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Mrs. Malcolm MacLeod and her recipe for butter tart fillinghttps://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/Mrs-MacLeods-Butter-Tarts.aspx1/19/2018 7:48:21 PMMrs. Malcolm MacLeod and her recipe for butter tart filling<p><span class="ms-rteFontSize-1">​Blog originally posted ​January 19, 2018</span><br></p><p>There has been considerable buzz lately about butter tarts.  The sweet treat is, apparently, a uniquely Canadian one.  Their popularity has launched several festivals, including the local <a title="Best Butter Tart Festival" href="http://buttertartfestival.ca/">Best Butter Tart Festival</a> in Midland.  The earliest-known published recipe for butter tarts has been traced back to Simcoe County and, specifically, to the cookbook published by the <a title="Royal Victoria Hospital Auxiliary" href="https://www.rvh.on.ca/get-involved/our-auxiliary/">Women's Auxiliary</a> of Royal Victoria Hospital in 1900.</p><p>A small hospital had been established in Barrie during the 1850s but a larger facility was needed to serve the needs of the growing town.  In June 1897 the Barrie General Hospital was opened on High Street, just to the north of what is now Dunlop Street.  The 13-bed facility was shortly thereafter renamed <a title="Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre" href="https://www.rvh.on.ca/SitePages/main.aspx">Royal Victoria Hospital</a> to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Opening of the Royal Victoria Hospital, 1897" href="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/977-08%20RVH%20Barrie%201897%20E2%20B2%20R3B%20S8%20Sh2%20x1080.jpg"><img alt="Opening of the Royal Victoria Hospital, 1897" src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/977-08%20RVH%20Barrie%201897%20E2%20B2%20R3B%20S8%20Sh2%20x480.jpg" style="margin:5px;width:546px;" /></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><em class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0">977-08 Opening of the Royal Victoria Hospital, 1897, Copyright: Public Domain</em></p><p>The Women's Auxiliary's desire to raise funds to purchase “the many comforts necessary to aid the sick and suffering while they are patients in our Hospital, compelled [them] to devise ways and means to procure this money,"<sup>1</sup> including selling a printed cookbook.  The recipes had been contributed by ladies in the community and were deliberately chosen to be used by the ordinary housekeeper.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Royal Victoria Cook Book page one" href="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/974-97%20Royal%20Victoria%20cook%20book%20page%201%20B2%20R3B%20S8%20Sh2%20x1080.jpg"><img alt="Royal Victoria Cook Book page one" src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/974-97%20Royal%20Victoria%20cook%20book%20page%201%20B2%20R3B%20S8%20Sh2%20x480.jpg" style="margin:5px;width:424px;" /></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><em>974-97 </em><em>Royal Victoria Cook Book p</em><em>g. 1, Copyright: Public Domain</em></span></p><p><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Included on page 88, within the section entitled “Pies," was a simple, two-line recipe for making a “Filling for Tarts."</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><a title="Royal Victoria Cook Book, pages 88 and 89" href="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/974-97%20Royal%20Victoria%20cook%20book%20page%2088-89%20B2%20R3B%20S8%20Sh2%20165%20x1080.jpg"><img alt="Royal Victoria Cook Book, pages 88 and 89" src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/974-97%20Royal%20Victoria%20cook%20book%20page%2088-89%20B2%20R3B%20S8%20Sh2%20165%20x480.jpg" style="margin:5px;width:607px;" /></a></span> </p><p style="text-align:center;"> <span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><em>974-97 Royal Victoria Cook Book, pg. 88-89, Copyright: Public Domain</em></span></p><p>Only the barest of details were included with the recipe as it was likely expected that cooks would use the preceding recipe to make plain pastry, and would already know how hot their oven needed to be and for how long to bake the tarts (oftentimes stated as: “until done").</p><p>So now we know about the origins of the butter tart recipe, but who was Mrs. Malcolm MacLeod?  </p><p>The 1901 Canadian Census of Barrie included a Malcolm MacLeod family living at 12 Toronto Street, not far from the hospital.  Mrs. Malcolm MacLeod's first name was Mary and, according to the information recorded by the enumerator, she was born in rural Ontario on December 15, 1855.</p><p style="text-align:center;"> <a title="Extract from the Fourth Census of Canada, 1901, Province of Ontario, District No. 114, North Simcoe, Sub-District A." href="http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z003/jpg/z000102575.jpg"><img alt="Fourth Census of Canada, 1901, Province of Ontario, District No. 114, North Simcoe, Sub-District A., Polling sub-division No. 5 " src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/1901_MacLeod_Malcolm_Census.jpg" style="margin:5px;width:550px;" /></a></p><p><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0"><em>Extract from the </em></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0" id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0"><em>Fourth Census of Canada, 1901, Province of Ontario, District No. 114, North Simcoe, Sub-District A., Polling sub-division No. 5 in Barrie Town, pg. 1</em></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0"><em>, Copyright: Public Domain </em></span></p><p>Further research found that Mary MacLeod died in Toronto on April 19, 1915, and an obituary was published on page 5, in the April 22, 1915 edition of The Northern Advance newspaper.</p><p style="text-align:center;"> <a title="Obituary for Mary MacLeod published April 22, 1915 in The Northern Advance" href="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/1915-04-22-p5_BNA_MacLeod_Mary_Obi%20x1080t.jpg"><img alt="Obituary for Mary MacLeod published April 22, 1915 in The Northern Advance" src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Pages/Blog/1915-04-22-p5_BNA_MacLeod_Mary_Obi%20x480t.jpg" style="margin:5px;width:365px;" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><em class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-3-0">The Northern Advance, April 22, 1915, pg. 5, Copyright: Public Domain</em></p><p>So, there you have it.  We can thank Mary Ethel (Cowie) MacLeod (ca 1855-1915) for contributing her recipe for butter tart filling to the <em>Royal Victoria Cook Book.</em></p><p><em></em> </p><p><em>References:</em></p><p>The Women's Auxiliary to the Royal Victoria Hospital, preface to <em>Royal Victoria Cook Book</em>, compiled by The Women's Auxiliary to the Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie:  S. Wesley, 1900), 5.</p>
British Home Children in Simcoe Countyhttps://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/British-Home-Children.aspx8/28/2023 7:12:33 PMBritish Home Children in Simcoe County<h2>​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Introduction<br></h2><p>September 28<sup>th</sup> is National British Home Child Day in Canada. Some estimate that as many as ten percent of Canadians with British ancestry descend from a home child. Many home children were sent to live and work on rural properties in Central Ontario, including​​ Simcoe County. This blog post will serve as a guide to researching home children using resources at the Simcoe County Archives and beyond.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Empress%20of%20Ireland-1080.jpg" alt="Postcard featuring the R.M.S Empress of Ireland ca. 1906" style="margin:5px;width:635px;" /><span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal">​</span><span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;">A postcard showing the R.M.S Empress of Ireland ca. 1906 from the collections of the Simcoe County Archives. Between 1906 and 1914 the Empress of Ireland</span><span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"> brought more than 900 British Home Children to Canada. When the ship </span><span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;">famously sank in 1914, one of the survivors of the wreck was George Bogue Smart, Inspector of British Immigrant Children and Receiving Homes for the Government of Canada.</span>​<br></p><h2>Who were the British Home Children?<br></h2><p>Between 1869 and the late 1940s over 100,000 children were sent from the British Isles to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. These children were part of what would come to be called the British child emigration movement. As part of this scheme, children were removed from increasingly impoverished and over-populated urban centers in the United Kingdom and sent to rural corners of the colonies. Some home children were orphans, but many had families that remained in their countries of origin. The organizations responsible for facilitating these transfers were mainly charities with a focus on child and social welfare. One of the most prominent to send children to Canada was Dr. Ba​​​rnardo's Homes, based out of the East End of London​. </p><p>Once the children arrived in Canada, they were assigned to live and work on Canadian farms. The experiences of these children varied. Some where treated well, and formed tight bonds with their Canadian host families, while others suffered mistreatment and abuse. Regardless of their reception in Canada, many home children stayed into adulthood and established livelihoods and families of their own.</p><h2>Resources at the Simcoe County Archives </h2><p>It should be noted that there were no official receiving homes for home children in Simcoe County, however, many children were eventually sent to families in the county. More still moved here and settled as adults. <span style="font-size:1em;">T</span><span style="font-size:1em;">he Archives have few collections with individuals specifically identified as home children, but many of our resources can assist those researching a home child  (or former home child) ​who may have lived in the area.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:1.236em;font-weight:bold;">​Blogs and exh​ibits</span><br></p><ul><li><a href="/Archives/Pages/Discover-Family-History-at-Simcoe-County-Archives.aspx" title="Disc​over Family History at Simcoe County Archives">Disc<span style="font-size:1em;">​</span><span style="font-size:1em;">over Family History at the Simcoe County Archives</span></a> - A guide to genealogical resources available at the Simcoe County Archives<br></li><li><a href="/_layouts/15/FIXUPREDIRECT.ASPX?WebId=a41fbfa1-82ca-4939-9932-d97b8d6ad3e9&TermSetId=fb933945-005d-43ad-bb62-b84ef1fa9284&TermId=75cc3870-d002-4aea-9158-fa8383d36b6a" title="Simcoe County Remembers">Simcoe County Remembers​</a> - A searchable database of service-men and women from Simcoe County who died during the First World War<a href="/Archives/Pages/Discover-Family-History-at-Simcoe-County-Archives.aspx" title="Disc​over Family History at Simcoe County Archives"><span style="font-size:1em;">​​</span></a></li></ul><h4>Printable guides<br></h4><ul><li><a href="/Archives/Documents/SCA-Guide-to-Geneaology_2021.pdf" target="_blank" title="Disc​over Family History at Simcoe County Archives">Disc<span style="font-size:1em;">​</span><span style="font-size:1em;">over Family History at the Simcoe County Archives</span></a> (pdf)​<br></li></ul><h3>Institutional records<br></h3><ul><li><p>PC-0111​ ​George F. Holloway  fonds</p></li><li><p><span style="font-size:1em;">Simc</span><span style="font-size:1em;">oe County Archives Newspaper collection - Various local newspapers from across the county.</span></p></li><li>Simcoe County Archives Reference Library - Various publications  <br></li></ul><h3>Online resources:</h3><ul><li> <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/" title=" Ancestry " target="_blank">Ancestry</a> (subscription required): Includes indexes and digitized records for England and Canada, including census, marriage and death records. Passenger Lists, both in-coming and out-going, are also available. Ancestry is accessible for free at the Simcoe County Archives.