Elgin County Archive

Elgin County Archives acquires and manages corporate records of the County of Elgin, and private records of enduring importance to the history of Elgin County. The establishment of the Archives is the culmination of many years of effort on behalf of the community and County Council.

Topics

Children and Youth Community and Social Life Education Freedom Seekers and Migration History Historical Achievements, Figures, and Biography Oppression, Activism, and Resistance Sports and Recreation Women and Feminism

Collection includes:

  • Local Newspapers
  • Celebration of Life
  • Anti-Slavery
  • Minstrel Shows

Archive address

450 Sunset Drive
St. Thomas, ON
N5R 5X7

The Archive

Members of the Graves Family in Mount Salem ca. 1930s Amanda Graves (Irons) ca. 1930s Lloyd Graves with Members of the Babcock Family ca. 1926 Graves Family ca. 1930s Babcock Family with Bertha and Norman Graves ca. 1945-1945 Lloyd Graves Funeral Card 1928 Graves Family Records 1926-1946 [Portrait of Amanda Graves] 1840-1939 [Colour portait of Lloyd Graves] 1824-1928 ‟Aylmer Minstrels; Joey Hollingsworth" St. Thomas Brown's Baseball Team ‟Lloyd and Amanda Graves in Mount Salem" 1910 [Bertha J. (Graves) Craig with her brother Norman Graves] [Frank Graves shearing a sheep] ca. 1940 Profile Photographs, General Interest - Amanda Graves 1934 Profile Photographs, General Interest - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tower Chute Profile Photographs, General Interest - Jack Barnes 1957-1973 Profile Photographs, General Interest - Violet P. King 1977 Port Stanley Public School - Students Prepare for Play 1957 The Fingal Observer, July 1943 Newspaper article: “Simcoe Anti-slavery pamphlet: Writer seeks clues to activities of John Brown in Western Ontario”, by Stanley J. Smith, St. Thomas Times-Journal, July 7, 1956. ‟Negroes in Ontario from Early Times to 1870 ‟St. Peter's Church, 1827-1928: Historical Incidents in a Century of Service" Group Photograph - Wellington Street Public School students Alma College students going to dinner, 1975 Alma College - Black student on stairs Alma College graduation ceremony, 1963 Alma College, Baccalaureate Service procession, 1964 Alma College Baseball Team, 1899 Alma College Domestic Science Class, 1886 Alma College Evening Study Hall, 1960 Alma College Dining Room, 1954 ‟Collegian" Student Publication Editorial Staff, St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, 1928-1929 Canada Employment Centre, St. Thomas - Nurse Aides Graduate Under Retraining Program 1968 ‟Mammy and Shirley" 1941 Minstrel Show 1950 Dutton Kinsmen Minstrel Show 1951 ‟The Minstrels" 1928 Grace United Church Minstrel Group 1948 Minstrel Show- Rotary Club of Aylmer ca. 1950 Minstrel show at Opera House, Aylmer Aylmer Opera House Minstrel Show We-Ne-Ju Club Minstrel Show ca. 1930s Aylmer Minstrels; Joey Hollingsworth 1951 Kiwanis Minstrels Aylmer Minstrels ca. 1920s Minstrel Show at the St. Thomas Technical Training School ca. 1940-1945 John Page Fund- Aylmer Minstrel Show Money 1951 Royal Canadian Legion, St. Thomas Minstrel Show ca. 1930 St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, St. Thomas - Minstrel Show 1973 Photograph 1918 Postcard 1900-1910 Photograph 1906 Postcard [Aylmer Minstrel Show] 1922 Photograph [Talbot Club Minstrels Performance] 1920 Photograph [Aylmer Minstrels Performance] 1918-1951 P.M.A.A Troubadors ca. 1935 ‟Photograph [Minstrel Show -Aylmer Rotary Club]" ca. 1950s ‟Photograph [Aylmer Minstrels]" 1916 ‟Photograph [Aylmer Minstrels Performance]" 1928
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