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The collection consists of materials collected from various sources by the Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François, located in Eaton Corner. It consists of photographs, largely from the East Angus and surrounding areas, materials acquired from other organization, research files and inventories of architectural heritages in Eastern Townships. (more expected)

The series contains 800 photographs of East Angus and a few other places in Eastern Townships from late 19th century to the second half of 20th century. It includes a wide variety of topics such as economy, education, sport, culture, religion, family and so on. The series is comprised of the following files : Ville d’East Angus, Activités Économiques, Éducation, Pratique Religieuses, Activités Sportive, Récréatives ou Culturelles, Autres Municipalités du Haut-Saint-François, Photos de Famille and Photos Diverses.

The file contains source material on the formation of Volunteer Corps in the Eastern Townships during the rebellion from 1837 to 1839. It consists mainly of correspondence within the church and government.

The file contains documents on the history of the town Stoke including its development and religion.

The file contains source material on histories of parishes, churches and towns, which are not included into other files. It consists of a history of chapel Bethlehem and father Jerome in Ditton, a history of the town Victoria, Clifton and East Angus, a record of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix parish from 1919 to 1923, biographical sketches of parish Sainte-Marguerite-de-Lingwick, Saint-Raymond-de-Pennafort, Sainte-Martin-de-Martinville, Sainte-Famille-de-Newport and Saint-Mathias and a history of land grant in Ascot and Orford.

The file contains a compiled research document on religion in the history of Eastern Townships. It consists of the following documents: The Bishop’s Connection: College Missions and the Brotherhood of Layreaders, Reverend John Dalziel’s Experience in Cookshire, Thomas Shaw Chapman and United Churches in the Eastern Townships.

The file contains a research document Economic life in the Upper St. Francis Region 1795-1895 with bibliographies on economy research.

The file contains a research document on the pioneers in community formation in the history of Eastern Townships in 1999.

The file contains source material on historical research of various subjects from 1967 to 1969. It consists of the following research documents: Au Township D’Eaton, Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire de Sawyerville, Messire A. E. Dufresne et Les Anglo-Protestants, La Mine de Chesham, Avenement des Chemins de Fer dans Les Townships, Quelques Sources de Renseignements en Histoire Regionale et en Genealogie.

The file contains source material on the preservation of architectural heritage in Eastern Townships from 1988 to 1997. It consists of a guide on preservation of traditional buildings, a copy of a law on heritage protection (Loi sur les biens culturels) in 1989, an application form requesting protection of heritage properties, newspaper articles on the restoration and demolition of churches and two documents on the competition for an award in preserving architectural heritage (3e Concours de Plaque de Gratification) in Estrie.

The file contains bibliographies collected and prepared for research purpose.

The file contains source material on the agricultural heritage from 1985 to 1991. It consists of the following three research documents: Estrie: Des paysages agro-forestiers en transformation (1991), La patrimoine agricole et horticole au Quebec (1989) and Des airs de campagne (1985).

The file contains a compiled document researching women and women’s organizations in the history of Eastern Townships.

The file contains source material on the Brochu Collection from 1982 to 1996. It consists of meeting notices and minutes, a study in exhibiting this collection, correspondence on grant and other documents.

The file contains source material on La Patrie from 1939 to 1995. It consists of documents, newspaper clippings and publication on history of La Patrie, its religion, economy and culture and important persons involved.

The file contains copies of historical maps from publication from 1792 to 1979. It consists of maps showing the layout and divisions of Eastern Townships and maps of immigration movement.

The file contains source material on the Quebec-New England connection project which are power lines passing through Eastern Townships to Vermont built by Hydro-Quebec. It consists of a letter and posters on this project and maps of the power line routes in Eastern Townships.

The file contains documents on the project of Reflets du Patrimoine funded by La Foundation CRB (Charles R. Bronfman) in 1995.

The file contains copies of book chapters from different publication and a series of articles in 1958 by Albert Gravel on the history of Eastern Township.

The file contains source material on politicians and other important persons in the history of Eastern Townships. It consists mainly of biographical sketches and information from publication and a compiled documents including many biographies.

The file contains a document Plan Marketing 95-98 in identifying and marketing tourism products in Eastern Townships.

The file contains source material in recording and researching cultural heritages in Haut-St-François in 1984. It consists of a document “Renseignements sur le Patrimoine Culturel Destiné aux Municipalités Régionales de Comté” in 1984 and an incomplete document on the study and inventory of cultural heritage resources in Haut-St-François.

The file contains source material on genealogies. It consists of correspondence with Malcolm Millar requesting genealogical information on Millar family in 1985, a biography of Garnet Millar, family tree of James Millar and Philomène Gendron, family tree of Rosario Bolduc and Marie-Aimé Poirier, family tree of Denis Lescault and family tree of George Fontaine (?).

The file contains source material on activities of the corporation Tourisme Haut-Saint-Francois from 1994 to 1996. It consists of meeting agendas, minutes, financial reports, action plans, list of committee members, bylaws, a publication, a project on hiking trails in Mont Mégantic, inventory of tourism resources and statistics of tourism in Eastern Townships.

The file contains source material on St-Adolphe-de-Dudswell and its neighbor towns. It consists of a chronology of the St-Adolphe-de-Dudswell from 1792 to 2000, an incomplete biography of Thomas Shaw Chapman, an excursion map around Dudswell pond (Mirror lake) in early 20th century and a tourism guide for Marbleton, Bishopton and Dudswell in 1992.

The file contains source material on architectures in Canada, Quebec and Eastern Townships. It consists of excerpts from publication: Encyclopédie de la maison Québécoise 3 siècles d’habitations (1972), L’architecture au Canada (1976), Les maisons du Quebec (1979), Les belles d'autrefois (1987), Patrimoine Estrie (1988,1989), Monuments historiques (1995) and a summary of architectural style in history.

The file contains guides and forms of inventorying architectural heritages in 1983.

The file contains source material on the development of a heritage tour in MRC du Haut-Saint-François in 1994 and 1995. It consists meeting minutes, action plan sheets, plan of the heritage tour, a list of heritages and a leaflet of heritage tour in Magog.