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The fonds consists of primary source documents relating to Rev. William Adolphus Fyles, son of Rev. Dr Thomas William Fyles and Mary Myers. It includes a biography of the man, perhaps handwritten by Viola Hurlbut Beaudoin, and photographs of W.A. Fyles and the Anglican Church of Iron Hill that was built by his father Rev. T.W. Fyles.

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Esty family of Mansonville. It includes legal documents pertaining to Elwin James Esty (1843-1909), and documents about Farrand Chauncey Esty (1863-1943), son of Franklin James Esty and Mary Eliza Elkins, including his diaries.

The fonds consists of primary source documents relating to the Nash family of Brattleboro, Vt, who came to live in Brome County. It includes documents relating to Ephraim Nash (1754-1816), married to Hannah Wells; their son Alfred Nash (1793-1861), married to Lucinda Knowlton Willard (daughter of Samuel Willard); and their son Ephraim Nash (1820-1851), married to Harriet Parker. Ephraim Nash and his grandson were official surveyor for the East Farnham region.

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Mitchell family.

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Nichols family of Potton Townships. They include documents, photographs and diaries of Joshua Levi Nichols, his wife Jemima Carter and their son George Nichols.

The fonds consists of primary source information relating to the Knowlton Conference Association, including a scrapbook-style binder containing administrative and communication documents, and a collection of glass positives depicting the Knowlton Conference activities through the years.

The fonds consists of a souvenir folder created by Hugh McVittie of Ridgetown, Ontario, who came to stay at the Knowlton Grove Hotel during his childhood between 1930 and 1940. It contains information about the hotel, a hand drawn map of the different buildings and many photographs taken during that period. The Knowlton Grove Hotel used to be operated by the Knowlton Conference Association.

The fonds consists of photographs relating to the Jewell family of East Farnham and Iron Hill, most of them from Carmi Jewell and his wife Lucinda Courtney.

The fonds contains source material on the management, the congregation's affairs and the Women's and Youth Organizations of Birchton United Church from 1879 to 2009. It consists mainly of minutes, deeds, account books, sermons, and annual reports. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1879-1969), Buildings and Property (1879-1956), Financial Resources (1960-1969), Annual Reports (1920-1921), Sermons (1946-1951), Historical (1988), Organizations (1899-1993), Committees (1894), Photographs (1991, 2009), and Ministers (1989).

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?]).

The collection contains source material on various topics related to the Eastern Townships in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries such as towns, military, settlement, agriculture, life, artist and oral histories. It consists of audio tape cassettes, videos, artefacts, textual records, photographs, and an engineering and technical drawing.

The fonds contains source material on Kay Kinsman's life as an artist from 1947 to 1998 and a student at Bishop's and McGill Universities from the 1970s to 1998. It consists mainly of notebooks, watercolour books, sketchbooks, press clippings, correspondence, papers submitted for courses at Bishop's, her M.A. thesis, exhibition catalogues, slides and photographs. The fonds is comprised of the following series : Private Life (1947-1998), Artistic Life (1949-[between 1980 and 1998]), Academic Life (1964-1996), and Works on Kay Kinsman (1992-1995).

-Citizens for Nuclear Responsibility documents: objectives, minutes, members, newspaper clippings, correspondence, briefs/projects (1984-1988)
-Townships Peace Group documents: newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, objectives (1984-1987)

The fonds contains primary source information on the family life; social, religious and economic activities; and education of various members of the Baldwin family, May family and other relatives and friends during the 18th to 21st centuries. It also contains historical information on the Stanstead County and Barnston Township areas, as well as genealogy. The majority of the records were produced in the Eastern Townships, many come from the New England states as well as across Canada and worldwide. It consists primarily of personal and business correspondence, postcards and photographs, maps, historical notes and family history. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Baldwin family ([1783 - photocopied ca. 1999]-2005), May family (1863-[1988, photocopied 2022]), Other Correspondence ([18--]-1970), Genealogy (1832-1999), Photographs ([185-?]-1995), Subject Files and Historical Research (1842-2002), Ferrin Family (1811-1974), Mead Family (1832-1853, 1917, [1934-1948?]), and Stevens Family (1910-1961).

The collection contains source material on the personal life of Henrietta Kathleen Warren Milne, as well as her involvement with the Memphremagog Library, the Pinecroft retirement home, her further community involvement, and she and her family's finances. It also contains information regarding the historian Leonard Auger, Dr. Austin Bowen, and Henrietta Kathleen's family and friends, including some geneological information. It ranges from approximately 1700 to 2004 and covers mainly the Magog area with some coverage of the wider Eastern Townships. It consists mainly of correspondence, historical and constituent documents, minutes, notes, financial papers, clippings, and photographs. The collection is comprised of the following series: Memphremagog Library ([196-?]-1995, 2001), Pinecroft Residence (1967-1994), Further Community Involvement ([194-?]-1992), Historical Documents (1796-1988), Personal Life ([19--?]-[2004?]), Leonard Auger Material ([17--?]-1985), Dr. George Austin Bowen (1894-1943), Graphic Materials ([18--?]-[2002?]), Family History ([1776-1780?], [1829?], [184-?]-[1994?]), Other Family and Friends ([1915-1999?]), Business and Finances ([1930-1982?]).

The fonds contains biographical source material on Doris Snowdon's life as an artist and on her family genealogy. It consists of a biographical brochure, an article on the Maffre's genealogy, 3 paintings (reproductions) and 6 sketches. The fonds is comprised of the following files: Biography ([196-?]-2001), Maffres' Genealogy ([2002?]), and Artistic Works ([195-?]-[196-]).

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Hawley family. It includes textual records, a photo album and an oversized book about the Hawley family history, published in 1890, that incorporates handwritten genealogical information.

