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- Alison Pearce fonds 4
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- Elgin County Newspaper Collection 7
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection 4
- Elgin Historical Society fonds 2
- Guy St-Denis Collection: Colonel Thomas Talbot Research Papers 3
- Harley Lashbrook Collection 1
- Ian D. Cameron Collection 1
- Municipal World Inc. fonds 1
- Reference Room Collection 1
Archie Vicary Retires N.Y.C.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives205240
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- November 29, 1952
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_2165
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_2166
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 52-2861 (2_2165)
- 52-2862 (2_2166)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_2165
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_2166
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- November 29, 1952
- Publication
- 2_2165 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal, on December 1, 1952, page nine.
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of men in attendance of the testimonial dinner to Archie Vicary, a retiring general foreman of the New York Central. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, December 1, 1952, page nine: “Completes Great Service Record.” 2_2165: “Taking leading roles in the testimonial dinner to H.A. (Archie) Vicary, retiring general foreman of the New York Central shops In St. Thomas, were, left to right: Charles Marple, assistant division master mechanic, who presented the service pin; William Jack, who headed up the committee that arranged and supervised the function held in the Colonel Thomas Talbot Room of the Grand Central Hotel; M. R. (Roy) Benson, Detroit, superintendent of machine power, M.C.R., who brought messages from the N.Y.C. president and vice-president; R. J. Vicary, Niagara Falls, Ont., Archie Vicary’s brother and a former well-known St. Thomas railroader; T. W. Cottrell, division master mechanic, St. Thomas, dinner chairman and master of ceremonies; and Thomas Pullen, another member of the arrangements committee who presented the gold wrist watch.”
- Name Access
- New York Central Railroad
- Subject Access
- Retirement
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh5 B2 2_248
Images
Articles relating to Colonel Thomas Talbot
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives197985
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1949-2003
- Accession Number
- 2018-35
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh7 B7 F9
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-35
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh7 B7 F9
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1949-2003
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Articles relating to Colonel Thomas Talbot, ca. 1949-2003.
- Name Access
- Talbot, Thomas
Chamber of Commerce Banquet For Korea Vets
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives203470
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- March 21, 1952
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_438
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_439
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 52-522 (2_438)
- 52-523 (2_439)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_438
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_439
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- March 21, 1952
- Publication
- 2_438 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on March 24, 1952, page eight.
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a group of Korean Veterans as guests of honor at a dinner hosted by the St. Thomas Chamber of Commerce. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, March 24, 1952, page eight: “Korean Veterans At Dinner.” 2_438: “Guests of honor at the St. Thomas Chamber of Commerce’s spring opening dinner in the Colonel Thomas Talbot Room, Grand Central Hotel, last Friday evening, are shown above, left to right: Corporal Frank Mills and Private Art Freeman, who were with the Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry in Korea; Major J.F. (Jack) Peterson, second in command of the Royal Canadian Regiment who was speaker at the dinner; Flying Officer Lloyd Swanton of the R.A.F.; Private, first class, Ron Hewitt, who served with the signal corps, United States Army; and Private Harold Roberts, who saw service in Korea with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.”
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B12 12_150
Images
Clachan Community Tweedsmuir History, Volume One
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives138212
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Clachan Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1890-1984
- Accession Number
- 2015-20
- Storage Location
- R3 S1 Sh6 B3
Suffolk, Eng-
land . However , the Scottish influence is shown in her place names of
Clachan, Kintyre and Crinan . History tells us that Al dborough and Dun-
wich townships suffered in development and popul a tion largely from the
fact tha t Colonel Thomas Talbot founder of the Talbot Settlement , re-
served those townships for settlers on his own l and grants . He was,
presumably , holding these government l ands for better prices than th-
ose at which he was authorized to sell government lots . I
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Clachan Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2015-20
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R3 S1 Sh6 B3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1890-1984
- Physical Description
- 2 volumes
- Scope and Content
- The first volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between ca. 1950 and 1984. The book covers the history of the Clachan Women's Institute and the Clachan village itself, as well as the Thames Valley Red Cross Society,Oak Grove School No. 10, the Aldborough Plains Baptist Church, the Knox Presbyterian Church at Kintyre, the Purcell-McLean Cemetery, the Fleming Pioneer Cemetery, and the village of Cashmere. Many valuable photographs grace the pages documenting the rich history of this community.
