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This fonds consists of the records generated by Ned Sparks and his family ([18--?]-1969), detailing his family history, life, and professional career. The majority of the records pertain to his childhood and family in St. Thomas, Ontario, as well as to his later professional career as a film star, comedian, and performer. Much of the records are believe to have been compiled by his sister, Gladys Sparkman.

The fonds is arranged into four series, including: postcards, publications, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
-Photographs, ca. 1860-ca. 1975
-Correspondence, 1904-1998
-Postcards, 1905-1928
-Newspaper clippings, 1936-1938

Collection is comprised of research material accumulated or created by Murray VanZanten during the course of his research into early financial institutions in St. Thomas and Elgin County. The records were collected and compiled ca. 2008-2010, and organized according to either general information about all the financial institutions in St. Thomas and Elgin County, or divided into subject files about each individual bank. The individual banks are:
-The Bank of the County of Elgin
-The Star Loan Company
-The Southwestern Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings and Loan Society
-The Southern Loan & Savings Company

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 created, collected and maintained by the Corporation of the Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich, including minutes of council, by-laws, financial statements and tax records. Fonds is organized into the following series: 1. Clerk's series, 1997-2002; 2. Treasurer's series, 1998-2000; 3. Council series, 1998-2001; 4. Dutton/Dunwich Hydro-Electric Commission series, 1998-2000; 5. Dutton Hydro Limited series, 2000

Fonds consists of records created by the Municipality of Central Elgin and is arranged into the following series:
-Clerk's series, 1997
-Council series, 1998-2016

Fonds consists of environmental reports and a draft by-law

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by Municipal World Inc. and its predecessor, Municipal World Limited in the course of operating a publishing and printing business in St. Thomas and Union, Ontario. Fonds includes records related to the administration of Municipal World Inc. and its predecessor, Municipal World Limited, including financial records, correspondence, returns to government, insurance records, advertising records, and agreements and contracts. Fonds includes records created, collected and maintained by K.W. McKay in his capacity as president of Municipal World Limited and editor of Municipal World magazine; Clerk of the County of Elgin; member of various civic, government and professional organizations and associations; consulting financial auditor; genealogist; and published author. Fonds includes records related to publications and prospective publications by W.S. McKay, including records related to copyright for the publications "The Line Fences Act", "The Collector's Guide", and "The Assessor's Guide", and manuscript notes related to the law of evidence and to instructions for holding meetings of directors, shareholders and others, possibly prepared for prospective publication. Fonds includes records created, collected and maintained by Michael J. Smither in the course of his work as editor and contributor to Municipal World magazine; as an author of books and articles; as a lecturer and public speaker; as a consultant on matters relating to municipal government; as a member of various professional associations and organizations; and as a member of various committees and task forces. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1. Administrative Records 2. K.W.McKay 3. W.S. McKay 4. Michael J. Smither

The collection includes school records created or collected by Morley Thomas, a student at School Section No. 6 (Talbotville School) and the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute. Contains reports, a certificate, and volumes of the student publication titled "The Collegian."

Collection consists of reports, documents, photographs and maps relating to the Talbot Estates, former home of Colonel Thomas Talbot, ca. 1925-1926. Collection is arranged into the following series:
-Documents series, 1925
-Reports series, 1925
-Photographs series, 1925
-Maps series, ca. 1926

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

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)

The McRae Family fonds contains records and photographs of the McRae, Cook, Matheson, Hodges, Gray and McKenzie families, which was maintained by Mary Belle Cook (nee McRae). These families were originally from Scotland and settled in the West Lorne, Aylmer and St. Thomas areas. The fonds is arranged into the following series:

Family Insurance Documnents series
Land Records series
Memorials and Obituaries series
Personal Records series
Photographs series

Fonds consists of four volumes of funeral ledgers from 1931 to 1947. Entries include information on residence, age of death, marital status, maiden name (if applicable), birth place, parents, cause of death and burial details. On occassion, invoices or notes are attached depending upon the services provided. Entries are in chronological order with an alphabetical index at the beginning of each ledger. Fonds also consists of seven photographs of Mr. McNeill, the funeral home and vehicles. Two photographs depict a ceremony for the "Unknown Airman" at Fairview Cemetery in Dunwich Township. This was a funeral and memorial service conducted for the body of an unidentified airman who perished while training at Fingal. He was never identified. A complete description of the ceremony and circumstances can be obtained in the August 26th, 1943 edition of the Dutton Advance. Fonds consists of the publication "A Tribute to Valour" published in December, 1945 at Dutton. As the dedication states: "The Citizens of the Township of Dunwich and the Village of Dutton present this Book as a Tribute to the Valour of their Sons and Daughters who served in World War II, 1939-1945." The publication provides biographies of those who served or died during the war.

The fonds consists of records and photographs related to the McKay family, including the Sells and Bower family lines. The material covers the planning of the Sells family reunion at Selldon, various financial records and legal documents, K.W. McKay’s career as County clerk, newspaper clippings, Elgin County history and numerous Bower family photographs. The material has been arranged into the following series: McKay Family Series Kenneth Weir (K.W.) McKay Series William McKay Series John McKay Series Sells Family Series Bowers Family Series Elgin County History Series Land Registry Office Documents Photographs of St. Thomas Miscellaneous Legal Documents Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Photographs Local Newspaper Clippings Non-Local Newspaper Clippings

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

Collection consists of photographs, newspapers and other documents collected by Maggie Moore, predominantly relating to Shedden, Ontario.

Fonds consists of correspondence received by Robert MacKenzie, primarily in response to an ad for farm labourers/managers which was posted in the Sunday Post (Scotland) on his behalf by John McGregor on February 13th, 1949. The original ad read:

"Here's A Chance! I am an emigrant who has been in Canada only a few weeks. A new store for feeding stuffs opened here the other day. They gave a free dance and 80 prizes. While I was at the dance I was approached by a farmer. He asked if I knew a young couple experienced in farming. He has two farms and would like to find a fully experienced young couple to run an 83-acre one. The farmer's name is -Robert Mackenzie, Edgeware Road, St Thomas, Ont., Canada -John McGregor, Dutton, Ontario."

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Lyons Women's Institute, Lyons, Ontario. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1. Minutes, 1920-1979 2. Tweedsmuir History, 1908-1977 3. Miscellaneous, [195-?]-1990

Fonds consists of three accounts ledgers created and maintained by the Lyons Cheese Manufacturing Company in Lyons, Ontario.

Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Women's Art Association of Canada - St. Thomas Ontario Branch/ Lyceum Club and Women's Art Association of Canada - St. Thomas Ontario Branch, including minutes of meetings; copies of annual event programmes and annual reports; financial statements and account books; lists of members; collections of newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting Branch activities; and samples of papers presented at meetings by Branch members. The fonds also contains records created by the Women's Art Association of Canada/ Lyceum Club and Women's Art Association of Canada and collected and maintained by the St. Thomas branch. Fonds comprises the following eleven series: Fonds is comprised of the following series: Minutes, 1895-1986 Annual Programmes, 1900-1990 Annual Reports, 1937-1988 Financial Statements, 1919-1987 Membership Lists, 1895-1980 Newspaper Clippings, 1920-1988 Scrapbooks, 1921-[1983?] Meeting Presentations, 1910-1971 Cash Books, 1895-1931 Accounts Journals, 1905-1929 Miscellaneous Records, [1887?]-1991