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The fonds consists of records related to the history and development of the Brookdale Women’s Institute. Additionally, the fonds contains information and records pertaining to the communities in Southern Oxford County.

It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Brooksdale Tweedsmuir Volumes 1-5 (1820-2011)

Series 2: Women’s Institute Miscellaneous (1909, 1918, 1920, 1923-2017)

• Subseries A – Quilts
• Subseries B – Programs

Series 3: Scrapbooks (1984-2000)

Series 4: Tweedsmuir History (2001-2017)

• Subseries A – 2001-2002
• Subseries B – 2003-2004
• Subseries C – 2005-2007
• Subseries D – 2008-2009
• Subseries E – 2010
• Subseries F – 2011-2012
• Subseries G – 2013-2014
• Subseries H – 2015-2016
• Subseries I - 2017

Series 5: Brooksdale Minute Books (1922-2018)

The fonds consists of architectural drawings completed by architects, Thomas Cuthbertson and Joseph A. Fowler. They are arranged into the following series:

Series 1: House of Refuge
Series 2: Music Hall, Woodstock (Woodstock Opera House)
Series 3: Residence of Dr. D.R. Ross, Embro
Series 4: St. David’s Ward School, Woodstock
Series 5: Ayr Public School, Ayr

The fonds consists of records related to history and operation of the Embro Congregational Church. It is arranged into the following series:

    Series 1: Minutes
    Series 2: Financial

The fonds consists of two book catalogues belonging to Embro Public Library.

The fonds consists of cash books related to schools in the Village of Embro. They are arranged into the following Series:
Series 1: Embro Public School (1898-1954)
Series 2: Embro Continuation School (1936-1943)

The fonds consists of records related to the Sutherland family and some of Embro and it’s past. It is arranged into the following series and subseries: Genealogy, which consists of notes and charts about the marriages, deaths, births, and lives of the Sutherlands. Correspondence, largely letters to Florence from her parents, with a few outliers to Hector, and other documents. Diaries, which are the personal diaries of Florence Sutherland. Photographs, which include the house the Sutherlands lived in, and various family members. Newspapers, consists largely of clippings with vague mention of the Sutherlands, Embro history, and other locations around Zorra. Miscellaneous consists of various odds and ends that didn’t quite fit in with the other records but are still related to the Sutherlands, or the town of Embro.

The fonds is arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogy
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Diaries
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Newspaper clippings
Series 6: Miscellaneous

The fonds consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Miss Gunn, as well as an index compiled by the Oxford Genealogical Society.

The fonds consists of records related to the life of Irene May (nee Butson) Day. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Education
Series 2: Teaching
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Miscellaneous

The fonds consist of one scrapbook outlining the history of the Zorra Tug-of-War Team and returning their trophies to Oxford County in the 1970s.

The fonds consists of one diploma awarded to R.G. Marshall by the West Zorra and Embro Agricultural Society in 1939 for meritorious service to agriculture.