The collection contains source material on the personal life of Henrietta Kathleen Warren Milne, as well as her involvement with the Memphremagog Library, the Pinecroft retirement home, her further community involvement, and she and her family's finances. It also contains information regarding the historian Leonard Auger, Dr. Austin Bowen, and Henrietta Kathleen's family and friends, including some geneological information. It ranges from approximately 1700 to 2004 and covers mainly the Magog area with some coverage of the wider Eastern Townships. It consists mainly of correspondence, historical and constituent documents, minutes, notes, financial papers, clippings, and photographs. The collection is comprised of the following series: Memphremagog Library ([196-?]-1995, 2001), Pinecroft Residence (1967-1994), Further Community Involvement ([194-?]-1992), Historical Documents (1796-1988), Personal Life ([19--?]-[2004?]), Leonard Auger Material ([17--?]-1985), Dr. George Austin Bowen (1894-1943), Graphic Materials ([18--?]-[2002?]), Family History ([1776-1780?], [1829?], [184-?]-[1994?]), Other Family and Friends ([1915-1999?]), Business and Finances ([1930-1982?]).
Milne, Henrietta Kathleen Warren, 1911-2001The fonds contains source material on Edward Short and his family. It consists of an act, correspondence, biographical notes, two diplomas, and a will. The fonds is comprised of the following three files: Edward Short (1852-[190-?]), Robert Short (1857), Alice (Quirk) Siderfin ([1776?]).
Short, Edward, 1806-1871The fonds contains source material on the organization and activities of the Fidelity Rebekah Lodge, No. 33 in Ayer's Cliff from 1915 to 1982. It consists of a charter, minutes, certificates, and petitions for membership. The fonds is comprised of the following four series: Historical and Constituent Documents (1915), Minutes (1959-2001), Certificates (1918-1969), and Petitions for Membership (1916-1977).
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Fidelity Rebekah Lodge, No. 33 (Ayer's Cliff, Que.)The fonds contains source material on James H. Smith's professional activities as a machinery merchant, a maple sugar dealer, and his activities as a member of the municipal Council of the village of Sutton. The fonds consists mainly of correspondence, an obligation form, promotional material, invoices, masonic meeting cards and a municipal financial statement. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Personal Life (1907-1908), and Professional Life ([190-?]-1908).
Smith, James H., 1865-1926The fonds contains source material on the administration, finances, projects, events, workshops, communications and external relations of the Lennoxville and District Women's Centre from 1981 to 2021. It also contains information on the condition in women in Quebec. It consists of agendas, correspondence, external relations material, financial records, grant and project records, minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases, program guidelines, newsletters and reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration (1981-1996), Financial Resources (1981-1996), Projects (1981-1996) and Communication and Information (1981-2021).
Lennoxville and District Women's Centre (Lennoxville, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the administration, finances and activities of the Malvern Cemetery Company mainly from 1869 to 1981. It consists of minutes, grave registrations, account books, annual reports and cemetery maps. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration (1869-1978, 2008), Graves (1869-[19-]), Finances (1871-1929, 1955-1981), and Maps (1869-[19-], 2016).
Malvern Cemetery Company (Lennoxille, Que.)The collection contains source material on the Eastern Townships, the Province of Lower Canada, the British American Land Company, St. George's Club and the Lake Massawippi area from 1794 to about 1997. It consists of 4 maps, 31 pictures (reprints) of Eastern townships and Lower Canada scenes, 1 deed of conveyance, 1 list of unsold land and 1 list of members, 6 photographs, 17 postcards, a few brochures, and 2 programmes for plays. The collection is comprised of the following series: British American Land Company (1836-1842), St. George's Club (1963), Maps (1794-1905), Reprints (1865-1881), Deed of Conveyance (1933), and Lake Massawippi and North Hatley ([192-?]-[1997?]).
Scowen, Philip Harry, 1906-1989The fonds contains information on Margaret Naylor's trip across Canada in 1928. It consists of a photo album, which includes detailed personal comments, postcards, photographs, and tourist information clippings.
