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Anthony W. Preston fonds
CA BU MG033 · Fonds

Extracts from "Amateur Performance", an unpublished memoir by Anthony W. Preston, 12th Principal of Bishop's University, 1969-70. Typewritten.

Preston, Anthony W.
Collection Gilles Baril
CA SHC C031 · Collection · [198-?]-2005

Collection presents information on the life, particularly religious life, of Gilles Baril, priest, in Coaticook and areas in Sherbrooke and East Angus, from about the 1980s to 2005. It consists of a biography, titled “Une vie arc-en-ciel”, on the first part of Gilles Baril’s personal and religious life and a number of musical recordings used in the course of church activities and services.

Baril, Gilles
Raymond James Mills fonds
CA BU MG109 · Fonds · 1904-1906

Diary having belonged to Raymond James Mills of East Angus, Quebec. It was begun October 11, 1904, and appears to end March 13th 1906. Raymond Mills entered Bishop's College in September, 1904, left during the year. He returned as a partial student in September 1905, and again left during the year. This diary comprises a view of daily life at Bishop's College in the early 1900's, including accounts of sporting activities, daily chores, family visits, and various student activities, primarily sports such as hockey, basketball and boxing.

Mills, Raymond James
CA BU MG110 · Collection · 1854-1878

The Montizambert Collection consists of 7 documents:

  1. Statutes, Rules and Ordinances for the Conduct and Government of the University of Bishop's College (1854)
  2. Address delivered before the Convocation of the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, at its annual meeting June 27, 1860 by the Rev. J.H. Nicolls
  3. Order of Daily Morning Prayer to be used in the chapel of Bishop's College (Nov. 1861).
  4. Bishop's College Gymnasium and Swimming Baths Limited Liability (1863) (fundraising document)
  5. A sermon preached in the chapel of Bishop's College Lennoxville on the last Sunday of Term, Dec 17th, 1865, by G.C. Irving
  6. Bishop's College School, Lennoxville June 1869 (a pamphlet describing the school, with names of masters and students)
  7. A Sermon, preached by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Quebec at the Consecration of the Chapel (June 14, 1878)
Alan Watkin Jones fonds
CA BU MG087 · Fonds · 1965-1984
  • Series 01 pertains to a proposal to publish a Festschrift to celebrate the 50th anniversary in 1981 of the Summer School for Teachers organized by the Graduate School of Education of Bishop's University.
  • Series 02 pertains to Professor Alan W. Jones' publication of Lyulph Stanley : a study in educational politics. (Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979), and includes drafts and correspondence.
Jones, Alan Watkin
CA BU BUA · Collection · [18-]-[20-]

The University Archives consists of all documents which give evidence and information about the University’s history, organization, function, and structure. The mission of the University Archives is to select, describe, preserve and make available for research those records which have enduring value to the University for administrative, legal, fiscal, and historical purposes. Archival holdings include records and publications of the administration, students, faculty, staff and alumni. Within these collections are a variety of media such as photographs, drawings, maps and plans, microfilms, and computer, video and audio tapes. Trophies, medals, badges, and other memorabilia are also collected by the archives.


Bishop's University Archives Policy
Material collected and preserved by the University Archives includes:

  • Records of the official governing bodies of the University, such as Board of Governors and Senate, including minutes, reports, associated committees.
  • Administrative records of the Officers of the University, including the Chancellor, Principal, Vice-Principal, the Deans, Vice-Principal - -- Administration, Registrar, Chief Librarian, and Dean of Student Affairs.
  • Administrative records of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC).
  • Minutes and correspondence of faculties and departments.
  • Publications of administrative bodies of the University.
  • Publications of faculty, staff, students and alumni.
  • Theses.
  • Personal papers of faculty and staff.
  • Graphic materials relating to the University including photographs, maps, blueprints, and architectural plans.
  • Audio-visual records such as microfilm, sound recordings, film and videotape associated with the University.
  • Memorabilia connected with the University, including student trophies and awards, medals, posters, ephemera.
  • Records of Associations such as the Alumni Association, Faculty Association etc.
Bishop's University
CA BU MG031 · Fonds · 1805-1909

The fonds includes primarily correspondence, but also includes diaries, clippings, notebooks and various other items

Nicolls-Mountain
Arts Festival
CA BU MG001 · Item · 1969-1973

The fonds contains source material on a series of arts festivals held at Bishop's University during the 1970's, specifically Festival '70 and Festival '71. Included are programmes, announcements, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, in addition to handmade posters bearing the signatures of various prominent Canadian authors, poets, artists, etc.

Louise E. Johnston fonds
CA BU MG002 · Fonds · 1890

Diploma. University School Examinations, under the superintendence of McGill University and the University of Bishop's College, certifying Louise E. Johnston, Sherbrooke Academy, has passed the prescribed examination and admitted to the standing of Associate in Arts. Dated June 20th, 1890. Signed by the Principal of McGill and the Vice-Chancellor of Bishop's.

