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File consists of material relating to insurance coverage of all sorts carried by the GRCC. Includes correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC, insurers and individuals. Includes ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of original ts. weekly reports from D.C. Braund to E.F. Roberts, may to Aug. 1957. Includes Nov. and Dec. reports on Belwood lots.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 91A : January, February, March 1957.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the first quarter of 1957, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo project : domestic water system, 1958.
File consists of material relating to the acquisition of a pressure filter for the domestic water system at the Conestogo Dam. Includes correspondence and product catalogues. Includes ms. note by H.A. Cameron dated 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Project : work orders 1956-1957 : C.A. Pitts, Dominion Bridge Co. and S. Morgan Smith.
File consists of material relating to work done on the Conestogo Project by general contractors. Includes correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes many reports and graphs of progress, scheduled and actual, by H.G. Acres, also reviews of claims. Includes work orders and invoices as well as ms. notes and annotations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo service club rentals : Rotary Club, Drayton, Ont., 1958.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning lease of land for a camp on Conestogo Lake.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo service club rentals : Wellington Deanery : Rev. D.D. Ferguson, Palmertson, Ont., 1958.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning lease of land for a camp on Conestogo Lake.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Land transfers to Township of Peel.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Loose documents : E.F. Roberts.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Miscellaneous equipment, 1957-1958.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand Dam superstructure decking : P&R [i.e. Philips and Roberts Ltd.] no. 511, 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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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 .
Grand River Conservation Commission
Vehicle maintenance report, 1958.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Report" forms. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes, Jan. to Dec. 1958.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of payroll sheets.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Unlabelled folder containing accounting records for 1960, prefaced by a sheet of account numbers and ledger headings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Auditors quarterly statements, 1960.
File consists of quarterly statements by Scully and Scully for March, June, Sept. and Dec. 1960.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Area : list of buildings.
File consists of lists of buildings owned by the GRCC, prepared for insurance purposes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : demolition of bridge abutments, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and Ilmar Kao relating to demolition of bridge abutments. Includes sketches and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo farm leases : inactive, obsolete.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : hydro deposit correspondence, 1960.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Project : contract approval applications.
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and the Ontario Dept. of Planning and development relating to approval of expenditures for the Conestogo dam project. Includes also I. Kao correspondence, at that time manager of the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Draft minutes of meetings and notes, 1960.
File consists of I. Kao's working papers for Commission meeting minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Gas consumption reports, 1960.
File consists of gas use records for GRCA vehicles. Includes gas consumption sheets, draft and final summaries submitted to I. Kao. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Belwood : Lions Club, Kitchener, 1960.
File consists of Ilmar Kao's copies of correspondence relating to and drawings of Kitchener Lion's Club Camp Building at Belwood Lake.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Luther operating : W. Townsend, 1959-1960.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to Luther operations supervised by W. Townsend. Includes correspondence forwarded and notes to I. Kao by E.F. Roberts for his handling, ms. notes, sketches, memoranda and inter-office correspondence.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one piece of correspondence, a cover letter for a list of GRCC members signed by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Rents and leases correspondence, 1959 and 1960.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding Belwood Lake cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes correspondence addressed to E.F. Roberts. Includes ms. notes. Ilmar Kao signs as "manager".
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of East Garafraxa : assessment notices for 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in East Garafraxa.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of East Luther : assessment notices for 1961, made in 1960.
File consists of tax assessment forms for properties owned by the GRCC in East Luther.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to unemployment insurance for GRCC employees. Includes correspondence and memoranda to and from Ilmar Kao and the GRCC, lists of employees, ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Union Gas Company of Canada Ltd., 1959-1960.
File consists of material relating to gas pipelines. Includes correspondence to and from the GRCC and E.F. Roberts, accompanied by blueline prints: pipe line crossing the Grand River in Galt, 1960; Grand River bridge at Freeport (general layout), 1959; proposed location of gas pipeline in Brantford, 1959; Waterloo Township Bridge No. 12 over the Grand River, 1959. Includes ms. notes from Marcel Pequegnat to E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material belonging to Ilmar Kao. Includes a mimeograph copy of the minutes of the GRCC meeting held Oct. 6 1958 at which Ilmar Kao was appointed Manager and Assistant Secretary. Includes a 1959 GRCC staff list and payroll records for Jan. 1960.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Workmen's Compensation Board, 1957-1960.
