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The fonds contains source material on Catherine M. Day's literary and historical work during the second half of the 19th Century. It consists of manuscripts, correspondence, literary texts (including excerpts from "Alice Maynard"), press clippings, manuscript notes, and photographs. It is comprised of the following series : Biographical Notices ([19-]-1962), Correspondence ([1869?]-[1886?], Historical Writings ([186-?]-1898), Literary Writings ([18-]), Miscellaneous Writings ([18-], and Photographs ([189-?]). 'Historical Writings' includes part of the manuscript of "History of the Eastern Townships", containing unpublished chapters.

The fonds contains source material on the work of the Reverend Thomas Johnson, the Reverend Frederick Robinson and the Archdeacon George Jehoshaphat Mountain from 1829 to 1845 and is also of value as a source of information on the settlement of Abbotsford, originally called Yamaska Mountain. The fonds consists of photocopies of originals dated 1830 to 1845: the Journal of Visitation in the Eastern Townships by George Jehoshaphat Mountain in 1829, correspondence, circular letters, receipts, and biographical notes on Rev. Johnson. It is comprised of the following series: Thomas Johnson, Rev. ([197-?]), Frederick Robinson, Rev. ([197-?]), Abbotsford ([197-?]), and George Jehoshaphat Mountain ([197-?]).

The fonds contains source material on the management of the Presbytery of Quebec, French work within the Presbytery, ministry, and women's contribution to Church life from 1831 to 1999. It consists mainly of minutes, reports, correspondence, ledgers and financial statements. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1831-1993), Financial Resources (1926-1988), Ministry ([194-?]-1991), Committees (1965-1991), Quebec Presbyterial (1926-1991), and Photographs (1980-1983).

The fonds contains primary source material on organization, activities, and finances for the Bibliothèque Lennoxville Library from the 1950s to 2016. It consists of meeting minutes, reports, budgets, collections, accession ledgers, activities, membership lists, correspondence and graphic material. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration ([ca. 1900]-1918, 1937-2013), Human Resources ([1980?]-2013), Financial Resources (1959-2016), Immoveable and Moveable Property ([195-?]-2012), Public Relations ([198-?]-2016), Membership ([198-?]-2012) and 100th Anniversary (2010-2012).

The fonds contains primary source information on the career of Lois Ogilvie Blanchette. It consists of music manuscripts, recordings of choir performances, and oral interviews.

The fonds contains primary source material on the music festivals organized by the Association du Festival du Lac Massawippi between 1981 and 2004. It consists of programs, correspondence, musician profiles, minutes, finances, contracts, media relations, and photographs. The fonds is promised of the following series; Administration (1981-2004), Musicians (1990-[200-?]), and Festival Programs (1990-2004).

The fonds contains source material on the administrative and artistic activities of the St. Francis Theatre Company and Festival Lennoxville between 1972 and 1982. It consists of by-laws, minutes, correspondence, financial statements and budgets, publicity and promotional documents, scripts, schedules, recordings, designs, and also files of actors, playwrights, and producers. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management ([1966?]-1982), Human Resources (1971-1982), Finances (1971-1982), Productions (1972-1982), and Public Relations (1972-1982).

The collection contains primary source information on child immigration, social and economic conditions. It also contains information on the Gibbs Boys Home, Knowlton Distributing Home, Chapter history, projects, and events, as well as on the personal histories of individual Home Children. The majority of the records were produced in the Eastern Townships, many come from across Canada and worldwide. It consists primarily of personal genealogical correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The collection is comprised of the following series: Historical information ([186-]-[20--]), Promotional Material (1977-2010), Genealogy (1868-2011), Personal Correspondence (1984-2011), Photographs ([19--]-2008), and Media ([199-?]-2001).

The fonds contains source material on the scouting movement in the Sherbrooke region from 1912 to 1993. It gives information on the organization of the Sherbrooke District Council and its predecessor bodies; on the District's administrative decisions, membership, finances, activities, trainings, charitable actions, properties, camp sites, and distribution of awards and badges. The fonds also includes the records of the different Scout groups under the jurisdiction of the Sherbrooke District Council. The fonds consists mainly of minutes, correspondence, financial records, registration forms, reports, programmes, press clippings, and photographs. It is comprised of the following series: Administration (1912-1990), Financial Resources (1930-1987), Membership (1925-1990), Group Records (1921-1993), Activities (1925-1987), Buildings and Property (1939-1988), Public Relations (1930-1984), and District Scouters' Council (1924-1952).

