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The file contains primary source information on the history of the Hallowell family, primarily in Quebec and the United States, from around 1752 to the early 2000s. It consists largely of family trees, biographical sketches, information on past family residences and correspondence.

The fonds contains source material mainly related to Minnie Hallowell Bowen's literary writings, community and political implicatons, and personal life at the turn of the 20th century. Many of her poems relate to local events, to the World Wars, and to Canadian and British politics. The fonds also provides information on the activities of Minnie's family members, including but not limited to: her husband Cecil H. Bowen, her son Lloyd H. Bowen, her daughter Rose Meredyth Bowen, Henry Bowen, Edward Bowen, Eleazar Clark, George Frederick Bowen, John Hallowell, William Bowen, Frank A. Bowen, Frederick Chamberlin Bowen, and Edward Hugh Bowen. The documents show their involvement mainly in the development of railways, in the mining industry, in the Armed Forces and Militia, in politics, in scouting, in church activities, and in social clubs and associations. Some documents are about the Fenian Raids, the Knights of Columbus, and the history of Sherbrooke.

The fonds consists of mainly manuscripts, correspondence, photocopies of press clippings, articles, publications, photographs, diaries, prospectuses, and drawings. It is comprised of the following series: Literary Works and Other Writings (1883-1941), Involvement in the Canadian Flag Issue ([1887?]-1946), Personal Life ([1863-1865]-1943), Lloyd H. Bowen (1865, 1902-1995), Cecil H. Bowen ([1866?]-1935, 1986), Other Family Members (1801-1940), and History of Sherbrooke ([1836?]-1967), Family History ([1752?-200-?]), Obituaries and Other Clippings (1836-1943, 1964-1997), Other Photographs and Graphic Material (1840-1956), Miscellaneous ([1835-1904?]).

The series contains primary source information on the genealogy of the Bowen, Hallowell, Clark, Lloyd, Bethune, Haskell, and Eardley-Wilmot families from approximately 1801 to sometime in the 2000s. It consists mainly of handwritten notes, correspondence, biographical sketches, and family trees. The series if composed of the following files: Hallowell family history (1773-1934), Bowen family history ([1850?]-1995), Clark family history ([1801?-1995?]), Lloyd family history (1904-1929), Bethune family history (1933-1937, 1995), Haskell family history ([1987-1995?]), Eardley-Wilmot family history ([1893-1933], [1952-1954], [1996?]).

The series contains primary source information related to different members of Minnie Hallowell Bowen's family. It consists mainly of correspondence and photographs, though each file includes a variety of material including a notebook, reports, prospectuses, lists, tributes, certificates, a deed, a Masonic text-book, and poems. It gives information mainly on a military campaign in the Indies in 1817, the Fenian Raids, mining, the Bowen family genealogy, World War I, and the Lennoxville Grammar School. The series is comprised of the following files: Henry Bowen (1818), Edward Bowen (1808-1915), Eleazar Clarke (1801-1915), George Fredrick Bowen (1855-1927), John Hallowell (1846-1876), Francis A. Bowen (1888-1935), Frederick Chamberlin Bowen ([189-?]-1923), Edward Hugh Bowen (1914-1923), Rose Meredyth (Bowen) Eardley-Wilmot (1893-1954), Charles Bowen (1860), James Hallowell ([1847-1858?], [188-?-1942]), Miranda Haskell Clarke ([185-?]-1910), Marjorie Bowen ([187-?]), Helen Maria Clarke Hallowell (1858-1909), Robert Hallowell (1834-1859), Meredyth Bowen Hallowell (1867-1893), Sara Jane Hall Bowen (1924-1925), Noel H. Bowen (1848), Carrie Ernestine Clarke ([188-?-1892?]), Charles Revell Eardley-Wilmot ([1895-1986?]), Barbara Rose (Eardley-Wilmot) Constable ([1917-1942?], [1962-1963], [1993-1996]), Minnie “Dadie” (Peyton) Smith (1954-1956, [197-?-1999?]).

