The collection consists of compiled transcripts and excerpts of documents from various women's groups and churches in the Coaticook area, including:
-letter of resignation as secretary for the Women's Missionary Society of the Coaticook United Church from Ethel Rogers (1956)
-Mission Band Report by Isabelle Wadleigh 1956
-compiled list of members of the United Church Women of the Coaticook United Church for 1946-1974
-documents for Young Ladies Circle Poetry -compiled list of the Membership roll (of the United Church? ) for the Compton area 1861-1854
-extracts from United Church Women minutes, 1960s
-list of burials at "Old Moulton Burying Ground" cemetery
-transcript of Young Ladies Circle financial accounts from 1898-1927
-transcript of various documents from women's organizations at Sisco Memorial United Church in Coaticook
-extracts from Coaticook Methodist Church Board of Trustees from 1877-1919
The fonds contains information on the business W.E. Dionne & Lestage in Coaticook from 1920 to 1942. It consists of professional correspondence addressed to Willie E. Dionne or Dionne & Lestage, tinsmiths, plumbers and painters, and of press clippings, which consist largely of advertisements for W.E. Dionne.
Dionne, Willie E. (1883-1961)The fonds contains information on the insurance policies issued by the Stanstead and Sherbrooke Fire Insurance Company, likely by the Coaticook insurance agent from 1875 to 1891. It consists of two application registers. The applicants are mostly residents of Coaticook but some are from Stanhope, Moe's River and surrounding areas. Notably, the applications include sketches of the buildings (dimensions and position) to be insured.
Stanstead and Sherbrooke Fire Insurance Company (Sherbrooke, Que.)Fonds presents information on the foundation of Joujouthéque de Coaticook Inc. in 1985. It consists of minutes for the founding meeting of Joujouthéque de Coaticook, documents to request incorporation, a book of games purchased, and instructions to parents.
Joujouthèque de Coaticook Inc.Le fonds contient de l'information sur le prolongement de gazoduc par Trans Québec et Maritimes par East Hereford, sur la vie de Lucie Roy-Alain, et sur la vie communitaire à East Hereford et Coaticook entre 1981 aux années 2000. Il consiste de la correspondence, des études environmentales, l'opposition au gazoduc, et de documents de recherche sur le projet de prolongement. Il consiste de photographies et des oeuvres artisitiques de Lucie Roy-Alain. Le fonds comprenne les séries suivantes : Gazoduc TQM Prolongement vers Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) (1995-1999), Photographies (1981-1994), Oeuvres artistiques ([200-?]) et Antoine Roy (1992, 2013).
The fonds contains information on the musical performances of the École musicale du Comté de Stanstead in Coaticook from 1930 to 1931. It consists of programmes.
Untitled- Sainte-Suzanne de Stanhope Catholic Church, interior and exterior, and presbytery in summer and winter, 1962-1963
- views of Stanhope, 1962
- Pensionnat Notre-Dames-des-Neiges in Stanhope
- tables ready for the annual parish supper, 1962
- Stanhope cemetery in winter and summer, 1962-1963
- Stanhope central school (Catholic), 1962
- Stanhope customs and border office
- Miss Hall in Island Pond, Vermont
- Installation of water lines and septic tank at church and presbytery in Stanhope, including Noël Lamoureaux and J. Bellefeuille, 1962
- an unidentified soldier
Le fonds présente les activités et le gestion de la Bibliothèque Françoise-Maurice de Coaticook de 1971 à 2014. Il consiste de rapports annuels, de procès-verbaux, de photographies et de coupures de presse. Le fonds est composé des séries suivantes: Documents historiques, Procès-verbaux, Rapports annuels, Activités et animation, Bâtiments et biens mobiliers, Coupures de presse.
Fonds presents some of the activities and community involvement of the organization Rues principales in Coaticook from 1993 to 2008. It consists largely of photographs but also includes posters, advertisements, and press releases. The fonds is composed of the following files: Activities and Promotional photographs.
Rue principales. City of CoaticookCollection presents information on business and commerce in the Coaticook area from 1851 to 1934. It consists of photocopies of invoices and newspaper clippings.