The fonds contains primary source information regarding Stephen Westover. The fonds contains the following series: Correspondence (1812-1817); Land Papers (1817-1826); Legal Papers (1819-1826); Accounts (1809-1833); Succession and Estate (1826-1827).

The fonds contains biographical source material on Doris Snowdon's life as an artist and on her family genealogy. It consists of a biographical brochure, an article on the Maffre's genealogy, 3 paintings (reproductions) and 6 sketches. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Biography ([196-?]-2001), Maffres' Genealogy ([2002?]), Artistic Works ([195-?]-[196-]), and Audiovisual Materials ([1953-1962?]).

The fonds contains source material on the members of the Baker family and their activities at the start of the 20th century. It consists of an album of photographs of individuals and groups who are probably family members and friends and a postcard. Some of the photographs depict horses and farm buildings.

The fonds contains source material on the activities of the Sherbrooke\Lennoxville Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs from 1945 to 1988, and thus indirectly provides information on the interests of Sherbrooke-area residents in international affairs. It is comprised of the following series: By-laws (1965-1981), Norms and Procedures (1963-1982), Minutes and Agendas (1965-1987), Accounting and Financial Documents (1945-1988), Members (1945-1988), Speakers (1945-1988), Correspondence (1945-1988) and Miscellaneous Documents (1947-1978).

• Family photographs, [188-?]-[200-?]
• Correspondence, [1879?]-1937, 2020
• Lieut. G.S. Edgell’s diary, 1919
• G. Edgell’s rationing order, 1918
• Diary, 1918
• Date book, 1958
• Lucy Emma Robinson Edgell’s personal documentation, 1933-1973
• Richardson Family Tree, [2014?]
• Edgell family history, 1983
• Daniel Boyd biography and family tree, 2018
• Hugh Richardson biographies, 2008-2018
• Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Ltd. Minute book, 1902-1942
• Clippings
• SD card with digitized copies of the physical documents listed above

The fonds contains primary and secondary source textual records regarding the Bancroft family. There are also several photographs relating to the Bancroft family, some incorporated in two different photograph albums.

The collection contains primary source information on the administration of Newport Township, financial transactions in the Township, the lives of its citizens, legal affairs, military operations, and land division, from 1790 to 1937. It consists primarily of meeting minutes, correspondence, account statements, and land deeds, among many other types of records. The collection is comprised of the following series: Administrative (1791-1880), Financial Records (1790-1900), Correspondence (1799-1893), Legal Documents (1792-1834), Military (1792-1830), Land and Property (1799-1937), and Miscellaneous Documents (1815-1937).

**Box 563- Box 1:
Binder “School Reports, etc.”
-2 photographs, Bury High School, 1931, 1947
-lists of students and school districts in Bury, 1873-1881
-school fair report, 1931
-newspaper clippings, 1925-2007
-class lists, 1983-1992
-Pope Memorial School prize programme, 1960-1968
Folder: lists of schools and students, 1847-1953; public speaking 1990
Binder (red, unidentified)
-copied newspaper clippings on natural disasters, 1938-1943
Binder: Index Ch. Bks, TBT Bury Anglican church (St. Paul’s)
Binder (red); Obituaries of Bury people
a. Those written by Mrs. George Parsons, c1920s, retyped by Nina Rowell
b. Written by Nina Rowell
Photo Album; Clippings of interest: Sawyerville 1921 - 1940s, Scotstown, Sherbrooke and vicinity
Binder “nostalgia”; Typed articles from the Sherbrooke Daily Record by Nina Rowell
Binder (yellow); "Highlights and Changes in Bury in 1970", Mrs George Parsons
Bundle "History of Bury", Clippings, manuscript documents written by Nina Rowell and Mrs George Parsons, outline for the celebration of Bury's 125th anniversary.
Book of Remembrance; Donald William MacCaskill, September 3, 1957, Gould
Family trees, letters: E, F, G, H, L, P, Q

