Groupe de travailleurs de la firme Sleeper & Akhurst de Coaticook.
Gauche à droite : A. Bouchard, D. Moyle, J.-F. Meade et un travailleur. La construction du tunnel du barrage Belding. Au dos de la vanne fermant l'entrée du tunnel.
La construction du tunnel du barrage Belding. Endroit où le tunnel se sépare en deux pour être raccordé à chacune des deux turbines à l'intérieur de la centrale.
La construction du tunnel du barrage Belding. On installe les semelles de bois pour le coulage du ciment.
La construction du tunnel du barrage Belding. L'intérieur du tunnel à l'endroit où la canalisation se sépare en deux.
Construction du tunnel pour le barrage Belding. L'équipe de forage à l'intérieur du tunnel.
Construction d'un tunnel pour la central Belding. Puit d'évacuation du matériel excavé.
L'usine de la compagnie Belding-Corticelli sur la rue Child.
L'usine de la compagnie Penman's au nord sur la rue Michaud.
Series illustrates the history of the activities, employees, and production at the Canadian Celanese in Coaticook from he 1940s to the 1980s. It consists of photographs (largely reproduced) and scrapbooks. The series is composed of the following files: Photo albums (reproductions), Photo albums (originals), Other photographs, and General documents.
Series illustrates the organization of the reunion of former employees of the Canadian Celanese de Coaticook in 2005. It consists of correspondence, a guest book, a pin with the Celanese logo, rental agreements, and financial statements. The series consists of the following files: Organization, Rental agreements, and Financial Resources.
Series presents product information from Belding-Corticelli in Coaticook from 1968 to about the 1980s. It consists of correspondence regarding textile imports, and 10 braid design diagrams and samples.
Series illustrates the employees and methods of production of Belding-Corticelli from 1938 to 2001. It consists of two photographs of employees on the occasion of Belding-Corticelli's diamond jubilee in 1938, a photograph of the Child Street plant, and numerous photographs of employees at work in the factory from 1983 to 2001. Among those pictured in the photographs are: Thérèse Breault, Guy Dupont, Jacques Bouchet, and Émile Viens.
Series illustrates the process of the closure of the Canadian Celanese in Coaticook and the transfer of employees to the Waterville Celanese from 1984 to 2005. It consists of employee lists, correspondence, minutes, reports, notes and scrapbooks. The series is composed of the following files; Employee lists, Correspondence, Committee for the reclassification of the Celanese workforce, Notebooks (Michel Guimond), and Scrapbooks.
Series illustrates production procedures at the Canadian Celanese in Coaticook from 1973 to 1978. It consists of an instruction manual for textile machine setters, setting instructions for Draper looms, lists of abbrevations for production defects, and documents on a firefighter training day.
Series presents information on the personnel and human resources pertaining to Canadian Celanese in Coaticook from 1957 to 1983. It consists of time sheets, evaluation grids, a memo, and employee lists. The series is composed of the following files: Time sheets and Personnel.
Series illustrates the labour relations between the Syndicat des salariés de Celanese de Coaticook and the Canadian Celanese of Coaticook from 1956 to 2000. It consists largely of collective agreements, credit union annual reports, and press clippings. The series is composed of the following files: Collective agreements, Credit union, Other documents, and Scrapbooks.
Item is a photograph of the Penman's factory located in Coaticook, taken during winter. Penman's made sweatshirts.
Item is a photograph of the town of Rock Island with an overalls factory visible.
Item is a photograph of the town of Rock Island with a covered bridge and Austin Foster building, which was an overall factory, visible.
Item is a photograph of the Jondro Boot and Shoe factory in Rock Island with people standing outside.
Item is a photograph of a cotton mill located in Magog.
Item is a photograph of two men fishing in a river, probably in Waterville though some sources identify it as Dixville, with a box factory and saw mill on either side. In the background a waterfall and wooden bridge are visible.
Item is a photograph of a sawmill and surrounding landscape located in Dixville.
Item is a photograph of workers infront of a sawmill, located in Baldwin's Mills.
Item is a photograph of a fish hatchery operated by Walter G. Belknap until 1940, located in Baldwin's Mills.
The fonds contains of research done by W. Gillies Ross on the following subjects: the mines at Eustis, Capelton and Albert Mines, asbestos mining at Asbestos, the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, the Stanstead granite industry, and covered bridges in the Eastern Townships and surrounding areas. It consists largely of research notes, research documents, photographs, and oral histories. The fonds is organized i the following series: Interviews (1944-1996), Harvard’s Baker Library Trip and Research (1887-1996), Jo Cooper (1977-1987), Newspaper Index (1971-1975), National Archive of Canada Research (1903-1921), Publications (1890-1938), Granite Project (1898-1900, 1976), Copper / Pyrite Mining Studies (1867 [Photocopied] -1996), Asbestos Mining and Landscape Research (1897 [Photocopied]-1965), Spanish Flu Research (1918 [Photocopied] -2006), Photographs (1888-1972), Maps and Plans (1767 [Photocopied] - 1979), Asbestos Mining (1950-2004), Mining Study – Correspondence (1883 [Photocopied]-2005), Book Translation (1995), Cookshire (1979), Research on covered bridges ([ca. 1990?]).
Ross, W. Gillies (1931-2019)Item is a photograph of a factory, possibly the old Sanborn or Tapatco, that burned down.