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Annual meeting, Brantford, Feb. 17, 1961.
File consists of annotated agenda, ms. draft minutes by I. Kao, Assistant Secretary. Includes original and carbon copies of motions signed by movers and seconders.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of Ilmar Kao's work on budget estimates for 1961. Includes notes, ms. and ts,. drafts, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department report, 1961.
File consists of report by P.M. Rogers, Chief Forester.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Salvage account : manager's residence at Shand Dam, 1960.
File consists of summaries of salvage account amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by correspondence, reports and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 107 , January, February and March 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the first quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence (signed E.F. Roberts, Chairman), receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 109 , July, August and September 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the third quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of West Garafraxa, paid July 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
One letter on GVCA letterhead, ts. original, signed.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Commission : Shand Dam : logbook, January 1 to June 30, 1961.
Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Ontario Water Resources Commission : general correspondence.
File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and the Ontario Water Resources Commission. Includes ms. notes and ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Feb. 17, 1961.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes memoranda from I. Kao to E.F. Roberts accompanied by ms. budget check list for 1960, draft 1961 budget, expenses and revenues re logging and sawmill operations 1959-1960. Includes "Inventory values of buildings and equipment" and ts. carbon report to the Commission by Chairman Geo. F. Fisher. Includes ms. notes and calculations by Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ts. mimeograph and ts. carbon minutes of meetings, including executive meetings, for 1961. Includes third and fourth quarterly financial statements,.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Secretary-Treasurer's report for 1961.
File consists of a copy of the agenda for the annual meeting held Feb. 16, 1962 annotated by I. Kao, accompanied by ts. mimeograph copies of the Chairman's and the Secretary-Treasurer's reports.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand and Conestogo operating accounts for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1961.
File consists of mimeograph pages prepared by Scully and Scully
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 108 , April, May and June 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 111 , October, November and December 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for Townships of East and West Luther paid in 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 111A , October, November and December 1961.
File consists of material relating to the Shand operating accounts for Dec. 1961. Includes summaries of amounts passed at meetings, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine correspondence and forms relating to banking.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood cottage lot rentals, 1961-1962 : paid in 1961.
File consists of ms. lists of lot numbers, names and rent paid, for Belwood cottage, house and farm rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood Forest Tree Nursery : price list, 1961.
File consists of ts. carbon price lists dated "Fall 1960-Spring 1961."
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo cottage lot rentals, 1961.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 13, January, February and March 1961.
File consists of quarterly summary, supporting invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 15, July, August and September 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the third quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for Township of Maryborough for 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool daily record, 1961.
File consists of completed "Requisition for Motor Vehicles" daily record forms, submitted to Ilmar Kao and authorized by him.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool service reports, 1961.
File consists of completed "Machine Maintenance Record" forms for vehicles Includes ms. summary in table form.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in East Garafraxa. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand Dam : tenders received for Diesel alternator set.
Correspondence, attachments and product literature.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in West Garafraxa. Includes ts. carbon list of taxes for 1961 payable to the Township of West Garafraxa.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : Department of Lands and Forests.
File consists of material relating to the amalgamation of the GRCC and GVCA as well as to submission of the Ayr and Montrose Dam proposal. . Includes correspondence with A. Kelso Roberts, Minister of the Dept. of lands and Forests concerning receipt of a report by Prof. D.J. Clough, as well as other correspondence. One letter annotated by G.E. Fisher "A hot reply."
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Lands and Forests : Grand River Conservation Act, 1938.
File consists of correspondence between the GRCC and the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests Conservation Authorities Branch. The correspondence concerns amending the Grand River Conservation Act for the purposes of receiving grants from the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, and with the mechanics of transferring the Conservation Authorities Branch from the Dept. of Commerce and Development to the Dept. of Lands and Forests.
Correspondents include J.W. Spooner and A. Kelso Roberts, Ministers of Lands and Forests in 1961 and 1963 respectively and G.E. Fisher, Chairman GRCC. Includes ms. notes; Ilmar Kao's file
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ms. and ts. "Trial balances" for accounting purposes..
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Northern Affairs : gauging stations.
File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Water Resources Branch. As well as routine correspondence, file contains correspondence explaining policies relating to release of river flow data. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Special accounts passed in 1959.
