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Archival description
Item · 1922-2018

The fonds consists of records related to the history and development of the Brookdale Women’s Institute. Additionally, the fonds contains information and records pertaining to the communities in Southern Oxford County.

It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Brooksdale Tweedsmuir Volumes 1-5 (1820-2011)

Series 2: Women’s Institute Miscellaneous (1909, 1918, 1920, 1923-2017)

  • Subseries A – Quilts
  • Subseries B – Programs

Series 3: Scrapbooks (1984-2000)

Series 4: Tweedsmuir History (2001-2017)

  • Subseries A – 2001-2002
  • Subseries B – 2003-2004
  • Subseries C – 2005-2007
  • Subseries D – 2008-2009
  • Subseries E – 2010
  • Subseries F – 2011-2012
  • Subseries G – 2013-2014
  • Subseries H – 2015-2016
  • Subseries I - 2017

Series 5: Brooksdale Minute Books (1922-2018)

Brooksdale Women's Institute, Oxford District, Southern Area
Cuthbertson & Fowler fonds
Item · [after 1880] - 1893

The fonds consists of architectural drawings completed by architects, Thomas Cuthbertson and Joseph A. Fowler. They are arranged into the following series:

Series 1: House of Refuge
Series 2: Music Hall, Woodstock (Woodstock Opera House)
Series 3: Residence of Dr. D.R. Ross, Embro
Series 4: St. David’s Ward School, Woodstock
Series 5: Ayr Public School, Ayr

Embro Congregational Church
Item · 1886 - 1943

The fonds consists of records related to history and operation of the Embro Congregational Church. It is arranged into the following series:

    Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Financial
Embro Congregational Church
Embro Public Library fonds
Item · 1899-1909

The fonds consists of two book catalogues belonging to Embro Public Library.

Embro Public Library
Florence Day fonds
Item · 1870 - 1980, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to the Sutherland family and some of Embro and it’s past. It is arranged into the following series and subseries: Genealogy, which consists of notes and charts about the marriages, deaths, births, and lives of the Sutherlands. Correspondence, largely letters to Florence from her parents, with a few outliers to Hector, and other documents. Diaries, which are the personal diaries of Florence Sutherland. Photographs, which include the house the Sutherlands lived in, and various family members. Newspapers, consists largely of clippings with vague mention of the Sutherlands, Embro history, and other locations around Zorra. Miscellaneous consists of various odds and ends that didn’t quite fit in with the other records but are still related to the Sutherlands, or the town of Embro.

The fonds is arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogy
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Diaries
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Newspaper clippings
Series 6: Miscellaneous
Florence Day
Gunn Scrapbook fonds
Item · ca. 1884 - 1920

The fonds consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Miss Gunn, as well as an index compiled by the Oxford Genealogical Society.

Miss [?] Gunn
Iren (nee Butson) Day fonds
Item · 1937-1952. nd.

The fonds consists of records related to the life of Irene May (nee Butson) Day. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Education
Series 2: Teaching
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Miscellaneous
Irene Mae Day
Kay McMullen family fonds
Fonds · 1842-1986

The fonds consist of records related to the history of the Munroe and Burrill families of the County of Oxford. They are arranged into the following series and sub-series:

Series 1: Land Records
Sub-series A: West Zorra Township
Sub-Series B: Norwich Township

Series 2: Correspondence
Sub-series A: Letters and miscellaneous correspondence
Sub-series B: Postcards
Sub-Series C: Invitations

Series 3: Certificates
Sub-series A: Lodges
Sub-series B: Marriage and Church Certificates
Sub-series C: Education

Series 4: Newspaper Clippings
Sub-series A: Articles
Sub-series B: Marriage announcements
Sub-series C: Obituaries

Series 5: Photographs

Series 6: Miscellaneous

Munroe and Burrill families
Item · [19- ]

The fonds consist of one scrapbook outlining the history of the Zorra Tug-of-War Team and returning their trophies to Oxford County in the 1970s.

Max Munro
R.G. Marshall fonds
Item · 1939

The fonds consists of one diploma awarded to R.G. Marshall by the West Zorra and Embro Agricultural Society in 1939 for meritorious service to agriculture.

Marshall, Robert Henry
Fonds · 1889 - 2005

The fonds consists of records related to the history and activities of the Zorra Rebekah Lodge and the Embro Star Lodge, connected through the Independent Order of Oddfellows of the Great Lodge in Ontario. The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Death Certificate, 2005

Series 2: Photographs
-File 1: 1930-1940
-File 2: 1940-1950
-File 3: 1950-1960
-File 4: 1970-1980
-File 5: Not Dated

Series 3: Attendance Register, 1979

Series 4: Cash Books
-Subseries A: Embro, 1889-1982
-Subseries B: Thamesford, 1910
-Subseries C: Woodstock, 1966
-Subseries D: Unknown Location, 1923-1988

Series 5: Membership Register Account, 1881-1923

Series 6: Meeting Minutes
-Subseries A: Embro, 1889-1966
-Subseries B: Ingersoll, 1992-1963
-Subseries C: Woodstock, 1900

Series 7: Officer’s Roll Books, 1898-1941

Series 8: Oversized Photographs, 1960-1970

Embro Star Lodge
Fonds · 1859-2018

The fonds consist of records related to the Zorra Caledonian Society. They are arranged in the following series and subseries:

Series 1: The Society
Subseries A: History
Subseries B: Meeting Minutes
Subseries C: Correspondence
Subseries D: Invitations
Subseries E: Photos
Subseries F: Record Books
Subseries G: Certificates

Series 2: Highland Games
Subseries A: History
Subseries B: Entry Forms
Subseries C: Opening Ceremony Speeches
Subseries D: Programmes and Schedules

  • File 11: 1949-1950
  • File 12: 1960-1969
  • File 13: 1970-1989
  • File 14: 1990-1999
  • File 15: 2000-2009
    Subseries E: Souvenir Programmes
  • File 16: 1937-1939
  • File 17: 1940-1959
    Subseries F: General Articles
  • File 18: 1930-1949
  • File 19: 1950-1969
  • File 20: 1970-1979
  • File 21: 1980-1989
  • File 22: 1990-2015
    Subseries G: Tug-of-War Articles
    Subseries H: Results
  • File 24: 1938-1949
  • File 25: 1950-1959
  • File 26: 1960-1969
  • File 27: 1970-1979
  • File 28: 1980-1989
    Subseries I: Awards
    Subseries J: Photos
  • File 30: 1944-1969
  • File 31: 1970-1989
  • File 32: Not Dated
    Subseries K: Advertisements
    Subseries L: Guest Book

Series 3: Events
Subseries A: Newspaper Articles
Subseries B: Programmes
Subseries C: St. Andrew’s Night Banquet Menus

  • File 37: 1930-1949
  • File 38: 1950-1959
  • File 39: 1960-1969
  • File 40: 1970-1989
  • File 41: 1990-2012
    Subseries D: Advertisements

Series 4: Miscellaneous

Series 5: Oversized Scrapbook

Zorra Caledonian Society