File consists of ts. mimeograph budget for 1958 for capital and operating costs, submitted by E.F. Roberts for approval.

File consists of minutes, agenda, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes a later report dated April 17, 1953: "Report of a meeting called by the Chief Conservation Engineer, Dept. of Planning and Development, of the Executive, Grand River Conservation Commission, and a Committee appointed by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority" Includes ms. notes.

File consists of minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes newspaper clipping (K-W Record, Mar. 1, 1952) of a portrait of the members of the commission taken at this meeting.

File consists of annotated agenda, ts. mimeograph Chairman's and Secretary Treasurer's reports dated Feb. 22, 1952 (for 1951), financial statements dated Dec. 31, 1952 and ms. draft Secretary Treasurer's report, prepared for the Annual meeting, Feb. 17, 1953. Includes annotated agenda for the latter.

File consists of minutes, annotated agenda, supporting documents including financial statements, and related correspondence.

File consists of agenda, supporting documents including financial statements and related correspondence. Includes ms. meeting notes.

File consists of material relating to the Grand Valley Conservation authority. Includes correspondence to and from the Authority and the GRCC. Includes an agenda for a meeting of representatives of Conservation authorities and O.C.R.A. to discuss forming an Association of Conservation Authorities, with ms. comments from Wm. Philip to E.F. Roberts opposing such an association. Includes ts. mimeograph list of invitations sent for Nith Valley Tour, Aug. 17, 1949. Includes also an undated ts. mimeograph "Brief on conservation submitted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to the Select Committee of the Ontario Legislature appointed to gather information on matters pertaining to conservation."

File consists of minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. This meeting was called to discuss "the Commission's problems with members of the Press within the Grand Valley." Includes ts. report (original) signed by Marcel Pequegnat concerning water supply in municipalities of the Grand River Valley after the summer of 1949. Includes ts. mimeograph "memo re Grand River watershed," Nov. 17, 1949, outlining the history of the river and the work of the Commission. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. minutes. The meeting was called to discuss the Conestogo Project.

File consists of minutes, annotated agenda, supporting documents including financial statements, and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of minutes and related correspondence. The meeting was called to discuss plans and specifications for the Conestogo Dam.

File consists of ts. mimeograph and ms. minutes and related correspondence. This was a Special Meeting called to consider a report on low flow regulation .

File consists of annotated agenda, minutes and related correspondence.

File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. and ts. original communications to the Commission by Wm. Philip, Chairman. Includes unattributed 3 p. ts. original document: "Proper land use policy for the Province of Ontario in Relation to Conservation Authorities." Includes ts. original Secretary-Treasurer's report.

File consists of ms. and ts. draft minutes and related correspondence.

File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes. This Special Meeting was called to consider a report on the 1947 run-off and operating procedure at Grand Valley Dam.

File consists of minutes, annotated agenda, supporting documents including financial statements, and related correspondence. Includes ts. originals of Chairman's address and Secretary Treasurer's reports.

File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes for the meeting.

File consists of agenda, minutes and meeting notice. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of annotated agenda, minutes and related correspondence. Includes newspaper clipping.

File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents including financial statements, and related correspondence. Includes ms. meeting notes.

File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ts. carbon Chairman's report and ts. original Secretary-Treasurer's report, a motion on organizing a general conservation authority dated Nov. 14, 1945 and an untitled 5 p. ts. on conservation.

File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. Chairman's report by Wm. Philip, as well as newspaper clippings.

File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ts. originals of some items. Includes newspaper clippings and ms. notes. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss with other county and township councils the "advisability of organizing a conservation association throughout the territory bordering the Grand River and tributary streams and in Grey County to the north for the purpose of carrying out conservation in all its branches." Includes a memorandum from J.R. Dymond, Secretary, concerning the "Guelph Conference," forwarded to E.F. Roberts by Wm. Philip with note: "This is your baby, Roberts. "

File consists of agenda, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ts. and ms original Chairman's and ts. original Secretary-Treasurer's reports. Includes ts. lists of forestry plots. Includes ms. notes

File consists of E.F. Roberts budget working documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of financial statements prepared by Scully and Scully as of Jan. 31, 1940, Jan 31, 1942. Includes ms. draft statements. Scully & Scully were retained April 18, 1939.