The file contains primary source information on Minnie "Dadie" Peyton Smith from 1954 to 1956, and from sometime around the 1970s to 1999. It consists of Dadie's last will and testament, a summary of her estate and how it was to be distributed, an unsigned letter dated 1954, addressed to Harry E. Grundy discussing her marriage to Frederick Ernest Smith, and a typed document (likely dating from sometime between 1970 and 1999) detailing her relation to the family and explaining her nickname "Dadie."

The file contains primary source information on the history of the Eardley-Wilmot family, predominantly in England but also in Canada, from around 1893 to 1933, 1952 to 1954, and approximately 1996. It consists of handwritten notes related to the family crest and other family history, handwritten and typed family trees, a page from The Illustrated London News (June 17, 1893) displaying a photo captioned "The Bazaar at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall: The Committee" which includes Captain S.M. Eardley-Wilmot, sermons prepared by the Reverend Prebendary E.A. Eardley-Wilmot (including one published in The Record May 21, 1909), and pages from the 1917 edition of the book Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage to be revised by C.H. Bowen, as well as later editions of the book.

The file contains primary source information on the life of Barbara Rose (Eardley Wilmot) Constable from around the years 1917 to 1942, 1962 to 1963, and 1993 to 1996. It consists of a memoir of a childhood Christmas, documents, including handwritten notes, pertaining to her father's life and his career in the Church, correspondence regarding her father's passing, a copy of "A Short History of the Diocese of Quebec. 1793-1993" by James T. Sweeny with Barbara's name written on it and some handwritten notes at the back, photographs of a Canada Day parade in Hatley and Hallowell Cottage in Sherbrooke, and a hand-drawn map of the houses in Sherbrooke which she visited as a child and some of their occupants.

The file contains primary source material on the genealogy of the Bowen family in Ireland and Quebec from approximately 1824 to 1995. It consists of hand-written notes on family biographical details, family trees tracing the lineage to Edward Bowen in Kinsale, Ireland, correspondence with others regarding research on the Bowen family, biographical sketches, a hand-drawn map of part of East Sherbrooke depicting Bowen Avenue, Hubbard Avenue, Hall Avenue, and the St. Francis River with lot divisions in between, as well as a photograph and drawing of the family's residence in Quebec City. It also consists of three versions of the Bowen family crest engraved on small metal plates.

The file contains primary source information on the genealogy of the Bethune family in Quebec from 1933 to 1937 and around 1995. It consist of correspondence, an excerpt from Patrick Campbell's travelogue from Montreal to Kingston with reference to Rev. Bethune and a family tree.

The series contains source information on Lloyd H. Bowen's education; sports activities; employment; financial situation; and involvement in scouting, debating associations, St. Peter's Church in Sherbrooke, and the Cadet Corps and Militia from the late 1910s to the 1930s. It also gives information on his daily activities during his sojourns in England and Winnipeg. The series includes mainly correspondence, certificates, photographs, press clippings, diaries, speeches, poems, booklets, and leaflets. The series is comprised of the following files: Education (1865, 1922-1925, 1939-1940), Scouting (1918-1928), Debating ([1922?]-[1924?]), Tuxis Mock Parliament ([1922?]-[1924?]), YMCA Junior Spokes Club (1925-1927), Military ([1921?]-1946), Sports ([1920?]-[1925?]), Correspondence with his Mother and Father (1940-1941), Religion (1902-[194-?]), Politics (1919-1928), Diaries ([191-?]-1929), Travel (1917-1928), Bequests and Securities (1929-1930), Employment (1928, 1976, [1984?]), Poems ([192-?]), Other Photographs (1904-1944), Correspondence with Rose M. Bowen (1940-1943), Other Correspondence (1922-1989), Obituaries (1995).

The file contains primary source information on the history of the Haskell family, predominantly in New Hampshire and in the Stanstead area, dating from approximately 1987 to 1995. It consists of genealogical research notes, correspondence, and a family tree.

