File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams, Secretary, Grand River Conservation Commission and Dr. J.L. Morris of the Surveys Branch of the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests concerning the appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board from municipalities concerning costs assessed against them by the GRCC. Morris was one of the authors of the original report or 1934 and of the revised report done in 1939. Includes one letter to the Minister of Lands & Forests, Hon. Peter Heenan.

File consists of items assembled by an unknown person from other files. Contains GRCA employee list, 1986, a letter from the Toronto Field Naturalists Club to F.P. Adams, Dec. 29, 1939, regarding a talk to be given by him; an application by R.H. Smith to be Overseer and Valuator; letter from F.P. Adams re hospitalization expenses, Feb. 29, 1940; letter from Hugh Templin re his address, Aug. 2, 1940.

File consists of one letter to F.P. Adams from the Dept. of Lands and Forest Surveys Branch concerning assessment of costs to municipalities re Grand River control works, signed by engineers J. Morris, James Mackintosh.

File consists of "Option to Purchase" documents, lists of owners and properties.

File consists of "Option to Purchase" documents, lists of owners and properties, correspondence copies and ms notes.

File consists of correspondence between the Town of Paris and F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer of the GRCC relating to assessment of costs to Paris. Includes ts. carbon appeal by the Town before the Ontario Municipal Board.

Material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage. Contains four maps and plans: "Road map of the County of Wellington," 1939, marked with green pencil numbers; "Shand Dam Geologic Section" dated Feb. 15, 1939, two copies (one ink on linen, one blueprint) of a "Plan of that part of the Village of Belwood formerly Douglas lying South of the Grand River, Plan No. 78," by C.C. Fairchild, Aug. 22, 1939.

File consists of one piece of correspondence from F.P. Adams to Wm. Youngson re GRCC purchase of his property..

Series consists of maps of East and West Garafraxa Townships.

Two oversized rolled maps attached to each other: map of interference with roads, West Garafraxa Township by the Grand River Conservation Commission for the Shand Dam, by Herbert Johnston, Ontario Land Surveyor, November 12, 1941, shows property ownership. Second attached map showing lands required in the Township of East Garafraxa, County of Dufferin, by C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor October 13, 1939. Includes the Belwood area.

Two oversized rolled maps attached to each other: map of interference with roads, West Garafraxa Township by the Grand River Conservation Commission for the Shand Dam, by Herbert Johnston, Ontario Land Surveyor, November 12, 1941, shows property ownership, and is annotated in pencil with notes regarding incidents including an airplane crash and deaths due to drowning. Second attached map showing lands required in the Township of East Garafraxa, County of Dufferin, by C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor October 13, 1939. Includes the Belwood area.

File consists of material relating to acquisition of land by the GRCC. Includes land transfer documents, four blueprint surveys and one original pen and ink survey by C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor.

File consists of material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage. Includes correspondence to Frank P. Adams, Secretary, Grand River Conservation Commission and others. letters include H.G. Acres concerning properties and clearing in the Shand flowage; W. Philip to W.L. Mackenzie King, June 11, 1940(ts. carbon). Includes a drawing with title "P.W.C. : Shand Dam, Ont. : construction 1939-1940", which includes inset sections, some hand colouring.

File consists of material relating to acquisition of land by the GRCC. Consists of original pencil survey drawings of properties, such as Rodgers and Goodall, as well as some lot descriptions, probably by C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor..

File consists of correspondence and forms relating to inventory of frequency sensitive materials in preparation for conversion to 60 cycle operation. Canadian Comstock Co. was the contractor for the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

File consists of correspondence between Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims and C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor, relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes descriptions of properties, and C.C. Fairchild signed correspondence copy.

File consists of legal correspondence between Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims and C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor, relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes description of property and ms. notes.

File consists of correspondence relating to water problems at the St. John's United Church manse property in Belwood between 1940 and 1944 (with E.F. Roberts) and again in 1960(with Ilmar Kao). Includes ms. notes.

File consists of legal correspondence between Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims and C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor, relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes description of property and ms. notes.

Three separate reports stapled together.

File consists of weekly reports sent to the GRCC by the Ministry of Labour relating to labour on the Shand Dam. Includes comParisons of quotas and hours worked, percentage tables, lists of names, occupations, hours worked for several municipalities. The cover letter for each week is signed by N.O. Hipel, Minister of labour.

File consists of correspondence to and from F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer, H.G. Acres and others. Includes ms. sketch of bridge.

File consists of E.F. Roberts (1943 and later) and F.P. Adams (1942 and earlier) copies of H.G. Acres and Co. correspondence, relating to primarily construction and operation of the Shand Dam. Includes estimates, charts, instructions and reports on work progress, financing, etc. and copies of correspondence to and from H.A. Cameron. The 1947 correspondence relates primarily to flood damage.