- Name Access
- Clachan Women's Institute
- Clachan (Ont.)
Documents
Clevite Chrismas Party
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives196599
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- December 22/23, 1950
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1301
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1302
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1303
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1304
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1305
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1306
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1307
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1308
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1309
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1310
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1311
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1312
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 50-2954 (1_1301)
- 50-2955 (1_1302)
- 50-2956 (1_1303)
- 50-2957 (1_1304)
- 50-2958 (1_1305)
- 50-2959 (1_1306)
- 50-2960 (1_1307)
- 50-2961 (1_1308)
- 50-2962 (1_1309)
- 50-2963 (1_1310)
- 50-2964 (1_1311)
- 50-2965 (1_1312)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1301
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1302
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1303
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1304
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1305
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1306
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1307
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1308
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1309
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1310
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1311
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_1312
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- December 22/23, 1950
- Publication
- 1_1308 was published in St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 26, 1950, page twelve.
- Physical Description
- 12 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Clevite Christmas party. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 26, 1950, page twelve: “She Meets Santa.” 1_1308: “While Arn Bates playing soft and appropriate music on the piano, Santa Claus did his stuff at the first Christmas of Clevite Limited, held at the Colonel Thomas Talbot Room of the Grand Central Hotel, Saturday afternoon., to the delight of well over one hundred little boys and girls. In the about photograph Santa is shown greeting Heather Lyons, aged two and one-half years, daughter of Mrs. Harvey Lyons, a Clevite employee, while Miss Pat Dempsey, nurse and chemist at the Clevite plant, smiles her approval.”
- Name Access
- Clevite Limited
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B9 9_311
Images
Colonel Thomas Talbot: Lake Erie Baron
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives184314
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1955
- Accession Number
- 2018-31
- Storage Location
- ECVF Box 275, File 3
- (M3 S1 Sh2 B7 F3)
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Creator
- Author: Fred Cyne Hamil
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-31
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- ECVF Box 275, File 3
- (M3 S1 Sh2 B7 F3)
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1955
- Publication
- The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited- Toronto, 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Name Access
- Talbot, Thomas
Colonel Thomas Talbot: Lake Erie Baron
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1281
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1955
- Storage Location
- REF 11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Creator
- Author: Fred Cyne Hamil
- Description Level
- Item
- Library Catalogue Number
- LH B TAL
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1955
- Publication
- The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited- Toronto, 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Name Access
- Talbot, Thomas
Correspondence from Colonel Thomas Talbot to Leslie Patterson
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives172454
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1812-1960
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F12
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1812-1960
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the follow items:
- -Copies of letters sent by Colonel Thomas Talbot to Leslie Patterson and Joseph Patterson, 1812-1842.
- -Handwritten notes on Elgin County Pioneer Museum letterhead dated January 29, 1960, listing original letters of Colonel Thomas Talbot that were donated to the Archives of Ontario by John E. Pearce.
- -Typed transcriptions of letters created by Colonel Thomas Talbot, which were donated to the Archives of Ontario.
- Name Access
- Patterson (family)
- Talbot, Thomas
- Subject Access
- Correspondence
Correspondence series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives172460
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1812-1960
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F11
- C4 Sh4 B7 F12
- C1 Sh3 B7 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B7 F11
- C4 Sh4 B7 F12
- C1 Sh3 B7 4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1812-1960
- Physical Description
- 0.4 cm of textual records
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Series contains original and copied correspondence relating to the Patterson family. Includes copies of letters sent to Leslie Patterson by Colonel Thomas Talbot (1812-1842), as well as a letter, dated July 25, 1830, addressed to Captain John Stephens from his nephew, Edward Matthews. Also includes a scrapbook, mostly containing copies of letters sent from Colonel Thomas Talbot.
- Name Access
- Patterson (family)
- Talbot, Thomas
- Subject Access
- Land Settlement
- Correspondence
Dutton Advance, 1952
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195408
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1952
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
theDominion core
wrk ee ky ment’s revenue cutter, Petrel, which
‘bouncing |was then at Port Stanley.
