File contains a photocopy of a newspaper article, 23 May 1953 concerning the life of Edward Thurlow, 1731-1806, Chancellor of England, in whose honour Thurlow Township was named. Also present is a a newspaper article ca. 1970s concerning prize-winning designs for a new promotional Belleville pennant.
File contains a typescript excerpt of The Rambling River, written and compiled by Mary G. Plumption, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow Township from 1784, together with brief biographical information on Lord Thurlow, and Baron Rawdon, Earl of Moira. Also present are four printed lists of Thurlow Township land holders by name and date of patent from 1798-1818.
The file contains a typed copy of Samuel Sherwood's account book. Included is a brief biography as well as a genealogy of Samuel, his wife and children, dated from 1754-1924.
File contains a photocopy from the original of land grants including name of grantee, date, acreage,concession and lot in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains a notebook with manuscript lists compiled by Mary Plumpton c.1960s listing land grants by grantees, date of patent and concession in Thurlow Township from 1787-ca.1890.
File contains photocopied township maps and directories and manuscript notes compiled and written by Tom Ransom in 1965-1967, concerning the early history and development of Thurlow Township by concession.
File contains manuscript notes by Mary Plumpton including lists of Thurlow Town Clerks, 1798-1846; transcripts of pages from an unidentified diary 1870-1872, and notes on individuals appearing in Plumpton's work, The Rambling River. Also present is a photocopied printed excerpt from the 1879 Hastings County Directory with entries for Canifton[sic] listing residents by name and occupation.
File contains two original booklets commemorating the centennial anniversary for: the Zion Hill School Section 1838-1938 and the Bethel-Zion United Church 1863-1963.
File contains copies of (5) advertisements from 1839 to 1881 selling: a cheese factory, house & land, cedar rails and a blacksmith shop. Also notice of an errant cow.
File contains three small miscellaneous newspaper clippings. One is an ad for the sale of a 100 acres lot. The other; an ad for a "school Master." The third; a notice of a found heifer.
File contains a copy of the "Report of the Board of Management of the Thurlow Circulating Library to it's Members", written by W.R. Bigg, Secretary and dated 4th January 1848.
File contains a copy of a sketch of town lots in Thurlow by Joseph Canniff in 1849. Also present are several photocopied survey maps by lot of Thurlow Township, ca. 1878.