Collection presents information on the life, particularly religious life, of Gilles Baril, priest, in Coaticook and areas in Sherbrooke and East Angus, from about the 1980s to 2005. It consists of a biography, titled “Une vie arc-en-ciel”, on the first part of Gilles Baril’s personal and religious life and a number of musical recordings used in the course of church activities and services.
"Midsummer Night's Dream" -a collection of fifteen pencil and water colour posters, measuring approximately 18"x12", depicting characters from Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Artist -Tondino.
"Puck"
"Philostrate, A Drunken Impressario"[sic]
(Man in blue cap)
(Man in brown hat)
"Ageus"
"Oberon"
"Theseus, A Drunk"
"Flute"
"Snout"
(Man in blue uniform) 11."Lysander" 12."Titania" 13."Helena"
"Herma"
"Hippolyta"
"Hostage" - a collection of four pencil and water colour posters, measuring approximately 20"x 16", depicting characters from the play "Hostage." Artist Tondino
"Rio Rita and Princess Grace"
"Ira Officer and Feargus O'Connor"
"Pat"
"Leslie Williams and Teresa"
Sketches: Unnamed -Tondino 1978
Theatre Posters:
Theatre Activ 1997 -3 items
Theatre Activ 1998
Plans: Stage settings Note: Director J. Roberts
"Picnic on the Battlefield" ground plan - 4 items -October 1981, Director Guido Tondino, Design Dan Chatham
"The Seagull" ground plan -2 items -November 1990(?) Director London Green
"En Pieces Detachees" ground plan -1 item -n.d. Cathy Mitchell
"Twelfth Night" ground plan -5 items -n.d. Director J. Roberts, Design Tondino
"The Hostage" ground plan -5 items -n.d. Director J. Roberts, Design Tondino
"The Miser" ground plan and props -9 items -n.d. Director Jackson Roberts, Design Tondino
"Tefu and Her Friend" ground plan and props -12 items -n.d. Director Jon Rittenhouse Design B. Champoux
"Midsummer Night's Dream" ground plan and props -5 items -n.d. Director Jake Roberts Design Guido Tondino
Fonds presents the foundation and early activities and exhibitions of the Beaulne Museum in Coaticook from 1977 to 1997. It consists of correspondence, reports, agreements, information on exhibitions and the museum collection, photographs, and press clippings. The fonds is composed of the following series: Administration, Moveable and immoveable property, Publicity, and Activities.
Le fonds présente les activités et le gestion de la Bibliothèque Françoise-Maurice de Coaticook de 1971 à 2014. Il consiste de rapports annuels, de procès-verbaux, de photographies et de coupures de presse. Le fonds est composé des séries suivantes: Documents historiques, Procès-verbaux, Rapports annuels, Activités et animation, Bâtiments et biens mobiliers, Coupures de presse.
Fonds reflects Cinéma Opéra's programming in Coaticook from 1959 to the 1970s. It consists of film descriptions, tickets, a few administrative documents, and a photocopy of a photograph of the Cinéma Opéra building. The fonds consists of the following series: Programming, Operations, and Photograph.
The fonds contains biographical source material on Doris Snowdon's life as an artist and on her family genealogy. It consists of a biographical brochure, an article on the Maffre's genealogy, 3 paintings (reproductions) and 6 sketches. The fonds is comprised of the following files: Biography ([196-?]-2001), Maffres' Genealogy ([2002?]), and Artistic Works ([195-?]-[196-]).
The fonds contains primary source information on the professional life of Royce Gale in Sherbrooke from 1950 to 1968. It consists of photographs of some of the classes taught by Royce Gale and of drama performances at the Sherbrooke High School, as well as a newspaper article on the naming Eastern Townships School Board administrators in 1968.
The fonds contains primary source information on the theatre productions of the Brae Manor Players in Knowlton and North Hatley from 1939 to 1955. If consists of programmes.
The fonds contains information on the musical performances of the École musicale du Comté de Stanstead in Coaticook from 1930 to 1931. It consists of programmes.
The fonds contains some source material on the musical career of Marie Aimée Warrot from 1930 to 1967. It consists of documentary materials of various types, including biographical information, correspondence, newspaper clippings and reviews, recital programmes, photographs, scrapbooks, and various other items. It is comprised of the following series:
Biographical information (c1971),
Correspondence (1938-1973),
Photographs & Franz Liszt daguerreotype print (1939-1954),
Newspaper clippings and reviews (1942-1973),
Scrapbooks (1958-1967),
Programmes of piano recitals (1930-1955),
Emile Sauer music composition (1913),
Emile Sauer sound recording,
Ludwig van Beethoven last will and testament reproduction,
Frédéric Chopin hand casting (1949),
Frédéric Chopin bronze medallions (1949),
Publications;
Les Grand Interprètes: Wilhelm Backhaus (1958), Pablo Casals (1955), Alfred Cortot (1955), Edwin Fischer (1954), Walter Gieseking (1954), Wilhelm Kempff (1954), Yehudi Menuhin - Georges Enesco (1955), Andrès Segovia (1955).
