The item consists of an annotated report, compiled by H. Hubbard, school inspector, on the Protestant schools of Sherbrooke in 1886.
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, LeemanItem consists of a certificate awarded to Lloyd Bowen for service to the residents of the city of Sherbrooke during the Spanish Influenza epidemic in 1918.
The item is a letter from Doris Bridgette to Mardie recounting that she had recently been laid-off from Bruck Silk Mills in Cowansville from the 25 April 1931.
The item is a reference letter from L. Schildkraut Lee, manager, at Bruck Silk Mills (Cowansville) for Doris Bridgette, dated 9 May 1931.
The item is a published book consisting of biographies of men and women from the Cookshire area that served in World War I.
The file contains the 1929 charter of the Sherbrooke Trust Company; the company's annual reports for 1957, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985; and annual reports of the Trust Général du Canada for 1972 and 1976 and of Trust co General for 1987.
The file contains primary source material on tourism in the Sutton area from the early 1900s. It consists of an advertisement outlining the attractions Sutton can offer to tourists. The advertisement includes images of the surrounding landscape and includes Grace Anglican Church in Sutton, Legrage Falls, Balance Rock, the Pinnacle, Sutton Methodist Church, the Canadian Mohonk, and Billing's cascade.
The file consists of one programme of a convention, dated 16 August 1917, held in Birchton Church. The file provides information on the programme of the Annual Convention of the Sunday School Association of the Province of Quebec, which was affiliated with the Provincial Sunday School Association.
The file consists of a funeral liturgy for Robin Bruce Burns, dated 13 February 1998.
The file contains primary source information on the life of Reverend Lemuel Oscar Bunt. It consists of an autobiography written by Rev. Bunt, and included information on his time as a minister at the Birchton, Bulwer and Eaton Corner United Churches from 1932 to 1938.
The file contains primary source information on the Coaticook Baptist Church around 1900. It consists of an ad card for the visiting Reverend John Linton, B. A., at the Baptist Church in Coaticook on 25 April [ca. 1900].
The file consists of a book of poems by Joseph Rice Ball and Lillian Stuart Ball, titled "Greetings from Mapleside", which also includes photographs, from around 1900 and a custom Christmas greeting card from Henry S. Ball, dated 1907. Mapleside was the Ball family property in Waterville.
The file consists of a court notice for the declaration of bankruptcy by James Arthur Barrie, a trader in Richmond, 1911. F. G. Gale was appointed as provisional guardian of the property.
Item is a programme for the closing exercises for Dunham Ladies College held on 9 June 1898. Printed by News Type in St. John's (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
The item is a form letter to parents of students at St. Helen's School (formerly Dunham Ladies College) in Dunham, assuring them that there are no serious cases of influenza (likely the Spanish flu) present at the boarding school in 1919.
The item is a letter from W.A. Williams (managing director of The Electric Reduction Company in Buckingham, Que.), father of Hilda Williams, student at Dunham Ladies College (latterly St. Helen's School), to Miss Jackson in 1908 regarding the educational wishes for his daughter.
The file consists of a school municipality census for East Bolton for 1899. The ledger was later used as a cookbook for Emma (née Bryant) Patch (1891-1951) of Magog, probably from the 1920s to the 1940s.
The item is a school notebook, consisting of lesson notes and plans, kept by Berth Ralston from 1891-1902 in West Bolton and following her move to New Hampshire. Bertha B. Ralston was the daughter of Edward Ralston and Carrie Williamson of West Bolton; she was born in 1868, died 1957. Bertha Ralston married Arthur Foster Sumner in 1894 in West Bolton, Quebec. The later moved to Concord, New Hampshire, where they lived until sometime after 1910.
The item is a catalogue from the Vilas Furniture Company in Cowansville from around the 1980s.
The item is a catalogue from the Vilas Furniture Company in Cowansville from around the 1970s.
The item is a catalogue from the Vilas Furniture Company in Cowansville from around the 1960s.
The item is an index to the names appearing the publication Soldiers of Cookshire and Vicinity in the Great War.
The file consists of a digital reproduction of the East Clifton Busy Bees' Cook Book, probably from the late 1970s. The Busy Bees were first organized as a Sunday School class of the East Clifton Methodist (later United) Church for teenage girls.
Item is a grant to Colin Noble for a parcel of land in the village of Bruceville in Winslow Township, dated 8 August 1866.
Item is a publication by the Eastern Townships Immigration Society entitled: "To the Farmers of the Eastern Townships: A Few Hints to Help Solve the Labor Question."