File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. minutes. The meeting was called to discuss the Conestogo Project.

File consists of material relating to gauge station supplies required to report readings, including correspondence and master chart of supplies at each station.

File consists of routine correspondence to and from the Ilmar Kao and to and from E.F. Roberts but handled by I. Kao. Includes correspondence with suppliers, municipalities and service providers. Includes requests for information, a "Developed Water Power Inventory" for the Grand River Watershed dated 1954

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.

File consists of ms. monthly payroll information relating to individuals.

File consists completed requisitions and invoices for forms and equipment from the Dept. of Transport, Meteorological Division for recording environmental conditions.

File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao and the Elmira area office of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario concerning hydro service to cottage lots of Belwood Lake. Includes ms. notes by E.F. Roberts and I. Kao.

File consists of material relating to operation of the Mechanical and Maintenance Department. Includes correspondence, memoranda and notes to and from I. Kao, manager, H.A. Cameron, E.F. Roberts and others concerning repairs, equipment, etc. Includes product ephemera, sketches.

Consists of a ts. memorandum of interview with Department of Health representatives, which may have been prepared by the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade. The memorandum concerns industrial pollution and sewage disposal on the Grand River in relation to public health and safety.

File consists of completed motor vehicle "daily record" forms from Nov. 23 to Dec. 31, 1959, submitted to Ilmar Kao and authorized by him.

Consists of a ts. letter from W.H. Breithaupt to William Philip, Chairman, Flood Prevention Committee, Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, dated June 20, 1932. The letter contains comments from W.E. Breithaupt, who was a member of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, regarding a Department of Lands and Forest report concerning Grand River drainage. Also present is a cover page of a Department of Lands and Forest report titled, Report on Grand River Drainage, (Toronto, 1932).

File consists of material related to the acquisition of equipment and supplies for GRCC operations. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, notes from E.F. Roberts, quotations, blueprints and product ephemera. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of ts. and ms. monthly summary sheets for Mechanical Dept. mechanical equipment rentals, April to Dec. 1959, initialled by I. Kao. The summary sheets are maintained on payroll ledger pages.

Consists of ts.transcripts(carbon copy) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, December 12, 1930 to April 20, 1934. Also includes minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission May 30, 1934 to October 31, 1946.

Consists of minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Also includes minutes of the annual meeting of the Grand River Conservation Commission, March 3, 1937.
Also present are copies of reports, cost estimates for the Waldemar Dam project, and correspondence.

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

File consists of GRCC account balances, summaries and invoices for deposit of amounts for such items as hay, gravel, logs, copper wire, machinery, etc. and appears to be E.F. Rogers file. Includes ms. notes to and from E.F. Rogers.

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 completed monthly "Gauge and Flow" records for the Shand Dam, recording rain amounts and lake levels.

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 material relating to the construction of a field office building at the Shand Dam, including correspondence to and from I. Kao, lists of and quotations for drawings, supplies required, and product ephemera.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) of what appears to be a chapter section transcribed from the book History of Kitchener by William V. Uttley. The material details William H. Breithaupt's early interests and activities in flood control and water regulation of the Grand.

Consists consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission dated June 16, 1938, 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.

Also present is a letter from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests Surveys Branch to the Grand River Conservation Commission, dated February 23, 1939 concerning cost allotment by municipality for improvements to the Grand River.

File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to Dam operations supervised by H.A. Cameron, such as supplies, equipment, maintenance, vehicles, personnel, etc. Includes correspondence forwarded and notes to I. Kao by E.F. Roberts for his handling, ms. notes, sketches, memoranda and correspondence to I. Kao from H.A. Cameron.

Consists of records relating to a conference titled Conference on River Valley Development in Southern Ontario, sponsored by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, held in London, Ontario, October 13 and 14, 1944. Includes printed conference programme, newsclipping, ts.[drafts and final?] conference paper on Grand River conservation prepared by E.F.Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission, October 13, 1944, and ts. conference resolutions.

