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W. Gillies Ross fonds
CA ETRC P233 · Fonds · 1767 [Photocopied]-2006

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)
Logging camp
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P866 · Item · 1897, copied 1979
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of Hollis Cairns' logging camp located on the North River, with many workers and a few horses visible in front of the camp, in Compton County.

“Old” Sherbrooke, 1842
CA ETRC P999-053-D001-021 · Item · [193-?]
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Postcard collection

The item is a postcard showing a reproduced photograph showing the Magog River gorge in Sherbrooke and the industrial building that once stood on the “island” in the middle of the river, probably photographed around the 1890s, reproduced around 1930.

Clearing out sale
CA ETRC P069-002-001 · Item · 1899
Part of James Miller fonds

The item contains information on James Miller’s professional life. It is an advertisement for a clearing out sale.

Sherbrooke’s industries
CA ETRC P050-001 · Item · 193?
Part of Robert B. Speer fonds

The item contains information on Robert Speer’s activities. It is a newspaper article about Sherbrooke’s industries in the 1930’s.

History
CA SHC F028-S006 · Series · [194-?]-1984
Part of Fonds Canadian Celanese of Coaticook

Series illustrates the history of the activities, employees, and production at the Canadian Celanese in Coaticook from he 1940s to the 1980s. It consists of photographs (largely reproduced) and scrapbooks. The series is composed of the following files: Photo albums (reproductions), Photo albums (originals), Other photographs, and General documents.

CA ETRC P232-003-072 · File · 1967-1969
Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains source material on historical research of various subjects from 1967 to 1969. It consists of the following research documents: Au Township D’Eaton, Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire de Sawyerville, Messire A. E. Dufresne et Les Anglo-Protestants, La Mine de Chesham, Avenement des Chemins de Fer dans Les Townships, Quelques Sources de Renseignements en Histoire Regionale et en Genealogie.