Item is a photograph of a group of workers standing in front of a building, possibly the Paton Mill.
The item is a postcard of the Wolfe (presently Belvedere) Street bridge from the Magog River with factories visible in the background from 1913.
The item is a postcard showing the confluence of the Magog and St. Francis Rivers with a view of some of the industries and the Sherbrooke East from about the 1920s.
Item is a photograph of a water tank at the Paton Mill, located in Sherbrooke.
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 item is a postcard view of the Magog River gorge with bridge and industries visible in the background in Sherbrooke from about the 1920s.
Item is a photograph of the signing of collective convention with the local 1506 of l'union des ouvriers du Textile d'Amérique. Left to right: Gilles Courchesne, president of the local, Freeman Clowery, Secretary-Treasurer and Robert Dean, manager of the joint council of the Eastern Townships of the UOTA.
The item contains information on Robert Speer’s activities. It is a newspaper article about Sherbrooke’s industries in the 1930’s.
The item consists of a reprint of an engraving showing the Sherbrooke Mills on the Magog River and the Dufferin Street bridge that may have appeared on the Eastern Townships Bank notes.
Item is a photograph taken in 1896 with a view of the Magog river in Sherbrooke, as well as a dam across it and industrial buildings along its banks, including that of the Royal Corset Company.
Item is a photograph, probably taken May 1, 1876, with a view of a river (presumably the Magog river in Sherbrooke) with snow still on the ground. Industrial buildings and part of a dam are also visible.
Item is a photograph taken in 1900 of the Magog river in Sherbrooke with industrial buildings visible on the bank.
Item is a photograph taken in 1890 with a view of the Magog river in Sherbrooke, industry along its banks, and a dam across it.
Item is a photograph taken sometime from 1890 to 1895 with a view of a river (presumably the Magog river in Sherbrooke) in winter. There is a bridge across the river and an industrial building visible on the bank.
Item is a photograph taken in 1891 of a river (presumably the Magog river in Sherbrooke) during winter. A dam is visible as well as industrial buildings on the bank.
The item is a postcard of the power dam and the Kaysers Silk mills in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
The item is a photo scrapbook that contains 230 photographs of individuals within the Labonte/Leonard families. The photos were probably taken between 1910 and 1930.
Item is a photograph of the old Paton Mill located in Sherbrooke, which produced woolens. It has since closed and been partly removed from the site.
Item is a photograph of Paton Mill with rapids from the river beside it.
The item is a postcard showing the Paton Manufacturing Company in Sherbrooke from 1913.
Item is a photograph of the the first National Thread plant located on Laurier Ave., Sherbrooke, before the company opened a new one on 10th avenue in 1952.
The item is a postcard with a reproduction of a Henry Bartlett print of Magog River falls and factories in Sherbrooke from 1906.
The item is a postcard view of the Magog River, dam and the Moore Carpet Factory in Sherbrooke from 1909.
Item is a photograph of the Moore Carpet Factory and falls of the Magog river, located in Sherbrooke.
Engraving by William H. Bartlett.
Item is a photograph of the Paton Manufacturing Company located on Courcelette Street in Sherbrooke.
he item is a postcard view of the Magog River gorge with bridge and industries visible in the background in Sherbrooke from about the 1920s.
Item is a photograph taken in 1903 of industry along the Magog river in Sherbrooke. Buildings of the Ever-Rest Spring Bed Company are visible on the right bank and a dam crosses the river.