The collection presents the history of people who made the news and of events underlined between 1950 and 2017 in Coaticook and its region through its local weekly newpaper Le Progrès de Coaticook. It consists of original newspapers and some reproductions, photographs, contact-sheets, and negatives of the newspaper. The collection is composed of the following series : Newspapers, Photos, Contact-sheets, and Negatives.
Le fonds consiste de:
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Deux coupures de presse (1957), noces d’or pour William Jubinville et Angélina Benoit, Noé Jubinville et Clara Champagne; et Georges Jubinville et Alphréda Cyr. Les trois étaient mariés le 8 avril 1907 à l’église St-Emond à Coaticook.
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Un ruban commémoratif et invitation pour le noces d’or des frères Jubinville (1957)
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Invitation souvenir, décès de Alice Jubinville (1978)
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84 photographies (1923-1962)
- la plupart ne sont pas indentifiées
- Photos identifiées: Journée syndicale à Coaticook (18 juillet 1937); “ Marie-Ange et Germaine”; Gaston Jubinville et Lionel (Nel) Benoit; Denis Gerin, Roland Frechette; Alphréda Cyr, Georges Jubinville, Clara Champagne, Noé Jubinville, Angélina Benoit, William Jubinville; Alice Jubinville; Diane Jubinville; Jeanne Marchand, Yvette Benoit, Claire Marchand; Germaine Labrie; Claire Marchand Fafard; Lumina, Bertha, Eva; Lise Boudreau, Lina Benoit; Louisette Boudreau, Gilberte Boudreau.
Fonds illustrates the professional and political life of Yvette Boucher Rousseau from 1934 to 2004. It consists of photographs, works by Rousseau, press clippings, programmes, and House of Commons, Senate, and National Assembly debates. While the majority of the material highlights Rousseau's career, it includes a few photographs from her childhood and biographical material from after her death in 1988. The fonds is composed of the following files: Biographies, Publications, Press clippings, Photographs, Parliamentary debates, and Prizes.
Rousseau, YvetteThe fonds contains information on the profession, personal and military life of Philibert Cloutier from 1938 to 1996. It consists of the following series: Military life, Professional life, Personal life, and Photographs.
Cloutier, Philibert Joseph Louis (1919-2005)Fonds illustrates the lives of Wilbrod Labbé and Clara Girouard in Coaticook from 1930 to 2007. It consists largely of photographs, newspaper clippings. The fonds is composed of the following files: Clara Girouard Labbé, Wilbrod Labbé, Cercle de fermières de St-Edmond de Coaticook, and Photographs.
Labbé, WilbrodCollection presents some of the commercial history of Coaticook and St-Edwidge-de-Clifton from 1890 to 1982. It consists of a plan for the complexe polyvalent (Albert l’Heureux and Mgr Durand schools) dated 1968 and photographs showing the following:
- Ste-Edwige general store and Roland Favreau, ca. 1970
- Robitaille Automobiles Coaticook Inc. (previously Garage Bachand Dionne), ca. 1960
- Coaticook parade, two men on horses in front of Garage Bachand Dionne, ca. 1940
- Bachand store employees, ca. 1955
- 8 photos, Canadian Celanese employees, 1974-1978
- Joseph Audet Jr., grocery store, Child Street, 1890
- Line of Canada `67 trucks
- Sports ’72 trailer truck, Department of Health and Well-being
- Salle des Érables, 1973
- Labourers, Grand Trunk train cars in background, probably around 1920.
- Group of unidentified employees outside at Domaine Howard in Sherbrooke, 1981-1982
Collection largely pertains to the Collège du Sacré-Coeur in Coaticook and related organizations from 1891 to 1968. It consists primarly of photographs, programmes, and minutes. The collection is composed of the following series: Zouaves pontificaux; L’Amicale du Sacré-Cœur of Coaticook; Académie commerciale, Collège du Sacré-Cœur, Coaticook; Community life; and Religious life.
