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- Clachan Women's Institute fonds 3
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- Elgin County Photograph Collection 2
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association fonds 15
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection 10
- Harley Lashbrook Collection 10
- International Plowing Match fonds 1
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm 178
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm 280
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch fonds 2
1985 International Plowing Match Bid
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10807
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F27-29
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F27-29
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to the Elgin County Plowmen's Association's bid to host the 1985 International Plowing Match, including letters of endorsement from various Elgin County individuals and organizations to the Ontario Plowmen's Association supporting the bid, and records relating to an Elgin County delegation to the Ontario Plowmen's Association annual meeting, February 18-19, 1980.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds
Annual Meeting, 1960
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10844
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1960
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F31
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F31
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 7 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, agendas and other records relating to the Elgin County Plowmen's Association annual meeting, December 15, 1960.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Annual Plowing Match, [1962?]
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives21399
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1962?]
- Accession Number
- 2007-32
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F19
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2007-32
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F19
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1962?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, 33.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains a photograph showing Norm Leitch plowing a furrow as a competitor in the annual Elgin County Plowing Match, [1962?].
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Repro Restriction
- Contact donor for permission to publish until her book(s) are published.
Images
Annual Plowing Match, [1962?]
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives21400
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1962?]
- Accession Number
- 2007-32
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F20
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2007-32
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F20
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1962?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, 33.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains a photograph showing four young men, possibly including Eric Guest and Ron Morrison, gathered around a tractor at the annual Elgin County Plowing Match, [1962?].
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Repro Restriction
- Contact donor for permission to publish until her book(s) are published.
Images
Correspondence with Ontario Plowmen's Association
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10863
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F34
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F34
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence with and forms received from and filed with the Ontario Plowmen’s Association, 1979-1980 by Elgin Wells, Secretary-Treasurer of the Elgin County Plowmen's Association.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Delegation to Ontario Plowmen's Association Annual Meeting
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10797
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F28
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F28
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains various records relating to a delegation organized by the Elgin County Plowmen's Association to the Ontario Plowmen's Association annual meeting, February 18-19, 1980 in Toronto to support the Elgin County Plowmen's Association's bid to host the 1985 International Plowing Match. File includes correspondence, lists of delegation members, lists of bid supporters, a black and white photograph showing members of the delegation, and newspaper clippings.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds
Elgin County Plowmen's Association fonds
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10885
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1958-1985
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F16-34
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F18-20
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F16-34
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F18-20
- GMD
- textual records
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1958-1985
- Physical Description
- 12.5 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w
- History / Biographical
- The Elgin County Plowmen's Association was established in late August, 1922 at a meeting held in the offices of the Elgin County Representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, C.W. Buchanan. At this meeting the following executive officers were elected: Alex Anderson, President; William Wadland, First Vice-President; Sam Garton, Second Vice-President; and Fred Carr, Secretary. At the same meeting, the following directors were appointed: Roy Evely; J.J. Ashton; C.W. Buchanan; J.R. Teeple, Reeve, Yarmouth Township; and R.A. Penhale, President, Elgin County Board of Trade.
- The Association organized the inaugural Elgin County Plowing Match, held October 17-18, 1922 on the farms of James Todd and Alex Anderson near St. Thomas, Ontario. An estimated 4,000 people attended the event, won by William Wadland, Yarmouth Township.
- The Second Annual Elgin County Plowing Match was organized by the Elgin County Plowmen's Association and held October 23-24, 1923 on the farms of Mrs. W.A. Hill and D.W. Bearss, just north of St. Thomas, Ontario. William Wadland, Yarmouth Township was declared champion for the second consecutive year.
- The Third Annual Elgin County Plowing Match was held October 29, 1924 on the farm of J.H. Miller, just north of Dutton, Ontario.
- The Elgin County Plowmen's Association continued to organize an annual plowing match in Elgin County for many years, although some years were missed as a result of economic conditions during the depression of the 1930s and the Second World War, 1939-1945.
- The Elgin County Plowmen's Association was a key partner, with the Ontario Plowmen's Association, the County of Elgin and the Elgin County Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, in organizing the International Plowing Match events held in Elgin County in 1940, 1960 and 1985.
- Custodial History
- The records comprising this fonds were originally in the custody of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Elgin County Branch. The branch was closed in the 1990s and the records were transferred to the custody of the Elgin County Library. The records were subsequently transferred to the Elgin County Archives.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by the Elgin County Plowmen's Association, including minutes of meetings, records relating to the annual Elgin County plowing match organized by the Association for the period 1979-1984, and records relating to the Association's bid to the Ontario Plowmen's Association to host the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show in Elgin County. Fonds is organized into the following series: 1. Minutes 2. Annual Plowing Match 3. 1985 International Plowing Match Bid 4. Miscellaneous
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery fonds
Financial Statements
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10841
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1958-1960
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F30
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F30
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1958-1960
- Physical Description
- 8 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains audited financial statements of the Elgin County Plowmen's Association for the periods December 2, 1958-November 20, 1959 and November 20, 1959-December 7, 1960.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Membership List, 1980
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10848
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F32
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F32
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 7 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the Elgin County Plowmen's Association membership list, 1980.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Miscellaneous
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10881
- 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
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F30-34
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1958-1980
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of miscellaneous records created, collected and maintained by the Elgin County Plowmen's Association, including financial statements, secretary-treasusrer's correspondence, and correspondence with and forms received from and filed with the Ontario Plowmen's Association.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Miscellaneous Records
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10803
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F29
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F29
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979-1980
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains miscellaneous records relating to the Elgin County Plowmen's Association's bid to host the 1985 International Plowing Match. File includes Elgin Wells’ notes on a public meeting held October 25, 1979 to organize local support for the bid; newspaper clippings concerning the 1940 International Plowing Match held in Elgin County; and a list of Elgin County plowing matches, 1936-1968.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds
Queen of the Furrow
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives46031
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1960-1985
- Storage Location
- C5 Sh6 B6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C5 Sh6 B6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1960-1985
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs of various Elgin County Queen of the Furrow champions, 1960-1985: Lynda Prong, 1960; Lynda-Mae Jenner, 1963; Rhonda Prong, 1980-1981; Elizabeth (Liz) Wise, 1981-1982; Jennifer Meeuse, 1982-1983; Tracey Gardner, 1983-1984; Carolyn Lindsay, 1984-1985.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Images
Secretary-Treasurer's Correspondence, 1980
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10860
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1980
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F33
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F33
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence of Elgin Wells, Secretary-Treasurer of the Elgin County Plowmen's Association, January-November, 1980. The correspondence principally concerns the Elgin County Plowmen's Association's bid to host the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show in Elgin County, and the Association's preparations for the annual Elgin County plowing match held September 6, 1980.
- Name Access
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show fonds