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Loose Photographs
CA BCHS BCHS381-S2-SS2 · Sub-series · [ca. 1860-1950]
Part of Bancroft family fonds

The sub-series contains loose photographs of Bancroft family members, that were given by different people.

Family Photographs
CA BCHS BCHS381-S2-SS2-D1 · File · [ca. 1860-1950]
Part of Bancroft family fonds

The file contains photographs of the Bancroft family, including Dorothy Bancroft.

Clergy Reserve
CA BCHS BCHS272-S1-D1 · File · 1822-03-15
Part of John Jackson fonds

The file contains an official lease certificate addressed to rev. John Jackson, for a lot in Brome that is a clergy reserve.

Family photographs
CA BCHS BCHS864-S2 · Series · [1870-1940]
Part of Prime family fonds

The series consists of photographs of members of the Prime Family. They include pictures of Dr. Thomas Merrell Prime Jr, Benjamin Prime and his second wife Melissa Soles, and a colorized oversized portrait of Benjamin Worcester Prime.

Benjamin Prime
CA BCHS BCHS864-S2-P07 · Item · [1880-1884]
Part of Prime family fonds

Portrait of Benjamin Prime, with a typed label inscribed as follows:
"Photo taken and colored in the latter part o the nineteenth century. This picture hung for many years in the farmhouse in Brome owned by the Primes and later by Charles Rhicard, then Donald Frizzle."

Prime family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS864 · Fonds · [1870-1960]

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Prime family, particularly the two brothers Benjamin Worcester Prime and Thomas Merrell Prime who owned Prime Tavern. The photographs also includes pictures of the Prime Tavern and of Dr. Thomas Merrell Prime Jr.

Prime Family
Richard Gillen
CA BCHS BCHS416-S2-SS2-D1-P31 · Item · [185?-186?]
Part of Boright family fonds

Portrait of Richard Gillen, brother of Mrs. Orlando Boright, mother of Miss Bernice Boright.

Tarbell-Kimball family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS979 · Fonds · [187?-193?]

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Tarbell family, mostly relating to the Tarbell-Kimball and Tarbell-Farmer couples. It includes personal documents and an impressive collection of photographs taken in and out of traditional studio portraits.

Tarbell-Kimball Family
Jonathan Barber fonds
CA BCHS BCHS013 · Fonds · 1813 - 1830

The fonds contains primary source information regarding Jonathan Barber. The fonds contains the following series: Legal Papers (1813); Correspondence (1815, 1830).

Barber, Jonathan
Correspondence
CA BCHS BCHS001-S1 · Series · 1783-1870
Part of Samuel Willard fonds

The series consists of correspondence between Samuel Willard and members of Brome County, between the years 1783-1870, concerning land and business affairs, financial notes and personal matters.

Textual records
CA BCHS BCHS1110-S1 · Series · [ca. 1946]
Part of Rev. William Adolphus Fyles Fonds

The series consists of primary source documents relating to Rev. William A. Fyles. It includes two note books, perhaps handwritten by Viola Hurlbut Beaudoin. The first one describes his personal biography while the second one focus on his professional career.

Photographs
CA BCHS BCHS1110-S2 · Series · 1886-[ca. 1940]
Part of Rev. William Adolphus Fyles Fonds

The series consists of photographs relating to Rev. William A. Fyles and his direct family. It includes a postcard addressed to his brother Francis F. Fyles, with a picture of the Anglican Church of Iron Hill that was built by their father, Rev. T.W. Fyles. The two other photographs represents Rev. William A. Fyles at different moment in his life.

Esty family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS555 · Fonds · 1873-1941

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.

Diaries
CA BCHS BCHS555-S3 · Series · 1873-1941
Part of Esty family fonds

The series consists of the collection of diaries written by Farrand Chauncey Esty, beginning when he was 10 years old at the McKay Institution in Montreal. After an intense fever when he was 3 years old, he became deaf-mute and his parents sent him in Montreal to learn the "fingers language".

