Item is a poster advertising the Beebe Plain Camp Meeting at Stanstead Junction from June 23 to July 2, 1888. It also contains a train schedule timetable for the Boston & Maine Railroad, Passumpsic Division.
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.
The file contains primary source information on the women's institutes of the Eastern Townships in 1989. It consists of a transcript of a talk entitled “The Women’s Institutes of the Eastern Townships Laying the Foundations for Social Programs,” given by Gwen Parker on November 2, 1989 at Bishop's University as the annual Fall Lecture of the Eastern Townships Research (now Resource) Centre.
Item is an issue of the Coaticook Observer, Vol XLVIII No 16, which was published on 21 April, 1932.
The file contains primary source information on Canadian Pacific Railway and, in particular, its passenger trains through the Eastern Townships. It consists of letters of correspondence protesting the termination of passenger train service to Farnham and Sutton, statements of passenger revenue from Montreal to Megantic, information on the South Eastern Railway, a commission report, and a poster.
The file contains primary source information on the Passumpsic Railroad from 1871 to 1888. It consists of a pamphlet and three oversized posters.
The item is a pamphlet titled "Our Boarding School on Wheels or the doings of us girls at Lake Memphremagog", published in 1882 for the Passumpsic Railroad.
The file contains primary source information on the life, business, family, and legacy of George Nelson Hodge of Sherbrooke, in 1910 and 1941. It consists of a certified true copy of his Last Will and Testament.
The series contains source material on the economy in the Eastern Townships from 1830 to 1987. It is comprised of the following subseries: Agriculture (1836-1983), Mining (1861-1864), Industry (photocopied 1983), Businesses (1830-1956), Banking (1865-1987), and Insurance (1907-1924).
The subseries contains source material on the development of industries in the Eastern Townships copied approximately in the 1980s. It is comprised of the following files: Sherbrooke Cotton Factory ([photocopied 198-?]), Magog Manufacturing Company ([photocopied 1983]), Pressure-Proof Rings Limited ([192-?]), Dominion Snath Company (1895), Society of Industrial and Cost Accountants of Quebec (1948-1949), and Stearns/Webster lumber operation (1881).
The file contains primary source information on the lumber business of E.R. Webster and L.A. Stearns in Ayer's Flat, in 1881. It consists of postcards between William White, Esq. of Sherbrooke; E.R. Webster of Ayer’s Flat; and L.A. Stearns of Ayer’s Flat, discussing the sale and transport of lumber.
The file contains primary source information on the Lennoxville Knitting and Crocheting Club from 1985 to 1988. It consists of an attendance book for the Club's weekly meetings.
The file contains primary source information on the administration and activities of the Bulwer Golden Age Club from 1983 to 2008. It consists of two minute books (1983-1986 and 1986-2008), two treasurer's books (1983-1988 and 1988-1999), and two attendance books (1983-2008).
The file consists of two autograph books, which serve as representation of social life and includes poetry.
The item contains primary source information on the life and personal relationships of Grace Day in Lennoxville and North Hatley from 1944 to 1948. It consists of one autograph book belonging to Grace Day, signed by friends in Lennoxville and at Quebec Lodge in North Hatley.
Item is the programme for the festival Hommage aux premiers arrivants écossais / Honor to the first Scottish Settlers which took place in Lake Megantic in 1996.
The file contains information on heritage festivals from 1996. It consists of a pamphlet and programme for a festival "Hommage aux premiers arrivants écossais / Honor to the first Scottish Settlers" in Lac-Mégantic in August 1996.
The file contains information on the school buildings and property in the Eastern Townships. It consists of souvenir programmes from the official opening and dedication of the following schools: the Lake Megantic Intermediate School (1 June 1951), the extension of the Lennoxville High School (7 March 1953), the extension to St. Francis High School (10 April 1953), the new Mansonville Intermediate School (25 September 1953), the extension to the Sherbrooke High School (26 September 1953), the extension to Cookshire High School (16 November 1956), and the extension to the Sawyerville High School (10 March 1961). The programmes often include the names of the architects, the teachers, and/or committee members.
The subseries contains information on the school buildings and property in the Eastern Townships from 1951 to 1961. It consists of souvenir programmes from the official opening and dedication of several schools. The subseries is comprised of the following files: Souvenir Programmes (1951-1961).
The sub-series consists of writings that inform about everyday life in the Eastern Townships. It contains the following files : Diary of a Canadian Teacher (1836), Reminiscent and Otherwise by Dr. George McAleer (1901), Reminiscenses of Student Life and Practice by E.D. Worthington (1897), and Hatley Tales by Garth E. Morrisette ([200-?]).
The file consists of one school roll dated from 1 July 1856 to 1 July 1859 and a collection roll for school rates dated from 1 July 1859 to 30 June 1863. The file provides an alphabetical list of Ascot names and the corresponding lots, ranges and acres, and school taxes due and paid by Ascot inhabitants.
The file consists of two cash books from Hampden for the periods from 1875 to 1885 and 1900 to 1914. The file provides information on the wages received by school commissioners from Hampden inhabitants, arrears of taxes, and school fees.
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.
The file consists of one souvenir card and one photograph dated 31 March 1901, prepared by E. Pearl Orr, a teacher at South Ham School from September 1900 to September 1901. The souvenir card includes her pupils' names. It also includes a letter from John Wadleigh to H.A. Odell regarding the performance of Miss Lamb at the Ulverton Model school from 1884 and photocopies of a description of the Lorne (also known as Kingsey Station) one-room schoolhouse in Shipton by Ethel D. Emma Pope (1885-1964) as well as two photographs of Ethel as a young woman (1903, 1908) and one showing Miss Brock with some students in front of the Lorne school around 1904.
The file consists of one Public Notice dated 12 June 1913, posted by P. C. Duboyce, announcing an election for two school commissioners in the School Municipality of the Township of Cleveland, in Richmond County.
The file consists of one detailed student report from Ulverton dated 1909 and signed by James Lester; two enrollment and examination reports for Danville Academy dated 1917, and a "Permanent Record of Progress" from Hampden, Compton County, for 1919 to 1936. The file provides information on the pupils' names, grade levels, and marks, as well as the names of teachers.