**Box 564- Box 2
Ledger: Mr. Cooper, East Angus, 1925
Folder: Bill Forms; Bury business, c1930s to c1950s, includes; Thos Stokes, J.H. Saunders, Thomas Bown; and calendars
Folder (green): Misc. documents (includes Hand written original article by Mrs. George Parsons for "Special" to the Record - June 30, 1966; Pamphlet; Exposition Cookshire Fair, 2004; International Railways history handwritten)
Folder: writings by Mrs. George Parsons and Nina Rowell
-Hand written original article by Mrs. George Parsons for "Special" to the Record - June 30, 1966
-Document; 1 page, hand written history of Memorial Park in Bury, Nina Rowell
-9 parts consolidated history of Bury Schools, Nina Rowell, 1977
-Original typed pages. "Nostalgia" by Nina Rowell - 1921 -24. Articles for The Record
Folder: Bury Athletic Association, programs (1938, 1982) and committee list (1966)
Folder: List of negatives of Photographs by H.H. Weedon : Bury
Binder (red); Bury Cem. inventory "Bury Cemetery, Bury in Action", by Stuart Coates, 1982
Binder; "Churches in the ET"; clippings and history, compiled by Nina Rowell, INCLUDES 9 photographs + 1 postcard

**Box 565- Box 3:
Binder; Family Trees – Letter "A", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "B", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "B", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "C", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "C", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "D", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "J", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "K", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "M", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "W, Y, Z", Nina Rowell

**Box 566- Box 4:
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "N", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "O", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "R", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "S", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "T", Nina Rowell
Binder; Family Trees - Letter "U-V", Nina Rowell

Binder; Family Trees - Letter "W, Y, Z", Nina Rowell
Binder; "Bury Ranges 1, 2, 3 & 4"; lot ownership form and index. Compiled by Allan Rowell for the Committee to Celebrate Bury 1836-1986.
Document; Typed sheets, 11 pages, "East Clifton ... 1799 ... 1974", author unknown. Document appears to be the history of East Clifton.
Calendar; Rosaire Roy, Bury, 1981
Calendar; Richard Rothney, Cookshire, 1981 (used)
Calendar; Prangley & CO. Bury, 1988, (new)
Document; Pope Memorial School, 1997-98
Duotang; Municipality & Township of Bury – Excerpts, Minutes 1845-1891
Notebooks; Bury Council Minutes, 1912 to 1932; hand written copies,
Binder; Family tree and history of Robert Parson, 1660-1715 of Motcombe, England
Binder; compiled by Nina Rowell

• Excerpts from old Town Minute Books, Bury; 1855-1888
• Excerpts from old Town Minute Books, Bury; 1891-1911
  Binder; compiled by Nina Rowell
• Excerpts from old Town Minute Books, Bury; 1917-1929

**Box 567- Box 5:
Box; S.B. C., Brookbury Women's Institute 1935, Letters from Brookbury Men who are serving overseas, 1940-42

