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Graves Family Records
Collection · 1926-1946

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.

Graves (family)
Fonds · [1915?]-1989, predominant [1915?]-[1918?]

Fonds consists principally of black and white portrait photographs of First World War soldiers, collected and maintained by Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion. Most but not all portrait subjects had a personal or familial connection to the Village of Rodney, the Township of Aldborough and/or the West Elgin region. Fonds also includes two black and white photographs showing members of the 91st Overseas Battalion, C.E.F., assembling and marching in Rodney, Ontario, February 25, 1916. Fonds also includes a typescript note, 1989, on Branch letterhead, concerning the photographs previously framed and displayed at the Clachan Hall.

Fonds · [191-?]-1988

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by Elgin Co-Operative Services, [191-?]-2007. Fonds is organized into the following series:
Photographs, [191-?]-1988
Miscellaneous Records, 1940-1984
Minutes, 1943-1998
Financial Statements, 1944-1995
Elgin Fruit Growers' Co-Operative Records, 1945-1961
Annual Reports, 1945-2007
Bond Issues, 1965-1975

Elgin Co-Operative Services
Collection · 1847-1994

Fonds is comprised of photographs of early families that settled on Nova Scotia Line. These families include the Hankinsons, Haggans and Chutes. The fonds also includes general historical records such as memorial cards, correspondence and an early marriage registration, regarding these families.

Hankinson (family)
Paul Baldwin fonds
Fonds · 1870-2013

Fonds contains research files compiled by local historian Paul Baldwin relating to architecture and architects in St. Thomas and Elgin County, principally related to the work of John T. Findlay and Neil R. Darrach with an emphasis on Darrach. Also includes information on David Kilpatrick, Elgin County's first architect, as well as research notes that informed Baldwin's "Legacy" column published in "Community News". Finally, fonds contains original architectural plans created in circa 1903 by Neil Darrach for the St. Thomas Public Library building, as well as a photocopy of a plan for the residence of R.A. Cook.

Baldwin, Paul
Collection · 1928-2015

Fonds contains records created or collected by the Fritz family relating to Alma College. Includes personal records belonging to Betty Smith, a student from 1941-1945, and Mary Louise Fritz, a student from 1954-1955. Also includes a photograph album and photographic negatives compiled by Bernice Fritz (nee Eilber), who was a student from 1928-1930. Fonds also contains miscellaneous documents and ephemera relating to Alma College, ca. 1932-2015.

Fritz (family)
George B. O'Malley fonds
Fonds · 1870-1930

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

O'Malley, George B.
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.
Collection · Digitized 2009 (originally created 1917)

Collection consists of images of a diary kept by Private Robert Alfred Brown of the 91st Battalion during World War One and of the memorial plaque his family received upon his death.

Brown, Robert Alfred
Fonds · 1952-2003

Fonds contains records created or maintained by Cecil Robertson and his son, Gary Robertson, with an emphasis on records collected by Cecil Robertson. Records mostly relate to the operation of their farm located on parts of Lots 25, 26 and 27, Concession 3 in the Township of Southwold, County of Elgin and parts of Lots 25 and 26, West Gore in the Township of Westminster, County of Middlesex. Fonds is arranged into the the following series:

  1. Financial records series
  2. Farm records series
  3. Personal records series
Robertson, Gary
Fonds · 1854-2000

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

  1. By-Laws, 1922-1952
  2. Membership Records, 1854-2000
  3. Officers’ Roll Book 1926-2000
  4. Financial Records, 1854-1997
  5. Historical Documents, 1854-1878, 1978, 2000
  6. Facility, 1951-1953
  7. Cemetery, 1951-1979
Independent Order of Oddfellows Elgin Lodge No. 32
Fonds · 1949-1979

This fonds contains records pertaining to the Wallacetown Community Hall Committee. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, and fundraising documents. The records are organized into the following series:
1) Meeting Minutes, 1945-1979
2) Correspondence, 1945-1967
3) Fundraising, 1946 -1968

Wallacetown Community Hall Committee
Haight Family Collection
Collection · 1871-1955

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.

Haight (family)
Collection · 1951-2008

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.

Alward, Glenn
Rev. Robert Warner fonds
Fonds · 1879-1926

The Rev. Robert Warner fonds contains records created, collected and maintained by Rev. Dr. Robert Ironsides Warner during his tenure at Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario, from 1881-1924. The fonds is arranged into the following series:

Sermons, Essays and Speeches series
Publications series
Notebooks series
Scrapbooks series
Miscellaneous Records series

Warner, Rev. Robert
McRae Family fonds
Fonds · 1885-2004

The McRae Family fonds contains records and photographs of the McRae, Cook, Matheson, Hodges, Gray and McKenzie families, which was maintained by Mary Belle Cook (nee McRae). These families were originally from Scotland and settled in the West Lorne, Aylmer and St. Thomas areas. The fonds is arranged into the following series:

Family Insurance Documnents series
Land Records series
Memorials and Obituaries series
Personal Records series
Photographs series

McRae family
Fonds · 1981-2013

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

Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Centennial Chapter
Collection · 1904-1935

Collection contains day books documenting transactions for Dr. Homer Garfield McLay's medical practice in Aylmer, Ontario. Also includes a draft book, and one day book for Dr. H.G. McLay and McLay Miller.

McLay, Dr. Homer G.
Elizabeth Raven Collection
Collection · 1931-2008

Collection contains material collected or maintained by Elizabeth Raven, former teacher and Chairman of the Board for Alma College. Material related to Alma College includes ephemera, newspapers and newspaper clippings regarding the fire, newspaper clippings and memorial booklets for Dr. Flora Sifton, a session calendar, Alma College Alumnae bulletins, volumes of Almafilians, and meeting minutes of the Alma Alumnae Auxiliary. Collection also includes a scrapbook that highlights the activities of the Tonti Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E), in which Elizabeth Raven was a member and served as First Vice-Regent.

Raven, Elizabeth
Morley Thomas Collection
Collection · 1926-1938

The collection includes school records created or collected by Morley Thomas, a student at School Section No. 6 (Talbotville School) and the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute. Contains reports, a certificate, and volumes of the student publication titled "The Collegian."

Thomas, Morley