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Elgin County House of Industry/ Elgin Manor fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County House of Industry/ Elgin Manor fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- moving images
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1876-2004
- Accession Number
- 2001-04
- 2003-27
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh2
- R4 S1 Sh3 B1
- W6 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County House of Industry/ Elgin Manor fonds
- Creator
- Elgin County House of Industry
- Elgin Manor
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2001-04
- 2003-27
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh2
- R4 S1 Sh3 B1
- W6 B2
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- moving images
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1876-2004
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records
- 174 photographs : b&w and col.
- 33 photographs : col. slides
- 2 maps
- 1 videocassette
- History / Biographical
- In accordance with the provisions of By-Law Number 269 enacted June 18, 1875, Elgin County Council authorized the purchase for $3,000 of fifty acres of land in Lot 39 North on Talbot Road East, two miles west of St. Thomas in the Township of Southwold from John Cole for the purpose of establishing an "industrial farm" and "House of Industry and Refuge." By-Law Number 276, enacted December 30, 1875, appointed the following officers to administer the House of Industry and Refuge: William McKay, County Clerk, Inspector; Michael Hunsberger and his wife Sarah Ann Hunsberger, respectively Keeper and Matron; Leonard Luton, Physician. By-Law Number 276 also established rules for inmates, including provisions forbidding passage "beyond the limits of the Industrial Farm unless by the permission of the Keeper" and authorizing "punishment", including "solitary confinement" for rules violations. Attendance by inmates at Sunday religious services was compulsory: those absent without permission were subject to "prompt and severe punishment."
The House of Industry and Refuge for the County of Elgin opened in February, 1876, making Elgin one of the first counties in Ontario to establish such a facility. The original building was enlarged in 1891 with the construction of a third wing, which was used to house the female inmates. Initially the facility housed 32 inmates, increasing to 50 by 1903 when an additional 50 acres of adjoining land were purchased at a cost of $4,250. Residence in the County of Elgin was usually required for admission, but "transients requiring immediate attention" were occasionally committed as well. Admissions were subject to the approval of the Inspector and a committee of three appointed annually by County Council. Inmates were committed for various reasons, including "idiocy", destitution, sickness, old age, physical disabilites such as paralysis and blindness, "intemperance" (drunkenness), homelessness (vagrancy), and pregnancy out of wedlock. Orphans and children whose parents were in jail or had abandoned them were also admitted. Inmates participated in maintaining the building, working the land, and making most of their own clothing and bedding. Expenses were partially offset by the sale of farm produce. In 1903, the farm produced, among other crops, 24 bushels of wheat, 50 tons of hay, 510 bushels of oats, 266 bushels of barley, 70 barrels of apples, 40 hogs, 22 turkeys, 100 chickens and 1,249 pounds of butter.
In 1946 the facility was renamed the Elgin County Home. By 1954 the facility was a provincially certified home for the aged known as Elgin Manor. In 1962, it became apparent that the 86-year-old building was obsolete. In January 1963, Elgin County Council approved plans to build a new 90-bed facility on the same site, at an estimated cost of $650,000. Following the demolition of the original building, construction began on July 17th, 1963, and residents were transferred to the new 90-bed capacity Elgin Manor on May 26, 1964. Elgin Manor was enlarged by the construction of a 60-bed addition, which opened in October 1969. The 1964 building was replaced by a new facility, also on the same site, in August 2003.
- Custodial History
- Most of the fonds was transferred directly from Elgin Manor.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records relating to the operation of the Elgin County House of Industry and Elgin Manor Home for the Aged.
Elgin County House of Industry records include visitors' registers, 1876-1964; registers of inmates, 1876-1947; time books, 1894-1945; physician's books, 1890-1953; photographs of the building; and miscellaneous documents including a commitment certificate.
Elgin Manor records include visitors' registers, 1964-1989; daily journals, 1984; records of staff and committee meetings, 1980-1989; 25th Anniversary material, 1989; photographs and slides of the building and staff; and copies of the facility's newsletter.
Fonds is organized into the following series:
1. Elgin County House of Industry
2. Elgin Manor
- Name Access
- Elgin County House of Industry
- Elgin Manor
- Subject Access
- Homes for the Aged
- Access Restriction
- Access to records identifying patients/inmates is restricted subject to provisions of the Ontario Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act.
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Where In Elgin? - Elgin County Archives
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2015
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2015
- Physical Description
- mp4 file
- Scope and Content
- Video featuring the Elgin County Archives produced for the Elgin County Tourism & Economic Development "mystery tour" feature "Where In Elgin?"
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A-Channel News relating to the Elgin County Archives
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2008
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 89
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video
- Scope and Content
- A collection of news broadcasts related to the Elgin County Archives.
