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File consists of material relating to Conestogo Dam operations supervised by R. Osgathorpe, such as supplies, equipment, maintenance, vehicles, personnel, lessees, forestry, etc. Includes correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, concerning land rental, purchase and "flowage", with John T. Schmidt re publicity "blooper", also with suppliers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand Dam superstructure decking : P&R [i.e. Philips and Roberts Ltd.] no. 511, 1958.
File consists of material relating to the steel decking installed on the Shand Dam superstructure. Includes correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, H.A. Cameron and others, blue-prints and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of draft payroll summary sheets for GRCC employees for 1958.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "T" correspondence to and from D.C. Braund, signing of behalf of E.F. Roberts, concerning government taxes and cottage lot rentals .
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to purchase of and repairs to tractors and other large equipment. Includes purchase orders, invoices and John Deere catalogues and operator's manuals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Vehicle maintenance report, 1958.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Report" forms. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Vehicle mileage and maintenance reports, 1958.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Mileage and Maintenance Report" forms submitted to and initialled by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes, Jan. to Dec. 1958.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Minutes of Commission meetings, 1964.
File consists of minutes, quarterly financial statements, thermofax copies of memorandum re and minutes of a meeting called by the Minister of Energy and Resources Management concerning the possible amalgamation of the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, Ilmar Kao and D.C. Braun. Correspondents include suppliers, the City of Brantford, Bell Telephone re installation of submarine cable under Grand River near Doon, ,
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 6, April, May, June 1959.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1959, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 8, October, November, December 1959.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1959, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of Peel, 1959.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo service club rentals : Emira Lions Club, Elmira, Ont., 1958.
File consists of correspondence addressed to E.F. Roberts and replied to by him and by I. Kao concerning lease of land for a camp on Conestogo Lake. Includes lease agreements and newspaper clippings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Correspondence regarding Conestogo lots : cheques returned.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning refunds on Conestogo cottage lot rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Correspondence regarding leases : Conestogo lots.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning Conestogo lake cottage lots and leases. Includes ms. lists by I. Kao of lots and lessees.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Lands and Forests, 1953-1956.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests primarily relating to reforestation. Includes draft agreement for management of municipal forests, applications etc. for nursery stock.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to a flood warning system. Includes Shand Dam operating record March-April 1959 (date, lake level, precipitation, etc.), correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao in regards to telephone lists for warning purposes, a telegram warning of Hurricane Gracie, circular letter from W.M. Nickle, Ontario Minister of Planning and Development containing instructions for action to be taken re flood warning and control. Ilmar Kao's file (Manager); contains his ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondence include the City of Guelph concerning a sanitary sewer, City of Galt, Globe & Mail, GRCC and individuals. Includes sketch map for beach and boathouse at Belwood and blueline plans for City of Guelph flood control.
Grand River Conservation Commission
General correspondence, 1954-1959.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to the business and operations of the GRCC. Includes correspondence to and from suppliers, municipalities, government departments, co-workers and colleagues, land lessees and individuals. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao and E.F. Roberts. Includes lists of buildings owned by the GRCC in the Conestogo Area.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of E.F. Roberts budget working documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Administration : Secretary Treasurer's Files : 1938-1941 : F.P. Adams
Series consists of files belonging to F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, dating from 1938 until 1941concerning all aspects of the organization, administration and operations of the Commission. Includes finance and accounting; personnel; land acquisition and management; dam project records; relations with municipalities, government departments and ordinary citizens. Includes correspondence, financial records, minutes, reports, clippings, blueprints, sketches and ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Brantford, Ont., Feb. 21, 1964.
File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes original correspondence to the Commission from Geo. E. Fisher, Chairman. Includes ms. notes and calculations by Ilmar Kao..
Grand River Conservation Commission
The Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
File consists of information booklet about the GVCA.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "H" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to wages, accounts, supplies, etc..
Grand River Conservation Commission
Contents :File consists of "I" correspondence to and from from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include Imperial Oil and Imperial Bank of Commerce; most replies are issued by D.C. Braund.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning suppliers' accounts, labrador retriever field trials and an inquiry construction of small bridges on the Grand River..
Grand River Conservation Commission
Marcel Pequegnat's annual report, 1958.
File consists of two ts. reports (carbon draft and final): "Grand River Conservation Authority : chairman's report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1958" dated Feb. 20, 1959.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "Mc" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning leases, employees, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts and P.M. Rogers and others relating to forestry operations of the GRCC. A few 1959 letters are from I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of payroll sheets.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Payroll copies, June 1-December 31, 1959.
File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes requests for timber, gravel removal, nursery stock orders, draft quarterly accounting records for the Conestogo Dam project.
