The file contains primary source information on Cecil H. Bowen's involvement in mining from 1888 to 1910 in Newfoundland, Brazil and the Eastern Townships. It consists of correspondence, prospectuses, accounts, sample analyses, geological reports, and accounts related to the Standard Pyrites Company, which operated a limestone and slate mine in Newfoundland in the 1890s and 1900s. It also includes the rules and regulations of the Pilley's Island (Newfoundland) Board of Health, of which C.H. Bowen was Chairman, correspondence and a travel visa regarding the operation of the Barcellos Gold Mines Ltd. in Brazil from 1889 to 1892 and correspondence and a map related to Cecil's mining rights in the Eastern Townships, particularly in the area of South Ham.
The Pyrites Company was a mining venture Cecil H. Bowen pursued with his brother, Francis (aka Frank) Arthur Bowen.
The subseries file contains primary source information on the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in Sherbrooke in 1944. It consists of one telephone directory for Sherbrooke and vicinity, dated June 1944. It also includes information for Lennoxville, Asbestos, Ayer's Cliff, Bishopton, Black Lake, Bury, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire, Danville, Disraeli, East Angus, East Broughton, East Hereford, Garthby, Inverness, La Patrie, Laurierville, Leeds, Lyster, Magog, Marbleton, Megantic, North Hatley, Plessisville, Richmond, Rock Island, St. Ferdinand de Halifax, St. Malo, Sawyerville, Scotstown, Thetford Mines, Victoriaville, Waterville, and Windsor.
Bell Telephone Company of Canada (The)The file contains source material on Weedon from 1861 to around 1989. It consists of censuses of Weedon from 1861 to 1891, histories and information of important commercial and residential buildings in Weedon, biographical information of frère Théode from Weedon and a publication list by the historical society of Weedon (société d'Histoire de Weedon).
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 inventories recording architectural heritages in Ditton and Marbleton in 1994. It consists of 22 inventory forms describing and evaluating architectures and 22 photographs of the documented buildings.
The file contains inventories recording architectural heritages in Bishopton, Ascot Corner and Birchton in 1994. It consists of 19 inventory forms describing and evaluating architectures and 18 photographs of the documented buildings.
The series contains inventories recording architectural heritages in Randboro, St-Gérard and St-Malo in 1994 . It consists of 14 inventory forms describing and evaluating architectures and 14 photographs of the documented buildings.
The file contains inventories recording architectural heritages in Weedon and Fontainebleau in 1994. It consists of 14 inventory forms describing and evaluating architectures and 14 photographs of the documented buildings.
The file contains inventories recording architectural heritages in East Angus and in St-Adolphe-de-Dudswell. It consists of 20 inventory forms describing and evaluating architectures and 22 photographs of the documented buildings.
The file consists of a historical walking tour for the area of Bishopton, Marbleton, and Dudswell, including a map and architectural and historical details on various buildings, from around the 1990s.
The file contains primary source information regarding the village of Garthby from 1920 to 1930. It consists of a hand-drawn plan of the village of Garthby, created by Gaspard Lemay in December 2002. It also consists of a list of the occupants of the homes in the 1920s based on the recollection of Gaspard Lemay.
The file consists of a roll of school rates from 1859 to 1867. The file provides information on Dudswell inhabitants' names, some arrears and a list of school rates for several school districts.