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, which includes Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 16, 1965;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings, which includes an Amalgamation Proposal for the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Commission ;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Planning : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Conservation Services : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Whiteman Creek : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Conservation Areas : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Kitchener-Waterloo Conservation Development : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Forestry and Wildlife : 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, which includes Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 27, 1964;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Land Use (includes Water Conservation) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recereation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Kitchener-Waterloo Conservation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Dunville Dam and Weirs : 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 Land Use (includes Water Conservation) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Whiteman Creek : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation (referred to as Conservation Areas Advisory Board on section tab) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Kitchener-Waterloo Conservation Development : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Dunnville Dams and Weirs : 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, which also includes a list of GVCA regulations made under the Conservation Authorities Act (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedures : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Land Use (includes Water Conservation Advisory Board) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Whiteman-Kenny-Horner Creek : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
• Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Commission, February 8, 1962; and
• Advisory Board on Fish and Wildlife : 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 (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules an Procedures : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Land Use (includes Whiteman Creek Advisory Board and Water Conservation Advisory Board) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : 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 Land Use (includes Water Conservation) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : 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)*Executive Committee : minutes of meetings
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings
• Advisory Board on Land Use : minutes of meetings(includes 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 on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings
• Advisory Board on Doon Conservation Area : minutes of meetings
• 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.

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 Land Use : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Land Use: minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education, and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous which includes Advisory Board on Recreation, Advisory Board on Reforestation and Advisory Board on Soils and Water : minutes of joint meetings;
• Advisory Board on Pollution : minutes of meeting;
• Advisory Board on Nith Valley Flood Control : minutes of meeting; and
• Brant Flood Control Survey : minutes of meeting.

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 Meetings are not specifically identified in this volume) ;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Pollution : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Soils and Water : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : 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, which includes Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Annual Meetings : minutes, April 17, 1950, April 26, 1951 and April 22, 1952;
• Executive Commitee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Soils and Water : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Farm Ponds and Small Dams minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Rules and Procedures : minutes of meetings; and
• Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

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.

The Grand River Conservation Authority Library was donated in 2005, accompanying the archival records of the Authority and its predecessors.

The Library was maintained at the GRCA headquarters for reference and research use and consists of works by and about the GRCA, including both internal and external reports and studies, periodicals, and monographs.

Unpublished library items are described as part of the GRCA archives while published items are catalogued as print material and are listed in the library catalogue.

Accrual consists of materials relating to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and its predecessors. Includes materials relating to the activities, events, employees and land ownership of the GRCA. Includes committee and meeting minutes, photographs, reports, maps, etc.

File consists of four photograph postcards showing Elore Gorge Park with James Bauer in the foreground wearing a red shirt.

Oversize pencil sketch by Frank Adams.

File consists of one reprint photograph showing the Conservation Authority General Managers of Ontario. They are : Mac Coutts, Mike Chubb, Art Lattornel, Ted Sutter, Ken Higgs, Len Johnson, Ron Brittain, Herb Crown, Dave Allan, Hal Hooke.

Map of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo showing the boundaries according to Bill 167 which came into effect on January 1, 1973. The map has been annotated.

Blackline map of the Grand River Drainage Basin prepared by the Hydraulic Department of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. The map has been marked in pencil crayon to show the outline of the Grand River and its tributaries.

Map of the Grand Valley Watershed, created November 16, 1950 by Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

File consists of The Kitchener Record Map of the Kitchener-Waterloo Retail Trading District with notation about "future Conestogo Dam" and conservation information.

Contents Works in the GRCA library deemed to be "unpublished". Topics include Watershed Studies (01), Channel Improvements (02), Dykes (03), Erosion Control (04, Stream Flow Data (05), Water Quality (06), Reservoirs (07), Conservation Areas (11), Master Plans and Studies (13), Recreation (16), Floodline Studies (21), Special Events (32), Nature Centres (33), Meetings (42), Water Resources Planning and Management (W01), Engineering Reports (W02), Environmental Studies (W04), Reference Books (W08), Land Resources Planning and Management (W09).

Maps and proof pages of photographs with captions, in an envelope from the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development. Sites include: Whiteman Creek; topographic regions of the Grand River Valley; Elora Gorge Park; picnic site of the Grand River Valley; parks of the lower Grand River; Spottiswood Lake Park and Pinehurst Lake Park; Byng Island Park; Doon Park; Rockwood Park.

Photocopied report on the Whiteman Creek Development Project presented to the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, January, 1963. Also includes 2 blackline maps of the Whiteman Creek Watershed.