Johnston, Louise E.
Donald Morrison collection
CA ETRC P218 · Collection · 1876-[195-?]

The collection contains source material on travel in the Province of Quebec. It consists of a train ticket from Marieville to Drummondville and Canadian Pacific Railway travel brochures in Quebec featuring the Laurentian Mountain District, Fishing and Shooting and Transatlantic Services, and a scrapbook. The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown and consists of theatre programmes, newspaper and magazine clippings, greeting cards, and two water colours, largely from Europe. It also includes references to a Gottinger Corps as well as documents pertaining to the death of Bishop Williams. The collection is comprised of the following series: Train Ticket ([188-?]), Travel Brochures ([191-?] -[195-?]), and Scrapbook (1876-1901).

Ammi J. Parker fonds
CA ETRC UC077 · Fonds · [182-?]-1978; predominant [182-?]-[187-?]

The fonds contains source material on the personal life and the missionary work of Reverend Ammi J. Parker from the 1820s to 1978. It consists of biographical sketches, memoirs, correspondence, an account book, subscriptions, lists of burials and settlers, reports, historical sketches, sermons, speeches, transcriptions of some documents by Douglas Walkington, and press clippings. The fonds includes the following series: Personal Life ([1829?]-1978), and Missionary Work ([182-?]-[187-?]).

Parker, Ammi J., 1802-1877
Lennoxville Golf Club fonds
CA BU MG097 · Fonds · 1933-1976
  • Eastern Townships Golf Association minute book (loose-leaves): 1933-1965
  • Old Lennoxville Golf Club: history 1937-1975, minutes 1933-1975
  • Lennoxville Golf and Country Club Inc.: By-laws - 10 mimeographed pages, Rules and regulations - 4 mimeographed pages
  • Quebec Golf Association Club members, 1966-1976 (member golf clubs) - loose leaves
  • J.P.L. Stewart - small brown loose-leaf binder with personal names alphabetically (perhaps members of the Eastern Townships Golf Association) c.1968-1976.
Lennoxville Golf Club
CA ETRC UC035 · Fonds · 1900-1990

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, and the Ladies' Aid Society for the Knox United Church in Lake Megantic from 1900 to 1990. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and a membership roll. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1914-1963), Buildings and Property ([196-?]-1969), Financial Resources (1910-1963), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1900-1962), Membership (1906-1962), Historical ([196-?], 1990), and Organizations (1902-1926).

Knox United Church (Lake Megantic, Que.)
CA ETRC P067 · Fonds · 1898-1987, 2020

The fonds contains source material on the membership and directors of the Sherbrooke Fish and Game Club; the numbers, sizes, and kinds of fish caught; and members' and guests' registration fees between 1898 and 1987. Occasionally, comments occur, in particular on the weather and the fishing season. It also includes a club history by Edward Dahl, published in 2020. The fonds is comprised of two registers: Record of Fish Caught (1898-1982) and Members and Guests Register (1967-1987), History (2020)

Sherbrooke Fish and Game Club (Sherbrooke, Que.)
William G. Taylor fonds
CA ETRC P066 · Fonds · 1866-1879

The fonds contains a small quantity of source material on the daily work of William G. Taylor in 1866, 1871, 1874, and 1879. It also provides data on the weather and on Taylor's accounts. It consists of four hand-written diaries containing entries for almost every day of the year.

Taylor, William G., b. 1836
Charles Stewart fonds
CA ETRC P065 · Fonds · 1823-1850

The fonds contains source material on the activities of Charles Stewart from 1815 to 1829, a time span that covers his work in England and Charleston (Hatley, Quebec), and for the SPG and part of his tenure as Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec. It consists of transcripts made by the Reverend James Reid, pastor of Trinity Church in Frelighsburg, in 1850 of ninety-one letters (ninety of which were written between 1815 and 1829) from Stewart to Reid. The transcripts bear comments made by the transcriber.

Stewart, Charles, 1775-1837
B.N. Robinson fonds
CA ETRC P063 · Fonds · [ca. 1928]

The single item in the fonds contains source material on the history of the Eastern Townships from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. It consists of a typewritten document of 32 pages, written by B.N. Robinson, entitled Early History of the Eastern Townships of the Province of Quebec. The document deals with many topics such as colonization, natural resources, characteristics of counties and townships, religious institutions (Church of England, Methodist Church, Baptist Church Catholic Church), and education.

Robinson, B.N.
CA ETRC P061 · Fonds · 1925-1936

The fonds contains source material on the work and activities of the Memorial Hospital for Tuberculosis from 1925 to 1936. It is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1925-1936) and Accounting Book (1925-1936).

