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Incorporation Certificate
CA ETRC P166-001-001-003 · Item · May 1, 1890
Part of Loyal Orange Lodge fonds

This item is an incorporation certificate containing information on the incorporation/founding of the Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 in May 1890.

Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 (Saywerville)
Order of Divine Service
CA ETRC P166-001-001-002 · Item · April 24, 1970
Part of Loyal Orange Lodge fonds

This item is an Order of Divine Service containing participant and song information on a Divine Service conducted for the 100th anniversary of the Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 at the Sawyerville United Church on April 24, 1970. The individuals listed include the conductor, assistants, individuals in attendance and their town/city of residence.

Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 (Saywerville)
Declaration for registration
CA ETRC P166-001-001-001 · Item · December 19, 1901
Part of Loyal Orange Lodge fonds

This item is a declaration for registration containing information on the incorporation/founding of the Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 on December 19, 1901.

Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 (Saywerville)
CA ETRC P145-003 · Part · [196-?]
Part of Sam Hopper fonds

Item is a recording of one of Sam Hopper and the Hoedowners performances, likely from around 1960, which includes square dances, waltzes, and jiggs, and two-steps, among others. The following songs are included:

  • Irish Washer Women
  • He Will Have To Go - Kevin Harding
  • Peek-A-Boo Waltz - Ronnie Haselton
  • A Year Of Jubilee - Jimmy Piper (caller)
  • With This Ring I Thee Wed - Jimmy Piper
  • Harvest Hornpipe
  • Downhomers Breakdown - Albert Nutbrown & The Western Swingers (next 6)
  • Second Fiddle - Isabell Nutbrown
  • Happy Acre Two-Step
  • Here's To The Ladies - Harold Smith (caller)
  • Fish City - Elaine Morse & Isabell Nutbrown
  • London Dairy Hornpipe
  • San Diego - Kevin Harding
  • Country Waltz
  • Uncle Jim - Bill Donaldson (caller)
  • I've Got Stripes - Larry Harding
  • Paddy Whack
  • Earl Mittens Special
  • City Lights - Kevin Harding
  • Red Wing
  • Suzies Jigg - Bill Donaldson (caller)
  • Dumb Blonde - Larry Dougherty
  • St. Ann's Reel
  • Sam's Place - Elaine Morse & Eva Mae Sarrisan
  • Union Jack - Arthur Lowery (fife)
  • Cannon Ball - Jimmy Piper (caller)
  • All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers - Dave Bessant
  • Old Time Breakdown - Eddie Custeau (violin)
  • Once A Day - Judy & Isabell Nutbrown
  • Wild Wood Flower
  • My Love Is But A Lassie Yet - Stewart Deacon (caller)
  • Do What You Do , Do Well - Francis Sayers
  • Cecil McKetchens Breakdown
CA ETRC P145-002 · Part · [196-?]
Part of Sam Hopper fonds

Item is a recording of one of Sam Hopper and the Hoedowners performances, likely from the mid- to late-1960s at Christmastime, which includes square dances, waltzes, and jiggs, and two-steps, among others. The following songs are included:

  • Five Mile Chase
  • You Are My Sunshine - Kevin Harding
  • The Wreck Of The Old 97 - Bill Donaldson
  • I Can't Stop Loving You - Elaine & Harvey Morse
  • Winnipeg Reel
  • Christmas Jigg
  • Blue Christmas - Stewart Deacon
  • Jingle Bells
  • Gatesman Reel - Stewart Deacon (caller)
  • Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer - Jimmy Piper
  • Blue Violet Hornpipe
  • Act Naturally - Stewart Deacon
  • Year End Two-Step
  • Northern Lights - Stewart Deacon (caller)
  • Almost Persuaded - Jimmy Piper
  • Frank Ryans Hornpipe
  • Mountain Dew - Stewart Deacon & Jimmy Piper
  • There Is A Tavern In Our Town
  • Year Of Jubilee - Stewart Deacon (caller)
  • Mona Lisa - Terry Howell
  • Mc Donalds Reel
  • Hudson Bay Breakdown - Albert Nutbrown & The Western Swingers (next 6)
  • Cotton Jennie - Isabell Nutbrown
  • Shannon Waltz
  • Wabash Cannon Ball
  • Love Is Going To Live Here Again - Elaine & Elymer Morse
  • Military Shautise
    Cowboy Reel - Bruce Patton (caller)
    Wabash Cannon Ball - Larry Dougherty
CA ETRC P031-003-01-B-album 007 · Part · 1929
Part of William G. Clark collection

Item is a photograph of the Canadian Johns-Manville parade float, Asbestos, Canada Day, 1929, showing: Alfred Lefebvre, Bob Grimard, Nova Blais, Alphonse Poirier, Joseph Lalancette (at right, leaning on float), Edmond Bergeron, and Bertrand Poirier, as well as the Dubois photograph studio in background.

The caption reads, "This Float consisted of a Cyclone Collector, Elbows and Ductwork and an aspirating Fan all built by the sheet metal workers Alphonse Poirier, foreman. Alfred Lefebvre, Bob Grimard (truck driver) Nova Blais,

Alphonse Poirier, Joseph Lalancette, Shovel repair foreman Edmond Bergeron, (oxy-acetylene burner) with his bottles of gases and his torch. The boy holding the "Cup" is Bertrand Poirier, son of Alphonse. The two young boys are unknown. The two other men on the truck are also not known."

Interview with Teddy Green
CA ETRC P233-001-025-001 · Item · 1965
Part of W. Gillies Ross fonds

Item is an interview of Edward "Teddy" Green about his experience working at the Eustis copper mines by W. Gillies Ross in October 1965. Included in the interview are the subjects of mining accidents, working conditions, mining methods, use of communication in the mines, entertainment and leisure, WWI and marriage, and Black people from North Carolina working in the mines.

Green, Edward Colston (1895-1972)
Postmen, Sherbrooke
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P594 · Item · [ca. 1915], copied 1979
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of seven postmen in Sherbrooke, dressed in uniform and holding mail and parcels (possibly Sherbrooke's first postmen) from around the 1910s.

House
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002b-P113 · Item · 1928, copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a woman standing outside the Silhouette Tea Room, located in a yellow house on College Street in Lennoxville.

Magog’s regional table
CA ETRC P038-100-11-001 · Item · 1980-1985
Part of Townshippers' Association fonds

The item contains information on the Townshippers’ Association regional table of Magog. It depicts Don Cunningham and other members of the Magog regional table in 1980.

Play Old Cronies
CA ETRC P196-017-022 · Item · 1902
Part of Speid-Motyer family fonds

This item is a photograph of two men acting ''Old Cronies'' in 1902. Orson Rublee (on the left) and Arthur Speid (on the right).