<br></li></ul><h2>Local heritage institutions <br></h2><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li><a href="http://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/" title="British Home Children in Canada" target="_blank">British Home Children in Canada</a>: Includes digitized copies of Ups and Downs, a registry for British Home Children,  burial records, and many other resources.​<br> <a href="https://simcoe.ogs.on.ca/" title="other resources. Simcoe County Branch – Ontario Geneaological Society" target="_blank">Simcoe County Branch – Ontario Genealogical Society</a></li><li><a href="https://www.simcoecountyhistory.ca/" title="Simcoe County​ Historical Association " target="_blank">Simcoe County​ Historical Association </a><br></li></ul><h2> National and Provincial resources<br></h2><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>​Veterans Affairs Canada – <a href="https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/british-home-children" title="British Home Children" target="_blank">British Home Children</a><br></li><li>Library and Archives of Canada – <a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/Pages/home-children.aspx" title="British Home Children, 1869-1930​" target="_blank">British Home Children, 1869-1930​</a></li><li>Library and Archives of Canada – <a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/home-children-guide/Pages/Archives/guide-organizations-receiving-homes.aspx" title="Guide to Sending Organizations and Receiving Homes" target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">Guide to Sending Organizations and Receiving Homes</a><br></li><li>Archives of Ontario - <a href="http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/hawke_papers.aspx" title="Toronto Emigration Office Records">Toronto Emigration Office Records​</a></li></ul><h2>Canadian interest groups<br></h2><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li><a href="http://britishhomechild.com/" title="British Home Child Group International" target="_blank">British Home Child Group International</a> - A database and other resources<br></li><li><a href="https://www.bifhsgo.ca/" title="British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa" target="_blank">British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa</a></li><li><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tweetybirdgenealogy/homechild.html" title="Home Children" target="_blank">Home Children</a><br></li></ul><h2>United Kingdom resources<br></h2><ul><li>Barnardo's - <a href="https://www.barnardos.org.uk/former-barnardos-children" title="Former Bernardo's children" target="_blank">Former Barnardo's children​</a>: A paid service offered by Barnardo's (Formerly Dr. Ba​rnardo's Homes). Direct descendants of Barnardo's​ Home children can apply for the intake file of their relative.<br></li><li><a href="http://www.childrenscottagehomes.org.uk/" title="Former Children's Homes" target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">Former Children's Homes</a><span style="font-size:1em;">: Information about Cottage Homes, orphanages, and other institution</span></li><li> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/research-family-history" title="General Register Office " target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">General Register Office (GRO)</a>: Copies of official British birth, marriage, and death records<span style="font-size:1em;">, available for purchase.</span></li><li><a href="https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/london-metropolitan-archives" title="London Metropolitan Archives">London Metropolitan Archives</a><br></li><li><a href="http://childrenshomes.org.uk/" title="The Children's Homes" target="_blank">The Children's Homes</a>: Information and resources about orphanages, homes, and reformatories.<br></li><li><a href="http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/" title="The National Archives" target="_blank">The National Archives</a></li><li><a href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/intro/" title="The Workhouse:" target="_blank">The Workhouse</a>: Information about Union workhouses, schools and homes, in the UK. <br></li></ul><h4> Published works:<br></h4><ul><li><p><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5"><em>Bleating of the Lambs: Cana​da's British Home Children</em></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5"> by Lori Oschefski​</span></p></li><li><p><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-1-5">​<em>The Home Children</em> by Phyllis Harrison<br></span></p></li></ul><p>​<br></p>
National Indigenous Peoples Dayhttps://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/National_Indigenous_Peoples_Day_2020.aspx5/21/2020 7:50:29 PMNational Indigenous Peoples Day<p><span class="ms-rteFontSize-1">​​​​​​​​​Blog originally posted June 17, 2020<br>Updated: 2021-06-09</span></p><p><span class="ms-rteFontSize-1"></span><span style="font-size:1em;">J</span><span style="font-size:1em;">une is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples ​Day.  It is "</span><span style="font-size:1em;">... a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples."<sup>1</sup>​​​</span></p><h3>Jacob Gill Gaudaur (1858-1937)<br></h3><p></p><p>Did you know that Jake Gaudaur, five-time World Champion rower, was the great-grandson of Big Shilling, Chief of the Deer Tribe in Rama?</p><p>Jacob “Jake" Gill Gaudaur (1858-1937) was born in Atherley, Ontario, the son of Francis and Janet (Gill) Gaudaur.  His paternal grandfather was Antoine Gaudaur, the first-known non-native permanent settler in Orillia.  Gaudaur's paternal grandmother was Mary (Shilling) Gaudaur, dau​ghter of Chief Big Shilling (Neb-Non-A-Quet “Summer Cloud"), chief of the Deer Tribe in Rama, under Chief Yellowhead.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/970-63%20Jacob%20Gill%20Gaudaur-1080.jpg" title="Jacob Gill Gaudaur"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/970-63%20Jacob%20Gill%20Gaudaur-480.jpg" alt="Jacob Gill Gaudaur" class="ms-rtePosition-5" style="margin:5px 55px;width:515px;height:372px;" /></a><span style="font-size:0.714em;">970-63 ​ ​Jacob Gill </span><span style="font-size:0.714em;">Ga</span><span style="font-size:0.714em;">udaur.  Copyright: Public Domain</span><br></p><p>Jake Gaudaur took up competitive rowing at the age of 17, and was one of the greatest scullers in the history of Canadian rowing.  During the 1890s especially, he was nearly unbeatable.  In 1892, Gaudaur and George Hosmer won the World Double Sculls Championship in a race held on Lake Couchiching.  A year later, in Austin, Texas, Gaudaur set a world record for the single sculls three-miles-with-a-turn race.  He lowered the record the next year in a time of 19 minutes 1.5 seconds, a time that has never been beaten.  Gaudaur became the single sculls world champion in a race held on the Thames River in England, and he held the title from 1896 to 1901.  During the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations held at Orillia on May 24, 1897, Gaudaur had no trouble beating Erastus Rogers of Worcester, Massachusetts, in a two-mile race for the North American championship.</p><p>After 25 years of competitive rowing, Gaudaur retired and returned to his hometown of Orillia.  He operated a fishing and boat livery business until just a few months before his death.  <br></p><h4>Citation:<br></h4><p>1. Government of Canada. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. "<a title="About National Indigenous Peoples Day" target="_blank">About National Indigenous Peoples Day​</a>." Last modified <span style="color:#333333;font-family:"noto sans", sans-serif;">2022-06-02</span>​.  Accessed May 29, 2020. <span style="font-size:1em;">​</span></p><h4>Sources consulted:</h4><ul><li>Northern Advance (Barrie), 14 Oct 1937, p. 6<br></li><li><span style="font-size:1em;">Examiner (Barri</span><span style="font-size:1em;">e), 14 Oct 1937, p. 5</span></li><li>Examiner (Barrie), 27 May 1897, p. 1</li><li>“<a href="https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=190&catID=all&lang=EN" title="Hall of Famer Jake Gaudaur" target="_blank">Hall of Famer Jake, Sr. Gaudaur.​</a>" Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed June 1, 2020<br></li><li>“Jake Gaudaur" 1858-1937.  <a href="https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/pages/our-stories/exhibits/snapshots-of-ontarios-sport-heritage/sports-personalities-traditions-and-key-events/jake-gaudaur" target="_blank">Ontario Heritage Trust plaque</a>. Accessed June 2, 2020.​</li></ul><h4>Further reading:<br></h4><span style="font-size:1em;"><ul><li><span style="font-size:1em;">​Simcoe County Archives' </span><a href="/Archives/Pages/Indigenous-History-Resources.aspx" style="font-size:1em;">Guide to Researching Indigenous Histories in Simcoe County​</a><br></li></ul></span>
For Home and Country: Exploring Women’s Institute records at the Simcoe County Archiveshttps://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/Simcoe-County-Women-Institutes.aspx8/30/2021 2:18:51 PMFor Home and Country: Exploring Women’s Institute records at the Simcoe County Archives<h2>​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Introduction<br></h2><p>The Women's Institute (WI) formed in Ontario in 1897 as a women-focused offshoot of the Farmers' Institutes. The Department of Agriculture of Ontario initially sponsored both programs, with the expressed purpose of the WI being the promotion of home economy and practical education for rural women. In practice, local WI branches served as non-denominational social clubs where women could gather with friends, learn, and organize. </p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/TR-2005-87_EastSimDist_TWD_1964-77_Page_052.jpg" title="Mrs. J. Wiggins and Mrs. A McDermid, the first Secretary and Director of the Severn Bridge Women's Institute"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/TR-2005-87_EastSimDist_TWD_1964-77_Page_052_400.jpg" alt="Mrs. J. Wiggins and Mrs. A McDermid, the first Secretary and Director of the Severn Bridge Women's Institute" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br><span style="font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;"> TR-2005-87     ​Mrs. J. Wiggins and Mrs. A. McDermid, the first Secretary and Director of the Severn Bridge WI, East Simcoe District WI Tweedsmuir History, pg. 52​<br></span><br></p><p>​<span style="font-size:1em;">W</span><span style="font-size:1em;">omen's Institute branches have been active in Simcoe County since the early 1900s. They have had a well-documented, very important role in local heritage preservation. In 1928, Simcoe Area Director Agnes Stocking (Waub​uashene WI) and Area Secretary Elizabeth Sutherland (Stroud WI) petitioned the Public Library in Barrie for a small space in which to house a Simcoe County Museum. ​​</span></p><p style="text-align:center;">​<a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_Page_027.jpg" title="Agnes Stocking, First Director of the Simcoe Area Women's Institute"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_Page_027_480.jpg" alt="Agnes​​​ Stocking, 1944" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br><br></p><h4 style="text-align:center;">971-15   Agnes​​​ Stocking, 1944,  Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir Vol. 11925-71, pg. 27<br></h4><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_800.jpg" alt="Elizabeth Sutherland, Simcoe Area Women's Institute Secretary" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br></p><h4 style="font-size:16px;text-align:center;">971-15   <span></span>Elizabeth Sutherland, undated<br>  Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir Vol. 1, 1925-71, pg. 28<br></h4><p><span style="font-size:1em;">As the collection grew, the