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Harley Lashbrook research files: Biographies/ Family histories
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979-2002
- Accession Number
- 2016-09
- 2018-39
- Storage Location
- W8 B5 F2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2016-09
- 2018-39
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W8 B5 F2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979-2002
- Series
- Harley Lashbrook Collection - Research files series
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Photocopied and original newspaper articles, compiled or created by Harley Lashbrook, of biographies of important people in the history of Aldborough Township/ prominent citizens. Compiled 1979-2002. Articles include:
- -"Pioneer Women Knit Mitts for Men Who Laid Rails for Canada Southern Railroad: Mrs. Eliza J. Person Reveals a Wealth of Pioneer Incidents From Her Storehouse of Memories; member of Yarmouth's Taylor Family", August 1, 1952.
- -"Irving Thomas one of five chosen in '37 to organize TCA", The West Lorne Sun, December 21, 1974.
- -Programme for the 25th Anniversary, Rodney and West Lorne Kiwanic Clubs and Honour Night: Dr. Robert Bandeedm President Canadian National Railways, West Elgin Secondary School, West Lorne, Ontario, April 11, 1975".
- -"A most unforgettable character: Alex "Doc Shack" Sim", The Rodney Mercury, September 27, 1979.
- -Obituaries for Patrick Doyle (founder of the Aldborough Old Boys Association), Edward J. Doyle, David Hoy, George Deshaw, Duncan Doyle, Mrs. Fred Deshaw, and Edward Doyle.
- -a letter from Vera Sim Farrow (Mrs. H.T. Farrow) to Lynn Lashbrook, regarding some photographs that she sent to him, November 20, 1984.
- -Biography of James Campbell, who died in 1892.
- -"Old Mrs. Ritchie".
- -Correspondence and notes on the Mistele family, 1985.Also, two original obituaries for J. Jacob Mistele, 1855-January 20, 1932; and Mrs. J.J. Mistele, 1861-1953.
- --"Clint Campbell 90 Tuesday, has many recollections", 1989.
- -Correspondence with Barbara Axford, regarding the Tansley family, 2002.
- -photocopies articles (no date) relating to Mrs. Katie Young, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Mckillop's golden wedding anniversary, W. Lawrence Kruppe, Mrs. C. Tunks, and Lydia Ripley.
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