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 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.

Oversize pencil sketch by Frank Adams.

River flow gauge housed in cherrywood box, painted grey.

Consists of a DVD transfer of a videocassette of an 8 mm film of various sites in Elora, Ont

Group portraits. Some identifications provided on the verso of one print.

Consists of ts. contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a footbridge and road culvert at the Byng Island Conservation Area near Dunnville, Ont. Includes instructions to tenderers, forms of tender and agreement, general conditions and specifications. The form of tender has been completed by Doly Construction Ltd., Galt, Ont., July 10, 1959. Includes a blueline drawing of the Byng Island footbridge by R.K.Kilborn & Associates.

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

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

• General Meetings : minutes (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on 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.

Duplicates 2 of the original 8 slides.

Duplicates 16 of the original 39 slides.

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.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) report on an streambank erosion control experimental scheme for Whiteman Creek, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ont. and Horner Creek, Burford Township, Brant County, Ont. submitted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to the Ontario Minister of Planning and Development in accordance with the requirements of the Conservation Act (R.S. 1950, Ch.62).

Includes blueline drawings of the Whiteman Creek site. Also present are : correspondence to and from the Ontario Department of Planning and Development; and copies of invoices, and accounts concerning the Whiteman Creek project.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) decision of the Ontario Municipal Board issued on April 10, 1958 regarding an appeal of the apportionment of benefits afforded to participating municipalities by the Grand River Conservation Commission which came into effect on May 15, 1953. The appellant in the case was the Corporation of the Town of Paris; the respondents were the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Corporations of the Cities of Brantford, Kitchener, Galt and Waterloo and the Towns of Preston, Fergus and the Village of Elora

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.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Series consists of two Ontario Municipal Board decisions.

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 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.

Consists of ts. 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. Includes information to bidders, forms of tender and agreements, general conditions of contract and specifications. Also includes blueline plans of culverts at Silver and Pond Creeks, respectively, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates.

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

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. supplement, dated February 16, 1956, to a Report on Flood Control Measures for the City of Guelph, Ontario, December 1, 1955 prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes cover letters and ts.(photocopy) resolutions of the City of Guelph regarding projects to control flooding of the Speed River.

Also present are 3 blueline drawings of the Speed River Dam and Edinburgh Road Bridge prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, which are enclosed in pocket labelled : Plans submitted to Department of Lands and Forests, May 7, 1957.

Consists of a ts. newsrelease prepared by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the opening of a new control dam on the Speed River just below the Wellington Street Bridge, and an Opening Ceremony programme with schedules of events by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and the City of Guelph.

Duplicates 1 of the original 6 slides.

Some identifications provided on the verso.

Consists of ms. notes for a speech given to the K-W Rotary Club, August 24, 1942 by Norman Schneider regarding water flow and flood control by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Also present is a newsclipping from the Daily Record, August 24, 1942 outlining the substance of the speech. Also includes a newsclipping from the Fergus News Record, August 6, 1942 regarding the Shand Dam, and the Globe and Mail, August 20, 1957 concerning the Conestoga dam.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Duplicates 5 of the original 16 slides.

Duplicates 5 of the original 17 slides.

Duplicates 2 of the original 5 slides.

Duplicates 5 of the original 34 slides.

Some identifications provided on the verso.

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.

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 ts.contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd., 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 tenderers, forms of tender and agreement, general condtions, general conditions of contract, general clauses and specifications,

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 ts.contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn, Consulting Engineerings, Toronto, Ont., April 11, 1957 for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a dam on the Speed River, Guelph, Ont. Includes forms of tenders and agreements, and specifications. Two completed tender forms from C.A.Scharfe Limited, Toronto, Ont.are present.

Consists of a binder containing ts. tender documents relating to the construction of sluice gates on the Speed River in Guelph, Ont., prepared by Ardelt Industries of Canada Limited, Kitchener, for submission to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes completed form of tender, technical description, blueprints of sluice gates, blueline schematic wiring diagram and 5 photographs of samples of gates supplied by Fried, Krupp, Germany, the parent company of Ardelt Industries.