Simcoe County Museum was relocated first to the Registry Office in Barrie in the 1930s and then to its permanent home on Highway 26. The local branches were likewise instrumental in the establishment of a county-level archives. It was through their efforts and dedication that the </span><span style="font-size:1em;">Simcoe County Archives was founded in 1966 as a County Centennial Project. Through their continued support, the Simcoe County Archives was also able to start an in-house microfilming program. </span><br></p><h4 style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/984-103%20Simcoe%20County%20Womens%20Institute%20Museum_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/984-103%20Simcoe%20County%20Womens%20Institute%20Museum_800.jpg" alt="Simcoe County Women's Institute Museum, ca. 1934" style="font-size:1em;margin:5px;" /></a> ​984-103    Simcoe County Women's Institute Museum, ca. 1934<br></h4><p>​<br></p><p><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/SCM-1967_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/SCM%20f-1967_800.jpg" alt="Simcoe County Museum and Archives, ca. 1970" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br></p><h4 style="text-align:center;">Simcoe County Museum and Archives, ca. 1970 </h4><h4 style="text-align:center;">from the Simcoe County Archives Photograph collection<br></h4><p>​Another major project undertaken by WI branches has been the creation of community history books, known as Tweedsmuir Community History Books (or Tweedsmuir Histories). The women of the WI created these records to document the settlement history of their towns, but the books also serve to illustrate the social history of their communities throughout the twentieth century. They provide an incredible amount of information for historians, genealogists, and researchers. <br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/SimcoeArea_TWD_1925-71_Page_001.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br></p><h4 style="font-size:16px;text-align:center;">971-15​ Decorative cover of a Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir<br><br></h4><p>The Simcoe County Archives has been the main repository for local Women's Institute records for over 50 years. The Archives hold branch minutes and administrative records as well over 200 Tweedsmuir Histories and branch scrapbooks​. This blog post will explore the history of the Women's Institute in Simcoe County, with an emphasis on the role of the branches in the collection and preservation of local histories.<br></p><h2>​A Brief History of Federated Women's Institute in Ontario (FWIO)</h2><p>The establishment of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario is credited to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Hoodless" title="Adelaide Hunter Hoodless" target="_blank">Adelaide Hunter Hoodless​</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erland_Lee" title="Erland Lee" target="_blank">E​rland and Janet Lee</a>. Adelaide Hoodless, born in Brant County in 1857, was a tireless educational reformer. Her passion was for the education of women, specifically in the areas of domestic work, health and sanitation, and household labour. </p><p>An address given by Mrs. Hoodless at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph on the subject of educational programing for rural women caught the attention of Erland Lee, a member of the South Wentworth Farmers' Institute, and his wife Janet. Together, the three endeavoured to establish a “Women's Department of Home Economy in affiliation with the Farmers' Institute". The organization would eventually come to be named the Women's Institute and its official constitution was adopted in Stoney Creek, Ontario on February 25, 1897.</p><p>Within the first ten years of the WI's existence in Ontario, it was reported that 400 local branches had been founded across the province. These local Women's Institutes came to be organized under the umbrella of the FWIO by Areas, Districts, and Branches. ​</p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/East-District.jpg" title="​East Simcoe District WI members meeting in Orillia around1910"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/East-District-480.jpg" alt="​East Simcoe District WI members meeting in Orillia, around 1910" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br></p><h4 style="text-align:center;">TR-2005-87     East Simcoe District WI members meeting in Orillia, ca. 1910</h4><h4 style="text-align:center;">East Simcoe District WI Tweedsmuir History, pg. ​9<br></h4><p style="text-align:center;"></p><h2>The Women's Institute in Simcoe County</h2><p>As a county largely comprised of rural communities, it is no surprise that the WI took root in Simcoe County. Over the course of the WI's history in the county, there have been over 130 individual branches established. While many of these have since disbanded or amalgamated, records for many of the individual branches survive and have been deposited at the Simcoe County Archives.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/West-District.jpg" title="West District WI members meeting near New Lowell, around 1919"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/West-District-480.jpg" alt="West District WI members meeting near New Lowell, around 1919 " style="margin:5px;" /></a><br></p><h4 style="text-align:center;">980-38  West District WI members meeting near New Lowell, ca. 1920<br></h4><h4 style="text-align:center;">West Simcoe District WI Tweedsmuir Vol. 1, pg.18<br></h4><p>​​​​Some of the earliest WI branches to form were in Wyebridge (1901), Cookstown (Sr Branch, 1901), Bond Head (1902), and Creemore (1902). Women's Institute districts formed relatively early to represent the growing number of branches in different parts of the County. The original four districts were:<br></p><ul><li>Simcoe South District, formed in 1901</li><li>Simcoe Centre District, formed in 1902</li><li>Simcoe West District, formed in1902</li><li>Simcoe East District, formed in 1910<br></li></ul><p>Subsequent districts later formed and various reorganizations took place. The Simcoe North District formed in 1949 and the Simcoe Kempenfeldt District was created in 1966. The former took on some existing branches located in the north end of the County, while the latter absorbed various branches from the Simcoe South and Simcoe East Districts. <br></p><p>Today, Simcoe County's WI are again organized into four districts: </p><ul><li>Simcoe Centre-West<br></li><li>Simcoe East<br></li><li>Simcoe North<br></li><li>Simcoe South Kempenfeldt<br></li></ul><p>A major development in the history of Simcoe County's Women's Institutes took place in 1925, when the <a href="https://fwio.on.ca/branches_districts_areas.php" title="Branches, Districts, and Areas" target="_blank">Simco​e Area</a> was formed. </p><p>​<a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_Page_157_1080.jpg" title=" Simcoe Area WI Officers, 1944"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_Page_157_800.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /></a></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">​971-15   Simcoe Area WI Officers, 1944<br></span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Simcoe Area Tweedsmuir WI Vol. 1, 1925-71, pg. 157​</span></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;">​This area-level organization would work to represent the shared interests and objectives of all WI branches within the County of Simcoe.  The matter was put forward at a general meeting of the four districts, which took place on August 5, 1925. At that time Agnes Stocking was selected as the first Director.</span><br></p><p>The first meeting of the Simcoe Area was held in Barrie at the Public Library on July 7, 1926. At that time two committees were formed. The first was to take a general survey of material mortality and general health conditions within the County. The second was a historical research committee formed with the expressed mandate of “preserving the history of our County" (Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir Vol. 1, pg. 10). ​<br></p><h4 style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_1925-71_Page_018_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_1925-71_Page_018_480.jpg" alt="A Letter from Mrs. W. H. Todd, Convener of the Committee on “Pioneer Research", to Mrs. Orchard, October 15, 1926 ​" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br><br></h4><h4 style="text-align:center;">971-15  A Letter from Mrs. W. H. Todd, Convener of the Committee on<br>“Pioneer Research", to Mrs. Orchard, October 15, 1926 ​<br></h4><h4 style="text-align:center;"> Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir, 1925-71, pg. 18​</h4><p>The above letter, written by the Simcoe Area Convention's first Convener of the Committee on “Pioneer Research" Mrs. W.H. Todd, gives a strong indication of the type of historical information that was of interest to local women of the WI. Though the practice of compiling and keeping Tweedsmuir Histories would not officially begin until the 1930s, the activities of this committee can be considered a blueprint for the Tweedsmuir Histories.<br></p><h2>​Tweedsmuir Histories<br></h2><p>One of the WI's most significant contributions to preserving county history has been the creation of community history records, known as Tweedsmuir Histories.  The object of the Tweedsmuirs is to document local history and ensure its availability for future generations. <br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Tweedsmuir%20Cover%20cropped.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" />​</p><h4 style="text-align:center;">The FWIO logo and motto embossed on a Tweedsmuir History<br></h4><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:1em;">By the mid-1920s, WI members were already undertaking efforts to record local settler history, however it was in the 1930s-1940s that the books became a central focus of the WI. The name “Tweedsmuir Histories" was adopted around that time. The name was inspired by Lady Tweedsmuir​, the wife of the Governor General of Canada​. She had taken a personal interest in the endeavours of Canada's WI and stressed the need to preserve local history. Compiling “village histories" was a common practice for WI branches in England, and it was readily adopted in Canada.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;">​<a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_1925-71_Page_020_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_1925-71_Page_020_480.jpg" alt="A letter addressed to Mrs. Robert Boyes (Churchill WI) from Lady Tweedsmuir, dated October 15, 1940" style="margin:5px;" /></a> <br></p><h4 style="font-size:16px;text-align:center;">971-15​     A letter addressed to Mrs. Robert Boyes (Churchill WI)  from Lady Tweedsmuir, dated October 15, 1940,  Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir, 1925-71, pg. 20<span style="font-size:1em;">​</span></h4><p style="text-align:left;"><br><span style="font-size:1em;">The project gained momentum as the 50th anniversary for the WI in Ontario approached, with many branches completing the first books in time for the 1947 celebrations. The first Area Tweedsmuir “Curator" for Simcoe County was Mrs. Robert Kell of the Gilford WI (1963-1968). Many Tweedsmuir Histories were also completed in time for Canada's Centennial in 1967. </span><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/TR-2005-87_EastSimDist_TWD_1964-77_Page_097_1000.