Also present are : an advanced proof of a publication titled, Flood Control in Southwestern Ontario, containing papers presented at the annual meetings of the Institute in London, Ont., February 2, 1938; and an article from The Star Weekly, March 18, 1939, titled, "Battling Old Man River," by R.C.Reade, concerning plans to build the Shand Dam on the Grand River.

File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1958, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts.

File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1958, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts.

Consists of a ts. (carbon copy) of an agreement issued by the Minister of Public Works concerning percentages and amounts of capital costs payable by the Province of Ontario to the Grand River Conservation Commission for the purchase of lands, erection of works and creation of reservoir. Includes a covering letter from R.A. McAllister, Deputy Minister of Public Works to the Grand River Conservation Commission, March 19, 1943. The agreement probably relates to the construction of the Shand Dam and Reservoir.

File consists of correspondence, invoices and receipts for July 1958 to accompany quarterly financial statement found in Shand operating accounts file 97A. Includes Township of West Garafraxa tax notices and summary ts. list.. Includes ms. notes.

Consists of a graph drawn in pencil on graph paper showing rainfall and snowfall accumulations at Marsville, Ont. for the month of April, 1947.

File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the third quarter of 1958, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts for Aug. to Sept. 1958.

Consists of ts. list of drainage areas in square miles for various sites in the Grand River Valley. The information was prepared by A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Province of Ontario Department of Planning and Development, August 31, 1949.

File consists of correspondence, invoices and receipts from Jan.-Dec. 1958 to accompany quarterly financial statement found in Shand operating accounts file 98A. Includes Township of West Luther tax receipts and summary ts. list.. Includes ms. notes.

Consists of a ts. notes for a speech concerning the background and development of the Grand River Conservation Commission prepared for a presentation to the Lion's Club[Kitchener, Ont.?] by an unidentified member of the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of news clippings relating to activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, and the Grand River Conservation Authority. Also present are the covering letters accompanying clippings: letter from Hugh Templin, Fergus, Ont. to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission, April 14, 1954, ; letter from Geo. W. Rayner, Rayner Construction Limited, Leaside, Ont. to E.F.Roberts, December 30, 1954.

File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1958, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts for Dec. 1958.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1939-1941. Minutes for May 19 and May 27, 1938, respectively, are duplicated in GRCC Minute Book no. 1.
Also present are copies of statements of accounts, and correspondence.

File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.

Consists of a letter from J.P. Bruce, Hydrometeorologist, Ontario Department of Planning and Development to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission concerning rain gauging stations in the Grand basin. Included with the letter is a seminar paper titled, "Hydrometeorology in Ontario," by J.P. Bruce, presented at the University of Toronto, October 9, 1956.

File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao relating to a bronze plaque for the Shand Dam. Includes correspondence and tenders from manufacturers, product ephemera and ms. notes.

File consists of completed "Machine Maintenance Record" forms that include equipment as well as vehicles..

Consists of 2 ts.(mimeograph and photocopy) letters dated March 13, 1962 and May 4, 1962 concerning proposed dams at Ayr and [West] Montrose, Ont.

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

File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Report" forms from Dec. 2, 1958 to Dec. 29, 1959. Includes ms. notes and calculations by I. Kao.

File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes, Jan. to May, 1959.

File consists of one piece of correspondence to Mr. N.R. Drimmie, Secretary, GRCC from The Township of West Garafraxa, concerning the "Herbert Wilson Municipal Drain", accompanied by a report prepared by E.P. Bowman, Ontario Land Surveyor.

File consists of "Statement of accounts, January 6th, 1939" accompanied by original receipts, invoices etc.

File consists of copies of a 3 page document outlining details of cost assessments to participating municipalities by the GRCC for water supply, sewage disposal and flood control.

One letter, ts. carbon.

File consists of correspondence to and from F.P. Adams and Briggs, Frost & Birks, re claim of Alfred Bray for compensation.

