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Delbert R. Holsapple fonds
CA ETRC P225 · Fonds · 1920-1948

The fonds contains primary source information on the personal life and financial affairs of Delbert R. Holsapple in St. Armand West from 1920 to 1948. It consists of five diaries containing daily entries referring to weather, happenings in the community, and daily activities, as well as records of household/farming expenses and revenues.

Holsapple, Delbert R.
CA ETRC P007 · Fonds · 1923-1991

The fonds contains source material on the activities and organization of the Denison Mills Women's Institute from 1923 to 1991 and is also of value as a source of information on some other Richmond County Women's Institutes. It is comprised of the following series: History ([1943?]-[1972?]), Minutes (1923-1991), Financial and Accounting Records (1923-1952), Annual Reports (1959-1974), Programming ([1943?]-[1972?]), Members ([194-?]-1973), Correspondence ([1967?]-[1978?]), Press Clippings ([196-?]-1983), Other Women's Institutes (1959-1975), and Miscellaneous Documents ([195-?]-1978).

Denison Mills Women's Institute (Denison Mills, Que.)
Dominion Lime Company fonds
CA ETRC P227 · Fonds · 1875-1994, 2018

The fonds contains primary source information on the Dominion Lime Company in the Haut-Saint-Francois region (especially Dudswell) from 1875 to 1994, and in 2018. It consists largely of minutes, general financial ledgers, registers of shares and dividends, agreements, contracts, transfers, trademark documentation (certifications and renewals), correspondence, land surveys, lists of landholdings, a map, deeds of sale, leases, plans of property and machinery, inventories and production reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1887-1896, 1923-1937, 1966, 1968), Financial Resources ([1890-1937?], 1966-1985), Legal Affairs (1875-[1907?], 1932-1975, 1990-1994), Buildings and Property ([1887-1970?]), Production (1944, 1975-1980).

Dominion Lime Company
Donald F. Sangster fonds
CA ETRC P171 · Fonds · 1960-1981

The fonds contains source material on Protestant churches in the Eastern Townships from 1960 to 1981. It consists of photographs, church histories, correspondence and newspaper clippings. The fonds includes photographs of the following churches: Austin Anglican Church, Beulah United Church (Ayer's Cliff), Barnston Baptist Church, Beebe Advent Christian Church, All-Saints Anglican Church (Beebe), Wesley United Church (Beebe), Birchton United Church, St. Andrew's Anglican Church (Bolton Pass), Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Bolton South), Church of the Good Shepherd (Bondville Anglican), Capelton Roman Catholic Church, Cassville United Church, Saint James the Less Anglican Church (Compton), St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Danville), Danville Advent Christian Church, Eaton Corner United Church, East Hatley Anglican Church, St. James Anglican Church (East Hatley), Eastman United Church, St. John Anglican Church (Eastman), Christ Church (Eustis-Anglican), Christ Church (Frost Village-Anglican), Church of the Good Shepherd (Glen Sutton-Anglican), Graniteville United Church, Hatley United Church, Huntingville Universalist Church, Massawippi Union Church, Minton United Church, Moe's River Baptist Church, North Hatley United Church, North Hatley First Universalist Church, Philipsburg United Church, Philipsburg United Church, Stanstead South United Church (Rock Island), Sand Hill Anglican Church, Sawyerville United Church, Sawyerville Baptist Church, St. Matthew's Anglican Church (South Stukely), Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel Roman Catholic Church (South Stukely-United), Tomifobia United Church, Trenholme Methodist Church, and Ulverton United Church.

Sangster, Donald F.
Donald J. MacMillan fonds
CA ETRC P036 · Fonds · 1889-1992

The fonds contains source material on educational services to the Anglo-Protestant population of Eastern Townships in the 1960s and 1970s and is also of value as a source of information on cattle breeding and the Quebec Beef Cattle Association in the 1960s. It consists of documentary materials of various kinds, including procedures, policies, reports, briefs, legislation, and budgets. It is comprised of the following series: Personal Affairs (1889-1974), School Committees (1957-1972), School Information (1939-1992), Associations (1921-1982), Fairs and Sales (1935-1985), Agriculture ([196-?]), Photographs (1948-[1985?]) and Festivals (1977-1978).