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/TR-2005-87_EastSimDist_TWD_1964-77_Page_097_1000.jpg" alt="Tweedsmuir History Workshop being held at Minesing for the Districts of Simcoe Centre, North and East on April 26th 1967" style="margin:5px;" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">TR-2005-87     ​East Simcoe District WI Tweedsmuir History, pg. 97​</span></p><p>​Tweedsmuir Histories exist in a variety of forms, but the majority are organized into albums or scrapbooks. Many are bound in the official blue and gold colours of the WI, but others have decorative leather or painted covers. While each Tweedsmuir is fundamentally a unique record of its community, many follow a similar format for the collection and presentation of historical information. Some frequently included categories are:<br></p><ul><li>Branch histories<br></li><li>Membership profiles and biographies</li><li>Settlement and community profiles</li><li>Local anniversaries and special events</li><li>Local fundraisers, including war efforts</li><li>Industrial and agricultural practices<br></li><li>Local family histories</li><li>Farm histories and "House Logs"<br></li><li>Public building histories, including churches and schools</li><li>Profiles of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Robertson_Watt" title="Biography of Mrs. Alfred Watt">Mrs. Alfred Watt </a>Memorial Scholarship winners<br></li></ul><div>While the original focus of these records was on the early settler history, the books offer a wealth of information about the social history of Simcoe County throughout the twentieth century. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/993-19_Udney_WI_Tweedsmuir-Scrapbook-Martin-Speiran_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/993-19_Udney_WI_Tweedsmuir-Scrapbook-Martin-Speiran_800.jpg" alt="A Century Farm, or "Farm History" included in the Udney WI Tweedsmuir, ca. 1970" style="margin:5px;" /></a>​<br></div><div><h4 style="text-align:center;">​993-19     A Century Farm, or "Farm History" included in the Udney WI Tweedsmuir, ca. 1970. From the Udney WI fonds​<br><br></h4><p><span style="font-size:1em;">The Simcoe County Archives holds over 200 Tweedsmuir Histories and scrapbooks created by the County's Area, Districts, and Branches. </span><span style="font-size:1em;">A working list of all the Tweedsmuir Histories held at the Simcoe County Archives is avail​able for review: </span><a href="/Archives/Documents/SCA_WI-Tweedsmuirs_PUBLIC.xlsx" title="Link to the Simcoe County Archives Tweedsmuir History Inventory" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:1em;">SCA Twee</span><span style="font-size:1em;">dsmuir History</span><span style="font-size:1em;"> Inventory</span></a>​<br></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;"></span><span style="font-size:1em;">The prevalence of the WI in the county has meant that the Tweedsmuirs provide wide geographic coverage.</span><span style="font-size:1em;"> This combined with the sheer variety of local history captured collectively make the Tweedsmuirs one of the Archives most important resources.  </span></p><p><strong style="font-size:1em;"><br></strong></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;"></span><strong style="font-size:1em;">Conclusion</strong></p><p><strong style="font-size:1em;"></strong>The WI has played a major role in the collection and preservation of local heritage materials in the County of Simcoe.  Through the curation of Tweedsmuir Histories and the establishment of local heritage organizations, the women of the WI not only recorded Simcoe County's local history, but also ensured that it would be kept and made available to all citizens in perpetuity. </p><p>With the assistance of the FWIO, forty of Simcoe County's Area and District WI Tweedsmuir Histories were digitized in 2019.  These can be accessed through​ the <a href="https://collections.fwio.on.ca/search" target="_blank" title="Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario Digital Collections">FWIO Digital Collections​</a>. <br><br><br></p><p><strong>Sources:</strong><br></p><p>Ambrose, Linda M., and Margaret Kechnie. “Social Control or Social Feminism?: Two Views of the Ontario Women's Institutes." <em>Agricultural History</em> 73, no. 2 (1999): 222–37. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744661">http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744661</a>.</p><p>Kechine, Margaret C. <em>Organizing Rural Women: The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, 1897-1919</em>. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zwfj">http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zwfj</a>.</p><p>Tennant, Nancy. “Women's Institutes in Peace and War." <em>Social Work (1939-1970)</em> 2, no. 3 (1942): 99–104. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/43759704">http://www.jstor.org/stable/43759704</a>.</p><p>The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario.<em> Ontario Women's Institute Story</em>. T. H Best Printing Limited, 1972.</p><p> “Tweedsmuir Community History Books." <em>The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario</em>. Accessed September 15, 2021. https://fwio.on.ca/tweedsmuir-history-books/​ <br></p><p> </p><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong><br></p><ul><li><a href="https://collections.fwio.on.ca/search" title="Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario – Digital Collections" target="_blank">Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario – Digital Collections</a></li><li><a href="https://erlandleemuseum.ca/" title="Erland Lee (Museum) Home​" target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">Erland Lee (Museum) Home​</a><br></li><li><a href="/Archives/Pages/Madge-Watt.aspx" title="Link to blog post on Margaret Madge Robertson Watt">Margaret "Madge" Robertson Watt​</a><br></li></ul><p><br><br></p>​<br><br><br></div>
International Archives Day 2023https://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/International-Archives-Day-2023.aspx5/18/2023 2:25:55 PMInternational Archives Day 2023<p>​​​​​​In honour of International Archives Day the Simcoe County Archives is making a series of information​​ videos about our facilities and services available.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/SCA_0368-480.jpg" alt="Staff of the Simcoe County Archives" style="margin:5px;" /><br><span class="ms-rteStyle-References">Simcoe County Archives staff</span><br class="ms-rteStyle-References"><span class="ms-rteStyle-References">Back row left to right: Jamie Levy, Jenn Huddleston, Jenna </span><span class="ms-rteStyle-References">Kondo,</span><span class="ms-rteStyle-References" style="font-size:1em;">Olivia White, Ellen Millar​. Front row left to right: Kamryn Loney, Matthew Fells</span></p><p>​These videos were originally created as part of Archives Awareness Week and directed at our corporate and municipal partners. We hope you enjoy!<br></p><ul><li><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://youtu.be/o8EBs073iCY&data=05%7c01%7cJennifer.Huddleston%40simcoe.ca%7cb1a1676ee40640e1822b08db61195168%7cbaae52565a7340f28c4d76f3ae971463%7c1%7c0%7c638210533581014476%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&sdata=q6YPyXcLaRBqrJLpKxc6RMY2kP1YyZklyq4kEpOhfLY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="An Overview of the Simcoe County Archives' Services" style="font-size:1em;">Overview of SCA's Services</a><span style="font-size:1em;"> (31 minutes)<br>Jenn Huddleston, Private Collections Archivist<br><br></span></li><li><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://youtu.be/HVO80OwL7G4&data=05%7c01%7cJennifer.Huddleston%40simcoe.ca%7cb1a1676ee40640e1822b08db61195168%7cbaae52565a7340f28c4d76f3ae971463%7c1%7c0%7c638210533581170708%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&sdata=EfYMz7j1djvAlyf1aXkpkukZAxBXxiMR2SsoU%2BmNIBI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Introduction to Records Transfers" style="font-size:1em;">Records Transfers</a><span style="font-size:1em;"> (28 minutes)<br></span>E<span style="font-size:1em;">llen Millar, Corporate and Municipal Records Archivist<br><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:1em;"></span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://youtu.be/rXXNkcAO8Hs&data=05%7c01%7cJennifer.Huddleston%40simcoe.ca%7cb1a1676ee40640e1822b08db61195168%7cbaae52565a7340f28c4d76f3ae971463%7c1%7c0%7c638210533581170708%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&sdata=P/nLyXk1RDca4BGsuGSF8GNZZc0CPstI4HcJy7aYJ4E%3D&reserved=0" title="Introduction to Records Preservation" style="font-size:1em;">Records Preservation</a><span style="font-size:1em;"> (35 minutes)<br></span>Jamie Levy, Microfilm Technician, and Olivia White, Digital Preservation Archivist<br> <span style="font-size:1em;">​</span></li><li><span style="font-size:1em;"><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://youtu.be/6T37_7O2bA8&data=05%7c01%7cJennifer.Huddleston%40simcoe.ca%7cb1a1676ee40640e1822b08db61195168%7cbaae52565a7340f28c4d76f3ae971463%7c1%7c0%7c638210533581170708%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&sdata=Q/tWcieczPQ/VCV0LIPKNlv8MTpJP0%2BnYHXeoiSEOp8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="How to Access to Records" style="font-size:1em;">Access to Records</a><span style="font-size:1em;"> (26 minutes)</span>​<br></span>Jenna Kondo, Reference Services Coordinator<span style="font-size:1em;">​</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:1em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;"></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br><br></p>
Ovenden College (1915-1950)https://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/Ovenden-College.aspx3/27/2023 3:38:15 PMOvenden College (1915-1950)<p>​<span style="font-size:1em;">​​​Ovenden College was a day and boarding school for girls in Barrie founded by educators Ethel Mary Elgood (ca. 1876-1973), Elizabeth J. Ingram (ca. 1877-1961), and Raina Strangford Shopoff (ca. 1880-1978) from 1915 to its closure in 1950.</span></p><p>Elgood and Ingram were both born in England. Elgood earned her First Class Teaching Diploma in Cambridge, while Ingram received her diploma in Oxford. Shopoff was born in Bulgaria and studied in England and Montmirail, Switzerland. At Havergal College, a girl's school in Toronto, Elgood served as the principal and Shopoff as a teacher.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/985-66-Ovenden-House_E9-B5-R3A-S8-Sh2_1080.jpg" title="The Strathy house: A gabled Victorian mansion with a wrap-around porch" target="_blank"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/985-66-Ovenden-House_E9-B5-R3A-S8-Sh2_480.jpg" alt="The Strathy house: A gabled Victorian mansion with a wrap-around porch" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>1985-066, [Photograph of Ovenden], <strong style="text-align:center;">Morton family collection,</strong> ca. 1905.</strong></p><h2>​​Origins of Ovenden College</h2><p></p><p>In 1915, upon the invitation of Mrs. Daisy Georgina McIntyre Stewart (née Plummer, wife of lawyer Douglas Maxwell Stewart), Elgood, Ingram, and Shopoff arrived in Barrie to establish a school as co-principals in the place of Mrs. Wakefield, a retiring educator who ran a local day school. "Ovenden" was the former Strathy family residence on Blake Street, bequeathed to Gerard Brakenridge Strathy. This house had seen a lot in its time, especially when bank manager John Alexander Strathy (1849-1896) was shot and killed at Ovenden by local citizen Michael Brennan in February 1896.</p><p>Elgood, Ingram, and Shopoff rented Ovenden from G.B. Strathy between 1915 and 1920 before officially purchasing the building for $10,000 in April 1921. The former home served as the "Main House" or "First House" of Ovenden College, while the nearby "Second House," acquired ca. 1929, functioned as the Junior House for younger students. An average of 50 students were enrolled per year between the two houses, with decreased numbers during the war years and the 1930s.</p><p>Both boys and girls between the ages of 4 to 10 could attend Ovenden College as day students, while girls ages 10 to 18 had the option to live at Ovenden College during the school year. Each school year had three terms, starting with the Autumn Term on September 16 until December 25. The Easter Term ran from January 1 to mid-March, and the Summer Term occurred from the end of March to the middle of June.