- Including:
- -Elgin County Sesquicentennial celebrations: April 15, 2002
- -Times-Journal story: June 5, 2003
- -House of Industry story: August 23, 2004
- -West Lorne Fire story: February 8, 2006
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Elgin County Heritage Minutes
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2009
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 92
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 1 dvd disk
- Scope and Content
- DVD disk containing Elgin County Heritage Minutes series, prepared July 2009 by Tony Bendel for Rogers Cable Television. Series of one-minute vignettes on various topics relating to the history of Elgin County for broadcast on Rogers Community Access Cable Television.
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Elgin County Song
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- ca. 1995
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 88
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- ca. 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette tape
- Scope and Content
- VHS video cassette tape featuring students of McGregor Public School, Aylmer, performing the "Elgin County Song", [199-?].
- Name Access
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Schools
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"Interview with Mr. Bob Moore, Retired Elgin County Engineer"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- July 2005
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Creator
- Dog and Pony Productions
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 75
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- July 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Mr. Bob Moore, former County Engineer and Road Superintendant. Mr. Moore was hired by Elgin County in January of 1957 as the first full-time engineer employed by the County. Mr. Moore discusses his career with the county which spanned nearly 40 years. Includes the following topics: development of the County road system, road and bridge projects, County buildings, County geography and County Councillors and staff.
- The interview was conducted by Elgin County Archivist Brian Masschaele.
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County Exhibits Committee - Video
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1985
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh5 B3 F42
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh5 B3 F42
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1985
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - County Exhibits Committee series
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette
- 1 dvd disk
- Scope and Content
- VHS videocassette containing videorecording (approximately 15 minutes duration) and dvd transfer created June, 2009 featuring exhibit booths and exhibitors in the County Exhibits tent at the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show held September 17-21, 1985 in the vicinity of St. Thomas, Ontario. Exhibits shown include those of the following organizations and institutions: County of Elgin, Township of Malahide, Township of Yarmouth, Township of Aldborough, Township of Dunwich, Village of Dutton, Village of Port Burwell, St. Thomas Public Library, Elgin County Library, Alma College, Victorian Order of Nurses, Canadian Cancer Society, YMCA/YWCA, Elgin-St. Thomas Health Unit, Elgin County Catholic Schools, Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools, Elgin County Wheat Committee, Elgin County Soybean Producers, Aylmer Fair, Middlesex-Elgin Cream Producers, Elgin Fruit Growers Association, Elgin County Milk Committee, Middlesex-Elgin Milk Producers, St. Thomas Chamber of Commerce, Elgin County Women's Institute, St. Thomas Police, St. Thomas Fire Department, Elgin County Board of Education, St. John Ambulance, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, Elgin County Beekeepers Association, 4-H Clubs of Ontario, Junior Farmers Association of Ontario, Elgin-Lambton-Middlesex Jersey Cattle Club, Elgin County Holsteins, Elgin Goat Club.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - County Exhibits 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
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1983-1985
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh5 B1 F49-55
- R5 S2 Sh5 B3 F42
- 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 B1 F49-55
- R5 S2 Sh5 B3 F42
- GMD
- textual records
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1983-1985
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - County Exhibits Committee series
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- 1 videocassette
- History / Biographical
- Under the direction of chairman Glen Walters, the County Exhibits Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show was responsible for organizing an exhibition featuring Elgin County agricultural and rural organizations at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show held September 17-21, 1985 in the vicinity of St. Thomas, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created, collected and maintained by the County Exhibits Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show. Series includes minutes, correspondence, lists of committee members and exhibitors, plans of exhibit space, draft guidelines and budget, and a videorecording featuring exhibit booths and exhibitors in the County Exhibits tent.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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"Bill Stewart: Botany" and "Hugh Sims: Ghost Towns of Elgin"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 (Originally broadcast in late 1970's)
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
Elgin Manor series
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County House of Industry/ Elgin Manor fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1963-2003
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh2 B1
- R4 S1 Sh2 B4
- R4 S1 Sh2 B6-7
- R4 S1 Sh2 B4-5
- R4 S1 Sh3 B1
- W6 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County House of Industry/ Elgin Manor fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh2 B1
- R4 S1 Sh2 B4
- R4 S1 Sh2 B6-7
- R4 S1 Sh2 B4-5
- R4 S1 Sh3 B1
- W6 B2
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1963-2003
- Series
- Elgin County House of Industry/ Elgin Manor fonds- Elgin Manor series
- Scope and Content
- This series is comprised of records pertaining to Elgin Manor, including:
