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The fonds consists of records that document the academic career of Professor Clara Thomas; her relationships with colleagues, family, and friends; and her writings in the field of Canadian literature. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence files Files relating to Margaret Laurence Student files Publication files Personal files

Aerial photograph of Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario. The photograph was taken from the East side of Boundary Road, looking towards the northwest.

Aerial photograph of Camp Mohawk, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

Photograph showing three men in uniform standing in front of a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft painted with 'Victory Bond' insignia. The aircraft is in front of a hangar at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps' pilot training camps near Deseronto, Ontario.

Photograph of the exterior of the building used as a hospital during the First World War for airmen injured during training at Camps Rathbun and Mohawk. The house was on Main Street, Deseronto, Ontario and had formerly been the home of <a href="http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41130&query=" rel="nofollow">Edward Wilkes Rathbun (1842-1903)</a>. A view of the rear of the house can be seen in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserontoarchives/4904608991/">2010.15 (6b)</a>.

Photograph of the Cameron family door yard in Vellore, Ontario in 1881.

Photograph of Thoreau Macdonald at his farm in Thornhill, Ontario.

Postcard of Captain Addision Alexander Mackenzie, Lieutenant Buston (who died of wounds), and Lieutenant Muirhead during WWI.

Photograph depicts Lieutenant Addison Alexander Mackenzie and a civilian, James Mounsie, in Woodbridge, Ontario in 1915.

Postcard depicts Major Addison Alexander Mackenzie (front, centre) and the other officers of the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (C.M.R.) in France during WWI.

Postcard depicts Major Mackenzie in war camp during WWI.

Postcard depicts the destruction wrought by the war on Albert (Somme) - La Place d'Armes - The Arm Place - in France. Located near the firing line. Major Mackenzie sent this postcard to his family in Woodbridge, Ontario to show them the devestation in Europe.

Photograph shows Norberta O'Rourke, Major Addison Alexander Mackenzie, Vaughan Pearson, and John Roberts at the KleinburgBinder Twine Festival's unveiling of a plaque in the pioneer cemetery honouring Rev. Pearson in 1968, Vaughan, Ontario.

Teston, Ontario post office with Tom Wilson, postmaster, Otter Walker, Ruby Walker (Mrs. Roy Wilson), Katie Ireland (Mrs. M. Anness), Hattie Diceman, Mossie Taggart, Ethel Diceman and Mrs. W. Diceman in the buggy, then Berta Hadwen (Mrs. J. Kyle) and Mrs. Tom Wilson, the postmaster's wife, in the doorway.

Scene from the official opening on May 3, 1969 of the Woodbridge, Ontario post office. Reeve John McLean of the Village of Woodbridge is seen greeting and welcoming those in attendance. Seated from the left are Monsignor J. A. O'Mara, Stan Archibald, postmaster, Barnett J. Danson, M.P., Robert P. Henderson, Gordon Longhouse, Major A. A. Mackenzie, and Rev. A. B. Cathcart.

Photograph showing the first and only location of the Edgeley post office which was also the general store. It was located on the south east corner of Thornhill Sideroad and the Fifth Concession of Vaughan Township, Ontario, now Hwy. 7 and Jane St. Mr. L. Arthur Whitmore, postmaster and general store owner, is seen here putting groceries in a buggy. In the buggy on the right is his father-in-law, William Reid, an Edgeley blacksmith, who was ready to leave for Concord to pick up the mail from the train at the Thornhill station. The Edgeley post office and store was closed on July 12, 1960. It was demolished when Jane St was widened and paved in 1965.

Reunion of the Keffer and Shunk clans, 1949

Portrait of Marion C. Keffer

Pte. George Searle, 400576
R. R. #2, Rodney, ON
Born 10/04/1889
Enl. St. Thomas, ON. Jan 23, 1915.
Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Killed in Action”
Listed in West Elgin at War, by Harley Lashbrook: pg. 274
From St. Thomas Daily Times: May 21, 1917. “The flag floated at half mast Saturday, when word was received that Pte. George Searle, who enlisted with a London battalion early in the war, had been killed in action in France. Pte. Searle had been wounded twice before and also reported killed but after some time was heard from again. At the time of enlisting he was employed as a farm hand on the farm of George Hillman, Furnival Road.”
Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: MR 23, 1 BN.
See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=tl166ljpqcjjg07rebp9t539s4&q1=&q2=&q3=400576&interval=20