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CA ETRC P006-010-004-002 · Part · 1939
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph showing the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the train station in Sherbrooke on 12 June 1939. Appearing in photograph, L-R: Major Grier, Miss Gagné, Major A. Biron, Mrs. Watson, Major Marcus Armitage, Lt-Col. Lee M. Watson, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Armitage, Bishop Duranleau, and Alderman Maurice Delorme.

Dominion Day parade, Hatley
CA ETRC P006-006-021-001 · Part · 1927
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of the Canada Day parade in Hatley, looking up Main Street, in 1927. H.B. Whitcomb general store partially visible. Robert (Bob) Eardley-Wilmot is boy in sailor suit.

Dominion Day parade, Hatley
CA ETRC P006-006-021-002 · Part · 1927
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of the Canada Day parade in Hatley, looking up Main Street, in 1927. H.B. Whitcomb general store partially visible. Barbara Eardley-Wilmot at far right corner.

Skiing near Sherbrooke
CA ETRC P006-010-001-027 · Part · [1924 or 1925]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of (left to right) “Red” (Harry Saunders), Harry Grundy and “Bones” (Lloyd Bowen) skiing near Sherbrooke in 1924 or 1925.

Boy Scout by tent
CA ETRC P006-004-002-009 · Part · 1921
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a Boy Scout standing in front of a tent during a 2nd Sherbrooke Troop camp on Lake Massawippi in 1912.

Sports
CA ETRC P006-004-007 · File · [1920?]-[1925?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on the athletic activities of Lloyd H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC, from around 1920 to 1925. It consists of a programme for the Rugby Dinner of the Bishop's University Athletic Association on 21 November 1920 and photocopies of press clippings about Lloyd H. Bowen's participation in a canoe trip, a camp at Kenora, the Sherbrooke High School rugby team, and skiing competitions. The file also includes photographs from the camping trip, of Lloyd in his rugby equipment as well as the 1923 Sherbrooke High School rugby team.

Harry E. Grundy
CA ETRC P006-010-001-025 · Part · [192-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of Harry E. Grundy outside of Plymouth Congregational Church (presently Plymouth-Trinity United Church) in Sherbrooke from about the 1920s.

Sherbrooke Fair midway
CA ETRC P006-010-004-003 · Part · 26 Aug. 1919
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of midway at the Sherbrooke Exhibition (Fair), including a view of the ferris wheel, taken on 26 August 1919.

CA ETRC P006-006-021 · File · [1917-1942?], [1962-1963], [1993-1996])
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on the life of Barbara Rose (Eardley Wilmot) Constable from around the years 1917 to 1942, 1962 to 1963, and 1993 to 1996. It consists of a memoir of a childhood Christmas, documents, including handwritten notes, pertaining to her father's life and his career in the Church, correspondence regarding her father's passing, a copy of "A Short History of the Diocese of Quebec. 1793-1993" by James T. Sweeny with Barbara's name written on it and some handwritten notes at the back, photographs of a Canada Day parade in Hatley and Hallowell Cottage in Sherbrooke, and a hand-drawn map of the houses in Sherbrooke which she visited as a child and some of their occupants.

Eardley-Wilmot, Barbara Rose (1915-2002)
Lennoxville short bridge
CA ETRC P006-010-003-003 · Part · [191-?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of the covered bridge over the Massawippi River in Lennoxille, also known as the "short bridge," taken around 1910.

Railroads
CA ETRC P006-005-001 · File · [1898?]-[1902?]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on the involvement of Cecil H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC with railroads from approximately 1898 to 1902. It consists of photocopies of press clippings on railways and the Great Lakes Waterway; a copy of Bill 98, the Act Respecting the Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Railway Company, passed by the House of Commons in the 1890s; a prospectus and an application form related to the issuing of debentures by the Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Railway Company in 1898; a draft contract, dated 1898, between Cecil H. Bowen, Reuben W. Leonard and John D. Cameron for the building of the railway; and correspondence, notes, and estimates related to the railway and to the construction of a line between Newington in Sherbrooke and Tobins Mills. One letter is addressed to Frank Grundy, Manager of the Quebec Central Railway in Sherbrooke. The file also includes a map showing the route of the Cobourg, Northumberland and Pacific Railway Company and its connections.

Mining
CA ETRC P006-005-002 · File · 1888-1910
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on Cecil H. Bowen's involvement in mining from 1888 to 1910 in Newfoundland, Brazil and the Eastern Townships. It consists of correspondence, prospectuses, accounts, sample analyses, geological reports, and accounts related to the Standard Pyrites Company, which operated a limestone and slate mine in Newfoundland in the 1890s and 1900s. It also includes the rules and regulations of the Pilley's Island (Newfoundland) Board of Health, of which C.H. Bowen was Chairman, correspondence and a travel visa regarding the operation of the Barcellos Gold Mines Ltd. in Brazil from 1889 to 1892 and correspondence and a map related to Cecil's mining rights in the Eastern Townships, particularly in the area of South Ham.
The Pyrites Company was a mining venture Cecil H. Bowen pursued with his brother, Francis (aka Frank) Arthur Bowen.

CA ETRC P006-010-001-020 · Part · [ca. 1884]
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The item is a photograph of a group picnicking at Fletcher's Flat, on the St. Francis River in Sherbrooke. Pictured: Mrs. A. Elkins, Mrs. Holland, Ethel Austin, Lucy Holland, Fred. L. Bowen, W. Paton, Lloyd, Katie Ibbotson, Ruby Hunt, Lottie Lloyd, Fanny Symmes, Girlie Bowen, Jessie Bowen Hunt, Belle Symmes, Belle Elkins, Carrie Clark, G.F. Bowen, Dr. F. Austin, Mrs. Austin, M. Hallowell, Noel Brooks, Rose Brooks, Florence and Nita Hunt in cart, C.H. Bowen, Percy Lomas, Minnie Hallowell.