- SCA205-GA183-9
- Series
- [1973]-1992
Series consists of records relating to long-term planning and strategy committees. Includes reports and background information.
Grand River Conservation Authority
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Series consists of records relating to long-term planning and strategy committees. Includes reports and background information.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Financial Files
Series consists of sundry records relating to financial administration and operation of the GRCA and its predecessors. Includes assessment information, financial statements, an audit report and an insurance survey.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Flood Inquiry, 1974
Series consists of ts. (photocopies) of transcripts of the Ontario Royal Commission Inquiry into the Grand River Flood hearings, July 9, 1974 to November 14, 1974, held at various venues throughout the Region of Waterloo and the Grand River Watershed.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Flood Warning System
Series consists of materials relating to the planning and procedures and operation of the Grand River Conservation Authority Flood Warning System. Includes correspondence, reports, minutes of planning meetings, and flood warning messages and bulletins.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of one Ontario Municipal Board decision.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of two Ontario Municipal Board decisions.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of sundry GRCA personnel policies, regulations, position descriptions, staff guidelines and procedures.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Secretary Treasurer : Correspondence
Series consists of several pieces of correspondence extracted from the correspondence files of the Grand River Conservation Commission.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Secretary Treasurer : Correspondence
Series consists of several pieces of correspondence extracted from the correspondence files of the Grand River Conservation Commission.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Secretary Treasurer's Files : Ilmar Kao
Series consists of records accumulated and used by Ilmar Kao, Secretary, Grand River Commission.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration : Summer Student Employment Programs
Series consists of reports of projects undertaken by students hired by the Grand River Conservation Authority under federal and provincial employment programs. The reports were submitted in fulfilment of requirements by the various federal and provincial ministries who funded or subsidized the students' employment.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration Departments : Communications
Series consists of records relating to educational and publicity functions performed by the Communications Department. Includes kits and publications intended for use by teachers and by GRCA personnel.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration Departments : Communications : Anniversaries, Openings, Events
Series consists of records relating to material prepared by the GRCA Communications department for several anniversaries, openings and events. Includes correspondence, minutes, ms. and ts. drafts and notes, leaflets, clippings, photographs, etc.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration Departments : Communications : Publicity
Series consists of communications and publicity material prepared by the GRCA. Includes brochures and reports on projects and activities.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Administration Departments : Communications : Publicity
Series consists of news releases accompanied by photographs, prepared and issued by the Communications Department of the GRCA.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Annual Meetings : Budget Information Packages
Series consists of budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority appended to the agenda and GRCA membership list. This information does not appear to be included in the bound volumes of minutes. The bound volumes appear to contain only the minutes and resolutions, not the agendas and supporting documents.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of discrete items, including the first river flow recording gauge used by the GRCA, the GVCA banner and several engraving plates of GRCA logos.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes : Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of the following : Grand River Conservation Authority Board of Directors : minutes of meetings; General Membership : minutes of meetings, which also occurs under the name, General Meetings : minutes, and includes the minutes of the Annual Meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority; Executive Committee : minutes of meeting.
Also present are minutes of meetings of various advisory boards and miscellaneous committees whose names vary over time. Since 1995, the minutes of meetings of the Planning and Operations Committee, and Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee, respectively, are included.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes : Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of minutes of the Board of Directors of the Grand River Conservation Authority, as well as minutes of various advisory boards and committees including the Planning and Operations Committee, as well as the Administration, Finance and Personnel Committees.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes : Grand River Conservation Commission
Series consists of minute books, copies of memoranda, reports and correspondence.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes : Grand River Conservation Commission Executive Committee
Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission Executive Committee. Also includes copies of legislation from the Province of Ontario, correspondence and memoranda.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes : Grand River Valley Boards of Trade
Series consists of minutes of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes : Grand Valley Conservation Authority
Series consists of minutes of the general meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority (GVCA) together with minutes of the GVCA Executive Committee. Includes minutes of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority Advisory Boards, whose number and official names varied over time. The name order of these bodies also varied, e.g. the Advisory Board on Recreation also appears as the Recreation Advisory Board.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Board Minutes: Grand River Valley Boards of Trade
Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, clippings and correspondence.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Incorporation : Acts and Bills
Series consists of records relating to the incorporation and organization of the Grand River Conservation Authority and its predecessors, the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes originals and photocopies of acts, bills, and letters patent.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of topographical maps of GRCA properties.
