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Accession # |
A2012.1 |
Title |
Fergus Agricultural Society records, 1896-2011. |
Date |
1896-2011 |
Description |
Fergus Agricultural Society records, 1896-2011. The Fergus Agricultural Society / Wellington County Fair dates from precedents to 1837. In his book "Fergus", A.E. Byerly reports that the first agricultural show north of Guelph was held in Fergus on January 13th of that year, under the direction of the Gore District Agricultural Society. In the parliamentary reports for Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, for the year 1871, the Directors of the Centre Wellington Agricultural Society presented their Fourth Annual Report. It appears to have been an amalgamation of the agricultural societies of Nichol (founded 1854) and Pilkington (or Pilkington and Elora). The Archives collection holds an 1877 prize tag from the Centre Wellington Agricultural Society (A2005.111) and a prize list (A1979.91.34) for Center Wellington Agricultural Society and Twp. of Nichol Agricultural Society for their Union Exhibition held in Fergus, 1899. Minutes for the Pilkington and Elora Agricultural Society, 1896-1907, are also in the Archives collection (A1982.70). The fall fair was known as the Centre Wellington Union Fair until the 1930s; it was then referred to as Wellington County Fair through the 1950s and 1960s, until it became Fergus Fall Fair starting in 1965. With the exception of the cookbook, published 2011, the materials listed below were found in the basements of various members, including John and Helen Broadfoot, Susan Harrop, Shelly Maitland and others. FILES BELOW STORED MU 1069 SERIES 1: MINUTES, CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL, 1896-2011. - file 1: Agreements, 1896-1956. Documents are typed photocopies. - Item 1: Agricultural Society of the District of Centre Wellington with the Corporation of the Village of Fergus, 28 Aug. 1896. - Item 2: Wellington County Fair with the Corporation of the Village of Fergus, 3 July 1933. - Item 3: Trustees of the Wellington County Fair with the Corporation of the Town of Fergus, 23 June 1956. - file 2: Minute book, 1943; 1949-1960. At the beginning of the book: account of the memorial gates of Mount Forest Agricultural Society and Fergus Agricultural Society (on letterhead "Wellington County Fair / Established 1837"). Includes account summary for 1943; minutes of meetings of Directors, Building Committee and Annual General Meetings 1949-1960. ======================================== THE FILES BELOW REMOVED FROM WHITE 3-RING BINDER [Inside front cover: "Denise Broadfoot"] - file 3a: Lists of Judges, correspondence, 1956-1962 - file 3b: Reports, correspondence with advertisers and judges, 1963. Includes minutes of Agricultural Societies Convention, Toronto; 20 Feb. 1963; Minutes of meeting re Victoria Park, 30 May 1963; summary financial reports comparing 1961, 1962, 1963. - file 3c: Corrections to 1962 Prize List pages for use in 1963. Pages are pasted to entry forms with heading Wellington County Fair. - file 3d: Canadian Trotting Association, 1963. Includes Certificate of Membership, Racing Secretary's Licence issued to J.M. Jamieson; blank forms for Notice of Suspension or Fine; Judges' Sheet; Appeal; Protest; Official Accident Report. - file 3e: Corrections to 1963 Prize List pages for use in 1964. Includes printing mattes for the logos of Beatty [Bros.]; Waterloo Trust and Savings Company; Fox blower for haylage. - file 3f: 2 pages from Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies, 1964. Includes handwritten note: "It appears that several prize books were taken apart and used to update prize money for this year [signed] H.A.B. [Helen A. Broadfoot]. THE FILES ABOVE REMOVED FROM WHITE 3-RING BINDER ======================================== - file 4: Minutes, 1972-1993. Includes minutes of meetings of Directors and Annual General Meetings, 1972-1993. - file 5: The Agricultural Societies Act, revised 1974, administered by Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 16 pages, December 1979; found in envelope addressed to Wendy Whittaker, Secretary, Fergus Agricultural Society and Fair - re-addressed to John Broadfoot. FILES ABOVE STORED MU 1069 ========================= FILES BELOW STORED MU 1070 - file 6: Marjorie Ferrier, scrapbook, 1979-2007. Removed from 3-ring binder. Includes minutes of meetings, 1979; 1990; reports; lists of members; Women's Fair Board Presidents, 1954-1993; newspaper clippings, many of Fall Fair Queens / Ambassadors; obituaries; lists of Fall Fair judges; expenses 1989-1992; duties and schedules for Handicraft Division, Youth Committee; roles and responsibilities of a Fair Committee, Judges. - file 7: Printed materials 1985-2003. - Item 1: Programme, Guelph Pony Club at Fergus Fall Fair, 1985. - Item 2: Programme, Volunteers Light Up Our Lives, 1996. Includes thumbnail biographies of recipients Roy Charters; Tony Andrade; Sandra Howatt; Alex Nichol; Fred Cox; Hugh MacDonald; John Gordon; Betty Jefferson; Alan Simpson; Bill Adsett. - Item 3: Programme, Fergus Fall Fair presents Fabulous Fall Fashions, 1996. - Item 4: Leaflet, 163rd Annual Fergus Fall Fair, 1999. - Item 5: Poster, Fergus Fair Hoe Down, 2000. - Item 6: Leaflet, 165th Fergus Fall Fair, 2001. - Item 7: Programme / Prize List, 165th Fergus Fall Fair, 48 pages. - Item 8: Leaflet, [Fergus Fall Fair], 2003. - file 8: Miss Fergus Fall Fair / Ambassador Competition, 1985-1986[?]- 2008 Programmes have cover photo of preceding years's winner, and lists names of current contestants. Includes handwritten list of winners1979-2003. Includes programme for the Ontario Miss Mid-West Pageant, at which Jeanine Wallace was sponsored by the Fergus Agricultural Society, 17 July 2004. - file 9: Constitution and By-laws, The Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies, 8 pages, February 1991; found in envelope addressed to Wendy Whittaker, Secretary, Fergus Agricultural Society and Fair - re-addressed to John Broadfoot. MAP 2246: Proposal One: Centre Wellington D.H.S. [District High School] / Fergus Park [Victoria Park] Site Plan, [prepared by] The Wellington County Board of Education, April 1993. [MC 97] MAP 2247: Proposal Two: Centre Wellington D.H.S.][District High School] / Fergus Park [Victoria Park] Site Plan,[prepared by] The Wellington County Board of Education, April 1993. [MC97] - file 10: Helen Broadfoot, letter to the editor, 6 Oct. 1999. Her letter compared the Township of Centre Wellington's support of the Grand Theatre ($250,000) with the rental charges charged to the Fergus Fall Fair ($3,000). Includes newspaper clippings of responses. - file 11: Albion Amusements / F.O.A. Funland Outdoor Amusement Ltd., 1999. Promotional materials, includes testimonial letters, sketch layout of Fall Fair grounds, tickets. Found within: Letter and cheque (uncashed) to Fergus Optimists, on letterhead of Fergus Agricultural Society, from Wendy Whittaker, Secretary/Treasurer, 23 Nov. 1998; blank form for Grand Actions: Registry of Accomplishments and Commitments, 1999; letter from Ted Kent reporting "I was very honoured to be asked to be in charge of the weather for the fair this year ...," 20 Sept. 1999 - file 12: Ontario Agri-Food Education, Inc., 2000. 