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Harris G. Shufelt of East Farnham. It includes family souvenirs kept by Mr. Shufelt, such as the diaries of Ruth Ingalls Brimmer, Mary Eliza Brimmer Collins and Harry Wyatt, and genealogical research documents written by his wife Carol McCaw Shufelt. The photographs contains many pictures of personal and professional activities of Mr. Shufelt, and an interesting photo album of the Shufelt, Collins and Brimmer family members, including many portraits done by John Austin Wheeler, as his wife was a Collins.

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Hazel Jones of East Bolton. It includes mostly the collection of diaries that she wrote from 1910 to 1970, and photographs of her family, with children and grandchildren souvenirs.

The fonds consists of primary source documents relating to the Sutton Farm Forum Association, a non-profit organization aimed to propose forum meetings and conferences about the agricultural world, for the farm owners of the Sutton region. The first board of directors included Maurice D. Hastings, Chairman; Lynn Reid, Vice-Chairman; G. F. Knights, Secretary-Treasurer; and Herbert McElroy, Secretary Assistant.

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source administrative documents relating to the Brome County Farm Forum Association. It includes the minute book (not bound) from 1955 to 1968, correspondence, financial documents, activity reports and printed handbooks.

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source administrative records relating to the Brome County Cooperative Medical Service. This includes minute books from 1949 to 1986, correspondence, financial records, reports and medical claim forms [FULL RESTRICTION ON THIS FOLDER].

The fonds consists of two bulky souvenir albums containing primary and secondary documents relating to the period when Albert Bethune Carley was in Europe as a military volunteer during WWI and his return to Canada. It includes many military documents, invitations, events programs and an important collection of personal photographs and commercial postcards depicting places that A.B. Carley visited or scenes of the war.

The fonds contains source material on the management, the congregation's affairs, the Sunday School and the women's organizations of the Sisco Memorial United Church in Coaticook from 1860 to 1993. It also provides information on the Coaticook-Compton-Baldwin's Mills Pastoral Charge from 1955 to 1958, the Ayer's Cliff-Coaticook-Way's Mills Pastoral Charge from 1969 to 1978, and the Lakes and Streams Pastoral Charge from 1994 to1998. It consists mainly of minutes, annual reports, correspondence, registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and, account books. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1873-2012), Buildings and Property (1886-1996), Financial Resources (1938-2012), Banns/Marriage Certificates (1950-1957), Annual Reports (1927-1998), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1860-1962), Orders of Service (1905-1966), Funds (2003, 2012), Membership (1870-2012), Historical (1955-1962, 1996, [200-?]), Organizations (1890-1987), Committees ([1947?]-1969), Photographs ([1921?]), and Artefacts ([after 1923], [Between 1894-1898], [Around 1995]).

The fonds contains source material on the organization, operations, and activities of the Townshippers' Association from 1975 to 2013 and is more broadly of value as a source of information on the views and attitudes of the English-speaking community of the Eastern Townships during that period. The fonds consists of documentary materials of various kinds, including minutes, financial statements reports, briefs, correspondence, surveys, leaflets, and publications. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Administration and Organization (1975-2013), Operational Committees (1978-2013), Program Committees (1979-2010), Ad Hoc Committees (1979-2013), Regional Associations (1979-2013), Other Organizations (1983-1990), Federal Government (1981-1992), and Provincial Government (1983-1992).

The fonds contains source material on the personal and professional lives of Hackett family members from Stanstead, Quebec from 1882 to 1953. It also provides information on the founding of Stanstead and some research on townships and counties of the Eastern Townships including Sutton, Potton, Dunham, Brome, Bolton, Shefford, Barnston, Sherbrooke, Hatley, Compton Stanstead and the settlement of Craig Road. It consists of certificates, correspondence, diaries, financial records, legal papers, newspaper clippings, paintings, political papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and research notes. The fond is comprised of the following series: Michael Felix Hackett ([18--?]-[19-?]), John Thomas Hackett (1899-1955), Linda Harding Hackett (1899-1952), Ann Kidder Hackett (1930-1931), John David Hackett (19-?]-1950), Guy Harding Hackett (1918-[19-]), Florence Knight Hackett ([19-?]), Julia Alice Hackett ([19-?]-1930), James K. Hackett (1910) and Miscellaneous Documents ([18--?]-[19-?]).

The fonds contains source material on the scouting movement in the Sherbrooke region from 1912 to 1993. It gives information on the organization of the Sherbrooke District Council and its predecessor bodies; on the District's administrative decisions, membership, finances, activities, trainings, charitable actions, properties, camp sites, and distribution of awards and badges. The fonds also includes the records of the different Scout groups under the jurisdiction of the Sherbrooke District Council. The fonds consists mainly of minutes, correspondence, financial records, registration forms, reports, programmes, press clippings, and photographs. It is comprised of the following series: Administration (1912-1990), Financial Resources (1930-1987), Membership (1925-1990), Group Records (1921-1993), Activities (1925-1987), Buildings and Property (1939-1988), Public Relations (1930-1984), and District Scouters' Council (1924-1952).

Fonds presents information on the history of the Dumoulin family in Coaticook from the 1940s to 2014. It consists of productions of photographs of the Dumoulin family in the 1940s and the 1950s, two reproductions of newspaper articles, a reproduction of Jean-Maurice Dumoulin’s book cover, a CD of poems and songs by Jules Dumoulin, and a biographical sketch of Jean-Maurice Dumoulin.

Fonds presents some of the activities and community involvement of the organization Rues principales in Coaticook from 1993 to 2008. It consists largely of photographs but also includes posters, advertisements, and press releases. The fonds is composed of the following files: Activities and Promotional photographs.