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Fairs
CA ETRC P997-004-01-003 · File · 1893-1983
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of four booklets titled "Prize Lists for the Richmond County Agricultural Society Annual Fair", dated respectively 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967; prize cards, from 1893-1914, of the Danville Union Agricultural Society, the Richmond County Agricultural Society and the Eastern Townships Agriculture Society; a souvenir programme from the Sherbrooke Fair from 1945; and a poster of the 62nd Annual Farmers' Exhibition, organized by the Stanstead County Agricultural Society in Ayer's Cliff, from 28 to 29 August 1907. The file provides information on the setting up of agricultural fairs. It contains the names of the Richmond County Agricultural Society's members, the departmental committees and the rules and regulations and judging programmes of the fairs. It also a prize book for Canada's Great Eastern Exhibition (Sherbrooke, Que.) from 1894 and architectural drawings for a multifunctional building for the Exposition Sherbrooke Fair, dated 23 March 1983.

CA ETRC P997-003-06-001 · Item · 1967
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

Item consists of digital reproduction of a poster advertising the Sherbrooke Hussars' Centennial Guard activities in Sherbrooke in 1967. The poster features an illustration of a soldier in a 19th-century uniform, holding a musket. The activities included a program of drill and 1867 battle tactics and a concert by the Sherbrooke Hussars Band to commemorate Canada's Centennial and the 100th Anniversary of the Regiment. Activities were to take place at the Parade Grounds (Champ-de-Mars) off of Queen Street (now Boulevard Queen-Victoria) in Sherbrooke on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.

CA ETRC P997-001-04-024 · File · [191-], [198-?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of a scrapbook page compiled by Mildred Waldron showing many members of the McBurney and Forgrave families as well as members of the Willing Workers group from the Sawyerville Presbyterian Church from the Sawyerville area, probably taken around the 1910s. It also includes a letter from Mildred to Marjorie Goodfellow.

Victoria Day
CA ETRC P997-009-06-001 · File · 1900
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of the programme of the Victoria Day celebrations in Richmond in 1900 and includes information of the concert, parade, and sports and games planned as part of the activities, which was organized by the Citizens Committee and the 54th Battalion.

117th Battalion reunion
CA ETRC P997-003-01-001-005 · Part · 1965
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The item is a photograph from a reunion of the 117th Battalion at the Chateau Frontenac in Sherbrooke on 14 August 1965. Among those pictured in the photograph are James McCallum (front row, second from left ), Ed Kingsland (front row, centre), E.P. Hall (front row, third from right), and Fred Evans (back row, far left).