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Fonds consists of ten scrapbooks created and maintained by the Wallacetown Optimist Club between 1983 and 2005.

Fonds consists of a photograph album, possibly kept by Mrs. George Wegg Sr. or Mr. George Wegg Jr., both of St. Thomas. The album contains 95 photos, predominantly featuring members of the Wegg and Marlatt families as well as friends and others.

Fonds consists of scrapbooks and Tweedsmuir Histories compiled by members of the West Elgin District Women's Institute.

Records relating to the history of West Elgin. Included are:

• Church deeds from the area
• Account books for businesses and municipalities
  -Daily registers for schools in Aldborough Township
  -Land study plans and maps from the area
  -Photographs of local sports teams, families, buildings and events
  -Personal correspondence such as wedding and party invitations
  -Municipality records and repots for towns and villages in the area

Fonds consists of records created by the West Lorne Community Athletic Association.

Fonds consists of black and white photographs originally published in the West Lorne Sun and Rodney Mercury newspapers, 1951-1989. Cumulatively, the photographs represent a comprehensive record of significant events in the communities of West Lorne and Rodney, Ontario and in West Elgin County during this period.

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1897-1915, burials, 1904-1923, of West Lorne Methodist Circuit (includes Bismarck (now West Lorne), Townline Church in Aldborough Township, Eagle, Rodney, Glasgow, Clearville), 1875-1924; records of West Lorne Methodist Church, 1876-1907; records, including marriages, 1902-1913, of West Lorne Presbyterian Church, 1900-1923; records, including baptisms, 1918-1952, marriages, 1902-1950, burials, 1874-1961, of West Lorne Pastoral Charge (includes West Lorne Methodist Circuit, West Lorne Presbyterian Church, West Lorne, Eagle), 1873-1965; records of West Lorne United Church (includes West Lorne Presbyterian Church), 1915-1981

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the West Lorne Women's Institute. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Tweedsmuir History series, 1914-1994 Minutes series, 1916-1991 Programs and reports series, 1929-1975

Fonds consists of fifty-five 8 x 10 black and white glass-plate negatives showing scenes in Aylmer, Ontario and East Elgin County, 1913-1936, including interior and exterior views of businesses and residences and portraits of prominent citizens.

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by William G. (Bill) and Eileene Stewart during their personal and professional life, but primarily relating to their efforts in studying and documenting the natural history of Elgin County.
Comprised of the following series:
-Personal records series, 1955-1998
-Natural history publications series, 1958-ca. 1997
-William G. Stewart research notes series, 1975-1976
-William G. Stewart publications series, 1978-1999
-Publications series, 1985-2002
-Eileene Stewart publications series, 2000-2003

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by William McLandress in the course of operating a stock merchant business in Dutton and West Lorne, Ontario. Includes warehouse books, order books, a correspondence copy book and a cash book.

Fonds contains letters, notes and other documents collected by William Murch in his personal life and career as a bookseller and is arranged into the following series:
-Personal Records series
-Business Records series
-Publications series

Fonds consists of correspondence between Private William Stafford and Helena Robertson while William was serving overseas in England, France and Belgium during the First World War. During the time of their correspondence, Helena was living in Lambeth, Ontario.
During the dark days of the First World War, France found itself host to many Belgian refugee women and children while war ravaged their homeland. Anxious to help their men-folk in their battle for freedom, the women, among other things, made beautiful hand embroidered cards to sell to the Allied soldiers. These have since become some of the most desirable nostalgia available to the postcard world. Some of these cards have found their way to the Elgin County Museum and with them come a love story. The cards had been sent from the battlefields of France and Belgium by Gunner Will Stafford to Helena Robertson of Lambeth. They are beautiful cards with touching messages – ‘A kiss from France’ or ‘With loving wishes’ and ‘I don’t forget you’. Both Will and Helena sent other cards of a more common type. Some were in a numbered series, each carrying a verse from a well known poem or hymn. Thus the receiver would know if all the mail was reaching its destination. In this case, as indicated by the messages, they also acted as tracers for the letters which interspersed the cards. It was later learned that Will came home in good health, married Helena and together they had a daughter, Elsie and a son, Arnold. J. Kirby

This fonds consists of financial records maintained by the W.L. Coulter, Insurance and Real Estate business, which was located in St. Thomas.

The records are primarily invoices and receipts from St. Thomas businesses. The fonds is organized alphabetically by the first letter of the name of the business.

Included in the first file is a biographical sketch and photograph of W.R. Coulter, photocopied from the publication "St. Thomas and Its Men of Affairs," 1914.