The fonds contains source material on the management, the congregation's affairs, the Sunday School and the women's organizations of the Sisco Memorial United Church in Coaticook from 1860 to 1993. It also provides information on the Coaticook-Compton-Baldwin's Mills Pastoral Charge from 1955 to 1958, the Ayer's Cliff-Coaticook-Way's Mills Pastoral Charge from 1969 to 1978, and the Lakes and Streams Pastoral Charge from 1994 to1998. It consists mainly of minutes, annual reports, correspondence, registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and, account books. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1873-2012), Buildings and Property (1886-1996), Financial Resources (1938-2012), Banns/Marriage Certificates (1950-1957), Annual Reports (1927-1998), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1860-1962), Orders of Service (1905-1966), Funds (2003, 2012), Membership (1870-2012), Historical (1955-1962, 1996, [200-?]), Organizations (1890-1987), Committees ([1947?]-1969), Photographs ([1921?]), and Artefacts ([after 1923], [Between 1894-1898], [Around 1995]).
Sisco Memorial United Church (Coaticook, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the personal and professional lives of Hackett family members from Stanstead, Quebec from 1882 to 1953. It also provides information on the founding of Stanstead and some research on townships and counties of the Eastern Townships including Sutton, Potton, Dunham, Brome, Bolton, Shefford, Barnston, Sherbrooke, Hatley, Compton Stanstead and the settlement of Craig Road. It consists of certificates, correspondence, diaries, financial records, legal papers, newspaper clippings, paintings, political papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and research notes. The fond is comprised of the following series: Michael Felix Hackett ([18--?]-[19-?]), John Thomas Hackett (1899-1955), Linda Harding Hackett (1899-1952), Ann Kidder Hackett (1930-1931), John David Hackett (19-?]-1950), Guy Harding Hackett (1918-[19-]), Florence Knight Hackett ([19-?]), Julia Alice Hackett ([19-?]-1930), James K. Hackett (1910) and Miscellaneous Documents ([18--?]-[19-?]).
Hackett (family)Fonds presents information on the history of the Dumoulin family in Coaticook from the 1940s to 2014. It consists of productions of photographs of the Dumoulin family in the 1940s and the 1950s, two reproductions of newspaper articles, a reproduction of Jean-Maurice Dumoulin’s book cover, a CD of poems and songs by Jules Dumoulin, and a biographical sketch of Jean-Maurice Dumoulin.
Dumoulin (family)Fonds presents some of the activities and community involvement of the organization Rues principales in Coaticook from 1993 to 2008. It consists largely of photographs but also includes posters, advertisements, and press releases. The fonds is composed of the following files: Activities and Promotional photographs.
Rue principales. City of CoaticookThe fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Norman Edson. The textual records include many secondary source documents relating to the career of Norman Edson. The photographs are the most important documents in the fonds as they are original reproductions printed by the artist and given to different clients and friends. Some of the photographs are originals that he colorized and framed. He also wrote the title on the back of the pictures.
Norman Stewart EdsonThe fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Homer Mitchell Blackwood, son of James Blackwood and Bertha May Tibbits. The textual records include documents about James Blackwood, Bertha May Tibbits and the private and professional life of Homer M. Blackwood. An important file concerns the death of Homer Blackwood in 1999. The photographs depict official and personal portraits of the Blackwood/Tibbits family.
Blackwood, Homer MitchellThe fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents about Nina May Pickel, married to Owen Ernest Owens. The textual records contains personal and family documents but also documents about her professional career as a painter. The photographs include family portraits, some of them being ambrotype and tintype, and postcards.
Nina May Pickel OwensThe fonds consists of glass negative photographs taken by Sally Wood (1857-1928), Knowlton Photographer. The negatives showcases Brome County and the many picturesque countryside scenes and architecture of the area.
Wood, Sally E., 1857-1928The fonds consists of primary source documents relating to the estate of the late David Wells, of Greenfield, New England. Ephraim Nash, executor of the estate, was married to David's niece, Hannah Wells.
Wells, DavidThe fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Aiken family, living in the Mansonville region.
The fonds contains source material mainly related to Malca and Ruby Friedman's literary writings. The fonds consists of manuscripts, press clipping, publications, family and professional correspondence, interviews on audiocassette, photographs and scrapbooks. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Malca Friedman [19- ], Ruby Friedman [19- ] and Family [19- ].