File consists of minutes, meeting notices and related correspondence. The "first regular meeting of the Grand River Conservation Commission was called by the Hon. Colin Campbell, Minister of Public Works, on Wednesday June 27th, 1938 at 2:30 p.m. at the residence of Commissioner Hugh Templin, Fergus, Ontario."

File consists of correspondence to F.P. Adams, Secretary, G.R.C.C. relating to a review of the report done in 1934 by James. L. Morris, Engineer for the Dept. of Lands and Forests, and James Mackintosh of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Engineering staff to allot proprtions of costs for improvements on the Grand River to municipalities. Includes 32 p. ts. original "detailed report on the assessment of municipalities" dated July 31, 1939 forwarded in parts by James Mackintosh.

File consists of memoranda, financial statements and other documents distributed by F.P. Adams, including "Duties of Executive," "Duties of Chief Engineer," "Banking resolution passed at meeting of the Commission, July 26th, 1938," as well as an announcement of the appointment of H.G. Acres as Chief Engineer.

File consists of mimeograph copies of correspondence from O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer at the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, listing the plans and hydrographs submitted to the Commission for their use. Includes attached tables summarizing flow data at Fergus and Galt from 1914 to 1936.

File consists of a 1. p. mimeograph resolution by the "Committee appointed by the Provincial Government to discuss the allocation of costs of the Grand River Improvement plan."

File consists of ts. carbon cover letter and report submitted to the G.R.C.C. by H.G. Acres: "Interim report on progress of operations to December 15, 1938."

River flow gauge housed in cherrywood box, painted grey.

Consists of ts. paper entitled "In the Wake of Hurricane Hazel : a review of flood problems," by R.L Clinch and H.J. Saaltink, H.G. Acres & Company Ltd., presented at the Engineering Institute of Canada, May 11, 1955. The paper deals in part with the Grand River. Includes blackline storm tracking diagram, and isoheytal maps and flood hydrographs of the Grand River prepared by H.G. Acres & Company Limited, May 1955. Also includes a cover letter from A.W. F. McQueen, Vice-President, H.G. Acres & Company Ltd.

Consists of 1 volume ts.(carbon copy) report prepared by H.G. Acres, Chief Engineer, [H.G. Acres & Company Limited?] for the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning the investigation of dam sites on the upper Grand River. Includes a cover letter from H.G. Acres to F.P. Adams, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation, February 15, 1939.

Also present are blackline maps of the Grand River Valley and Luther Marsh Area, and blackline plans of Shand, Belwood and Pilkington Dam Sites. Also contains photographs of [core samples?] from the Shand, Belwood and Pilkington sites. A blueline drawing of the Conestogo Dam Foundation , No. 5, 1954 by H. Barnett, H.G. & Acres Co., Ltd., is inserted.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) report prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, Consulting Engineers, Niagara Falls, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Commission, regarding a proposed Luther Marsh storage development. Includes blackline contour plans, and blackline drawing of the Luther Dam prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, March 15, 1950.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) brief regarding the necessity of building the Glen Allan Dam[Conestogo Dam] on the Conestogo River.

Consists of a ts.brief (iii, 48 p.) prepared by the Grand River Conservation Commission to demonstrate to federal and provincial authorities the need for proposed multi-purpose reservoirs and other control work the Grand River Watershed.

Includes blackline maps of proposed reservoir catchment areas in Ayr and West Montrose, Ont. and flood stage maps of the cities of Brantford, Paris and Galt, Ont., prepared by J.M. Tomlinson & Associates Ltd, Consulting Engineers, January, 1964. Also present are photographs of floodwaters in the Grand River Watershed at Brantford, Galt and Paris, March 20-22,1948.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) background documentation and statistical materials which appear to have accompanied a tour of Grand River Conservation Commission sites, conducted on July 10, 1963. The materials include a map which shows reservoirs and member municipalities of the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of a ts. (mimeographed) report on the East Side Recreation and Conservation Area, Kitchener, Ont. prepared by Dryden & Smith, Planning Consultants, Kitchener, Ont., possibly for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes blueline drawings.

Consists of ts. tender documents prepared by the Grand River Conservation Commission for distribution to tenderers, concerning the construction of a reinforced concrete culvert and dam fill on the Columbia Street Dam, in the area of Laurel Creek, Waterloo, Ont. Includes blank contract agreement, tender form, instructions to bidders and specification.