Grand River Conservation Commission
General information meeting, Preston, Ont., March 20, 1964.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes extensive ms. notes and signatures. Includes 13 p. ts. carbon "Address by M.A. MacKrell at G.R.C.C. information meeting, March 20, 1964," a 5 p. ts. mimeograph GRCC information package. Includes a resolution to allow members of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to attend all general meetings of the GRCA.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence and other documents relating to assessment of costs to Fergus.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "U" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts as well as carbon copies of letters issued to employees concerning unemployment insurance books.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include employees, individuals concerning cottage lots, requests for information about the Conestogo Project, Townships concerning weed control.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Unlabelled folder containing accounting records for 1960, prefaced by a sheet of account numbers and ledger headings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of manager Ilmar Kao's working papers re text for signs for conservation areas. Includes correspondence with E.F. Roberts, suppliers and with A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Auditors quarterly statements, 1960.
File consists of quarterly statements by Scully and Scully for March, June, Sept. and Dec. 1960.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine correspondence and forms relating to banking. I. Kao signs as Manager.
Grand River Conservation Commission
The Bell Telephone Company general correspondence, 1959-1960.
File consists of correspondence with the bell telephone Company relating to phone numbers, easements, cable laying and service to GRCC headquarters. I. Kao signs as manager.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood tree nursery correspondence.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and individuals regarding available nursery stock. Includes price lists.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of Ilmar Kao's work on budget estimates for 1960. Includes correspondence between E.F. Roberts and I. Kao, ms. notes, charts, tables, calculations etc. and a blue-line map titled "Lake Conestogo Reforestation and Woodlot Map" dated Oct. 1961.Includes ms. notes drafts and ledgers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Shand Dam, June 18, 1964.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes and annotated agenda.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Area : list of buildings.
File consists of lists of buildings owned by the GRCC, prepared for insurance purposes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo cottage lot rentals, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes lists of cottage lots and names, ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : demolition of bridge abutments, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and Ilmar Kao relating to demolition of bridge abutments. Includes sketches and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence from I. Kao and list of lessees.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo farm leases : inactive, obsolete.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : hydro deposit correspondence, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the Listowel Area Office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and lessees, relating primarily to hydro service to Conestogo cottage lots.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 9, January, February and March 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the first quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 10, April, May and June 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 12, October, November and December 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1960, accompanied by receipts and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of Peel. Stamped by I. Kao "Manager & Asst. Secretary".
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating : R. Osgathorpe, 1960.
File consists of material relating to Conestogo Dam operations supervised by R. Osgathorpe, such as supplies, equipment, maintenance, etc. Includes correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts and I. Kao with R. Osgathorpe. Includes blue-line plan of the Conestogo Dam control building dated June 7, 1956.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Inspection tour, Sept. 16, 1964.
File consists of material relating to the GRCC Annual Inspection Tour. Includes timetables, related correspondence and signatures.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo petition re parks, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the Township of Maryborough and Ballachey and Moore relating to a petition for park areas. Includes petition.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Project : contract approval applications.
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and the Ontario Dept. of Planning and development relating to approval of expenditures for the Conestogo dam project. Includes also I. Kao correspondence, at that time manager of the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Copies of accounts approved, 1960.
File consists of ts. carbon lists of accounts approved at meetings, Jan.-Dec. 1960. Ilmar Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Draft minutes of meetings and notes, 1960.
File consists of I. Kao's working papers for Commission meeting minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of Flood Bulletin No. 1 dated March 18, 1960 and labelled "Field office Copy." I. Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department, P.M. Rogers, 1960.
File consists of one piece of correspondence to P.M. Rogers from a supplier.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department : P.M. Rogers, 1960.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to forestry department operations supervised by P.M. Rogers. Includes correspondence and inter-office memorandum between I. Kao and P.M. Rogers, correspondence to and from suppliers and others, brochures, information booklets and reports. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Gas consumption reports, 1960.
File consists of gas use records for GRCA vehicles. Includes gas consumption sheets, draft and final summaries submitted to I. Kao. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
H.G. Acres and Co. Ltd. : general correspondence, 1959-1960.
File consists of E.F. Roberts and Ilmar Kao copies of H.G. Acres and Co. correspondence, relating primarily to operation of the Conestogo Dam. Roberts signs as Chief Engineer, Kao signs first as manager, then as of July 1960, as Secretary-Treasurer.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Head office correspondence, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and others relating to Commission business and operations. Includes inter-office memoranda, I. Kao notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Fergus, Ont., Nov. 24, 1964.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence to and from Ilmar J. Kao, government officials and others. This meeting was called to discuss and act upon the executive "Report on the resources management, present & future, in the Grand River watershed," Nov. 24, 1964, concerning amalgamation of the GRCC and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. This file also contains minutes of executive and general meetings from June to November 1964. Contains ms. draft correspondence and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of I. Kao's notes to self relating to GRCC business and operations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Insurance policies : obsolete, 1960.