I.O.D.E. Memorial Hospital for Tuberculosis (Sherbrooke, Que.)
CA ETRC P193 · Fonds · 1943-1963, [199-?]

The fonds contains primary source material on the Eastern Townships Protestant Colonization Association from 1943 to the 1990s. It consists primarily of correspondence, minutes, reports, financial information and lists of colonists. The fonds is comprised of the following series: History (1955, [199-?]), Administration (1960-1962), Land Management (1945-1962), and Finances (1943-1963).

Eaton Township fonds
CA BCHS BCHS156 · Fonds · 1792/04/30, 1792/06/20

The fonds consists of a copy of a Petition of Josiah Sawyer and Associated for the Township of Eaton, with list of Applicants, dated April 30, 1792 at Quebec and an order for survey and report signed by Samuel Holland, Surveyor General, that it has been completed, dated June 20, 1792 at Quebec.

Eaton Township
CA ETRC P159 · Fonds · 1923-1946

The fonds contains source material on the founding, administration, dissolution, and on John McClary, an Honorary President, of the Lennoxville Curling Association from 1923 to 1946. It consists of by-laws, minutes, correspondence, financial statements, and a photograph. The fonds is comprised of two series: Administration (1923-1946), and Membership ([after 1927]).

Lennoxville Curling Association (Lennoxville, Que.)
CA ETRC P208 · Fonds · 1806-1926

The fonds contains primary source information on the work, property and education of Manda T. Cushing family, as well as on other early residents in the Stanstead and Barnston areas from 1820 to 1885. It consists of correspondence, land deeds, promissory notes, insurance papers and accounts. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Manda Thurber Cushing (1820-1885), Charles Jackson Cushing (1873-1884, 1906) and Miscellaneous (1806-1877).

Cushing, Manda Thurber, 1798-1885
Agnes Methodist Church fonds
CA ETRC UC060 · Fonds · 1884-1920

The fonds contains source material on Church management and the congregation's affairs from 1884 to 1920. It consists of minutes, financial reports, a register of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and a membership register. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1889-1920), Financial Resources (1888), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1894-1909), and Membership (1884-1906).

Agnes Methodist Church (Lake Megantic, Que.)
CA ETRC UC020 · Fonds · 1832-1995, 2017

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, the Sunday School and the United Church Women for the Trinity United Church in Danville-Asbestos from 1834 to 2017. It consists mainly of registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; minutes; annual reports; registers of members; correspondence; and church histories. It also includes minutes from the Sproule Methodist Church in Kingsey, annual reports pertaining to the Danville-Asbestos-Ulverton-South Durham Pastoral Charge, and a register of baptisms, marriages and burials from the Danville Methodist Circuit. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1832-1994), Buildings and Property (1839-1947), Annual Reports (1888-1995, 2017), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1834-[After 1950]), Orders of Service ([between 1901 and 1908], 1978-1990), Membership (1832-1950), Historical ([1866?]-1913, 1969-1982), Organizations (1892-1968), Photographs ([188-?]-1989), and Press Clippings (1867-1992).

Trinity United Church (Danville-Asbestos, Que.)
Leeds United Church fonds
CA ETRC UC051 · Fonds · 1882-1963

The fonds contains source material on Church management and the congregation's affairs from 1882 to 1963. It also provides information on St. Sylvester Presbyterian Church, Candlish United Church in Kinnear's Mills, and Reid's Presbyterian Church in Lemesurier. It consist of minutes, correspondence, account books, reports, weekly offerings, a register of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and communion rolls. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1892-1926), Buildings and Property ([1903?]-1926), Financial Resources (1904-1963), Annual Reports (1904-1924), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1882-1914, 1928-1942), and Membership (1882-1944).

Leeds United Church (Leeds, Que.)
CA ETRC UC045 · Fonds · 1853-1998, 2008

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, the women's organizations and the Christian Education Committee for the Candlish United Church in Kinnear's Mills from 1853 to 2008. It also provides information on Leeds congregation until 1925, on Reid's United Church in Lemesurier from 1927 to 1943, on Thetford Mines United Church from the 1950s to the 1980s, and on the K.I.T. Pastoral Charge. It consists of minutes, account books, weekly offerings, communion rolls, historical sketches, correspondence, press clippings, and registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1874-1992), Buildings and Property (1929, 1957-1962, 1988), Financial Resources (1914-1961), Annual Reports (1977-1984, 1995, 1998, 2008), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1853-1935), Orders of Service (1960-1980), Membership (1891-[1926?]), Historical (1880, 1901-1994), Organizations (1941-1997), and Committees (1964-1966).

Candlish United Church (Kinnear's Mills, Que.)
P457 · Item · [1960?], copied 1977

Item is a photograph of Main street located in Compton during winter.

Main Street, Compton
P456 · Item · [1960?], copied 1977

Item is a photograph of Main street located in Compton.