The file contains primary source information on the genealogy of the Clark (or Clarke) family in England, the United States and Quebec from about 1801 to 1995. It consists of a copy of a deed of sale for Eleazar Clarke, hand-written notes and biographical details, family trees, correspondence, and also includes a few details on the Haskell and Austin families, who were related to the Clark(e)s.

The file contains primary source information on the death of Lloyd H. Bowen (of Sherbrooke, QC) in 1995. It consists of two obituaries: one from McLean's magazine, and one from the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association.

The file contains primary source information on the personal and military life of Lloyd H. Bowen. It consists of correspondence regarding the sale of the Bowen family house, from Harry Grundy on his conscription into the military during WWII, letters from other military friends, a poem by Lloyd, some correspondence on historical subjects and an address book. Some of the correspondence in this file is also a source on family history.

The file contains primary source information on the travels and theatre involvement of Cecil H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC from 1879 to approximately 1906, and in 1986. It consists of a printed list of passengers on board the Augusta-Victoria steamship of the Hamburg-American Packet Company in November 1890 and two theatre programmes for Il Jacobi presented by the Mountfield Amateur Theatre Company in 1879 and for the comic opera The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan, presented at the Clement Theatre in Sherbrooke, probably in 1906. In the Mikado, Cecil played the role of the Mikado of Japan and Minnie Hallowell Bowen the role of an elderly lady. In Il Jacobi, Cecil played the role of Jacobi and Minnie the role of Sophronia. The programmes include lists of the actors and ladies in the chorus, a synopsis, and advertisements for local businesses. It also contains a letter from Lloyd and photocopied photograph of the cast of Ermanie, which included Cecil and Minnie, from 1986, 3 photographs of Cecil in costume and a photograph the Augusta-Victoria ship that Cecil had traveled on.

The series contains primary source material on the involvement of Cecil H. Bowen in the development of railroads, the mining industry, in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and in Sherbrooke theatre. It also gives information on World War I, the Fenian Raids, the Knights of Columbus, and Cecil H. Bowen's trip to Europe on a steamship in 1906. The series is comprised of the following files: Railroads ([1898?]-[1902?]), Mining (1888-1910), Military (1878-1925), Fenian Raids (1866-1898), Photographs ([ca. 1866]-[193-?]), Travels and Theatre (1879-[1906?], 1986), Knights of Columbus ([1925?]), Boy Scouts (1922-1923), Biographical documents (1875-1935), Correspondence ([1891?]-1930).

The series contains primary source biographical information on friends and relatives of the Bowen and Hallowell families from 1836 to 1943 and from 1964 to 1997. It consists largely of newspaper clippings of obituaries and special events regarding various people. The names present among the documents consist of: Strachan Bethune, Mrs. H.T. Bourne (nee Hallowell), Lt-Col. C.E. Montizambert, Mrs. Clement Hobson, Harry James Brooks Hallowell, Dr. William Austin, Sarah Hannah B. Hallowell (nee Geddes), Wyatt Galt Johnston, Sarah Louise Brooks (nee Clarke), Andrew Steele, Benjamin A. Haskell, Mrs. W.A. Hale (nee Ellen Derbishire) , Major Edmund H. Drury R.C.E., Mary F. Johnston (nee Wyatt), Elizabeth Frances Hale, Stephen Edgell, William A. Hale, Rev. Carew Hallowell, Harry Grundy, Colonel Morris Hayne Austin Drury, Helen Jane Bowen (nee Dingle), Archbishop George Thornloe, Pte. Cecily Eardley-Wilmot, and Gordon K.M. Montizambert.