SUN.| ‘The celebration opened with a a-|
Durham Chronicle! vic banquet in the Grand Central
|Hotel. Twenty-eight townships, as
| returned by Colonel Thomas Talbot|
REFUSES TO ADVISE lin 1835, as constituting the Talbot|
FARMERS ON CROPS) coitiement, took part in the cele-|
Minister Gardiner| bration and erected the Tulbot)
doesn’t feel he can tell Canada’s| Settlement Cairn in Pinafore Park.|
farmers
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-020
- D-AD-021
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1952, digitized from D-AD-020 and D-AD-021. Note that the first issue, January 3, was mistakenly labelled as 1951 instead of 1952. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 1953
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195410
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1953
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
Ontario, January 15th, 1953 $2.50 Per Year in Canada
New Hog Marketing Plan
Commences Jan. 23rd
fee IReeve A. E. Roberts
cember compared to only 4,890,000
the year previous.
TALBOT ARRIVED
150 AGO
One hundred and fifty years ago! *t
this year, Colonel Thomas
Talbot
arrived in what is now South Dun-
wich and laid the groundwork
for
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should
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anniversary in
munity
were shocked to
Ward Three and allen, Oraword
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-021
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1953, digitized from D-AD-021. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 1954
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195434
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1954
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
Seed Fair Keres occurs ee Visors were’ preset atthe seers
: MeumAvern HATCHER | Purebred Guernsey and Holeein [I J MI. GALBRAITH PHONE 2w 4-0, Puher, St. Petersburg, Fia.;| Mf. Stalker was born in Dutton airs. Willam E. Clark and except| TH¢ Colonel Thomas Talbot Room | ing over by Worthy Ma-
SHELL FUEL OIL Emex, Ontario Herds, Hogs, Implements, Feeds. Sea ko three grandchildren. in 1885
and received his elementary!
for a period in which she did pec-|°f te Grand Centra Hotel wit LOSE INFANT onc ace
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-021
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1954, digitized from D-AD-021. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Elgin County Museum - Help from UWO Professor
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives59025
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C9 Sh1 B1 F10 10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C9 Sh1 B1 F10 10
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 15 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Two black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published March 7, 1958 with captions:
- "Aids Museum - Dr. Wilfrid Jury, of the University of Western Ontario and the area's leading authority on prehistoric lore, gave advice on displays to members of the Elgin Pioneer Museum committee on Thursday afternoon. Here Dr. Jury explains the origin of an iron axe head to Mrs. Roy McNeil, Dutton, left, and Mrs. Alex Lyle, Middlemarch. See Story Page 1, Second Section." (10a)
- "Colonel Talbot's Waistcoat - An unusual gift to the Elgin Pioneer Museum is a man's colorful waistcoat believed to have been worn by Colonel Thomas Talbot, celebrated founder of the Talbot Settlement. Curator Murray Wilson examines the striking vest of a style that was once the height of men's fashions. The waistcoat was included among a collection of valuable historic documents in the estates of the late Judge Charles O. Ermatinger and his granddaughter, the late Mrs. M. K. Moorhead, that have been presented to the Museum." (10b)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Elgin County Museum
- Elgin County Pioneer Museum
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Museums
Images
Elgin Historical Society fonds
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives9858
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1830-2016
- Accession Number
- 2002-25
- 2017-25
- Storage Location
- R7 S2 Sh4 B1-3
- R7 S2 Sh3 B1-2
- C4 Sh5
- M10e
- R15 S1 Sh1 B5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin Historical Society fonds
- Creator
- Elgin Historical Society
- Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute
- Ontario Historical Society
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2002-25
- 2017-25
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R7 S2 Sh4 B1-3
- R7 S2 Sh3 B1-2
- C4 Sh5
- M10e
- R15 S1 Sh1 B5
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1830-2016
- Physical Description
- 1.27 m of textual records
- 244 photographs : b&w and col.
- 73 photographs : b&w glass slides
- 33 photographic negatives
- 2 photographs : b&w metal plate negatives
- 1 drawing
- 6 postcards : b&w and col.
- 1 map
- History / Biographical
- The Elgin Historical Society was formed under its original name, the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute, on April 29, 1891, and was soon thereafter affiliated with the Ontario Historical Society.
