The fonds consist of various materials related to the activities of the Admiral Vansittart Chapter of the IODE and is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Administration
        Subseries A: Minute Books
        Subseries B: Annual Reports
        Subseries C: Financial Records
        Subseries D: Membership
        Subseries E: Constitution and History
Series 2: Citizenship Ceremonies
Series 3: Captain Andrew Drew Junior Chapter
Series 4: Sponsorship Programs
        Subseries A: Old Crow, Yukon
        Subseries B: Westwood High School, Stewart Town, Jamaica
Series 5:   Opportunity Shop
        Subseries A: Operations
        Subseries B: Finances
        Subseries C: Opportunity Tea and Coffee + One Party
                    Subseries D: Shop Schedules
Series 6: Special Events
        Subseries A: Meetings
        Subseries B: Anniversaries
        Subseries C: IODE Week
        Subseries D: Chapter Teas
        Subseries E; Honor Student Dinners
        Subseries F: Centennial Fashion Show
        Subseries G: Founders Day / Old St. Paul’s
        Subseries H: Scrapbooks
        Subseries I: Miscellaneous

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the history of the Oxford Rifles and is organized into the following Series and Subseries:

Series 1: Administration
a) Constitution/By-laws
b) Minutes
c) Financial
d) History

Series 2: Military papers
a) Regimental/Service/Enlistment Rolls
b) Orders
c) Certificates/General Military documents
d) War Diaries
e) Correspondence

Series 3: Oxford Rifle Band
a) Financial
b) Concerts
c) Sheet Music

Series 4: The Oxford Rifle Association
a) Financial
b) Newsletters
c) Reunion

Series 5: Scrapbooks

Series 6: Miscellaneous

The fonds consist of letters and reports re. sewer work, drainage, estimates, calculations, sewage effluents from factories, etc (1890-1910, nd.); approx. 100 sewer plans/drawings (1899-1917); and 19 sewer permit booklets (1903-1943). Most of the letters and reports are written to the Mayor and County Council from the City Engineer, though some of the correspondence is with the Chief Health Officer of Ontario.

The fonds consists of various documents related to the history of the Woodstock Women’s Music Club. These records include:

• Minutes (includes membership lists)
• Financial statements, receipts, accounts
• Correspondence
• Insurance
• Membership
• Scrapbooks (includes recital programmes, newspaper articles,
  photographs, correspondence, constitution, etc)

The fonds consist of Minute Books (that include newsletters, newspaper clippings, bird censuses, etc) and a couple of Financial Ledgers. A copy of the Club’s Constitution and By-laws and Procedures, dated 7 November 1977, is also included.

This series consists of the administrative and legislative records of the District of Brock which replaced the administrative powers of the magistrates of the Quarter Sessions. The series is divided into the following subseries:
A) Minutes
B) By-laws
C) Finance
C1 – Treasurer
C2 – Auditor
D) Warden
E) Clerk
F) Council

The first subseries consists of the Minutes of the District Council, which are divided into three volumes. A part of this series includes motions and rough minutes.

The second subseries contains the hand-written by-laws of the District Council, and loose drafts and copies of by-laws.

The third subseries includes letters, assessment lists and statements that provide an excellent picture of the raising and expenditure of monies as well as provides information on some of the County’s earliest settlers. This subseries is divided into two sub-subseries: Treasurer and Auditor. The Treasurer's (H.C. Barwick, 1842-1853) records consist of general correspondence, assessment lists, and a variety of financial statements and accounts. Correspondence includes requests from individuals for reassessment of their property taxes whereas Assessment records include lists of lands returned by the assessors of several townships in the District of Brock. These lists include the name of the Township and the description of the portion of each lot, concession and acreage. In addition, there are eleven bound volumes which give assessment information from all of the townships except Burford. Financial statements cover a number of areas such as receipts and disbursements of taxes arising out of Wild Land taxes, statements of the County House and Gaol Fund and statements related to Public Improvements and the School Fund. Accounts include general accounts for services provided as well as a School monies account ledger. The Auditors records consist of audited accounts, statements, reports, and applications for the office of the Auditor.