MacMillan, Donald J., 1919-2000
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).

Doris Snowdon fonds
CA ETRC P138 · Fonds · [195-?]-[2002?]

The fonds contains biographical source material on Doris Snowdon's life as an artist and on her family genealogy. It consists of a biographical brochure, an article on the Maffre's genealogy, 3 paintings (reproductions), 6 sketches, a photo album with 54 photographs, and 5 textual records related to the ownership of the Snowdon cottage. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Biography ([196-?]-2001), Maffres' Genealogy ([2002?]), Artistic Works ([195-?]-[196-]), Audiovisual Materials ([1953-1962?]), Photographs ([1930]-[1950]), and Snowdon Cottage at Sally's Pond (1971, [2010])

Snowdon, Doris, 1897-1996
Dorothy Dutton fonds
CA ETRC P143 · Fonds · [1607? (copied)]-2001?, predominant [19--]-1998

The fonds contains source material on Dorothy Dutton's writing activities - published and unpublished literary works - and a press clipping file arranged by subjects. The main subjects are: Canadian history, Eastern Townships history, education, religion, war, environment, politic, and economy. It consists mainly of research files, manuscripts, typescripts, and press clippings. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Fiction ([19--]-1998), Bible Stories ([19--]-[198-?]), Non-fiction (1938-1970), Press Clippings ([1607? copied]-1998), Research Notes ([19--]-1995), Correspondence (1942-1997), Dissemination Activities (1978-1997), Martha Maxwell's Typescripts ([19--]), Paintings and Drawings ([19--]), Awards ([19--]) and Projects ([19--]).

Dutton, Dorothy, 1901-2003
CA ETRC P185 · Fonds · 1812-2006

The fonds contains primary source information on the family life; social, religious and economic activities; and education of various members of the Douglas family, Bridgette family, and other relatives during the 19th and 20th centuries. It also contains historical information on the Farnham area, as well as genealogy. The majority of the records were produced in the Eastern Townships, many come from the New England states as well as across Canada and worldwide. It consists primarily of personal and business correspondence, postcards and photographs, historical notes and family history. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Douglas family (1812-1984), Pearson family (1868-1941), Todd family, (1863-[197-?]), Bridgette family (1850-1983), Kirkpatrick family (1850-1957), Genealogy (1969-2006), and Miscellaneous Documents (1876-18-?).

Douglas-Bridgette (family)
CA ETRC UC012 · Fonds · 1857-1927

The fonds contains source material on the management, the congregation's affairs, and the organizations of Drummond Street United Church in Granby from 1857 to 1927. It also provides information on the Shefford Circuit from 1861 to 1902. It consists mainly of minutes and registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1885-1920), Annual Reports (1926-1927), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1857-1925), Membership (1861-1902), and Organizations (1897).

Drummond Street United Church (Granby, Que.)
Dudley Baxter fonds
CA ETRC P002 · Fonds · 1838-1871

The fonds contains source material on the daily activities of Dudley Baxter in the region of Frampton between 1838 and 1862. The fonds consists of a diary and some press clippings from the Quebec Mercury. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Diary (1838-1862) and Press Clippings (1861-1871).

Baxter, Dudley
Dunham United Church fonds
CA ETRC UC033 · Fonds · 1806-1995

The fonds contains source material on Church management and the congregation's affairs for Dunham United Church from 1806 to 1991. It also provides information on Farnam's Corner United Church from 1953 to 1967. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, annual reports, registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and historical sketches. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1859-1967), Buildings and Property (1838-1912), Financial Resources (1880-1933), Annual Reports (1973-1982, 2007), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1806-1950, [196-?]), Orders of Service (1974), Membership (1845-1853), Historical ([193-?]-1987), and Press Clippings (1988-1991).

