Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the St. Thomas branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Rules and Regulations series
-Membership and Attendance series
-Minutes series
-Annual Reports series
-General History series
-Correspondence series
-Financial Records series
-Programming series
-Special Interest Groups series
-Projects series
-Subject Files series
-Newspaper Clippings series
The fonds consists of selected administrative and operational records of the Canadian Order of Foresters, Court No. 1181, Vienna, Ontario, and includes minutes of meetings, auditors’ reports and other financial records, membership records and correspondence. Fonds also includes the amended constitution (1916) of the Canadian Order of Foresters and records relating to the rituals prescribed by the Order for observance by its affiliate courts. The fonds is organized into the following series: 1. Constitution and Rituals 2. Minutes and Reports 3. Membership 4. Correspondence 5. Financial Records
Canadian Order of Foresters. Court No. 1181 (Vienna, Ont.)This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Dutton and Dunwich Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, and are divided into the following series:
-Minutes, 1939-1946; 1982-1986
-Correspondence, 1941-1959
-Financial records, 1941-1967
-Miscellaneous records, ca. 1970-ca. 2000
This fonds would be of interest to researchers studying the origin and development of the Canadian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross Dutton/Dunwich Branch in particular, the lives of Second World War Servicemen and service organizations in Canada and Ontario in general.
Fonds consists of:
-Minute Book, 1939-1946
-Treasurer's Book, 1939-1941
-A memorial certificate listing members who volunteered for active military service, [1939?-1945?]
Fonds consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and other records documenting the history of the St. Thomas plant of Canadian Timken Limited. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Newsletters series, 1989-1992
-Newspaper Clippings series, 1963-2016
-Photographs series, 1946-2004
-Special Events series, 1946-[ca. 2000]
Fonds consists of design proposals and architectural drawings created by Catharine Spratley of various parks and other locations in the St. Thomas area. Also included are documents relating to her career and company, Catharine Spratley Landscape Designs.
Spratley, CatharineFonds consists of records created, collected or maintained by Catherine Neff. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Central United Church, St. Thomas series, 1897-2010
-Alma College Valleyview Satellite Home series, 1980-1990
-Elgin Historical Society series, 1983-1991
Fonds consists of records relating to student life at Central Elgin Collegiate Institute, including yearbooks, programs and a student directory, some of which were once in the possession of former principal G.W. Trevithick.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Yearbooks series, 1960-1984
-Student Directory series, 1964
Fonds contains a collection of diaries created by Charles "Charlie" Smith Baker, who lived in Belmont, Ontario for over 57 years. Fonds also contains a rough draft of manuscript titled "Charlie: Memoirs of a Belmont Farmboy" written by D.A. Sale, which summarizes Charlie's life and each of his diaries. Fonds also includes miscellaneous material including correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings and photographs.
Baker, Charles SmithThe City of St. Thomas Engineering Department fonds consists primarily of photographs, both black and white and in colour, documenting structural defects in sidewalks and sewers, repairs, road widenings and other projects, alongside general documentation of roads, sewers, and buildings in St. Thomas, primarily from the 1940s through the 1970s.
This fonds consists of three series:
- Events: Documentation, including reports, clippings, and photographs, surrounding large or notable events in which the City Engineer or Engineering Department was involved.
- Photographs: Photographs documenting paving issues, sewer or maintenance work, or other projects done by City Engineering crew, arranged alphabetically by street name. Also includes a handful of miscellaneous images, filed in original order, documenting places, events, or items, such as dog pounds or storm damage.
- Projects: Photographs, slides, and textual documents relating to more recent projects, from the 1970s up until 1998, often documenting the different stages of a large-scale project.
Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Clachan Women’s Institute, including minutes of meetings, records of the Clachan 4-H Homemaking Club, and six volumes of Tweedsmuir Histories.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- History series, 1888-1998
- Tweedsmuir Histories, 1890-2014
- Minutes, 1914-2014
- Programmes, 1928-2008
- 4-H Homemaking Club, 1967-1993
- Financial, 1984-April 2000
- Correspondence, 1989
Fonds consists of the records of the College of the Disciples of St. Thomas, divided into the following series:
-Financial records, October 1895-October 1906.
-Minutes and membership series, 1896-1906
Fonds consists of annual programmes and Tweedsmuir Histories of the Corinth Women's Institute.
Corinth Women's InstituteFonds consists of records created by the Cowal Women's Institute, including meeting programs and Tweedsmuir Histories.
Cowal Women's InstituteThis fonds consists of records created or maintained by the Crothers and Price, Barristers, law firm of St. Thomas. Fonds has been divided into the following series:
-Cash Books series, January 14, 1897-July 30, 1914.
-Miscellaneous financial records series, 1899-1913.
-Day Book series, October 19, 1908- August 22, 1914.
-Receipts and Disbursements ledger series, 1909-1914.
Collection contains historical material pertaining to the history of Elgin County, which was collected by Don Cosens throughout his lifetime. Material includes photographs, postcards, business records, records from local families and individuals, ephemera, land records, estate records, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, fire insurance plans, art and reference material and books. The collection also contains material that reflects Don Cosen's personal involvement in a number of local organizations, as well as personal photographs.
The collection is arranged into the following series:
•Photographs series
•Postcards series
•William Hendershott series
•Cameron Family Records series
•Paddon Family Records series
•David Fleming Hunter Records series
•Wallace Verne Ferris Records series
•St. Thomas Jumbo Centennial Committee series
•St. Thomas Collegiate Institute Reunion series
•Edna Bennett series
•Estates Files series
•Land Records series
•Municipal World Inc. series
•Reference files series
•Scrapbook series
•Carolyn Curtis Records series
•Directories and Gazetteers series
•Elgin County Local History series
•Ephemera series
•Fire Insurance Plans series
Collection contains day books documenting transactions for Dr. Homer Garfield McLay's medical practice in Aylmer, Ontario. Also includes a draft book, and one day book for Dr. H.G. McLay and McLay Miller.
McLay, Dr. Homer G.Collection contains materials collected or created by Duncan C. McKillop including business ledgers, photographs and miscellaneous historic documents and ephemera. Also contains records from Elgin County residents and families including Samuel M. Pearce, the McKillop family, the Fowler family, and from Edward Frost.
McKillop, Duncan C.Fonds consists of a Bailiff Process Book for the 4th Division Court in the County of Elgin, 1885-1891. Placed inside the book is a typed document that outlines the Phrenological Chart of D. McGregor.
Hale, Duncan RichardFonds consists of the records kept and/or maintained by the School Trustees of Dunwich S.S. #10 (Campbellton School)
They have been divided into the following series:
-History series, 1856-1938
-Administrative series, 1859-1958