The file contains primary source information on Ruby Reta Ross (née Martin) and the Martin family from about 1980. It consists of a typed family tree for the Martin, Card, Lavalliere, and Crawford families descended from James Martin of Ireland.

The series contains primary source information on Alberta Everett's personal life from about 1944 to 1990. It consists of her autograph book; her Grade 10 Certificate of General Proficiency; and 11 photographs of Alberta alone or with classmates and friends.

The collection contains primary source information on the administration of Newport Township, financial transactions in the Township, the lives of its citizens, legal affairs, military operations, and land division, from 1790 to 1937. It consists primarily of meeting minutes, correspondence, account statements, and land deeds, among many other types of records. The collection is comprised of the following series: Administrative (1791-1880), Financial Records (1790-1900), Correspondence (1799-1893), Legal Documents (1792-1834), Military (1792-1830), Land and Property (1799-1937), and Miscellaneous Documents (1815-1937).

The file contains a copy of the article "From the Isle of Lewis to the Eastern Townships : the origins of a highland settlement community in Quebec, 1838-1881" by J.I. Little, published in 1992, on the history of the Scottish immigrants from Lewis to Eastern Townships.

The file consists of a typed manuscript titled "Hatley Tales" by Garth E. Morrisette. Included within the table of contents are: Tales from the Backwoods of Hatley Township as told by Charlotte Little 1813-1897, The Scouts 1795, The Bear 1805, Xmas [Christmas] on the North Road 1821, Nervous 1937, A Mean Turkey 1938, Merry Christmas 1993, An Apple a Day 1910, Just a Little Green Frog, A Load Both Ways 1939, Gramp- Benjamin Franklin Fowler, The Voice- A biography of Zelda Humphrey Bowen, Hannad Lavers Fowler 1884-1949.

The file contains source material on the municipal affairs with which Aeneas McMaster was involved. It includes information on the status of employment at the time and settlement. It consists of correspondence from various people mainly regarding employment, business, and land. It contains correspondence from the following people:
Baker, Honorable George B.
Bailey, C.A.
Bailey, G.M.
Hanright, A.C.
Hunt & Stokes
MacKenzie, Rev. M. (Murdoch)
McAuley, Donald
McDonald, Angus
McDonald, John
McIver, George
McIver, J.F.
McIver, Lewis
McKinnon/MacKinnon, Alexander
McLean, Angus
McLeod, Allan
McLeod, George
McMinn, ?
McRae, D.
Morrison, Donald R.
Parker, C.H.
Patton, Charles
Ramage, J.D.
Robertson, George
Ross, A.
Sawyer, William
Taché, E.
Whyte, James
Wilford, R.H.
Young, John
Young, J.R.

The series contains source material on the colonization of the Eastern Townships from 1873 to 1876. It consists of correspondence from George McLeod regarding business.

The fonds contains source material mainly on railway development and settlement in Clinton, Hampden, Ditton, and Marston townships in Compton County and around Lake Megantic from 1873 to 1888 and on the role of the Glasgow Canadian Land and Trust Company, managed at the time by Aeneas McMaster. The fonds consists of letters sent to McMaster from 1873 to 1888 by businessmen and shopkeepers, municipal councillors or mayors, employees of the Glasgow Canadian Land and Trust Company, men in search of work, and settlers and includes a proposal for building a mill; letters signed by McMaster; and a few other documents. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Railway Companies (1876-1888), Settlement (1873-1876), Municipal Affairs (1873-1881), Miscellaneous Documents (1875-1881) and Correspondance (1876-1882).

The file contains source material on histories of parishes, churches and towns, which are not included into other files. It consists of a history of chapel Bethlehem and father Jerome in Ditton, a history of the town Victoria, Clifton and East Angus, a record of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix parish from 1919 to 1923, biographical sketches of parish Sainte-Marguerite-de-Lingwick, Saint-Raymond-de-Pennafort, Sainte-Martin-de-Martinville, Sainte-Famille-de-Newport and Saint-Mathias and a history of land grant in Ascot and Orford.

The file contains documents on the history of the town Stoke including its development and religion.

The file contains a research document on the pioneers in community formation in the history of Eastern Townships in 1999.

The file contains a history of the town Emberton written by Abbé C-Edmond Chartier probably in early 20th century.

The file contains primary source information on property belonging to the Naylor family in Missisquoi County from 1862 to 1921. It consists of a land deed and a retrocession from Albert Chapman to Henry Naylor for land in St. Georges de Clarenceville as well as a copy of a letter pertaining to Benjamin V. Naylor's lease and transfer of land on Ile-aux-Noix to the Department of Militia and Defense and the Department of the Interior.