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- Elgin County Plowmen’s Association fonds 3
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection 1
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm 14
- Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm 3
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch fonds 2
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds 11
- Stollery Studio fonds 3
Name
- Aylmer (Ont.) 2
- Dutton (Ont. : Village) 2
- Dutton (Ont.) 1
- East Elgin District High School 1
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association 12
- Elgin (Ont. : County) 1
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch 2
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch (St. Thomas, Ont.) 2
- St. Thomas (Ont.) 13
- St. Thomas Times-Journal 11
- West Elgin District High School 1
General Correspondence and Administration
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10082
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F2
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and administrative records of the Executive Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration, January-December 1959.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Financial Statements
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10092
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1961
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F8
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains financial statements prepared by the Executive Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Wentworth County International Plowing Match 1959
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10094
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F10
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F10
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains various materials concerning the Wentworth County International Plowing Match 1959, retained for reference by the Executive Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Caterers
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10467
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F53
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F53
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records of the Banquet Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration relating to the registration and regulation of caterers at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario. File includes correspondence, lists of caterers, food concessionaire's agreement and food preparation regulations.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Banquet Committee
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10468
- 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
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F50-53
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- 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
Publicity Committee
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10529
- 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
- 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
- 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
Newspaper Clippings
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10603
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F6
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Physical Description
- 6 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains newspaper clippings concerning the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario. Retained for reference by the Publicity Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Advertising
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10604
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F7
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and other records principally concerning advertising for the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario. Retained for reference by the Publicity Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration. Includes copies of print advertisements and scripts for radio advertisements.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Local Counties' Day
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10694
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1961
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F15
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B2 F15
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1961
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, meeting agendas, lists of prizewinners, and financial statements relating to the Local Counties' Day plowing competitions held October 11, 1960 during the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 in the vicinity of Springfield, Ontario.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Elgin County Branch - Farmstead Improvement Contest series
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives12109
- 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
- Description Level
- Series
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh4 B1 F11-33
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1959-1971
- 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
Profile Photographs, General Interest - Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stewart
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives158249
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- November 1959 - September 1967
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- W12 B1 160
- 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
- W12 B1 160
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- November 1959 - September 1967
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w
- 4 newspaper clippings
- Scope and Content
- Black and white profile photographs showing Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stewart, of RR 1, Eden, published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal, November 26, 1959; July 22, 1960; October 8, 1960 & February 20, 1963.
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, July 22, 1960, Robert Stewart, chairman of Teams and Horse Show, describing the tentative plans of trucking teams to the stable of George Summers, RR 1, Aylmer, and other International Plowing Match news. (W12_B1_160a.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 8, 1960, photograph with caption 'Robert Stewart, Teams and Horse Show Chairman'. (W12_B1_160b.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 20, 1963, photograph with caption 'Prepare For Project', describing 4-H Homemaking Club leaders and assistant leaders attending school in the Christian Education Building of Centre Street Baptist Church learning about the spring project for 4-H girls. Pictured are Miss Marie Hodgson, home economist for Elgin, Mrs. Robert Stewart, of Corinth Women's Institute, a leader, and Miss Cathy Vanderwept, an assistant leader from North Yarmouth. (W12_B1_160c.pdf)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, September 13, 1967, announcing that Robert Stewart, tobacco farmer, and Hubert Dollar, high school teacher, will let their names stand for nomination as Liberal Party candidate in the forthcoming provincial election. (W12_B1_160d.pdf)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Plowing Matches
- Tobacco
- 4-H Clubs
- Women's Institutes
- Farming
- Politics
- Newspapers
Documents
Images
Profile Photographs, General Interest - Gerald Brown
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives174741
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- October 28, 1959
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh5 B5 5
- 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
- R12 S1 Sh5 B5 5
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- October 28, 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w 1 p. textual record
- Scope and Content
- Black and white profile photograph showing Gerald Brown on a plow, published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on October 28, 1959. (R12 S1 Sh5 B5 5)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 28 1959, describing Gerald Brown, of R. R. 2 Dutton, competing in the Elgin County Plowing Match. (R12_S1_Sh5_B5_5.pdf)
- Name Access
- Dutton (Ont. : Village)
- Elgin County Plowmen's Association
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Plowing Matches
Documents
Images
International Plowing Match, 1960
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives26170
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Physical Description
- 46 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal articles concerning the International Plowing Match, 1960.
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
International Plowing Match, 1960 - Match Site Chosen
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives26172
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F6 1
- 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
- C8 Sh5 B2 F6 1
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published January 10, 1959 with caption: "Plowing Match Site - Two Elgin farms have been chosen for the site of the 1960 International Plowing Match. The farms - those of Thomas Hume and Son and Charles Clarke - are located three miles north of Aylmer just off Highway 73 on the Springfield road. This picture shows the Clarke farm. Other adjoining farms will also be used as part of the plowing match site. In all about 800 acres will be needed, with the Hume and Clarke farms providing about half of the area."
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Images
Elgin County Plowing Match - Open Horse Class, 1959
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives26213
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh5 B2 F8 1
- 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
- C8 Sh5 B2 F8 1
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published October 28, 1959 with caption: "Horses Still Popular - A number of fine teams of horses were entered in the open horse class at the annual plowing match being held today on the A.V. Coulter & Son farm at RR 6, St. Thomas. In the above picture, Ken Bawden, RR 7, St. Thomas, past president of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, lines up for action, while Jim McCloy, of Middlesex County, is seen in the background."
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches
Images
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
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
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
Profile Photographs, General Interest - Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Parker
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives150954
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1958-1964
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135
- 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 B2 135
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1958-1964
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w
- 1 p. textual records
- Scope and Content
- Black and white profile photograph showing Freeman Parker of Springfield published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on June 13, 1958. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135a)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Freeman Parker published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 1, 1961. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135b)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Freeman Parker published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on June 23, 1962. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135c)
- Black and white profile photograph showinig Freeman Parker published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on November 24, 1962. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135d)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Freeman Parker published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on January 22, 1963. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135e)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Freeman Parker at the Plowing Match published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on OCtober 16, 1963. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135f)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Freeman Parker, member of the Aylmer Rotary Club, published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on December 7, 1963. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135g)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Mrs. Freeman Parker published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on May 16, 1964. (R8 S4 Sh4 B2 135h)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, December 1, 1961, describing Freeman Parker being re-elected vice-president of the Elgin County Plowmen's Association, whose members voted to return their 1961 executive for a second term. Other executive included A.V. Langton, Reg CLinton, Frank Pineo, and Ken Bawden. (R8_S4_Sh4_B2_135.pdf)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Farming
- Plowing Matches
- Agriculture
Documents
Images
General Correspondence and Administration
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives10079
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1957-1958
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- File
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R5 S2 Sh6 B1 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1957-1958
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and administrative records of the Executive Committee of the Local Committee for the 1960 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration, February 1957-December 1958. File includes (attached to correspondence dated January 23, 1958) financial statements and other records relating to the administration of the 1940 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration held in Elgin County, October 15-18, 1940.
- Subject Access
- Agriculture
- Plowing Matches