File consists of material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage. Includes correspondence to and from F.P. Adams and P.A. Ballachey, respectively secretaries of the GRCC. Includes ts. carbon " Shand Dam expenditures to date," dated Sept. 8, 1941, 4 p. ms. list of dam names, 2 leaves ts. carbon "Re: C.P.R. abandonment," dated Jan. 30, 1941.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, including personnel, land buildings and services. Includes H.A. Cameron's original letter of application to Hugh Templin for the position of operator at the dam; further correspondence follows regarding taking up his position, and arrangements to renovate a residence for his use. Includes ts. carbon statements, one an interview with Hugh Templin, re C.P.R. application to close the Cataract-Fergus line.

File consists of one package of correspondence and agreements between the GRCC and the Bell Telephone Co. of Canada on the Shand Project, forwarded at his request to P.A. Ballachey, Barrister and Solicitor by E.F. Roberts on May 7, 1956.

File consists of legal correspondence between Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims and C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor, relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes descriptions of properties and ms. notes.

File contains minutes and financial statements of the GRCC, annual meeting agendas and supporting documents and reports for several years between 1942 and 1959, some marked by Wm. Philip. Includes Wm. Philips ms. notes on assessments to municipalities. Includes a separate group of material relating to setting up a county forest, submitted by I.C. Marritt, Zone Forester.

Blue print map of proposed road between 6th and 7th lines, Township of West Garafraxa dated June 15, 1942.

File consists of correspondence to and from H.A. Cameron regarding a residence at the Shand Dam, blueprint, invoices, ms. notes.

File consists primarily of E.F. Roberts correspondence copies from H.G. Acres to H.A. Cameron relating to regulating water levels.

File consists of material relating to E.F. Robert's work as Secretary-Treasurer of the GRCC.

• Includes correspondence concerning visits, meetings and presentations given by him on conservation.
• Includes background research material including information received from the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development in the form of reports on other conservation authorities, briefs and pamphlets concerning flood control and river valley development.
• Includes also issues of periodicals, offprints and reprints, including "Conservation and post-war rehabilitation: a report prepared by the Guelph Conference on the Conservation of the Natural resources of Ontario, February 1942," Robert F. Legget "Conservation and sanitation: a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute on Sewerage and Sanitation ... 1943," "A plan to grow wealth and eliminate waste" by the Grand Valley group of Engineers,
• Includes E.F. Roberts ms. and ts. notes for an address on conservation given to the Ontario Municipal Association, Aug. 28, 1947. Includes a 9 page mimeograph document dated Jan. 28, 1946: "Grand Valley Authority" that has an organization chart as a cover page.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts regarding insurance policies, coverage schedules, payments for goods and properties owned by the GRCC. Includes ms. notes from W. Philips, ms. and ts. lists of buildings, policies, etc.

Payroll sheets.

File consists of Wm. Philip's copies of two letters signed by E.F. Roberts re insurance and an agreement with the CPR re relocation of the railway in its Elora subdivision.

Series consists of files belonging to E.F. Roberts, Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, dating from 1942 until 1960 concerning all aspects of the organization, administration and operations of the Commission. The Secretary-Treasurer's position was where all roads crossed with one person overseeing finance and accounting; personnel; land acquisition and management; dam project management; relations with municipalities, government departments and ordinary citizens; environmental monitoring and reforestation. Includes correspondence, financial statements accompanied by supporting invoices etc., minutes, reports, clippings, land deeds, blueprints, sketches and ephemera. The early years of E.F. Roberts tenure are not well represented in these records, most likely the result of a space-saving exercise conducted at some time in the past.

File consists of application letters for the post of Resident Operator of the Shand Dam and further correspondence with H.A. Cameron who was awarded the position.

File consists of ms. list of employees and pay rates for 1941 and 1942.

File consists of index to and lists of land purchase. Includes ms. and ts. drafts.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, including personnel, land, leases, services, water and weather, equipment and vehicles.

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 material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage.

• Includes correspondence to and from P.A. Ballachey and E.F. Roberts, respectively secretaries of the GRCC.
• Includes ts. carbon lists of farms and houses rented, correspondence concerning rents, catalogue of generators, ts. carbon copy of the minutes of the GRCC Nov. 5, 1942 announcing the appointment of E.F. Roberts as Secretary-Treasurer, pencil sketch of Con. V, lot 8 showing beach lots and bathing areas, list of invitees to the dam opening.
• Includes correspondence with the C.P.R. and a telegraph re the first train to pass over the new location, March 18, 1942 (from 5B-23), list of accounts re track laying near Fergus, correspondence concerning insurance and a job application.