File consists of summaries of special account amounts passed in 1959 at executive meetings and paid 1961-1962 , accompanied by correspondence, reports and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Brantford, Ont., June 23, 1961.
File consists of an annotated agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes ts. carbon report by the Chairman Geo. E. Fisher. Includes original and carbon copies of motions. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao. Death of E.F. Roberts noted in these minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Kitchener, Ont., Nov. 30, 1961.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence, including a letter dated Nov. 21, 1961 from A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Conservation Branch of the Ontario Dept. of Commerce and Development announcing the transfer of the Conservation Branch to the Dept. of Lands and Forests as of Dec. 1, 1961. Includes ts. carbon report by the Chairman. Includes ms. notes, minutes and calculations by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Auditors quarterly statements, 1961.
File consists of quarterly statements by Scully and Scully for March, Sept. and Dec. 1961. Includes ms. working paper by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo cottage lot rentals, 1961-1962 : paid in 1961.
File consists of ms. lists of lot numbers, names and rent paid, for Conestogo cottage and farm rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : former Cook house : Mrs. E. Somerville, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, Mrs. E. Somerville and others relating to the lease of a property owned by the GRCC. Includes sketches.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 14, April, May and June 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1961, accompanied by receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 16, October, November and December, 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1961, accompanied by receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of Peel, 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of carbon copies of weather forecasts issued for Southern Ontario, April-May, 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department : P.M. Rogers, 1961.
File consists of correspondence and memoranda to and from I. Kao and P.M. Rogers and others relating to forestry operations of the GRCC. Includes GRCC Forestry Department annual report for 1960, logging operation report Aug. 1960-march 1961, ms. calculations of tree nursery costs 1954-1961, data sheet on tree nursery, price lists for Fall 1961-Spring 1962, lists of Christmas tree sales, etc. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Head office correspondence, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and others relating to Commission business and operations, such as payroll, insurance, accounting, budget check list, forestry operations, account numbers and ledger headings. Includes ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of I. Kao's notes to self relating to GRCC business and operations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine correspondence to and from I. Kao relating to insurance.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool maintenance record, 1961.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Record" forms.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool mileage reports, 1961.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Mileage and Maintenance" reports submitted by L. Dunn. Includes "General rules & regulations, revised April 1st, 1961," signed by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao relating to logging and sawmill operations. Includes ts. summary lists of logging operations, lumber stock and other lists, quotes, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of completed monthly "Gauge and Flow" records for the Shand Dam, recording rain amounts and lake levels.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of two booklets containing pre-printed pages for entering snow data. One is filled in as an ms. draft; the other is the final ts. copy, with data recorded intermittently for several locations by H.A. Cameron.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of Peel : 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 Peel. Includes ts. carbon list of 1961 taxes payable.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of West Luther : assessment notices made in 1961 for taxation in 1962 : taxes, 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in West Luther.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Geo. E Fisher, Galt, Ontario, 1960.
File consists of correspondence first from E.F. Robert and then from Ilmar Kao to G.F. Fisher, Chairman, GRCC, as well as correspondence to and from G.F. Fisher and others.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Insurance policies : obsolete, 1964.
File consists of a variety of insurance policies. Includes ts. carbon lists of buildings and structures owned by the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Weekly and daily gauge cards. Weekly cards: The weekly cards are titled "Gauge and Weather Report" and are present for the following: Grand River at Waldemar, Jan. 3-Feb. 6, 1960; Nith River at Canning, Jan. 3-Feb. 6, 1960. Daily cards entitled "Daily Report" are present for the following: Galt Gauge Station, Jan. 6 and 29, Feb. 2 and 16, Sept. 19, oct. 13, Nov. 18, Dec. 8, 1960; Brantford Gauge Station, Jan. 30-Feb. 6, 1960.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Brantford, Ont., Feb. 19, 1960.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents including financial statements, and related correspondence. Includes a newspaper clipping re Thames water supply. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Brantford, Ont., Sept. 16, 1960.
File consists of agenda, minutes and supporting documents. Includes original correspondence to the Commission from Chairman Geo. E. Fisher and a 4 p. ts. carbon report by E.F. Roberts: "Water supply to municipalities and other users within the Grand River watershed." Includes ms. draft minutes by I. Kao. Also in this file are copies of a "Memorandum to the County Road Committee of the County of Wellington re: the Conestogo project of the Grand River Conservation Commission" dated July 30, 1956 and marked "Exhibit A." Its presence in this file is unaccounted for.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Brantford, Ont., Sept. 16, 1960.
