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Fonds contains ledgers and account books maintained by George B. O'Malley for his threshing business in Wallacetown, Ontario, for the years 1870-1930.

Fonds consists of specifications for various building construction projects, including additions to Yarmouth S.S. Number 18 School, St. Thomas, Ontario and Trinity Anglican Church, Aylmer, Ontario.

Records relating to George Gray's life and career in St. Thomas. Fonds includes the following series:
-St. Thomas Collegiate Institute
-Parkside Collegiate Institute

Black and white negatives and prints of various Elgin County and St. Thomas scenes, including the Elgin County Courthouse, Old English Church, Cadet parades, Elgin County bridges, roads, and swimming holes.

Fonds consists of fire insurance plans documenting contemporary building features for the purpose of assessing fire risk. Information includes the type of construction, number of storeys and proximity to other buildings. Each plan consists of a number of sections which, when assembled together, constitute a complete map of the town/village at that time, with street and building names clearly indicated. Buildings are also colour coded according to the type of fabrication, with colours corresponding to a key plan on the first section. Periodically, these plans were revised. Dates of revision are clearly marked. These plans provide a detailed overview of contemporary community development and are an invaluable source of information for dating buildings and for use in matters such as environmental site assessments. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Belmont, 1894; Fingal, 1896; Shedden, 1896; Vienna, 1896; West Lorne, 1906; Springfield, 1906; Port Stanley, 1925; Rodney, 1926; St. Thomas, 1922 (Revised and Reprinted 1929); Port Burwell, 1896; Dutton, 1946; Aylmer, 1952.

Fonds consists of financial and dairy herd-management records relating to the operation of the Robertson family farm. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1. Dairy Herd Records 2. Farm Account Records

Records include photographs of the Graves and Babcock families of Mount Salem, and a funeral card for Lloyd Graves (1824-1928). Item-level description is available.

These papers were collected as part of a comprehensive study into the life and career of Colonel Thomas Talbot, the early nineteenth-century settlement agent whose authority extended over much of what is now southwestern Ontario. The research was conducted by Guy St-Denis in various archival repositories with the intention of publishing a new biography of Talbot. After the project was discontinued, the photocopied documents were preserved in hopes of being useful to future scholars of Talbot and his settlement. The files were compiled ca. 1985-2003.
This collection is primarily comprised of secondary source material (reference copies). However, there are a number of original records, including newspaper articles, booklets and programmes, 1907-1977.

Collection includes photographs of the Haight and Zavitz families from Elgin County and Lobo Township in Middlesex County. The photographs primarily show close relatives of Eva Marguerite Haight, who went by Marguerite, and later married Russell Zavitz. Includes photographs of her children and grandchildren, mainly taken at Sunnyside in Lobo Township, and Cedar Villa or Locust Grove in Elgin County. Item-level description is available.

The Collection primarily contains historical notes made by Glenn Alward from scrapbooks his father created comprised of newspaper clippings documenting the community history of Port Burwell. Alward's father was Harry O. Alward, former Reeve of Port Burwell. The Collection also contains an assortment of newspaper clippings regarding events in Port Burwell, and Harry Alward's contribution to the community.

Fonds consists of correspondence from Harry Jamieson Hart to his mother and father while away at medical school in Toronto, subsequent military training camps, and letters from the front while serving overseas in England and France during the First World War. Some of these letters come with the original envelopes. Fonds also consists of diary entries of his initial trip to England and a few miscellaneous letters from other family members. Most letters contain a substantial amount of information on Harry’s experiences in the Canadian military. They recount his training, trip overseas, stationing in England and service in France. Many contain references to previous letters received from his mom and family. He was particularly concerned about his father’s ailing health and eventual death in May 1917. There is also information on the weather, his health and his military involvement, although the latter is kept to a minimum due to censorship considerations and perhaps his desire to enjoy the diversion the letters provided. Letters were sent from his house in Toronto while at medical school, the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps (C.O.T.C) Niagara Military Camp, Petawawa Military Training Camp, the Ross Barracks in Shorncliffe, England and France. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Graduation Memorabilia (1922) 2. Letters from School, Toronto (Mar. 24-June 20, 1916) 3. Letters from Petawawa, C.O.T.C Niagara (Sept. 03-Oct. 14, 1916) 4. Diary of Trip Overseas (Oct. 21-Nov. 2, 1916) 5. Letters while stationed in England, Nov. 9, 1916-Jan. 11, 1917, Sept. 6, 1918) 6. Letters while stationed in France (Jan. 31, 1917-Aug. 13, 1918) 7. Letters from other Family Members (May-July, 1918) 8. Biography File