File consists of material relating to income tax, 1942-1945. Includes Dominion of Canada table of tax deductions under the Income War Tax Act, 1942. Includes completed individual income tax forms and ms. notes.

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

One bundle of "balance ledger" sheets.

One bundle of "balance ledger" sheets.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and later to and from Ilmar Kao relating to a property purchased by the Commission and an ensuing fence-line dispute. Includes legal correspondence, and correspondence with later owners.

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

Series consists of files created and maintained by Ilmar Kao in his position as Manager and Assistant Secretary of the Grand River Conservation Commission during 1958 and 1959. Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, invoices, ms. notes and calculations etc. relating to land acquisition, cottage and property rental, services, insurance, dam operations, forestry operations, Mechanical and Maintenance Department operations, relations with municipalities and government departments, and personnel.

File consists of material relating to history and operation of the forestry Department. Includes abstracts from Chairman's and Secretary-Treasurer's reports on reforestation from 1943 to 1958; information about forest policy, planting in East Luther, insects and diseases.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, H.A. Cameron and others relating to tree planting and reforestation. Includes "Report on Reforestation Planting for 1945 at the Grand Valley Dam"; "Work plan, Belwood Forest"; as well as reports on three woodlots owned by the GRCC, accompanied by detailed species list. Includes snapshots of plow and tree planter, 1945.

Series consists of records created and maintained by Ilmar Kao in his position as Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, with some overlap to his previous position as Manager and Assistant Secretary. Includes material relating to the Ayr and Montrose Dams proposal, to assessment costs and notices, insurance, personnel, relations with municipalities and government departments, operations including dam, forestry, maintenance, land acquisition and management, cottage lots and rentals, etc. Contains correspondence, financial records, reports, memoranda, blueprints, ms. notes and calculations.

File consists of material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage.

• Includes correspondence to and from P.A. Ballachey and E.F. Roberts, respectively secretaries of the GRCC.
• Includes Wartime Prices and Trade Board "Notice of Disapproval of Application to Sell Farm Machinery and Equipment" concerning Beatty Bros. application to purchase a deep Well Pump for the GRCC. Correspondents include the R.C.A.F. re photograph use, individuals re road closures and properties, Wellington County Fish and Game Protective Association re conservation, from Hugh Templin re expenses incurred over a period of years on Commission business, Dept. of National Revenue re National Defence Tax.
• Includes a letter about a road closure, Jan. 28, 1943.
• Includes a publication: "Industrial Survey of Brantford, Ontario, Canada prepared by Brantford Industrial Commission with the co-operation of The Canadian National Railways, Sept. 1943; and documents as follows: 2 p. ts. carbon history of the Commission and the dam, dated June 22, 1943; ts. carbon minutes of Commission meeting March 25, 1943 (some of the correspondence comprises attachments to these minutes); ts. lists of properties (previous owner, purchase price etc.).
• Includes 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 E.F. Roberts copies of H.G. Acres and Co. correspondence, some of which is to H.A. Cameron re "minimum flow" at the Grand Valley Dam.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, including personnel, land buildings and services. Includes a letter dated March 12, 1945 from H.G. Acres to E.F. Roberts concerning operating procedure at the Shand Dam and the timing of raising the lake level, with the comment that "facilities for keeping track of the operations at Shand are still rather primitive on account of the lack of recording gauges..."

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and individuals regarding lots, leases and payments, primarily at Belwood. Includes lease forms and sketches.

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 correspondence to and from H.A. Cameron re rentals, payment of accounts, work inspection, drainage report. Includes one letter from the Department of Reconstruction and Supply, Air Services, Radio Division in response to difficulties experienced by the GRCC in setting up effective radiotelephone circuit between Brantford and the "Grand Valley Dam" using Canadian Army No. 19 sets purchased for that purpose.

File consists of material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage. Contains clippings, product ephemera for a fire pump, ts. list of cottage lots leased, one piece of correspondence concerning leasing. The item of correspondence contains Anti-Semitic and racist rhetoric.

File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao relating to a lease of GRCC property for a Kiwanis Club camp at Lake Belwood. Includes drawings.

File consists of invoices from Beatty Bros., Fergus, Ont.

Contains correspondence between E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron re individuals leasing lakefront lots.

File consists of correspondence between H.A. Cameron and E.F. Roberts and others regarding contamination of river at Grand Valley.

File consists of one ms. work report, May 13, 1944, "from Marcel Pequegnat," initialled by H.A. Cameron.

File consists of Wm. Philip's copies of correspondence to and from the GRCC relating to a tender for the raising and re-construction of the Belwood highway bridge. Includes a report by H.G. Acres on the execution of the contract.