Naylor, Margaret, 1905-1994The fonds contains source material relating to the history, administration, finances, committees, membership, matches, bonspeils, events, special activities, and property of the Lennoxville Curling Club, as well as the Ladies Lennoxville Curling Club, from 1923 to 2023. It also consists of source material on curling and other curling clubs. The fonds contains minutes, reports, lists, photographs, press clippings, booklets and artefacts. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration ([19--?]-2023), Committees (1923-[201-?]), Events and Special Activities (1949-2017), Curling Information (1946-2007), Miscellaneous ([19--]-2011), Ladies' (1934-2020), and Buildings and Property (1946-2016).
Lennoxville Curling Club (Lennoxville, Que.)Photograph is of two Barns, located in Leeds, photograph was taken in the late 1800's.
The fonds contains source material on the organisation and activities of the Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary. The fonds also consists of material that shows the role of the SHLA in social welfare activities. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration ([19--?], 1945-1995), Committees ([19--?], 1951-1995), Financial Resources ([19--?], 1942-1990), Membership (1926-1995), Communication ([19--?], 1952-1998) and Photographs [19--?].
Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary (Sherbrooke, Que.)The fonds contains information on the butcher shop owned by Leeman Mackey and also on the Mackey family. It consists of several account books (1879-1938), a calendar (1926), a schoolbook (1908), a piano method (1969) and a few photographs (1909 & 1969). The photographs show T.S. Chapman in front of "Good Cheer Lodge" in 1909 and Kathleen Mackey with classmates at the Bishopton Intermediate School in 1969 (the last class before the closure of the school). The school book is autographed "Cora Brown". Among the account books are one for the Megantic Rifle Association (1879-1902), one that appears to be for a boarding house (1889-1892), and the others are from Leeman Mackey's butcher business.
Mackey, LeemanThe fonds contains source material on the Sentiers Massawippi mainly from 1990-1999. The fonds consists of minutes, lists of members, press clippings, correspondence, petitions, feasibility studies, maps and photographs. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration (1989-1998), Finances (1991-1998), Membership (1990-1997), Public Relations (1989-1999), Greenway Corridors (1982-1997), Photographs (([199-]), and Maps & Plans (1983-[199-]).
Sentiers Massawippi (Massawippi, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the management and the activities of a regional children choir, the Estrie Young Singers, from 1987 to 1999. It provides information on the administrative decisions taken by the Parents' Committee, on the efforts made to obtain the financial resources necessary to hold the choir's activities, on the concerts performed in the region, and on the social activities organized for the choir members. The fonds consists of mainly minutes, correspondence, budgets, financial statements, grant applications, membership lists, programmes, posters, press clippings, scrapbooks, trophies, and photographs. It is comprised of the following series: Administration (1987-1998), Financial Resources (1988-1999), Membership (1987-[199-], Performances and Events (1987-1998).
Estrie Young Singers (Lennoxville, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the various activities of members of the Martin family, of Shefford county. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Account Books (1870-1896), Correspondence--Abigail (1838-1861), Sons of Temperance (1874-1879), Municipality of South Stukeley (1926-1938), District School Daily Roll call ([184-?]), Canadian Pacific Railway (1894), and Clinton Martin (1909).
Martin (family)The fonds contains source material on the private, academic, and professional life of Rev. Harold Boomhour between 1918 and 1987. The fonds consists of correspondence, press clippings, sermons, and minutes. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Private Life (1924-1987), Student Life (1918-1924), and Ministry (1924-1968).
Boomhour, Harold, 1898-1986The fonds contains source material on the attack of Pope Gray and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Berkley Gray, by Fenians on June 15, 1869 in Ballinlough, Ireland, and Pope Gray's family tree. It consists of press clippings, correspondence, a testimonial from the Lord Lieutenant, and a family tree. It is comprised of the following files : Scrapbook (1869-[19--]), Testimonial (1869), and Family tree ([19--]).
