The fonds contains source material on the daily life of Lydia Sawyer from 1855 to 1883 and on the activities of the members of her immediate family, notably her husband Thomas Kirton Oughtred; her brother-in-law Robinson Oughtred; and her daughters Susan and Harriet. The fonds consists of her personal diary dating from 1855 to 1883; the contract for her second marriage; documents relating to Thomas Kirton Oughtred's activities as a private land agent, his work as a teacher at the School Royal Foundation in the Township of Eaton, and his last will and testament; and documents concerning Susan and Harriet. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Lydia Sawyer (1852-1883), Thomas Kirton Oughtred (1825-1838), Susan Oughtred (1852-1853), Harriet Oughtred (1852), and Robinson Oughtred (1849).
Sawyer, Lydia, 1803 or 1804-1883Item is a photo of members of the Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured) Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Pictured are: (standing, l-r) N.H. Welsh, E.W. Arnold, Carl Skinner, Bert D. Lyon, L.M. Watson, R. Crepeau, Harry Blue, T. McKenzie, C. Codere, T. Matthews, F.H. Baldwin, (seated l-r) J.H. Blue, H.M. Jackson, G. Rockingham, A.A. Munster, J.S. Bourque, Earle P. Hall, Sam Echenberg.
Item consists of photograph of unknown soldier likely from the 117th Battalion, taken at the Sherbrooke exhibition grounds.
Item consists of photograph of the No.1 Platoon, 117th E.T. Battalion in Valcartier. It includes standing (L-R): G. McFadden, C.Franklin, F.Price, R. Mitchell and kneeling:T. Tarrant and E. Bates.
Item consists of photograph of part of the No.1 Platoon, 117th E.T. Battalion. Standing (L-R): G. McFadden, J. Marks, C. Sandel, J. Turton, R. Mitchell. Kneeling T. Tarrant, E. Bates, C. Franklin and F. Price.
Item consists of photograph of soldiers of the 117th E.T. Battalion in Val Cartier. Included in the photograph is G. Loach standing second from right.
The item contains information on Paul Desruisseaux's professionnal life. It is a letter from Duplessis to Senator Jacob Nicol about the establishment of a television channel in Sherbrooke.
The item is a drawing of a reaping cradle and a wooden hay fork by Thelma Crawford for "A Quebec Mosaic" by Hazel A. Coates.
The item contains information on the personal lives of Catherine Day's family. It depicts, from right to left, her, her daughter Pamelia Annie Pearson, Miss. James [Sawfelt?] and Emma Knowlton [Shawfelt?].
The item is a photograph showing Georgeville with Lake Memphremagog and Mount Elephantis in the background from around the 1880s.
Item is a photograph of a road in Georgeville with buildings along both sides, taken around the 1880s.
Item is a photograph of the Quebec Central Railway bridge at Rock Island, during the flood of 1927.
Item is a photograph of river drivers and visitors at Lord's Falls in Drummondville. The photograph was probably taken in the late 1800's.
Item is a photograph of L. A. Senecal's sawmills, located in Pierreville (also known as Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville) on the St. Francis River. The photograph was probably taken in the 1890s.