Consists of materials relating to flood warning preparedness planning and procedures, and advisories issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority during the spring, 1979. Includes ms.(original) river watch reports concerning ice and water flow conditions, by the GRCA; and ts.(photocopy) correspondence from the GRCA

Also contains ts. (photocopy) excerpt of General Manager's report to the Executive Committee, April 27, 1979, and three maps produced by Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources showing the Grand River and its tributaries in the environs of Galt, Brantford and Guelph, Ont., respectively. The maps have been annotated or otherwise marked to show areas of ice jams and other features associated with flooding.

Consists of contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, regarding the construction of concrete culverts for flood control on the Speed River at Silver and Pond Creeks, Guelph, Ont. and sewer extensions on Bristol Street, Guelph, Ont. Includes information to bidders, forms of tender and agreements, general conditions of contract and specifications.
Includes 3 blueline plans (maps) of culverts at Silver and Pond Creeks, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates. Inserted is a completed tender form by A. Mior Construction, Guelph, Ont.

Report by unknown author concerning determination of boundaries for land acquisition in the Speed River watershed below the junction of the Eramosa and Speed Rivers from below Guelph, Ont. to Preston, Ont. Includes 6 numbered blueprint maps of the Speed River Watershed from Preston to Guelph, prepared in May, 1972 by Terry Davison and Bruce [Henry?]. Maps are numbered no. 1, nos.3-7; map no.2 is not present. The maps are referenced in the body of the report.

Consists of a ts. (carbon copy) corrected draft report on the existing state and future development of conservation lands managed by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority / [by] C. Edward Spearin, August 21, 1964. Includes photographs and blueline maps of GVCA conservation lands in the Paris-Brantford, Kitchener and Galt-Preston areas.

Consists of ts. contract documents including information to bidders, forms of agreement, general conditions of the contract and specifications regarding the construction of the Edinburgh Road bridge on the Speed River, Guelph, Ont. prepared for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority by R.K. Kilborn Associates, Toronto, Ont.

Also present are the following inserts : 2 blueline maps of the Edinburgh bridge site and the Speed River Dam in Guelph, Ont., prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates; correspondence to contractors from the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and R.K.Kilborn & Associates; insurance bond for E. & E. Seegmiller Limited, Kitchener, Ont.; and completed form of tender by E. & E. Seegmiller, Limited.

Consists of a ts.brief 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 four 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 revised contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates,Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River in Guelph, Ont. Includes instructions to tender, forms of tender and agreements and specifications. Includes 5 blueline maps of the Speed River channel in the city of Guelph, Ont. prepared by R.K.Kilborn & Associates Ltd., June 28, 1957.

Brief containing a description of the catchment area, rainfall and soils for the proposed Harrisburg Reservoir on Fairchild Creek, near Harrisburg, Ont, prepared by Philips & Roberts Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Burlington, Ont. Inserted : a blueline map of the City of Brantford : Land use study of city and surrounding area, which shows the site of the proposed reservoir.

Instructions to tenderers, forms of agreement, general conditions and specifications relating to the construction of channel improvements on the Speed River, Guelph, Ont., prepared for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Includes 2 blueline maps for the Speed River channel, Guelph, Ont., prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd.

Also present are the following inserts : correspondence from the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, to Mann Construction, Guelph, Ont.; insurance bond for Mann Construction; and form of tender and contract completed by Mann Construction.

Consists of a Government of Ontario computer print-out of a recreation supply inventory which displays the location of various recreational sites by municipality and/or county in southern Ontario. Also present is a blackline map titled, Grand River Basin : Water Management Study : Water Based Recreational Facilities.

Notes enclosed in film box listing film contents.

Note enclosed in film box listing film contents.

Consists of slides of various wildflowers identified by species on an ms. list on the interior lid of the slide tray case. Also includes slides of insects and amphibians.
According to the original GRCA listing, the slides were taken by Bill Miller.

Consists of slides of various wildflowers identified by species on an ms. list on the interior lid of the slide tray case. Includes large groupings of orchids and lilies.
According to the original GRCA listing, the slides were taken by Bill Miller.

SCSA may refer to the Soil Conservation Society of America.

SCSA may refer to the Soil Conservation Society of America.

The majority of the slides do not include identifications.

Includes slides of duck hunter control at Luther Marsh.

Consists of slides of flora, fauna, farming and recreational activities at Luther Marsh and its surroundings, which were employed in a slide show. Identifications are provided on an ms. list on the interior lid of the slide tray; but many of those listed are not present. Includes slides of migratory birds, blue herons and their nesting grounds, various trees and plant life and crop harvesting.
According to the original GRCA listing, the slides were taken by Bill Miller.

Consists of slides of flora, fauna, farming and recreational activities at Luther Marsh and its surroundings, which were apparently employed in a slide show. Identifications are provided on an ms. list on the interior lid of the slide tray; but many of those listed are not present; those present are not in any order. Includes slides of the Shand Dam, bird banding, blue herons and their nesting grounds and crop harvesting.

According to the original GRCA listing, the slides were taken by Bill Miller.