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/981-55_Ovenden-Chronicle-1916_B5-R4B-S8-Sh5_1080.jpg" title="Front page of The "Ovenden" Chronicle, June 1916 with logo in the centre featuring a tree" target="_blank"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/981-55_Ovenden-Chronicle-1916_B5-R4B-S8-Sh5_480.jpg" alt="Front page of The "Ovenden" Chronicle, June 1916 with logo in the centre featuring a tree" style="margin:5px;" /></a> <br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>1981-055, The "Ovenden" Chronicle, June 1916.</strong><br></p><h2>​​​​Education<br></h2><p></p><p>In a promotional pamphlet from ca. 1915, Ovenden College is described as a "substitute for a good, continental school [with] great attention being paid to Languages, Music and Singing" (p. 4, 1981-055). The pamphlet also states that the school prepared students for university by encouraging "the development of the girls on simple, healthy lines, both physically and mentally" (p. 5, 1981-055). Advanced courses were offered in scripture, ancient and European history, art history, geography, and literature. Lessons in German and French were also offered.</p><p>Ovenden College had two mottos symbolising its values. "We work not for School, but for Life. We toil not for Time but for Eternity." As described in the first edition of the school's magazine, "The 'Ovenden' Chronicle" from 1916, this motto represents how students "should lay stress on the things that really matter; honest effort, sympathy, honour, right judgement, perseverance, [and] courage" (p. 2). The motto featured on the school's emblem, "Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re" means "Gentle in Manner, Strong in Action," and acted as a code of personal conduct for students ("Ovenden" Chronicle, 1917, p. 7-8).​<br></p><h2>​<strong>Cost</strong><br></h2><p></p><p>As an upper-class institution, the fees required to attend Ovenden College would have been out of reach for some local students. In 1915, enrolling as a day student cost $10.00-$35.00 per term, depending on the student's age, and $0.30 a day for dinner. To understand how much Ovenden College would have cost today, the maximum fee as a day student would have been about $1325.00 per term, adjusted for inflation in 2023 as per the <a href="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator" title="Bank of Canada's Inflation Calculator" target="_blank">Bank of Canada's Inflation Calculator</a>.</p><p>To board at Ovenden College, the entrance fee was a one-term fee of $12.00 and a resident fee of $134.00 per term. The resident fee covered board, residence, general tuition, and a small amount of extra-curricular activities. With three terms, the average Ovenden College attendance fee for one year was about $414.00, not including additional fees for music lessons or specialized courses. To put things into perspective, the annual attendance fee as a boarding student would have been about $10,500 in 2023.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/979-71_Ovenden-College-Veranda_B4-R3B-S3-Sh2_1080.jpg" title="Five women sitting on a veranda, with a dog in the centre, surrounded by vines" target="_blank"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/979-71_Ovenden-College-Veranda_B4-R3B-S3-Sh2_480.jpg" alt="Five women sitting on a veranda, with a dog in the centre, surrounded by vines" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br><strong>1979-071, [Ovenden College staff and Michael the dog on the veranda of First House], ca. 1930.</strong></p><h2>​<strong>Educators</strong><br></h2><p></p><p>Ovenden College was managed by Elgood, Ingram, and Shopoff before more educators joined the staff. These women were active members of their local community. Shopoff, often referred to as Mademoiselle by students, was a member and former president of the Barrie Women's Canadian Club and served as co-director of the East Anglican Mission. Elgood was a member of the Barrie Women's Canadian Club, the Girl Guides, and the Victorian Order of Nurses.</p><p>Other long-term educators at Ovenden College include Florence Biltcliffe, who taught music since 1930, and Rosalind Mackenzie who was the riding instructor from 1932 until the school closed. Elsie Raikes attended Ovenden College and was head girl in 1918 before returning as the History and Latin teacher from 1933 until 1950.<br></p><h2>Michael the Dog</h2><p>Michael John Ovenden was one of the pet dogs at Ovenden College. Referred to as "everybody's pet" in the 1929 "Ovenden" Chronicle, Michael was half-German Shepard and half-Border Collie. Given to the school by Elsie Raikes in 1926, he was frequently mentioned in the "Ovenden" Chronicle through humorous stories and poems, often written from "Michael's" point-of-view. Michael lived for thirteen years before passing in the fall of 1939, clearly beloved by many Ovenden students.<br></p><p><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/998-24_Ovenden-College-Girls-Hockey-no-frame-1927_E15-B1-R4A-S2-Sh5_1080.jpg" target="_blank" title="Six girls in uniform holding hockey sticks"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/998-24_Ovenden-College-Girls-Hockey-no-frame-1927_E15-B1-R4A-S2-Sh5_480.jpg" alt="Six girls in uniform holding hockey sticks" style="margin:5px;" /></a> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>1998-024, Ovenden College girls' hockey team, 1927. The June 1927 “Ovenden" Chronicle, p. 30, lists Mary Morris, Gladys Heward, and Hilda Bacon as forwards, Barbara Scadding and Miriam Bell as defence, and Maud Crouch as the goalie.</strong></p><h2>​​​<strong>Extra-Curricular Activities</strong><br></h2><p></p><p>With over four acres of land, Ovenden College had tennis and basketball courts, an orchard, a large garden, gymnasium and playing fields to support its diverse offering of physical activities. During the summer, students would form teams for badminton, basketball, tennis, and golf, as well as ride horses. During the winter, students would join the hockey, skating, skiing, snowshoeing, and tobogganing teams. There were also several student clubs, such as a glee club, debate club, music club, French club, camera club, and field club. Students performed plays and gymnastic routines. An annual Halloween party was held and often featured costumes and theatrical performances.</p><p>The Work Club, or Sewing Club, began during World War I to supply sewn shirts, pajamas, and knitted socks to frontline hospitals as well as French and Belgian orphaned children. Caps, bags, and aprons created by students were sold to raise funds for injured soldiers. Care packages of homemade stockings filled with chocolate, cigarettes, books, and puzzles were supplied to English war hospitals.</p><p>The museum at Ovenden College managed an extensive collection of natural history specimens. Annual lectures were organized as fundraisers. Notable Canadian artist Lawren Harris from the Group of Seven visited Ovenden College in October 1917 to discuss how "art was the expression of each individual mind" ("Ovenden" Chronicle, 1918, p. 4).</p><p>Speech Day was an event held at the end of the summer school term in June. Typically, there would be speeches by Elgood and invited guests, followed by a performance from the school choir or dance club, and prizes awarded for student accomplishments during the year.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/1981-055_Ovenden-Chronicle-1932_B5-R4B-S8-Sh5_1080.jpg" title="Two-page collage of black and white photographs of students riding horses, playing tennis, gardening, and participating in clubs" target="_blank"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/1981-055_Ovenden-Chronicle-1932_B5-R4B-S8-Sh5_480.jpg" alt="Two-page collage of black and white photographs of students riding horses, playing tennis, gardening, and participating in clubs" style="margin:5px;" /></a> <br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>1981-055, The "Ovenden" Chronicle, June 1932, pp. 12-13.</strong></p><p style="text-align:left;"><strong></strong></p><h2>The "Ovenden" Chronicle​<br></h2><p>The "Ovenden" Chronicle was an annual magazine summarizing the events of the school year. They contain details of club activities, sports matches, as well as photographs, poetry, and drawings submitted by students. Examination results were also published in the Chronicle, alongside relevant personal and professional updates about alumni, referred to as "Old Girls." The Simcoe County Archives has 34 volumes of the Chronicle from 1916-1945, and 1947-1950.</p><h2><strong>Closure</strong></h2><p></p><p>In 1950, founders Elgood, Ingram, and Shopoff announced their retirement. The school grounds were placed on sale for about $100,000. With no buyer emerging, the school closed in June 1950 after its final Speech Day. Elgood and Ingram returned to England, while Shopoff remained in Barrie. An advertisement from December 21, 1950 in the <em>Barrie Examiner</em> reveals that Ovenden College was remodelled into an apartment building. The Main and Junior Houses of Ovenden College were eventually demolished.</p><p>For 36 years and through two World Wars, Ovenden College educated students academically, artistically, and culturally through its commitment to diverse learning strategies. Gertrude Rhoda Jarvis (née Bird), head girl in 1917-1918, wrote in the final​​"Ovenden" Chronicle from 1950 that "if we can preserve that teaching, and guard it in the face of inertia and self-seeking, and hand it on intact to the next generation, then we contribute something to the future of Canada, and Miss Elgood, Miss Ingram, and Mlle [Shopoff] will have worked 'not for Time, but for Eternity'" (p. 37).<br></p><p>​<br><br></p><h2>Works Consulted</h2><p><strong></strong></p><ul><li>Abstract/Parcel Register Book, Simcoe (51), Book 419, Plan 6; South Side Blake Street. Ontario Land Registry Access. <a href="https://www.onland.ca/" target="_blank">https://www.onland.ca</a>.</li><li><em>The Barrie Examiner</em></li><ul><li>20 February 1896, vol. 33, no. 8</li><li>22 July 1915, no. 29</li><li>23 June 1949, no. 43</li><li>21 July 1949, no. 50</li><li>24 April 1950, no. 31</li><li>11 May 1950, no. 36</li><li>25 May 1950, no. 40</li><li>6 Feb 1957, no. 16</li><li>2 September 1961, no. 205</li><li>2 Jan 1974, no. 1</li><li>12 January 1978, no. 9</li><li>28 April 1978, no. 99</li></ul><li>[Entrance booklet to Ovenden College], ca. 1915.<strong> </strong>1981-055. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</li><li>[I<span style="font-size:1em;">ntroductory booklet to Ovenden College], 1931. 2021-001. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:1em;"></span>L<span style="font-size:1em;">ibrary and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds</span></li><li>[P<span style="font-size:1em;">hotograph of Ovenden College girls' hockey team], 1927. 1998-024. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</span></li><li>[<span style="font-size:1em;">Photograph of Ovenden College staff and Michael the dog on the veranda], ca. 1930. 1979-071. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</span></li><li>[<span style="font-size:1em;">Photograph of Ovenden], ca. 1915. 1985-066, Morton family collection. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</span></li><li>T<span style="font-size:1em;">ax Assessment and Collector's Roll, Barrie, 1916. 2000-074. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</span></li><li>T<span style="font-size:1em;">he "Ovenden" Chronicle, 1916-1918, 1926-1928, 1931-1932, 1936, 1940, 1950. 1981-055. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.​</span></li></ul>