- A separate women's section of the Institute, variously known as the Ladies' Auxiliary or Women's Historical Society, was formed in 1899 and continued in operation until the early 1920s.
- For many years the Institute maintained offices, a library and a small museum in the St. Thomas Court House, initially in the original building (destroyed by fire in July 1898), and subsequently, beginning in 1900, in the new Court House.
- Prominent early Presidents of the Institute included James H. Coyne, Registrar of Deeds for Elgin County, who also served as President of the Ontario Historical Society and the Royal Society of Canada; Judge C.O. Ermatinger; and long-time Elgin County Clerk K.W. McKay.
- The Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute collected, preserved and exhibited archival documents and artifacts, and sponsored numerous publications relevant to the history of Elgin County. At its regular meetings, Institute members presented essays on various subjects. In addition, the Institute raised funds to organize public events and to support the erection of numerous markers and memorials commemorating individuals and events significant in the history of Elgin County, including, in 1903, a four-day celebration in St. Thomas of the Talbot Centennial, marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Talbot Settlement by Colonel Thomas Talbot.
- As a result of declining membership, the Society ceased active operations in the early 1940s. At this time, the Society donated a significant portion of its collection of archival documents and artifacts to the Public Archives of Canada.
- The Elgin Historical Society was reconstituted in 1967 as a centennial project and has continued in operation since then. For many years, The Society maintained its library and archive of artifacts and documents in the Elgin County Pioneer Museum, St. Thomas.
- The Society's objectives as outlined in its constitution are to "bring together those people interested in the diverse heritage of Elgin County and St. Thomas...to research, retain, preserve and present historical data pertaining to the region...to solicit for preservation artifacts, arms, uniforms, military accoutrements, and other objects of historical interest...to solicit for preservation manuscripts, letters, documents, maps, books, pictures and other materials relating to the Society's objectives...to participate in public functions designed to perpetuate the memory of the past...[and] to publish and republish historical material with the aim of disseminating local history over a wide area."
- Custodial History
- The records composing the fonds were created, collected and maintained by the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute and the Elgin Historical Society. Records were stored as part of a much larger collection at the Elgin County Pioneer Museum, and moved to the basement of Yurek's Drug Store, St. Thomas after the Museum fire in 2001. Records were donated to the Elgin County Archives in December 2002.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Elgin Historical Society and its predecessor the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute. Fonds includes minutes of Society meetings; administrative records including annual reports, constitution and by-laws, financial statements, lists of officers, programmes, newsletters and membership lists; correspondence; photographs; records relating to the Society's involvement in the annual Talbot Anniversary Dinner; Society-sponsored publications; and papers and essays prepared for or presented to the Society. The Miscellaneous Records series principally consists of archival records relating to various Elgin County municipal officials, institutions and agencies, collected and maintained by the Society as part of its mandate to preserve and provide access to resources for the study of Elgin County history. Fonds also includes records of the Ontario Historical Society, collected and maintained by the Elgin Historical Society and the Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute, and an 1886 colour perspective map of the City of St. Thomas that includes a classified business directory and illustrations of prominent city buildings. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1. Minutes 2. Talbot Anniversary Dinner 3. Correspondence 4. Publications 5. Papers and Essays 6. Archives 7. Administration 8. Ontario Historical Society Records 9. Photographs 10. Miscellaneous Records
- Name Access
- Elgin Historical Society
- Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas and District Horticultural Society
- Balaclava Home and School Council
- Balaclava Mothers' Club
- Bell, James
- Munro, Colin
- Elgin County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society
- Thorman, George
- St. Thomas Waterworks
- Coyne, James Henry
- Alma College
- St. Thomas YWCA
- St. Thomas Model School
- Southwold Prehistoric Earthworks
- Accruals
- Accruals of minutes and administrative records expected.
Eva Cosens notebook - Notes on Colonel Thomas Talbot, Port Talbot and the Talbot Estate
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives169883
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1950s
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 S3 B7 F12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ron Payne Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2010-37
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 S3 B7 F12
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1950s
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Eva Cosens (nee Thompson) was born in Harrow, Ontario to the late Lennox and Silina Thompson. She was a long-term resident of West Lorne, Ontario with her husband, Sydney Cosens, and was known locally for writing articles on community and historical affairs. She often signed her articles with the initials "ETC". She died on May 29th, 1968 in St. Thomas and is buriend at the Colchester Cemetery in Harrow, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- File contains handwritten notes taken from Eva Cosen's notebooks about Colonel Thomas Talbot, the Talbot Estate, and the establishment of Port Talbot. Includes newspaper clippings.