File consists of a variety of insurance policies. Includes correspondence and ts. carbon lists of buildings and structures owned by the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Belwood cottage lots : list of hydro deposits, 1960.
File consists of lists of cottage lots and names, annotated and corrected. Ilmar Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Belwood : hydro deposit correspondence.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao (Manager) and the Elmira Area Office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, relating primarily to hydro contracts with the Commission and to hydro service to Commission-owned properties leased to others. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Belwood : Lions Club, Kitchener, 1960.
File consists of Ilmar Kao's copies of correspondence relating to and drawings of Kitchener Lion's Club Camp Building at Belwood Lake.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Conestogo cottage lot list, 1960.
File consists of ms. and ts. lists of lot numbers, names and rent paid for Conestogo cottage rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Luther operating : W. Townsend, 1959-1960.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to Luther operations supervised by W. Townsend. Includes correspondence forwarded and notes to I. Kao by E.F. Roberts for his handling, ms. notes, sketches, memoranda and inter-office correspondence.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to the business and operations of the GRCC. Includes correspondence to and from suppliers, municipalities, government departments, co-workers and colleagues, and individuals. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao and E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Mechanical and Maintenance Department : H.A. Cameron, 1960.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to Mechanical and Maintenance Dept. operations supervised by H.A. Cameron. Includes correspondence to and from suppliers, product information, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool daily record, 1960.
File consists of completed "Requisition for Motor Vehicles" daily record forms, submitted to Ilmar Kao and authorized by him.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Feb. 19, 1965.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence to and from Ilmar J. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool maintenance records, 1960.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Report" forms.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool mileage reports, 1960.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Mileage and Maintenance" reports.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool rental reports, 1960.
File consists of monthly ts. vehicle rental reports entered on a payroll sheets.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool service reports, 1960.
File consists of completed "Machine Maintenance Record" forms for vehicles Includes ts. summary in table form.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of completed payroll and benefits sheets and completed summary sheet with title "Work report".
Grand River Conservation Commission
Quotations for Equipment, 1960.
File consists of material related to the acquisition of equipment and supplies for GRCC operations. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, quotations and product ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one piece of correspondence, a cover letter for a list of GRCC members signed by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Rental for mechanical equipment, 1960.
File consists of material relating to interdepartmental rental of vehicles. Includes memoranda, ms. notes and calculations, 1960 monthly ts. vehicle rental reports entered on a payroll sheets.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Rents and leases correspondence, 1959 and 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding cottage lots, GRCC properties, leases and payments. Includes ms. notes. and instructions by E.F. Roberts concerning replies.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Schematic layout of the Grand River conservation scheme, Nov. 1960.
File consists of a blueline print with some markings, by Duncan Hopper & Associates Ltd., Consulting Engineers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Kitchener, Ont., April 22, 1965.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence to and from Ilmar J. Kao. This was a special meeting relating to the Brief on Resource Management and Administration, Grand River Watershed prepared by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of monthly gauge and flow report forms for the Shand Dam, recording daily rain and lake levels.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding Belwood Lake cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes correspondence addressed to E.F. Roberts. Includes ms. notes. Ilmar Kao signs as "manager".
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating : H.A. Cameron, 1960.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to dam operations supervised by H.A. Cameron, such as building construction calculations, personnel, work schedules, etc. Includes correspondence forwarded and notes to I. Kao by E.F. Roberts for his handling, ms. notes, sketches, memoranda and correspondence to I. Kao from H.A. Cameron.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to acquisition of uniforms for GRCC personnel. Includes correspondence to and from I. Kao, ephemera, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of invoices from suppliers of goods and services to the GRCC for the year 1960. Includes correspondence, invoices, ephemera, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of East Garafraxa : assessment notices for 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in East Garafraxa.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of East Luther : assessment notices for 1961, made in 1960.
File consists of tax assessment forms for properties owned by the GRCC in East Luther.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of Maryborough : assessment notices for 1961.
File consists of correspondence and attached list of assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in the Township of Maryborough for taxes in the year 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of West Garafraxa : assessment notices made in 1960 for taxation in 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in West Garafraxa and leased to individuals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of West Luther : assessment notices for 1961 and list of taxes, 1960.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC and I. Kao's ts. carbon list of taxes payable.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Kitchener, Ont., Sept. 8, 1965.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao and municipal and provincial government officials. This special meeting concerned the amalgamation proposal for the GRCC and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Commission