Archives Awareness Week 2023https://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/Archives-Awareness-Week-2023.aspx3/28/2023 7:25:02 PMArchives Awareness Week 2023<p>​​​​Archives Awareness week is April 3 to April 6 in Ontario! This year, the staff at the Simcoe County Archives thought it would be fun to introduce ourselves, along with some of our furry (occasionally fern-y) friends. Can you guess which pet belongs to which staff member? Scroll down to see.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong style="text-align:center;">Simcoe County Archives staff</strong>​<img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Staff.JPG" alt="Simcoe County Archives" style="margin:5px;" />​<br><strong>From top left: </strong>Matthew Fells (County Archivist), Ellen Millar (Archivist, Corporate & Municipal Records),  and Jenn Huddleston (Archivist, Private Collections)<br><strong>From bottom left:</strong> Olivia White (Archivist, Digital Preservation), Jamie Levy (Microfilm Technician), and Jenna Kondo (Archives Reference Coordinator) <br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong> The Pets<br></strong><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/pets.jpg" alt="Simcoe County Archives pets" style="font-size:1em;margin:5px;" /><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>The Answers:</strong><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Matt-Pets.JPG" alt="Matthew fells and his cat Charlee" style="margin:5px;" /><br>County Archivist Matthew Fells and his cat Charlee.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Ellen-Pets.JPG" alt="Ellen Millar and her spider plant" style="margin:5px;" />​​<br>Ellen Millar, Archivist (Corporate & Municipal Records Archivist) and her spider plant.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Jenn-Pets.jpg" alt="Jenn Huddleston and her pet dog and snake." style="margin:5px;" /><br><span style="font-size:1em;">Jenn Huddleston, Archivist (Private Collections) and her pet python, Emma, and dog Roo.</span><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/Olivia-Angel.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br><span style="font-size:1em;">Olivia White, Archivist (Ditial Preservation) and her kitty Angel.</span><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/jamie-pets.jpg" alt="Jamie Levy and her dogs Shelby and Carley" style="margin:5px;" /><br>Jamie Levy and her pups; Shelby and Carley.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;">​<img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/jenna-pets.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><br>Jenna Kondo, Archives Reference Coordinator, and her boys:  Jazzy and TJ.<br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br></p><p style="text-align:left;">​We hope you've enjoyed getting to know the Archives' staff and a few of our furry friends. To learn more about the Simcoe County Archives please visit the Archives blog.<br></p><p>​​​​<br><br></p>
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style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"><br></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12px;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/983-16%201080w%20E57-B1-R4A-S9-SH2%20COPY%20NEG832.jpg" title="Unidentifed photograph of five women"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/983-16%20480w%20E57-B1-R4A-S9-SH2%20COPY%20NEG832.jpg" alt="Unidentifed photograph of five women" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br><span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal"><span class="ms-rteFontSize-2">983-16, U<span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">nidentified</span>​ photograph, n.d.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"><br></span></span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This picture, along with many others, was donated to the </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Simcoe County A</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">rchives without any identification</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> fr</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">om</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> the donor. </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">It’</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">s a very common situation</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">O</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">ften donors</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> themselves</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> aren’t sure of who </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">is in the </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">photographs</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">although the</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">y</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> may be</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> family members. Sometime photographs are inherited,​</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> or found, and </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">no one </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">remembers the </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">people </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">in the photos.  There is still a lot we can learn from a ph</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">oto like this, but without knowing </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">who</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">where</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun 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class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">lose</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> a lot of important context.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The good news is that this is an easy (and </span><span class="AdvancedProofingIssue SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;background-position:left bottom;">actually pretty</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> fun) problem to solve. Taking </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">some time</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> to go through family photos and add</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> a bit of information about them is a great </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">at-home project to undertake</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> during social distancing. </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">S</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">taff at </span><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;background-position:left bottom;">the </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;background-position:left bottom;"> Archives</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> have put together a list of </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">tips and </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">best practices for identifying and describing family photographs </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">to get you started.</span></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/2019-135_Nurses-Graduation-1945-480.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/2019-135_Nurses-Graduation-1945-480.jpg" alt="Three women posing nest to each other " style="margin:5px;" /></a>​<br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:italic;text-align:center;">2019-135, McKinlay photo album photograph (front), 1945</span>​<br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/2019-135_Nurses-Graduation-1945_back_1080.jpg"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/2019-135_Nurses-Graduation-1945_back_480.jpg" alt="McKinlay photo album photograph back" style="margin:5px;" /></a>​<br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;text-align:center;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:italic;text-align:center;">2019-135, McKinlay photo album photograph (back), 1945</span>​<br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"><br></span></p></div><div class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><h2><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA">Information to include when identifying photos</span></h2></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Who is in the photo?</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> Identify everyone you recognize and include their position in the photo (For example: Left to right; </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Margaret McLaren, Bessie McKinlay, Gertie Mitchell​). Be sure to include first and last names if you know them.</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">  And don’t forget to identify the pets!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> <br><br></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Where was the photo taken?</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> Include the town or city and any information you have about the venue or building. Was the picture taken at the Orillia Opera House? Is </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">it</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> Nana Mary’s house at 123 Elm Street, Midland? Include the address if you know it!<br> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">When was the photo taken?</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> Include the date in as much detail as possible. This could be “June 14, 1945”, or “Graduation 1945” depending on what you know.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> <br><br></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">What is the photograph showing?</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> Was it taken at a special event? A graduation or birthday? </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Include these details in your description.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> <br><br></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Remember, the more information the better!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><h2><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">How to record information</span></h2></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">You can record this information on the back of photographs, written lightly in pencil. In a pinch, pen can be used although it is not ideal from a preservation </span><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;background-position:left bottom;">stand point</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. If using pen, remember to write lightly to avoid damaging the photograph. Always write on the back of the photo and give the ink time to dry before putting the photo away.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> Pro tips: </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Write on the back</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">of photos</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Write lightly</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, but not so lightly that your writing can’t be read</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Use pencil if possible</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">If using pen, make sure to let the ink dry!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><h2><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span>For digital photos<span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-size:1.618em;"> </span></h2></div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Today, most photographs are taken with digital cameras and result in digital files rather than hard copy photos. </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">There are a few ways to add info</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">rmation to these digital files to ensure they are identifiable in future. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">One of the most straightforward ways to describe your digital photos is to create an identification key. This ID </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">key will ensure that each file (identified by its file title) will have </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">a </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">who</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">what,</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">where </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">and </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">when</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> associated with it.  </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">ID keys can be as simple or complicated as you like. You can change the file titles of your photos to something descriptive, or you can use the name generated by your camera or device. You can create your key as a Word </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12pt;background-position:left bottom;">document, or</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> try an Excel spreadsheet.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Sample key:</span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div class="TableContainer SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:2px 0px 2px -5px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;"><table class="Table TableWordWrap SCXW157943435 BCX0" border="1" data-tablestyle="MsoTable15Grid1Light" data-tablelook="1184" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;table-layout:fixed;width:0px;overflow:visible;empty-cells:show;background-color:transparent;border-spacing:0px;"><tbody class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><tr class="TableRow TableRowSelected SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="row" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;height:auto;"><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="rowheader" data-celllook="256" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 1px 2px;border-style:solid;border-color:#999999 #999999 #666666;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">File title</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="columnheader" data-celllook="256" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 1px 2px 0px;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:#999999;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#666666;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">Date</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="columnheader" data-celllook="256" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 1px 2px 0px;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:#999999;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#666666;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">Description</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td></tr><tr class="TableRow TableRowSelected SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="row" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;height:auto;"><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="rowheader" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;border-left-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">DC3109</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">July 1, 2009</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">Canada Day Parade, Dunlop Street, Barrie. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td></tr><tr class="TableRow TableRowSelected SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="row" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;height:auto;"><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="rowheader" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;border-left-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">DC3110</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">July 2, 2009</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">Miller family home. 123 Elm Street, Orillia. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td></tr><tr class="TableRow TableRowSelected SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="row" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;height:auto;"><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" role="rowheader" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;border-left-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">Miller-family-picnic</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">July 3, 2009</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td><td class="SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-celllook="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;overflow:visible;background-color:transparent;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-color:#999999;border-bottom-color:#999999;width:207px;"><div class="TableCellContent SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px;overflow:visible;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;">Miller family picnic, </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="SpellingError SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:left bottom;">Awenda</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"> Provincial Park. Left to right: Jane Miller, </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Simcoe County Archives has created a <a href="/Archives/Documents/Photo-ID-Template.docx" title="Photo Identification Key Template">basic template</a>​ in Word that you are welcome to use.​</span></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;cursor:text;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157943435 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Those are just a few tips to get you started on identifying your family photos. We hope you have fun!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157943435 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:19.425px;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><p class="Paragraph SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial, arial_msfontservice, sans-serif;line-height:19.425px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW217293000 BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:inherit;"><br></span></span></p></div><p>​​<br></p>
Emancipation Day 2020https://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/Emancipation_Day_2020.aspx6/23/2020 5:42:28 PMEmancipation Day 2020<p><span class="ms-rteStyle-Quote"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:"segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11.424px;">​​​Blog originally posted July 30​​, 2020</span>​​​<br></span></p><p><span class="ms-rteStyle-Quote">​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​August 1st is Emancipation Day, the day on which Ontario ​recognizes ​the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Many runaway and freed Black </span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:1em;">​</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:1em;">s​la</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:1em;">ves se​ttled in Simcoe and Grey Counties in the 1800s. One of them was Abraham Courtney (ca. 1821-1897), an escaped slave from the United States who arrived in Owen Sound about 1860. He ma​​rried Caroline Parker (ca. 1842-1891) and raised a family that included a son who moved to Simcoe County and served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War.​​​</span></p><h2 style="text-align:center;">A Portrait of a Black Sold​ier who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force:  Private Jacob Courtney​​<br></h2><p><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/2008-126-Jacob_Courtney_1916-B1R0BS3Sh1-edit-1080.jpg" title="Portrait of Jacob Courtney"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/2008-126-Jacob_Courtney_1916-B1R0BS3Sh1-edit-480.jpg" alt="Portrait of Jacob Courtney" class="ms-rtePosition-4" style="margin:5px 170px;width:293px;" /></a> <br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span class="ms-rteFontSize-1">2008-126 Portrait of Jacob Courtney, "A" Company, 157th Battalion, CEF.  Public Domain</span> ​</p><p>​Jacob Courtney (1880-1957) was living in the village of Sunnidale by the spring of 1911. On February 15​​, 1916, he enlisted with the 157th Overseas ​​Battalion, CEF, known​ locally as the “Simcoe Foresters Battalion." <br></p><p>Along with many other resid​ents of west Simcoe County, Jacob Courtney was assigned to the 157th Battalion's “A" Company. A composite photograph of “A" Company and Bugle Band, dated May 1, 1916, contains 252 individual portraits. Courtney's portrait is located in the top row, 6th from the left, along with the other members of the Rear Rank of No. 4 Platoon.  </p><p>​<a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/2008-126%20A%20Coy%20and%20Bugle%20Band%20157TH%20Simcoe%20Foresters%2001%20May%201916%20photos%20and%20ID-1080.jpg" title="Composite photograh of "A" Company, 157th Bn. CEF"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/2008-126%20A%20Coy%20and%20Bugle%20Band%20157TH%20Simcoe%20Foresters%2001%20May%201916%20photos%20and%20ID-480.jpg" alt="Composite photograh of "A" Company, 157th Bn. CEF" style="margin:5px 75px;" /></a><br><span class="ms-rteFontSize-1">2008-126 "A" Company and Bugle Band, 157th Simcoe Foresters O.S. Battalion, C.E.F., May F​irst, Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen.  Public Domain.</span><br></p><p>The 157th Battalion was broken up in England and Courtney served with several other CEF units, including the 4th Battalion, and saw action in France. In April 1919, Jacob Courtney was discharged from service in the CEF “by reason of demobilization," sailed from Southampton, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Olympic, and from there continued home to Sunnidale Township. ​<br></p><h4>Notes on sources used:<br></h4><p>​Jacob Courtney's <a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=120697" title="Link to Jacob Courtney's Service File">Service File</a>, which contains official information about his military service (Regimental ​Number 642637), is available on Library and Archives Canada's website.<br></p><p>Information about Abraham Courtney and Caroline Parker was gleaned from census returns and available Ontario vital statistics records for themselves and for their children.<br></p><p><a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx" title="Link to Canadian Census returns">Canadian census return​s</a> are also available on Library and Archives Canada's website.<br></p><p><a href="http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/tracing/vsmain.aspx">Ontario Vital Statistics</a> records are available at the Archives of Ontario, as well as through paid subscriptions to Ancestry​.<br></p><p>Additional information about Abraham Courtney was found in the transcription of an interview with Blaine Courtney, a great-grandson, conducted by Dr. Naomi Norquay. <br></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;">​“Believe It or Not, I Actually Enjoy It": An Interview with Blaine Courtney.  </span><a href="https://greyroots.com/sites/default/files/naomi_norquay_blaine_courtney_interview_2015.pdf" style="font-size:1em;">https://greyroots.com/sites/default/files/naomi_norquay_blaine_courtney_interview_2015.pdf</a><span style="font-size:1em;">  </span><span style="font-size:1em;">Accessed June 29, 2020</span><span style="font-size:1em;">​</span>​<br></p><p>The 157th Battalion, CEF<span style="font-size:1em;">, was raised by the 35th ​Regiment, Simcoe Foresters, which was the local militia unit.  Both are perpetuated by the </span>Grey and Simcoe Foresters Infantry Regiment<span style="font-size:1em;"> ​of the Canadian Forces Reserve. ​​ The </span><span style="font-size:1em;">Grey and Simcoe Foresters Re</span><span style="font-size:1em;">g</span><span style="font-size:1em;">imental Mu</span><span style="font-size:1em;">seum </span><span style="font-size:1em;">is located at 36 Mulcaster St. in downtown Barrie.</span></p><h4>See also:<br></h4><p>​The Simcoe County Archives' online exhibit, <a href="/Archives/Pages/oro-black-settlement.aspx">The Black Settlement in Oro Township​</a>.<br></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;">The Simcoe County Archives' <a href="/Archives/Pages/Blog/Emancipation-Day.aspx">Emancipation Day 2017</a> blog post.​</span></p><p><span class="ms-rteFontSize-1">Blog updated 2021-01-13:  Accession numbers for the individual and composite images were corrected.</span></p>
