Original deeds, mortgages and other documents relating to Lot 11, Concession 3, Yarmouth Township, 1816-1907.
Burgess (family)The Burwell Family fonds is primarily comprised of the peronal and buisness papers of Hannibal Burwell (1825-1886), his son, Alfred E. Burwell (1871-1943) and his daughter Hannah Alberta Eliza Burwell (1864-1929), later Mrs. David Williams.
•There are 20 related artifacts including two family bibles, a portable writing desk belonging to Hannibal's father, Mahlon Burwell (1783-1846), a prominent surveyor, Justice of the Peace and MLA, Albert Burwell's South Africa War medals and volunteer service medals and a portrait of Mahlon's daughter Louisa Burwell (1818-1834).
•The fonds is divided into the following series:
•-Associated Artifacts series, ca. 1800-1914
•-Books series, 1808-1931
•-Personal Documents and Ephemera series, 1810-1932
•-Financial and Real Estate series, 1861-1886
•-Correspondence series, 1863-1887
This fonds consists of the records created and maintained by the Calton Women's Institute. Divided into the following series:
-Historical records, 1857-1985
-Minutes, 1952-2006
-Programs and Events series, 1955-1987
-Tweedsmuir History series, 1957-1993
Fonds consists of Quarterly Conference minutes of Aldborough Evangelical Association Circuit (includes Aldborough (Churchville) and Rodney), 1904-1916; Quarterly Conference minutes of Aldborough Evangelical Church Circuit (includes Aldborough (Churchville) and Rodney), 1916-1929; women's group records of Calvary Memorial Evangelical Association Church, Rodney, 1933-1940; records, including baptisms, 1907-1968, and marriages, 1896-1967, of Rodney Evangelical United Brethren Church Circuit (includes Aldorough Evangelical Church Circuit), 1896-1968; records, including marriages, 1951-1968, of Calvary Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church, 1906-1968; board and committee minutes of St. John's United Church, Rodney, 1926-1968; records, including baptisms, 1922-1947, and marriages, 1897-1947, of Calvary United Church, Rodney (includes Rodney Methodist Church and St. John's United Church in Rodney), 1897-1986; board and committee records of West Lorne United Church (includes West Lorne Presbyterian Church), 1901-1982; women's group records of New Glasgow United Church, 1925-1971.
Calvary United Church (Rodney, Ont.)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 consists of records, including marriages, of Central Methodist Church, St. Thomas, 1887-1925; records, including baptisms, 1922-1959, marriages, 1914-1986, burials, 1937-1974, of Central United Church, St. Thomas (includes Central Methodist Church), 1918-1991
Central United Church (St. Thomas, Ont.)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.