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Newspaper article: “Diary of Col. Mahlon Burwell records events of 1814 capture at Port Talbot”, by Gladys Elliott, St. Thomas Times-Journal, ca. 1960.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126228
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Scope and Content
- Diary of Col. Mahlon Burwell records events of 1814 capture at Port Talbot.
- Name Access
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Port Talbot (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Pioneers
MacKenzie Correspondence: Lt. Statfield: 2 Slams Road, Saltley, Birmingham 8, England
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives139026
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- MacKenzie Correspondence fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- February 13, 1949
- Accession Number
- 2015-01
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B4 F1 9
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- MacKenzie Correspondence fonds
- Creator
- Lt. Statfield
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2015-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh6 B4 F1 9
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- February 13, 1949
- Scope and Content
- MacKenzie Correspondence from Lt. Statfield. 2 Slams Road, Saltley, Birmingham 8, England. Age 33, Wife 22, Works in Sheet Metal, Spent 5 years farming as a prisoner of war in Poland. Mentioned in the October 3, 2014 press release This letter is in response to an ad post by Robert Mackenzie of Edgeware Road St Thomas in the Sunday Post (Scotland) for farm labourers/managers on February 13 1949. The original ad is as follows: Here’s A Chance! I am an emigrant who has been in Canada only a few weeks. A new store for feeding stuffs opened here the other day. They gave a free dance and 80 prizes. While I was at the dance I was approached by a farmer. He asked if I knew a young couple experienced in farming. He has two farms and would like to find a fully experienced young couple to run an 83-acre one. The farmer’s name is Robert Mackenzie, Edgeware Road, St Thomas, Ont., Canada -John McGregor, Dutton, Ontario.
Sterling Silver Candle Holders
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/museum90657
- Museum / Archive
- Forge and Anvil Museum
- Artifact Type
- Candle Holders
- Material
- Sterling Silver
- Storage Location
- Forge and Anvil Museum
- Museum / Archive
- Forge and Anvil Museum
- Collection
- Sparta Museum Inventory
- Artifact Type
- Candle Holders
- Description Level
- Item
- Number of Artifacts
- 2
- Description
- This pair of candle holders is made from sterling silver and features an etched pattern along the edges.
- Material
- Sterling Silver
- Category
- Furnishings
- Sub-category
- Lighting Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Candles
- Accession Number
- 2021.005.007
- Artifact Number
- 2021.005.007
- Storage Location
- Forge and Anvil Museum
- Date Range
- 1890's
- Municipal Origin
- Sparta
- Item History
- Unknown
Images
Newspaper article: “George Rowley a Free Man: Ex-Manager of the Defunct Elgin Loan Leaves Penitentiary’ sentence”, St. Thomas Times-Journal, ca. 1918.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives125649
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1918
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1918
- Scope and Content
- “George Rowley a Free Man: Ex-Manager of the Defunct Elgin Loan Leaves Penitentiary: Has completed nearly five years of twelve years’ sentence”.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Elgin Loan Company
Journal of Colonel Mahlon Burwell. August 16, 1814 to January 15, 1815
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives6025
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Location
- Box 19, File 31
- R5 S6 Sh2 B2
Dukes & ar1s of England
th r
1
ednesday 12 Oct 1g14
Read in Curran's Speeches & Strolled about the
Streets. Ex ected by this d y's ~i1 to have obtained
leave to return to y family but was disappointed --
Thursday 13th Octr 1814
Con inued reading ~. Curran 's Speeches
Friday 14th Octr 1814
Con inued re·ding
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-7
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 19, File 31
- R5 S6 Sh2 B2
- Scope and Content
- George E. Thorman Papers
- - Journal of Colonel Mahlon Burwell. August 16, 1814 to January 15, 1815
- - typed copy
Documents
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 524, Port Burwell - Legion Crest Presented
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives62302
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C9 Sh1 B4 F17 3
- 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 B4 F17 3
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published July 10, 1967 with caption: "Presents Crest - Peter Houghton, adopted veteran of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Port Burwell Royal Canadian Legion, presented a crest to them on Saturday. Seen here accepting the crest is Betty Hollingsworth, president of the Ladies' Auxiliary."
