Publications
The late Stephen Thorning is Wellington County’s most prolific local historian and this book represents his first foray into the field in the early 1980s. Updated and illustrated, The Model Village and the Struggle for Success touches on many aspects of village life while offering a detailed account of the political machinations and industrial aspirations that shaped Elora during its first century of existence. Available for purchase at Magic Pebble Books, 153 Geddes Street, Elora.
The Wellington County Historical Society welcomes submissions to our annual journal, Wellington County History.
Send your stories and photographs to Elysia DeLaurentis, wchs.journal@gmail.com
To become a patron of the annual journal ($50 individual or $100 corporate) visit Canada Helps
Back issues of Wellington County History are available for purchase at:
Wellington County Museum & Archives gift shop
I Love Chocolate, 227 St. Andrew St. W., Fergus
Magic Pebble Books, 153 Geddes Street, Elora
The Bookery, 191 St. Andrew St. W., Fergus
Past issues of the journal (1987-2011) and WCHS essays (1943-2013) are available in the online collection of the Wellington County Museum & Archives.
Other publications from the Wellington County Historical Society
Richard Frank and Allan Anderson, The Flora of Wellington County (Fergus: Wellington County Historical Society, 2009)
Wendy Cooper Parkinson, From Wedgewood Cottage: The Life and Art of Arthur LeRoy Brecken (Fergus: Wellington County Historical Society, 2007)
Elysia DeLaurentis and Debra Nash-Chambers (eds.), Remembering Pilkington Township: Lives, Loves and Labour (Fergus: Wellington County Historical Society, 2006)
Reuben Butchart (compiler), Old Everton and the Pioneer Movement Amongst the Disciples of Christ in Eramosa Township from 1830 ... (Fergus: Wellington County Historical Research Society, 1941)
The following publications received assistance from the Society
Mark MacKenzie, Beyond Clifford’s Boulevards (privately printed, 2023)
Marion Campbell and Joyce Blyth, The Nine Public Schools of Guelph Township, (Guelph Township Public Schools Reunion Committee, 2021)
Mark MacKenzie, Beyond Harriston's Boulevards (privately printed, 2020)
Mentor and Metalsmith: The Silver Art of Arthur Brecken and Wesley Harris, published by Wesley Harris to accompany the exhibition Mentor and Metalsmith, touring Canada in 2018 and 2019
Marilynn Crow, To the Seventh Generation: The Evolution of the Family Farm in Canada, 1823 2015 (Privately printed, 2015)
Ray Schaus (compiler), Clifford: a scrapbook of memories ... reveals a village with a past (Clifford: Clifford Historical Society, 2012)
Erin 4 H Senior Photography Club, Barns of Erin Township, Edition 2 (Erin 4-H Club, 2011); Sponsored by the Wellington County Historical Society, Town of Erin and the Town of Erin Heritage Committee
Erin 4 H Senior Photography Club, Classic Barns of Erin, (Erin 4-H Club, 2010)’Sponsored by the Wellington County Historical Society, Town of Erin and the Town of Erin Heritage Committee
Max Mountjoy (ed.) Portraits of Peel: Attiwandaronk to Mapleton, (Peel History Committee, 1999)