Dunham United Church (Dunham, Que.)
CA ETRC UC052 · Fonds · 1936-1991

The fonds contains source material on the Church's history and the Church's accounting from 1936 to 1991. It consists of an account book, press clippings, and photographs. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Financial Resources (1936-1951), Historical (1969, 1991), Organizations ([197-?]), and Photographs (1991).

East Clifton United Church (East Clifton, Que.)
CA ETRC UC070 · Fonds · 1853-1992

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, the Church's history, and the activities of Church organizations and societies from 1853 to 1992. It consists mainly of minutes, legal documents, an insurance policy, financial records, annual reports, an historical sketch, press clippings and drawings. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1897-1927, 1955-1983), Legal (1876, 1968-1975), Buildings and Property (1853, 1899-1956), Finances (1919-1927, 1947-1987), Historical (1990), Organizations (1889-1992), and Prints, Paintings, Drawings (1981).

East Farnham United Church (East Farnham, Que.)
CA ETRC P994 · Collection · 1933-1978; predominant 1945

The collection contains mainly source material on the geography and landscapes of the Eastern Townships from Energy, Mines & Resources, Government of Canada, from 1933 to 1978. It covers the counties of Richmond, Sherbrooke, Compton, Frontenac, Shefford, Drummond, Brome, Stanstead, Missisquoi and Megantic. It also covers the areas of Thetford, Upton, Verchères, Richelieu, Montreal, Sorel, Joliette, Berthier, Ste. Marie, Quebec city, Portneuf, Lotbinière, Chateauguay and the county of Rouville. It also contains aerial photographs by Photograph Surveys Inc. carried out in 1956 and 1957, which are largely of industrial areas of Sherbrooke and, in particular, Ingersoll-Rand. Aerial photographs provide direct visual evidence of the landscape and a three dimensional view of the earth and its features that is not available from ground level. It consists of aerial photographs and maps.

CA ETRC P093 · Fonds · 1923-2008

The fonds contains source material on the organization and activities of the Eastern Townships Association of Teachers from 1966 to 1996; on the Association's positions on issues and legislation relating to education and working conditions for teachers in the Eastern Townships Protestant schools; and on its relations with local schools and school boards, and with the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers. The fonds consists mainly of the Association's constitution, minutes, financial and accounting records, collective and local agreements, lists of members, delegates, and representatives, briefs, studies, procedural guides, and correspondence. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1966-2001), Financial Resources (1975-1998), Membership (1966-1995), Working Relations (1969-2001), Association's Positions (1970-1989), Professional Development and Training Programmes (1969-1995), Educational Programmes (1981-1993), Human Resources (1923-2008), Bedford Association of Teachers (1966-2000), Bill 109 Education Reform (1996-2001), Appalachian Teachers' Association (2000-2001) and Miscellaneous (1985-2000).

Eastern Townships Association of Teachers (Lennoxville, Que.)
CA ETRC P020 · Fonds · 1923-1984; predominant 1974-1980

The fonds contains source material on the steps taken between 1974 and 1976 to organize the Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation and on its administrative and research activities between 1976 and 1984. The fonds is also a source of information on the relations between the Foundation and the region's other heritage organizations, in particular English-speaking historical societies. The documentation produced by the project Landscape of the Past relates to the various aspects of life in the Eastern Townships during the first half of the 20th century. The fonds consists of documentary materials of various kinds, including minutes, correspondence, constitution, letters patent, accounting and financial records, contacts, photographs, sound recordings, and transcripts. It is comprised of the following series : Foundation Preliminaries (1974-1976), Constituent Documents ([1976?]-1984), Administration (1923-1983), Financial Resources (1976-1983), Membership (1976-[1978?]), and Miscellaneous Documents ([1976?]-[1980?]).

Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation (Lennoxville, 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).

CA ETRC P995 · Collection · [187-?]-2021

The collection contains source material on various topics related to the Eastern Townships in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries such as towns, military, settlement, agriculture, life, artist and oral histories. It consists of audio tape cassettes, videos, artefacts, textual records, photographs, and an engineering and technical drawing.

