Item is a reproduction of a postcard depicting what is likely a militia unit at Richmond in about 1916. The unit was probably made up of people who were too young or otherwise unfit to serve in the regular forces. The inscription on the verso lists the following names: featuring Rollie Elliot, Chet Kearry, Riggins, Arthur Pope, Elmer Cleveland, Stuart Morrill, ? Blake, Elmer Stockwell, Stuart Only, Eddie Smith, Dan Tounes, Harry Pugh, Stuart Messenger, Henry Smith, Ivan Adams, Leslie Porter, Stuart Hamilton, Arthur Messenger, Russ McKee, Duncan McCallum, Brooks Hamilton, Henry Carson, Bertie Barlow, Herbie Robinson, Ralph MacBain, Serg. ?. The postcard was copied in 2019.
The file contains primary source information on the Bromptonville flood in March 1948. It consists of photographs, some taken by photographer Rolland Emond.
The fonds contains source material on the Church's history and the women's organizations from 1837 to 2018. It also provides information on the Richmond and Melbourne Pastoral Charge from 1977 to 2018. It consists of minutes, finances, registers, annual reports, orders of service, an historical sketch, and press clippings. The fonds also includes a register of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Hatley and Melbourne Methodist Circuit from 1836 to 1853 and the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Windsor) from 1859 to 1923, as well as included some documents pertaining to the Melbourne Congregational Church. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1837-2002), Legal (1947-1987), Buildings and Property (1950), Financial (1924-1964), Banns/Marriages Certificates (1929-1966), Annual Reports (1920, 1923-1929, 1931-1932, 1934-1938, 1939-1970, 1977-1998, 2001, 2003, 2006-2012, 2016-2018), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1836-1994), Orders of Service (1964, 1978), Membership (1942-1993), Historical (1931, 1958-1974), Organizations (1901-2000), Committees ([1887?]-1972, 2006), and Photographs ([191-?]).
Richmond and Melbourne United Church (Richmond, Que.)Photograph of the Royal Bank on Queen Street in Lennoxville with signs for neighbouring businesses visible: The Veterans Forge, Prompt, efficient service; W.J.Prinn & Sons, expert horseshoers, general blacksmithing; and John Nichol's Meat Market.
La pièce est une photographie d’Auguste Levasseur et Blanche Lajoie de Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton vers les années 1920, probablement prise à l’occasion de leur mariage.
The series contains source material on the repairs of Trinity United Church of Danville. It consists of correspondence, reports, submissions, invoices, sketches and photographs. The repairs were done on the roof, the bell tower, outside walls, stained glass, entrance and nave. The series is comprised of the following subseries: Correspondence (1996-1999), Finances (1995-1998), Submissions (1998), Reports (1994-1998) and Photographs.
The series contains source material on the repairs of Richmond Ste. Anne Anglican Church. It consists of correspondence, submissions, invoices, sketches, construction license, lists of correction and photographs. The repairs were done on the masonry, the floors of the entry hall and neve, the roof, entry doors, stained glass and bell tower . The series is comprised of the following subseries: Correspondence (1999-2002), Finances (1994-2002), Preparation of the project (1993-2001), Work advancement (2001) and Photographs.
The fonds contains of research done by W. Gillies Ross on the following subjects: the mines at Eustis, Capelton and Albert Mines, asbestos mining at Asbestos, the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, the Stanstead granite industry, and covered bridges in the Eastern Townships and surrounding areas. It consists largely of research notes, research documents, photographs, and oral histories. The fonds is organized i the following series: Interviews (1944-1996), Harvard’s Baker Library Trip and Research (1887-1996), Jo Cooper (1977-1987), Newspaper Index (1971-1975), National Archive of Canada Research (1903-1921), Publications (1890-1938), Granite Project (1898-1900, 1976), Copper / Pyrite Mining Studies (1867 [Photocopied] -1996), Asbestos Mining and Landscape Research (1897 [Photocopied]-1965), Spanish Flu Research (1918 [Photocopied] -2006), Photographs (1888-1972), Maps and Plans (1767 [Photocopied] - 1979), Asbestos Mining (1950-2004), Mining Study – Correspondence (1883 [Photocopied]-2005), Book Translation (1995), Cookshire (1979), Research on covered bridges ([ca. 1990?]).
Ross, W. Gillies (1931-2019)The series contains information on locomotives in Kingsbury, East Angus, and Sherbrooke from around 1945 to 1959. It includes locomotives from the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Quebec Central Railway, as well as historical and technical notes on the various locomotives. Included among the views are the CPR turntable and station at Kingsbury and the QCR turntable at Sherbrooke.
Ce fonds fournit de l'information sur la construction et la reconstruction de l'église ainsi que sur la gestion financière et le patrimoine de la paroisse. Il se compose de plans, de documents financiers, de dossiers relatifs à la reconstruction de l'église, de documents concernant une ordination, ainsi que des demandes et décrets d'érection pour les associations et les mouvements spirituels. On y retrouve également une fiche d'inventaire de l'église et des photographies. Un dépliant relatif à un pèlerinage, des procès-verbaux et des rapports complètent ce fonds.
