The Oldest Item in the Archives Collection
AN 1823 LETTER TO EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Comments by: Joan Hyslop, Transcribed by Joan Hyslop and Nancy Seiler
Stories
Weather Events of our History
Like most Grey County residents I took the snowstorm of early January in stride, after all, this region of Ontario is hit by so many winter storms that it is practically a regular occurrence, but w
Amazing Ancient Cartonnage Artefacts
Over the years at the museum, I have grown to appreciate how flax fibres were spun and woven into various articles.
Egypt: Gift of the Nile
People have long been intrigued with stories of life in Ancient Egypt but they are even more enthralled by stories of their death.
Christmas in South Africa
Bertha M.C.
An 1888 New Year’s Card, and a 1908 Christmas Present Tag
When I think of Christmas, certain items in the collection at Grey Roots come to my mind. There is a nice batch of Victorian chromolithographed Christmas cards and New Year’s Card
Learning Through Experiences
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
An Immortal in Our Midst
Almost every day at Grey Roots, the Collections Department’s staff work near a large carved sculpture, that has become somewhat of a “friend” to me, over the years, and has intrigued many others as
In Service of the Common Soldier
Looking back, there is a lot we might be critical of with respect to WWI: its rampant imperialism, classism and the punitive Treaty of Versailles which ended it, contributing to the conditions whic
Lighting Up the Town
Before we head downtown tonight to see the “Festival of Northern Lights” get switched on, it is interesting to contemplate the history of the electrical illumination of Owen Sound. If you are
We Still Remember 99 Years Later
99 years ago the thunder of guns signaled the start of the Great War, to which more than 600 000 Canadian men and women answered the call and enlisted.
For Home and Country: The Women’s Institutes of Grey County
Women in Ontario faced many challenges at the beginning of the twentieth century, one of the largest being the lack of education in practical household matters.
