Southwold

An illustration, captioned: "Ancient Mound Builders' Fort, in the County of Elgin, Ont.", from the Canadian Illustrated News, January 20, 1877. The publication states that these mounds of earth were used by a people who, at one time, thickly populated various portions of the United States and Canada. They were laid out for the purposes of defence, or for enclosing villages.

Volume 1 of the Boxall Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History. Contains histories of the Boxall area and early landmarks, histories of the Boxall Women's Institute, photographs of members and events, and brochures and programs distruibuted by the Boxall Women's Institute.

Volume 2 of the Boxall Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History. Primarily contains newspaper clippings relating toWomen's Institute meetings, people, or events, but also brochures, general histories, items relating to general Women's Institure history (photographs of the Erland Lee home, booklets on Adelaide Hunter Hoodless), and assorted ephemera.

175 Years of Frome United Church. The First Congregationalist Church of Upper Canada, 1819-1994.

Typed pages containing the evidence taken from the Coroner's Inquest of the murder of William Hendershott, by coroner Eliphalet W. Gustin, taken on December 17, December 21, and December 27-28, 1894.

Contains lots of early history of Frome with focus on the school.

A look at the 145 year history of the baptist church at Iona Station.

Booklet gives some of the history of the church and a list of the ministers

History of the school sections in Southwold Township.

An article from the 'Municipal World' September 1904 issue. Describes the management and infrastructure of the Elgin County House of Industry, such as its' water supply, drainage, buildings, heating, cottages, laundry, inmates, maintenance, farm stock and crops, and meals.

A brief history of Payne's Mills School. Includes excerpts from letters pertaining to the building of a new school, a list of teachers, and a list of some of the trustees.

Photograph album dated July 13, 1869 containing 39 photographs documenting the family of Phineas Drake and his descendants, Southwold Township, later London, Ontario.

The Autobiography of St. Thomas based doctor James Curtis with Introduction done by his daughter Carolyn Curtis.

The official souvenir program sold at the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show held September 17-21, 1985 in the vicinity of St. Thomas, Ontario. Programs were produced and sold under the authority of the Merchandising Committee of the Local Committee for the 1985 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show.

A history of the Middlemarch Apple Grove Grange

Program for the Township of Southwold Centennial Remembrance Service held at Selldon, August 6, 1950.

Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs compiled by the River Road Women's Institute in Southwold.

Commencement of Tweedsmuir Book 1946. Topics include: First Institute, River Road Institute, War Work, River Road Community, River Road School, River Road Sunday School.

The topic of this Tweedsmuir History is "Farms of River Road Community.

Although it is not described as Volume Two, it is a continuation of the material in Volume One, according to the microfilm. On front cover, reads: "Commencement of Tweedsmuir Book 1946". So, it was likely compiled at the same time as the first volume. Contains a wide range of topics.