Primary contact
110 North Street
Goderich, Ontario
CA N7A 2T8
Identity area
Identifier
ON00140
Authorized form of name
Huron County Museum
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Museum
Contact area
Jenna Leifso
Type
Address
Street address
110 North Street
Locality
Goderich
Region
Ontario
Country name
Canada
Postal code
N7A 2T8
Telephone
519-524-2686 ext. 2201
Fax
jleifso@huroncounty.ca
Note
Description area
History
The Huron County Archival collection was started in 1964 by the Huron County Historical Society. In 1988 the Reading Room and environmentally controlled document storage were added to the Huron County Museum. At this time, materials from the University of Western Ontario's Regional Archives Collection and School Records from the Ontario Archives were transferred to the new facility.
Geographical and cultural context
The Archives at the Huron County Museum acquires the archival records of the County and the private archives of individuals and organizations that complement the history of Huron County.
Mandates/Sources of authority
The mandate of the Huron County Archives is:
- To act as the official repository for inactive public and private records created by the Corporation County of Huron and its current and former municipalities
- To acquire, preserve, and make accessible non-government records
- To provide assistance to local historical and archival organizations
- To share knowledge through online resources, public programs and publications
- To uphold trust and confidentiality
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
The current areas of acquisition and development include but are not limited to the following: area history, economic history, family history, government (county and municipal), industrial history (agriculture, pianos and organs, marine, logging and milling, salt, etc.), military history (33rd Battalion, 161st Battalion, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan), natural history, social history. The Archives will respect the collecting mandates of, and work with, partner institutions. In general, every effort is made to avoid accepting collections where the donor has begun depositing at another archival institution. Archival Records
The donor of a collection may directly contact the Archives. No decision for acceptance can be made before the archivist has had an opportunity to assess the materials.
Potential donations to the collection will be evaluated using the following criteria:
- It is supportive of the Archives mandate.
- Collection will support the Areas of Acquisition
- The Archives has the physical capacity and staff resources to house and maintain it properly
- There are no special conditions set by the donor on how the donation is to be housed, maintained, serviced and/or accessed.
Retrospective appraisal of acquisitions may lead to the subsequent de-accessing of collections which no longer fit with the collections mandate of the Archives. De-accessioning may be done if alternative repositories can be found for the collections.
Buildings
Holdings
Items in the Archives at the Huron County Museum include assessment and return of inhabitants, tax collectors and assessment rolls, coroner's inquests, voters lists, land registry copy books and abstract indices, chattel mortgages, court records, school records, Women's Institute Tweedsmuir histories, photographs, diaries, family histories, correspondence, scrapbooks, Huron County Council Minutes, Huron County Gaol records, and maps.
Finding aids, guides and publications
World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan photograph collection: http://digital.huroncounty.ca/
Access area
Opening times
Tuesday - Friday, 10am-4:30pm. Appointments required.
Access conditions and requirements
A day pass for $5.00 plus HST per person. An annual pass for the Reading Room is $25.00 plus HST per person. All visitors must sign the register. No food or drink permitted in the Reading Room. The use of personal scanners is prohibited. Records and photographs are subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Copyright Act.
Accessibility
The Archives at the Huron County Museum is fully accessible.
Services area
Research services
Archives staff will undertake research for those unable to access the Archives in person for $30.00 (plus HST) per hour, subject to staff availability. The Reading Room has a light table, magnifiers, finding aids, and local history books. Researchers are allowed to bring laptops and cameras (no tripods).
Reproduction services
Photocopies - $0.50 per page (plus HST)
Photo Reproduction - $10.00 handling fee, 2nd+ same order $5.00 handling fee above cost (plus HST)
Digital Copies - $10.00 handling fee, 2nd+ same order $5.00 handling fee above cost (plus HST)
Public areas
Control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
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Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Agriculture (Thematic area)
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- Politics and Government (Thematic area)
- Ontario (Geographic subregion)