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Fonds consists of various records created and maintained by the Michigan Central Railway. Fonds includes:
•Record of locomotives through St. Thomas shops for classified and unclassified repairs, with history of individual rail motor cars, 1936-1959 (R6 S1 Sh3 B7)
•Locomotives repair/ maintenance logbook, with index, 1902-1936 (also contains a colour depiction of a standard type Grant locomotive, 1873 and a certificate dated November 13, 1962 attesting that R.G. Ray is a life member of Charity Lodge No. 5, B. of L.F. and E. (Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen) (R6 S1 Sh3 B7)
•Index of railway engines acquired and disposed of, 1880-1907 (R6 S1 Sh3 B7)
•In volume with running head "Record of Traveling Auditor's Reports and Bond of Agent", records of the certification/ qualification, discipline and dismissal etc. for Michigan Central Railway engineers and firemen, 1872-1909. Not indexed. (R6 S1 Sh1 B3)
•Records of the certification/ qualification, discipline and dismissal etc. for Michigan Central Railway engineers and firemen, 1872-1931. Indexed. (R6 S1 Sh1 B3)
•Record of enginemen, 1903-1930. Not indexed. (R6 S1 Sh3 B3)

Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records divided into the following series:
-Council series, 1998-2000
-Treasurer's series, 1998-2005

Fonds consists of records related to the history and operation of Port Burwell Provincial Park. It also includes operational records of Iroquois Beach Provincial Park, Beattie Access, Port Bruce Provincial Park and John E. Pearce Provincial Park. Fonds includes Superintendent’s Annual Park Reports, photographs, a history of Port Burwell, Park Information Guides, a plan of the park site, and a plan of one phase of land acquisitions in the park. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1. History 2. Photographs 3. Superintendent’s Reports 4. Information Guides 5. Park Plans

Fonds consists of the records created and/or maintained by the Quota Club of St. Thomas. Records are divided into the following series:
-Membership and attendance, 1960-2003.
-Financial record, 1996-2006.
-Minutes, February 10, 1997-November 13, 2000.
-Correspondence, ca. 1998-2001.

In September of 1966 several former students and teachers held a meeting to discuss plans for a grand reunion of all students and teachers to be held in 1967 before the building was demolished. Early in 1967, a commemorative coin was commissioned to celebrate the event as well as raise additional funds for the reunion. The reunion was held on August 4-7, 1967.
The fonds consists of photographs and correspondence, publicity materials, a commemorative coin and its casting, and a rubber stamp.
The fonds is organized into the following series:

1. Photographs and correspondence, 1966-1968
2. Publicity, 1967
   This fonds would be of interest to researchers studying the architecture of old schools, the actual reunion of St. Thomas Collegiate Institute in 1967, and the lives of students and former teachers that were associated with this school. The pictures provide a pictorial of what times were like for the school over the years and also the attendees at the reunion.

consists of minutes, photographs and financial records relating to the history and operation of the Terrace Lodge Municipal Home for the Aged in Aylmer, Ontario. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1. Minutes, 1988 2. Financial records, 1994-1995 3. Photographs, 1976-[199-?]

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Corporation of the Town of Aylmer, including minutes of council, by-laws, financial statements and tax records. The fonds is organized into the following series: 1. Treasurer's series, 1872-1995 2. Public School Board series, 1883-1906 3. Board of Health series, 1884-1994 4. Clerk's series, 1886-1994 5. Council series, 1887-1993

Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records divided into the following series:
-Council series, 1850-1997
-Treasurer's series, 1858-1997
-Clerk's series, 1866-1992

Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records divided into the following series:
-Clerk's series, 1873-1997
-Police Village of Rodney series, 1901-1907
-Council series, 1908-1993
-Treasurer's series, 1908-1993
-*The Rodney scrapbooks in the Clerk's series pre-date the incorporation of the Village of Rodney.

Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records divided into the following series:
-Police Village of West Lorne series, 1902-1907
-Council series, 1907-1997
-Clerk's series, 1908-1997
-Treasurer's series, 1908-1997
-*The Police Village of West Lorne records series pre-date the incorporation of the Village of Rodney.

This collection consists of historical records collected and maintained by Agnes Hepburn, a well-known Port Stanley historian. Also in this collection are essays written by her, primarily relating to the history of Port Stanley and area, as well as the research material which she used to write these essays. The collection is comprised of the following series:
-Historical records, ca. 1906-1957
-Research, 1947-1952
-Essays, 1949-1952

Photographs and letters written by Alma Pearl McMullin, a teacher at the Talbotville Public School (Southwold School Section Number 6) from 1939-1944. Fonds includes class photographs of her students, and letters that she sent to her boyfriend at the time, W.L. "Jimmy" Ward. At the time, teachers had to resign on marriage. Alma and Jimmy were married in July 1944.

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.

The 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:

1. Events: Documentation, including reports, clippings, and photographs, surrounding large or notable events in which the City Engineer or Engineering Department was involved.
2. 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.
3. 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 various records relating to the publication "Birds of Elgin County" (2004), including research materials, project proposal/ prospectus, correspondence and financial data, promotional materials and reviews, and two copies of the book - one unsigned softcover copy of the first printing, and one hardcover copy of the first printing signed by most but not all book contributors and members of the project coordinating committee.

Fonds consists of records relating to the administration of Bobier Villa, a long-term care facility for senior citizens in Dutton, Ontario, and of its predecessor institution, the Bobier Convalescent Home, Dutton, Ontario. Fonds includes financial statements and auditor's reports; administrative records including administrators' reports to the Board of Trustees, reports submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Health, and external consultants' reports; photographs; legal records; correspondence and miscellaneous records. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Miscellaneous, ca. 1947-2000 2. Correspondence, 1949-1997 3. Financial records, 1950-19953 4. Administrative records, 1962-19974 5. Legal records, 1969 6. Photographs, 1996-1998

Original deeds, mortgages and other documents relating to Lot 11, Concession 3, Yarmouth Township, 1816-1907.

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 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.

This 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.