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 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 Paton Manufacturing Company located on Courcelette Street in Sherbrooke.
Item is a photograph of the Magog River taken from the St. Francis River, with the Banner Sewing Machine Co. visible on the shore.
Item is a photograph of the Magog River near the wooden mills and surrounding landscape, taken near Sherbrooke.
Item is a photograph of the old Paton Mill located in Sherbrooke, which produced woolens. It has since closed and been partly removed from the site.
Item is a photograph of the Jenkes Machine Co., located in Sherbrooke, which made mining equipment.
Item is a photograph of Walter Blue and Co., once the largest clothing manufacturer in the Eastern Townships.
Item is a photograph of the Canadian Rand Drill Co., located in Sherbrooke, which manufactured mining machinery.
Item is a photograph of the Canadian Fairbanks Co., located in Sherbrooke, which made valves and scales for the railway.
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 postcard showing a reproduced photograph showing the Magog River gorge in Sherbrooke and the industrial building that once stood on the “island” in the middle of the river, probably photographed around the 1890s, reproduced around 1930.
The item contains information on Robert Speer’s activities. It is a newspaper article about Sherbrooke’s industries in the 1930’s.
Item is a photograph of a Christmas party at the National Thread factory, in Sherbrooke.
Item is a photograph of the the first National Thread plant located on Laurier Ave., Sherbrooke, before the company opened a new one on 10th avenue in 1952.
Item is a photograph of the signing of collective convention with the local 1506 of l'union des ouvriers du Textile d'Amérique. Left to right: Gilles Courchesne, president of the local, Freeman Clowery, Secretary-Treasurer and Robert Dean, manager of the joint council of the Eastern Townships of the UOTA.
The item is a postcard showing the Paton Manufacturing Company in Sherbrooke from 1913.
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.
he item is a postcard view of the Magog River gorge with bridge and industries visible in the background in Sherbrooke from about the 1920s.
The item is a postcard view of the Magog River, dam and the Moore Carpet Factory in Sherbrooke from 1909.
The item is a postcard view of the Magog River gorge with bridge and industries visible in the background in Sherbrooke from about the 1920s.
The item is a postcard with a reproduction of a Henry Bartlett print of Magog River falls and factories in Sherbrooke from 1906.
The item is a postcard of the Wolfe (presently Belvedere) Street bridge from the Magog River with factories visible in the background from 1913.
The item is a postcard showing the confluence of the Magog and St. Francis Rivers with a view of some of the industries and the Sherbrooke East from about the 1920s.
Item is a photograph taken in 1900 of the Magog river in Sherbrooke with industrial buildings visible on the bank.
Item is a photograph taken in 1890 with a view of the Magog river in Sherbrooke, industry along its banks, and a dam across it.
Item is a photograph taken in 1903 of industry along the Magog river in Sherbrooke. Buildings of the Ever-Rest Spring Bed Company are visible on the right bank and a dam crosses the river.
Item is a photograph taken in 1905 with a view of the Ever-Rest Spring Bed Company factory on the banks of the Magog river in Sherbrooke. A dam is also visible.
Item is a photograph taken in 1876 with a view of the Magog river in Sherbrooke, a dam crossing it, and industrial buildings on the visible bank.
The item is a photograph taken in 1900 depicting industry along the Magog river in Sherbrooke. Seen in the foreground is the Eastern Townships Corset Company, and in the background the Burton Brewery Company. A dam on the river is also visible.