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.

Oversize pen and ink sketch, 18 x 34 cm on paper 28 x 41 cm

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.

Green satin banner with gold embroidery.

File consists of two ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade.

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.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into sections which include :

• General Membership, containing minutes of meetings;
• Committee of the Whole containing minutes of meetings;
• SPP Authority containing Grand River Source protection Authority minutes as well as minutes of othwer committees;
• Special Recognition Committee minutes.

File consists of various brochures published by the GRCA on conservation areas.

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.

Series consists of DVD transfers from original films. Includes films produced by Summit Pictures for the GRCA, as well as created by Adolfis Ridzins.

File consists of negatives showing the opening of a dam.

File consists of twelve negatives showing portraits of director's of the Grand River Conservation Authority.

File consists of thirteen negatives showing Doon Pioneer Village in the winter.

File consists of four negatives showing members of the Grand River Conservation Authority executive.

File consists of four negatives showing the Grand River Conservation Authority executive.

File consists of nine negatives showing portraits of George Storemont.

File consists of four negatives showing portraits of Gord Chaplin.

File consists of four negatives showing portraits of Gord Chaplin.

File consists of five negatives showing members of the Grand River Conservation Authority executive.

File consists of eleven negatives showing portraits of Mac Coutts, Conservation Authority General Manager.

File consists of four negatives showing portraits of Marilyn Robinson.

File consists of forty negatives showing portraits of various people associated with the GRCA.

File consists of twelve negatives showing portraits of Richard Christie and Pete Kraus.

Series consists of photographs depicting GRCA conservation activities, staff, and the Grand River. Includes two transparencies and one hand-painted glass.

File consists of two photographic transparencies showing the Grand River and work being done on the river.

File consists of one hand coloured glass plate transparency showing Rockwood's Harris Woolen Mill. Also includes a CD with a scan of the image.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) of Province of Ontario Statute 1932, Ch. 55, An Act to Establish the Grand River Conservation Commission (short title : The Grand River Conservation Commission Act, 1932.)

Consists of a negative photocopy of Province of Ontario Letters Patent incorporating the Grand River Conservation Commission, August 13, 1934.

Consists of a printed booklet containing a Province of Ontario Statute titled : The Conservation Authorities Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1950, Chapter 62, as amended by 1952, Chapter 11.

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.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) agenda, reports and supporting documentation for the organizational meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority Board of Directors, held on October 4, 1966 at Kitchener, Ont.

Consists of ts. transcripts (photocopy) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, December 12, 1930 to April 20, 1934, and minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission, May 30, 1934 to October 31, 1946.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) report of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade Flood Prevention Committee, probably presented at a meeting of the Boards on April 24, 1931. Document has been briefly annotated.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1939-1941. Minutes for May 19 and May 27, 1938, respectively, are duplicated in GRCC Minute Book no. 1.
Also present are copies of statements of accounts, and correspondence.

Contains ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1955-1957.
Also present are correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.

Contains ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1958-1959.
Also present are correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.

Consists of ts. minutes of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume.

Also present are:

• correspondence from the Executive Committee to the Chairman and Members of the Grand River Conservation Commission;
• a printed copy of Province of Ontario legislation entitled An Act to Provide for the Conservation of Water in the Grand River Valley, 1938 which defined the powers of the Grand River Conservation Commission and established the guidelines for selection and composition of the Executive Committee;
• printed muncipal voting lists from West Garafaxa township, 1942; and
• a packet of cancelled cheques dated January to November, 1941.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Also present are GRCC statements of accounts.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are correspondence, tender estimates for the Luther Dam, dated September 9, 1950; accounts payable statements for the Grand River Conservation Commission; and a financial statement of the Grand River Conservation Commission as of December 31, 1952 produced by Scully & Scully, Chartered Accountants, Kitchener, Ont.