Eastern Townships Research Centre Special Media (Sherbrooke, Que.)
CA ETRC P996 · Collection · [1834?]-2023

The collection contains mainly source material on the geography of the Eastern Townships in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries such as districts, counties, townships, towns, roads, railroads, lakes and rivers. It also contains source material on Lower Canada, other portions of the Province of Quebec and the Estrie region. It consists of maps and plans.

CA ETRC P998 · Collection · [17--?]-[1995?], 2010-2023

The collection contains source material on various topics related to the Eastern Townships in the eighteenth to twenty-first centuries such as portraits, landscapes, buildings, education, religion, culture, economy, military and sports. It consists of photographs, paintings and postcards.

Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material (Sherbrooke, Que.)
CA ETRC P999 · Collection · [190-?]-[199-?]

The collection contains source material on towns and villages of the Eastern Townships in the twentieth century. It consists of postcards organized by municipality. There are postcards from all decades of the twentieth century but the majority are from the first two decades of the century. The collection is comprised of the following series: Arthabaska ([190-?]-[194-?]), Asbestos ([190-?]-[193-?]), Ayer's Cliff ([190-?]-[194-?]), Black Lake ([190-?]), Brome Lake ([195-?]), Bromptonville ([190-?]), Coaticook ([190-?]-[193-?]), Cookshire ([190-?]), Cowansville ([190-?]-[194-?]), Danville ([190-?]), Deauville ([194-?]), Disraéli ([196-?]-[198-?]), Drummondville ([190-?]-[198-?]), East Hatley ([190-?]), Farnham ([191-?]-[194-?]), Georgeville ([190-?]), Granby ([190-?]-[196-?]), Huntingdon ([190-?]-[193-?]), Inverness ([190-?]), Kinnear's Mills (1916), Knowlton ([190-?]), Leeds Village ([191-?]), Lac Megantic ([190-?]), Lake Memphremagog ([190-?]), Lennoxville ([190-?]-[199-?]), Magog ([190-?]-[195-?]), North Hatley ([190-?]-[191-?], [197-?]), Owl's Head, ([190-?]-[192-?]), Philipsburg ([194-?]), Plessisville ([191-?]), Potton ([190-?]), Richmond ([190-?]-[191-?], [195-?]), Rock Island ([192-?]-[193-?]), St.Albert de Warwick ([195-?]), Ste.Anne de la Rochelle ([190-?]-[192-?]), St.Clotilde de Beauce ([191-?]), St.François-Xavier de Brompton ([192-?]), Sawyerville ([190-?]-[191-?]), Scotstown ([190-?]-[195-?]), Shefford ([191-?]), Sherbrooke ([190-?]-[197-?]), Stanbridge East ([193-?]), Stanfold ([190-?]), Stanstead ([190-?]-[191-?]), Sutton ([190-?]-[194-?]), Victoriaville ([190-?]-[197-?]), Warwick ([194-?]), Waterloo ([190-?]-[194-?]), Waterville ([191-?]), Windsor ([190-?]), Yamaska ([190-?]).

CA ETRC P997 · Collection · [18--]-2005

The collection contains source material on various topics related to the Eastern Townships in the ninetieth and twentieth centuries such as settlement, colonization, politic, military, economy, transport, communication, health and welfare, education, religion and culture. It consists mainly of schedules, obituaries, by-laws, insurance policies, certificates, photographs, maps, drawings, posters, cards, petitions, genealogies, diaries, scrapbooks, newspapers, letters, songsheets, land grants, reports, ledgers, minutes of meetings, notebooks and programmes. The collection is comprised of the following series: Settlement and Colonization ([18--]-Photocopied 1994), Politics (1965-1974), Military (1802-1988), Economy (1830-1987), Transport and Communications (1826-1990), Health and Welfare (1931-1949), Education (1854-1998), Religion ([18-?]-Photocopied 1993), Culture ([18-?]-1990).

