Item is a reproduction of a postcard depicting what is likely a militia unit at Richmond around 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.
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.
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.
The item consists of a photograph showing the pulp and paper mills at Windsor Mills, Quebec, in the early 1900s.
Item is a photograph of the Windsor Mills hockey club.
Item is a photograph of Windsor Mills from the south, with the St. Francis River in front.
Item is a postcard of Windsor Mills, with model school, skating rink, convent, and shops in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of the town of Windsor Mills seen from across the St. Francis River.
Item is a photograph of the Windsor mill.
Item is a postcard of Windsor Mills, with St. Phillipe church located in the background.
Item is a photograph of corner of Windsor Mills, Orford Mountain Railway road on the west side of the river looking down the St. Francis Valley.
Item is a photograph of the Windsor baseball club.
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 the town of windsor after St. Phillipe's church was built.
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., 1902-1999Scenic photograph of Watopekah Falls in Windsor; mounted and signed (probably by the photographer).
The item is a postcard of the World War I memorial in Richmond from about the 1940s.
The item is a postcard showing the Wales Home in Richmond around the 1930s.
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)Part is an album page of five photographs showing a view of the town of Asbestos from 1897 to 1912.
Pictured here is another view of the village of Asbestos.
The item is a photograph showing a view of Bromptonville around the 1910s. The Catholic church, Ste-Praxède-de-Bromptonville, which was built in 1905 and burned down in 1981, and the covent school are visible in the photograph.
The file consists of the programme of the Victoria Day celebrations in Richmond in 1900 and includes information of the concert, parade, and sports and games planned as part of the activities, which was organized by the Citizens Committee and the 54th Battalion.
The item contains information on the Baker family's personal lives. It is a farm scene depicting two unidentified young people, with a young man pushing a young woman seated on a wheelbarrow, possibly in the area of Danville.
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.
Item is a photograph of train wreck of a passenger train on the Grand Trunk Railroad, in Richmond.
Item is a photograph showing the town of Asbestos with a view of Jeffery Mines in 1909.