File consists of material relating to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Includes correspondence to and from the Board and E.F. Roberts and later I. Kao. Includes working tables calculating individual employee wages and totals by month as well as copies of accident and other forms submitted.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood area : list of buildings.
File consists of lists of buildings owned by the GRCC, prepared for insurance purposes. Includes correspondence and annotated draft. File was begun by E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood Tree Nursery correspondence, 1961.
File consists of routine correspondence to and from I. Kao relating to tree stock available from the Belwood tree Nursery. Includes price lists dated Sept. 19, 1960 and "Fall 1960-Spring 1961."
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence and list of lessees.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : hydro deposit correspondence, 1961.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Copies of accounts approved, 1961.
File consists of ts. carbon lists of accounts approved at meetings, Jan. 1961-jan. 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Commerce and Development : Mr. McMullen, Hydrometeorologist, 1961.
File consists of two pieces of correspondence from I. Kao to Mr. McMullen, Hydrometeorologist, Department of Commerce and Development relating to snow courses submitted for several areas. Includes ms. note.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Planning and Development, 1961.
File consists of material relating to the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development maintained by Ilmar Kao, first in his position as Manager and Assistant Secretary and later in the position of Secretary-Treasurer. Includes lists of conservation authorities in Ontario and their member municipalities; resolutions passed at the Conservation Authorities Conference held at Preston, 1960; correspondence relating to park development, amendments to the Grand River Conservation Act, background data, summer cottage subdivision plan in the Conestogo project and reforestation. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and the Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources. Includes notice of the Commission moving its head office from Brantford to the Commission's office building near the Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Draft minutes of meetings and notes, 1961.
File consists of I. Kao's working papers for Commission meeting minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Grand River Conservation Commission : general file.
File consists of routine correspondence to and from both Ilmar Kao and E.F. Roberts, GRCC Secretary-Treasurers. Correspondents include suppliers and city clerks.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool rental reports, 1961.
File consists of ts. "Motor Pool Rental Report" forms, vehicle rental reports submitted by L. Dunn every 14 days.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ontario Hydro : Shelburne, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to I. Kao from the Shelburne office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Georgian Bay Region concerning service.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to deductions from pay, including income tax, unemployment insurance, etc. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, ms. notes and tax deduction tables.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Quotations for equipment, 1961.
File consists of material related to the acquisition of equipment and supplies for GRCC operations, from clothing and equipment parts to a diesel-alternator unit for the Shand dam. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, quotations and product ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Rental for mechanical equipment, 1961.
File consists of ms. "Motor Pool Rental Report" forms, vehicle rental reports submitted by L. Dunn every 14 days, initialled by Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of Maryborough : assessment notices for taxation in 1962 : list of taxes, 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in the Township of Maryborough. Includes ts. carbon list of 1961 taxes payable.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ms. and ts. work schedules by Ilmar Kao for a number of projects and departments of the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : annual meeting, 1962.
File consists of material relating to the Ayr and Montrose Dam project. Includes reports presented at the annual meeting and a letter from I. Kao to G.E. Fisher dated May 4, 1962 re preliminary cost estimates and construction schedule for the project. Chairman's report dated Feb. 16, 1962 refers to "sudden passing of Mr. Roberts, office moved from Brantford to Fergus, re-organization now complete.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 18, April, May, June 1962.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1962, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts, no. 19, July, August, September, 1962.
File consists of quarterly summary, correspondence, invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Flood warning system, established Jan. 11, 1955, revised March 8, 1962.
File consists of one mimeograph document issued by the GRCC containing information about the flood warning system,
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department : P.M. Rogers, 1962.
File consists of correspondence and memoranda to and from I. Kao and P.M. Rogers, Chief Forester and others relating to the activity and operations of the Forestry Department of the GRCC. Includes "Forestry programme : summary and review" dated January 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to GRCC employee income tax. Includes T4-remuneration summary forms for 1960 and 1961, accompanied by T4 supplementary slips for each employee as well as receipts from the Dept. of National Revenue. Includes ms. tables of employee income and tax calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1962.
File consists of routine correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, the GRCC and others on a variety of topics, including, requests for general information, land titles, suppliers, complaints, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool accounts : no. 4, October, November, December 1962.
File consists of quarterly summary of accounts with supporting invoices, receipts and account balances.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao re subscription and individual changes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand Dam operating reports, 1962.
