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Bean/Beane family
CA ETRC P997-001-04-021 · File · 1835-1916
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains information on the Bean/Beane family of Hatley and East Hereford from 1835 to 1916. It consists of reproductions of births and marriages from the family Bible, the last will and testaments for Josephine Bean(e) and Edwin Bean(e), and the cadastral index for Range 2, Lots 4 & 5 in the Township of Hereford.

CA ETRC P995-2023-017 · File · 2021
Part of Eastern Townships Research Centre Special Media collection

The file contains four short films videoed by Rachel Garber and John Mackley, and produced and edited by John Mackley, on the life, works, and influence of four renowned Townships poets (Thomas Gray, Louis Dudek, Ralph Gustafson, and D.G. Jones). Steve Luxton, Poet in Residence of the Lennoxville Library, discusses their work and, as a younger poet, his encounters with them. Filmed in the areas where they lived in the Eastern Townships, the videos intertwine readings, discussions, and analyses to create narratives about each poet's life and work.

Mackley, John, 1959-
Barnston
CA ETRC P997-001-02-006 · File · 1849 [photocopied 198-?], 1862, 1874-1876
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information relating to land in Barnston in 1849, 1862 and from 1874 to 1876. It consists of a photocopy of a letter written March 14, 1849 by [A. Sowen?] to Robinson Oughtred, Esq. regarding a property dispute concerning lot 6, range 11 in Barnston. It also consists of a complaint filed by William Locker Felton against Alexander Edson, Junior, for non-payment of a mortgage on the north quarter of lot 3, range 2 and the north half of lot 1, range 2 in Barnston, as well as a court summons for the same case. It also consists of a mortgage (1874) and mortgage and obligation (1876) by John Hunter, William Hunter, and Ann Lane Walker to Ernest Maloney for the north half of lot 10, range 2 and the north half of lot 11, range 2 in Barnston.

CA ETRC P997-005-08-001 · File · June 1944
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The subseries file contains primary source information on the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in Sherbrooke in 1944. It consists of one telephone directory for Sherbrooke and vicinity, dated June 1944. It also includes information for Lennoxville, Asbestos, Ayer's Cliff, Bishopton, Black Lake, Bury, Coaticook, Compton, Cookshire, Danville, Disraeli, East Angus, East Broughton, East Hereford, Garthby, Inverness, La Patrie, Laurierville, Leeds, Lyster, Magog, Marbleton, Megantic, North Hatley, Plessisville, Richmond, Rock Island, St. Ferdinand de Halifax, St. Malo, Sawyerville, Scotstown, Thetford Mines, Victoriaville, Waterville, and Windsor.

Bell Telephone Company of Canada (The)
Hatley
CA ETRC P997-001-02-005 · File · [1823, photocopied 198-?], 1872
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information on land transactions concerning Hatley in 1823 and in 1872. It consists of a photocopy of a sale and conveyance by Ebenezer Hovey to Simon Kezar for the northwest quarter of lot 7, range 3 in Hatley Township, in 1823. Appended to the photocopy of the deed is a hand-drawn plan of the land concerned. It also consists of a receipt for a final mortgage payment received from Benjamin Burland by F.D. Gilbert in 1872, for part of lot 5, Range 1 and part of lot 7, Range 2 in Hatley.

Commerce and industries
CA SHC C032-S001-D006 · File · 1875-2014
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File presents information on the economic history of the Coaticook region from 1875 to 2014. It consists of an account book for James Williamson for R.C. Baldwin’s store (1875), an invoice from Charles H. Bryan (freight delivery) for Belding-Corticelli (1917), a poster for J. H. Knapp’s ambulance and funeral service and a wedding book printed to J. H. Knapp ([192-?]), a flyer for Georges Vaillancourt's store (date unknown), three promotional posters for Cercle de Couture Pfaff, Felix I. Lajoie (Coton Wabasso) and J. B. Dionne (dates unknown), two wallpaper sample catalogues from W. E. Dionne & Fils (dates unknown), a programme for the Penman's employee picnic held at Jacques-Cartier Park (22 August 1953), a promotional brochure for Massey-Harris owned by Kenneth Walker (1953), a poster for Fernand Riendeau's ambulance service (ca. 1955), an article “Scientific fish culture in Quebec since 1945” by Louis-Roch Séguin (1957), an article “Étude d’un important projet pour la promotion touristique de la Station Piscicole du Lac Lyster” (1957), a brochure “Eastern Townships Fish Hatchery/Station piscicole des Cantons de l’Est” (1958), a brochure for Camping Piskiart at Lake Lyster (1960s), a ribbon from the Penman's employee picnic held at Crystal Beach in Magog (26 August 1961), two flyers for the Marché Suprême Benoit (1963) and Coaticook Pharmacy, a promotional poster for Michael Élias & Co. (ca. 1964), an article “Trout rearing with the minimum of fresh make-up water possible/Élévage de truites avec le minimum d’eau fraîche de compensation possible” by Louis-Roch Séguin, Benoit Dion and Raymond Charbonneau (1978), a commemorative photo album and medallion celebrating Niedner's 100 years in Coaticook (2014), a profile of H.L. Boisvert mill in "Le Meunier" (1990), and a cabinetry catalogue from Cabico (2014).

