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)The item is a photo scrapbook that contains 230 photographs of individuals within the Labonte/Leonard families. The photos were probably taken between 1910 and 1930.
Item is a photograph of the Huntingville mill on the South side of the Salmon River, taken in 1946.
Item is a photograph of the mill and new dam at Huntingville, on the Salmon River, taken in 1946.
Item is a photograph of the Huntingville gristmill with two workers and part of the Hunting family posed in the foreground, taken about 1905. Pictured, from left to right, are: James Dewing, Joseph Lambert, Floyd Hunting, Kenneth Hunting, Bernice Hunting, Clifford Hunting and William H. Hunting.
The item is a photograph of a group of miners from the Eustis mines from around 1900, pictured with tools and lunch pails.
The file contains photographs of members of the Desruisseau/Labonte/Leonard family, as well as many unidentified photographs, possibly taken between 1870 and 1940. It consists of a photo album comprised of 56 studio photographs, a photo scrapbook comprised of 230 photographs, and 37 other photographs.
The item is a postcard view of the College House hotel located at the intersection of Queen Street and College Street in Lennoxville from 1917.
La pièce est une photographie d’un groupe de travailleurs de la mine Eustis vers 1900.