UntitledThe subsubseries contains information on fairs taking place in Richmond County from 1893 to 1922. It consists of a programme; a membership certificate; an envelope and two ads.
The file contains photographic information on mines and mining equipment in Val-des-Sources (Asbstos) from 1909 to 1930. It consists of pictures.
The series contains information on the events and special activities hosted and attended by the "Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus" from 1975 to 2000. It consists of records created and/or accumulated during the club's processes of planning, organizing, hosting, and attending events. The series is comprised of the following subseries: Suzanne Cathcart Competitions (1993-1999), Shows (1975-1998), Grand-Patine-thon (1990, 1996), Championships (1984, 1996), Lac-Mégantic Invitation Competitions (1985-1995), Local Competitions (1980-1995), Denis Beaudoin Competitions (1981-1984), Interpretation Competitions (1981-1987), "Programme Court" Competitions (1983-1987), "Jeux de Quebec" (1975-1995), "Programme Court & Interpretation Suzanne Cathcart" Competitions (1988-1992), Compulsory Elements and Freestyle Regional Competitions (1982-1983), Estrie Invitation Competitions (1986-1992), P.C.P. Competitions (1992-1994), Spaghetti Dinners (1998), Regional Elimination Provincial Championships (1979-1980), Reviews on Ice (1999-2000), and Anniversaries (1993).
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The subseries contains information relating to the Estrie Invitational Competitions attended by the 'Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus" from 1986 to 1992. It mainly consists of booklets that contains details about the competitions, as well as final results. The subseries is comprised of the following files: 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1992.
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The subseries contains information relating to the "Programme Canadien de Patinage" (P.C.P.) Competitions attended by the "Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus" from 1992 to 1994. It mainly consists of booklets containing details of the event as well as final results of the competition. The subseries is comprised of the following files: 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The series contains primary source information on the finances of the Loyal Orange Lodge (No. 3231) in Richmond from 1953 to 1971. It consists of a financial ledger and a register of dues.
Loyal Orange Lodge #3231 (Richmond)The item contains information on the members and the activities of the Denison Mills Women's Institute. It depicts a member, Bertie, at Thanksgiving in 1959.
Item is a photograph of main street in Richmond.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis river during the winter of 1901, in the background a bridge is visable.
Item is a photograph of the Asbestos Mill.
Item is a photograph of the ruins of the Abestos mill, with many of the structures of the former building still visable.
Item is a photograph of the village of Asbestos, with a tree blocking part of the view.
The collection contains source material on the history of the Asbestos region and on the development of the asbestos industry in the 19th and 20th centuries; it is also a source of information on the Johns-Manville Corporation, the life of William G. Clark, and includes an architectural sketch of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Asbestos from 1945. Among the materials are memoirs written by William G. Clark on his life and the town of Asbestos. The collection is comprised of the following series: Le Citoyen Historical Sections (1971-1980), Periodicals (The Asbestos Producer and Johns-Manville News Pictorial) (1948-1976), Photographs ([1897?]-1981), Miscellaneous Documents (1940-1971), and William G. Clark ([197-?]-2003).
Clark, William G., 1902-1999Item is a photograph showing part of the pit at the mines in Asbestos around 1910.
Item is a photograph showing the town of Asbestos with a view of Jeffery Mines in 1909.
Part is an album page of five photographs showing a view of the town of Asbestos from 1897 to 1912.
Item is a postcard showing King Street in Asbestos around the 1910s by photograph V. Dubois. A handwritten caption reads "1924-25 Looking E [east] from centre of 'Square.' Sunday A.M. People going into Post Office." There are people visible on the sidewalks and two motor vehicles.
Item is a photograph of a snow plow owned by Canadian Johns-Manville at Asbestos in 1929 or 1930.
The caption reads: This Float consisted of a Cyclone Collector, Elbows and ки Ductwork and an aspirating Fan all built by the sheet metal workers Alphonse Poirier, foroman. Alfred Lefebvre, Bob Grimard (truck driver) Nova Blais,
Alphonse Poirier, Joseph Lalancette, Shovel repair foreman Edmond Bergeron, (oxy-acetylene burner) with his bottles of gases and his torch. The boy holding the "Cup" is Bertrand Poirier, son of Alphonse. The two young boys are unknown. The two other men on the truck are also not known."
The caption reads "This picture taken when these men were installing the new machinery in the New Machine Shop, 1913. This shop was used until 1942 when another move was make to a new building on the St George Road. This third machine shop was vacated last year and demolished in this spring 1980."
Front: Clifford Gale, Albert Carneau, Johnny Morris, James Coyle Jr., David Roy. Rear: Bob Williams and Gordon Clark, foreman.