The collection consists of photographs created by Henry G Hines (Harry) and William H. Hines (Bill) over the course of the operation of his photographic studio in London from 1906-1929. The collection includes original glass plate photographic negatives commissioned by various City of London affiliates, local businesses, private individuals and the photographer's personal photographs. There are images of London with focus in east London mainly of industry, manufacturing and commercial for promotion and Port Stanley scenes. Also included are prints, and copies of Hines' photographs collected by Alan Noon and copy prints and digital images of all photographs created by Noon and given as part of the donation.
Hines StudioThis 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
Fonds consists of one volume including Official Board minutes of Orwell Methodist Circuit (includes Orwell, Crossley-Hunter Church in South Dorchester Township, Kingsmill); contribution records of Lyon's Methodist Church, 1922-1925; contribution records of Lyon's United Church, 1925-1930
Lyon's United Church (Ont.)This fonds is comprised of records relating to the Knox Presbyterian Church in Belmont. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
-Annual Reports, 1907-2003
-Cradle Roll, 1938-1980
-History, 1939-1997
-Sunday School, 1940-1976
-Photographs, ca. 1950
-Programmes, 1997-2004
Fonds contains records created by the Elgin County District Women's Institute (East and West Elgin). Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Meeting Minutes series, 1907-2004
Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by Elgin Co-Operative Services, [191-?]-2007. Fonds is organized into the following series:
Photographs, [191-?]-1988
Miscellaneous Records, 1940-1984
Minutes, 1943-1998
Financial Statements, 1944-1995
Elgin Fruit Growers' Co-Operative Records, 1945-1961
Annual Reports, 1945-2007
Bond Issues, 1965-1975
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.
Smith, WilfredFonds consists of Trustee/Official Board minutes of West Union Mission, St. Thomas; records, including marriages, 1942-1973, of St. Andrew's United Church, St. Thomas, 1926-1986
St. Andrew's United Church (St. Thomas, Ont.)Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Shedden Women's Institute, including meeting programs and minutes, scrapbooks, and Tweedsmuir Histories.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Minutes series, 1913-2000
-Scrapbooks series, 1963-2006
-Activities series, 1948-1963
-Tweedsmuir History series, 1948-2010
Fonds consists of the Tweedsmuir History compiled by the Talbotville Women's Institute.
Talbotville Women's InstituteFonds consists of records created and maintained by the Kingsmill-Mapleton Women's Institute. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Meeting Programs series
-Minutes series
-Photographs series
-Tweedsmuir History series
Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Talbot Chapter, Dutton.
Fonds is organized into the following series:
-Minutes, 1914-1928
-Miscellaneous historical information, ca. 1916-1928
-Correspondence, 1917-1928
Fonds contains records created or collected by Kenneth McIver Williamson, who owned and operated local businesses and was also involved in municipal politics, serving as Reeve, Town of Aylmer from 1952-1956 and Warden, County of Elgin in 1954. Includes correspondence, prepared speeches, photographs, an architectural plan and letterhead.
Williamson, Kenneth M.Fonds consists principally of black and white portrait photographs of First World War soldiers, collected and maintained by Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion. Most but not all portrait subjects had a personal or familial connection to the Village of Rodney, the Township of Aldborough and/or the West Elgin region. Fonds also includes two black and white photographs showing members of the 91st Overseas Battalion, C.E.F., assembling and marching in Rodney, Ontario, February 25, 1916. Fonds also includes a typescript note, 1989, on Branch letterhead, concerning the photographs previously framed and displayed at the Clachan Hall.
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
Collection consists of images of a diary kept by Private Robert Alfred Brown of the 91st Battalion during World War One and of the memorial plaque his family received upon his death.
Brown, Robert AlfredFonds consists of records and research files on schools in East Elgin compiled by Evelyn McNeil for a 2006 publication entitled "Evolution of Schools: From Quill to Computer". This fonds is comprised primarily of secondary sources, but also includes some original records relating to the teaching career of Mrs. McNeil.
McNeil, Evelyn, 1935-Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Middlemarch Women’s Institute, including a history of the early activities of the Women’s Institute, newspaper clippings, meeting programs, meeting reports, publications, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, and the Tweedsmuir History of Middlemarch.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
-Minutes series, 1918-1993
-Photographs series, 1930-1993
-Tweedsmuir and scrapbook series, ca. 1945-1993
-Activities series, 1954-2005
This fonds comprises records created and/or maintained by Garnet Trevithick during his time as teacher and principal at St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, and during his personal life. Fonds is divided into the following series:
-Personal records series, 1919-1993.
-Photographs series, ca. 1932-1989.
-General History series, 1965-1988.
-Publications series, 1991.
Fonds consists of the full-range of corporate records of the Village of Belmont as well as its predecessor the Police Village of Belmont. It is divided into the following series:
-Police Village of Belmont series, 1919-1962
-Treasurer's series, 1958-1997
-Council series, 1961-1997
-Clerk's series, 1961-1997
-*A Debenture Register in the treasurer's series pre-dates the incorporation of the Village of Belmont.