Inserted are the following : cover letter and additional correspondence from Ardelt Industries to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and correspondence from R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Toronto, Ont. to the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts.contract documents for the construction of sluice gates for the Wellington Street dam on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Includes instructions to tenderers, form of tender, general conditions and specifications. Also includes advertisement from the Daily Commercial News and Building Record, (undated) notifying prospective tenders of the closing date for bidding for the supply and installation of sluice gates for the dam, and a letter from Ardelt Industries of Canada Limited to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts. contracts documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority concerning the removal of silt from the Wellesley Pond, Wellesley, Ont. Includes form of tender, specifications, contract form, general conditions. A blueline drawing of the Wellesley Reservoir prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Ltd., December 21, 1954 is inserted.

Contains a photocopy of an untitled article from the Ontario Department of Planning and Development Conservation Authorities Branch periodical : Our Valley, Vol. 2, no.1(January, 1956), concerning the Pinehurst Conservation Area, which was opened by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority in the summer of 1955.

Some identifications provided on the verso.

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 photocopies of clippings.

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.

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.

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

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.

One photograph is a duplicate belonging with 55-10: Conestogo Dam, Aug. 17, 1956 : Hon. W.M. Nickle and Mrs. Nickle, M.A. MacKrell, Mrs. Barnes, H.C. Templin.

Consists of a published booklet titled, Conserving the waters of the Grand River : a necessary public work, by the Grand River Conservation Commission, June, 1936. The booklet reviews the GRCC's general plan for conservation of waters of the Grand River, particularly its proposals to establish reservoirs upon the upper reaches of the Grand River and its tributaries. Accompanying the publication is a cover letter from William Philip, Chairman, Grand River Conservation Commission to an unidentified recipient, dated August 19, 193

Inserted in the booklet are :

• printed itinerary titled, "Route of Trip Along Grand River," by the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, Thursday, September 24, 1931, which lists proposed dam sites from Kitchener, Ont. to Grand Valley, Ont. to be visited by the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade members;
• ts.(photocopy) [draft?] of a periodical titled, Our Valley : Grand Valley Conservation Authority, Vol.1, no.2 (June, 1954): 1-4; and
• Department of Planning & Development pamphlet titled Conestogo Dam and Reservoir, which includes background information and map of the proposed dam site. The words, Turning of the first sod, May 30, 1955 have been handwritten on the pamphlet.

Consists of a lined notebook with ms. lists [by Hugh Templin] possibly of scenes contained on selected reels among large reels nos. 101-112.

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1950-1954.
Also included are correspondence and reports. Enclosed are : annual audited financial statements of the GRCC for the years ended December 31, 1949-1953.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Clippings are largely concerned with the activities of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

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 Procedures : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Conservation Areas (includes Luttrell Creek Advisory Board and Nith Valley Flood Control Advisory Board) : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of Meetings; Advisory Board on Soils and Water(referred to as Land, Water Use Advisory Board on section tab) : minutes of meetings; and
*Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

Film contains images of Hugh, Bill, Laura and Margaret Templin according to the original GRCA listing.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) Report on Flood Control Measures for the City of Guelph, Ont., prepared for the Grand River Conservation Authority by R.K.Kilborn & Associates, Ltd, Professional Engineers, Toronto, Ont. The report reviews water flow conditions and flooding at the confluence of the Speed and Eramosa Rivers in Guelph, Ont. and provides recommendations for a flood relief program.

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. 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 ts. report prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority concerning improvements to an artificially-created pond in the Village of Wellesley, Township of Wellesley, Ont.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

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

Some identifications provided on the verso.

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. materials relating to a Field Officers' conference organized by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch, held in Toronto, Ont., February 15, 17, 1954. Includes agenda, background documentation including copies of legislation, and papers presented at the conference. The binder belonged to Mac Coutts, Field Officer of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, who presented a paper at the conference.