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 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 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 showing the town of Asbestos with a view of Jeffery Mines in 1909.
Item is a photograph showing a steam shovel and miners, including one identified as Tharé Connolly, Johns-Manville mine in Asbestos in 1928 or 1929.
Item is a photograph of Station Street located in Danville.
Item is a photograph of the corner of Station Street and the square located in Danville.
Item is a photograph of Station Street located in Danville.
Item is a photograph of Station street located in Danville.
Item is a photograph of a sledge pulled by a team of horses, likely including members of the Baker family at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, on their way to manually spread manure in winter, taken in 1914 or 1915.
Pictured here is the skating rink on the corner of St. Aime Street and St. George Street.
The verso reads, "Village of Asbestos as seen from main office / Skating rink in the foreground / Corner of St. Aime and St. George Streets."
The item is a photograph of Silas Baker on a plow (plough) pulled by a team of horses at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
The item is a photograph of Silas Baker on a hay cutter pulled by a team of horses at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
The subseries contains information relating to the "Programme Canadien de Patinage" (P.C.P.) Competitions attended by the "Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus" from 1992 to 1994. It mainly consists of booklets containing details of the event as well as final results of the competition. The subseries is comprised of the following files: 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)Pictured here is a P & H Electrical Shovel, with a regular truck to receive all the sediments.
The item contains information on Louis-Philippe Demers' interests. It is a post card depicting mills in Asbestos. Message on verso : Wide Léo Paul Lupi[en], Asbestos, Guide Touristique.
The caption reads "This picture taken when these men were installing the new machinery in the New Machine Shop, 1913. This shop was used until 1942 when another move was make to a new building on the St George Road. This third machine shop was vacated last year and demolished in this spring 1980."
Front: Clifford Gale, Albert Carneau, Johnny Morris, James Coyle Jr., David Roy. Rear: Bob Williams and Gordon Clark, foreman.
Pictured here is a Marion Electrical Shovel, model 5320, used by the Canadian Johns-Manville.
Item is a photograph of Main Street, located in Danville.
The item is a photograph of a team of horses pulling a wagon loaded with hay, with Ruth Baker driving, at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
Item is a photograph of the barn at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville as hay is being hoisted into the hay mow, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
Item is a postcard showing a view of Laurier Street in Asbestos around the 1910s. A handwritten caption reads "Looking S.E. [southeast] from centre of 'the Square.'"
Item is a postcard showing King Street in Asbestos around the 1910s by photograph V. Dubois. A handwritten caption reads "1924-25 Looking E [east] from centre of 'Square.' Sunday A.M. People going into Post Office." There are people visible on the sidewalks and two motor vehicles.
Item is the cover of the Johns-Manville Pictorial News from October 1950, an issue that profiled the company in Asbestos, Quebec.