The fourth subseries contains the Warden’s files, 1842-1849. The first Warden of the new District Council appointed by the Governor was Peter Boyle de Blaquire, the standing local member of the Provincial legislative council.

The fifth subseries consists of the Clerk’s files. It contains miscellaneous correspondence and copies of proceedings of public meetings. The appointed clerk of the District of Brock was William Lapenotiere, a son of a post captain at the battle of Trafalgar.

The last subseries, Council files, presents a detailed account of the structure of the District Council; such topics include building of roads and bridges and the provision of education.

This series is divided into two subseries: Court (A) and Gaol (B). The Court records include reports, summons, notices regarding Coroner’s Inquests, some records of court cases, and general fee funds and rough minutes of court. In addition, a ledger contains a list of land offered by the Sheriff. The Gaol records include several letters concerning the management of the Gaol.

The fonds consist of various materials related to Bernadette Smith and including the following:

- Correspondence to Bernadette Smith and Michael Smith
- newspaper clippings and scrapbook on the political career of Bernadette Smith
- Gail Puddicombe’s research papers, notes, correspondence, etc
- Gail Puddicombe’s essay on Bernadette Smith

The fonds consist of a wide spectrum of documents that relate to the reconstruction of Vansittart Avenue and the formation, and subsequent activities of, the Vansittart Area Association Inc. Records range from the local, provincial and national level and include such topics as the road width, provincial government subsidy, street parking and lighting, tree preservation along the street and flower planting in the boulevard in Vansittart Park. The fonds also touches on the Association’s input into the possibility of a truck by-pass in Woodstock, the creation of the Oxford County Official Plan (specifically the section on historical buildings and sites), the selling of St. Joseph’s Academy building on Vansittart Avenue to Timard Properties, train noise within city limits, and the condition of 53 Vansittart Avenue. Materials included within the fonds include correspondence, newspaper clippings, agendas, and reports as well as maps and drawings.

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the history of the Y.M.C.A. including the Y.W.C.A before amalgamation. Such materials include:

Series 1: YMCA History, Programs and Services

• Minutes of the Board of Directors (1919-1942)
• Annual Membership and Financial Campaign and Programs
• YWCA
• Amalgamation of YMCA and YWCA
• Newspaper clippings
• Photographs / slides
• Capt. W.H. Pierce
• “Y” Beaver Minstrels
• Christian Emphasis School
• Miscellaneous

• Video Cassettes

  Series 2: Fisher’s Glen “Y” Camp

• History/ newspaper clippings (1930-1992)
• Fisher’s Glen Reunion (1993)

• Photographs / slides (includes photocopies of photographs)

  Series 3: Scrapbooks (majority are photocopies, not all complete)

• Margaret Flower’s Scrapbook (1955-1964)
• Jean Schwass’ Scrapbook (1957-1967)
• Kay Fulham’s Scrapbook (1957-1983)
• Scrapbook – original (1962 – 1963)
• Scrapbook (1965)
• Scrapbook (ca. 1965-1971)
• Ruth Gilmar’s Scrapbook (February 1966 – December 1968)
• Jean Schwass’ (May 1973 – July 1974)
• Jean Schwass’ (1974-1975)
• Jean Schwass’ (July 1975 – May 1976)
• Jean Schwass’ (June 1976 – June 1977)
• Scrapbook (1982)
• Scrapbook (1982)
• Scrapbook (1983)

• Scrapbook (1983)

  Series 4: Bill Butt’s play - Women and Men: The Story of the YMCA-YWCA of Woodstock (1994)

• Script
• Background research notes / rough notes
• Production
• Costumes and Props
• Sheet Music
• Photographs / slides
• Newspaper clippings
• Audio cassettes – oral histories (1993)