Gray, PopeThe fonds contains source material on the organization and the activities of the Hatley Centre Women's Institute from 1955 to 1983. It is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1958-1983), and Accounting Books (1955-1981).
Hatley Centre Women's Institute (Hatley, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the organization and the activities of the North Hatley Women's Institute during the last three years of its existence (1965 to 1968). The fonds is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1965-1968), Accounting Books (1965-1968), and Correspondence (1968).
North Hatley Women's Institute (North Hatley, Que.)The single item in the fonds contains source material on the activities of the Massawippi Women's Institute from 1918 to 1922. The fonds consists of the Massawippi Women's Institute's minute book (1919-1922).
Massawippi Women's Institute (Massawippi, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the organization and the activities of the Stanstead County Women's institutes from 1915 to 1992. It is comprised of the following series: History (1935-[197-?]), Minutes (1915-1992), Accounting Books (1922-1987), Programmes (1936-1969), Buildings and Property (1929), Reports ([1940?]-[1946?]), Correspondence (1941-1951), Poems ([195-?]-1967), Press Clippings (1951-1953), and Miscellaneous Documents ([191-?]-1954).
Stanstead County Women's Institutes (Stanstead, Que.)The fonds contains source material mainly related to Malca and Ruby Friedman's literary writings. The fonds consists of manuscripts, press clipping, publications, family and professional correspondence, interviews on audiocassette, photographs and scrapbooks. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Malca Friedman [19- ], Ruby Friedman [19- ] and Family [19- ].
Friedman (family)The fonds contains source material on the service of Jean Tansley Gilbart in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War II and on the officers of the No. 4 Canadian General Hospital in Sherbrooke. The fonds consists of Jean Tansley Gilbart's record of service, a statement of service, a nominal roll of officers at No. 4 Canadian General Hospital, and 2 photographs of the officers.
Gilbart, Jean Tansley, 1916-1997The fonds contains primary source information on Church management and activities from 1891 to 2011. It also provides information on the New Hampshire Vermont District of Unitarian Universalist Societies, on the Canadian Unitarian Council, and on the Huntingville and Moe's River Universalist churches. It consists primarily of minutes; registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; correspondence; membership lists; directories; newsletters; reports; and press clippings. It is comprised of the following series: Administration and Management (1899-2009), Financial Resources (1892-[1992?], [2000-2010?]), Buildings and Property (1957-1991, 2009), Membership (1891-2009), Ministry ([193-?]-1993), Worship (1927-2011), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1897-2001), Organizations (1903-1992), External Organizations (1901-2010).
North Hatley Unitarian Universalist Church (North Hatley, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the administration and the activities of the 1st Windsor Group from 1929 to 1973. It consists mainly of minutes, annual reports, correspondence, financial reports and registration forms. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration (1929-1973), Financial Resources (1960-1965), Membership (1962-1973), Photographs ([194?]-1980), St. Francis Valley District (1961-1965), and Miscellaneous Documents (1964-1980).
Boy Scouts of Canada. 1st Windsor Group (Windsor, Que.)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-?]).
Epps, Bernard, 1936-2007The fonds contains source material on the organization, the activities, and the philosophy of the Cherry River Women's Institute from 1934 to 1953. The fonds is comprised of one series: Minutes (1934-1953).
Cherry River Women's Institute (Cherry River, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the organization, the activities, and the philosophy of the Orford Women's Institute from 1918 to 1955. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1928-1954), and Accounting Books (1918-1955).
Orford Women's Institute (Orford, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the organization and the activities of the Beebe Women's Institute from 1921 to 1987. It is comprised of the following series: Minutes (1921-1987), Treasurer's Books (1952-1989), Roll Call Book (1969-1987), Annual Reports (1979-1980), and Miscellaneous Documents (1954-1960).
Beebe Women's Institute (Beebe, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the organization and the activities of the Minton Women's Institute from 1937 to 1967. It is comprised of the following series: History (1952-1967), Minutes (1937-1964), and Annual Reports (1963).
Minton Women's Institute (Minton, Que.)