Grand River Conservation Authority
File consists of maps created by, or relevant to, the GRCA. Includes an historic conservation map, as well as a historic watershed act.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Operations : Dams : H.A. Cameron Files
Series consists of four bound volumes of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Operations : Division : Forestry and Wildlife Branch
Series consists of materials relating to the Forestry and Wildlife Division of the GRCA, including materials created by the GRCA and submitted to the GRCA. Includes a report on a tree planting machine and an Annual Report submitted to the GRCA from the Department of Lands and Forests, Lake Huron District.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Operations : Divisions : Forestry and Wildlife Branch
Series consists of annual reports of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority. The reports contain information regarding reforestation programs, wildlife management and control and maintenance of nursery stocks. Some of the annual reports from the 1970s include black and white and colour photographs of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch operations, which have been pasted or otherwise affixed to the reports.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Organization and Administration
Series consists of miscellaneous records concerning the organizational structure and functions of the Grand River Conservation Authority and its predecessors, the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes minutes of meetings, organizational charts and reports.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Organization and Administration
Series consists of records concerning the organizational structure and functions of the Grand River Conservation Authority and its predecessors, the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes lists of organization members.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of records relating to the planning, history and accomplishments of conservation work on the Grand River watershed. Includes publication files and a working file for a publication issued by the GRCC and the GRCA between 1936 and 1989.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Publicity : Articles and Essays 1936-1988
Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Large Scrapbooks 1932-1971
Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Loose 1936-1987
Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Photocopies 1953-2002
Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Small Scrapbooks 1961-1974
Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Contents Works in the GRCA library deemed to be "unpublished". Topics include Watershed Studies (01), Channel Improvements (02), Dykes (03), Erosion Control (04, Stream Flow Data (05), Water Quality (06), Reservoirs (07), Conservation Areas (11), Master Plans and Studies (13), Recreation (16), Floodline Studies (21), Special Events (32), Nature Centres (33), Meetings (42), Water Resources Planning and Management (W01), Engineering Reports (W02), Environmental Studies (W04), Reference Books (W08), Land Resources Planning and Management (W09).
Grand River Conservation Authority
Sound Recordings : Audio Cassettes
Series consists of six audio cassettes, four of them annual reports, one oral history and one other.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Sound Recordings : Audio Reels
Series consists of sound recordings produced for internal and external use, for development, education and promotion, some meant to accompany slide shows. Also includes recordings of annual reports.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of three oversize sketches.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of DVD transfers from original films and videocassettes, several of which were acquired by the GRCA from donors. Includes transfers of original films made by Hugh Templin, a GRCA commissioner. During the 1940s, Templin took footage of the construction phases of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. and its subsequent opening and early operation. DVD transfers of slide-show presentations of Grand River Conservation Authority Annual Reports, and Special Recognition Awards.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : DVDs : Transfers from Film
Series consists of DVD transfers from original films. Includes films produced by Summit Pictures for the GRCA, as well as created by Adolfis Ridzins.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Films
Series consists of 8mm and 16mm films accumulated by, and produced for the Grand River Conservation Authority. The majority of these films have been transferred to videocassette and DVD, which are also found in the GRCA fonds. Also contains masters and working prints of a number of films produced for the Grand River Conservation Authority by Summit Film Productions. These films depict scenes along the Lower, Mid and Upper Grand; dam construction outside Guelph, Ontario; GRCA conservation areas; and also contain footage of Grand River flooding.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Films
Series consists of 8mm and 16mm films accumulate by, and produced for the Grand River Conservation Authority. The majority of these films have been transferred to DVD and can be found in series 54. Includes films of the Elora Gorge, Conestogo, flooding, Grand Valley ice jams, Brantford ice jams, GRCA dams, Luther Marsh, etc.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Films : F. Davey
Series consists of film reels acquired from Miss F. Davey, depicting the West Montrose covered bridge, scenes in Galt and Preston, the Grand and Speed Rivers.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Films : Hugh Templin
Series consists of films acquired from Hugh Templin, GRCA Commissioner and editor of the Fergus News Record, which depict various stages of the Shand Dam construction as well as footage from Elora, Belwood and Fergus, Ontario during the 1940s and 1950s.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes
Series consists of videocassette recordings maintained in the GRCA Communications Library. Includes aerial and ground footage of sections of the Grand River watershed, as well as raw footage for news stories.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes : Corporate