Consists of ts. tender submission documents prepared by Dominion Engineering Company Limited, Lachine, P.Q. for the Grand River Conservation Commission. Includes completed form of tender, specifications and blueline drawings prepared by the Dominion Engineering Company.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy and mimeograph) tender submission document prepared by the Dominion Bridge Company Limited, Lachine, Quebec for the Grand River Conservation Commission regarding the construction of sluice gates for the Conestogo Dam near Glen Allan, Ont. Includes copy of specifications from the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of ts. report prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, Limited, Niagara Falls, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Commission regarding design and testing of a model sluiceway for the Conestogo Dam, near Glen Allan, Ont. undertaken in 1953. Includes blueline drawings of the general arrangement of spillway, dam model, and stilling basin, prepared by H.G. Acres and Company in November, 1953, and photographs of the sluiceway model. Correspondence between the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Ontario Department of Planning and Development is inserted.

Consists of a blueline land plan of the Luther Lake and its environs in the Townships of East and West Luther, Ont.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) table of local share of costs for the Shand, Luther and Conestogo dam allocated among eight municipalities in the Grand River watershed, from Fergus, Ont. to Brantford, Ont.

Consists of a letter from J.P. Bruce, Hydrometeorologist, Ontario Department of Planning and Development to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurere of the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning weather advisory services offered by private meteorological firms. Includes copy of a Department of Transport Intra-departmental memorandum, and two ts. reports by the American Meteorological Society.

Consists of a letter from A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch to William Philip, Chairman, Grand River Conservation Commission concerning an agreement respecting the building of the Conestogo Dam.

Consists of a printed programme for a Conference on River Valley Development in Southern Ontario sponsored by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development in London, Ont., October 13-14, 1944.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) specification document prepared by H.G. Acres, Chief Engineer [H.G. Acres and Company Limited, Niagara Falls, Ont.] for the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning exploration of the foundations of proposed dam sites on the Grand River, including the probable site of the Shand Dam near the village of Belwood, Ont.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission concerning alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus, Ont. Includes a covering letter by O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department.

Also includes a ts.(photoreproduction) report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department, showing yearly minimum flow levels measured at various points on the Grand River, 1914-1936. The report is accompanied by a covering letter by O. Holden dated August 13, 1938.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) of a report submitted in the form of an undated letter from W.H. Philip, Grand River Conservation Commission Chairman to Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, Premier of Ontario. The report concerns flood control measures for the Grand River basin and apportionment of provincial, federal and municipal fiscal responsibility.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) cost estimates for the proposed Waldemar Dam reported by the Grand River Conservation Commission on August 31, 1936. Also includes a document titled "Estimated Cost of the Waldemar Dam," prepared by the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario, ca. 1934.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) Report on Grand River Conservation Project by T. H. Hogg, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission and L.V. Rorke, Surveyor General of Ontario, submitted to Hon. William Finlayson, M.P.P, Minister of Lands and Forests. The report concerns technical aspects and costs estimates for a proposed Waldemar dam project under consideration by the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of ts. summary table of elevations and flow rates during the October 15-16 1954 run-off at the Shand Dam and on the Conestogo River, prepared by E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of ts. (carbon copy) preliminary report prepared by the Grand River Conservation Commission for submission to Hon. Wm. Greisinger, Minister of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development and A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Ontario Department of Planning and Development, regarding flood control measures on the Grand River in the City of Galt, Ontario.

7 lleaf ts. (carbon).

Consists of ts.report by H.G. Acres, Hydraulic and Hydro-Electric Engineer, Niagara Falls, Ont. dated February 8, 1940 for the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning preliminary study and exploratory work on the proposed Luther-Shand water control structure on the upper Grand River. The report summarizes investigatory work performed in 1938-1939.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission concerning alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus, Ont. Includes a covering letter by O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department.

Consists of a ts. memo by an unidentified author regarding the history and development of conservation and water management in the Grand River Watershed. The memo appears to have been prepared for public distribution and focuses primarily upon the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission in regard to dam construction and water flow control.

Publication, 10 p.

