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"A Guide to the Flora of Elgin County, Ontario"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1324
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1969
- Storage Location
- REF 10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Reference Room Collection
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- Library Catalogue Number
- LH 917.13 STE
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- Archives Reference Room
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- REF 10
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1969
- Publication
- Catfish Creek Conservation Authority- St. Thomas, 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- An annotated list of ferns, fern allies, conifers, and flowering plants found growing without cultivation in Elgin County, Ontario.
- Subject Access
- Natural History
"Birds of Elgin County, Ontario"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives8565
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
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- Item
- GMD
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- Date Range
- 1954
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- REF 10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Author: R.C. Brooman
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- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
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- REF 10
- GMD
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- Date Range
- 1954
- Publication
- St. Thomas: The Gilbert Press, 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 volume, 41 p.
- Subject Access
- Natural History
Birds of Elgin County: A Century of Change
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives124572
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Reference Room Collection
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- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2004
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
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- REF 13
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- Elgin County Archives
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- Naturalist of Elgin County
- Coordinating Committee: Harold Lancaster, Chris Leys, Dave Martin, George Prieksaitis & Marjorie Prieksaitis
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- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
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- REF 13
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2004
- Publication
- Aylmer, Ontario: Aylmer Express, 2004.
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope and Content
- Part One: The Community, Present Library Service, Future Trends.
- Part Two: A New Library Building for St. Thomas.
- Name Access
- West Elgin Nature Club
- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club
- Catfish Creek Conservation Authority
- Subject Access
- Bird Watching
- Natural History
- Conservation
"Elgin Trees: A Guide to Heritage Trees in St. Thomas, Ontario"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives56383
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Reference Room Collection
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- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2009
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- REF 23
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Creator
- Heritage Tree Committee
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- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
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- REF 23
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Identifies and describes the heritage trees of St. Thomas. Includes a hand-drawn map of St. Thomas, showing the location of the trees.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Natural History
- Trees
Book Reviews of Mammals of Elgin County, Ontario
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives47041
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Storage Location
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F18
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F18
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Custodial History
- Accession #100C. Acquired by the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club on March 5, 1984.
- Scope and Content
- Photocopies of newspaper reviews and a copy of Book Festival Reviews, National Book Festival 1982, Lake Erie Regional Library System.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club
- Subject Access
- Conservation
- Environment
Mammals of Elgin County, Ontario
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives47039
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1982
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Storage Location
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F16
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- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Creator
- Author: William G. Stewart
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F16
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1982
- Publication
- St. Thomas, Ont. : St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club, 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Custodial History
- Accession #100A. Acquired by the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club on February 27, 1984.
- Scope and Content
- "A provisional annotated list of the mammals of Elgin County , Ontario, reported from the beginning of European Settlement until the present time".
- Name Access
- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club
- Subject Access
- Conservation
- Environment
Documents
Presentation of original manuscript and first copy of Mammals of Elgin County, Ontario to the Chief Librarian at the St. Thomas Public Library
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives47040
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- January 30, 1982
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Storage Location
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F17
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Creator
- William J. Rayner
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F17
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- January 30, 1982
- Publication
- 1 was published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal Bygone Days feature, and on the Archives flickr site, November 18, 2014: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/15819481451/in/photostream/.
- R2 S5 Sh2 B2 F17 1 was posted on Facebook: September 16, 2020.
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col, ; 9 x 12 cm
- Custodial History
- Accession #100B. Acquired by the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club on March 5, 1984.
- Scope and Content
- The presentation of the original manuscript and first copy of Mammals of Elgin County, Ontario to the Chief Librarian at the St. Thomas Public Library
- 1: Left to right: Carolyn Kneeshaw, Chief Librarian; William G. Stewart, Author; Donald Fowler, President of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club; Ray Riley, 1st Vice-President in charge of book sales.
- 2. Carolyn Kneeshaw, William Stewart, Don Fowler and Ray Riley.
- 3. Carolyn Kneeshaw, Sheila Fowler, William Stewart, Eileene Stewart, Don Fowler, Ray Riley.
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- St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club
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- Conservation
- Environment
Images
"Bill Stewart: Botany" and "Hugh Sims: Ghost Towns of Elgin"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1950
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
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- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 (Originally broadcast in late 1970's)
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 56
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm.110
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 (Originally broadcast in late 1970's)
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video
- Scope and Content
- "Local History with George Thorman" series
- Episode One: The topic is "Botany", with guest Bill Stewart
- Episode Two: Topic is "Ghost Towns of Elgin", with guest Hugh Sims.
- Name Access
- Thorman, George
- Sims, Hugh
- Stewart, Bill
- Subject Access
- Botany
- Natural History
Aspen trees in Vienna
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives205789
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Ross Andrews fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- December 1974
- Accession Number
- 2008-27
- Storage Location
- M1 S3 Sh6 B4 79
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ross Andrews fonds
- Creator
- Ross Andrews
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-27
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S3 Sh6 B4 79
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- December 1974
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w negatives ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Ross Andrews was a photographer for the Tillsonburg News.
- Scope and Content
- Three photographic negatives of aspen trees in Vienna, in December 1974. An envelope with the identification of what is depicted in the negatives, is stored with the negatives.
- These images don't appear to have been published in the newspaper.
- Name Access
- Vienna (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Trees
- Natural History
Images
"Botany"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1772
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
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- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 15
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Library Catalogue Number
- (Rogers Cable No.: LH 49)
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B2
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (00:58:46): b&w, VHS
- Scope and Content
- "Local History with George Thorman" series The topic is "Botany", with guest Bill Stewart.
- Subject Access
- Botany
- Natural History
"Hawk Migration"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1826
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1988
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 23
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Library Catalogue Number
- (Rogers Cable Catalogue No.: LH 50)
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B3
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (00:59:21): b&w, VHS
- Scope and Content
- "Local History with George Thorman" series Topic is "Hawk Migration", with guest Marshall Field.
- Name Access
- Allview Cable Services Limited
- Subject Access
- Natural History
History of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club, 1950-1967
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives124577
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Date Range
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Location
- REF 13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2013-14
- Storage Room
- Archives Reference Room
- Storage Location
- REF 13
- Date Range
- 1967
- Scope and Content
- Booklet: "History of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club, 1950-1967", compiled by Mrs. Marshall (Dolly) Field.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Natural History
"Marshall Field"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1896
- 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 B3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 27
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Library Catalogue Number
- (Rogers Cable No.: LH 43)
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B3
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (00:57:21): col., VHS
- Scope and Content
- "Local History with George Thorman" series. Guest is Marshall Field, the Superintendent of St. Thomas Parks. Includes a slide show about Hawk Cliff.
- Name Access
- Allview Cable Services Limited
- Subject Access
- Natural History
"Marsh Field" and "Marsh Field: Hawk Migration"
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives1957
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Audio-Visual Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 ("Marshall Field" originally broadcast in 1979; "Hawk Migration" originally aired in 1988)
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- AV 68
- Accession Number
- 2003-05
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W6 B7
- GMD
- moving images
- Date Range
- 2003 ("Marshall Field" originally broadcast in 1979; "Hawk Migration" originally aired in 1988)
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video
- Scope and Content
- "Local History with George Thorman" series Episode One: Guest is Marshall Field, the Superintendent of St. Thomas Parks. Includes a slide show about Hawk Cliff. Episode Two: Topic is "Hawk Migration", with guest Marshall Field.
- Name Access
- Allview Cable Services Limited
- Subject Access
- Natural History
Profile Photographs, General Interest - Al Oeming
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives151441
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1969
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R8 S4 Sh4 B4 37
- 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. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S4 Sh4 B4 37
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- 1 p. textual records
- Scope and Content
- Black and white profile photograph showing Al Oeming published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on February 27, 1969. (R8 S4 Sh4 B4 37)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 27, 1969, describing Oeming, Canadian naturalist and director of the Alberta Game Farm, arriving in St. Thomas with his pet cheetah to arrange for the showing of his film "Galapagos" at a wild life program at Parkside Collegiate Institute. (R8_S4_Sh4_B4_37.pdf)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Animal Welfare
- Natural History
Documents
Images
Profile Photographs, General Interest - Fred Bodsworth
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives152638
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1944-1998
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R8 S4 Sh4 B6 156
first Canadian nesting
record of this bird.
Since turning to freelancing, Mr.
Bodsworth has written and jgubj^
lished about 70 articles, maiiy on
natural history subjects for Mac-
lean's and a number of other maga-
zines. Recently appointed to Mac-
lean's staff, he has an illustrated
article in the current
- 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. 110
- Storage Location
- R8 S4 Sh4 B6 156
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1944-1998
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs: b&w
- 10 p. textual records
- Scope and Content
- Black and white profile photograph showing Fred Bodsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bodsworth of Port Burwell, published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on October 30, 1965. (R8 S4 Sh4 B6 156a)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bodsworth published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on November 6, 1965. (R8 S4 Sh4 B6 156b)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, June 1944, describing Margaret N. Banner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Banner, being to marry C. Fred Bodsworth in July at Trinity Church. (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156a.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, August 5, 1944, describing the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. C. Fred Bodsworth, as well as that of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Meaden (Mrs. Meaden was the former Julia McManus). (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156b.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 2, 1952, describing Fred Bodsworth being to address an open meeting of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club, speaking on the topic "A Naturalist Looks At Nature and Human Nature". (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156c.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, January 19, 1956, describing Fred Bodsworth offering his support and commendation to the move to establish an Elgin County Pioneer Museum. (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156d.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 24, 1959, describing Fred Bodsworth awaiting the printing of his second book, a romantic mystery entitled "The Strange One" (here referred to as "The Stranger"). (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156e.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 30, 1965, describing Fred Bodsworth being to appear as guest speaker at the annual dinner meeting of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club held in Knox Presbyterian Church. His topic was to be "The World of Birds". (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156f.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, November 6, 1965, describing Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bodsworth speaking to members of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club at their annual banquet, at which Fred Bodsworth was guest speaker. St. Thomas members included Fred Lewis, Jerry Gordon, and Peggy Lang. (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156g.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, July 12, 1967, describing Fred Bodsworth's novel "The Sparrow's Fall" being named winner of the Doubleday Canadian Prize Novel Award for 1966. (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156h.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, July 5, 1980, describing the life and career of Elgin County native Fred Bodsworth. (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156i.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 22, 1998, describing the obituary of Margaret Bodsworth, wife of Fred Bodsworth, who passed away in Toronto at the age of 82. (R8_S4_Sh4_B6_156j.pdf)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Natural History
- Ornithology
- Museums
- Death Records
Documents
Images
'St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club'
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives4477
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Date Range
- 1967
- Storage Location
- Box 99, File 30
- R5 S4 Sh4 B1
United States; William Carrick with his
a Christmas Bird Census was taken by 5 interested natural-
film on Point Pelee; Eli Davis of London, on mammals; a
2 3
�special program with Charles Broley of Delta, Ontario, and
held in the children' s section of the St. Thomas Public
Florida, telling of his experiences
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 99, File 30
- R5 S4 Sh4 B1
- Date Range
- 1967
- Scope and Content
- Booklet: "History of the St. Thomas Field Naturalist Club, 1950-1967", compiled by Mrs. Marshall (Dolly) Field (2 copies)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Natural History
Documents
Swans visiting cornfields east of Straffordville
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives205914
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ross Andrews fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- March 14, 1974
- Accession Number
- 2008-27
- Storage Location
- M1 S3 Sh6 B4 97
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ross Andrews fonds
- Creator
- Ross Andrews
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-27
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S3 Sh6 B4 97
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- March 14, 1974
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w negatives ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Ross Andrews was a photographer for the Tillsonburg News.
- Scope and Content
- Four photographic negatives of swans visiting cornfields east of Straffordville, south of Talbot Road, on March 14th, 1974. An envelope with the identification of what is depicted in the negatives, is stored with the negatives.
- None of these images appear to have been published in the newspaper.
- Subject Access
- Natural History
Images
'The Apiary of R.H. Smith'
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives8636
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Storage Location
- Box 97, File 24
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- Box 97, File 24
- GMD
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- - the August 1898 edition of "The Canadian Bee Journal". This issue features an article entitled: "The Apiary of R.H. Smith, St. Thomas" on page 321.
- - the May 31, 1906 edition of "The American Bee Journal". This issue features information about R.H Smith, a St. Thomas Apiartist. There is a front-page photograph and an article on page 466.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Business and Industry
- Natural History
William G. and Eileene Stewart fonds
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives23983
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- William G. and Eileene Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1955-2003
- Accession Number
- 2006-16
- Storage Location
- C12 Sh1 B3-4
- C13 Sh1 B1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2006-16
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C12 Sh1 B3-4
- C13 Sh1 B1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1955-2003
- Physical Description
- 64 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- William G. Stewart was born in St. Thomas in 1923. He graduated from the local vocational school and, during the Second World War, served as a gunner and wireless operator in a tank.
- At the age of 17, he was one of the founders of the Elgin Nature Club in 1941.
- He married Eileene Butterwick in 1949 and together they raised two sons, Stephen and Stanley.
- During his working career, Bill was a machinist and a toolmaker. He landed a job at the University of Western Ontario's Engineering Department in 1965. From 1968 to 1988, he was employed as an instrument technician in the Astronomy Department at U.W.O.
- With Eileene's help, Bill systematically documented the distribution and abundance of the plant and animal life of Elgin County.
- They've published dozens of articles in scientific journals and several books on Elgin's natural world. Two especially significant publications are the "Guide to the Flora of Elgin County, Ontario" (1969) and "Mammals of Elgin County, Ontario" (1982).
- Bill Stewart died on June 1st, 1997 at the age of 73.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and maintained by William G. (Bill) and Eileene Stewart during their personal and professional life, but primarily relating to their efforts in studying and documenting the natural history of Elgin County.
- Comprised of the following series:
- -Personal records series, 1955-1998
- -Natural history publications series, 1958-ca. 1997
- -William G. Stewart research notes series, 1975-1976
- -William G. Stewart publications series, 1978-1999
- -Publications series, 1985-2002
- -Eileene Stewart publications series, 2000-2003
- Name Access
- Stewart, William G.
- Stewart, Eileene
- Subject Access
- Natural History