Series consists of videocassette recordings of GRCA corporate activities, primarily annual meetings and special recognition awards.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Moving Images : Videocassettes : Transfers from Film
Consists of videocassette transfers from original films, several of which were acquired by the GRCA from donors. Includes transfers of original films made by Hugh Templin, a GRCA commissioner. During the 1940s, Templin took footage of the construction phases of the Shand Dam, near Belwood, Ont. and its subsequent opening and early operation.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of binders of negatives and contact strips: 14 numbered volumes contain 596 pages, each page holding seven 6-frame strips of 35 mm negatives. On the front of each sleeve is taped the corresponding 35 mm contact strip (page 596 contains only 1 strip). One unnumbered volume contains negatives in a variety of sizes. Includes an index maintained on rolodex cards.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of 556 negatives showing members of the GRCA staff, events, and the Grand River. Includes some glass plate negatives.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Photographs : Corporate
Series consists of photographs depicting GRCA corporate activities, events and personnel. Many of these had originally been located in other series; they were pulled by GRCA personnel from other files and grouped in new folders for an undetermined purpose.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Photographs : Historic
Series consists of photographs depicting GRCA conservation activities, staff, and the Grand River. Includes two transparencies and one hand-painted glass.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Photographs : Historic
Series consists of photographs and negatives depicting GRCA conservation activities, stuctures and locations of interest, such as properties, rivers, dams, etc.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Photographs : Reference Prints in Hanging Folders
Series consists primarily of copy prints of images originally taken between 1883 and 2001, maintained in hanging folders for corporate use: reference, publicity, etc. The series is organized numerically with each number representing a category assigned by the GRCA. Includes a "file guide" consisting of a key to the numbering system.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Series consists of slides and slide tape presentations for internal and external use, for training, educational and publicity purposes.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Donations : Bill Miller Slide Collection.
Series consists of slides organized topically, originally housed in metal slide tray cases. Includes slides of Luther Marsh and its environs, and a collection of wildflower slides. According to the original GRCA the slides were taken by Bill Miller. Identifications are provided on ms. lists included on the interior lid of each tray. Some of the slides listed are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Donations : Carl Hiebert Collection
Series consists of aerial slides taken by Carl Hiebert of localities along the Grand River watershed. Includes table of contents at the front of the binder.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Donations : Hugh Templin Collection
Series consists of a 9 p. ts. (carbon) dated 1954, accompanied by slides of Elora, Fergus, Belwood, and unidentified locations, as well as slides depicting curling.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Donations : Marilyn Robinson Murray Collection
Series consists of slides taken by Doug Robinson of Summit Films, which depict scenes from the Grand River watershed, as well as GRCA conservation areas and operations. A large grouping of the slides depict flooding on the Grand River, including the flood of May, 1974.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Donations : Violet Fair Collection
Series consists of slides donated to the GRCA by Violet Fair: Ontario badlands (5); Wilkes Dam sunsets (21); other Wilkes Dam area snapshots (22); other Grand River snaps in Brantford Area (46); Grand River in Glen Morris area (4); Grand River watershed areas (54); photo essay: "A dam for all seasons" (34); large trees in Grand River watershed (20); Elmira Sugar Festival, 1970 (9); Kitchener Farmer's Market, 1972 (20).
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Historic : GRCC 1957-1966
Consists of "historic" original and duplicate slides belonging to the Grand River Conservation Commission, that depict various aspects of its operations including reforestation, flood regulation, general maintenance, nursery, and parks and recreation. A lined notebook with ms. entries listing the title and date of each slide by topic is included in the series.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : Historic :"Archival Slides"
Series consists of two metal cases of "Archival" slides belonging to the the Grand River Conservation Authority which illustrate the history of the management of the Grand River Watershed including water management and conservation efforts primarily during the 1950s and 1960s.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides : State of the Grand River Working Files
Series consists of working files of slides pulled together for possible use in the State of the Grand River CD ROM project.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides by Category : Conservation Areas
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides by Category : General
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides by Category : Land Use
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides by Category : Nature Centres.
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Slides by Category : Water Management
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Uncategorized Slides in Boxes
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Visual : Uncategorized Slides in Folders
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
Grand River Conservation Authority