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Item · [18- ] – 1976, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to John N. Chambers and family and is arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogy
Subseries A: Family histories and trees
Subseries B: Marriage
Subseries C: Wills
Subseries D: Deaths and Cemeteries
Subseries E: Insurance and Tax Assessments
Subseries F: Photographs
Subseries G: Miscellaneous
Series 2: Land Records
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Letters to the Editor
Series 5: Journals
Series 6: Financial
Series 7: Agriculture
Series 8: Community
Subseries A: Education
Subseries B: Religion
Subseries C: Local Government
Subseries D: Organizations and businesses
Subseries E: Miscellaneous

Chambers, John N.
Item · 1979

The fonds consists of four scrapbooks of newspaper clippings concerning the tornados that struck Woodstock and surrounding area on August 7, 1979.

Ross, Don
James Kintrea fonds
Item · 1848-1897

The fonds consists of records created by James Kintrea. They are arranged into the following Series:

    Series 1: Census Commissioner
Series 2: Financial
Subseries A: Account Books
Subseries B: Cash Books
Series 3: Deputy Clerk of the Crown
Kintrea, James
R.D. Montgomery collection
Item · 1915-1916, 1991

The fonds consists of military records related to Ex-Major R.D. Montgomery, as well as a copy of “Deeds That Stirred The Empire” reprinted by “The Daily Chronicle”, during WWI. A letter from the Royal Canadian Military Institute explaining the records is also included.

Woodstock C.O.C.F. fonds
Item · 1902-1905

The fonds consists of one minute book belonging to Woodstock C.O.C.F. Council No. 82 between the years 1902 and 1905.

Woodstock Canadian Order Chosen Friends (C.O.C.F.) No. 82
John Gruszka fonds
Item · ca. 1890 - 1980s

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

John Gruszka
Ernest D. Keasey
Item · 1920-1971, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to Ernest David Keasey focusing mostly on his military career.

Keasey, Ernest David
Item · 1927-1973, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to the operations of the Woodstock Barbers’ Association and is arranged into the following series:

Series 1: Legislation
Series 2: Minutes
Series 3: Financial
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Petitions and Surveys
Series 6: Ontario Barbers’ Association
Series 7: Miscellaneous

Woodstock Barbers' Association
Les McKerral fonds
Item · 1938-1974, 1992-1999

The fonds consists of financial records created by Les McKerral, Woodstock Barber and range in dates from 1938 to 1999.

McKerral, Leslie (Les) John
Henry Vogan fonds
Item · 1900-1914

The fonds consists of one financial ledger created by Henry Vogan between the years 1900-1914.

Vogan, Henry
Eileen McKenzie fonds
Item · ca. 1931-1941, 1953

The fonds consists of records created and compiled by Eileen McKenzie related to local politics, the Board of Education, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s visit in 1939, and Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953. It consists mostly of newspaper clippings, including ones that mention her husband, as well as a few invitations.

McKenzie, Hilda Eileen (nee Kirk)
Item · 1857-1878

The fonds consists of twelve diaries created by George Abbot Gray between the years 1857 and 1878.

Gray, George Abbot
Item · 1847-1919, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to David Franklin and Elizabeth Hannah Currey and are arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogy
Series 2: Land Records
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Miscellaneous
Currey, David Franklin and Elizabeth Hannah Topping
Fonds · 1853-1878

Fonds consists of a minute book of the Woodstock and Norwich Gravel Road Co, covering the period November 17, 1853 to December 9, 1878.

Woodstock and Norwich Gravel Road Co
Ethel Canfield fonds
Item · 1888-1968

The fonds consists of records created and compiled by E.J. Canfield related to the history of Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series:

Series 1: Scrapbooks
Series 2: Notebooks
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Publications
Series 5: Miscellaneous

Canfield, Ethel
Ethel Finkle Scrapbook fonds
Item · [before 1910]

The fonds consists of one scrapbook compiled by Ethel Finkle of Woodstock. It consists of magazine images, poetry, and other items pasted into the ledger by Miss Finkle.

Finkle, Ethel Mary
Fonds · 1846-1849

The fonds consists of the following newspapers:
Woodstock Herald – 9 January 1946 – 7 January 1947.
Woodstock Herald & Brock District General Advertiser. – 7 August 1846 – 26 February 1847.
Oxford Star & Woodstock Advertiser. – 4 February 1848 – 19 January 1849.

Woodstock Herald and Oxford Star
Item · [before 1900]

The fonds consists of one scrapbook compiled by Helen (Nellie) M. Carryer of Woodstock. It consists of magazine images, poetry, stories, and other items pasted into an old accounts’ ledger by Miss Carryer, which includes financial entries dated 1856 and 1857. The ledger may have belonged to her father, who worked as a saddler and harness maker on Dundas St.

Carryer, Helen (Nellie) M.
Giles-Hallock Family fonds
Item · 1856 – [before 1943]

The fonds consists of the following series:

    Series 1: Diaries (belonging to Leola Giles)
Series 2: Photographs
Series 3: Miscellaneous
Giles-Hallock family
Fred Burgess fonds
Item · 1884-1961

The fonds consists of records related to Frederick E. Burgess and family. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Wills
Series 2: Land and Loan records
Series 3: Legal
Subseries A: Standard Tube Pollution
Subseries B: Tobacco Seizure
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Military
Subseries A: WW2 Active service records
Subseries B: Post-War records
Subseries C: Pension
Series 6: Miscellaneous
Subseries A: Photopathological Inspection

Burgess, Frederick Erastus