Margaret "Madge" Roberston Watthttps://www.simcoe.ca/Archives/Pages/Madge-Watt.aspx2/24/2022 7:28:14 PMMargaret "Madge" Roberston Watt<p>​​​​​​​March 8, 2022 marks  International Women's Day! <br></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;">​O</span><span style="font-size:1em;">f the many remarkable women who have called Simcoe County home, there is perhaps none more appropriate to recognize for International Women’s Day than Margaret “Madge” (Robert​son) Watt. Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, Madge went on to lead an extraordinary life – one that was motivated by a determination to educate and empower women both in Canada and abroad. ​</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/SC_Archives-Margaret_Robertson_Watt.jpg" title="Margaret Robertson Madge Watt in 1918" target="_blank" style="color:#000000;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/SC_Archives-Margaret_Robertson_Watt_480.jpg" alt="Margaret Robertson Madge Watt in 1918" class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="margin:5px;" /></a><br><span data-contrast="auto" class="ms-rteStyle-References" lang="EN-US" style="font-size:1em;"><strong>Margaret Robertson “Madge” Watt, ca. 1918</strong></span><span class="ms-rteStyle-References" style="font-size:1em;">  </span><span data-contrast="auto" class="ms-rteStyle-References" lang="EN-US" style="font-size:1em;"><strong>Source: Public Domain</strong></span><span class="ms-rteStyle-References" style="font-size:1em;"> </span><span style="font-size:1em;">​</span></p><p> Margaret Rose Robertson was born on June 4, 1868 to Henry Robertson Q.C. (1840-1923) and Bethia Rose Robertson (1844-1893). She was the eldest of two daughters, and both of her parents were actively engaged in community work. This ethos of community service would be one that Madge adopted in her own life. </p><p>Madge was a talented student, and began her studies at the University of Toronto in 1887. She graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1891. With strong communication skills and a dynamic personality, Madge found early success as a writer and editor. Following the completion of her studies, she moved to New York City and served as editor of the popular magazine Ladies Weekly. Her time in New York was cut short, however, when her mother took ill. Madge returned to Collingwood in 1893 and, after the death of her mother, she married Dr. Alfred Tennyson Watt (1868-1913).  ​<br></p><p>The Watts relocated to just outside of Victoria, British Columbia, where Dr. Watt served as the Medical Health Officer and Superintendent of William Head Quarantine Station. It was at this point, as she adapted to a more rural lifestyle, that Madge’s involvement with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Institute" title="The Women's Institute" target="_blank">Women’s Institute​</a> (WI) began in earnest. She was an early adopter of the movement and was a founding member of the <a href="https://www.bcwi.ca/blog/madge-watt-and-metchosin" title="Madge Watt and Metchosin" target="_blank">Metchosin Women's Institute​</a>. She also served as secretary of the Women's Institute Advisory Board for British Columbia.  <br><span style="font-size:1em;">​<br>Following the death of her husband in 1913, Madge and her two sons left British Columbia for England. With the onset of the First World War in 1914, Madge recognized the benefits organized, rural women could bring to the war effort. She successfully established a Women’s Institute presence in the United Kingdom (UK). She imparted many of the tenets and practices established in Canadian Women’s Institute branches to these new members. Under Madge’s direction, the WI’s played a key role in wartime agricultural production. Through their efforts food production and distribution was optimized to such a degree that it surpassed England’s supply requirements.  In 1919 Madge was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her role in establishing the WI in the UK. </span><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/ACWW%20(1).jpg" alt="Associated Country Women of the World logo" class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="font-size:1em;margin:5px;" /><br></p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong style="font-size:1em;">The Associated County Women of the World logo</strong><span style="font-size:1em;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size:1em;">Throughout the 1920s Madge continued to advocate for the Women’s Institute and, more generally, for the sustained empowerment and organization of rural women within their communities. Through her work with the International Council of Women, she became one of the founding members of the <a href="http://www.acww.org.uk/" title="ssociated Country Women of the World" target="_blank">Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW)</a>. Established in 1933, the ACWW is an international, non-governmental organization, which works to coordinate and represent the interests of women-led member institutions. In a speech given at an international conference of rural women held in 1930, Madge Watt was quoted as giving the following statement: </span><br></p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:1em;"> “Country women have begun to realize that their best contribution to the welfare of their families and their countries is not to stagger on under burdens too great for their strength, which result in invalidism and premature death; but, through co-operation with one another, to secure that due care for their health as mothers which is their right, and those reasonable opportunities for education and recreation, and development of their talents, which every human being should be able to claim.​”</span><div><p style="text-align:right;"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA">Madge Watt, 1930</span> <br><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:1em;">Source: ​<a href="https://www.acww.org.uk/our_history.html" title="History of the ACWW​ " target="_blank">History of the ACWW​</a></span><span style="font-size:1em;"> </span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA"></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":3,"335551620":3,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:1em;">Madge Watt served as the President of the ACWW until 1947, when t</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size:1em;">he ACWW was granted </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:1em;">Consultative Status with the United Nations. Through its work with the United Nations, the </span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:1em;">Food & Agriculture Organization, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:1em;"> the ACWW continues to empower women and support women-led initiatives throughout the world today. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-size:1em;">​ ​</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-size:1em;"><a href="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_Page_157_1080.jpg" title="Simcoe Area WI Officers including Madge Watt, 1944" target="_blank" style="color:#000000;"><img src="/Archives/PublishingImages/971-15_SimcoeArea_TWD_Vol1_1925-71_Page_157_800.jpg" alt="Simcoe Area WI Officers including Madge Watt, 1944" class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" style="margin:5px;" /></a><span style="font-size:1em;"> ​971-15   Simcoe Area WI Officers, 1944​<br></span></span><span style="font-size:1em;">Simcoe Area T​weedsmuir WI Vol. 1, 1925-7</span><span style="font-size:1em;">1, pg. 157​</span></p></div><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Throughout her life, Madge Watt maintained a connection to Simcoe County Women’s Institutes, speaking at a number of Area Conferences. The Mrs. Alfred Watt Memorial Women’s Institute was founded in 1953 near Collingwood, and was named in her honour.</span></p><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Madge Watt died on November 29, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec. She was 80 years old. In 2007 she was designated a <a href="https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=11470" title="Madge Watt Person of Historical Significance designation " target="_blank">Person of Historical Significance​</a> by the Canadian Government. A plaque commemorating the designation was installed in </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA">Colwood​​, British Columbia in 2015. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span><br></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"><br></span></p><div><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">To learn more about the <a href="https://fwio.on.ca/" title="Frederated Women’s Institutes of Ontario" target="_blank">Women’s Institute ​</a>in Simcoe County, check out our post </span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"><a href="/Archives/Pages/Simcoe-County-Women-Institutes.aspx" title="Exploring Women’s Institute Records at the Simcoe County Archives" target="_blank">For Home and Country: Exploring Women’s Institute Records at the Simcoe County Archives​</a></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"> on the Archives blog. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> ​</span></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"><br></span></p><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"><strong>Works Consulted​​</strong></span></p><ul><li> "What we do," <span style="font-size:1em;">Associated County Women of the World.</span><span style="font-size:1em;"> 2021. </span><a href="https://acww.org.uk/home" target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">https://www.acww.org.uk/what_we_do.html </a></li><li> "The History of the ACWW," <span style="font-size:1em;">Associa</span><span style="font-size:1em;">ted County Women of the World.​ 2021. </span><span style="font-size:1em;"> </span><a href="https://acww.org.uk/home" target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">https://www.acww.org.uk/our_history.html</a></li><li>Ambrose, L. M., Hall, Kristin. “A new woman in print and practice: The Canadian literary career of Madge Robertson Watt, 1890-1907." <em>History of Intellectual Culture, 2007, Vol 7, No 1</em>.  Archived 2015-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. <a href="https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/hic/article/view/68945/53387" target="_blank">https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/hic/article/view/68945/53387​</a><br></li><li>Ambrose, L.M. <em>A great rural sisterhood Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW</em>. University of Toronto Press, 2015. <br></li><li>Fenner, Ruth. "A Canadian Woman of the 20th Century Who Has Made a Difference." <em>South Vancouver Island Women's Institutes blog</em>, 1999. <a href="http://www.svanciswomensinstitute.bc.ca/awatt.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:1em;">http://www.svanciswomensinstitute.bc.ca/awatt.html</a></li><li>Fenner, Ruth. "Madge Robertson - before she became Madge Watt." <em>British Columbia Women's Institute blog</em>, April 19, 2018. <a href="https://www.bcwi.ca/blog/madge-robertson-before-she-became-madge-watt" target="_blank">https://www.bcwi.ca/blog/madge-robertson-before-she-became-madge-watt</a>.<br></li><li>Simcoe County Area Women's Institute. <em>Simcoe Area WI Tweedsmuir Vol. 1, 1925-71</em>. Simcoe County Area Women's Institute fonds. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.<br></li><li>West Simcoe District Women's Institute. <em>West Simcoe District WI Tweedsmuir, Volume 2, 1958-78</em>. West Simcoe District Women's Institute fonds. Simcoe County Archives, Minesing, Ontario.</li></ul></div><div><br></div>