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Application for Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Frederick Innes Ker
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives203280
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Carroll Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1968-1977
- Accession Number
- 2014-11
- Storage Location
- M5 S4 Sh3 B3 F5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Carroll Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2014-11
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S4 Sh3 B3 F5
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1968-1977
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Frederick Innes Ker lived on what was the former estate of Colonel Thomas Talbot.
- Scope and Content
- File contains a photocopy of the Application for Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Frederick Innes Ker, dated September 27, 1968. Ker died on September 24, 1977, and his will was dated September 27, 1968.
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
Aylmer Express, 1971
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives194871
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1971
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #21
Thochas Talbot il be un-{bor
veiled Saturday. September rich seisoertey, ve
Anglo-jactive
service in Holland and,
Plaque to Honor the Memory
Of Colonel Thomas Talbot
ithe next six years Talbot sawjinspecting
ed sien ne So
31 on the grounds of Elgin|before his twelfth birthday]
County Cocloe Welling-|he was
- Parallel Title
- East Elgin Tribune
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- A-EX-040
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #21
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Aylmer Express Newspaper issues for 1971, digitized from A-EX-040, with the following issues missing: August 4, 18, September 29, October 13, 20, November 3, 10, 21, December 1, 15, 22, 29. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Central Elgin Collegiate Institute - Mural
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives49077
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh1 B1 F2 197
- 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
- C8 Sh1 B1 F2 197
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published November 19, 1975 with caption: "School Opening Commemorated - Murals depicting life in Elgin County, painted by St. Thomas artist Clark McDougall were a highlight of the opening of Central Elgin Collegiate Institute 21 years ago today (November 19, 1954). Part of the mural is shown above. The mural covers three walls just inside the main entrance of the school and is about eight feet above the floor." Subjects depicted in the mural include Old English Church (Old St. Thomas Church), St. Thomas; the Great Western/Grand Trunk/Wabash Railroad trestle bridge across Athletic Park, St. Thomas; Port Stanley harbour; and the an unidentified rural residence, possibly either the Colonel Thomas Talbot Estate or Selldon, the McKay family residence at Payne's Mills.
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Schools
Images
Clachan Community Tweedsmuir History, Volume Four
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives138232
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Clachan Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1967-2010
- Accession Number
- 2015-20
- Storage Location
- R13 S2 Sh2 B2 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Clachan Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2015-20
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R13 S2 Sh2 B2 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1967-2010
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- The fourth volume of the Clachan Tweedsmuir History was compiled between 2007 and 2010. The book covers the activities of the Clachan Women's Institute as well as community residents and events. Also found in this book are newspaper clippings relating to the history of local churches and businesses. Includes records dating back to 1967.
- Name Access
- Clachan Women's Institute
- Clachan (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuir Histories
Documents
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
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
- 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
"Colonel Thomas Talbot"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1790
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- September 1976
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 18
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Library Catalogue Number
- (Rogers Cable No.: J 66)
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- September 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (00:56:31): col., VHS
- Scope and Content
- "Local History with George Thorman" series. The topic is "Colonel Thomas Talbot", with guest John Kerr.
Colonel Thomas Talbot Gravestone, Port Talbot
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives143493
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1970
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh1 B2 F29 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh1 B2 F29 5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Colonel Thomas Talbot Gravestone, circa 1970. Part of Port Talbot folder
- Name Access
- Port Talbot (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Cemeteries
Images
Colonel Thomas Talbot Gravestone, Port Talbot
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives143504
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1970
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh1 B2 F29 6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh1 B2 F29 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Colonel Thomas Talbot Gravestone, circa 1970. Part of Port Talbot folder
- Name Access
- Port Talbot (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Cemeteries
Images
Corinth Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume Two
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives134959
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Corinth Women's Institute fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1967-1980
- Storage Location
- R6 S1 Sh4 B3 F7
Highway, which Edward has a Life Lease on . Tobacco and corn have
been the chief crops in recent years .
�I .
COLONEL
THOMAS TALBOT
SOLDIER, COLONIZER
a :founder o:f UPPER CANADA
Colonel Thomas Talbot - Age 73
From portrait at
University of Western Ontario.
�Thomas Talbot was born in 1771 in County
Dublin
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Corinth Women's Institute fonds
- Creator
- Corinth Women's Institute
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S1 Sh4 B3 F7
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1967-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Custodial History
- Deposited in the Local History Collection at the Aylmer Library. Transferred by the Library to the Elgin County Archives, January, 2015.
- Scope and Content
- Corinth Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History, Volume Two (original).
