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

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 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 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.

Fonds is comprised of records created and/or maintained by members of the Burdick and Chute families of Malahide Township. The records are divided into the following series:
-Correspondence, 1849-1970.
-Genealogical records series, ca. 1879-1972.
-Miscellaneous records series, 1897-1923.
-Photographs series, 1898-ca. 1970.

Fonds consists of the minutes of the Dutton 75 Women's Institute meetings as well as financial information and membership lists.

This fonds consists of records created and/or maintained by the Elgin Photographic Heritage Society. It is comprised of the following series:
-Photographs, ca. 1920-1996.
-Historical Information, 1975-ca. 1993.
-Correspondence, 1993-2000.
-Membership, ca. 1993-January 2004.
-Minutes, 1994-2003.
-Policies and Procedures, ca. 1994-1999.
-Publications, ca. 1994-2000.
-Financial records, 1995-2002.
-By-laws, ca. 1996-1997.

This fonds consists of the records created by the Trustees of the Malahide/ Yarmouth/ South Dorchester Township Union School Section No. 15/13/21 (Kingsmill School).
Includes the following series:
-Financial records, 1901-1954
-Minutes, 1901-1964

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 consists of records created by the Freemasons St. David's Lodge No. 302, St. Thomas. The records have been divided into the following series:
-Minutes series, January 18, 1940-June 19, 2008.
-Membership and Attendance series, February 15, 1951- May 15, 2008.
-General History series, September 1998.

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.

The Aylmer Centennial Garden and Horticultural Society fonds consists of 3 scrapbooks, and associated negatives, encompassing the years 1972-1997, that document the Society's meetings, activities, events, and members.

Fonds contains notebooks and textbooks used by Earl A. Rawlins during his time at the RCAF Technical Training School in St. Thomas, Ontario, circa 1939-1945. The notebooks contain handwritten notes and diagrams.

Collection contains material collected or created by Evelyn Moore and her husband Frank C. Moore, with records mostly relating to Belmont, Ontario. There is an emphasis on records from the Yarmouth and Belmont Agricultural Society records, which were likely acquired by Frank C. Moore during his tenure as the society's President. Fonds is arranged into the following series:

1. Photographs
2. Yarmouth and Belmont Agricultural Society records
3. Manuscripts
4. Belmont Telephone Co-Operative Association Limited records
5. Knox Presbyterian Church records
6. Miscellaneous historical records

Collection contains several thousand items, including correspondence, photographs, personnel records, financial records, subscription books, lease agreements, maps, plans and drawings from a number of railway companies that operated in Elgin County. This includes the Michigan Central Railroad, the London & Port Stanley Railway, the Pere Marquette Railway Company, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Wabash Railroad Company, Canada Southern, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, the Canadian National Railways, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Consolidated Rail Company (Conrail), as well as many of their subsidiary companies. There is a strong emphasis on the Michigan Central Railroad and the London and Port Stanley Railway.

The collection provides insight into the day-to-day interactions between local businesses, residents and the railway companies that were operating in Elgin County and increases our understanding of the county’s economic development over time. The collection documents changes in the county’s built environment as a result of the development of railway in the area, and illustrates the evolution of railway technology from early steam engines to electrified and high-speed rail.

The collection also includes personal records belonging to Ken Verrell, reflecting his role in various local organizations and his interest in railway history.

The collection is arranged into the following series:
-Photographs series
-Postcards series
-Michigan Central Railroad Records series
-Canada Southern Railway Records series
-Pere Marquette Railway Records series
-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Records series
-London and Port Stanley Railway Records series
-Grand Trunk Railway Records series
-Wabash Railroad Records series
-Canadian Pacific Railway Records series
-Canadian National Railways Records series
-Conrail Records series
-Miscellaneous Railways Records series
-General Railway History series
-St. Thomas Railway History series
-Labour Unions Records series
-Elgin Photographic Heritage Society Records series
-Elgin County History series
-St. Thomas History series
-Personal Records and Memberships series
-Miscellaneous Records series
-Newspaper Clippings series
-Audio-Visual series

Fonds consists primarily of photographs of the Lemon family and their friends in the West Lorne vicinity. There are also many photographs documenting the Lemon's Store in West Lorne. Fonds has been divided into the following series:
-Photographs, 1881-1979
-Historical Research records, 1904-1981
-Correspondence, 1917-1979

The fonds consists of the records kept by the Empress Chapter #277 of the Order of the Eastern Star. It includes minute books that also contain a record of the constitution of the chapter and a list of past members.

The fonds is arranged into the following series:

1. Minutes series, 1953-1980

Fonds consists of minute books (1937-1982), by-laws (1938-1983), and financial records (1996-1999) relating to the West St. Thomas District No. 49, No. 9, and No. 18 Rebekah Lodges. The fonds consists of the following series:

1. Minutes
2. By-laws
3. Financial records

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.