File consists of inter-office memoranda between H.A. Cameron and Ilmar Kao. Includes ms. drafts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand lake levels : rain, snow etc., 1962.
File consists of completed monthly "Gauge and Flow" records for the Shand Dam, recording rain amounts and lake levels for 1962. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao..
Grand River Conservation Commission
This is Obsolete Except for The Brakes, Which Are Still in Use, Oct. 4, 1970.
File consists of orders for parts from Canadian General Electric Co.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of East Luther : taxes for 1962, assessment notices 1962 for taxes 1963.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of two ms. notes, communications from an employee to I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dam sites : letters regarding cottage lots, 1963.
File consists of correspondence. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : consulting engineers.
File consists of material relating to selection of engineering consultants for the "hydrological and economic study of the Grand River watershed." Includes correspondence to and from I. Kao, submissions and expressions of interest.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : general correspondence, 1961-1963.
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood : cottage lot rentals : active, 1957-1963.
File consists of correspondence, lists of renters. Includes ms. notes and legal documents. Earliest correspondence is E.F. Roberts
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestoga operating accounts : no. 23, July, August, September 1963.
File consists of material relating to the Conestogo operating accounts for the third quarter of 1963. Includes summaries of amounts passed at meetings, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for Township of Maryborough for 1963.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : cottage rentals, 1963 (file 2 of 2).
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and the GRCC regarding cottage lots, leases and payments, lists of cottage lots and names, labels, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes. Includes stamped envelopes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 24, October, November, December, 1963.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1963, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. I. Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conservation authorities : correspondence, reports, etc., 1963.
File consists of Ilmar Kao's file relating to other conservation authorities. Includes information about a tour of the Grand River watershed by members and staff of the Muskingum Conservancy district and Ohio Water Commission, hosted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes reports, correspondence with the GVCA and Otonabee Region Conservation Authority and ephemera. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ms. transcribed emergency flood warning "from McMullen's office" dated Wed. march 27, 1963.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to GRCA accounting and information for the bookkeeper (initialled J.B. Jean Baker). Includes lists of account numbers and ledger headings, trial balances, reconciliations etc, information about employees and their remuneration, and a sheet of ts. procedural instructions re payroll..
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Belwood : cottage lots : up to date Aug. 28, 1963.
File consists of lists with corrections of cottage owners and cottage numbers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Conestogo: cottage lots : up to date Aug. 30, 1963.
File consists of corrected lists of cottage lots and names.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of a document: "A proposal for engineering services for Grand River Conservation Commission, July 1963, M.M. Dillon Co. Ltd." This proposal was submitted "at the request of Mr. I. Kao" for hydrological and economic studies of the Grand River watershed.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Minutes of commission meetings, 1963.
I. Kao's annotated file consists of minutes, agenda and supporting documentation.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Minutes of executive meetings, 1963.
File consists of minutes, agenda.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool : gas reports, 1963.
File consists of gas use records for GRCA vehicles. Includes gas consumption sheets, draft and final summaries. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool : vehicle maintenance reports, 1963.
File consists of vehicle maintenance reports. Includes ms. notes and summaries by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the Elmira Area Office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and lessees, relating primarily to hydro service to Belwood cottage lots.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ontario Hydro : Listowel, 1963.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement system, 1963.
File consists of correspondence, instructional manuals and memoranda, reports and ephemera. Includes submissions from I. Kao, including individual's forms.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Payroll account : Pr. #513-589 : draft copies, 1963.
File consists of completed payroll and benefits sheets and completed summary sheets with title "Work report".
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of E. Garafraxa : assessment notices, 1963.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence and completed forms. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Armstrong Bridge : blueprints, April 1, 1964.
File consists of four loose blueprints.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Arnold Bridge : blueprints, April 22, 1964.
File consists of five loose blueprints.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : A. Stanners, 1964.
File consists of I. Kao's file relating to A. Stanners, Conestogo Area Supervisor. Includes correspondence and inter-office memoranda, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo and Shand rents, cottage lots, 1964.
File consists of cottage lot rental records entered on oversize ledger pages.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Gauge station correspondence, 1964.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao regarding gauge reading at Canning gauge station, including outlining duties for gauge reading. Includes ms. charts relating to distribution and pick-up of gauge reading cards and charts for all station.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, ephemera and conference information.
Grand River Conservation Commission
General : telephone numbers, addresses, rates, reports, etc., 1964.
File consists of a general information file for office use. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission