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Fonds · 1903 - 2011

The fonds consist of various materials related to the activities of the Admiral Vansittart Chapter of the IODE and is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Administration
Subseries A: Minute Books
Subseries B: Annual Reports
Subseries C: Financial Records
Subseries D: Membership
Subseries E: Constitution and History

Series 2: Citizenship Ceremonies

Series 3: Captain Andrew Drew Junior Chapter

Series 4: Sponsorship Programs
Subseries A: Old Crow, Yukon
Subseries B: Westwood High School, Stewart Town, Jamaica

Series 5: Opportunity Shop
Subseries A: Operations
Subseries B: Finances
Subseries C: Opportunity Tea and Coffee + One Party
Subseries D: Shop Schedules

Series 6: Special Events
Subseries A: Meetings
Subseries B: Anniversaries
Subseries C: IODE Week
Subseries D: Chapter Teas
Subseries E; Honor Student Dinners
Subseries F: Centennial Fashion Show
Subseries G: Founders Day / Old St. Paul’s
Subseries H: Scrapbooks
Subseries I: Miscellaneous

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Admiral Vansittart Chapter
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
Crawford Family fonds
Fonds · 1800 - 2007

The fonds consist of records related to the history of the Crawford family. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Diaries
Subseries A: Benjamin Benedict Crawford (1800, 1810-1859)

  • This Series consists primarily of diaries of Benjamin B. Crawford. These include a diary of a trip to Upper Canada in 1800, as well as yearly diaries from 1810 to 1859. Diary entries relate to; the weather; farm activities; social events in the community; births, marriages and deaths of his family and his neighbours; experiments with crops and prices of supplies and produce; Kings County court sessions; the Rebellion of 1837; elections; and services in the Anglican church in the Ingersoll area. Daniel Nathan Crawford, the eleventh child of Benjamin Benedict Crawford, continued his father’s diary during the latter’s final illness, and after his death for the remainder of 1859.
  • This subseries also includes transcripts of a majority of the diaries, made by Blanche Crawford, in 1938.

Subseries B: James Augustus Crawford (1865-1882)

  • The diaries of James Augustus Crawford, a son of Benjamin Benedict Crawford, note farm duties, and family and community activities.

Subseries C: Leeman Wallace Crawford (1877)

  • The diary of Leeman Wallace Crawford (son of James Augustus Crawford, and a carriage- maker at London), contain entries describing his work, with some references to politics, and family and community affairs.

Subseries D: Charles W.A. Crawford (1848-1875)

  • The diaries of Charles W.A. Crawford contain description of his daily work, including purchases, sales, and debts related to his farming businesses. These diaries have been transcribed by a member of the Crawford family.

Subseries E: Eliza Georgina Crawford Nichols (1930-1945)

  • The diaries of Eliza Georgina Crawford continue daily musings of people and events.

Series 2: Correspondence [18-- ] – [1995] (not inclusive)

  • Includes correspondence of various members of the Crawford family concerning personal and family matters. Letters also include correspondence to/from Ruth (nee Crawford) Ellis regarding family genealogy.

Series 3: Writings of Christopher Colin Crawford (ca. 1880s)

  • Includes unpublished manuscript writings (poetry and prose). Tiles are as follows:
    Poems:
    Battle of Queenston Heights
    India’s Golden Gate
    The Lamb
    Lines Written on the death of late Mrs. H. Guppy
    The Metis
    The Rockies
    The Shanly Boy
    Prose:
    Along the Bow
    Camp Life on the Bow River
    Chinook Winds
    A Frontier Town
    Infidelity
    Latest Mining News from British Columbia
    On Leaving Silver City
    Montana
    The Serpent
    A Visit to Morley
    Winter, 1885-1886
    A Word about the Provincial Agricultural Exhibition of Asaboia

Series 4: Genealogy ([18-- ] – 2007)

  • A very complete and detailed genealogy of the generations of the Crawford family in North America beginning with John and Jane Henderson Crawford, whom arrived in Connecticut, United States from Ireland. It contains dates and places of birth, marriages and deaths; details on families into which Crawfords married; and often a description of the individuals the early genealogy was prepared in 1927 by Mrs. Olive Arnold Crawford of Ingersoll, Ontario, with the assistance of certain relatives, while the later and more complete family history was completed by Ruth Ellis.
  • Includes research papers and notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs, as well as a copy of “The Crawford Family” by Ruth Ellis.

Series 5: Almanacs (1761, 1814-1853)

  • Contains New Brunswick, New England, Maine, Canada West Farmer’s Almanacs, and several Medical Almanacs. These are arranged alphabetically according to the locality for which they were calculated. Occasionally, a diary was bound into an Almanac, and these volumes have been stored with the diaries.
Members of the Crawford family
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
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.)
Fonds · 1932-1947

Fonds consists of records of the North Norwich Agricultural Society, including a minute book containing lists of directors and executive members, and minutes of regular meetings, committee meetings, and annual meetings; and a catalogue of expenses for agricultural education supplies, such as books and magazines, garden tools, and classroom materials (such as microscopes, petri dishes, incubators, and other materials).

For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+F+1260?SESSIONSEARCH

North Norwich Agricultural Society
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)
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
Fonds · 1858-2011

The fonds consists of records related to St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 104, Norwich and is arranged into the following Series and Subseries:

Series 1: Administration
Subseries A: Minutes
Sub-subseries 1: Minute Books
Sub-subseries 2: Meeting Attendance Books
Subseries B: By-laws
Subseries C: History
Subseries D: Dispensations
Subseries E: Published materials
Subseries F: Miscellaneous

Series 2: Financial
Subseries A: Account Books
Subseries B: Financial Statements and Audited Reports
Subseries C: Expenses and Receipts

Series 3: Memberships
Subseries A: Membership Lists/Dues
Subseries B: Certificates
Subseries C: Petitions
Subseries D: Lodge Returns
Subseries E: Death scrolls

Series 4: Correspondence

Series 5: Events and Anniversaries
Subseries A: Summons
Subseries B: Anniversaries
Subseries C: Newspaper clippings
Subseries D: Programmes
Subseries E: Vistors/Guests
Subseries F: Tickets
Subseries G: Miscellaneous

Series 6: Photographs

Series 7: Scrapbooks

St. John's Masonic Lodge No. 104
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
Fonds · 1889 - 2005

The fonds consists of records related to the history and activities of the Zorra Rebekah Lodge and the Embro Star Lodge, connected through the Independent Order of Oddfellows of the Great Lodge in Ontario. The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Death Certificate, 2005

Series 2: Photographs
-File 1: 1930-1940
-File 2: 1940-1950
-File 3: 1950-1960
-File 4: 1970-1980
-File 5: Not Dated

Series 3: Attendance Register, 1979

Series 4: Cash Books
-Subseries A: Embro, 1889-1982
-Subseries B: Thamesford, 1910
-Subseries C: Woodstock, 1966
-Subseries D: Unknown Location, 1923-1988

Series 5: Membership Register Account, 1881-1923

Series 6: Meeting Minutes
-Subseries A: Embro, 1889-1966
-Subseries B: Ingersoll, 1992-1963
-Subseries C: Woodstock, 1900

Series 7: Officer’s Roll Books, 1898-1941

Series 8: Oversized Photographs, 1960-1970

Embro Star Lodge
Fonds · 1859-2018

The fonds consist of records related to the Zorra Caledonian Society. They are arranged in the following series and subseries:

Series 1: The Society
Subseries A: History
Subseries B: Meeting Minutes
Subseries C: Correspondence
Subseries D: Invitations
Subseries E: Photos
Subseries F: Record Books
Subseries G: Certificates

Series 2: Highland Games
Subseries A: History
Subseries B: Entry Forms
Subseries C: Opening Ceremony Speeches
Subseries D: Programmes and Schedules

  • File 11: 1949-1950
  • File 12: 1960-1969
  • File 13: 1970-1989
  • File 14: 1990-1999
  • File 15: 2000-2009
    Subseries E: Souvenir Programmes
  • File 16: 1937-1939
  • File 17: 1940-1959
    Subseries F: General Articles
  • File 18: 1930-1949
  • File 19: 1950-1969
  • File 20: 1970-1979
  • File 21: 1980-1989
  • File 22: 1990-2015
    Subseries G: Tug-of-War Articles
    Subseries H: Results
  • File 24: 1938-1949
  • File 25: 1950-1959
  • File 26: 1960-1969
  • File 27: 1970-1979
  • File 28: 1980-1989
    Subseries I: Awards
    Subseries J: Photos
  • File 30: 1944-1969
  • File 31: 1970-1989
  • File 32: Not Dated
    Subseries K: Advertisements
    Subseries L: Guest Book

Series 3: Events
Subseries A: Newspaper Articles
Subseries B: Programmes
Subseries C: St. Andrew’s Night Banquet Menus

  • File 37: 1930-1949
  • File 38: 1950-1959
  • File 39: 1960-1969
  • File 40: 1970-1989
  • File 41: 1990-2012
    Subseries D: Advertisements

Series 4: Miscellaneous

Series 5: Oversized Scrapbook

Zorra Caledonian Society