Item is a photograph of an assembly of Zouaves (congrès des Zouaves) in Coaticook, taken at the house of Joseph Durocher (corner of Wellington and St. Pierre streets) from about the 1920s.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified young girl dressed for communion, in Coaticook from about the 1930s.
The item contains information on Charles Stewart’s activities. It is a letter written in 1823.
The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, and Church organizations for Centenary United Church in Stanstead from 1831 to 2018. It consists mainly of minutes, account books, annual reports, a calendar, and civil registers. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1833-2013), Buildings and Property ([186-?]-2012), Financial Resources (1864-1973), Annual Reports (1912-1981, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2008), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1831-1860), Orders of Service (1919-1987), Funds ([19-]-2013), Membership (1858-2018), Historical ([After 1894]-2004), Newsletters ([Between 1931-1954]), Organizations (1902-1998), Committees (1864-1983), and Press Clippings (1923-1994).
Centenary United Church (Stanstead, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the Church's history and the women's organizations from 1837 to 2018. It also provides information on the Richmond and Melbourne Pastoral Charge from 1977 to 2018. It consists of minutes, finances, registers, annual reports, orders of service, an historical sketch, and press clippings. The fonds also includes a register of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Hatley and Melbourne Methodist Circuit from 1836 to 1853 and the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Windsor) from 1859 to 1923, as well as included some documents pertaining to the Melbourne Congregational Church. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1837-2002), Legal (1947-1987), Buildings and Property (1950), Financial (1924-1964), Banns/Marriages Certificates (1929-1966), Annual Reports (1920, 1923-1929, 1931-1932, 1934-1938, 1939-1970, 1977-1998, 2001, 2003, 2006-2012, 2016-2018), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1836-1994), Orders of Service (1964, 1978), Membership (1942-1993), Historical (1931, 1958-1974), Organizations (1901-2000), Committees ([1887?]-1972, 2006), and Photographs ([191-?]).
Richmond and Melbourne United Church (Richmond, Que.)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.
The file contains source material on the formation of Volunteer Corps in the Eastern Townships during the rebellion from 1837 to 1839. It consists mainly of correspondence within the church and government.
The item contains information on Daniel Thomas’s activities. It is a legal document by which he announces that he offers half an acre for a methodist house for a preacher.
Item is a draft of a deed of gift, dated 1840, documenting Daniel Thomas' gift of a parcel of land situated on lot 12, range VIII in the Township of Melbourne, on which St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Melbourne was intended to be built.
The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Taber family, including the East Farnham's families of: Joseph Taber (1806-1873) and Deborah P. Hoskins (1808-1888), and Rev. Curtis Phelps Taber (1837-1925) and Ruth England (1836-1922). There are also information about Georgia Taber Muirhead (1873-1921) and Mary Taber McCutcheon (1900-1983). The photographs concern East Farnham families, including Charles Taber, Curtis Phelps Taber and his grand-son Curtis Penn Taber, and Joseph Taber and his wife Deborah Hoskins and their children. The photo album probably belonged to Eli Hoskins Taber's family (1842-1878), who became a famous photographer, along with his older brother Abner Bedee Taber (1832-1866), even though their career ended too soon.
La première église baptiste de Coaticook sur la rue Main Est tout près la Coop, incendiée en 1895.
The item is a photograph of Bishop George J. Mountain from around the 1860s.
The sub-series contains primary source information on the establishment, construction, and activities of the St. Thomas Anglican Church in Clarenceville from 1815 to 1915. It consists of lists of subscribers, receipts and contracts for construction and repairs, and a programme for the centennial anniversary of the church. In particular, the Mayo, Billings, Derick/Derck, and Vaughan families were implicated in the church's founding.
La première église anglicane de Coaticook sur la rue Norton.
The fonds contains source material on Church management and the congregation's affairs from 1864 to 1973. It consists mainly of minutes; registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; and, accounting and financial records. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Vital Statistics (1864-1938), Session (1878-1920), Congregation ([196-?]-1973), Board of Managers (1867-1918), Photographs ([191-?]), and Miscellaneous Records ([1910?]-1953).
St. John's Presbyterian Church (Winslow, Que.)Item is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Dufferin Street in Sherbrooke during winter. The church was erected in 1844 and demolished around 1900.
Item is a photograph of St. Peter's Church on Dufferin Street in Sherbrooke. The church was erected in 1844 and demolished around 1900.
Item is a photograph of the Trinity Anglican Church located in Frelighsburg, built in 1808 and torn down around 1880.
The fonds contains source material on Church management and the congregation's affairs from 1870 to the 1960s. It consists mainly of registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; minute books; accounting books; and reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Vital Statistics (1877-1936), Congregation ([196-?]), Board of Managers (1898-1943), Photographs (188-?]), and Miscellaneous Documents (1870-[194-?]).
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church (Hampden, Que.)The file contains photographs of members of the Desruisseau/Labonte/Leonard family, as well as many unidentified photographs, possibly taken between 1870 and 1940. It consists of a photo album comprised of 56 studio photographs, a photo scrapbook comprised of 230 photographs, and 37 other photographs.
The item is a photograph of Rev. John Bethune from about the 1870s.
Les deux premières églises méthodistes de Coaticook sur la rue Wellington. Elles ont été côte à côte de 1874 à 1881, celle en bois a été construite en 1855 et l'autre en 1874.
The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, and Church organizations for the Wesley United Church in Beebe from 1875 to 2018. It also provides partial information (minutes, annual reports, etc.) on Graniteville United Church. It consists mainly of minutes, annual reports, correspondence, certificates and licences, and account books. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1875-2009), Legal (1933-1940), Buildings and Property (1876-2014), Financial Resources (1908-2010), Annual Reports (1919-1978, 2007), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1879-1992), Orders of Service (1930-2007), Funds (1936-2006), Membership (1876-2018), Historical (1897-2007), Organizations (1901-2016), Committees ([after 1890]-1968), Photographs (1877, [192-?]-1991) and Miscellaneous ([195-?] and after) .
Wesley United Church (Beebe, Que.)Item is a stereograph of the old Methodist Church located in Beebe, in 1876.
The item is a photograph of Georgeville with Hotel Elephantis, school, and St. George’s Anglican Church and horses and wagons visible, probably taken in 1880s.
Item consists of a portrait photograph of Louis Wurtele, probably taken in the 1880s.
The file contains primary and secondary source information on the documentary project on the Soeurs Ursulines (nuns) convent and school in Stanstead, created by Stéphane Tremblay in 2004. It consists of original digital and copied photographs of the convent, the personnel, the students, and their activities from about the 1880s to 2004. The file also includes interviews with the nuns and various community members.
Item consists of photograph of Georgeville's Old Methodist Church, School House and St. George's Anglican Church, taken by Allan McDuff in 1888.
Item consists of Minnie Wurtele's pledge card for the Bible Reading Circle of the Acton Mission of the Anglican Church from 1882.
Item is a photograph of the Centenary United Church following a fire in 1883 that destroyed much of the building, from Stanstead.