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 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., 1902-1999Item is a photograph of a postcard of the Boston Shoe Last Company, maker of models for shaping or repairing shoes or boots, located in Richmond, around 1920.
Item is a photograph of the Clarke sawmill located in Brompton Falls.
Item is the cover of the Johns-Manville Pictorial News from October 1950, an issue that profiled the company in Asbestos, Quebec.
The file contains primary source information relating to land in the Township of Melbourne in 1936. It consists of a deed documenting a sale of rights by A.G. Stalker and Arthur Castonguay (Windsor Paper Mill) to Dallas Grant (Canada Paper Company) dated December 4, 1936, for several lots in ranges 5, 6, and 7 in the Township of Melbourne.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis Paper Company located in Windsor Mills, with a picture of a paper machine in the bottom left-hand corner.
Item is a photograph of a finishing room at the Canada Paper Company paper mill in Windsor, with women and men gathered together for the picture.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper Company's log haul equipment located at the end of 6th avenue.
Item is a photograph of the Canada Paper Company St. Francis mill, with the St. Francis River in the background.
Item is a photograph of employees of the Asbestos and Asbestic Company Ltd., Asbestos, 1904. Included in the photo are: (front, L-R): Gordon Clark, Ted Walsh, Regis Leprise, George Smith, Tom Lefebvre, Unknown, Unknown, Harry Williams (General Superintendent). (second row, L-R): M. Lizotte, David Roy, Unknown, Pierre Champagne, Omar Champoux, James Clark (foreman), Lizotte, Unknown, Johnny Morris, Wilbrod Boisclair. Back: Ed Boucher.
Item is a photograph of a mill (one of seven located in Windsor), with surrounding landscape visible.
Item is a photograph of a steam shovel used by the Canada Paper Company in Windsor. Workers can be seen in front of the shovel.
Item is a photograph of the employees of Canada Paper Company in front of the sawmill in Windsor, showing Thomas Logan at left, taken around 1890.
Photograph of the Chateau Windsor in Windsor under construction in 1926. A sign for P.B. Lemire, Entrepreneur Général [general contractor], is visible. Included are numerous unidentified workmen and onlookers.
Item is a postcard of the rebuilt St. Francis mill, of the Canada Paper Company, at Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the Springvale Mill in Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the finishing room at the Canada Paper Company's mill in Windsor, with a woman seen working and a man entering into the room.
Item is a photograph of the Windsor mill.
Item is a photograph of the no. 1 paper machine being constructed by the Massey and Jonen Company in Willmington Delaware.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis mill, Windsor.
Item is a photograph of the St. Francis mill, Windsor.
Item is a photograph of Asbestos mills, located in Asbestos.
The item is a photograph showing the interior of the finishing room at the Canada Paper Company's Springvale mill in Windsor, taken about 1894. Pictured in the photograph are, from left to right: Miss Rousseau, Miss. St. Laurent, Superintendent Arthur A. Briggs, David Jamieson, Unknown, Joseph Parent, and Fred Young.
Photograph of the L.R. Steel Company Ltd. in Sherbrooke, with offices on the second floor, the 'Lingerie, Waist, and Hat Shop' at street level, and Steel's Cafe in the basement.
Item is a photograph of the C. A. Thurber and Son carriage factory in Danville, there is a sleigh and a few people standing in front of the factory.
Item is a photograph of a grist mill located near Denison's Mills.
The item consists of a photograph show the interior of one of the paper mills operated by the Canada Paper Company in Windsor Mills, Quebec, around the 1890s.
Item is a photograph of the Asbestos Mill.
Item is a photograph of the ruins of the Abestos mill, with many of the structures of the former building still visable.