The item consists of a programme for an evening of music and dancing held to benefit the 1st Lennoxville Volunteer Rifle Corps at the Albion Hotel in Lennoxville in 1863.
Item is a programme for a performance by the Boston Comedy Company of "Not Guilty" and "Silent Woman !" at the Town Hall in Lennoxville.
The file contains source information on the life of Caroline Parsons Coombs (1818-1907) and her family's immigration and settlement experiences in Bury, Sherbrooke and Orford, Quebec. Caroline immigrated to Canada with her family in 1836. She married John Coombs in 1837. The file consists of a memorial booklet written by Eva A. Coombs, Caroline's grand-daughter.
The file consists of information on the graduates from the Sherbrooke Hospital School of Nursing from 1946 to 1972. In consists of three yearbooks, titled "Invictus". Found in the pages of yearbooks are newspaper clippings: a photograph of the graduating class of North Hatley High School from 1969, a photograph of the graduating class of Sherbrooke Hospital School of Nursing from 1948, various obituaries of past graduates and an undated 'card of thanks' article from Pearl Robinson.
Item consists of lyrics and music sheets for the song "In the Good Old E.T.", words and accompaniment by Bertha Weston Price, Woodland Bay, Quebec.
The item are lyrics to the "Cookshire Mill Song," composed by William Frazier around 1890.
The item are the lyrics to "An Original Hymn" composed by E.S. Orr for the Thanksgiving Service at the Cookshire Methodist Church (later of United denomination) to honour Queen Victoria on 20 June 1897.
Item is a programme for MM. P. Paul-Marcel, 2-4 September 1912, at His Majesty's Theatre, Sherbrooke.
Item is a programme for Creatore and his Famous Band at his Majesty's Theatre, Sherbrooke, on 3 May 1916.
The item consists of a programme for "A Shamrock Evening", which included music and theatre production, performed at Mont-Notre-Dame in Sherbrooke on 13 April 1913.
The file consists of the diary of a young teacher named Mabel during the time of the settlements in the Eastern Townships. The diary is titled "Leaves from the Diary of a Canadian Teacher in 1836". It follows the twelve-week period in which Mabel travels to a town or village to be a teacher (maybe Bondville, Knowlton). It contains information on everyday life, such as the way the houses were built in that area, the accommodations where Mabel was boarding, the type of food she ate and the way religion was celebrated and perceived by some. The author also gives information on many families such as the Furniss', the Burtons, the Carnes, the Murrays and the Wests. She also speaks of a Mr. Gardner, who is later arrested and thrown in the Sherbrooke jail and of a "brother Clifton" who owns a small grist mill. There is also a passage on the economy of the region, in which Mabel explains the process of making "Salts" (a.k.a. potash and pearlash). She mentions some of her students and their academic background, but all in all, there is little information on school life.
Item is a mimeographed letter from the Office of the Inspector of Superior Schools in Quebec City, John Parker, to Edwin Howe Esq. dated 7 January 1904, informing the East Hatley School Board of an upcoming visit on Wednesday, 20 January, 1904.
Item is a copy of the lyrics and music sheet for the song "Where the Upper Mississippi Winds It's Way", words by Arthur E. Randel, music by Burt Wallace, 1913.
Item is a photocopy of the song "Sherbrooke", written and composed by A. E. J. McCreary as a souvenir of the visit to Sherbrooke of the Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Item is a photocopy of "Chansons d'autrefois, collection de bonnes vieilles chansons."
Item consists of a photocopy of lyrics and music sheets for the song "Chanson de fileuse" created by Kathleen Shea, music by Eugene Caron, words by Alfred DesRochers.
Item is a poster documenting the opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway towards the Pacific Ocean, on June 28, 1986.
McKay Bros.Item is an oversized timetable for the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers & Massawippi Valley Railroads, dated 1871.
Item is a reproduction from about the 1970s of a poster advertising the Passumpsic Railroad Centennial Celebration in 1876. It also contains a train schedule timetable.
Item is a poster advertising the Beebe Plain Camp Meeting at Stanstead Junction from June 23 to July 2, 1888. It also contains a train schedule timetable for the Boston & Maine Railroad, Passumpsic Division.
Item is an issue of the Coaticook Observer, Vol XLVIII No 16, which was published on 21 April, 1932.
The item is a pamphlet titled "Our Boarding School on Wheels or the doings of us girls at Lake Memphremagog", published in 1882 for the Passumpsic Railroad.
Item is the programme for the festival Hommage aux premiers arrivants écossais / Honor to the first Scottish Settlers which took place in Lake Megantic in 1996.
The file consists of one Public Notice dated 12 June 1913, posted by P. C. Duboyce, announcing an election for two school commissioners in the School Municipality of the Township of Cleveland, in Richmond County.
The file primarily consists of 36 programmes for awards nights and graduations at Alexander Galt Regional High School, Lennoxville. The file provides information about the school's cultural events, performances, and student activities, such as plays, awards nights, graduation ceremonies, and reunions from 1973 to 1998. It is also a source of information on the Waterville School and includes a reunion souvenir booklet, newspaper clipping and program from 1989; a photograph of the Waterville classes of Grades 4, 5 and 6 from around 1940; a proficiency certificate awarded Evelyn Smith in 1916; two concert prorgrammes from the Mitchell school from 1948 and 1965; and a programme from a performance of "Our Hearts were Young and Gay" by the Lennoxville High School Dramatic Society in 1947.
Item is a pamphlet published by the Eastern Townships Associated Boards of Trade and Eastern Townships Settlement Society advertising "The Eastern Townships of Quebec: A Good Place to Live and Play." The pamphlet discusses the region's topography, climate, agriculture, settlement opportunities, mining, cities and towns, tourist attractions, and transportation and markets. It dates from around 1947.
The file consists of a marriage certificate for John Andrews, of New York state, and Hattie Cameron (daughter of James A. Cameron and Mary Mann) of Leeds, dated 19 December 1900. They were married by the minister of the Leeds Presbyterian Church.
The item consists of one issue of "The Sizzler", a newsletter for the 117th Battalion, from 1917.
The file consists of an issue of the newspaper The Independent Times and County of Stanstead Advertiser, Vol. 2, No. 27, dated 27 June 1888.