• Ray Everett, 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Reg't
• Gordon Everett, 2nd Field Reg't
• Wilfred Webb, 2nd Canadian Forestry
• John Buttermer, 3rd Cdn Div. Signals
• Austin Buttermer
• Bruce Hooker, RCAF
• Clayton Gray, RCAF
• Buster Martin, 2nd Field Reg't
• Emerson Martin, KIA
• Bill Martin, RCAF
• Letter from Red Cross re: Hong Kong parcel, 1942
  Book; "Memorial Trek 2004", Western Association of Leavitt Families" (Hatley)
  Booklet; "Island Brook School, Grade 6 Yearbook, 1963-1964", with pictures
  Booklet; " 1968-69 OUA Year Book", Island Brook School, with pictures
  Notebook; "Missionary", Hand written story by Violet Wood, post 1894
  Calendar: Rosaire Roy, Boucherie, Bury 1992, (new)
  Document: History of Telephone System in Bury, Nina Rowell
  Document; Information on the Bury Telephone System, Donalda Parsons (a personal account)
  Document; War Time Memories, Nina Rowell, 2006
  Postcard; From Margaret R. Stoddard to Mr J Drennan, Cookshire c1950s
  Document; History of the Bury Branch #48, Nina Rowell, 2006
  Documents; Family Group Records; Allaire to Delinde
  Document; Canada Day in Bury, Nina Rowell, 1982
  Document; Float Results, Bury Parade, 1983
  Document; Pope Memorial School; Physical Education Awards, compiled by Nina Rowell, 1975
  Document; Severe storm of 1901 ... Bury, Mrs George Parsons, 1967
  Various loose documents from scrapbooks that were not retained
  Scrapbook; Clippings, "Bits of Nostalgia" Articles written by Nina Rowell for the Record, 1984¬
  Map; Ontario (hand-drawn), undated, rolled
  Map; Quebec (hand-drawn), A.J. Cascadden, Cookshire P.Q., rolled
  Map; Nova Scotia (hand-drawn), undated, rolled
  Photos; Quebec Women Institute, Symposium at MacDonald College 1957-58. Some annotated with names. Mrs. George Parsons collection.
  Photo; Old farm house with 4 people (unnamed), circa 1920s (in bad shape)

**Oversized documents
• Map; Bury, Comte de Compton, Ministere des terres et forets, 1939: blue print showing lot and range lines, pre 1802, 1862 and 1903. (rolled and in a tube)
• Map; Village of Bury, hand drawn Nina Rowell. (rolled)
• Map; Plan of St. Paul's Cemetery; 1960 drawn by W.W. Bake (rolled)
• Map; Island Brook; 1860 to 1993, by Ruth Burns Morrow (rolled)
• Map: Township of Bury 1855, Lots and Ranges, showing ownership, hand drawn by Nina Rowell (rolled)
• Map: Township of Bury 1863, Lots and Ranges, showing ownership, hand drawn by Nina Rowell (rolled)
• Map: Township of Bury 1917, Lots and Ranges, showing ownership, hand drawn by Nina Rowell (rolled)
• Map: Official Map of the Township of Bury, 1894, updated 1897, 1903, 1929..(Card stock -old, flat)
• Calendar backs for:
o R.N. Mayhew, Bury Meat Market 1928
o A.J. Barter, Meat Market, Bury, 1931
o Lizotte Bros., Flour and Feed Merchants, Bury, c1930s
o R.J. Mackay, Groceries, Bury, Quebec, c1938 with pencil notes on the back
• Photos; 10 ea 16" x 20", the photos make up the contents of "Map of the District of St. Francis", Putnam and Gray, 1863, reproductions. Photos come from the National Map Collection, Public Archives Canada 1980. (transferred to OL, map cabinet, drawer 1)
• Posters: 4. Cookshire Academy class pictures with positional drawings for each person with number. Years 1890s to 1930s (INCLUDES 7 photographs)
• Poster: 2. Large with various old letter head, billing headers, old cheques of the various merchants of the village of Bury, circa 1920 to 1940.

The fonds contains information on the renovations of churches, largely in the Eastern Townships. It consists of contracts, correspondence, addenda, financial documents, reports, photographs, architectural plans, sketches and notes. It is comprised of the following series: St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Grand-Mère, Holy Trinity Church Denison Mills, St. John the Evangelist Church Portneuf, Sawyerville United Church, Church of Advent, St. Luke’s Anglican Church project 1, St. Luke’s Anglican Church project 2, Trinity United Church Danville, Ulverton United Church project 1, Ulverton United Church project 2, Ste. Anne Anglican Church Richmond and St. James Anglican Church Hatley.

The fonds contains source material on church management, the congregation's affairs, and church organizations for the Lennoxville United Church from 1838 to 2021. It consists mainly of minutes, financial records, correspondence, guest books, marriage licences, registers of births, marriages, deaths, newsletters, photographs, drawings, postcards. It also includes a register of births, marriages and deaths for the Belvidere Methodist Circuit from 1894 to 1917. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1900-2011), Buildings and Property (1939-1940, 1964), Financial Resources (1907-2005), Annual Reports (1920, 1954-2013), Guest Books (1959-1990), Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1838-1960), Orders of Service (1939, 1953-1989), Funds (1979-1981), Membership (1876-1974), Historical ([1909?]-2010), Newsletters ([1955?]-1975), Organizations (1906-2021), Committees (1952-1990), Prints, Paintings, Drawings (1955-1974), Photographs ([1913?]-[198-?]), and Miscellaneous ([192-?]-1993).