The fonds consists of records collected and created by Hugh Sims in his work as an historian in Elgin County. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1. Subject Files 2. Personal Diaries 3. Notebooks 4. Drawings 5. Correspondence 6. Personal Photographs 7. Scrapbooks 8. Publications 9. Journals 10. Maps 11. Newspaper Clippings 12. Technical Drawings

Fonds consists of pen and ink drawings and letters depicting scenes of daily life involving the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France, Belgium and Germany during and immediately after the First World War. Includes descriptions and images of Albert, France; Neuville St. Vaast, France; Notre Dame de Lorette, France; Lievin, France; Ypres, Belgium; Camblain L'Abbe, France; Mont St. Eloi, France; Andenne, Belgium; Bonn, Germany; and Cologne, Germany; as well as descriptions of Cooper's work with the Canadian War Narrative Section in Bramshoot, Hants, England and Ottawa, Ontario in 1919.
The fonds is organized into the following series:

1. Drawings
2. Letters

The primary subject of Ida Haggan's work was compiling the histories of the pioneering families of Bayham Township, including the Edisons, McConnells, McDermands, Haines, Weavers, Northrups, Chutes, Lyons, Haggans, Hankinsons, Shooks, and Saxtons. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence Genealogical Research Local History Research Personal Records Photographs Publications

This fonds contains records pertaining to The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE), Centennial Chapter, St. Thomas, Ontario. Records include membership records, meeting minutes and reports, programs and services, and photographs.

Records are organized into the following series:
1) Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1982-1993
2) Membership, 1981-2012
3) Newsletters, 1998-2013
4) Programs and Services, 1995, 2000-2010
5) Photographs, 1981 – 2006
6) Scrapbook, 1981-1995

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Talbot Chapter, Dutton.
Fonds is organized into the following series:
-Minutes, 1914-1928
-Miscellaneous historical information, ca. 1916-1928
-Correspondence, 1917-1928

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Tonti Chapter, St. Thomas, Ontario. Fonds is organized into the following series: 1. Minutes and Annual Reports, 1972-1999 2. Correspondence, 1991-1994 3. Miscellaneous historical information, 1932-1994

This fonds contains a variety of materials created or relating to IOOF Alexandra Lodge No. 337. Items include minute books, cash and receipt books, attendance and membership registers, copies of by-laws, certificates, photographs, medallions, and pins.

Fonds consists of minute books (1899-1986), membership and attendance records (1892-1988), and financial records (1892-1985) relating to the operation of the IOOF Rodney Lodge No. 291. The fonds consists of the following series: 1. Minutes 2. Attendance and Membership records 3. Financial records 4. Correspondence 5. General History

This fonds contains records pertaining to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) St. Thomas Lodge #32 (Elgin Lodge). Records include membership and financial records, historical documents, meeting minutes, bylaws, and facility records.

Records are organized into the following series:

1.Meeting Minutes, 1949-1993

2. By-Laws, 1922-1952
3. Membership Records, 1854-2000
4. Officers’ Roll Book 1926-2000
5. Financial Records, 1854-1997
6. Historical Documents, 1854-1878, 1978, 2000
7. Facility, 1951-1953
8. Cemetery, 1951-1979