File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.

File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the first quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.

File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the Listowel Area Office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and lessees, relating primarily to hydro service to Conestogo cottage lots.

File consists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence from I. Kao and list of lessees.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and Ilmar Kao relating to demolition of bridge abutments. Includes sketches and ms. notes.

File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes lists of cottage lots and names, ms. notes.

File consists of lists of buildings owned by the GRCC, prepared for insurance purposes.

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

File consists of Ilmar Kao's work on budget estimates for 1960. Includes correspondence between E.F. Roberts and I. Kao, ms. notes, charts, tables, calculations etc. and a blue-line map titled "Lake Conestogo Reforestation and Woodlot Map" dated Oct. 1961.Includes ms. notes drafts and ledgers.

File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and individuals regarding available nursery stock. Includes price lists.

File consists of correspondence with the bell telephone Company relating to phone numbers, easements, cable laying and service to GRCC headquarters. I. Kao signs as manager.

File consists of routine correspondence and forms relating to banking. I. Kao signs as Manager.

File consists of quarterly statements by Scully and Scully for March, June, Sept. and Dec. 1960.

File consists of manager Ilmar Kao's working papers re text for signs for conservation areas. Includes correspondence with E.F. Roberts, suppliers and with A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch.

Unlabelled folder containing accounting records for 1960, prefaced by a sheet of account numbers and ledger headings.

File consists of routine "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include employees, individuals concerning cottage lots, requests for information about the Conestogo Project, Townships concerning weed control.

File consists of routine "U" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts as well as carbon copies of letters issued to employees concerning unemployment insurance books.

File consists of correspondence and other documents relating to assessment of costs to Fergus.

File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes extensive ms. notes and signatures. Includes 13 p. ts. carbon "Address by M.A. MacKrell at G.R.C.C. information meeting, March 20, 1964," a 5 p. ts. mimeograph GRCC information package. Includes a resolution to allow members of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to attend all general meetings of the GRCA.

File consists of routine "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes requests for timber, gravel removal, nursery stock orders, draft quarterly accounting records for the Conestogo Dam project.

File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of payroll sheets.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts and P.M. Rogers and others relating to forestry operations of the GRCC. A few 1959 letters are from I. Kao.

File consists of routine "Mc" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning leases, employees, etc.

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

File consists of two ts. reports (carbon draft and final): "Grand River Conservation Authority : chairman's report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1958" dated Feb. 20, 1959.

File consists of routine "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning suppliers' accounts, labrador retriever field trials and an inquiry construction of small bridges on the Grand River..

Contents :File consists of "I" correspondence to and from from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include Imperial Oil and Imperial Bank of Commerce; most replies are issued by D.C. Braund.

File consists of routine "H" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to wages, accounts, supplies, etc..

File consists of information booklet about the GVCA.

File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes original correspondence to the Commission from Geo. E. Fisher, Chairman. Includes ms. notes and calculations by Ilmar Kao..

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

Consists of a printed copy of Province of Ontario Statute 1946, Ch. 11, An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Conservation Authorities for the purposes of the Conservation, Restoration and Development of Natural Resources, other than Gas, Oil, coal and Minerals and for the Prevention of Floods and Water Pollution (short title : Conservation Authorities Act, 1946), with 1947 mimeograph revisions tipped in.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to the business and operations of the GRCC. Includes correspondence to and from suppliers, municipalities, government departments, co-workers and colleagues, land lessees and individuals. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao and E.F. Roberts. Includes lists of buildings owned by the GRCC in the Conestogo Area.

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.

File consists of "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondence include the City of Guelph concerning a sanitary sewer, City of Galt, Globe & Mail, GRCC and individuals. Includes sketch map for beach and boathouse at Belwood and blueline plans for City of Guelph flood control.

File consists of material relating to a flood warning system. Includes Shand Dam operating record March-April 1959 (date, lake level, precipitation, etc.), correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao in regards to telephone lists for warning purposes, a telegram warning of Hurricane Gracie, circular letter from W.M. Nickle, Ontario Minister of Planning and Development containing instructions for action to be taken re flood warning and control. Ilmar Kao's file (Manager); contains his ms. notes and calculations.

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.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests primarily relating to reforestation. Includes draft agreement for management of municipal forests, applications etc. for nursery stock.

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

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

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning Conestogo lake cottage lots and leases. Includes ms. lists by I. Kao of lots and lessees.

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.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning refunds on Conestogo cottage lot rentals.

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

File consists of correspondence addressed to E.F. Roberts and replied to by him and by I. Kao concerning lease of land for a camp on Conestogo Lake. Includes lease agreements and newspaper clippings.

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

File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1959, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of Peel, 1959.

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

File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1959, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.

File consists of routine "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, Ilmar Kao and D.C. Braun. Correspondents include suppliers, the City of Brantford, Bell Telephone re installation of submarine cable under Grand River near Doon, ,

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

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

File consists of minutes, quarterly financial statements, thermofax copies of memorandum re and minutes of a meeting called by the Minister of Energy and Resources Management concerning the possible amalgamation of the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes, Jan. to Dec. 1958.

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

File consists of completed "Vehicle Mileage and Maintenance Report" forms submitted to and initialled by I. Kao.