One letter, ts. original, signed.

One letter, ts. original, signed, on Beatty Bros. letterhead, accompanied by two blueprints of the proposed Beatty Bros.Dam in Fergus.

File consists of correspondence relating to legal matters dated July 16 to Oct. 31 1938 between Abraham Cohen, Barrister, Solicitor, and F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer of the GRCC, specifically to drainage of property owned by Beverly Holdings Corporation Ltd.

File consists of minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. This meeting was called to discuss "the Commission's problems with members of the Press within the Grand Valley." Includes ts. report (original) signed by Marcel Pequegnat concerning water supply in municipalities of the Grand River Valley after the summer of 1949. Includes ts. mimeograph "memo re Grand River watershed," Nov. 17, 1949, outlining the history of the river and the work of the Commission. Includes ms. notes.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1942-1945.
Also includes a statement of order of business conducted at GRCC meetings, statement of accounts, reports and correspondence. Enclosed in the volume are : audited financial statements of the GRCC for the years ended January 31, 1944 and January 31, 1945 and an ms. list [of attendees at a meeting?].

Contains material assembled by F.P. Adams for meeting of the Commission to be held Feb. ?, 1939. Includes "Estimated expenditures to Dec. 38, 1938"; telegram receipt, copies of "Municipalities' share of the total expenditures on Grand River project" with cover note to F.P. Adams from Wm. Philip; ts. carbon copy of a letter from H.G. Acres to Hugh Templin marked "confidential", containing advice on answering inquires re Shand Dam location; ts. carbon copy of a letter from H.G. Acres to Kenneth McLeod dated Jan. 20, 1939 and ts. carbon expense summaries.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) letters to the Hon. A.G. Welsh, Department of Planning and Development from E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning request for approval and support of projects at Luther Marsh and on the Conestogo River. Also includes letters received by the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Ontario Minister of Public Works relating to funding of the Luther Marsh and Conestogo Dam Projects.

One letter on GRCC letterhead, ts. original, signed.

Three separate reports stapled together.

File consists of "A" correspondence to and from Frank P. Adams, Secretary, Grand River Conservation Commission on a variety of topics, including bids and tenders for construction of the Shand Dam, employment inquiries and land purchases from individuals.

Includes an article by S.W. Archibald, Consulting Engineer, "Ontario stream control : an investigation of the application of the drainage acts of the Province of Ontario to the problem of flood control and damage prevention" (no publication information).

One letter on GVCA letterhead, ts. original, signed.

One letter (6 leaves), ts. mimeograph, signed.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams and Mr. William P. Creager, Hydraulic Engineer, Buffalo, N.Y. re consulting. Includes mention of W.H. Breithaupt.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from F.P. Adams. Correspondents include Dominion Bridge Co. re sluice gates, Dominion Engineering Co. and others re tenders, also correspondence re information requests and property purchases.

One letter ts. mimeograph, signed, with attachment.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams and E.H. Darling concerning the latter's application for a position as consulting engineer.. Includes newspaper article by E.H. Darling and one severely damaged photograph.

Consists of 1 bound volume of temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional ms. notes on conditions at the Shand Dam site recorded by H.A. Cameron.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams and DeMorest Drilling Ltd., re bidding on core drilling on proposed dam sites.

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.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams and the Ontario Dept. of Highways relating to roads affected by dam construction.

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.

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.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams, Secretary, Grand River Conservation Commission and Dr. J.L. Morris of the Surveys Branch of the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests concerning the appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board from municipalities concerning costs assessed against them by the GRCC. Morris was one of the authors of the original report or 1934 and of the revised report done in 1939. Includes one letter to the Minister of Lands & Forests, Hon. Peter Heenan.

File consists of one piece of correspondence (ts. with ms. note by W. Philip) and a telegram to F.P. Adams from W.D. Euler, relating to the Grand River Conservation scheme.

