This item is an Order of Divine Service containing participant and song information on a Divine Service conducted for the 100th anniversary of the Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 at the Sawyerville United Church on April 24, 1970. The individuals listed include the conductor, assistants, individuals in attendance and their town/city of residence.
Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 (Saywerville)This item is a declaration for registration containing information on the incorporation/founding of the Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 on December 19, 1901.
Loyal Orange Lodge #1308 (Saywerville)The item consists of a programme for an evening of music and dancing held to benefit the 1st Lennoxville Volunteer Rifle Corps at the Albion Hotel in Lennoxville in 1863.
Item is a programme for a performance by the Boston Comedy Company of "Not Guilty" and "Silent Woman !" at the Town Hall in Lennoxville.
The file consists of one poem composed by Reverend Alfred Bright in 1928 in which he includes the name and the cooking speciality of each member of the Society.
Map consists of a cadastral plan of the townships of Stanstead county in 1941.
The file contains source information on the life of Caroline Parsons Coombs (1818-1907) and her family's immigration and settlement experiences in Bury, Sherbrooke and Orford, Quebec. Caroline immigrated to Canada with her family in 1836. She married John Coombs in 1837. The file consists of a memorial booklet written by Eva A. Coombs, Caroline's grand-daughter.
The file consists of information on the graduates from the Sherbrooke Hospital School of Nursing from 1946 to 1972. In consists of three yearbooks, titled "Invictus". Found in the pages of yearbooks are newspaper clippings: a photograph of the graduating class of North Hatley High School from 1969, a photograph of the graduating class of Sherbrooke Hospital School of Nursing from 1948, various obituaries of past graduates and an undated 'card of thanks' article from Pearl Robinson.
Item consists of lyrics and music sheets for the song "In the Good Old E.T.", words and accompaniment by Bertha Weston Price, Woodland Bay, Quebec.
Item is a letter from the notary Jean-Marie Tétreault of Knowlton to James Clifford Snowdon in 1971, mentioning the enclosure of his marriage document for the sale of the Snowdon cottage property at Sally's Pond.
Item is 4 pages of notes possibly written in 2010 by Helen Mikasen on Inglis Island neighbors during the time the Snowdon family owned the cottage.
Mikasen, Helen Louise (1927-2019)The item are lyrics to the "Cookshire Mill Song," composed by William Frazier around 1890.
The item are the lyrics to "An Original Hymn" composed by E.S. Orr for the Thanksgiving Service at the Cookshire Methodist Church (later of United denomination) to honour Queen Victoria on 20 June 1897.
Item is a programme for MM. P. Paul-Marcel, 2-4 September 1912, at His Majesty's Theatre, Sherbrooke.
Item is a programme for Creatore and his Famous Band at his Majesty's Theatre, Sherbrooke, on 3 May 1916.
The item consists of a programme for "A Shamrock Evening", which included music and theatre production, performed at Mont-Notre-Dame in Sherbrooke on 13 April 1913.
The item contains information on Annie Ferguson’s ancestors. It is a deed of sale, dated 1671, from Charles Browne to his son John Brown in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke and vicinity, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1950.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke, Coaticook, Richmond, Magog, Rock Island, Thetford Mines and surrounding territory, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1941.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke, Coaticook, Richmond, Magog, Rock Island, Thetford Mines and surrounding territory, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1936.
Official Telephone Directory including Granby, St. John's, Sorel, Huntingdon, St. Hyacinthe, Valleyfield and surrounding territory, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1930.
Official Telephone Directory including Sherbrooke, Coaticook, Richmond, Magog, Rock Island, Thetford Mines and surrounding territory, published by Bell Telephone Company in 1923.
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.
Item is a mimeographed letter from the Office of the Inspector of Superior Schools in Quebec City, John Parker, to Edwin Howe Esq. dated 7 January 1904, informing the East Hatley School Board of an upcoming visit on Wednesday, 20 January, 1904.
Item is a copy of the lyrics and music sheet for the song "Where the Upper Mississippi Winds It's Way", words by Arthur E. Randel, music by Burt Wallace, 1913.
Item is a photocopy of the song "Sherbrooke", written and composed by A. E. J. McCreary as a souvenir of the visit to Sherbrooke of the Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Item is a photocopy of "Chansons d'autrefois, collection de bonnes vieilles chansons."
Item consists of a photocopy of lyrics and music sheets for the song "Chanson de fileuse" created by Kathleen Shea, music by Eugene Caron, words by Alfred DesRochers.
Item is a catalogue of properties (farms, houses, businesses) for sale by Nunns & Moulton (agents of land, insurance and buildings) in Coaticook, Milby, Ladd's Mills, Stanhope, Barnston Township, Compton and Barford Township.