The fonds contains primary source information on Church management and the congregation's affairs from 1905 to 2010. It also provides information on Kinnear's Mills-Thetford Mines Pastoral Charge and Reid's United Church. It consists mainly of minutes, financial statements, account books, correspondence, annual reports, a register of baptisms, marriages, and burials, historical sketches, a circuit register, and membership lists. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1923-2005), Buildings and Property (1957-1963, 1980-1981), Financial Resources (1931-2001), Banns/Marriage Certificates (1951-1963, 1990-1994), Annual Reports (1962, 1978, 1990-2006), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1905-1962), Orders of Service (1981), Funds (1976), Membership (1908-1992), Historical (1967, 1985-1987), Organizations ([193-?]-2010), Committees (1981-1987).

The fonds contains source material on the Presbytery management and activities, ministerial work, pastoral relations, shared ministries, women's and youth organizations, the Mission and Service Fund, and on the Presbytery regions from 1900 to 2016. It also provides information on the Sherbrooke District Ministerial Association, the Pastors' and Laymans' Conference, and the Bedford District Ministerial Association from 1900 to 1944. The fonds consists mainly of minutes, account books, annual reports, dispensations of the publication of marriages, correspondence, and press clippings. The Register of baptisms, marriages and burials includes entries from the counties of Abitibi, Bonaventure, Champlain, Drummond, Kamouraska, Lac-St.-Jean, Matane, Matapedia, Richmond, Saguenay, Temiscouata and Wolfe. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1925-1995), Financial Resources (1943-1996), Buildings and Property (1983), Communications (1939-1993), Ministry, Personnel, and Education (1909-2002), Mission (1926-2004), World Outreach (1984-1994), Presbytery Regions (1981-1994), and Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1924-1984).

The fonds contains source material on the management of the church, on the congregation's affairs, on the history of the church from its beginning, and on the activities of the church's organizations and societies for Emmaunuel United Church in Cowansville from 1843 to 1999. It consists mainly of minutes, correspondence, reports, building plans, registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, membership lists, historical sketches, press clippings, and photographs. It also includes information on the Sweetsburg Cemetery. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1877-1986), Buildings and Property (1843-1997), Financial Resources (1910-1959), Annual Reports (1962-1965), Guest Books (1991-1999), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1856-1968), Funds (1923), Membership (1939-1999), Historical (1863-1992), Organizations (1887-[199-]), Prints, Paintings, Drawings ([195-?]), Photographs ([192-?]-[195-?], [197-?], 1984), and Miscellaneous ([19--?]-1990).

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, the Sunday School, the Women's organizations, the youth organizations, the Choir, and different committees for the Trinity United Church in Drummondville from 1920 to 1997. It also provides information on the Ulverton Pastoral Charge from 1970 to 1980. It consists of minutes, account books, annual reports, architectural drawings, legal documents, orders of service, registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, a guest book, membership rolls, historical sketches, a Remembrance Book, correspondence, photographs, a Bible marker, a pulpit drape, and a communion table cover. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1927-1997), Buildings and Property (1920-1997), Financial Resources (1927-1997), Annual Reports (1954-1996), Guest Books (1953-1996), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1927-1996), Orders of Service (1928-1997), Funds (1947-1994), Membership (1930-1996), Historical (1929-1991), Newsletters (1953, 1970), Organizations (1932-1981), Committees (1955-1982), and Photographs ([194-]-1997).