File consists of ts. carbon copies of minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes 8 p. ts. mimeograph report by E.F. Roberts, Chief Engineer, concerning work completed and subsequent effect on flood control and flow regulation. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.
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 : 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 : 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
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
File consists of one piece of correspondence, a cover letter for a list of GRCC members signed by I. Kao.
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
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
Miscellaneous accounts passed in 1959, paid in 1960.
File consists of summaries of miscellaneous account amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by correspondence, receipts and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 106 , October, November and December 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1960, accompanied by receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Townships of East and West Luther paid in Dec. 1960.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Grand River Conservation Commission : Shand Dam : logbook, July 1 to December 31, 1960.
Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.
Grand River Conservation Authority
File consists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence from I. Kao and list of lessees.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 10, April, May and June 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Copies of accounts approved, 1960.
File consists of ts. carbon lists of accounts approved at meetings, Jan.-Dec. 1960. Ilmar Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Head office correspondence, 1960.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and others relating to Commission business and operations. Includes inter-office memoranda, I. Kao notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Belwood cottage lots : list of hydro deposits, 1960.
File consists of lists of cottage lots and names, annotated and corrected. Ilmar Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lake Conestogo cottage lot list, 1960.
File consists of ms. and ts. lists of lot numbers, names and rent paid for Conestogo cottage rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool maintenance records, 1960.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Report" forms.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool rental reports, 1960.
File consists of monthly ts. vehicle rental reports entered on a payroll sheets.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Quotations for Equipment, 1960.
File consists of material related to the acquisition of equipment and supplies for GRCC operations. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, quotations and product ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Schematic layout of the Grand River conservation scheme, Nov. 1960.
File consists of a blueline print with some markings, by Duncan Hopper & Associates Ltd., Consulting Engineers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of Maryborough : assessment notices for 1961.
File consists of correspondence and attached list of assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in the Township of Maryborough for taxes in the year 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood Area cottage sites : extensions.
File consists of ms. sketch map by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ts. lists of drawings, annotated and with ms additions in Ilmar Kao's hand.
Grand River Conservation Commission
List of drawings : Conestogo Dam.
File consists of ts. lists of drawings of Conestogo Dam, in numerical order.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1961.
File consists of routine correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, the GRCC and others on a variety of topics, including condition of the Grand River in Paris, requests for general information, land titles, complaints, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood cottage lot rentals, 1962.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding Belwood Lake cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes lists of cottage lots and names, ms. notes, envelopes with stamp.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 104 , April, May and June 1960.
File consists of material relating to the Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1960. Includes summaries of amounts passed at meetings, accompanied by correspondence (signed E.F. Roberts, Treasurer), receipts, and invoices. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Minute Book no. 8, June 17, 1960 to July 26, 1962.
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, 1961-1962.
Also present are a list of executive officers and commissioners for 1962, correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Minutes : November 11, 1960 to June 6, 1963.
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, and notes of meetings between members of the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Circular letter from Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests, Timber Branch, re aerial photographs.
One letter ts. mimeograph, signed, with attachment.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Grand River Conservation Commission : Shand Dam logbook, January 1 to June 30, 1960.
Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Consists of photocopies of clippings.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Commission meeting, Shand Dam, June 17, 1960.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ts. original memorandum re "Conference with the Hon. Alvin Hamilton, Minister Northern Affairs and National Resources" held in Ottawa, March 25, 1960. Includes ms. notes and draft minutes by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ts. mimeograph and ts. carbon minutes of meetings, including executive meetings, for 1960.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 105 , July, August and September 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the third quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence (signed E.F. Roberts, Treasurer), receipts, and invoices. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 106A , October, November and December 1960.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1960, accompanied by correspondence (signed E.F. Roberts, Treasurer), receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating : R. Osgathorpe, 1960.
File consists of material relating to Conestogo Dam operations supervised by R. Osgathorpe, such as supplies, equipment, maintenance, etc. Includes correspondence and memoranda to and from E.F. Roberts and I. Kao with R. Osgathorpe. Includes blue-line plan of the Conestogo Dam control building dated June 7, 1956.
Grand River Conservation Commission