File consists of "M" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, relating to insurance, license for game birds, and general information inquiry. Includes a letter and sketch map by L.C. Meinzinger forwarded to E.F. Roberts by W. Philip, concerning the forthcoming visit of W.L. Mackenzie King, deploring the state of the Grand River at Mr. King's childhood home at Woodside, and suggesting that King and L.O. Breithaupt tour the area.

This letter is accompanied by a hand drawn plan of a proposed park on the river behind Woodside that would incorporate deep channels for fish. Mr. Philips cover letter to E.F. Roberts reads: "Dear Roberts, Enclosed in a letter from L.C. Meinzinger. Please bring before a commission meeting. It would please him to get his name in the paper and would give us another strong supporter. It would be well to be in Kitchener when Mackenzie King visits his home town."

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 correspondence between H.A. Cameron and E.F. Roberts re work authorized for property repairs, as well as correspondence relating to a stoker.

File consists of material relating to roads, road diversions and closings. Includes correspondence relating to a cottage lot road access request, as well as several ts. carbon pages of extracts from executive meeting minutes, 1939-1940.

File consists of "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating primarily to the establishment and activities of the Lake Belwood Boat Club, and also to the purchase of a fire extinguisher. Includes the constitution of the boat club and ephemera from the La France Fire Engine and Foamite Ltd.

File consists of "T" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including tax notices and assessment notices from the Township of West Garafraxa, assessment notices from the Township of East Garafraxa, correspondence and product brochures and catalogues relating to bulldozers and tractors.

File consists of material relating to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Includes an "Employer's Pay Roll Statement" that lists total wages by month for the years 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. Includes for each year E.F. Roberts working table calculating individual employee wages and totals by month.

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

File consists of ts. carbon constitution of the Lake Belwood Boat Club, one piece of correspondence to H.A. Cameron with scenic letterhead.

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

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, including personnel, land buildings, leases, services, water and weather, equipment and vehicles. Includes a report on the tree planting machine by H.A. Cameron, Sept. 26, 1945.

File consists of "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others, including working papers for auditors (Scully), correspondence relating to leases and properties, as well as replies to routine information requests. Includes sketch map.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, W.C. McKay and others relating to rental of property at Belwood. Includes ms. notes, some from W. Philip and sketch maps.

File consists of "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Whaling Turkey Ranch re Conestogo Valley development.

File consists of one letter copy from H.A. Cameron re tractor purchase.

File contains correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Ontario Dept. of Travel and Publicity relating tourism promotion. Includes publications and ephemera, such as the first four information bulletins issued by the Dept. of Travel and Publicity, the first of which was issued before the end of WWII. Includes also a brief from the Canadian Youth Hostels Association, and a publication with title "Canada Calls : Canadian Lakehead, Port Arthur, Fort William" with a printed insert about the war.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to W. Philip relating to Commission business such as leases, salaries, etc. Includes also some W. Philip outgoing correspondence and notes from W. Philip to E.F. Roberts. Includes an ms. and ts. draft by W. Philip of a speech or memorandum to members of the GRCC.

File consists of material relating to GRCC employee income tax. Includes completed T.D.1 forms, T4-1945 remuneration summary, lists of employees and income tax deducted accompanied by "Deductions at Source" receipts. Includes ms. table of figures.

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

One bundle of "balance ledger" sheets.

File consists of correspondence to and from H.A. Cameron and the Waterloo Manufacturing Co. re equipment supplied by the latter. Includes ephemera from Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Co. One letter bears a lion letterhead of the Waterloo Manufacturing Co.

File consists of "C" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes correspondence with suppliers, and an unsolicited application for a position.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, W.H. Keith, Engineer of the County of Wellington and others, relating to application for road, stream and bridge work.

File consists of a special permit for keeping and propagating game pheasants.

File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to the Village of Elora. Includes correspondence and two blueprints concerning a proposed sewerage line across the Grand River.

File consists of "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts on a variety of topics.

File consists of "H" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes correspondence with the Haldimand County Hunters and Anglers' Association re support of the dam project; with the Hydro Electric Power Commission re services and agreements and notes from W. Philips.

File consists of "I" correspondence, in this case material relating to GRCC employee and Commissioner income tax. Includes completed T4-1945 Remuneration Summary form accompanied by T4-1945 Supplementary forms for individuals.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to Marcel Pequegnat relating to routine Commission business.

File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1946." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including individuals and the City of London.

File consists of numbered pages representing stencils produced and copied by the GRCC from 1946 to 1952. Includes pages 1-15, 169-357. Includes reports, minutes, accounts in chronological order, of which the most recent are unnumbered..