Eaton United Church fonds
CA ETRC UC025 · Fonds · 1835-1990, predominant 1835-1959

The fonds contains source material on Church management and the congregation's affairs for the Eaton United Church from 1835 to 1990. It also provides information on the church building, which is now used by the Compton County Historical Museum Society. It consists mainly of minutes and registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1835-1959); Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1838-1901); Membership (1913); Historical (1909-1990); Photographs ([196-?]-[198-?]); and Press Clippings ([187-?]-1990); and Annual Reports (2007).

Eaton United Church (Eaton, Que.)
Eddy Echenberg collection
CA ETRC P164 · Collection · 1863-1999

The collection contains source material on the business, cultural and family history of the Eastern Townships during the 19th and 20th centuries, along with other topics. It consists mainly of Sherbrooke and surrounding regions telephone directories, business pamphlets, Bishop's College School yearbooks, club information, Sherbrooke Newspaper, maps of the Eastern Townships, and booklets from the Sherbrooke Winter Fair. Included among the material is a copy of "The Echenbergs of Ostropol and Sherbrooke: a tale of two shetls" by Myron Echenberg and Ruth Tannenbaum (1986) and two prints published that represents the Counties of the Eastern Townships. The fonds consists of the following series: Personal Documents (1854-1986), Edwin Echenberg (1915-2001,) Business Ephemera (1863-[197-?],) Newspapers (1886-1957, [198-?]), Bishop's College School Yearbooks (1925-1929), Phone Directories (1922-1952,) and Miscellaneous (1893-2000).

Echenberg, Eddy, 1925-2014
Edgell family fonds
CA ETRC P264 · Fonds · [1879?]-2020
  • Family photographs, [188-?]-[200-?]
  • Correspondence, [1879?]-1937, 2020
  • Lieut. G.S. Edgell’s diary, 1919
  • G. Edgell’s rationing order, 1918
  • Diary, 1918
  • Date book, 1958
  • Lucy Emma Robinson Edgell’s personal documentation, 1933-1973
  • Richardson Family Tree, [2014?]
  • Edgell family history, 1983
  • Daniel Boyd biography and family tree, 2018
  • Hugh Richardson biographies, 2008-2018
  • Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Ltd. Minute book, 1902-1942
  • Clippings
  • SD card with digitized copies of the physical documents listed above
Edward Hale fonds
CA ETRC P072 · Fonds · 1846

The fonds contains source material on Edward Hale's professional and family activities in May 1846. It consists of a single letter from Hale to his wife, dated from Montreal on 16 May 1846. In the letter, Hale mentions his children and writes of his daily activities and his meetings with friends and colleagues. He also mentions that he will soon bring home some paintings.

Hale, Edward, 1800 or 1801-1875
Edward Short fonds
CA ETRC P134 · Fonds · [1776?], 1852-[190?]

The fonds contains source material on Edward Short and his family. It consists of an act, correspondence, biographical notes, two diplomas, and a will. The fonds is comprised of the following three files: Edward Short (1852-[190-?]), Robert Short (1857), Alice (Quirk) Siderfin ([1776?]).

Short, Edward, 1806-1871
Elizabeth Frances Hale fonds
CA ETRC P071 · Fonds · 1904

The fonds contains source material on the military career of Hale's great grandfather, General John Hale, and the political career of her grandfather, the Honourable John Hale. It consists of an autographed letter from Hale herself to an unidentified man, dated from Sherbrooke on 27 May 1904 and providing information on General John Hale and the Honourable John Hale.

Hale, Elizabeth Frances, 1831-1918
Elizabeth Hearn Milner fonds
CA ETRC P026 · Fonds · 1867-[198-]

The fonds contains source material on the history of education in the Eastern Townships, on Huntingville, and on the Hyatt and Libbey families. It consists mainly of photocopies of original documents from the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century that were gathered during research, this includes minutes, correspondence, contracts, curricula, articles, and genealogies. It is comprised of the following series: Bishop's Medical Faculty (1905-[198-?]), Huntingville ([1874?]-[1981?]), King's Hall ([197-]), Bishop's College School (1867-[197-?]), Libbey and Hyatt Families ([197-?]), and Miscellaneous Documents (1953-[1981?]).

Milner, Elizabeth Hearn, b. 1939