Portrait of Mrs. Lillis Turner in studio decor by unknown photographer. She is probably Lillis Brill (1824-1892), daughter of Joseph Brill and Margaret Sager, wife of James Turner, and the cousin of Lettie Brill.
The fonds consists of primary source information regarding Stephen Westover and his wife Dorinda Ball. The fonds contains the following series: Correspondence (1812-1817); Land Papers (1817-1826); Legal Papers (1819-1826); Accounts (1809-1833); Succession and Estate (1826-1827).
Sans titreThe item is a map of the southern part of Quebec, including Montreal and the Eastern Townships, published by E.R. Smith & Son, in 1897.
Le fonds contient des documents de source de premier ordre sur la vie privée, professionnelle et militaire de la famille Wark à Sherbrooke, entre 1911 et 2002. Ce sont surtout des photographies et des programmes de théâtre. Le fonds est organisé selon les séries suivantes : James H. Wark, Florence (Bryant) Wark, Barbara Wark, Wark theatre, Photographies et Divers.
Item is a street map of the City of Sherbrooke produced for the 125th anniversary of the city in 1962. The map includes a legend listing all of the streets with numbered grid location references, as well as a legend of 26 important sites. The verso of the map includes a brief history of the city, photographs of landmarks, and a message from "Jacqueline the 1st," Reigning Queen of the City of Sherbrooke for 1962.
Sans titreItem is a map of the City of Sherbrooke dating from 1954. It consists of a street map of the City of Sherbrooke on the recto and a road map of the Eastern Townships.
Sans titreItem is a map proposing a sightseeing tour of the City of Sherbrooke and the surrounding region, dating from around the 1980s. It consists of a road map of the City of Sherbrooke and another road map (on the verso) of the region surrounding Sherbrooke with the furthest points represented being Danville in the north, Eaton Corner in the east, Baldwin's Mills in the south, and Richmond in the west.
Sans titreItem consists of a map of the City of Sherbrooke and a road map of the Eastern Townships dating from 1956. It also includes a brief history of Sherbrooke, and a mileage table showing approximate distances from major locations in Canada and the United States.
Sans titreThis series contains primary and secondary sources pertaining to the British Royal Family between 1950 and 1960. It consists primarily of publications and photographs. It also consists of four maps of the City of Sherbrooke, dating from 1954 to around the 1980s. Finally, it consists of two sizes of promotional bridge score cards produced by Bryant's Ginger Ale in Sherbrooke.
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.
The sub-series contains information on the Van Vliet family in Lacolle from 1863 to 1993. It consists of transcriptions of Traver Van Vliet’s diary (including one by Elizabeth Toop), family trees, the Van Vliet family crest, documents pertaining to a Van Vliet family reunion and reproductions of photographs including members of the Van Vliet family.
Le fonds d’archives porte sur la vie de Rufus Whitcomb (1784-1831) et se compose d'un document textuel (testament, 1831).
Le fonds contient la série suivante :
BCHS138, S1 Vie personnelle.
The Jeffrey Douglas Jefferis fonds includes correspondence, manuscripts of speeches, professional recognition, photographs, books, pamphlets, newspaper articles and clippings. The material relates to education, particularly Quebec Protestant education, Bishop’s University. Records also relate to Jefferis' service to the Anglican Church as a lay reader, Christ’s Hospital, his Alma Mater, and his interest in the classics.
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Négatif sur plaque de verre des membres de l'équipe de football de Knowlton suivants: rangée arrière: Percy Stevens, Lorn Davis, A.L Gilman, Henry Lefebvre, [?] Schoolcraft; au centre: Herb Tarbell, A. Girard, Hickman, J. Price; première rangée: Warren Lynch, Charlie Courtney.
The file contains information on various military regiments and related subjects from around the 1890s to the 1980s. Among the photographs (mostly reproduced) are images of 79th Shefford with Col. Bowman; 13th Scottish Light Dragoons; Captain McCorkell's company, 60th Battalion; 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles shortly before going overseas; 7/11 Hussars; the gymnastic class of the 117th Battalion, with inset of F.P. Butler; Canadian Rifle Team, Bisley, 1919; 16th Armoured Regiment/ 7/11 Hussars; as well as a number of unidentified photographs. The album consists largely of photographs from COTC (Canadian Officers' Training Corps) training in Sherbrooke in 1940 and the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment in training, as well as the Sherbrooke High School Cadet Corps in 1923, Captain Ray Muir, Lt-Col. McA'Nulty, and Col. A.A. McGee.
The sub-series contains primary source material on photographs of unidentified people. The majority of the photographs are portrait photographs of men, women, and children, but includes some view in an apple orchard with a couple apple picking, people on an unidentified beach, a group at a picnic, men in a rowboat, a child with a teddy bear, and a man and young girl in horse and wagon.
Fonds gives evidence to student activities at Bishop's University from 1965 to 1967, specifically new student orientation, drama, and Carnival events. Includes:
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 subseries contains source material on music in the Eastern Townships from 1863 to 1916. It contains copies of songs and various programmes for musical events. It includes the following files: Songs (1890-1913), and Programmes and Advertisements (1863-2004).
Le fonds est constitué d'information de source primaire et secondaire relative à la famille Mitchell. Cela inclut des documents et photographies au sujet des descendants de George Mitchell et Jane Armstrong, ainsi que Malcolm M. Mitchell et Homer Acton Mitchell. L'album photo est en lien avec la famille Hagan-Mitchell.
La série est constituée de photographies relatives à la famille Mitchell, incluant un album photo ayant appartenu à la famille Hagan-Mitchell, ainsi qu'un croquis anonyme représentant Thomas Mitchell. On retrouve aussi un dossier contenant des reproductions de photographies prises par John B. Mitchell (1922-2004) de Knowlton.
The file consists of one poem composed by Reverend Alfred Bright in 1928 in which he includes the name and the cooking speciality of each member of the Society.
The fonds consists of a warrant creating George Harris, Baron of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies, and of Belmont in the County of Kent (Great Britain), on parchment, dated August 8, 1815 at Westminster.
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This file contains administrative document associated with the construction of a new fair building on the Sherbrooke Fairground in 1983. The file is composed of correspondence addressed to Donald MacMillan from representatives of Batiments Fafard, which includes preliminary descriptive plans for the building.
Item consists of a 15-page photocopy of "The Farm Journal of P.H. Gosse from the Season of 1837."