This fonds contains information on the history of Stanstead College from 1872 to 2024. It consists of Documents, Pictures, Yearbooks and Artifacts.
Stanstead (Quebec)
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Item is a photograph of the Stanstead Hotel.
Item is a photograph of a postcard of Stanstead Wesleyan College.
Item is a photograph of the train track of the Stanstead derailment wreck.
Item is a photograph of a train wreck that occured October 3rd, 1900 in Stanstead, which a man died as a result of.
The item is a photograph of a postcard showing a view of Stanstead Wesleyan College, in Stanstead, around 1910.
Item is a photograph of the Ursurline Convent located in Stanstead Plain.
Item is a photograph of Stanstead Street, looking north.
Item is a photograph of Stanstead Wesleyan College, with four of its buildings visible (from left to right: Model School, Pierce Hall, Main Building, Bugbee Business College).
Item is a photograph of a steam-powered buggy built in Stanstead by Henry Seth Taylor. It was Canada's first automobile.
Item is a photograph of a firefighting cart with a fireman's hose which would be hitched to a horse for use. It was built in 1890 and used until 1920.
Item is a photograph of a sap evaporator used for maple sugaring.
Item is a photograph of a two-seat carriage in a barn or storage area.
Item is a photograph of the main building of Stanstead College during winter.
Item is a photograph of the main buildings of Stanstead College during the winter.
Item is a photograph of a road leading to Stanstead covered in floodwater from the Niger River, with three men standing in it.
Item is a photograph of two firefighters standing in the smokey ruins of the main building of Stanstead College after it was lost to fire.
Item is a photograph of the rubble left from the main building of Stanstead College after it was lost to fire.
Item is a photograph of the main building of Stanstead College after it was lost to a fire.
Item is a photograph of the main building of Stanstead College on fire. The building was lost in this fire.
The item is a group photograph of the family of Eugene Arthur Baldwin, taken around 1913 in Stanstead. Pictured are: (standing at back, left-right) Beatrice (approx. age 14), Pardon (approx. age 36), Mary (approx. age 5), Florence (nee Ives, wife of Percival), Percival, Adele (nee Wilcox, wife of Eugene A.), (seated, left-right) Ethel (nee Peck, wife of Pardon), Eugene (approx. age 12), Lyman Heath (husband of Blanche), Blanche (approx. age 26), Oscar Heath (approx. age less than 1 year), Sidney (approx. age 14), Adele (approx. age 5), Eugene Arthur (approx. age 60), (sitting in front) Richard (approx. age 7).
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 postcard of an aeriel view of Stanstead College in Stanstead, taken around 1915.
Item is a souvenir postcard album with scenes from Stanstead, probably from around the 1920s. Includes among the views are: Stanstead College, Methodist Church (later Centenary United Church), Catholic Church (Église Cacré-Coeur), Customs and Post Office building in Rock Island, Dufferin Street in Rock Island, The Maples, Dufferin Street in Stanstead (with cars and horses visible), Dufferin Heights war memorial and pioneers monument, Haskell Library and Opera House, aeriel view of Rock Island including covered bridge over the Tomifobia River and rail bridge, and Tomifobia River falls in winter in Rock Island.
Item is a souvenir programme for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's coronation day celebrations in Stanstead, Beebe, and Rock Island on 12 May 1937.
The file contains a postcard written in July 25, 1916 in Rhineland (Germany) by R. J. Meekren, a Canadian soldier, to his mother in Stanstead.
Meekren, Robert James (1876-1963)The item is a photograph of the Centenary United Church in Stanstead in winter, taken around 1955.
The item is a photograph of the Centenary United Church in Stanstead in winter, taken around 1955.
The item is a photograph of the Butterfield hockey team with Maurice “The Rocket” Richard at the new Border Arena in Stanstead in 1954.
Item is a photograph of the interior of the Centenary United Church, previously of the Methodist denomination, with an unknown minister visible.