25-page publication "Agri-Food Learning Experiences;" additional printed materials; rosette moved to Museum's collection. - file 13: Dominion Regalia Ltd., catalogue, 2001. - file 14: Woolwich Agricultural Society / Elmira Raceway, 2001. Includes background documents, promotional materials, Ontario Municipal Board decisions of 28 May 2001, 30 Aug. 2001. - MAP 2248: Grand River Raceway / Woolwich Agricultural Society / Village of Elora / Sediment & Erosion Control. Site plan marked"Preliminary", prepared by Gamsby and Mannerow Ltd., Guelph, September 2000. Found in envelope marked "Melissa [name] and re-addressed to John Broadfoot. [MC 97] - file 15: Minutes, correspondence, 2001. Includes changes for Beef Cattle listings from 2000; copy of Canadian Fair News, Vol.5, No.2, Spring 2001, 16 pages; some correspondence addressed to John and Helen Broadfoot. - file 16: Fair Family Favourites, 2011. Cookbook produced by the Fergus Agricultural Society to commemorate 175 years of the Fergus Fall Fair, containing more than 300 recipes from the kitchens of fair volunteers, exhibitors and their families. Contributors are named, often with their committee affiliation (for example: Handicraft Committee, Field Crops); 146 pages. SERIES 2: MEMBERSHIP LISTS, 1959-1963. - file 1: Register, with alphabet tabs, with names and addresses of members, exhibitors. [PERSONAL INFORMATION BANK: PLEASE CONSULT ARCHIVIST] SERIES 3: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1963-2008. - file 1: Newspaper clippings, 1963-1982. - file 2: Newspaper clippings, 1990-1999. - file 3: Newspaper clippings, 2000-2008. - file 4: The [Grand Valley] Star and Vidette, Vol.76, No.38, 9 Sept. 1964, 8 pages. [STORED MU 994 o/s] - file 5: Country Routes, Vol.10, No.8, Aug. 1998, 24 pages; "serving the rural communities of Wellington, Dufferin, Halton Hills and Peel." [STORED MU 994 o/s] SERIES 4: ACCOUNTS, 1980-1987. - file 1: Receipts and Expenditures, January 1980 - March 1984. Inside front cover: "Doris Bowman." [STORED MU 1052 OVERSIZED] - file 2: Receipts and Expenditures, April 1984 - November 1987. Found inside: Letter to Mrs. Doris Bowman, Secretary, Fergus Agricultural Society, from Robert Black, 4-H Assistant, Wellington County. [STORED MU 1052 OVERSIZED] - file 3: Financial Statements, 1998, 2010. Includes balance sheet; receipts and disbursements; schedule of grants received; schedule of prize money disbursed. SERIES 5: PHOTOGRAPHS, ca.1940-ca.2000. The following b&w negatives, found with envelopes marked "Fergus Fall Fair / Trotters & racers / Sept. 11" and "Fergus Fall Fair / Sept. 42." Most negatives were taken in Victoria Park; several at thecorner of St. Andrew and St. David Streets. - file 1: Photo envelopes, 1942, 2011. - file 2: Photocopies of negatives, made 2011. - file 3: Photocopies of portion of Agricultural Societies' report or the year 1871. - NA 6840 - NA 6845: Six 4" x 5" (10 cm x 13 cm) negatives, showing horses drawing 4-wheeled carriage; 2-wheeled sulky; at finish line. - NA 6846 - NA 6871: Twenty-six 2.25" x 3.5" (6 cm x 9 cm) negatives, showing crowds, horses, tug-of-war; cars in parking lot; children; - ph 36756 - ph 36762. Colour. Seven images of Fergus Fall Fair in Victoria Park, showing cattle; horse standing and over hurdle; Midge's steak on a bun food; awards pinned to clothes of teddy bears; ca.1980. - ph 36763: Colour. Mary MacNamara and Florence Rae. Photo: Janet Barber, 1982. Includes note from Mary MacNamara noting Florence was being presented with an award from the Provincial Fair Boards. - ph 36764: Fergus Fall Fair, Handicraft section, 1991: Bonnie DenHoed, Del Jefferson, Mrs. Kit Scott (judge), Grace Fraser, Susan Harrop. Removed from Marj Ferrier scrapbook (file 3, above). - ph 36765a: Colour. Fergus Fall Fair, Annual Beef BBQ / Ambassador Competition. L-r: Bev Wark (Wark Milk Transport); Katie Sinclair (Ambassador 1997-1998); Ken Fair (Manager, Wark Transport); John Broadfoot (President, 1999-2000). - ph 36765b: Colour: Best Decorated Bale Contest, 1999 / John Broadfoot and family. Text "See you at the Fergus Fall Fair" next to person seated, holding