- Name Access
- Cosens, Eva
- Talbot, Thomas
- Port Talbot (Ont.)
- Talbot Estate
Genealogy Research - Colonel Leslie Patterson
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives172299
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1850-2007
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Alison Pearce fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2017-06
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B6 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1850-2007
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Colonel Leslie Patterson arrived to the Talbot Settlement alongside John Pearce and his sisters, Mrs. Storey and Mrs. John Pearce, in 1803. During the War of 1812, Patterson participated as a Private and was later promoted to Captain and Colonel. He was known for allegedly saving Colonel Thomas Talbot's life during the war. He was married to Lydia Patterson and had nine children, including Mary, Hannah, Catherine Anne, Olivia, Frances, Lydia, Joseph and Walter. Leslie died in 1852 and is buried at St. Peter's Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- File contains records collected by Alison Pearce during her genealogical research project which informed the publication "The Pearces of Little Ireland". Includes photocopies and internet print-outs of reference material related to Colonel Leslie Patterson. Also includes the following original documents: -The Last Will and Testament of Leslie Patterson, circa 1850. -Handwritten note delineating the familial relationships in the Patterson, Wilson and Backus families. -Assignment of Mortgage, dated September 14, 1881, from Thomas Urquhart and William Joseph Moon, executors of the Last Will and Testament of Frances Patterson, to Alice S. Patterson. -Copy of the Last Will and Testamnet of Francis Patterson, Township of Dunwich, dated July 15, 1881. -Miscellaneous savings and shares certificates issued by the Canada Permanent Building and Savings Society to various members of the Patterson family, 1862-1888. -Transcription of grave marker for Leslie and Catherine Patterson, which reads "Underneath Lieth the Remains of Leslie Patterson, and Cathrine his Wife; the former died January 26th Aged 71 years; the latter February 19th 1800 Aged 62 Years."
- Name Access
- Pearce (family)
- Pearce, Alison
- Tyrconnell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Genealogy
Guy St-Denis Collection: Colonel Thomas Talbot Research Papers
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives176503
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Guy St-Denis Collection: Colonel Thomas Talbot Research Papers
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1907-2003
- Accession Number
- 2017-42
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh5 B4-6
- R12 S1 Sh6 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2017-42
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh5 B4-6
- R12 S1 Sh6 B3
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1907-2003
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- These papers were collected as part of a comprehensive study into the life and career of Colonel Thomas Talbot, the early nineteenth-century settlement agent whose authority extended over much of what is now southwestern Ontario. The research was conducted by Guy St-Denis in various archival repositories with the intention of publishing a new biography of Talbot. After the project was discontinued, the photocopied documents were preserved in hopes of being useful to future scholars of Talbot and his settlement. The files were compiled ca. 1985-2003.
- This collection is primarily comprised of secondary source material (reference copies). However, there are a number of original records, including newspaper articles, booklets and programmes, 1907-1977.
- Name Access
- Talbot, Thomas
Histories
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives8602
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Library fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1956-2002
- Storage Location
- R7 S3 Sh3 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Library fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S3 Sh3 B1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1956-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of various histories of the Elgin County Library and its predecessors the Elgin County Library Co-Operative and the Elgin County Library Association for the period 1936-1995. Series also includes histories of the development of Elgin County, including the role of Colonel Thomas Talbot, prepared c [198-?]-2002 by Elgin County Library staff.
- Subject Access
- Libraries
Hotel Keepers Annual Meeting
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives199854
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- November 20, 1951
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_3362
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 51-2896 (1_3362)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_3362
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- November 20, 1951
- Publication
- 1_3362 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on November 21, 1951, page eleven.
