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 part of East Broughton, formerly East Broughton Station, (presently 10e avenue nord), with the mining installations of Quebec Asbestos Corporation visible in the distance, taken around 1910.
Item is a consent form and transcript of an interview of Ruth H.E. Graham by Kenny Allan in Inverness in 1979.
Item is a letter from Jean Marc Roberge (notary) in Thetford Mines to Doris Peterson-Ward in Montreal, dated September 15, 1966. The letter was enclosed with a copy of a Deed of Sale in favor of Flintkote Mines Limited (Thetford Mines).
The item is a photograph of Albion Tudor Ward while he stack some materials at Black Lake in August 1961.
The item is a reproduced album showing the relocation of houses, businesses, services, and the Quebec Central Railway tracks to accommodate the expansion of the open-pit asbestos mines in Thetford Mines from 1953 to 1956.
The item is a photograph of Elvyn Baldwin and (Erline) Jane Ross on the steps of a church in Kinnear's Mills on their day of their wedding, on 8 Sept. 1951.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke and vicinity, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1950.
National Topographic series, Department of National Defence, Geographical Section, General staff, Thetford, 1 sheet (1944): includes Adstock, Broughton, Thetford, Ireland, Coleraine, Leeds, and Tring Townships
The subseries file contains primary source information on the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in Sherbrooke in 1944. It consists of one telephone directory for Sherbrooke and vicinity, dated June 1944. It also includes information for Lennoxville, Asbestos, Ayer's Cliff, Bishopton, Black Lake, Bury, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire, Danville, Disraeli, East Angus, East Broughton, East Hereford, Garthby, Inverness, La Patrie, Laurierville, Leeds, Lyster, Magog, Marbleton, Megantic, North Hatley, Plessisville, Richmond, Rock Island, St. Ferdinand de Halifax, St. Malo, Sawyerville, Scotstown, Thetford Mines, Victoriaville, Waterville, and Windsor.
Bell Telephone Company of Canada (The)The item is a photograph of Alexander Henry (Harry) Ward and is daughter Lois.
The item is a photograph of Alexander Henry (Harry) Ward and is daughter Lois. They are sitting on the porch of a house in Little Ireland.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke, Coaticook, Richmond, Magog, Rock Island, Thetford Mines and surrounding territory, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1941.
The item is a photograph of Marjorie Ward, fourteen years old, Lois Ward, 10 years old and Ronald (Ronnie) Mouland, four and a half years old. They are posing on the back of a car.
The item is a photograph of Marjorie Ward, age fourteen, Agnes Gertrude Moore-Ward, age thirty-eight and Ronald (Ronnie) Mouland, age four and a half.
The item is a photograph of Marjorie Ward, age fourteen, Agnes Gertrude Moore-Ward, age thirty-eight and Lois Ward, age ten.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke, Coaticook, Richmond, Magog, Rock Island, Thetford Mines and surrounding territory, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1936.
Item is a photograph of the Quebec Asbestos Corportation mining operations, showing Plants No. 1 & No. 2, in East Broughton around 1920. (Photographer: Sears Studio, Sherbrooke)
Item is a plan showing the minining facilities of Plant No. 2 of the Quebec Asbestos Corporation in East Broughton, dated 20 September 1926. Prepared by W.S. Dresser & Co., Sherbrooke.
Item is a cadastral map of Megantic County.
Photograph of the Smith family house in Bell Asbestos Mines.
Photograph of the Bell Asbestos mines in Thetford Mines.
Photograph of the Bell Asbestos mines in Thetford Mines.
Photograph of a sawmill after a fire, probably in Thetford Mines.
La pièce est une photographie d’un jeune couple inconnu, probablement prise à l’occasion de leur mariage.
Photograph of Herbert Smith on the steps of a building during winter.
Photograph of a Quebec Central Railway train in Thetford Mines, with station visible.
Photograph of the Smith family house with the manager's house in Bell Asbestos mines.