The file contains primary source information on the employment of Lloyd H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC in 1928, in 1976, and around 1984. It consists of a letter of recommendation for Lloyd H. Bowen written in January 1928 by Harold W. Bass, Manager for the Western Sales Book Company in Winnipeg; a certificate issued in 1928 to Lloyd H. Bowen, residing in Sherbrooke, by the Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada, which entitles Lloyd H. Bowen to special rights, privileges, and discounts when using railways, steamboats, and hotels; an editorial article from the November 1976 edition of the Journal of the Ontario Dental Association written by J.A. Hargreaves, mentioning the appointment of Lloyd H. Bowen as a Fluoridation Officer; and a brief biographical card describing his life and his work in relation to his being awarded to Barnabus Day Award for Distinguished Service by the Ontario Dental Association in 1984 (taped to this item is part of an obituary for his sister Rose).

The series contains primary source information on the history of Sherbrooke in the 19th century. It consists of an engraving entitled "Sketch of Sherbrooke and its vicinity, Eastern Townships, Lower Canada", drawn by Joseph Bouchette or R.S.M. Bouchette, and published in "British American Land Company Views in Lower Canada" in 1836. It shows the different components of the village at the time: mills, churches, schools, parks, houses, and industries. The second document, by Lucia, a fifth generation member of the Felton family, is entitled "Belvidere". It consists of a 4-page history of the Felton family from 1780 to 1857. The third document entitled "Where Was the First Mass Said at Sherbrooke" is by Maurice O'Bready, a teacher at the Séminaire St-Charles-Borromée in Sherbrooke. It consists of the texts of three lectures given in 1932 and 1933 on the subject of the first mass and the involvement of the Felton family in this event. Another is a deed of sale to Thomas Evans It also consists of documents related to St. Peter's Church in Sherbrooke (including a partial plan of the St. Peter's Cemetery) from the 1930s and 1967; a notice of meetings for the Sherbrooke Assemblies, 1855-1856; documents relating the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment from 1925 to 1935; a programme from the Provincial Senior League in Hockey, 1937-1938; a sketch titled "The Old Town Hall on Sherbrooke's Market Square at the turn of the Century" by Robert Vuillemin; a calendar with reproductions of photographs and sketches from Sherbrooke and the Townships; and a history of the regimental guidons of the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment and the 117th Eastern Townships Battalion.

