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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 copies of military records, correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs related to the naval career of Harley Daniel McCurdy during WWII.

The fonds consists of records created and compiled by William Grey and is arranged into the following Series and Subseries:

Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Diaries
Series 3: Financial
Subseries 1: Accounts
Subseries 2: Receipts
Series 4: Marriage and Deaths
Series 5: Land Records
Series 6: Militia
Series 7: Miscellaneous

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the history of the Oxford Rifles and is organized into the following Series and Subseries:

Series 1: Administration
a) Constitution/By-laws
b) Minutes
c) Financial
d) History

Series 2: Military papers
a) Regimental/Service/Enlistment Rolls
b) Orders
c) Certificates/General Military documents
d) War Diaries
e) Correspondence

Series 3: Oxford Rifle Band
a) Financial
b) Concerts
c) Sheet Music

Series 4: The Oxford Rifle Association
a) Financial
b) Newsletters
c) Reunion

Series 5: Scrapbooks

Series 6: Miscellaneous

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

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.

The fonds consist of two photograph albums and one scrapbook that relate to the years of operation, 1940-1946, of the S-11 Woodstock Advanced Driving and Maintenance School and the S-5 Canadian Driving and Maintenance School.