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 524, Port Burwell
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Military
- Veterans
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'The Water Front, Port Burwell, Canada'
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives15852
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Robert Moore Postcard Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1913
- Accession Number
- 2005-26
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh6 B4 F4 #3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Robert Moore Postcard Collection
- Creator
- Rumsey and Co., Toronto, Canada
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2005-26
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C6 Sh6 B4 F4 #3
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1913
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph of the harbour at Port Burwell, with a light house and a departing steamer in the background. Has a Tillsonburg postmark dated September 13, 1913. Addressed to mrs. G.A. Dowling of London, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Lake Erie
Images
Young woman in front of Shipp Bros. Casino in Port Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/museum89056
- Museum / Archive
- Port Burwell Marine Museum
- Museum / Archive
- Port Burwell Marine Museum
- Description
- Black and white photograph of young woman in front of Shipp Bros. Casino. Three women can be seen walking in the middle right of the photograph. Circa 1943
- Category
- Communication Artifact
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Accession Number
- 021.03.06
- Width
- 15.2
- Height
- 10.2
St. Thomas Fire Department Engine No. 4 in front of Arthur Voaden Secondary School, ca. 1967
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives124922
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Dave Rock Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1967
- Accession Number
- 2014-07
- Storage Location
- R9 S4 Sh3 B5 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Dave Rock Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-07
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R9 S4 Sh3 B5 4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1967
- Publication
- Published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal Bygone Days feature, and on the Archives flickr site, July 19, 2016: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/28384576676/in/dateposted-public/.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Dodge Fargo truck marked "St. Thomas Fire Dept. No. 4" in front of Arthur Voaden Secondary School on Flora Street, St. Thomas, ca. 1967. Evidence from other photos indicates that this vehicle was used by the Department's Fire Prevention officer in conducting the Department's public fire prevention education and outreach program.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas Fire Department
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Emergency Services
Images
St. Thomas Fire Department Engine No. 4 in front of the Southwick Street Fire Hall, ca. 1965
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives124920
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Dave Rock Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1965
- Accession Number
- 2014-07
- Storage Location
- R9 S4 Sh3 B5 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Dave Rock Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-07
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R9 S4 Sh3 B5 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1965
- Publication
- Published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal Bygone Days feature, and on the Archives flickr site, June 18, 2014: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/14267042309/in/photostream/.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Dodge Fargo truck marked "St. Thomas Fire Dept. No. 4" in front of the Southwick Street Fire Hall, ca. 1965. Exhibit mounted in the truck bed indicates the vehicle was used by the Fire Prevention officer in conducting the Department's public education and outreach activities.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas Fire Department
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Emergency Services
Images
Book; England, Their England
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/museum11115
- Museum / Archive
- Edison Museum of Vienna
- Material
- Paper
- Artist Name
- MacDonell, A.G.
- Manufacturer
- The MacMillan Company; New York
- Museum / Archive
- Edison Museum of Vienna
- Collection
- Nora Edison Coombe Collection
- Artist Name
- MacDonell, A.G.
- Description
- Soft Cover.
- Material
- Paper
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Accession Number
- 988.01.369
- Date Range
- 1933
- Width
- 13
- Height
- 19.5
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- The MacMillan Company; New York
"Land Registry Office Abstract Index Book: Port Burwell, ca. 1856-1957"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10669
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Microform Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- records on microform
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #30
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- LDS #0160576
- MF-1922
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #30
- GMD
- records on microform
- Physical Description
- 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Miscellaneous Accounts, ca 1928-1935: Township of Bayham & Port Burwell
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives11372
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Microform Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- records on microform
- Storage Location
- Drawer B
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- MFI-163
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Drawer B
- GMD
- records on microform
- Physical Description
- 4 microfiches
- Name Access
- Bayham (Ont. : Municipality)
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Newspaper article: “Copy of Burwell Will Tells Story of Land Still Tilled by Heirs” London Free Press, ca. 1950.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126204
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1950
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1950
- Scope and Content
- Copy of Burwell Will Tells Story of Land Still Tilled by Heirs
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
Newspaper article: “Suggest Bridge Honor Pioneer Mahlon Burwell”, by Arthur R. Ford, London Free Press, ca. 1960.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126136
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Scope and Content
- Warncliffe Bridge should be named after Col. Mahlon Burwell for his life's work as a pioneer and Col.
