File contains several newspaper articles and clippings concerning events and issues in Thurlow Township including voting on the sale of liquor in dining establishments, a drowning of twin sisters in the Moira and activities relating to the Thurlow Volunteer Fire Department.
File contains a handwritten copy of the 1851 Census for Thurlow, including an index of "Strays in the 1851 Thurlow Township Census". Produced by Mary Plumpton for her book "The Rambling River", published 1967
File contains a typescript letter from Hon. John P. Robarts, 4 April 1967 commending the people of Thurlow Township on the production of a Centennial Year history.
File contains a printed illustrated book cover of 'The Rambling River,' by Mary G. Plumpton. Also present are two newspaper articles regarding: i) the official dedication of the 'The Rambling River,' the centennial year history publication of Thurlow Township; ii) an exhibition of Thurlow Township school section minute books dating to the 1850s.
File contains an Intelligencer article, 30 August 1967, concerning the history of the Canniff homestead erected by Joseph Canniff in the 1830s and owned by the Boyce Family in 1967.
File contains a photocopied typescript report and financial statement of the Township of Thurlow, showing revenues and expenditures for the fiscal period, 1 January 1966-31 October 1966.
File contains a newspaper article dated 28 May 1966 titled "Crown Grant Found In Attic Will Be Presented to Museum"; the file also contains an original "Exemplification of Grant to John Taylor" dated 13 February 1870.
File contains a photocopied typescript auditor's report dated June 8, 1966 by John D. Lewars, C.A. concerning the Corporation of the Township of Thurlow, for the calendar year ended December 31, 1965.
File contains a photocopied typescript report and financial statement of the Township of Thurlow, showing revenues and expenditures for the fiscal period, 1 January 1965-31 October 1965.
File contains a photocopied typescript chapter with manuscript annotations entitled “Thurlow Township” by Gerry Boyce, which recounts the history of Thurlow Township from its first survey in 1787 to ca. 1963. Also present is an undated manuscript letter from Mary Plumpton to Gerry Boyce concerning her pre-publication review of the chapter, and transcribed notes from a day book of William Bell, concerning the early settlement of Thurlow.
File contains a photocopied typescript report and financial statement of the Township of Thurlow, showing revenues and expenditures for the fiscal period, 1 January 1961-31 October 1961.
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 7 February 1961, concerning a break-in and vandalism of the vault at the Thurlow Township office and the concurrent theft of a camera from the Moira River Conservation Authority, housed in the same building.
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 16 November 1959, concerning the official opening of the new four-roomed Douglas R. Atkins School in Thurlow Township.