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Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - Special Events Committee series
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1982-1985
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh5 B2 F35-47
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh5 B2 F35-47
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1982-1985
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - Special Events Committee series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Under the direction of chairmen Colin and Joyce Ferguson, the Special Events Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show was responsible for organizing special plowing and other events at the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show held September 17-21, 1985 in the vicinity of St. Thomas, Ontario. The Special Events Committee was also responsible for administering the activities of the Bands and Parades Sub-Committee, which was charged, under the direction of Mike and Cheri Ferguson, with organizing the opening and closing parades at the Match and with recruiting bands to participate in the parades.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Special Events Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show, including minutes, reports, correspondence, draft budget and records relating to specific events organized by the committee, including the Ontario Plowmen's Association dinner, the antique tractor plowing event, the wardens and regional chairmen's plowing event, the barn dance and the wrap-up party. Series also includes correspondence and reports of the Bands and Parades Sub-Committee.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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