- Subject Access
- Pioneers
Newspaper article: “Surveyor-Politician Mahlon Burwell Left His Mark on Western Ontario”, London Free Press, by Pat Moauro, ca. 1960.
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives126177
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R11 S5 Sh5 B1 F4
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1960
- Scope and Content
- Surveyor-Politician Mahlon Burwell influence on Western Ontairo
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Burwell, Mahlon
- Elgin County (ON)
Port Burwell Public School, ca. 1860
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives123954
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- c. 1860
- Accession Number
- 2013-36
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- P 527
- Accession Number
- 2013-36
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- c. 1860
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 15 x 21 on mat 25.5 x 30 cm
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Port Burwell Public School
Images
Port Burwell Public School, ca. 1886
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives123944
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- c. 1886
- Accession Number
- 2013-36
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Creator
- R.E. Hodges, Waterford
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- P 517
- Accession Number
- 2013-36
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- c. 1886
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 14 x 19.5 on mat 23 x 27 cm
- Scope and Content
- Students are identified as follows:
- Front row, left to right: unidentified, Effie Armstrong, Laura Perrick, Jennis Williams, Maude Burgess, Annabelle Haney, Edna Stafford, Annie Rawling, unidentified, unidentified, George Snelgrove, Rob BlackenburyWill McConnell, Dave Price, Fred Stafford, Charlie Davidson, Audrey Davidson, Jack Webber, Rennie Wilson.
- -Middle row: Mary Armstrong, Bird Backus, Jennie Light, Louise McConnell, Ridge Backus, Lottie Temple, Annie Westover, Bertha Neville, Edith Butcher, Jennie Rawlings, Violet Oakes, Lillie Emery, Maud Light, Gertie Light, Vinie Burgess, Hattie Emery, Emma Webber, Addie Matthews, Hattie McKenzie, Hector Marlatt, May Burwell, John Burwell, Shultz Riley, Will Blackenbury, Mahlon Westover, unidentified, Freeman Burgess, Dave Foster, Charles Blackenberry, Geore "Ike" Williams.
- -Back row: Miss Bessie Rogers (teacher), Mary Eliza Williams, Will Kirk, Lena Pontine, Nell Hoshal, Annie Milne, Gusty Webber, Florence Boyd, Will Light, Ernie Millard, Alex McKenzie (with cap), Percy Boyd, John Sutherland, Gordon Emery, Ramsey Sinclair (with hat), Sam Foster, Albert Misner, Lewis Ribble, Albert Milne (cap), Mr. McDonald (teacher).
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
- Port Burwell Public School
Images
Stars of the Town: Port Burwell, ca. 1949
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives20933
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 83
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B8
- GMD
- moving images
- Publication
- Copyright University of Western Ontario
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video (2 copies)
- Name Access
- Port Burwell (Ont.)
The Windemere Farm Building, RR #1, Port Burwell, ca. 1940
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives148889
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wilfred Smith fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940
- Accession Number
- 2014-2
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B5 F13 4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Wilfred Smith fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2014-2
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh2 B5 F13 4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5 cm in mat 9.5 x 7 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8 x 5.5 cm in mat 9 x 6 cm
- History / Biographical
- The Holy Cross Centre for Ecology & Spirituality was established in 1965, and closed in 1998. It was originally the Windemere Farm Building
- Scope and Content
- The Windemere Farm Building, RR #1, Port Burwell, ca. 1940. This building later became the Holy Cross Centre for Ecology & Spirituality. The Holy Cross Centre for Ecology & Spirituality was established in 1965, and closed in 1998.
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