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CA ETRC P997 · Collection · [18--]-2005

The collection contains source material on various topics related to the Eastern Townships in the ninetieth and twentieth centuries such as settlement, colonization, politic, military, economy, transport, communication, health and welfare, education, religion and culture. It consists mainly of schedules, obituaries, by-laws, insurance policies, certificates, photographs, maps, drawings, posters, cards, petitions, genealogies, diaries, scrapbooks, newspapers, letters, songsheets, land grants, reports, ledgers, minutes of meetings, notebooks and programmes. The collection is comprised of the following series: Settlement and Colonization ([18--]-Photocopied 1994), Politics (1965-1974), Military (1802-1988), Economy (1830-1987), Transport and Communications (1826-1990), Health and Welfare (1931-1949), Education (1854-1998), Religion ([18-?]-Photocopied 1993), Culture ([18-?]-1990).

Land Transactions
CA ETRC P997-001-02 · Sub-series · 1800-1936
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The subseries contains source material on the land grants and other transactions in the Eastern Townships from 1800 to 1936. It is comprised of the following files: Winslow (1860-1866), Newport (1800-1814 [photocopied [1983?]), Stanstead (1810 [photocopied 198-?]), Dudswell (1802, 1903-1911), Hatley ([1823, photocopied 198-?], 1872), Barnston (1849 [photocopied 198-?], 1862, 1874-1876), Ascot (1908-1913, photocopied [197-?-1983]), and Melbourne (1936).

Dudswell
CA ETRC P997-001-02-004 · File · 1802, 1903-1911
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information on land transactions in the Township of Dudswell from 1802 to 1903. It consists of a letters patent granting land to John Bishop and associates in Dudswell Township, Wolfe County dated 1802. It also consists of an indenture dated June 12, 1903 and a deed of sale dated July 25, 1907 between John A. Vintinner and Ernest J. Boothe for the sale of lot 15a, range 4 in the Township of Dudswell. Finally, it consists of a deed of sale dated April 14, 1911 between Edward J. Tupper and David E. Bennett for the sale of lot 15x, range 4 in the Township of Dudswell.

Stanstead
CA ETRC P997-001-02-003 · File · 1810-1823 [photocopied [198-?]]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of photocopies of true and faithful copies, issued in 1861 by the Provincial Registrar's Office, of two documents related to land grants in the Township of Stanstead at the beginning of the 19th century. The first document consists in the letters patent granting certain lots unto Charles Kilborn, Isaac Ogden and their associates on 27 September 1800. The second document is a list of lands (lots and range numbers) granted unto Sir Robert Shore Milnes on 12 March 1810. It also consists of a photocopy of a deed of sale by Rev. Charles Stuart, represented by Sir Robert Shore Milnes, to William Bullock for lot 24, range 1 and lot 25, range 2 in Stanstead Township, originally dated 1823.

Hatley
CA ETRC P997-001-02-005 · File · [1823, photocopied 198-?], 1872
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information on land transactions concerning Hatley in 1823 and in 1872. It consists of a photocopy of a sale and conveyance by Ebenezer Hovey to Simon Kezar for the northwest quarter of lot 7, range 3 in Hatley Township, in 1823. Appended to the photocopy of the deed is a hand-drawn plan of the land concerned. It also consists of a receipt for a final mortgage payment received from Benjamin Burland by F.D. Gilbert in 1872, for part of lot 5, Range 1 and part of lot 7, Range 2 in Hatley.

Businesses
CA ETRC P997-004-04 · Sub-series · 1830-[198-?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The subseries contains source material on business in the Eastern Townships from 1830 to around 1940. It is comprised of the following files: Joseph Edwin George General Store (1900-1913), Boynton Store (1830), Megantic General Store (1893-1897), J. Selby (1862-1864), John McCammon General Store (1890-[1938?]), Gleason's Shorthand and Business College (1913), Charmeuse Hosiery ([194-?]), Vilas Furniture Company ([196-?]-[198-?]), and James A. Barrie (1911).

Bean/Beane family
CA ETRC P997-001-04-021 · File · 1835-1916
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains information on the Bean/Beane family of Hatley and East Hereford from 1835 to 1916. It consists of reproductions of births and marriages from the family Bible, the last will and testaments for Josephine Bean(e) and Edwin Bean(e), and the cadastral index for Range 2, Lots 4 & 5 in the Township of Hereford.

