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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
Fonds · 1925-1934

The fonds consists of records related to the operations of Loyal Dereham Centre Lodge No. 179, between 1925 and 1934. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

    Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Finances
Subseries A: Financial Statements
Subseries B: Receipts
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Membership
Dereham Centre Lodge No. 179
Item · 1950 - 1955

The fonds consists of records related to the East Nissouri Jr. Institute and include minutes as well as miscellaneous items related to their activities.

East Nissouri Jr. Women's Institute
Fonds · 1934-1956

The fonds consist of records related to the history of the Woodstock Liberal Women’s Association. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Minutes and Reports
Series 2: Membership
Series 3: Newspaper Clippings
Series 4: Liberal Campaign Materials

Woodstock Liberal Women's Association
Item · 1873-1963

The fonds consists of one ledger consisting of minutes and financial information of the Harrington Branch, Upper Canadian Bible Society dated 10 December 1873 – 5 May 1963.

Harrington Bible Society
Item · 1963-1966

The fonds consists of the Charter, By-laws, Director and Stakeholder Registers, Notices of Meetings, Meeting Minutes and Reports, some correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the Woodstock United Appeal Association from 1963 to 1967.

Woodstock United Appeal Association
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
1977-1985

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the establishment and administration of the Innerkip Ratepayers Association. Such materials include:

Application for Facilities Rental - 1985

By-laws and Resolutions – 1977

Correspondence from G.A. Calder, Barrister & Solicitor - 1984

Directors’ Register – 1977-1984

Expenditures and Receipts – 1977-1984

Letters Patent – 1977

List of Members – 1977, 1980-1982

Minutes of Meetings – 1977-1984
Innerkip Area Ratepayers Association
Norwich Community fonds
Fonds · approx. 1964-1986

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the history of Norwich and the County of Oxford, as well as various local groups and organizations. Such materials includes:

  • Reports, Plans and Agreements related to the Official Plan, Ayr Dam and Reservoir, Housing, and Land Severance

  • Programmes re. Oxford Holstein Breeders’ Association and Oxford County Board of Education Recognition Night (includes bios of local teachers and staff). – 1983 and 1985

  • Landfill/Waste Management materials including applications, Order in Councils, correspondence etc concerning landfill sites in Township of Norwich and the Township of South-West Oxford. – 1976 – 1983.

  • Map and Drawings of Norwich, Burgessville, Otterville, Springford and East Oxford (key maps and drainage maps)

  • Voter’s List for the Township of Norwich. – 1976.

  • Scrapbooks of newspaper articles, brochures, pamphlets, etc related to Norwich, the County of Oxford, Canada and the World. – 1964 – 1980

  • Records related to the Norwich Community Centre/Arena. – 1976 – 1983.
    • Correspondence
    • Financial including Area Complex Statement of Revenue and Expenses, Township of Norwich Community Centre Statement of Revenue and Expenses, Norwich Playground Expenditures, Budgets
    • Minutes of the Meetings of the Norwich Community Centre Advisory Committee, Arena Building Committee, Arena and Park Committee, Special Steering Committee for the official opening of the new Recreation Centre Complex, Recreation Centre Ceremonies Committee, and the Recreation and Community Services Committee
    • Architect’s Reports
    • Miscellaneous

  • Records related to the Norwich Community Centre Club – 1978 – 1986
    • Membership list
    • Minutes of Meetings
    • Correspondence
    • Treasurer’s Reports

Dickson, W. Leslie (Les)
Item · 1947 - 1987

The fonds consists of records related to the Plattsville Women’s Institute. They are arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Minute Books
Series 2: Tweedsmuir History Books
Series 3: Programmes
Series 4: Miscellaneous

Plattsville Women's Institute
Oxford Camera Club fonds
Fonds · 1949-1988

The fonds consists of various materials relate to the history of the Oxford Camera club and its predecessors and include the following series:

Series 1 – Minutes

  • Minutes of the Oxford Movie and Camera Club – 1 March 1955 – 18 March 1965.
  • Minutes of the Oxford Camera Club. – 11 October 1966 – 13 May 1986.
  • Minutes of the Oxford Camera Club. – 1986 – 1988.
  • Membership lists of the Oxford Camera Club. – 1981 – 1988.

Series 2 – Scrapbooks

  • Scrapbook of photographs and newspaper articles. – 8 March 1949 – 8 May 1963 including:
    • Coronation Group: Ross Walker, Al Simbaldi, Stan Nadorozny, Eric Hepworth, Cliff Fink and Roy Gatland. – [after 1953]. – photograph: b&w; 8 x 10 inches. Note: standing in front of the Oxford CINE Club Official Car.
    • Reel Garlick Bolex Award. – 16 September 1955. – photograph: b&w; 10 x 8 inches.
    • Oxford Movie and Camera Club Executive: Cliff Fink, Harry Parkinson, Geoff Voyce, Don Smith, Bill Smith, Len Talbot, Bill Farr and Tom Brooks. – 1960. – photograph: b&w; 5 ¼ x 10 inches.
  • Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper articles, bulletins, etc. – September 1966 – June 1971.
  • Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper articles, bulletins, etc. – 4 September 1971 – June 1976.
  • Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper articles, bulletins, etc. – 1976 – 1978.