Education
CA SHC C032-S001-D007 · File · 1940-1971
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File presents information on education in Coaticook from 1923 to 1971. It consists of a prize list for Marie Blanche Boisclair from the Présentation de Marie Pensionnat de Coaticook in 1923, correspondence with Romuald Dumont during his role in the planning committee for the Academie du Sacré-Coeur reunion (“l’amicale”) in 1940, two issues of the Coaticook High School Banner yearbook (1955, 1960) and statistics (school census) for the Commission scolaire de Coaticook from 1960 to 1971.

1988
CA ETRC P249-004-10-008 · File · 1988
Part of Club de patinage artistique d'East Angus fonds

The file contains records relating to the "Jeux de Quebec" Regional Finals Competition attended by the club in 1988. It consists of a booklet that contains the results of the event.

Club de Patinage Artistique (East Angus, Que.)
Property and land
CA SHC C032-S001-D008 · File · [190-?]-2014
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File presents information on property and land transactions in Coaticook from around 1900 to 2014. It consists of register of land searches and certificates (1913-1961), a catalogue of properties for sale by Nunns & Moulton in French and in English ([190-?]), and copies of acts relating to the property of the Frères des Écoles Chrétienne in Compton ([copied 2014]).

CA SHC C032-S001-D001 · File · 1888-2003
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File contains information on the general history of Coaticook and surrounding region from 1888 to 2003. It consists of a charter for the Town of Coaticook (1888), a programme and souvenir book for Old Home Week (1914), a typed copy of “The Early History of Coaticook from its foundation to 1902” by B.N. Robinson and annotated by Mgr Prosper Durand (1993), historical articles by Romauld Dumond (1964), a description of the Exchange Censeau-Coaticook project ([1972?]), and an article by Ivy Hatch titled “History of the N-word River” (2003).

CA ETRC P127-003-08-001 · File · 1998
Part of Lennoxville Curling Club fonds

The file contains records that relate to the Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Curling Championship hosted by Branch 242 in North Hatley, Quebec, in 1998. It consists of an event booklet that contains sponsor advertisements and all details about the event, including results.

Lennoxville Curling Club (Lennoxville, Que.)
CA ETRC P996-2022-013 · File · 1942-1945
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Cartographic Material collection

This file is comprised of three geological surveys produced by the Canadian Department of Mines and Resources - Mines and Geology Branch between 1942 and 1945. The surveys Preliminary Maps of Orford, Stanstead and Brome Counties, and Mansonville, Quebec, They also each have corresponding descriptive notes either written directly on the map or as a separate document.

Government of Canada, Department of Mines and Resources, Mines and Geology Branch
CA ETRC P997-004-03-006 · File · 1881
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information on the lumber business of E.R. Webster and L.A. Stearns in Ayer's Flat, in 1881. It consists of postcards between William White, Esq. of Sherbrooke; E.R. Webster of Ayer’s Flat; and L.A. Stearns of Ayer’s Flat, discussing the sale and transport of lumber.

Religion
CA SHC C032-S001-D005 · File · 1905, 1932, [1959?]-1966
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File presents information on religious practices and churches in the Coaticook region from 1905 and 1966. It consists of a communion souvenir certificate for Rosa Nadeau (1905), a certificate of religious instruction for Antonio Thibault of St-Marc Catholic Church in Coaticook (1932), souvenir program on the occasion of the appointment of Napoleon Loiselle to the title of Secret Cameroy of Pope John XXIII ([1959?]), a booklet on the campaign to expand the parish credits of St. Emond Parish (1961), and a programme for the dedication St. Paul’s Chapel, Anglican church, in Dixville (1966).

