Museum / Archive

Elgin County Archives

Part Of

Stollery Studio fonds

Description Level

Item

Item Number

49-2427 (2_1931)

49-2428 (2_1932)

49-2429 (2_1933)

49-2430 (2_1934)

49-2431 (2_1935)

49-2432 (2_1936)

49-2433 (2_1937)

49-2434 (2_1938)

49-2435 (2_1939)

49-2436 (2_1940)

49-2437 (2_1941)

Accession Number

2018-57

Storage Room

Archives 4th Floor Storage Room

Storage Location

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1931

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1932

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1933

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1934

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1935

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1936

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1937

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1938

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1939

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1940

M7 S1 Sh2 B2 2_1941

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

August 24, 1949

Publication

2_1935, 2_1932, and 2_1941 were published in St. Thomas Times-Journal on August 27, 1949, page one.

2_1935 was posted on Facebook: January 27, 2022.

Physical Description

11 negatives: plastic

Scope and Content

Photographs of local girls attending a leadership camp at Tyrconnell. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal on August 27, 1949, page one: “At Elgin County Camp for Training of Camp Leaders at Tyrconnell.” 2_1935: “There are no desk at the Elgin County girls’ leadership camp at Tyrconnell. The rolling ground provides the classroom seats at the sky the roof. Miss Laura Mason (second from the left) are here conducting a period in camp health instruction. From left to right, the group includes: Mrs. H.J. Thurlow, camp director; Miss Mason, Mrs. C.S. Stewart, Beverley Draper, Anne Hathaway, Robin Futcher, Amy Jane McLandress (wallacetown), Carol Lee Knight, Marilyn Barnum (Aylmer), Doreen Salt. In the centre is six-year-old Andrea Stewart, who accompanied her mother to the camp and who take a shore in camp duties as well as enjoying its privileges; and Joanne Scarlett, one of the camp leaders.” 2_1932: “This group busy tidying up their tent includes Carol Lee Knight of St. Thomas, at the clothesline; Mary Jane McLandress, of Wallacetown, and Robin Futcher, of Middlemarch, making up the bed roll.” 2_1941 “While the camper attended service at nearby St. Peter’s Anglican Church on Sunday morning, their own vesper, service was held in this sylvan “chapel” cleared at the edge of the lake bank overlooking the lake. Gathered here for a few moments of quiet meditation are Carol Lee Knight, Robin Futcher, Beverley Draper, Marilyn Barnum, Doreen Salt, Mary Jane McLandress and Joanne Scarlett, with Mrs. Thurlow as leader.”

Name Access

Tyrconnell (Ont.)

Related Material

Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B7 7_210

Website / Street View Notes

Link directs to a Facebook page featuring the image 2_1935.

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