- -correspondence, 1963-1989
- -register of visitors, 1964-1989
- -invitations and programmes, 1969-2003
- -daily journals (staff), 1974
- -resident registers and admission list, 1974-2001
- -newsletters, 1975-1996
- -photographs and slides, 1975-2003
- -minute of staff and committee meetings, 1980-1988
- -booklet: "Elgin Manor: The First 25 Years", 1989
- -financial records, 1990's
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"Elgin Military History"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- October 1979
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B3
"Elgin Military Museum"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- October 1978
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B3
"Elgin Military Museum- Lt. Brian Sim, Lt/Col. E.G. King"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 (Originally broadcast 1978-1979)
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
"Ghost Towns of Elgin"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- ca. late 1970s
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
"History of Elgin Handles"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1979
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
"History of Raven's Shoes" and "Harvey Jay- History of Elgin Handles"
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 (Originally broadcast in 1979)
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
Ontario Visual Heritage Project: Elgin
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2005
- Storage Location
- W6 B9
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 106
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B9
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video
- Scope and Content
- Interviews, re-enactments and hundreds of historical photographs and films, covering the following topics:
- -The Attawandaron
- -Colonel Thomas Talbot
- -Mahlon Burwell
- -The War of 1812
- -The Quakers
- -Dr. Duncombe and Dr. Rolph
- -The Rebellion of 1837
- -The Olga
- -The Black Frost
- -The Rise and Fall of the Railway
- -Alma College
- -The Death of Jumbo
- -The Hendershott Murder
- -Mitchell F. Hepburn
- -Port Stanley & The Stork Club
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Ontario Visual Heritage Project: Elgin
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2005
- Accession Number
- 2012-16
- Storage Location
- W6 B9
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 100
- Accession Number
- 2012-16
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B9
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (02:00:00): col., VHS
- Scope and Content
- Interviews, re-enactments and hundreds of historical photographs and films, covering the following topics:
- -The Attawandaron
- -Colonel Thomas Talbot
- -Mahlon Burwell
- -The War of 1812
- -The Quakers
- -Dr. Duncombe and Dr. Rolph
- -The Rebellion of 1837
- -The Olga
- -The Black Frost
- -The Rise and Fall of the Railway
- -Alma College
- -The Death of Jumbo
- -The Hendershott Murder
- -Mitchell F. Hepburn
- -Port Stanley & The Stork Club
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Retired Teachers of Ontario - Elgin (District 41) fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Retired Teachers of Ontario- Elgin (District 41) fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- records in electronic form
- moving images
- objects
- Date Range
- 1891-2006
- Accession Number
- 2002-17
- 2006-39
- 2007-26
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh6 B1
- R6 S6 Sh6 B2
- R9 S5 Sh3 B1-5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Retired Teachers of Ontario- Elgin (District 41) fonds
- Creator
- Retired Teachers of Ontario–Elgin (District 41)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2002-17
- 2006-39
- 2007-26
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R6 S6 Sh6 B1
- R6 S6 Sh6 B2
- R9 S5 Sh3 B1-5
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- records in electronic form
- moving images
- objects
- Date Range
- 1891-2006
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records and graphic material
- 1 computer disk ; 14 x 14 cm
- 1 DVD
- 1 banner
- History / Biographical
- The RTO/ERO was initially established in 1968 under the name Superannuated Teachers of Ontario (STO/ERO).
- At a 1971 gathering of superannuated teachers held at Parkside Collegiate in St. Thomas, the Elgin County branch of Superannuated Teachers of Ontario was formed with 40 charter members.
- The purpose of the organization was “to preserve the identity of retired teachers and to act as a source of reference and assistance to the teaching professional and governmental bodies.”
- In 1990, the RTO expanded to 41 Districts, with Elgin County being designated the final spot.
- Custodial History
- Donated on October 2, 2002 by the RTO/ERO District 41 Retired Teachers. Further accruals in 2006, 2007 and 2012.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the records of the STO Elgin County Branch and its successor, RTO District 41.
- Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- 1. School Section Histories, 1891-2006
- 2. Records of the Yarmouth School Section #23, 1918-1969
- 3. Correspondence, 1970-2005
- 4. History series, 1971-1996
- 5. Membership series, 1971-2005
- 6. Minutes series, 1972-2005
- 7. Financial series, 1972-2005
- Name Access
- Retired Teachers of Ontario- Elgin (District 41)
- Subject Access
- Education
- Accruals
- Minutes (2002-2003) and newsletters (2003-2004) were brought in by Linda White April 25, 2006, for integration into existing fonds
- Further accruals are expected
- Access Restriction
- Open to researchers
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West Elgin Cassette Tape
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- West Elgin Genealogical and Historical Society Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- ca. 1995
- Accession Number
- 2019-27
- Storage Location
- M1 S2 Sh5 B3 F9
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- West Elgin Genealogical and Historical Society Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2019-27
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S2 Sh5 B3 F9
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- ca. 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette tape
- Scope and Content
- VHS video cassette tape featuring country sunshine - Tom Gray, Cemeteries, Alex/Helen & Bob Gray.
- Name Access
- West Elgin
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