The file contains photographs of members of the Desruisseau/Labonte/Leonard family, as well as many unidentified photographs, possibly taken between 1870 and 1940. It consists of a photo album comprised of 56 studio photographs, a photo scrapbook comprised of 230 photographs, and 37 other photographs.

The item is a photo scrapbook that contains 230 photographs of individuals within the Labonte/Leonard families. The photos were probably taken between 1910 and 1930.

The item is a photo album that contains 56 studio photographs and 2 postcards of individuals within the Desruisseau/Labonte families. The photos were probably taken betwen 1870 and 1890.

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 file contains primary source information on the military involvement of Cecil H. Bowen of Sherbrooke, QC from 1878 to 1925. It consists of a list of his military appointments and certificates; a letter of congratulations from J. Archer Brown; and two issues of the war periodical Fragments from France, containing war cartoons. It also consists of one photograph showing a group of six soldiers and officers at Petawawa Camp in August 1914, two photographs of Cecil H. Bowen in the 53rd Sherbrooke Regiment uniform from 1884 and 1885, and two photographs of soldiers and headquarters in Ciego de Avila, Cuba from 1901.