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1946-1949.
Also present are GRCC membership lists for 1947 and 1948, correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.

File consists of material relating to the Grand Valley Conservation authority. Includes correspondence to and from the Authority and the GRCC. Includes an agenda for a meeting of representatives of Conservation authorities and O.C.R.A. to discuss forming an Association of Conservation Authorities, with ms. comments from Wm. Philip to E.F. Roberts opposing such an association. Includes ts. mimeograph list of invitations sent for Nith Valley Tour, Aug. 17, 1949. Includes also an undated ts. mimeograph "Brief on conservation submitted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to the Select Committee of the Ontario Legislature appointed to gather information on matters pertaining to conservation."

File consists of correspondence: one application to W. Philip for a position, one regarding compensation for loss of business, one re property rental and a copy of the 1934 Mackintosh-Morris report on assessing costs to municipalities.

File consists of weekly reports sent to the GRCC by the Ministry of Labour relating to labour on the Shand Dam. Includes comParisons of quotas and hours worked, percentage tables, lists of names, occupations, hours worked for several municipalities. The cover letter for each week is signed by N.O. Hipel, Minister of labour.

File consists of material relating to property acquired by the GRCC. Includes correspondence to and from F.P. Adams, H.J. Sims, K.C., and others as well as legal agreements.

File consists of correspondence between the Village of Fergus and F.P. Adams, Secretary Treasurer of the GRCC relating to assessment of costs to Fergus.

File consists of "G" correspondence to and from F.P. Adams, the GRCC and others on a variety of topics, including requests for general information, land purchase, suppliers, complaints, etc. Correspondents include government officials, contractors, suppliers and individuals.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the City of Galt relating to Commission business and cost assessments.

File consists of items assembled by an unknown person from other files. Contains GRCA employee list, 1986, a letter from the Toronto Field Naturalists Club to F.P. Adams, Dec. 29, 1939, regarding a talk to be given by him; an application by R.H. Smith to be Overseer and Valuator; letter from F.P. Adams re hospitalization expenses, Feb. 29, 1940; letter from Hugh Templin re his address, Aug. 2, 1940.

File consists of correspondence to and from F.P. Adams and chartered accountants re potential auditing.

File consists of one letter to F.P. Adams from the Dept. of Lands and Forest Surveys Branch concerning assessment of costs to municipalities re Grand River control works, signed by engineers J. Morris, James Mackintosh.

File consists of mimeograph copies of correspondence from O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer at the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, listing the plans and hydrographs submitted to the Commission for their use. Includes attached tables summarizing flow data at Fergus and Galt from 1914 to 1936.

Consists of a ts. transcript (carbon copy) of Province of Ontario Statute 1932 Ch.55, An Act to Establish the Grand River Conservation Commission, 1932 (Short title : Grand River Conservation Commission Act).

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

File consists of agenda, supporting documents including financial statements and related correspondence. Includes ms. meeting notes.

Consists of a binder containing clippings from the collection of Hugh Templin, member of the Grand River Conservation Commission and editor of the Fergus News Record. The clippings concern various aspects of the history and development of the Grand River Conservation Commission. Also present is a copy print of a photograph of members of the Grand River Conservation Commission, February 16, 1957.

File consists of a report by O. Holden dated July 11, 1938 containing preliminary cost estimates for impounding water at the Pilkington storage site near Elora.

File consists of correspondence between the GRCC and the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Includes material relating to assessment of costs and subsequent appeals, services and expenses of Hydraulic Dept. staff, report by the HEPC on investigation into alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus dated June 15, 1938.

File consists of correspondence between James, Proctor and Redfern and F.P. Adams, relating to an application by the former to be retained as consulting engineers on the Grand River conservation project.

File consists of "Option to Purchase" documents, lists of owners and properties, correspondence copies and ms notes.

File consists of "Option to Purchase" documents, lists of owners and properties.

File consists of summary and other lists of owners and properties, "Option to Purchase" documents, correspondence copies and ms notes.