Friedman (family)The collection contains primary source information on the history of the Lake Massawippi area, including North Hatley, Ayer's Cliff, and Hatley Village from the 1890s to 2008. It consists of information on the activities of the Hatley Water Company, the Village of Hatley, Funding Co. Ltd., North Hatley Historical Society, Stanstead Historical Society, Ayer's Cliff Water Company, LeBaron & Co., Massawippi Country Club, Connaught Inn Co., among others. The collection is comprised of the following series; K.E Kennedy (1901-[1988?]), North Hatley Historical Society ([1992?]-2008), Stanstead Historical Society (1963), Genealogy ([19--?]-2005), Cemetery Indexes ([199-?]), Scrapbooks ([19--?]-[195-?]), Photographs, Ayer's Cliff Water Company (1908-1940), LeBaron & Co. (1926-1968), Wills and Obituaries (1913-1979), History of the Eastern Townships (1909-1984), North Hatley Electoral Lists (1902-1939), Ledgers (1890-1949), Artifacts, Indexes (1912), North Hatley Water Company (19894-1914), Hatley Tourism (1973-[19--?]), Calendars, and Miscellaneous.
Lake Massawippi Area Historical Society (North Hatley, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the organization and activities of the Comité de bassin Massawippi-Tomifobia from 1993 to 2003. It is organized into the following series; Administration (1993-2003), Financial Resources (1998-2002), Massawippi-Tomifobia Watershed Projects (1998-2003), Public Relations (1998-2001), Research Studies (1998), and Maps (1999).
Comité de bassin Massawippi-Tomifobia (Ayer's Cliff, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the constitution and the tea committee of the Sherbrooke Winter Club from 1931 to 1948. It consists of the letters patents and the tea committee file. The fonds is comprised of the following two series: Administration (1931-1933), Committees (1944-1948).
Sherbrooke Winter Club (Sherbrooke, Que.)The fonds contains primary source information on the lives various members of the Baker family, largely from Dunham, from 1879 to 1913. It consists of correspondence to Malcolm Clapp Baker from his siblings while he was studying as a veterinarian in Montreal. The fonds is comprised of the following files: Abigail Baker (1879-1883), Amelia (Minnie) Baker Stevens (1879-1883), Emma Baker (1879-1883), Harriet Eliza Clapp Baker (1879-1885), Harriet (Hattie) Baker (1879-1886), William Stevens Baker (1879-1885), J. C. Moore (1880-1881), Mary Peckham Stevens (1879-1883), Walter Sanford Stevens (1886), Reverend Albert Stevens (1881), Frederick Stevens Baker (1979-1889), A. H. Baker (1879), Caroline ([188-?]), Eleanor B. Stevens (1881), Julie (Jule) (1879-1882), Frances (Fanny) (1883), Stewart (1882), Malcolm Clapp Baker (1913), Various Unidentifiable Authors (1879-1883), Family Background ([19--?]).
Baker (family)The fonds contains information on the colonization of the Eastern Townships in the 19th century and source material on Mgr. Gravel's work as a historian. It consists of an album of clippings of his writings; a manuscript; two lectures given before the Eastern Townships Historical Society by Leonard A. Auger and Adolphe Fournier, respectively, and annotated by Mgr. Gravel; and a text written by Mgr. Maurice O'Bready on the Hale family. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Press Clippings (1958), Historical Writings ([195-?]) and Eastern Townships Historical Society (1960).
Gravel, Albert, 1894-1978The fonds contains source material on the Cleveland family, mainly Harry Roland Cleveland Sr. and Harry Roland Cleveland Jr.'s involvement in the First and Second World Wars. It consists of photographs from both Cleveland Sr. and Jr.’s time at war, Cleveland Sr.’s composite graduation photograph from McGill University, a diary belonging to Cleveland Jr. describing his everyday life in the Royal Flying Corps before he left for Europe and then when he was on active duty in Europe during World War I, certificates of appointments, discharge papers, correspondence, research notes and a certificate of appointment given to Nelson Cleveland, the first Mayor of Cleveland township. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Nelson Cleveland (1847), Harry Roland Cleveland Sr. (1916-1920), Harry Roland Cleveland Jr. (1917-1958) and Research Notes (1986).
Cleveland, Harry Roland, Jr.Collection presents information on business and commerce in the Coaticook area from 1851 to 1934. It consists of photocopies of invoices and newspaper clippings.
The fonds contains primary and secondary source documents related to Ernest Fleury (1860-1953), private and public notary, who practiced in Knowlton, including personal and professional papers, and a photo album that belonged to her daughter Juliette Fleury, where we see Ernest Fleury on many photographs.
The fonds consists of primary source information regarding the Hon. Christopher Dunkin, including correspondence, admission cards and certificates of births and marriages.
Dunkin, ChristopherThe fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Mills family.
The fonds primarily contains information pertaining to the life of Margaret Nina Owens; her nursing career, her education, her fiction writings (plays, short stories), and her artwork. It also contains information on artist Nina M. Owens.
