Item is a photograph of a mill (one of seven located in Windsor), with surrounding landscape visible.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis Paper Company located in Windsor Mills, with a picture of a paper machine in the bottom left-hand corner.
Item is a photograph of a postcard of the Boston Shoe Last Company, maker of models for shaping or repairing shoes or boots, located in Richmond, around 1920.
Item is a photograph of a grist mill located near Denison's Mills.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper company St. Francis Mill, located in Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper Company St. Francis mill, with the St. Francis River in the background.
Item is a photograph of the employees of Canada Paper Company in front of the sawmill in Windsor, showing Thomas Logan at left, taken around 1890.
Item is a photograph of Asbestos mills, located in Asbestos.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis mill, Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis mill, Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the no. 1 paper machine being constructed by the Massey and Jonen Company in Willmington Delaware.
Item is a photograph of the Windsor mill.
Item is a photograph of a group of workers at Windsor Mills.
Item is a photograph of a steam shovel used by the Canada Paper Company in Windsor. Workers can be seen in front of the shovel.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper Company's log haul equipment located at the end of 6th avenue.
Item is a photograph of the finishing room at the Canada Paper Company's mill in Windsor, with a woman seen working and a man entering into the room.
Item is a photograph of a finishing room at the Canada Paper Company paper mill in Windsor, with women and men gathered together for the picture.
Item is a photograph of the interior of a mill located in Windsor, people can be seen working.
Item is a photograph of a mill in Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis river mill, located in Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper Company's paper mill in Windsor, whose main road passes through the mill yard. The St. Francis Mill can be seen in the background.
Item is a photograph of the Springvale Mill in Windsor.
Item is a postcard of the rebuilt St. Francis mill, of the Canada Paper Company, at Windsor.
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)Item is a photograph of the Clarke sawmill located in Brompton Falls.
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 Asbestos Mill.
Item is a photograph of the C. A. Thurber and Son carriage factory in Danville, there is a sleigh and a few people standing in front of the factory.
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., 1902-1999The item is a photograph showing the interior of the finishing room at the Canada Paper Company's Springvale mill in Windsor, taken about 1894. Pictured in the photograph are, from left to right: Miss Rousseau, Miss. St. Laurent, Superintendent Arthur A. Briggs, David Jamieson, Unknown, Joseph Parent, and Fred Young.