- Name Access
- Corinth Women's Institute
- Subject Access
- Tweedsmuirs
Documents
Correspondence to Don Cosens regarding wine labels
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives193025
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2003
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Location
- M5 S2 Sh7 B3 F30
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S2 Sh7 B3 F30
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Correspondence to Don Cosens from Lisa Quai, regarding custom wine labels being created for the 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of Colonel Thomas Talbot on the Settlement. Includes samples of the labels.
Dutton Advance, 1970
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195455
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1970
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
Hurl
but of the Ontario Provincial Po-
ilae
i
| eatin standards. The
w wing,
rn | sections sod faralshings
Parkside neighborhood of $80,000
Colonel Thomas Talbot for be |will be paid forby funds ‘which
; | h
ayed
|$10,000 in cash donations
lup:.to.- Ontario Department of
cost of the
renovations in the
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-026
- D-AD-027
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1970, digitized from D-AD-026 and D-AD-027. Note that several pages of the January 28th issue is missing. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 1971
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195457
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1971
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
Mur-
ray Ford took over. However,
Walter continues as an active
member of the local Fire Depart-
ment.
George Thor-
tory of Western Ontario as Colonel
‘Thomas Talbot.”
The pioneers of Talbot's time
een much, ne mayor said,
fag Three)
John Fichter Was
Retired Melbourne
Tobacco Grower
John Fichter, of 13 Lyndale
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-027
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1971, digitized from D-AD-027. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 1972
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195458
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1972
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
1999, her home be- joo anniversary of the birth of |ee '71 that organizers decided to |graduation diploma the|
| from
ing at 223 Saas ee ne \Colonel Thomas Talbot, one of make it an annual affair and this |School of Nursing of the Public ee fall
of
the U.C. w year they pevaize:e0 Vn bigger |General Hospital
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-027
- D-AD-028
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1972, digitized from D-AD-027 and D-AD-028. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 1978
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195698
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1978
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-031A
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1978, digitized from D-AD-031a. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 1979
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives195699
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1979
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
signing of
the order of the ill-fated charge
of the Light Brigade back in
1854 during the Crimean War.
The document was signed by 4
nephew of Colonel Thomas
Talbot.
transport it to the accident
scene.
Other Donations
To date, some $20,000 has
been donated by Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs for such projects.
These
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-033
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #22
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 1979, digitized from D-AD-033. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Dutton Advance, 2000
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives196761
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Newspaper Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 2000
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #23
A “Victorian
Tea” is planned for
Saturday afternoon,
May 20th from 2-4 p.m.
Her Majesty Queen
Victoria will be in at-
tendance as well as
Colonel Thomas
Talbot and the King’s
Company. Other spe-
cial guests include the
Ontario Guild of Town
Criers,
a Black History
Story Teller and a tea
leaf reader
- Parallel Title
- Dutton Enterprise
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Item Number
- D-AD-053
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #23
- GMD
- records in electronic form
- Date Range
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 1 pdf file
- Scope and Content
- Dutton Advance Newspaper issues, 2000, digitized from D-AD-053, with the following issues missing: August 2, 9, and December 27. Contains a mix of articles and advertisements with images to illustrate ads.
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Digitized Newspapers
- Newspapers
Documents
Elgin County Court House - Exterior and Talbot Plaque
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives32088
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1975
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh4 B3 F5 9
- 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
- C8 Sh4 B3 F5 9
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published [197-?], showing the exterior of the Elgin County Court House, St. Thomas, Ontario, and the historic plaque erected on the Court House grounds commemorating the life of Colonel Thomas Talbot.
- Subject Access
- Elgin County Courthouse
- Newspapers
- Court Houses
- Justice
Images
Elgin County Library - Annual Report, 1979
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives20848
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Library fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979
- Storage Location
- R7 S3 Sh5 B2 F11
early settlement in Canada West.
Port Stanley and muc of the surrounding land was part of the original Talbot Land Grant. In
February 1803, Colonel Thomas Talbot, of Irish origins, received a land grant of 5, 000 acres
in Yarmouth township. The Grant conditions speci ied that he should place one settler
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Library fonds
- Creator
- Elgin County Library Board
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R7 S3 Sh5 B2 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979
- Scope and Content
- File contains annual report of the Elgin County Library, 1979. Report is dedicated to the architecture and history of Port Stanley and includes "Port Stanley's Heritage Discovered" by Linda Pearse, with illustrations by Robert Ballantine, and "The Selborne Grist Mill" by C. Teskey Smith.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Library
- Port Stanley (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Libraries
Documents
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
- M5 S4 Sh4 B5
- M5 S4 Sh5 B8
- 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
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- R7 S2 Sh4 B1-3
- R7 S2 Sh3 B1-2
- C4 Sh5
- M10e
- R15 S1 Sh1 B5
- M5 S4 Sh4 B5
- M5 S4 Sh5 B8
- 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.
- 86 cassettes
- 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 11. Audio-visual
- 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.