The fonds contains source material on Church management, the congregation's affairs, the Sunday School, the women's and adults and couples organizations for the Fitch Bay United Church from 1854 to 1992. It consists mainly of minutes, historical sketches, and account books. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards ([191-?]-1967), Buildings and Property ([1959?]-1969), Financial Resources (1936-1945), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1854-1888), Orders of Service (1951-1959), Funds (1942), Membership (1955-1956), Historical (1866-1992), Organizations (1897-1956), and Photographs (1899-1910, 1988).
Fitch Bay United Church (Fitch Bay, Que.)The fonds contains source material on the Scottish emigration to the Eastern Townships. It consists of a four-volume unpublished study entitled Celts of Compton County; eight interviews with descendants of Scots settlers; a map showing the 'Pionneer Scotch Settlements in Compton County'; and a list of materials deposited with the Compton County Historical Museum Society by the Celtic Research Group. 'Celts of Compton County' includes photocopies of pictures, photographs, maps, press clippings, and old textual records. It contains the following series: Celts of Compton County ([1979?]), Interviews (1982-1985), and Material Deposited in the Compton County Historical Society (1989).
Celtic Research Group (Compton, Que.)The fonds contains primary source documents relating to Captain Eli W. Hall of East Farnham. The documents consists of two invitations addressed to Captain E.W. Hall and Ladies, to attend annual ball ceremonies in Sweetsburg.
Eli Wanton HallThe fonds contains source material on the management, the congregation's affairs, and the organizations of the Sawyerville United Church, as well as the Eaton and Sawyerville Circuits, and the Eaton Valley Pastoral Charge from 1849 to 2017. It consists mainly of minutes, civil registers, account books, financial statements, and press clippings. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1849-1982), Buildings and Property (1892-1991), Financial Resources (1899-1963), Annual Reports (1922, 1978-1981, 1996-2001, 2003-2008, 2012-203, 2016-2018), Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (1852-1890), Orders of Service (1950-1975), Funds (1899-1905), Membership (1851-1889), Historical (1960-1975), Organizations (1863-1977, 1982-1990, 2010-2020), Photographs ([189-?]-[ca. 2000]) and Press Clippings ([196-?]-1995).
Sawyerville United Church (Sawyerville, Que.)Photographs: Basketball, 1933, Sherbrooke City League Champions; Women's Hockey, 1938; Women's Basketball, 1938; COTC, 1938-39; snapshots (candids), including tennis, horse-riding.
Baskerville, William HectorThe fonds contains primary source information on the Jenks family from 1870 to 1947 in Coaticook and Barnston. It consists largely of correspondence, certificates, a dairy, and photographs. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Archie N. Jenks (1907-1919), Abbott C. Jenks ([1905]-1941), Photographs ([1883?]-[ca. 1920]), Leslie H. Jenks (1877-1914) and Miscellaneous (1870-1947).
Jenks (family)Bowen Music manuscripts
Correspondence
Dramatic production programmes: 1895-1967
Drama at Bishop's - notes on history and development
Events at Bishop's
The Mitre: June 1901; March 1903; Midsummer 1907; June 1908; April 1909; May 1910, April 1929 (These issues feature reviews of dramatic productions)
Newspaper clippings: featuring Drama at Bishop's - A Long Tradition, by Janet Motyer, The Townships Sun, February 1983; includes photocopies of reviews from The Mitre and other local papers and publications
Photographs/postcards - miscellaneous
Photographs:
- Badminton, 1938 / snapshots
- glass slides of Lennoxville area, Speid family, etc. (prints are available in the Old Library)
- Dramatic Society (group photos/The Executive): 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1930
- Dramatic productions:
- unidentified. 1900
- Naval Engagements. 1901
- The Rivals. 1908
- The School Mistress. 1910
- Ermine. 192-
- Green Stockings. 1927
- Who Kissed Barbara. 1928
- The Haunted House. 1928
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. 1930
- The Pirates of Penzance. 1935
- The Late Christopher Bean. 1941
Poster: St. George's Dramatic Society presents The Middle Watch, A romance of the navy in 3 acts. 1932.
Printing sample book, Arthur Speid (Case G-14) - scanned 2018
Scrapbook, 1936-1939 - Bishop's sports and various activities - newspaper clippings pasted into a Mitre magazine
Script books:
- Berkeley Square (John L. Balderston)
- Green Stockings (A.E.W. Mason),
- The Haunted House (Owen Davis)
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (St. John G. Irvine),
- The Rivals (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
- Who Kissed Barbara? (Franz and Lillian Rickaby)
- You Never Can Tell (Bernard Shaw)
Sesquicentennial
Speid-Motyer, Janet (1919-2012)The fonds consists of a deed from Daniel Scott to William Shufelt, for one hundred acres in the Township of Brome, dated June 20, 1810 at Brome, and a Deed from Hon. A.B. Foster to Simon Shufelt, from the Township of Brome, dated September 4, 1871 at Knowlton.
Shufelt, William