Textual records
CA BCHS BCHS555-S1 · Series · 1895-1941
Part of Esty family fonds

The series consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to members of the Esty family. It includes legal documents about the installation of Elwin James Esty, from Eastman to East Bolton, and documents about Farrand Chauncey Esty, who spent all his life in Mansonville.

Nash Family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS092 · Fonds · 1795-1842

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.

Malcolm M. Mitchell
CA BCHS BCHS789-S1-D3 · File · 1892-1899
Part of Mitchell family fonds

The file contains deeds of sale of pieces of lands in Brome owned by Malcolm M. Mitchell, including lot 749 (Range 7, lot 6) on which there was a butter and cheese factory.

Nichols Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS812 · Fonds · 1859-1915; 1973

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.

Nichols, Joshua Levi
Photographs
CA BCHS BCHS812-S2 · Series · [ca. 1860-1910]
Part of Nichols Family Fonds

The series consists of photographs relating to the Nichols family. It includes a photo album probably owned by Jemima Carter, wife of Joshua Levi Nichols, containing mostly Nichols and Carter family members.

Diaries
CA BCHS BCHS812-S3 · Series · 1859-1915; 1973
Part of Nichols Family Fonds

The series consists of diaries written by Joshua Levi Nichols during his adult life. The diaries were written in leather-bound books from 1859 to 1876, 1880 and 1881, and on loose sheets from 1903 to 1915. In 1973, Howard Eldridge completed the transcript of the day-to-day inscriptions of each diary, except the one from 1880 and the loose sheets. His widowed wife gave the transcriptions to the BCHS in 1981.

Textual records
CA BCHS BCHS812-S1 · Series · 1864-1892; 1973
Part of Nichols Family Fonds

The series consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Nichols family of Potton Townships. They are mostly documents found in the diaries of Joshua Levi Nichols and include correspondence, bills, invoices and information about the Currier & Ives images that he sold as a peddler. There is also a biography of Joshua Nichols written by Howard Eldridge, including a transcription of a testimonial written by George Nichols, and an article about Currier & Ives.

CA BCHS BCHS186 · Fonds · [ca. 1902-1932]

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.

Knowlton Conference Association
Promotional documents
CA BCHS BCHS186-S1-D1 · File · 1928
Part of Knowlton Conference Association

The file contains primary source documents that were inserted but not glued in the binder (D2), consisting of promotional documents about membership subscriptions, signed by Edgar T. Capel, General Superintendent.

Administrative documents
CA BCHS BCHS186-S1-D2 · File · 1924-1930
Part of Knowlton Conference Association

The file contains primary souce documents relating to the administrative and communication department of the Knowlton Conference Association, including correspondence, annual reports, commercial pamphlets announcing and promoting regular and special activities. The binder was probably kept by Edgar T. Capel, who was the General Superintendent.

Textual records
CA BCHS BCHS186-S1 · Series · 1924-1930
Part of Knowlton Conference Association

The series consists of primary source textual records relating to the administrative and communication department of the Knowlton Conference Association. The documents are partially glued in a scrapbook-type binder titled "Knowlton Conference Literature".

Textual records
CA BCHS BCHS1106-S1 · Series · 2000
Part of Knowlton Grove Hotel Fonds

The series consists of secondary source documents relating to the Knowlton Grove Hotel. It includes a list of trivia facts about the commercial complex and a hand drawn map of all the buildings, with references to the photographs file (S2), both of them written by Hugh M. Vittie, who spent summers over there during the 1930 and 1940.

Photographs
CA BCHS BCHS1106-S2 · Series · 1930-1940
Part of Knowlton Grove Hotel Fonds

The series consists of photographs relating to the Knowlton Grove Hotel. Most of the photographs were probably taken by Hugh McVittie and give a detailed point of view of the different installations along with the staff and people who attended the hotel. Some of the people that are identified include the Rev. and Mrs. C.R. Bell, Mrs. Vesta Creese and Rev. J.W. Patterson.