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

File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Report" forms. Includes ms. notes.

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

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to purchase of and repairs to tractors and other large equipment. Includes purchase orders, invoices and John Deere catalogues and operator's manuals.

File consists of routine "T" correspondence to and from D.C. Braund, signing of behalf of E.F. Roberts, concerning government taxes and cottage lot rentals .

File consists of draft payroll summary sheets for GRCC employees for 1958.

File consists of material relating to the steel decking installed on the Shand Dam superstructure. Includes correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, H.A. Cameron and others, blue-prints and ms. notes.

File consists of routine "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, concerning land rental, purchase and "flowage", with John T. Schmidt re publicity "blooper", also with suppliers.

File consists of material relating to Conestogo Dam operations supervised by R. Osgathorpe, such as supplies, equipment, maintenance, vehicles, personnel, lessees, forestry, etc. Includes correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding cottage lots, GRCC properties, leases and payments. Includes ms. notes. and instructions by E.F. Roberts concerning replies.

File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes original correspondence to the Commission from Geo. E. Fisher, Chairman. Includes ms. notes and calculations by I. Kao and others.

File consists of correspondence to and from printing companies. Includes original pen and ink GRCC crest. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of material relating to Conestogo Dam operations supervised by R. Osgathorpe, such as supplies, equipment, maintenance, vehicles, personnel, lessees, forestry, etc. Includes correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts, D.C. Braund and I. Kao with R. Osgathorpe.

Material relating to activities of P.M. Rogers, Forester, GRCC, including reforestation projects, Lake Belwood woodlands policies and reports, Conestogo land clearing project, employees hired, etc. Includes correspondence, Luther Lake reforestation and woodlot map, newspaper clippings, reports. Includes newspaper article "Men restore Shand forests after 150 years of abuse," Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Thursday June 28, 1956, Section 2, p. 25. Also includes J. Lynton Martin article concerning GRCC reforestation: "Trees and water go together," Forest and Outdoors (April 1957): 16. Includes handwritten notes.

File consists of one report: "Forestry department report, year 1958, Grand River Conservation Commission", with cover letter by P.M. Rogers, Chief Forester, dated Dec. 31, 1958.

File consists of material related to the acquisition of equipment and supplies for GRCC operations. Includes correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, D.C. Braun and suppliers. Correspondence to E.F. Roberts is forwarded to D.C. Braun with EFR's notes and instructions. Includes quotations, product ephemera and catalogues.

File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and Marcel Pequegnat, as well as a mimeograph and a carbon ts. of "Grand River Conservation Commission Chairman's report for year ending Dec. 31, 1957," dated Feb. 21, 1958.

File consists of one telegram re gauge cards, one monthly precipitation report for the Shand Dam, March 1957, one work report submitted by H.A. Cameron Dec. 1958, one undated mimeograph statement re amalgamating the GRCC and the GVCA.

File consists of material relating to transfer of GRCC lands to the Township of Peel for road purposes. Includes carbon copies of legal land descriptions and two road survey maps. Includes handwritten notes.

File consists of ts. carbons of legal land descriptions and accompanying maps: "Description of land ... township of Maryborough for road purposes."

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.

File consists of routine "K" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include the City of Kitchener, R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Professional Engineers and the K-W Record.

File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents and minutes.

File consists of routine "K" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including Conestogo project employment and position application.

File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts James Wilson and Sons Ltd., Fergus and others, concerning the elevation of the Wilson Dam. Includes sketch.

File consists of a variety of insurance policies. Includes correspondence and ts. carbon lists of buildings and structures owned by the GRCC.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, including correspondence from the Elmira, Listowel and Shelburne area offices relating primarily to hydro service to cottage lots. Also includes correspondence relating to frequency conversion. Includes an agreement, a map, ms. notes.

File consists of routine "H" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, relating to land purchases, rentals, and a proposed sewer in Guelph.

File consists of correspondence and monitoring records, ms. and ts. Includes reports from H.A. Cameron to the GRCC, such as "Report on May flood record, Shand Dam" , dated July 4, 1956.

File consists of "F" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including suppliers, individuals and the Village of Fergus. Includes product catalogues.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others relating to the lease of property by the Etobicoke-Queensway Lions Club, and construction of buildings thereon. Includes outline specifications, blue-prints, drawings and ms. notes.

File consists of routine "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including with the Village of Elora.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, and the Dept. of Public Works relating to GRCC projects and accounts. Includes "Secretary-Treasurer's report for the year ending 1952". Includes ms. notes.

File consists of annotated agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes and calculations by I. Kao. The meeting was held to present executive recommendations on wildlife management agreement for the Luther Area and the file includes a 2 p. ts. carbon of "Points to be included in an agreement between the Grand River Commission and the Department of Lands and Forests providing for wildlife management on Luther Marsh."

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, and correspondence replied to by I. Kao. Correspondents include government departments, suppliers and individuals.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and individuals regarding availability of cottage lots at Lake Belwood.

File consists of correspondence relating to properties owned by the GRCC and leased by individuals. Includes ms. notes and drafts. Includes envelope with stamp.

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

File consists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence from E.F. Roberts.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning lease of land for a camp on Conestogo Lake.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning lease of land for a camp on Conestogo Lake.