The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, and Church organizations for the Knowlton United Church from 1860 to 2007. It consists mainly of minutes, annual reports, circuit registers, correspondence, and account books. It also contains information on the Knowlton-Creek Pastoral Charge from 1981 to 2007. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1884-2007), Building and Property (1862-1987), Financial Resources ([1916?]-1988), Annual Reports (1953-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2001, 2006-2007), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1860-1994), Orders of Service (1955-1995), Membership (1876-1957), Historical (1874-1955), Newsletters (1959-1993), Organizations (1874-1994), Committees (1946-1962), and Press Clippings (1962-1995).

The fonds contains source material on the management of the church, on the congregation affairs, and on the activities of the church societies and organizations for the Trinity United Church in Sherbrooke from 1839 to 1981. It consists of minutes, correspondence, newsletters, reports, financial statements, accounting records, legal documents, bequests, building blueprints, plans, insurance policies, registers of births, deaths and marriages, memberships lists, historic rolls, press clippings, church histories and photographs. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1846-1972), Legal (1870-1959), Buildings and Property (1886-1972), Financial (1886-1971), Banns\Marriage Certificates (1964-1965), Annual Reports (1887-1970), Guest Books (1946-1971), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1848-1971), Bulletins (1916-1971), Sermons (1969), Membership (1903-1970), Historical (1886-1981), Newsletters (1938, 1961-1962), Organizations (1863-1970), Committees (1886-1887), Photographs ([188-?]-[1971?]), and Miscellaneous (1839, 1859).

The fonds contains source material on the Church's history and the women's organizations from 1837 to 2018. It also provides information on the Richmond and Melbourne Pastoral Charge from 1977 to 2018. It consists of minutes, finances, registers, annual reports, orders of service, an historical sketch, and press clippings. The fonds also includes a register of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Hatley and Melbourne Methodist Circuit from 1836 to 1853 and the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Windsor) from 1859 to 1923, as well as included some documents pertaining to the Melbourne Congregational Church. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1837-2002), Legal (1947-1987), Buildings and Property (1950), Financial (1924-1964), Banns/Marriages Certificates (1929-1966), Annual Reports (1920, 1923-1929, 1931-1932, 1934-1938, 1939-1970, 1977-1993, 1995-1998, 2001, 2003, 2006-2012, 2016-2018), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1836-1994), Orders of Service (1978), Membership (1942-1993), Historical (1958-1974), Organizations (1901-2000), and Committees ([1887?]-1972, 2006).

The fonds contains source material on the personal life and literary works of writer Bernard Epps. It consists of manuscripts of published and unpublished works, research notes, correspondence, log books, speeches, newspaper clippings, and sketchbooks. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Literary endeavours (1965-1995), Personal life ([195?]-1993), Speeches and Lectures ([197?]-[199?]), Artwork ([195-?]-[198-?]), and Publications (1961-[198-?]).

The fonds contains source material on the professional activities of Louise Abbott as a writer, photographer and documentary filmmaker from the 1970s to 2020. It consists largely of research files, press clippings, correspondence, publications, articles, photographs, oral interviews and video tape cassettes. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Research Projects ([17--?], reproduction-2020), Photography (1963-2003), Literary Work (1980-2002) and CBC Internal Radio Awards (2003).

The fonds contains primary source information on the Dominion Lime Company in the Haut-Saint-Francois region (especially Dudswell) from 1875 to 1994, and in 2018. It consists largely of minutes, general financial ledgers, registers of shares and dividends, agreements, contracts, transfers, trademark documentation (certifications and renewals), correspondence, land surveys, lists of landholdings, a map, deeds of sale, leases, plans of property and machinery, inventories and production reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1887-1896, 1923-1937, 1966, 1968), Financial Resources ([1890-1937?], 1966-1985), Legal Affairs (1875-[1907?], 1932-1975, 1990-1994), Buildings and Property ([1887-1970?]), Production (1944, 1975-1980).

The fonds contains source material on Daniel Thomas's professional activities, the lands he owned, and the settlement of the Melbourne region during the first half of the 19th century. It consists largely of notarized and legal deeds; correspondence; and maps of Clifton, Melbourne, and Westbury dating from the 1830s. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence (1816-1854), Notarized and Legal Deeds (1819-1875), Maps of Clifton, Melbourne, and Westbury ([1830?]), and Miscellaneous Documents ([18--]).