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The fonds contains primary source information on the family life; social, religious and economic activities; and education of various members of the Baldwin family, May family and other relatives and friends during the 18th to 21st centuries. It also contains historical information on the Stanstead County and Barnston Township areas, 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, maps, historical notes and family history. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Baldwin family ([1783 - photocopied ca. 1999]-2005), May family (1863-[1988, photocopied 2022]), Other Correspondence ([18--]-1970), Genealogy (1832-1999), Photographs ([185-?]-1995), Subject Files and Historical Research (1842-2002), Ferrin Family (1811-1974), Mead Family (1832-1853, 1917, [1934-1948?]), and Stevens Family (1910-1961).

The fonds contains source material on the management of the church, on the congregation's affairs, on the history of the church from its beginning, and on the activities of the church's organizations and societies for Emmaunuel United Church in Cowansville from 1843 to 1999. It consists mainly of minutes, correspondence, reports, building plans, registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, membership lists, historical sketches, press clippings, and photographs. It also includes information on the Sweetsburg Cemetery. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1877-1986), Buildings and Property (1843-1997), Financial Resources (1910-1959), Annual Reports (1962-1965), Guest Books (1991-1999), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1856-1968), Funds (1923), Membership (1939-1999), Historical (1863-1992), Organizations (1887-[199-]), Prints, Paintings, Drawings ([195-?]), Photographs ([192-?]-[195-?], [197-?], 1984), and Miscellaneous ([19--?]-1990).

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, and the Church's women's organizations for the Emmanuel United Church in East Angus from 1901 to 1993. It also provides information on the East Angus and Bishopton Pastoral Charge from 1958 to 1972. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, and annual reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1901-2013), Buildings and Property (1928, 1969, 1972), Financial Resources (1908-1981), Annual Reports (1974), Orders of Service (1976), Funds (1957-1978), Historical (1934, 1976), Organizations (1913-1984), and Photographs (1991, 1993).

The fonds contains source material on the Church management and the women's organizations for Erle United Church from the 1890s to 1961. It also provides information on the Marbleton Mission from 1896 to 1932. It consists of minutes, an account book, and a photograph. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1896-1946), Financial Resources (1922-1959), Organizations (1925-1961), and Photographs ([189-?]).

The fonds contains source material on the artistic activities of Estelle Olivier from 1969 to 1992 in Sherbrooke. It consists of illustrated poems and songs, a short biographical sketch, and a bibliography of Olivier's works.

The fonds contains source material on the management and the activities of a regional children choir, the Estrie Young Singers, from 1987 to 1999. It provides information on the administrative decisions taken by the Parents' Committee, on the efforts made to obtain the financial resources necessary to hold the choir's activities, on the concerts performed in the region, and on the social activities organized for the choir members. The fonds consists of mainly minutes, correspondence, budgets, financial statements, grant applications, membership lists, programmes, posters, press clippings, scrapbooks, trophies, and photographs. It is comprised of the following series: Administration (1987-1998), Financial Resources (1988-1999), Membership (1987-[199-], Performances and Events (1987-1998).

The fonds contains source material on Estrie-Vie's interventions in 1982 and 1983 and more general material on the development of the hydroelectric industry in the Eastern Townships in the 1980s. It is comprised of the following series: Constitution and By-laws (1982), Notes of the Board of Directors (1982-1983), Briefs and Reports (1982-1983), Lists of Members and Affected Landowners ([1982?]-[1983?]), Correspondence (1982-1983), Public Hearings (1983), Hydro-Québec (1981-1983), Scientific Studies ([1982?]-[1983?]), Newspaper Clippings (1981-1983) and Miscellaneous Documents ([1980?]-1983).

The fonds contains source material on the Ewing family's living conditions during their trip to Canada in 1837 and in the Township of Melbourne from 1838 to 1900. The fonds also provides biographical data on some members of the Ewing family, including John Ewing, Mayor of the village of Melbourne. The fonds is comprised of the following series : Genealogical and Biographical Documents (1837-[1900?]), Letters of Reference and Travel Notes (1837), Correspondence (1842-1931) and Diploma and Certificate (1863-1878).

The fonds contains source material on the church management of Farnam's Corner United Church from 1940 to 1968. It consists of minutes and an account book. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1963-1968) and Financial Resources (1940-1968).

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, the Sunday School, the women's and adults and couples organizations for the Fitch Bay United Church from 1854 to 1992. It consists mainly of minutes, historical sketches, and account books. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards ([191-?]-1967), Buildings and Property ([1959?]-1969), Financial Resources (1936-1945), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1854-1888), Orders of Service (1951-1959), Funds (1942), Membership (1955-1956), Historical (1866-1992), Organizations (1897-1956), and Photographs (1899-1910, 1988).

