The item is a postcard of Asbestos in Quebec. A convent is seen behind the houses.
The item is a photograph of Silas Baker on a plow (plough) pulled by a team of horses at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
The item is a photograph of a team hauling a log on a sledge (sled) in winter, likely including members of the Baker family at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, taken in 1914 or 1915. Also visible is the load binder - the bent stick. The log would be chained to the sled, the load binder attached to the chain, bent over and hooked, thereby applying tension to the chain to hold the log in place.
The item is a photograph of a team of horses pulling a wagon loaded with hay, with Ruth Baker driving, at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
Item is a photograph of a sledge pulled by a team of horses, likely including members of the Baker family at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, on their way to manually spread manure in winter, taken in 1914 or 1915.
Item is a photograph of the barn at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville as hay is being hoisted into the hay mow, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
The item is a photograph of Silas Baker on a hay cutter pulled by a team of horses at the Edwin G. Baker farm on Haslett Road at Danville, likely taken in 1914 or 1915.
The file contains photographs of the Baker and Messenger families in Richmond and Danville.
The item is a copy of a photograph of the Grand Trunk Railway station in Danville, Quebec, with the Queen's Hotel visible in the background.
The subseries file contains primary source information on the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in Sherbrooke in 1944. It consists of one telephone directory for Sherbrooke and vicinity, dated June 1944. It also includes information for Lennoxville, Asbestos, Ayer's Cliff, Bishopton, Black Lake, Bury, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire, Danville, Disraeli, East Angus, East Broughton, East Hereford, Garthby, Inverness, La Patrie, Laurierville, Leeds, Lyster, Magog, Marbleton, Megantic, North Hatley, Plessisville, Richmond, Rock Island, St. Ferdinand de Halifax, St. Malo, Sawyerville, Scotstown, Thetford Mines, Victoriaville, Waterville, and Windsor.
Bell Telephone Company of Canada (The)The file consists of four booklets titled "Prize Lists for the Richmond County Agricultural Society Annual Fair", dated respectively 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967; prize cards, from 1893-1914, of the Danville Union Agricultural Society, the Richmond County Agricultural Society and the Eastern Townships Agriculture Society; a souvenir programme from the Sherbrooke Fair from 1945; and a poster of the 62nd Annual Farmers' Exhibition, organized by the Stanstead County Agricultural Society in Ayer's Cliff, from 28 to 29 August 1907. The file provides information on the setting up of agricultural fairs. It contains the names of the Richmond County Agricultural Society's members, the departmental committees and the rules and regulations and judging programmes of the fairs. It also a prize book for Canada's Great Eastern Exhibition (Sherbrooke, Que.) from 1894 and architectural drawings for a multifunctional building for the Exposition Sherbrooke Fair, dated 23 March 1983.
The file contains records relating to the P.C.P. Competition attended by the club in 1994. It consists of a booklet that contains the final results of the competition.
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The subseries contains information relating to the "Programme Canadien de Patinage" (P.C.P.) Competitions attended by the "Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus" from 1992 to 1994. It mainly consists of booklets containing details of the event as well as final results of the competition. The subseries is comprised of the following files: 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The series contains information on the events and special activities hosted and attended by the "Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus" from 1975 to 2000. It consists of records created and/or accumulated during the club's processes of planning, organizing, hosting, and attending events. The series is comprised of the following subseries: Suzanne Cathcart Competitions (1993-1999), Shows (1975-1998), Grand-Patine-thon (1990, 1996), Championships (1984, 1996), Lac-Mégantic Invitation Competitions (1985-1995), Local Competitions (1980-1995), Denis Beaudoin Competitions (1981-1984), Interpretation Competitions (1981-1987), "Programme Court" Competitions (1983-1987), "Jeux de Quebec" (1975-1995), "Programme Court & Interpretation Suzanne Cathcart" Competitions (1988-1992), Compulsory Elements and Freestyle Regional Competitions (1982-1983), Estrie Invitation Competitions (1986-1992), P.C.P. Competitions (1992-1994), Spaghetti Dinners (1998), Regional Elimination Provincial Championships (1979-1980), Reviews on Ice (1999-2000), and Anniversaries (1993).
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The fonds contains records relating to the history, administration, finances, committees, membership, tests, members & coaches, events, special activities, and property of the Club de Patinage Artistique d'East Angus from 1973 to 2002. The fonds contains lists of members, members’ files, skating test records, competition results, financial records, posters and programmes, minutes, souvenir albums, publicity, business reords, reports, by-laws, and correspondence. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration (1974-2001), Members (1974-2002), Coaches (1984-2002), Events and Special Activities (1975-2000), Committees (1974-2000), Miscellaneous ([197-?]-2000), Buildings and Property (1973-2000) and Skate Canada (1976-1997)
Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)The file contains photographic information on mines and mining equipment in Val-des-Sources (Asbstos) from 1909 to 1930. It consists of pictures.
The series contains source material on the repairs of Trinity United Church of Danville. It consists of correspondence, reports, submissions, invoices, sketches and photographs. The repairs were done on the roof, the bell tower, outside walls, stained glass, entrance and nave. The series is comprised of the following subseries: Correspondence (1996-1999), Finances (1995-1998), Submissions (1998), Reports (1994-1998) and Photographs.
The series contains source material on the repairs of the Holy Trinity Church of Denison’s Mill. It consists of correspondence, reports, photographs and agreement letter. The repairs were done on the foundations, the exterior walls, the entries and the interior. The series is comprised of the following subseries: Agreement (2006), Correspondence (2001-2006), Reports (1994-2006) and Photographs (2001).
Johns-Manville mine is Asbestos taken on April 30th, 1954
Arial photo of the Johns-Manville mine in Asbestos.
Johns-Manville mine on June 25th, 1950
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 contains information on the Baker family's personal lives. It is a farm scene depicting two unidentified young people, with a young man pushing a young woman seated on a wheelbarrow, possibly in the area of Danville.
The file contains information on the Danville Rifle Company. It consists of a history as remembered by T. Perkins (aka "Perk") Cleveland and correspondence received by Herbert Derick.
Item consists of photograph of Lieutenant Harry Roland Cleveland, member of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.
Series contains primary source material on the life and service of Harry Roland Cleveland Jr. It consists of a testimonial in support of his application for the Royal Flying Corps, certificates of appointment, Cleveland Jr's soldier diary describing his everyday life in the Royal Flying Corps before he left for Europe and then when he was on active duty in Europe during World War I, Royal Flying Corps transfer and training cards, certificates of military qualification, correspondence and a Roster of War Birds from the RFC - RNAS 1958 Anniversary Reunion.
Cleveland, Harry Roland, Jr.