Series 3 – Membership list

Series 4 – Photographs

  • Camera Club Meeting. – 1978. – 3 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches.
  • General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – 6 September 1978. – 5 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches.
  • Camera Club Meeting[?] – February 1980. - 8 polaroids: colour: 4 ½ x 3 ½ inches. Note: includes images being taken and photographs of members.
  • General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – October 1981. – 17 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches. Note: photographs taken by Laverne Rice.
  • General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – November 1981. – 17 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches. Note: photographs taken by Jack Cockburn.
  • General Meeting of the Oxford Camera Club. – December 1981. – 7 photographs: b&w; 5 x 4 inches. Note: photographs taken by Conroy Bows.
Oxford Camera Club
Series · 1946 - 1989

The fonds consists of records related to the Grace Patterson Women's Institute and include minutes and scrapbooks. The fonds consists of the following series:

Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Finance
Series 3: Tweedsmuirs and Scrapbooks
Series 4: Programmes
Series 5: Miscellaneous

Grace Patterson Women's Institute
1965 - 1989, nd.

The fonds consist of Minute Books (that include newsletters, newspaper clippings, bird censuses, etc) and a couple of Financial Ledgers. A copy of the Club’s Constitution and By-laws and Procedures, dated 7 November 1977, is also included.

Woodstock Field Naturalist Club
1830s-1990s

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
Calder, George
Fonds · 1874-1990

The fonds consists of the following series:

Series 1: Membership Records

Series 2: Financial Records

Series 3: Death Cards for Members

Hayden Lodge No. 152 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
Innerkip West 4-H Club fonds
ca. 1972-1992

The fonds consists of a Treasurer’s Book (ca. 1972-1992) and a Scrapbook of various materials related to the operation and activities of the Innerkip West 4-H Club between the years 1980-1982. Such materials include:

Attendance sheets

Awards Programmes

Minutes of the Meetings (or Secretary Reports) of the Innerkip West 4-H including such groups as the Homemaking Club, Munchkins, “Breadwinners”, Quilting Club, Etiquette for the 80’s, Social Recreation, etc.

Newspaper clippings

Photographs including the Innerkip 4H Club “What shall I wear” group

Treasurer’s Book – ca. 1972-1992

Innerkip West 4-H Club
Innerkip Community fonds
1854-1994, nd.

The fonds consists of various materials related to the history of the Village of Innerkip. Such materials include:

Brochure entitled “Take a walk through time” A walking tour of homes and historic buildings. – ca. 1991.

Correspondence. – 1870, 1898, 1940

Front roll card for St. John Sunday School. – 1910.

Ladies Aid Birthday Calendar, Presbyterian Church. – 1948.

Local History Books:
“A History of Blandford Township” by George Oliver. – 1966.
“The Early Days of Innerkip District” by Zella M. Hotson. – 1952.
“History of the Village and neighbourhood of Innerkip” by Zella M. Hotson. – nd.

Maps:
Topographic Map of Woodstock and Area. Original survey 1908; revised 1935.
Whiteprint map of Oxford County. - ca 1950s

Membership card for the United Church Women, Innerkip United Church. – 1962.

Miscellaneous:
The story of an old house, lot 15, Vincent Survey – Innerkip. – 1962.
List of former residents of Innerkip. – nd.
List of teachers and students of S.S. No. 10 East Zorra. – nd.

Newspaper clippings. – 1854, 1967, 1978, nd.

Photographs. – 1909, 1955-6, 1959, 1963, 1967-9, 1978, 1989, 1991, nd.

Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid programme booklet. – 1944.

Prize List for the Annual School Fair for East Zorra Township. – 1932.

Programmes:
Innerkip Annual Decoration & Memorial Service. – 1990.
Innerkip Cemetery Decoration and Memorial Service. – 1994.
Innerkip Centennial and Old Boys’ Reunion. – ca. 1967.
Innerkip Centennial Celebrations. – 14-16 July 1967.
Innerkip Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society, 90th Anniversary. – 1991.
27th Annual Innerkip Cemetery and C.O.F. Decoration Service. – 2 August ?

Scrapbook for the Innerkip Unit of the Red Cross. – 1939-1946.

Township of Blandford Minutes of the Meetings of Blandford Council. – 1961.

Innerkip Community
Fonds · 1974-1995

The fonds consists of records related to the history and activities of the Brownsville Optimist Club formerly located in Brownsville, Ontario. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Charter Banquet, 1 June 1974

Series 2: Executive Officers’ Photographs
File 1: 1974 - 1980
File 2: 1980 - 1990
File 3: 1990 - 1995

Brownsville Optimist Club
1971-1978, 1997

The collection consists of 11 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to:

File 1: Utting-McKinney Northgate Towers High Rise, Woodstock. – 1971-1974.
File 2: Goff High Rise Application Huron Street, Woodstock. – 1971-1975.
File 3: Happening ’73, Woodstock. – 1973.
File 4: Ingersoll Avenue Reconstruction, Woodstock. – 1973-1978.
File 5: Devonshire Avenue Subdivision, Woodstock. – 1974-1975.
File 6: Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. – 31 January – 31 December 1974. (includes Happening ’74)
File 7: “Save the Golf Course”, Woodstock Golf Club. – 1974-1977.
File 8: Admiral Riddell Development Limited Condominiums – Northgate Towers, Woodstock. – 1976.
File 9: Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. – 1975-1976. (includes Happening ’75)
File 10: Goff Application for Zoning By-law change on Huron Street, Woodstock. – 1976.
File 11: Innerkip Area Ratepayers Association. – 1977-1978, 1997.

Calder, George
Item · 1949-1998

The fonds consists of programmes for the Woodstock Festival of Music spanning the years of formation till its 50th Anniversary.

Woodstock Rotary Festival of Music