Collection presents a political timeline of the mayors of the Municipality of Barford from 1860 to 1991. It consists of name plaques with dates of mayoral terms from 1860 to 1900, name plaques and photographs from 1900 to 1991, as well as a list of the mayors.
File composed of photographs and plaques mounted on card stock depicting the mayors of the Municipality of Barford from 1900 to 1991, including the following mayors: Aimé Goyette, C.C. Hanson, Pierre Beaudin, C.H. François Lamy, Josiah Parker, Eugène Joyal, Georges Jubinville, Antonio D'Avignon, Camille Perron, Roland Jubinville, D. Archambeault, Léopold Roy, Pierre Jubinville, Renaud Vanasse, and Pierre E. Carbonneau.
File composed of plaques for mayors of the Municipality of Barford from 1860 to 1900, including the following mayors: Leonard Martin, H.H. Thompson, L.D. Dupont, G.J. Baldwin, Henry Fredaite, Francois Dupuis, Ozro Baldwin, John Gilson, and Charles Baldwin.
File composed of a chronological list of the mayors of the Municipality of Barford from 1860 to 1991.
Collection presents information on business and commerce in the Coaticook area from 1851 to 1934. It consists of photocopies of invoices and newspaper clippings.
Series composed of photocopied receipts from businesses in Coaticook from 1876 to 1901. Included among the businesses are: H.W. Edwards Carriages and Sleighs; Lovell & Sons Flour, Grain and Produce; A.H. Cummings Doors & Sashes; Jasmin & Bro Furniture and Lumber; O.M. Moulton General Store; Merrill Bros Soaps, Tallow and Oil; J.C. Ayling Bricklayer and general mason; E.P. Dupuis Dry Goods and Furs; C.A. Kenney Stoves, Tin and Hardware; Stanislas Bachand General Store; P.T. Baldwin & Son Flour, Grain and Feed; Fox & Nunns Dry Goods; A.L. Dupuis General Store; P. Ledoux Blacksmith.
Series composed of a photocopied page from the Sherbrooke Gazette from February 1851 featuring advertisements for the business of Levi Baldwin and for Barnston Whiskey.
Series composed of a colour photocopied invoice and a reciept for the Pioneer Beet Sugar Company in Coaticook to Mr. Cleveland in 1881.
Series composed of a photograph of the Unity Bible Class in Coaticook on 14 May 1939.
La série contient des informations sur la famille du capitaine Joseph Bartlett à Barnston (Bickford Corner) et de Lucretia Hamilton. Elle se compose de photocopies de titres de propriété, de correspondance, ainsi que d'arbres généalogiques et d'informations généalogiques compilées par Jim Belknap.
Collection primarily contains information on the businesses and families of Barnston and Coaticook from 1816 to 1899. It consists of receipts, invoices, correspondence, historical research, an account ledger, land deeds, a marriage contract, a permit, and birthday books.
Series presents information on the businesses of Coaticook and Barnston from 1868 to 1905. It consists of receipts and invoices. Series composed of the following files: Chester Cleveland (1872-1899) and Others (1868-1905).
File composed of receipts and invoices from the Coaticook and Barnston areas from 1872 to 1899. The receipts and invoices made out to Chester Cleveland from the following: Converse & Putney, Coaticook Observer, C.N. Remick, Stanstead & Sherbrooke Fire Insurance Co., Stanstead Wesleyan College, William Smith, Parker L. Ellis, Augustus Jiguere, C.A. Kennedy, W. Moulton, E. McKee, and W.C. Webster & Son.
File composed of an account page and two receipts, one to William Cleveland from the Stanstead Journal, dated 1868, and one to Mary Cleveland from the Electric Light Department of Coaticook, dated 1905.
Series pertains to various agreements issued in the areas of Barnston and Coaticook from 1837 to 1891. It consists of a list of creditors, land deeds (Alonzo Lee to William Cleveland and Francis Judd to William Cleveland), an inn-keepers permit issued to Richard Baldwin Jr., a photocopy of a marriage certificate between Dudley Davis and Clarissa Baldwin, a notice of act of insolvent for Lothrop and Haseltine, and a letter addressed to Chester Cleveland from the Missisquoi & Rouville Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Series documents the activities of members of the Bartlett, Parker, Wheeler, Averill, and Elliot families in the townships of Durham, Melbourne, Stanstead, and Barnston, as well as in New England, from 1816 to 1895. It consists of correspondence, largely photocopied, from the following individuals: Jane Elliot, Lucretia Bartlett, Nancy Wheeler, Wyman Bartlett, Joseph Bartlett, Joshua Parker, P.N. Wheeler, and M.S.B. Averill.
Series presents information on histories of various families, largely in the Barnston and Coaticook areas, from around the 1990s to 2006. It consists of photocopies from the B.F. Hubbard book "Forests and Clearings", a cemetery plan from the Richmond County Historical Society, documents from the Compton Historical Society, a transcription of the Book of Family Records of J.C. Bartlett, and correspondence with Mr. Belknap regarding historical research.