The fonds contains primary source material pertaining to Matrix magazine (published in Lennoxville, QC from 1974 to 1988). The material in the fonds spans from 1913 to 1921, and from 1974 to 1995. It consists of correspondence, largely with Matrix editor Philip Lanthier, regarding the administration and content of the magazine. The fonds also consists of prints of work submitted to the magazine, 53 photographs (including 12 35mm negatives) from The Seventh Moon poetry readings, featuring Irving Layton, Lucien Francoeur, and Ralph Gustafson, as well as 55 miscellaneous photographs (including 18 35mm negatives). Other items found in the fonds include an award certificate for Joyce Marshall in Matrix (1984), transparencies of artworks, sketches for the magazine, a Seventh Moon Poetry Reading poster, and press clippings. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence ([1974-1991?]), Administration (1974-1988), Promotional Material ([1974-after 1985?]), Special Events ([1980?]-1995), Design Process ([1913-1921], [1974-1995?]).
The fonds contains primary source material on the personal, professional and military lives of the Wark family in Sherbrooke between 1911 and 2002. It consists primarily of photographs and theatre programmes. The fonds is comprised of the following series: James H. Wark, Florence (Bryant) Wark, Barbara Wark, Wark theatre, Photographs, and Miscellaneous.
Fonds presents information on the religious history of Coaticook and the musical interests of Jeannette Tanguay from about the 1910s to 1989. It consists largely of song lyrics, documents pertaining to musical performances, and religious items. The fonds is composed of the following series: Religious life, Music, History of the Tanguay family, and History of Coaticook and region.
Photographs primarily from the 1930's showing life at Bishop's, the buildings, and events including Convocation. Of special interest is an interior view of Cecil Whalley's room while in residence at Bishop's, c.1905; Bronze and Gold Medals awarded to George Whalley for Classics.
The collection contains source material on travel in the Province of Quebec. It consists of a train ticket from Marieville to Drummondville and Canadian Pacific Railway travel brochures in Quebec featuring the Laurentian Mountain District, Fishing and Shooting and Transatlantic Services, and a scrapbook. The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown and consists of theatre programmes, newspaper and magazine clippings, greeting cards, and two water colours, largely from Europe. It also includes references to a Gottinger Corps as well as documents pertaining to the death of Bishop Williams. The collection is comprised of the following series: Train Ticket ([188-?]), Travel Brochures ([191-?] -[195-?]), and Scrapbook (1876-1901).
The fonds contains source material on the personal life and literary works of writer Bernard Epps. It consists of manuscripts of published and unpublished works, research notes, correspondence, log books, speeches, newspaper clippings, and sketchbooks. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Literary endeavours (1965-1995), Personal life ([195?]-1993), Speeches and Lectures ([197?]-[199?]), Artwork ([195-?]-[198-?]), and Publications (1961-[198-?]).
The fonds contains source material on Kay Kinsman's life as an artist from 1947 to 1998 and a student at Bishop's and McGill Universities from the 1970s to 1998. It consists mainly of notebooks, watercolour books, sketchbooks, press clippings, correspondence, papers submitted for courses at Bishop's, her M.A. thesis, exhibition catalogues, slides and photographs. The fonds is comprised of the following series : Private Life (1947-1998), Artistic Life (1949-[between 1980 and 1998]), Academic Life (1964-1996), and Works on Kay Kinsman (1992-1995).
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Vol.1, Nos. 2 and 3, 1980
San Francisco's Appeal to Reason, Vol.1, No.1, 1982.
Books: Almost Like Dancing, by Noni Howard, Sandy Florence, Sandra Sutherland, New World Press, San Francisco, 1975; The Politics of Separation, by Noni Howard, New World Press, Vancouver, 1974. Both copies inscribed by Noni Howard to Ralph Gustafson, North Hatley, 1976
Publicity brochure for New World Press
Award certificate for Artists Embassy International, Third Prize awarded in the Third International Dancing Poetry Contest to Noni Howard, 1996
newspaper clipping, book announcement, and poetry (one signed copy)
book: signed copy of Share My Fantasies, by Noni Howard, 1996.