Elgin County

Booklet describing materials found in the museum.

Booklet features an overview of the agriculture and Industry of the townships and communities of Elgin County,

Book contains annual report of the Elgin County Library, 1981. Report also includes "Beneath the Surface: History of Belmont" by Heather Hudson, with illustrations by J.O. Radford.

Book contains annual report of the Elgin County Library, 1979. Report is dedicated to the architecture and history of Port Stanley and includes "Port Stanley's Heritage Discovered" by Linda Pearse, with illustrations by Robert Ballantine, and "The Selborne Grist Mill" by C. Teskey Smith.

Booklet contains a history of the Elgin County Junior Farmers' and Junior Institute from 1922 to 1972.

List of visitors to the Elgin County House of Industry. Includes visitor number, date, name, place of residence, and some entries include comments.

Register of the Names of all Paupers, Vagrants, and Idiots received into the House of Industry and Refuge for the County of Elgin", 1876-1897.

Includes a "List of Children for whom homes have been secured by the Inspector of the County of Elgin House of Industry and Refuge", 1887-1893 

Includes a Cemetery Plot Plan for Inmates.

History of various places and people of interest in Elgin County as part of a historic walking tour. Contains also lots of general history of St. Thomas and Elgin County.

A listing of the names and service of Elgin County men and women who served in the First World War

Transcribed by Joseph O’Gorman, Elgin County Museum, 2015

This file contains various documents relating to the transfer of trusteeship in the Elgin County Book of Remembrance from the Regimental Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire and its deposit in the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, 1930-1972. Includes indenture signed November 8, 1930.