. Thomas, Ont.)
Fonds · 1905-2009

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the Paynes Mills Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-History series, 1946-2002
-Minutes series, 1946-2009
-Hall Records series, 1905-1989
-Programs series, 1929-2004
-Treasurer's Books series, 1979-2009

Paynes Mills Women's Institute
Collection · 1894-[ca. 1960]

Collection consists of fire insurance plans of St. Thomas, produced in 1894 and 1903. Also included is a map of highways in Elgin County, dated ca. 1960.

Elgin County Museum fonds
Fonds · 1980-1997

Fonds consists of scrapbooks compiled by Elgin County Pioneer Museum staff members and volunteers to document their own activities as well as significant events in St. Thomas and Elgin County. Fonds also contains a scrapbook dedicated to information about Jumbo the Elephant.

Elgin County Museum
Elgin Handles Limited fonds
Fonds · 1971-[ca. 1990]

Fonds consists of over 550 photographs documenting staff, products, operations, equipment and facilities of Elgin Handles Limited, St. Thomas.

Elgin Handles Limited
Fonds · 1998-2013

Fonds consists of the records of the Township of Malahide from 1998 onward and is arranged in the following series:
-Council series, 1998-2013

Malahide (Ont. : Township)