Consists of "historic" original and duplicate slides belonging to the Grand River Conservation Commission, that depict various aspects of its operations including reforestation, flood regulation, general maintenance, nursery, and parks and recreation. A lined notebook with ms. entries listing the title and date of each slide by topic is included in the series.

Consists of slides predominately of tree planting activities, some of which are depicted near Burford, Ont.

Duplicates 19 of the original 36 slides.

Duplicates 7 of the original 39 slides.

Consists of a ts. (thermograph) Province of Upper Canada act entitled "An Act to Incorporate a Joint Stock Company to improve the navigation of the Grand River,"(Grand River Navigation Act) dated November 18, 1837.

Colour photocopy.

Colour photocopy of document belonging to E. Kribs.

Consists of a printed booklet containing a Province of Ontario Statute titled : The Conservation Authorities Act, 1968, Statutes of Ontario, 1968.

Photocopy of document, including cover letter to Mr. G.M. Coutts, General Manager, GRCA, Dec. 3, 1968.

Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, clippings and correspondence.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade including reports of committees, contained in a binder. Also includes newsclippings and correspondence.

Inserted in the binder are ts. (photoreproduction) of correspondence from J.L. Morris and James Mackintosh to the Secretary of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, April 18, 1934; ts.(carbon copy) undated report titled : Estimated Cost of the Waldemar Dam; and ts.(photoreproduction) report concerning Grand River Conservation Records by the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario Engineering Department, August 13, 1938.

Series consists of minute books, copies of memoranda, reports and correspondence.

Consists of ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are memoranda of meetings of Special Committees of the Grand River Conservation Commission with provincial and federal ministers, respectively.

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 (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.

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

• Advisory Board on Administration (Finance) : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Conservation : minutes of meetings;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Forestry and Wildlife : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Kitchener-Waterloo Conservation Development : minutes of meetings;
• Advisory Board on Speed Flood Control : minutes of meetings; and
• minutes of meetings to appoint Board of Directors to the Grand River Conservation Authority, June-July, 1966.

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

• General Meetings : minutes, which include Grand River Conservation Authority Annual Meeting : minutes, which provides details of elections and appointments of officers according to new procedures set out by the Conservation Authorities Act, 1968;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Control Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Planning Board : minutes of meetings;
• Development Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Information and Education Advisory Board : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Meetings : minutes which include Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting: minutes, February 29, 1972;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Control Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use (section tab is labelled Conservation Planning Board) : minutes of meetings;
• Development Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Information and Education Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : General Works Committee : minutes of meetngs; Introductory meeting for new members; Chairmen's[sic] Committee : minutes of meetings; Groundwater Committee : minutes of meetings; Guelph Township Centennial Park Re-development Committee : minutes of meetings; Proposed Land Use Planning Conference : Steering Committee : minutes of meetings; General Works Committee : minutes of meetings; and Drainage Committee : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Meetings : minutes;
• Executive Committee: minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings [empty section];
• Information and Education Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Sub-committees of the Long Range Planning Committee : minutes of meetings; Everton Mill Committee : minutes of meetings; Kortright Committee : minutes of meetings; and Organizational Review Committee : minutes of meetings.

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

• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use [empty section];
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Personnel Regulations; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Orientation meetings; Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings; Committee of the Whole : minutes of meetings; Elora Gorge Conservation Area and Wellington County Road no. 7 : Review Committee : resolutions; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; and Committee for Winter Use of Cottage Lots : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Membership which consists of the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 24, 1982;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; and Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Meetings : minutes;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Committee for Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings; Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meetings; Committee to Review Staffen Drain in Township of Burford : minutes of meeting; Finance Committee : minutes of meeting; and Audit Committee : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which includes the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 23, 1983;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Conservation Authorities Act Review Committee : minutes of meetings; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meetings; Committee for Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings; and Audit Committee : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Membership : meetings, which includes the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 29, 1984;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees which include the following : Shade Tree Committee : minutes of meetings; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; and Committee to Inspect Bying Island Toll House : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Meetings : minutes, which include the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 27, 1985;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Authority Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Cottage lot use seminar; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; and Committee for Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events.

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

• General Meetings : minutes which include Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 26, 1986;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include : GRCA Special meeting regarding the Old Woollen Mill, Cambridge, Ontario, January 14, 1986; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Shade Tree Committee : minutes of meetings; and Committee for Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Meetings : minutes;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Joint Agricultural Soil and Water Conservation Programme : rural beaches : report of tour, July 5, 1989; Special Recognition Subcommitee : minutes of meeting; Agroforest Committee : minutes of meeting; Joint meeting of the Land Use Advisory Board and the Water Management Advisory Board : minutes, December 6, 1989; Strategy Committee : minutes of meeting; Finance Committee : minutes of meeting; and Personnel Committee : minutes of meeting.

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

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Special Recognition Subcommittee : minutes of meetings; Water Management Advisory Board, Land Use Advisory Board and Agroforest Committee : report of tour, September 23, 1992.