Consists of an issue of the periodical, Engineering Journal, Vol. XX1, no. 2 (February, 1938), devoted to flood control measures and water flow issues in southwestern Ontario, including the Grand River Water Basin. Accompanying the periodical is an Ontario Department of Planning Development memorandum from A.E.K. Bunnell to A.H. Richardson, Conservation Branch.

Also present is a photocopy of an obituary of A.H. Richardson, December 27, 1971 and a periodical article by P.C. Perry titled : "Stream Control in relation to droughts and floods," The Engineering Journal, June, 1939 : 269-274.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) of what appears to be a chapter section transcribed from the book History of Kitchener by William V. Uttley. The material details William H. Breithaupt's early interests and activities in flood control and water regulation of the Grand.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of a clipping from The Telegram [Toronto], concerning flooding on the Grand and other rivers in southwestern Ontario: "Families flee homes as raging rivers rise," Telegram, March 27, 1963,.

Consists of a newsclipping titled : "Jiu Jitsu on the Grand River : Governments see light for reservoirs to hold back spring floods and release waters for summer needs of 300,000 people," from The Financial Post, November 7, 1932.

Consists of a binder containing clippings from the collection of Hugh Templin, member of the Grand River Conservation Commission and editor of the Fergus News Record. The clippings concern various aspects of the history and development of the Grand River Conservation Commission. Also present is a copy print of a photograph of members of the Grand River Conservation Commission, February 16, 1957.

Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.

Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.

Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.

Consists of 1 bound volume of temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional ms. notes on conditions at the Shand Dam site recorded by H.A. Cameron.

One letter ts. mimeograph, signed, with attachment.

One letter (6 leaves), ts. mimeograph, signed.

One letter on GVCA letterhead, ts. original, signed.

One letter on GRCC letterhead, ts. original, signed.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) letters to the Hon. A.G. Welsh, Department of Planning and Development from E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning request for approval and support of projects at Luther Marsh and on the Conestogo River. Also includes letters received by the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Ontario Minister of Public Works relating to funding of the Luther Marsh and Conestogo Dam Projects.

One letter, ts. original, signed, on Beatty Bros. letterhead, accompanied by two blueprints of the proposed Beatty Bros.Dam in Fergus.

One letter, ts. original, signed.

One letter, ts. carbon.

Consists of 2 ts.(mimeograph and photocopy) letters dated March 13, 1962 and May 4, 1962 concerning proposed dams at Ayr and [West] Montrose, Ont.

Consists of a letter from J.P. Bruce, Hydrometeorologist, Ontario Department of Planning and Development to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission concerning rain gauging stations in the Grand basin. Included with the letter is a seminar paper titled, "Hydrometeorology in Ontario," by J.P. Bruce, presented at the University of Toronto, October 9, 1956.

Consists of a ts. notes for a speech concerning the background and development of the Grand River Conservation Commission prepared for a presentation to the Lion's Club[Kitchener, Ont.?] by an unidentified member of the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of ts. list of drainage areas in square miles for various sites in the Grand River Valley. The information was prepared by A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Province of Ontario Department of Planning and Development, August 31, 1949.

Consists of a graph drawn in pencil on graph paper showing rainfall and snowfall accumulations at Marsville, Ont. for the month of April, 1947.

Consists of a ts. (carbon copy) of an agreement issued by the Minister of Public Works concerning percentages and amounts of capital costs payable by the Province of Ontario to the Grand River Conservation Commission for the purchase of lands, erection of works and creation of reservoir. Includes a covering letter from R.A. McAllister, Deputy Minister of Public Works to the Grand River Conservation Commission, March 19, 1943. The agreement probably relates to the construction of the Shand Dam and Reservoir.

Consists of records relating to a conference titled Conference on River Valley Development in Southern Ontario, sponsored by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, held in London, Ontario, October 13 and 14, 1944. Includes printed conference programme, newsclipping, ts.[drafts and final?] conference paper on Grand River conservation prepared by E.F.Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission, October 13, 1944, and ts. conference resolutions.

Also present are : an advanced proof of a publication titled, Flood Control in Southwestern Ontario, containing papers presented at the annual meetings of the Institute in London, Ont., February 2, 1938; and an article from The Star Weekly, March 18, 1939, titled, "Battling Old Man River," by R.C.Reade, concerning plans to build the Shand Dam on the Grand River.