- Physical Description
- 1 negative: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ike Siskind, William Beverley, Charles D. Coyle, Mayor Allan Rush, Goldie Whitfield, Kenneth McFee and Hugh F. Labatt standing together in the Colonel Talbot Room of the Grand Central Hotel. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, November 21, 1951, page eleven: “Regional Meeting of Hotel Men Held in St. Thomas: Importance of Hotel Service Stressed at Local Gathering: Impressive Gathering of Men In Public Service Business With Their Wives Held In St. Thomas.” 1_3362: “Leading hotel men of Southwestern Ontario met here Tuesday afternoon and evening at a regional meeting to prepare for the annual meeting of the Ontario Hotel Association in Toronto in January and to elect a director for 1952 to represent Zone No. 5 on the provincial executive. Shown above, left right, are a group of those officiating and head table guests at the dinner served in the Colonel Thomas Talbot Room of the Grand Central Hotel, Tuesday evening: Ike Siskind, president of the London Hotel Association, chairman and toastmaster at the function; William Beverley, president of the Sarnia Hotel Association; Charles D. Coyle, M.P. for Elgin; Mayor Allan Rush of London, Ont.; Goldie Whitfield, president of the St. Thomas Hotel Association, who presided at the business meeting, Tuesday afternoon; Kenneth McFee, Sarnia, who succeeds Harry H. Hunter of the Grand Central Hotel, as director of Zone 5 for 1952; and Hugh F. Labatt, London Township.”
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Grand Central Hotel
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B11 11_304
Images
Kiwanis Club – Southerners Visit
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives205074
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- October 28, 1952
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1926
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1927
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1928
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 52-2613 (2_1926)
- 52-2614 (2_1927)
- 52-2615 (2_1928)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1926
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1927
- M7 S1 Sh1 B2 2_1928
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- October 28, 1952
- Publication
- 2_1926 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal, on October 29, 1952, page eleven.
- Physical Description
- 3 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of officials and employees of the Southern States Co-Operative of Richmond, Virginia, with leading figures from St. Thomas in the Grand Central Hotel as guests of the St. Thomas Board of Trade and the Kiwanis. Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 29, 1952, page eleven: “Cheery Visitors From Southern States.” 2_1926: “New bonds of friendship and co-operative understanding were made, Tuesday afternoon, when a party of officials and employees of the Southern States Co-Operative of Richmond, Virginia, visited in St. Thomas in connection with a week of international touring, and were guests of the St. Thomas Board of Trade and the Kiwanis Club at noonday luncheon in the Colonel Thomas Talbot Room of the Grand Central Hotel. They were addressed by Hon. F. S. Thomas, Ontario Minister of Public Works and Legislative representative for Elgin. “The visitors with the leading figures in welcoming them to St. Thomas and Elgin are shown above: “Front row, seated, from left: Hon. F. S. Thomas, Ontario Minister of Public Works; James T. Jenkins, Richmond, Va., assistant director of Southern Co-Operative publications; Garvey Dowler, acting president of the St. Thomas Kiwanis Club, holding the sugar-cured ham that the Southerners brought as a goodwill gift; M. M. Johns, Richmond, director of farm supply, purchasing and distribution for the Southern Co-Operative and in charge of the party; John W. Jolly, president of the St. Thomas Board of Trade and general manager of the Timken Roller Bearing Company; W. O. Jones, Suffolk, Va., Charles L. Huffman, Pikesville, Ky. “Second row, standing, from left: Mayor T. H. Currah, St. Thomas; Elmer Halliday, Hazard, Ky.; Hugh Cunningham, Richmond; Thomas W. Tuggle, Jr., Huntington, W.Va.; Don Tatterson, Clarksburg, W. Va.; Tommy Coombs, Morehead, Ky.; Don Fratz, Accident, Maryland; R. E. Curtis, eastern farm supply distribution supervisor; Warden R. K. McNeil, Elgin County; and Charles D. Coyle, M. P. for Elgin. “Top row, standing, from left: Warren McClelland, Lebanon, Ky.; J. H. Eller, Abington, Va.; O.D. McGlumphy, Roneys Point, W Va.; H. Richardson, Richmond, Va.; Hubert E. Lindley, Louisville, Ky.; Kenneth Bransetter, Edmonton, Ky.; Percy Hundley, Smithfield, Va., where the goodwill ham came from; Stanley Jeffries, Leitchfield, Ky.”
- Name Access
- Kiwanis Club of St. Thomas
- St. Thomas Board of Trade
- Currah, Thomas H.
- Grand Central Hotel
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh5 B2 2_173
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