Music and theatre
CA SHC C032-S001-D004 · File · 1930-1962
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File presents information on arts and culture in Coaticook from 1930 to 1950. It consists of a souvenir programme for "Dolly (I love you)" (1930), sheet music and a souvenir programme for “Lolita” (1934), a souvenir programme for “Le Trouvère” (1935), sheet music for “Chant de ralliement” (1950), poems by Victor Péloquin/Victor de Grand-Pré ([195-?]), a programme for a conference and concert organized by the Société du Bon Parler Français and the Société St. Jean-Baptiste (1951), a programme for the annual concert for the Symphonie Vocale including a photograph of the choir (1957), and a programme for the 22nd festival of the Fédération des Fanfares Amateur de la Province de Québec organized by the Harmonie de Coaticook (1962).

CA ETRC P997-010-01-004 · File · ([200-?])
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

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.

Military
CA SHC C032-S001-D003 · File · 1917, 1969, [199-?]
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File presents information on men from the Coaticook area that served in the military from 1917, 1969 and the 1990s. It consists of a discharge certificate for Private John J. Forest, enlisted with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, and a service certificate for Sergeant J.P. G.E. Géurin, and a list of men who died in action during World War I (WWI) and World War II (WWII).

People
CA SHC C032-S001-D002 · File · 1917-2008
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

File contains information of individuals in the Coaticook area from 1917 to 2008. It consists of a newspaper article and copy of a letter on Léon Dupéré (1917, 1994), a biographical sketch of Reverent Albert L’Heureux/Père Alphonse ([1947?]), a burial certificate for Joséphine Giroux (1979), and an obituary and newspaper articles on Winnifred Bertrand (2007), and recollections of Gonzague Côté (traveler and twin of Omer Côté) by Normand Côté, including two images (2008).

CA ETRC P997-009-02-001 · File · 1912-[1954], 2000-2005
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file consists of five theatre programmes and four advertisements: MM. P. Paul-Marcel, 2-4 September 1912, at His Majesty's Theatre, Sherbrooke; posters for "Too Much Married", by the West Brome Dramatic Club; "Not Guilty" and "Silent Woman !", Town Hall, Lennoxville, by the Boston Comedy Company; a programme for "Quality Street" presented by the Sherbrooke High School in 1943; a programme for "Captain Applejack" presented by the Sherbrooke High School; a programme for "Merrie England" presented by the Sher-Lenn Operatic & Choral Society; a programme for "The Pirates of Penzance" presented by the Sher-Lenn Choir in 1952; two postcard advertisements listing the programme for the Le Cochon Souriant: théâtre ambulant from 2000; and the summer 2005 programme for Townships Stage, performed at The Piggery Theatre.

26th Stanstead Dragoons
CA ETRC P058-004-65-029 · File · 1914-1993
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains information about the 26th Stanstead Dragoons. It consists of a copy of "Camp Stories: Hatley Squadron, 26th Stanstead Dragoons", possibly written by Major William Melrose, a copy of "The Stanstead Calvary: History, Legend, Story" by Major William Melrose published in 1914, and correspondence to Herbert Derick in 1993.

13th Scottish Light Dragoons
CA ETRC P058-004-65-010 · File · ([191-][reproduction]
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains information on the 13th Scottish Light Dragoons. It consists of documents pertaining to Herbert Derick's research on the cap badges of Dragoons and two photographs of members of the Dragoons from the early 1900s.

Stanstead Township
CA ETRC P058-010-08-004 · File · 1906-[191-?]
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains primary source information on the buildings, churches, schools and views of towns and villages in Stanstead Township from 1906 to the 1910s. It consists of postcards from Stanstead, Rock Island, and Beebe.

Magog Township
CA ETRC P058-010-08-003 · File · [191-?]
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains primary source information on the churches and landscapes around Magog from about 1910.

Hatley Township
CA ETRC P058-010-08-002 · File · 1906-1913
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains information on the geography, architecture, businesses, and architecture from towns and villages in Hatley Township from 1906 to 1913. It consists of postcards of Ayer's Cliff, Massawippi, Lake Massawippi and North Hatley .

Barnston Township
CA ETRC P058-010-08-001 · File · 1905-[191-?]
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains primary source information on the geography and architecture of towns and villages in Barnston Township from 1905 to the 1910s. It consists of postcards with views from Baldwin's Mills and Coaticook.