Consists of ts. (mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meetings : minutes (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Land Purchase : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Water Conservation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board Minutes on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Doon Conservation Area : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meetings : minutes (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Conservation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings (includes minutes of joint meeting with the Advisory Board on Education and Publicity);
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory on Speed Flood Control Board : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Doon Conservation Area : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Conestoga Land Use : minutes of meetings.

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.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meeting : report, March 2, 1967;
• Board of Directors : minutes of meetings;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Flood Control and Water Conservation Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Forestry and Wildlife Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Sub-Committee on Cottage Development and Administration : Belwood Lake and Conestogo Lake Conservation Areas : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meeting : minutes, February 16, 1968;
• Board of Directors : minutes of meetings;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Control Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Services Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Forestry and Wildlife Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Conservation Edcuation Committee : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• Grand River Conservation Authority Annual Meeting : minutes, February 26, 1971;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Control Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Planning : minutes of meetings;
• Development Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Information and Education : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous Committees which includes the following : K-W Land Meeting : minutes; and General Works Committee : minutes of meeting.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meetings : minutes which includes Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 27, 1973;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Information and Education Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Special Meeting to Review the 1973 Budget Estimate : minutes;
• Works Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Committee for Review of Water Management Policy for the Lower Grand : minutes of meetings;
• Award Selection Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Meetings of Chairmen of Advisory Boards : minutes;
• Special Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, July 9, 1973 : minutes;
• Committee for the Official Opening of the Administration Building : minutes of meetings;
• Special Committee : Purchasing and Personnel : minutes of meetings;
• Grand River Conservation Authority and Regional Municipal of Waterloo : minutes of meeting;
• Puslinch Lake Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Grand River Conservation Authority Committee of the Whole : minutes of meeting;
• Maintenance Management Committee : minutes of meeting; and
• Brant Sub-Committee (Bell Centennial) : minutes of meeting.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meetings : minutes (General Meeting, December 15, 1976 includes an extensive report of the Organizational Review Committee in which an organizational chart for the GRCA adminstration is present.);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Board : minutes of meetings [empty section];
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Information and Education Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Environmental Assessement of Water Control Structures in the Grand River Watershed : Ad-Hoc Committee : minutes of meetings; Kortright Committee : minutes of meetings; Personnel Committee : report.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meeting : minutes, which consists of the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 22, 1978;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals : minutes of meetings; Special Committee for Review of the 1979 National Campers and Hikers Association (NCHA) Campvention Proposal : report; Orientation meeting, January 30, 1978; Sub-committees of the Environmental Assessment of Water Control Structures in the Grand River Basin : minutes of meetings; Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meetings; Grand River Basin Water Management Study : information meeting, June 5, 1978; and Cambridge Valley Land Committee : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meetings : minutes;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Shade Tree Committee : minutes of meetings; Committee for Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings; Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meetings; and Committee regarding Henderson Property : inspection report.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Meetings : minutes which include the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 25, 1987;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings; Shade Tree Committee : minutes of meetings; Personnel and Finance Committees : minutes of joint meeting; Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meeting; Committee for Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meeting; Joint Agricultural Soil and Water Conservation Programme : project tour, September 3, 1987; and Ad Committee on gravel extraction : former Adam property : minutes of meeting.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which include the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 24, 1988;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Shade Tree Committee : minutes of meetings; and Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Special Recognition Subcommittee : minutes of meetings; Joint meeting of the Executive Committee, Land Use, and Conservation Areas Advisory Boards, September 14, 1988 : report of tour; Joint Agricultural Soil and Water Conservation Programme : report of tour, September 14, 1988; and Shade Tree Committee : minutes of meeting.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which include Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 27, 1991;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meeting; 25th Anniversary Events Committee : minutes of meeting; Resource Mangement Plan Steering Committee : minutes of meeting; Agroforest Committee : minutes of meeting; and Apps' Mill Working Group : minutes of meeting.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which include Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 23, 1994;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meeting; Membership Reorganization Committee : minutes of meeting; and Agroforest Committee : minutes of meeting.