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

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which include Grand River Consevation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, January 14, 2000;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous, which includes the following : Ad Hoc Strategy Committee : minutes of meetings; Special Committee Dealing with Compenstion for Vice-Chairment : minutes of meeting; and Audit Committee : minutes of meetings.

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

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which include Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 28, 2003;
• Planning and Operations : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous, which includes the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Special Recognition Committee : minutes of meetings;

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

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous, which includes the following : Special Recognition Committee : minutes of meetings, including supporting documentation; and Audit Committee : minutes of meetings.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 23, 1977. Also includes agenda of the 1977 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 29, 1984. Also includes agenda of the 1984 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the volume are : GRCA 1985 Budget Estimates; supplemental items for the 1984 Annual Meeting agenda; and ms. notes concerning the 1985 Budget Estimates, probably written by Mac Coutts, GRCA General Manager.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 27, 1985. Also includes agenda for the 1985 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the file are : correspondence, GRCA 1985 budget estimates; and budget and multi-year forecast. Budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 26, 1986, organized in a binder. Also includes agenda for the 1986 Annual Meeting, and list of GRCA members.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 25, 1987. Also includes agenda of the 1987 Annual Meeting, and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the volume are : correspondence; ts. Explanatory Notes on 1988 Budget Increases, which are marked M. Coutts and have been annotated; and GRCA 1987 Budget Estimates.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 24, 1988. Also includes agenda for the 1988 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) report of the Grand River Conservation Authority Long Range Planning Committee titled : "Five finger exercise." The report concerns the decision-making process of the GRCA; the phrase "five finger exercise" refers to the components of the Grand Watershed system and is meant to convey that the "watershed works as a unit even though there are component parts."

Consists of a binder of materials containing background information concerning the Grand River Conservation Authority which was collated by B. Veale for use by the members of the GRCA Strategy Committee.

The binder is divided into five sections which include role and mandates of Conservation Authorities under the Conservation Act; GRCA regulations; GRCA goals and objectives; GRCA policy guidelines and GRCA mission statement. Inserted is a ts. report titled : Grand River Conservation Authority Program for the protection of natural areas in the Carolinian life zone by the Environmental Services Group of the GRCA Water Management Division, August 26, 1986.

Series consists of sundry records relating to financial administration and operation of the GRCA and its predecessors. Includes assessment information, financial statements, an audit report and an insurance survey.

Consists of a ts. financial statement for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority for the year ended December 31, 1963, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson Chartered Accountants, Toronto, Ont.

Consists of a ts. financial statement for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority for the year ended December 31, 1964, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson Chartered Accountants, Toronto, Ont.

Consists of a ts. financial statement for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority for the year ended December 31, 1965, prepared by Thorne, Mulholland, Howson & McPherson Chartered Accountants, Toronto, Ont.

Series consists of records relating to educational and publicity functions performed by the Communications Department. Includes kits and publications intended for use by teachers and by GRCA personnel.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) resource book for teachers and students, containing information on "learning resources available on conservation from the GRCA," and GRCA programming relating to conservation. An ms. note on the cover relates that this version of the Resource Book is not edited.

Series consists of records relating to material prepared by the GRCA Communications department for several anniversaries, openings and events. Includes correspondence, minutes, ms. and ts. drafts and notes, leaflets, clippings, photographs, etc.

Consists of materials relating to the opening of the Grand River Conservation Authority Apps' Mills Nature Centre which occurred on October 19, 1981. The file probably belonged to Ralph Beaumont, who at the time served as Information Supervisor for the GRCA Communications Division. Includes correspondence, ts. opening ceremony program outline, ts. draft copies of speeches and lists of invitees. Also present are leaflets concerning openings of other GRCA sites. The cover of the file folder contains ms. notes concerning preparations for the ceremony.

Consists of ts.materials relating to the preparations for ceremonies marking the tenth anniversary of the Grand River Conservation Authority Administration Centre, Cambridge, Ont. The file appears to have belonged to Ralph Beaumont, who at the time served as Information Supervisor, GRCA Community Relations Division. GRCA. Includes ts. corrected draft of program events and speech and memoranda. Also contains an Ontario Forestry Association leaflet concerning titled : The White Pine : an official tree for Ontario.

Consists of a printed programme for a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Pinehurst Lake Conservation Area, Ayr, Ont.

Series consists of news releases accompanied by photographs, prepared and issued by the Communications Department of the GRCA.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Series consists of materials relating to the planning and procedures and operation of the Grand River Conservation Authority Flood Warning System. Includes correspondence, reports, minutes of planning meetings, and flood warning messages and bulletins.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts.(mimeograph) flood advisory bulletins concerning spring run-off, issued by the Grand River Conservation Commission on April 8, 1964 and March 30, 1965, and ts.(photocopy) flood advisory bulletin issued by the GRCA on March 30, 1965. Also contains ts. (photocopy) list of emergency contact personnel and circular letter to municipalities issued by the Ontario Department of Energy and Resource Management concerning flood monitoring.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 200 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; i, Index; 841-1038.