The file contains primary source information on the friends and family connected to the Bowens and Hallowells, mostly around Sherbrooke, from 1866 to 1956. It consists of photographs, which include the following subjects: Edward Charles Bowen (a.k.a. Ned) and his wife Ruperta Morkill; Dr. Frederick J. Austin and his wife Henrietta (a.k.a. Etta) Clark; group photo of Cecil H. Bowen, Miss. Herbert, Carrie Clark, Mrs. Herbert, Lin Bowen, Frank Meek, Minnie Bowen, Acton Davies, F.W.W. Bowen, Horace Herbert, a doctor's wife and a reverend having a picnic at Pilley's Island, Newfoundland (1892); Canon H.R. Bigg (1940); the members of St. Peter's Anglican Church Choir (1940); group photo of Dr. Austin, John Hallowell, Tom Tuck, Stephen Edgell, Dr. E. Worthington, F.A. Bowen, Ned Clark, Albert Symmes, Ned Bowen, and E.P. Felton ([187-?]); Mrs. Johnston (1900); Donald Lyon (1932); Mrs. G. F. Bowen; W.A. Hale (1884); Stephen Edgell ([188-?]; Robert Eardley-Wilmot (1931); Charles Meredyth Carew Hallowell (1915); Jessie Bowen Hunt ([188-?]); Frederick William Wyatt Bowen ([188-?]); Ruby Hunt ([192-?]); Lt-Col. H. Fraser in military uniform ([191-?]); Eliza Bowen ([187-?]); Bert Lyon (1928); group photograph at Ruth and Bert Lyon's 25th anniversary party (1956); Minnie with Carrie Clark and Ethel Austin, ([189-?]); Hazen Drury, (1899); W.J. Hunt ([189-?]); Alice Bowen ([190-?]); G.F. Bowen (1866); Barbara Eardley-Wilmot and Jack Carr's marriage (1942); Minnie Hale ([188-?]); Harry Grundy ([192-?]; Margaret Eleanor Giovetti ([192-?]; Thelma Doff ([192-?]); Cecily Eardley-Wilmot (1936); Mrs. Balfour and Ruth Bishop Hunt ([191-?]); Rebecca Willard ([187-?]); a series of photographs of Lloyd Bowen, Harry Grundy and Harold Saunders skiiing (1924); Pauline Gustafson ([192-?]); Agnes Middleton (1940); Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Minnie Bowen infront of a street car ([192-?]); Morris Drury ([191-?]); Barbara and Cecily Eardley-Wilmot, ([1917-1918?]); Constance Bigg ([192-?]); Edward Adams Jr. (1924); a number of photographs of Bob, Sylvia, Barbara, Rose, Charlie, and Cecily Eardley-Wilmot (1941); Kay Middlebro (1943); a group photograph of William J. Hunt, Doris Barclay, C.H. Bowen, Will Barclay, Florence Hunt and Ruby Hunt at the St. Francis Golf Links ([192-?]); a photograph of the Grade XI Sherbrooke High School 1922-1923 class, including V.D. Bouchard, H.E. Saunders; E.B. Loomis, R.W. Haight, D.L. Darey, A.S. Harvey, H. Krakowsky, B.D. Lyon, H.G. Hatcher, S.J. Gain, A.C. Farnham, S.J. McGowan, E.C. Jones, L.I. Rosenbloom, B.E. Hodge, E.E. Paige, V.D. May, H.E. Roberston, R.E. Genge, V.N. Bush, M.O. MacKenzie, J.A. Oughtred, M.E. Austin; a group photograph of the grandchildren of Edward and Alice Lyon: Helen, Donald, Bertram, Mary, William and Beverley (1941); a photograph of the Sherbrooke High School basketball team from 1923-1924; a photograph of the Sherbrooke High School Cadet Corps (1923); Marcelle Blanchette ([193-?]); W.S. Barclay (1924); members of the Sherbrooke ski club (1924); Henry Dockerall ([194-?]); Ossie Charlewood ([1936]); Bob Cooper ([1936]); a group photograph of Ethel Bowen, Florence Bowen, Mrs. Adams, F.A. Bowen, Catherine Adams, Alice Adams and Mrs. Adams ([191-?]) a group photograph at Fletcher's Flat in Sherbrooke showing A. Elkins, Mrs. Holland, Ethel Austin, Fred. L. Bowen, Lucy Holland, W. Paton, ? Lloyd, Albert Symmes, Ruby Hunt, Lottie Lloyd, Jessie Bowen Hunt, Belle Symmes, Carrie Clark, G.F. Bowen, Dr. F. Austin, Mrs. Austin, M. Hallowell, N. Brooks, Rose Brooks, Florence & Nita Hunt, C.H. Bowen, Percy Lomas ([ca. 1884]); a group photograph of Florence Bowen, Florence Hunt, Anna Morris, Cecil Bowen, Kate Ibbotson Smith, E. Fraser, Mrs. Hallowell, Minnie Hallowell, Mrs. J. Edgell, G.F. Bowen, Fanny Heneker, Ethel Bowen, Ruby Hunt, ? Brooks, Mrs. A. Symmes, Rose Brooks, Mrs. E. Clark, Jessie Bowen Hunt, Mrs. Thornloe, Mrs. Lloyd, Carrie Clark, Arthur Fraser, Justice E. Brooks, Kate Edgell, Belle Symmes Hobson, Nita Hunt, Geoffrey Edgell, (1890); a group photograph of Jessie, Frank, Cecil, G.F., and Fred. Bowen ([189-?]); Meredyth Hallowell and Minnie Hallowell Bowen, ([1894]); and a group photograph taken in Magog showing Ned Bowen, Mrs. Ned Hale, Frances Hale, E.C. Hale, Minnie Hale, Mrs. W. Hale (Bly), Fanny Hale, Lillian Bowen, Lin Bowen, Florence Hunt, Alice Bowen, Sylvia Bowen, Jessie Bowen Hunt, Will Hale, Sarita Bowen, Mrs. Frank (Ellie) Bowen, F.A. Bowen, W.J. Hunt, F.W.W. Bowen, Florence Bowen, Lucy Hale Machin, Girlie-Leonard Bowen's child, and C. Hale (1890); and George Algoma.

