Compton, County of

CA SHC F022-S005
Series
1879, 1945-2001

Series contains information on the history of Coaticook and area from 1875 to 2001. It consists of a letter to James McCauley (1879), a reproduced photo of a cadet group on St-Jean-Baptiste Street (1945), a religious scrapbook ([195-?]), a newletter for the Club Optimiste de Coaticook (1984), a programme for the 10th anniversary for the Manoir de Chez-Nous (1996), a newspaper article on Neil Tillotson (1998), and a souvenir programme for the Filles-de-la-Charité de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (2001).

Camp of Soldiers

CA ETRC P232-001-001-065
Item
1945

Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

Item is a photograph of a camp of soldiers situated at the Pulp and Paper Mill during the wood pile fire in East Angus in 1945.

Family photographs

CA ETRC P232-001-007
File
1870 - [19--]

Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains 30 photographs on families in East Angus from late 19th century to 20th century.

Miscellaneous photos

Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains 92 photographs on a variety of topics in East Angus and other places in 20th century. It includes many aspects such as people, vehicles, airplanes, carriages drawn by horses, cows or dogs, working and so on.

Sports, recreation, and culture

Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains 143 photographs on activities of sport, recreation and culture in East Angus in 20th century. It includes many aspects of these activities such as sport teams, tournaments, players, music, dramas, festivals, parades and so on.

Photographs

CA ETRC P244-002-01-007
File
[192-?], [197-?]-[199-?]

Part of Freeman Clowery Collection

The file contains photographs of William (Bill) McCallum; and his work in Sawyerville in probably the 1920's; and from probably the 1970's to the 1990's. It consists of photographs.

Covered Bridges of the Eastern Townships documentary

CA ETRC P237-004-004
Part
[ca. 1977]

Part of Barbara Verity fonds

Item is a documentary project researched and produced by Barbara Verity and narrated by Joyce Cochrane on covered bridges in the Eastern Townships, produced around 1977. Included in the documentary are images of the covered bridges at Fitch Bay (Narrows), Milby, Capelton, Coaticook (Drouin), Stanbridge East (Monaghan), Melbourne (Creek/Gibson), Highwater (Province Hill/de la Frontière), Gould (Fisher Hill/McVetty-McKenzie), Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley (Rexford), Cowansville (Freeport), Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge (Pike River/des Rivières), and Island Brook (McDermott).

Club patinage artistique d’East Angus fonds

CA ETRC P249
Fonds
1974-1999

-lists of members, 1977-1999
-skaters’ files, 1977-1991
-skating tests and competition results & other docs, 1980-1998
-financial records, 1975-1998
-posters and programmes, 1994-1997
-minutes, 1994-1996
-souvenir album, 1997
-reports, 1993-1996
-By-laws, 1994
-correspondence, 1974-1998

Logging camp

CA ETRC P020-003-06-D003a-P866
Item
1897, copied 1979

Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of Hollis Cairns' logging camp located on the North River, with many workers and a few horses visible in front of the camp, in Compton County.

Sarah J. Groom autograph book

CA ETRC P997-009-04-002-001
Item
1885-1895

Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

Letter from J Young

CA ETRC P094-003-001
Item
1876

Part of Aeneas McMaster fonds

The item contains information on Aeneas McMaster's professional activities. It is a letter from Mr. Young to Aeneas McMaster concerning his land.

Aeneas McMaster fonds

CA ETRC P094
Fonds
1873-1888

The fonds contains source material mainly on railway development and settlement in Clinton, Hampden, Ditton, and Marston townships in Compton County and around Lake Megantic from 1873 to 1888 and on the role of the Glasgow Canadian Land and Trust Company, managed at the time by Aeneas McMaster. The fonds consists of letters sent to McMaster from 1873 to 1888 by businessmen and shopkeepers, municipal councillors or mayors, employees of the Glasgow Canadian Land and Trust Company, men in search of work, and settlers and includes a proposal for building a mill; letters signed by McMaster; and a few other documents. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Railway Companies (1876-1888), Settlement (1873-1876), Municipal Affairs (1873-1881), Miscellaneous Documents (1875-1881) and Correspondance (1876-1882).

McMaster, Aeneas

Private Post Card

CA ETRC P040-001
Item
19?

Part of Gordon Kohl and Isobel Bancroft collection

The item contains information on Gordon Kohl’s personal life. It is a private post card. Adressed to : Reverend A. Wilkinson, Sawyerville.

Restoration of the cemetery

CA ETRC P044-001
Item
197?

Part of Cochrane Cemetery fonds

The item contains information on the history of Compton’s community. It depicts the restoration of it’s cemetery.

Celts of Compton County

CA ETRC P045-001-001
Item
1979

Part of Celtic Research Group fonds

The item contains information on the Celtic Research Group’s activities. It is the title page of the book Celts of Compton County.

Foreword

CA ETRC P045-001-002
Item
1979

Part of Celtic Research Group fonds

The item contains information on the Celtic Research Group’s activities. It is the foreword of the book Celts of Compton County.

Sawyerville Women’s Institute fonds

CA ETRC P252
Fonds
1985-2004

The fonds contains information on the finances and members of the Sawyerville Women's Institute (disbanded in 2004) from 1985 to 2004. It consists of a treasurer's book for 1985 to 2004, which also served as a membership book for 1985 to 1994, and two cookbooks (undated) with recipes submitted by Sawyerville W.I. members.

Railway section crew in Sawyerville

CA ETRC P170-001-D003-003
Part
[before 1925]

Part of Mildred Waldron collection

Item consists of photograph of a railway section crew in Sawyerville. Included in the photograph are Tom Thompson on the right side of the handcar and Robert Thompson (foreman for the Maine Central Railroad) on the right on the ground.