The fonds contains source material on the property, financial, and estate-related transactions of Frances Chamberlin Barnum's family and the Reynold, Kemp, and Westover families (related by marriage) in Missisquoi County in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also of value as a source of information on the day-to-day activities of Towner Westover of East Dunham and the Methodist East Dunham Sunday School in the 1880s. It consists almost wholly of deeds (deeds of sale, mortgages, wills, estates, gifts, leases, and so on) notarized by members of the Chamberlin, Reynolds, Kemp, and Westover families but also includes a diary and account book. Elijah Kemp, a merchant in the seigneury of Saint-Armand; Orin J. Kemp of Frelighsburg; Joshua Chamberlin, a physician in the seigneury of Saint-Armand; and David Westover, an East Dunham land owner, are among the family members represented. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Kemp family (1812-1875), Chamberlin family (1840-1919), Reynolds family (1846-1894), Westover family (1880-1908), and Miscellaneous Documents ([1818?]-1878).

The fonds contains source material on the amicable relationship which existed between Frank Grundy and James McConnell, an American pilot during the First World War in France. It consists of two letters from James McConnell addressed to Frank Grundy shortly before McConnell's death ([1916?], 1917), a letter from Edmund I.C. Genet to Frank Grundy recounting the events preceding McConnell's death (1917), a transcription of an excerpt of this final publication under the title "La mort de Mac Connell (sic)" ([1917?]), two newspaper clippings in memory of James McConnell (1929, [193-?]), a postcard with an illustration of "la tombe d'un Aviateur Américain (Sergent Pilote) Sam Mac Connelle (sic)" [...] ([193-?]), and a photograph of James McConnell ([1916?]).

The fonds contains source material primarily on the business life of Frank Riff and his relations. It consists of land deeds, insurance and loan records, a ledger, a cerificate of burial for William Riff and a photocopy of a photograph of the antique store that Frank Riff owned. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Land Transactions (1905-1980), Finances (1911-1961), Certificate of Burial (1894), and Photographs [19-] photocopied 2012.

The fonds contains primary source information on the life and work of Coburn as an illustrator and painter. It consists mainly of biographical works, photographs, postcards, correspondence, scrapbooks, magazines, some original works (unsigned), prints and reproductions of Canadian, American, and European works from various publications, and documents related to reproduction of Coburn's works. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Private Life (1844-2008), Artistic Endeavours (1893-2010), Professional Life/Affaires (1893-2005), Finances and Property (1914-1964), and Personal Collections (1828-[1960?]).

The fonds contains source material related to Terrill's interest in poetry. It consists of a manuscript anthology of poems, mainly from English and American literature. The title page shows that the anthology was Terrill's and that he began transcribing the poems in it on 2 May 1855. Besides the poems, the manuscript contains a transcription of an article published in the Stanstead Journal (4 November 1852) on the death of Terrill's father and includes subject and name indexes.

The collection contains information on various subjects of interest to Freeman Clowery from 1834 to 2008. It consists primarily of photographs; artifacts and documents related to Clowery's research and collecting areas; which were mainly about local organizations and businesses; agricultural exhibitions; and local figures. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Personal and Professional Life (1910-2008); People (1857-1999); Events and Celebrations (1890-2008); Military (1898-1945); Organizations and Businesses (1834-2000); and Other Photographs (1857-1999).

The fonds contains source material on church management for the French Methodist Mission from 1875 to 1888. It consists of minutes. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1875-1888).

The fonds contains source material mainly related to Malca and Ruby Friedman's literary writings. The fonds consists of manuscripts, press clipping, publications, family and professional correspondence, interviews on audiocassette, photographs and scrapbooks. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Malca Friedman [19- ], Ruby Friedman [19- ] and Family [19- ].

The fonds contains primary source material on the activities of the Friendship Chapter No. 13 in Cookshire from 1902 to 1996 and 2002. It consists of minutes, notices of meetings, correspondence, annual returns, financial statements, membership registers, membership dues and a book of marks. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Historical and Constituent Documents (1954, 2002), Administration (1920-1982), Finances (1926-1982) and Membership (1902-1996).

The fonds contains primary source material on Friendship Lodge, No. 64 and No. 66, from 1879 to 2012 in Cookshire, Sawyerville, and North Hatley. It consists primarily of minutes, attendance registers, returns, membership dues, and Masonic resources. The fonds is comprised of the following series: History (1902-2012), Administration (1879-2006), Finances (1901-1977), Membership (1892-1996), and Masonic Resources (1967-2010).

