Local History Collection

Scope and Content: Fonds consist of records and research of Thomas Idle, who owned and operated the first furniture factory in Thornbury.

1.    Account book - June 1st, 1892
2.    Account book; 1897-1906
3.    Scrapbook made from Knechtel Furniture Co. catalog #47
4.    Record book containing handwritten speeches
5.    7 books containing poems by various authors
6.    Scrapbook made from Bylaw book; 1890
7.    Autobiography and Obituary, unidentified local paper; June 15/57
8.    A typed copy of "A History of the Thornbury District", originally written by Idle
9.    Book; "A Century in the History of the Geological Survey of Canada" by F.J. Alcock; 1947
10. July 8th, 1960 Edition of The Review-Herald
11. May 23rd, 1968 Edition of The Review-Herald
12. Front page from May 21st, 1968 edition of The Owen Sound Sun-Times
13. "Century 1867-1967"; special publication of the Toronto Daily Star; Feb. 13, 1967
14. Photocopy of handwritten "My First Eight Years", T.G. Idle's childhood memoirs
15. Scrapbook made from Canada Furniture Manufacturers Ltd, 1906
16. Letter from Toronto Conservatory of Music to Jean G. Idle setting appt. for piano exam., 1916