From the Collection
Welcome to more information about our Collection and the work that we do.
HOW TO ADD YOUR HISTORY TO THE MUSEUM & ARCHIVES
We encourage the community to share with us your histories by donating items, stories and memories of your experiences. We are in search of and collecting a broad range of items and documents that could date from the 1850s to the present.
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Items can be photographs, personal papers and records, clothing and textiles, uniforms, logo items, business memorabilia, local sports, community organizations, church information or art, etc… but we also look forward to adding content to our oral history projects and video content archives. Your stories shared through objects, photographs, words, images, and art are what make the museum a key resource for our community, now and for the future. It’s our history in one place.
Contact us at info@klmuseumarchives.ca or give us a call at 705-324-3404 to discuss your donation.
Enjoy these posts for more information about items in the Collection, local stories that may interest you and the work we do in the museum.
My Twenty Years Behind Bars: The Phyllis Stone Essay
Phyllis Stone’s family was the last to live amongst the incarcerated at the Gaol. Her father, Henry William Stone (1888 - 1955) was appointed Governor in 1922 and remained until his passing in 1955. Her essay, My Twenty Years Behind Bars, was written in 1998 and reflects on her formative years living with her family in the Victoria County Gaol. Phyllis commends her parents for completing their duties with great respect and kindness for their prisoners, recalls the extraordinary circumstances of growing up with her three siblings and the life lessons she learned from the men and women who served time under her father.