The series contains primary source information on friends and relatives of the Bowen family, as well as on the history of Sherbrooke from the mid-1800s to 1956. It consists of photographs, engravings, and one postcard. It is comprised of the following files: People (1866-1956), Photo Album ([185-?]-[189-?]), Landscapes and buildings (1840-[194-?]), Events (1919-1939), Military (1883-[194-?]), General Travel (1917-1925), Unidentified people ([187-?]-[194-?]).

This file contains primary source information on the life of Lloyd H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC from 1904 to sometime in the 1940s. It consists of photographs not included in the other subjects files relating to the life of Lloyd H. Bowen. It includes photographs of Lloyd as a baby, skiing, in choir robes, with a group of men at a sales convention, at his wedding to Helen J. Dingle, with playmates as a young boy, and camping with friends as an adolescent.

The file contains primary source information on military history in Sherbrooke and other areas from 1883 to [194-?]. It consists largely of portrait photographs of military officers and soldiers. Included among the photographs are Lieutenant-Colonel Felton and Lieutenant-Colonel William E. Ibbotson of the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment, the NCOs of the 53rd Sherbrooke Battalion, Charles Meredyth Carew Hallowell, the Black Watch (RHR) of Canada parading in Sherbrooke, Pierrette from P.A.L. Blades, and Lloyd H. Bowen with others at Petawawa, Ontario.

The file contains primary source information on the religion of Lloyd H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC, from 1902 to sometime in the 1940s. It consists of a variety of documents (addresses, programmes, newsletters, annual reports) showing Lloyd H. Bowen's involvement in the Boys' Auxiliary and the Men's Society of St. Peter's Church in Sherbrooke from the 1910s to the 1930s. It also includes a pocket edition of the New Testament given to Lloyd H. Bowen in 1924 by his mother Minnie Hallowell Bowen; the programme for the consecration of the new St. Peter's Church in 1902; a copy of Lloyd's baptismal certificate, and an article on the South India Church Union proposals by C.R. Eardley-Wilmot, Lloyd H. Bowen's brother-in-law, reprinted from the Canadian Journal of Religious Thought in 1930.

The file contains primary source information on landscapes and buildings, mostly in the Sherbrooke area, from 1840 to the 1940s. It consists of photographs, engravings, and one postcard of the following scenes: aerial views of Sherbrooke ([194-?]); the Magog River rapids; Hallowell cottage; Lennoxville's bridge over the Massawippi River ([191-?]); Whitcher Rock in the St. Francis River with Sherbrooke in the background (1866); views of the St. Francis River; the Long Pine; the Clark family home in Sherbrooke ([ca. 1900]); W.H. Bartlett engravings: Bridge at Sherbrooke, Copp's Ferry, Mills at Sherbrooke, View from the Capital of Quebec, Montmorency Falls, Owl's Head, Davis Clearing, view from R. Shirreff's house, and Quebec City; Hallowell train station which was located near Picton, Ontario; ice castle in Montreal; Hallowell Cottage, located on Queen Street in Sherbrooke; a view of the McGreer and Divinity House buildings at Bishop's University, Lennoxville; and the old mill dam in Fitch Bay.

The file contains primary source information on the people connected to the lives of Minnie H. Bowen and Cecil H. Bowen, particularly in and around Sherbrooke from the 1870s to the 1940s. It consists of unidentified photographs of people. Among the material are a series of photographs of a group of men constructing a makeshift bridge and raft to float a car across the Massawippi River in Lennoxville, photographs of girls in Sherbrooke High School caps, camping scenes, and boys playing rugby.