Series presents information on vital events in the community of Dixville and surrounding areas from 1851 to the 1960s. It consists of an account book for an unidentified business and and three birthday and anniversary books.
Collection contains information on the families as well as the economic, social, and cultural history of Coaticook from the 1890s to 2001. It consists largely of newspaper clippings and photographs. The collection is composed of the following series: Families and individuals, education, businesses, churches and religion, theatre, Cercle de fermières de St-Edmond, Telmosse family, Oeuvre des Terrains de Jeux, politics, history, sports, maps, and unidentified photographs.
Series presents information on various families and people in the Coaticook area from about the 1890s to about 1983. It consists largely of newspaper articles detailing family histories, as well as two postcards and a photograph. The series contains information on the following families, organized alphabetically: Beloin, Champeau, Dionne, Dumoulin, Durocher, Houle, Huot, Lefebvre, Jubinville, Lemoine, Pariseau, Pivin, Riendeau, Roy, St. Pierre, and Vaillancourt.
Series illustrates educational history in Coaticook and Lennoxville from 1886 to 1983. It consists of a programme for Bishop's College School Annual Games day, a programme for a recreational day, instructions for a dictée, newspaper clippings on the "ligne de Barford" and "Provencher" schoolhouses, and photos of school interiors (including the École secondaire Albert L'Heureux.
Series illustrates businesses in Coaticook from about the 1910s to 2001. It consists largely of photographs, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, and shareholder information. The series contains the following:
- Share record book, Impressions et Publications Limité
- Three photos of Paul Vaillancourt : At the service of Frontenac Breweries Ltd, Stanstead Cartage Ltd., Coaticook, 1926
- 4 negatives : M. Lapointe store, St-Edmond Street, 1942
- Coop, Albert St-Pierre, 1954
- Shareholders, Imprimerie Garceau Ltée, 1947-1951
- Caisse populaire de Compton, 1974 et 1983
- 11 photos of Agrico (employees), Gauthier-Tremblay and a photo of the factory, 1970 to 1976
- Photo of Belding Corticelli Ltd, Coaticook, Québec. Diamond Jubilee, 1878-1938
- Letter, dated 1984, addressed to Roger Jean-Marie with a liste of names (80 identified people) in the photo of 60th anniversary « Belding-Corticelli Limited », 1938
- 1 photo : Penman’s, [194-?]
- 1 photo : Cement company, Couillard Ltd, Coaticook
- 1 photo : Félix S. Walker, 1914-1918, rue Gendreau, Massey-Harris dealer
- 2 photos : Camion Alfred Marcoux Transport, corner of Wellington and Main
- 1 photo : Former post office and customs buildings
- 1 photo : Post office and CIBC/Eastern Township's Bank
- 1 photo : Dépanneur (rue St-Edmond)
- 1 photo : Audet-Lapointe, grocer, (corner of St-Paul and St-Jean-Baptiste)
- 1 photo : Entrepôt Marcoux Transport, Coaticook (St-Jacques Street)
- 1 photo : Entrepôt Alfred Marcoux, 1930, Main Street
- 1 photo : Laiterie Coaticook Ltd., [196-?]
- 2 photos : Entrepôts Marcoux in Granby and Montréal, [196-?]
- 1 photo : 25th anniversary, Jean Lincourt Insurance
- 1 photo : employees in St-Malo, 1929
Item is a photograph of Paul Vaillancourt's truck transporting crates for Frontenac Breweries, in Coaticook in 1926.
Item is a photograph of Armand Benoît's grocery store at the corner of St-Paul and St-Jean-Baptiste streets in Coaticook from 1930.
Item is a photograph of a truck belonging to Alfred Marcoux Transport at the corner of Wellington and Main streets in Coaticook from about the 1930s.
Item is a photograph of Félix and Kenneth Walker, Massey-Harris dealers in Coaticook in about 1929. Pictured in the foreground is agricultural machinery.
Series illustrates the churches and religious activities in Coaticook from about the 1910s to the 1960s. It consists of photographs and is composed of the following: interior of the St-Jean-L'Évangeliste church; Zouaves; exterior views of Sisco United Church, St-Edmond Church, St-Marc's parish, and St. Stephen's Anglican Church; portraits of various members of the clergy; banquet for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Castefidardo; group of women from the Cercle Lacordaire and Ste-Jean-d'Arc in East Hereford.
Item is a photograph of the first two Methodist churches on Chapel (Wellington) Street in Coaticook from the early 1920s.
The item is a postcard photograph of Zouaves cadets in Coaticook from around the 1910s.
Item is a photograph of an assembly of Zouaves (congrès des Zouaves) in Coaticook, taken at the house of Joseph Durocher (corner of Wellington and St. Pierre streets) from about the 1920s.