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Banquet Committee
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F50-53
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F50-53
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration fonds - Banquet Committee series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Banquet Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration was established at a meeting of the Executive Committee held September 28, 1959. C.M. Williams was appointed committee chairman. The committee was responsible for organizing the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration Banquet held October 14, 1960 at the St. Thomas-Elgin Memorial Arena, and for regulating the activities of caterers at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, banquet programs, banquet tickets and other records created, collected and maintained by the Banquet Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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Executive Committee
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1956-1962
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F1-13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F1-13
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1956-1962
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration fonds - Executive Committee series
- Physical Description
- 21.5 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Executive Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration was established under its original name, the Local Provisional Committee, at a meeting held April 17, 1957. The committee was responsible for the general planning and administration of the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario. Members of the committee included Frank Pineo, Chairman; Leslie Armstrong, Vice-Chairman; A.V. Langton, Secretary-Treasurer; and James Galbraith, Assistant Treasurer.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Executive Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration. Series includes correspondence, administrative records, minutes, financial statements and reports.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - County Beautification 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
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1955-1985, predominant 1982-1985
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh5 B1 F13-48
- R6 S1 Sh4 B2 F1-2
- 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 F13-48
- R6 S1 Sh4 B2 F1-2
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1955-1985, predominant 1982-1985
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds - County Beautification Committee series
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- 83 photographs : col.
- 1 photograph : b&w
- 79 negatives : col.
- 2 posters : 25.5 x 38 cm
- 3 signs : 28 x 35.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Under the direction of joint chairmen Harold and Audrey Jenkins, the County Beautification Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show was responsible for organizing the Elgin Beautification and Farmland Conservation competition 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 Beautification Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show. Series includes reports and correspondence, and a brochure, posters, signs, photographs and negatives relating to the Elgin Beautification and Farmland Conservation competition.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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Miscellaneous
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1958-1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F30-34
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch - Farmstead Improvement Contest series
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1971
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh4 B1 F11-33
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch fonds
- Creator
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh4 B1 F11-33
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1971
- Series
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch fonds - Farmstead Improvement Contest series
- Physical Description
- 23 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to the 1959-1960 Elgin Farmstead Improvement Contest and the Elgin Farmstead Improvement Centennial Contest (1965-1967). Both contests were organized by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Elgin County Branch, St. Thomas, Ontario in association with provincial farmstead improvement initiatives sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The 1959-1960 contest was held in association with the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario. Series includes organizing committee minutes, correspondence, brochures and programs, lists of contest entries, financial statements, and contest results and awards.
- Name Access
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch (St. Thomas, Ont.)
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration fonds
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Publicity Committee
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- objects
- Date Range
- 1959-1961
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F55-60
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F1-15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F55-60
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F1-15
- GMD
- textual records
- objects
- Date Range
- 1959-1961
- Series
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration fonds - Publicity Committee series
- Physical Description
- 11.5 cm of textual records
- 10 pins
- 1 pencil
- 1 napkin
- History / Biographical
- The Publicity Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration was established at a meeting of the Executive Committee held September 28, 1959. Philip Schliehauf was appointed committee chairman. The committee was responsible for the creation and distribution of official publications and souvenirs, media relations, advertising, and the planning and organiztion of special events at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of various souvenir objects, correspondence, programs, prize lists, brochures, invitations, newspaper and radio features and advertisements, newspaper clippings, media handouts and records relating to the organization of special events at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario including the horseshoe pitching contest, Queen of the Furrow contest, Mayors' Class plowing competition, special coaching day for plowmen and Local Counties' Day plowing competitions. Records in this series were created, collected and maintained by the Publicity Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
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