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 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.
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 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 quarry located in Kingsbury.
Item is a photograph of Main street in Richmond in flood.
Item is a photograph of the square located in Danville, looking south.
Item is a photograph of Main Street located in Richmond, looking south, with a horse pulling a buggy visible.
Item is a photograph with a view of Main street in Richmond, including St. Anne's church.
Item is a photograph of Windsor Mills from the south, with the St. Francis River in front.
Item is a photograph of a mill (one of seven located in Windsor), with surrounding landscape visible.
Item is a photograph of the River View Hotel located in Windsor Mills.
Item is a photograph of a steam shovel used by the Canada Paper Company in Windsor. Workers can be seen in front of the shovel.
Item is a postcard of Windsor Mills, with model school, skating rink, convent, and shops in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of St. Georges street in Windsor Mills.
Item is a photograph of the employees of Canada Paper Company in front of the sawmill in Windsor, showing Thomas Logan at left, taken around 1890.
Item is a photograph of train wreck of a passenger train on the Grand Trunk Railroad, in Richmond.
Item is a photograph of the Asbestos mine locomotive that would transport mined resources to refinery.
Item is a photograph of the Asbestos and Danville railroad locomotive #18.
Item is a photograph of the Asbestos and Danville railroad locomotive #21.
Item is a photograph of an Asbestos and Danville railroad locomotive.
Item is a photograph of a group of guests and the Prime Minister of Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, at a reception in Bromptonville.
Item is a photograph taken on March 20, 1948, of floodwater destroying a house, a lot of debris is visible in the water.
Item is a photograph taken on March 20, 1948, of floodwater passing by a house located in Bromptonville.
The item is a copy of a photograph of the Grand Trunk Railway station in Danville, Quebec, with the Queen's Hotel visible in the background.