The fonds contains source material on the granting of lands in the Eastern Townships in the 19th century. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Plan Division Register (ca. 1860) and Miscellaneous Documents (1875-1895).

The fonds contains information on trains and railways primarily in the Eastern Townships from around 1945 to 2018. It consists of photographs and a scrapbook, and in addition to the Townships, includes photographs of trains in other areas of Quebec, Ontario, Vermont, and New Hampshire. The fonds is comprise of the following series: Quebec Central Railway line (1998-2006), Canadian Pacific Railway line (1957-2017), Canadian National Railway line (1987-2018), Via Rail (1987-1992), Scrapbook ([1945?]-1959, Vermont and New Hampshire (1967, 1993-1998), and Personal life (1997-2003).

The fonds contains source material on the management and the congregation's affairs of Georgeville United Church from 1857 to 2008. It also provides information on the Georgeville, Fitch Bay, Tomifobia Pastoral Charge and the Georgeville-Magog Pastoral Charge. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, annual reports, orders of service, circuits registers, historical sketches, bibles and hymn books, photographs, and registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1887-1981), Buildings and Property (1904, 1936, 1959), Financial Resources (1933-1974), Annual Reports (1909, 1935-1975, 1996, 2007), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1859-1890), Orders of Service (1956-1959, 1981-1991), Membership (1870-1968), Historical (1859-1991), Bibles and Hymn Books (1857-1922), and Photographs ([188-?]-[195-?]).

The fonds contains primary source information on the Gingras family in Lennoxville and Sherbrooke from approximately the 1910s to the 1950s. It consists of photographs and includes photos of the following people: J. Armand Gingras, Leota Moss Gingras, Leonard Gingras, Gerald Gingras, Wilma Campbell Gingras, Lloyd Lane, Pauline Meredith Lane, Stuart Allen and Marion Prince Allan. It also includes photographs of Wilson & Son's music store in Sherbrooke and of 'Scout Rock' on Belvidere (presently College) Street in Lennoxville.

The fonds contains source material on the activities organized by the District. It is comprised of the following series: Reports (1974-1978), Membership Lists (1978-1988), Registration of a Local Association (1974), and Press Clippings (1974-1983).

The fonds contains source material on the preparation and carrying out of activities organized by the District and its companies. It is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1975-1983), Annual Reports (1977-1978), Membership Lists ([197-]-1989), Organization of Activities (1978-1980), and Press Clippings (1976-1978).

The fonds contains source material principally on the preparation and carrying out of activities organized by the Sherbrooke Division and its companies from the beginning of the Guiding movement to the 1990s. The materials relating to the first half of this period consist mainly of photographs, while those relating to the second half are mainly textual records (minutes, annual reports, financial reports, membership lists, and so on.) of the management and financing of the organizations, the training of participants, and social and recreational activities. Holdings also include documents on the activities of the local associations and companies, particularly those of Lennoxville, until the districts were created. Further, the series entitled 'History' is more closely related to the Lennoxville companies and their Local Association than to the Sherbrooke Division. The fonds is comprised of the following series: By-laws (1956-1984), History ([196-?]-[198-]), Executive Committee (1973-1981), General Meeting (1963-1993), Annual General Meeting (1948-1982) Committees (1952-1980), Members and Officers (1944-[197-?]), Photographs ([19--]-[197-?], Press Clippings ([19--]-1978), Correspondence (1932-1990), Local Groups and Associations (1937-1978), and Miscellaneous Documents ([1956?]-1979).

The fonds contains source material on the preparation and carrying out of activities organized by Lennoxville companies. It consists of minutes, activity reports, and membership lists for the District and for the Waterville and North Hatley companies. It is comprised of the following series: General Meeting (1976-1977), Committees (1973-1979), Membership Lists (1977-1987), Local Associations and Groups (1938-1988), and Press Clippings (1973-1987).

The fonds contains source material on the organization, financial resources, funding activities and cemetery lots of Gisla Cemetery Inc. from 1877 to 1996. It consists of minutes, financial statements, a letters patent, a history, a newsletter, cemetery plans, correspondence, and documents pertaining to its designation as a historical site. The fonds consists of the following files: History and Letters Patent (1964, 1968, 1996), Minutes (1895-1946, 1970-1987), Correspondence (1971-1995), Financial statements (1970-1983), Funding (1970-1980), Newsletter (1977), Cemetery lots and plans ([197-?]-1979) and Immoveable Property (1877, 1913, 1925, 1967).