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)
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CA ETRC P233
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1767 [Photocopied]-2006
CA ETRC P058-010-11-001
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1907
Part of Herbert Derick collection
The item is a postcard with aerial views of Thetford Mines and Johnston's Asbestos Company from 1907
CA ETRC P998-083-366-102
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[191-]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection
Photograph of a sawmill after a fire, probably in Thetford Mines.
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P152
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[193-?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds
Item is a photograph of Lysander Falls located in Inverness Township, the photograph also shows part of the Bécancour River and bridge with a mill in the background.
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P776
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[ca.1910], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds
Item is a photograph of a lumber mill and surrounding landscape located in Leeds.
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P150
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[191-?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds
Item is of a bridge and mill located in leeds.
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P137
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1913, copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds
Item is a photograph of a group of people raising a barn in Leeds.