Fonds presents the foundation and early activities and exhibitions of the Beaulne Museum in Coaticook from 1977 to 1997. It consists of correspondence, reports, agreements, information on exhibitions and the museum collection, photographs, and press clippings. The fonds is composed of the following series: Administration, Moveable and immoveable property, Publicity, and Activities.
Beaulne MuseumCollection presents information on the life, particularly religious life, of Gilles Baril, priest, in Coaticook and areas in Sherbrooke and East Angus, from about the 1980s to 2005. It consists of a biography, titled “Une vie arc-en-ciel”, on the first part of Gilles Baril’s personal and religious life and a number of musical recordings used in the course of church activities and services.
Baril, GillesFonds illustrates the organization and activities connected to a reunion of graduates from the Coaticook High School, primarily from 1992 to 1994. It also is a source of information on the history of the Coaticook High school. It consists of correspondence, programmes, lists of invitees, a guest book, newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, and other planning documents. The fonds is composed of the following files: Reunion and preparation, Correspondence, Coaticook High School History, and Postcards.
Fonds illustrates the establishment and administration of the Maison de jeunes de Coaticook Inc., a youth centre, in Coaticook in 1983. It is also a source of information on the celebration of the organisations 20th anniversary in 2003. It consists of correspondence, rules and regulations, agendas, a contract, a proposal, fund-raising activities, and a preliminary budget.
Maison de jeunes de Coaticook Inc.Fonds presents the operations of Service Louis Adam, a gas station and garage, in Coaticook in 1962. It consists of receipts, cancelled cheques, and cash register transaction records. Service Louis Adam was also known as Service Champlain and Garage Louis Adam.
Adam, LouisFonds reflects the life and interests of Jean-Nil Drolet as well as some information relevant to the history of Coaticook from 1875 to 2013. It consists primarily of photographs of sports teams, annual reports, press clippings, newsletters, and minutes. The fonds is composed of the following series: Sports, Scouts, Drolet Family, Caisse Populaire de Coaticook, Coaticook region, Commission scolaire catholique de Coaticook, Centre Hospitalier de Coaticook, and Dr. J. Ernest Gendreau.
Drolet, Jean-NilFonds presents information on the Cushing family and Old Home Week in Coaticook from 1914 to about 1994. It consists of correspondence from Heber Cushing Peters to Charles and Emily Cushing, a letter to Abbott Jenks regarding the Barnston Corner Baptist Church, photographs of Old Home Week in Coaticook, and a biographical sketch of Heber Cushing Peters.
Cushing, familyCollection contains genealogical information on families in Coaticook from about the 1940s to 2006. It consists largely of handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. The collection is composed of the following files: Vincent family, Gendron family, Dionne family, Lebarré dit Genest and Beaulne families, and history.
Maurice, FrançoiseFonds illustrates the activities and membership of the golden age club "Sourire à la vie St-Marc" in Coaticook from 1974 to 1987. It consists of the club's newsletter, titled Sourire Saisonnier.
Sourire à la Vie Golden Age Club of St-Marc'sFonds presents the history of the foundation and activities of the Centre Hospitalier de Coaticook from 1952 to 2010. It consists of photographs (printed and in the form of digital slide shows), a history of Sainte-Catherine Labouré and the Fondation des Filles de la Charité, programmes and articles on the celebration of the Centre Hospitalier de Coaticook's 50th anniversary.
Fonds presents programming information for the CFIN-FM radio station in Coaticook in April 1984.
radio CFIN-FMFonds presents the activities and finances of the Chambre de commerce des jeunes de Coaticook from 1944 to 1964. It consists of minutes, invoices and correspondence demonstrating some of the activities of the organization, a financial statement, and a directory for the Fédération des Chambres de commerces des jeunes de la province de Québec. The fonds is composed of the following files: Minutes, Correspondence, Finances, and Directory.
Chambre de commerce des jeunes de CoaticookCollection contains information on the members of Syndicat Foyer Idéal from 1951 to 1964, two lot plans along Verret Street from 1960, and two architectural plans for 251 Thompson Street in Coaticook from the 1950s. It consists of the following files: Syndicat Foyer Idéal and Plans.