rope attached to straw-bale cow. - ph 36766 - ph 36769: Colour. Four prints, Fergus Fall Fair, two taken inside tent, near Wellington Federation of Agriculture exhibit; two taken outdoors, showing children, ca.1999. - ph 36770 - ph 36773: Colour. Four prints, Fergus Fall Fair float on Beatty Line, showing black and white semblance of a cow, with John Broadfoot and Fergus Fall Fair Ambassador seated in front; December 1999. - ph 36774: Colour. John Broadfoot, wearing John Deere apron, behind table with cakes, one being iced. Another man wears an apron with text "S[un]light S[o]ap;" ca.2000. |
Creator \ Maker |
Fergus Agricultural Society |
Creator \ Maker |
Broadfoot, Helen (Mrs.) Broadfoot, John Harrop, Susan Maitland, Shelly Wellington County Fair Canadian Trotting Association Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Guelph Pony Club Fergus Fall Fair Wellington County Board of Education Albion Amusements Funland Outdoor Amusement Limited Dominion Regalia Company Limited Ontario Agri-Food Education Incorporated Woolwich Agricultural Society Gamsby and Mannerow Limited Country Routes Star and Vidette Printing Company Limited Barber, Janet |
Item Name |
Account Book Agreement Bylaw Bylaws Catalogue Certificate Constitution Cookbook Financial Statement Letter List Membership Book Minutes Poster Prints Program Proposal Receipt Report Scrapbook |
Person \ Organization |
4-H Adsett, Bill Agricultural Society of the District of Wellington Albion Amusements Andrade, Tony Beatty Brothers Limited Black, Rob Black, Robert Bowman, Doris Broadfoot, Helen (Mrs.) Broadfoot, John Canadian Fair News Canadian Farmer Canadian Trotting Association Centre Wellington District High School Centre Wellington Union Fair Charters, Roy Corporation of the Town of Fergus Corporation of the Village of Elora Corporation of the Village of Fergus Country Routes Cox, Fred Den Hoed, Bonnie Dominion Regalia Company Limited Elmira Raceway Fair, Ken Fergus Agricultural Society Fergus Fall Fair Fergus Fall Fair Agricultural Society Fergus Optimists Ferrier, Marjorie (Mrs.) Fox Fraser, Grace Funland Outdoor Amusement Limited Gamsby and Mannerow Limited Gordon, John Gore District Agricultural Society Grand River Raceway Guelph Pony Club Harrop, Susan Howatt, Sandra Jamieson, J. M. Jefferson, Betty Jefferson, Del John Deere MacDonald, Hugh MacNamara, Mary (Mrs.) Maitland, Shelly Mount Forest Agricultural Society Nichol, Alex Ontario Agri-Food Education Incorporated Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ontario Municipal Board Pilkington and Elora Agricultural Society Rae, Florence Scott, Kit (Mrs.) Simpson, Alan Sinclair, Kate Star and Vidette Printing Company Limited Sunlight Soap Township of Nichol Agricultural Society Wallace, Jeanine Wark Milk Transport Wark, Bev Waterloo Trust and Savings Company Wellington County Board of Education Wellington County Fair Wellington County Fall Fair Wellington County Federation of Agriculture Whittaker, Wendy Woolwich Agricultural Society |
Place |
Beatty Line Fergus St. Andrew Street St. David Street Victoria Park |
Subject |
Agriculture Animals Biography Communications Cookery Farming Food Government |
Photo, Map # |
MAP 2246 MAP 2247 MAP 2248 NA 6840 - NA 6871 NA 6841 NA 6842 NA 6843 NA 6844 NA 6845 NA 6846 NA 6847 NA 6848 NA 6849 NA 6850 NA 6851 NA 6852 NA 6853 NA 6854 NA 6855 NA 6856 NA 6857 NA 6858 NA 6859 NA 6860 NA 6861 NA 6862 NA 6863 NA 6864 NA 6865 NA 6866 NA 6867 NA 6868 NA 6869 NA 6870 NA 6871 ph 36756 - ph 36774 ph 36755 ph 36756 ph 36757 ph 36758 ph 36759 ph 36760 ph 36761 ph 36762 ph 36763 ph 36764 ph 36765 ph 36766 ph 36767 ph 36768 ph 36769 ph 36770 ph 36771 ph 36772 ph 36773 ph 36774 |
Year Range from |
1896 |
Year Range to |
2011 |
Accession # |
A2012.1 |
Containers |
MU 1069 MU 1070 STACKS MU 994 o/s |