Everyday Life
CA ETRC P997-010 · Series · 1836, 1897-1901, 1912-1919, [200-?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The series consists of primary source material on everyday life in the Eastern Townships. The series contains the following sub-series: Writings (1836, 1897-1901, ([200-?]), and Correspondence (1912-1919).

Writings
CA ETRC P997-010-01 · Sub-series · 1836, 1897-1901, ([200-?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The sub-series consists of writings that inform about everyday life in the Eastern Townships. It contains the following files : Diary of a Canadian Teacher (1836), Reminiscent and Otherwise by Dr. George McAleer (1901), Reminiscenses of Student Life and Practice by E.D. Worthington (1897), and Hatley Tales by Garth E. Morrisette ([200-?]).

Diary of a Canadian Teacher
CA ETRC P997-010-01-001 · File · 1836
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of the diary of a young teacher named Mabel during the time of the settlements in the Eastern Townships. The diary is titled "Leaves from the Diary of a Canadian Teacher in 1836". It follows the twelve-week period in which Mabel travels to a town or village to be a teacher (maybe Bondville, Knowlton). It contains information on everyday life, such as the way the houses were built in that area, the accommodations where Mabel was boarding, the type of food she ate and the way religion was celebrated and perceived by some. The author also gives information on many families such as the Furniss', the Burtons, the Carnes, the Murrays and the Wests. She also speaks of a Mr. Gardner, who is later arrested and thrown in the Sherbrooke jail and of a "brother Clifton" who owns a small grist mill. There is also a passage on the economy of the region, in which Mabel explains the process of making "Salts" (a.k.a. potash and pearlash). She mentions some of her students and their academic background, but all in all, there is little information on school life.

Students
CA ETRC P997-007-03 · Sub-series · 1842-1998
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The subseries contains source material regarding students from various educational institutions throughout the Eastern Townships from 1854 to 1998. It contains the following files: Examination Reports (1909-1936), Students Related Material (1854-1923), Leisure Occupations (1916-1998), Student's Council of Lennoxville High School (1935), and School Newspapers (1986-1994).

Students Related Materials
CA ETRC P997-007-03-002 · File · 1842-1926
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of a catalogue of the officers and students from Stanstead Seminary (now Stanstead College), for 1841-1842; one manuscript school notebook dated 1854; a poem, dated April 1900; an autograph book, dated 1924; a baccalaureate programme, dated 1926; and two school notebooks, dated 1891-1902. The poem, called "Vive Montjoie", is by Dolor Biron, a philosophy student at the Séminaire Saint-Charles Borromée of Sherbrooke. The file provides information on geology, geography, religion, and literature as school subjects. The autograph book provides information on Florence Mead's time as a student at Macdonald College, School for Teachers, including entries from numerous students from the Eastern Townships, lesson plan assignments, observation lessons and a timetable. The programme is for the Sherbrooke High School baccalaureate service held at Plymouth Church in Sherbrooke. The notebooks from Bertha Ralston provide information on school lessons from the area of West Brome from 1891 to 1902.

Sherbrooke Gazette
CA ETRC P997-005-07-012 · File · 1846-1858, 1885
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of five issues of the newspaper the Sherbrooke Gazette (and Eastern Townships Advertiser): Vol. IV, No. 2, dated 8 January 1846; Vol. VII, No. 45, dated 10 November 1849, Vol. XVII, No. 936, dated 27 December 1856; Vol. XIX, No. 1027, dated 18 September 1858, and Vol. XLVI, No. 6, dated 6 February 1885.

Barnston
CA ETRC P997-001-02-006 · File · 1849 [photocopied 198-?], 1862, 1874-1876
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information relating to land in Barnston in 1849, 1862 and from 1874 to 1876. It consists of a photocopy of a letter written March 14, 1849 by [A. Sowen?] to Robinson Oughtred, Esq. regarding a property dispute concerning lot 6, range 11 in Barnston. It also consists of a complaint filed by William Locker Felton against Alexander Edson, Junior, for non-payment of a mortgage on the north quarter of lot 3, range 2 and the north half of lot 1, range 2 in Barnston, as well as a court summons for the same case. It also consists of a mortgage (1874) and mortgage and obligation (1876) by John Hunter, William Hunter, and Ann Lane Walker to Ernest Maloney for the north half of lot 10, range 2 and the north half of lot 11, range 2 in Barnston.