Events and celebrations

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  • This subject terms should be used for descriptions that relate to weddings, funerals, baptisms, protests and demonstrations, parties including, but not limited to, graduations, anniversaries, centenaries, festivals, fairs, exhibitions, etc., as well as organizations and agencies dedicated to the organization of such events.

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          403 Archival description results for Events and celebrations

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          CA ETRC P234-006-004 · Item · 1962
          Part of Wark family (Sherbrooke) fonds

          Item is a street map of the City of Sherbrooke produced for the 125th anniversary of the city in 1962. The map includes a legend listing all of the streets with numbered grid location references, as well as a legend of 26 important sites. The verso of the map includes a brief history of the city, photographs of landmarks, and a message from "Jacqueline the 1st," Reigning Queen of the City of Sherbrooke for 1962.

          Tourist Information Bureau
          Miscellaneous
          CA ETRC P234-006 · Series · 1950-[198-?]
          Part of Wark family (Sherbrooke) fonds

          This series contains primary and secondary sources pertaining to the British Royal Family between 1950 and 1960. It consists primarily of publications and photographs. It also consists of four maps of the City of Sherbrooke, dating from 1954 to around the 1980s. Finally, it consists of two sizes of promotional bridge score cards produced by Bryant's Ginger Ale in Sherbrooke.

          Double Wedding
          CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P132 · Item · [1920?], copied 1977
          Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

          Item is a photograph of a group that attended a double wedding, with both brides and grooms in the middle. Possibly from Stanstead or Sherbrooke county.

          Royal Visit
          CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P529 · Item · October 16, 1901, copied 1977
          Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

          Item is a photograph of a royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (future King George V and Queen Mary) at the Sherbrooke Courthouse, with a large crowd in front of the courthouse.

          Parade
          CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P593 · Item · [1919?], copied 1977
          Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

          Item is a photograph of a parade on the corner of Wellington and Frontenac in Sherbrooke, with cars visible on the side of the road.

          Cheese Day
          CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P564 · Item · [1909?], copied 1977
          Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

          Item is a photograph of a $42,000 Cheese Day with horses pulling wagons full of cheese to the train station in Danville, with a portrait of a young boy in the top right-hand corner.

          Gibbs Home in Sherbrooke
          CA ETRC P998-088-12-001 · Item · [1939?]
          Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

          Photograph of a large group of people in semi-formal dress in front of the Gibbs Home in Sherbrooke. Banner reads: 'Gibbs Club Sherbrooke (Church of England) Patrons King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Long May They Reign'. Probably taken on the occasion of the visit of the King and Queen to Sherbrooke on June 12, 1939.

          Burton, Thomas
          Townships History
          CA ETRC P260-003 · Series · [ca. 1930]-2017
          Part of Alberta Everett collection

          The series contains primary source information on the history of the Eastern Townships -- especially Bulwer, Birchton, and Lennoxville -- from about 1930 to 2017. It consists of documents and photographs pertaining to the 125th anniversary of Eaton Township in 1980 and documents pertaining to the Eaton Corner 1867 celebration in 2017. It also consists of photographs depicting the Bulwer Model School; a mock wedding around 1967; Bury Canada Day celebrations around 1994; and the Bulwer-Birchton Reunion Committee in 1995 or 1996, among others. The series also consists of VHS tape recordings of the Bulwer-Birchton Reunion in 1996; the St. Patrick's Day Variety Show in Bulwer in 2001; and Lennoxville Friendship Day in 2003. Finally, it consists of wooden nickels from Hatley Canada Day celebrations and pins from various villages, community organizations, and events.

          Evelyn Mabel (Jordan) Ross
          CA ETRC P260-001-002 · File · 1926-[196-?]
          Part of Alberta Everett collection

          The file contains primary source information on Evelyn Mabel Ross (née Jordan) from 1926 to the 1960s. It consists of a pressed four-leaf clover; a programme for the MacDonald College School of Teachers graduation ceremony in June 1926; a wedding card; a handwritten list of births and deaths in the Ives family from 1810 to 1911; and a list of names and locations which includes Evelyn Jordan's name. It also consists of two black and white photographs of Evelyn as a school teacher with her students at the Bulwer Model School.