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Conestogo Dam : operating reports, 1962.
File consists of material relating to Conestogo Dam area operations and maintenance overseen by A. Stanners. Includes Ilmar Kao's inspection notes, memoranda to and from A. Stanners; calculations, correspondence and blueline print of details of maintenance hoist.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of lists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence and list of lessees.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Farm and house rentals : inspection notes, 1962.
File consists of ms. descriptions of properties owned by the GRCC, accompanied by some drawings. Notes are in I. Kao's hand.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of information for office use: GRCC organization and responsibility charts, list of publications, plaque wording for and photos of Shand Dam plaque.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one package of bluprints, blueline prints and thermal copies of ice charts of regions of the Great Lakes for early 1962.
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This is Obsolete Except for The Brakes, Which Are Still in Use, Oct. 4, 1970.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
Annual meeting, Brantford, Ont., Feb. 16, 1945.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. Chairman's report by Wm. Philip, as well as newspaper clippings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Meeting, Conestoga and Grand Valley Dam, June 13, 1945.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Meeting, Kitchener, Ont., Dec. 9, 1948.
File consists of minutes and related correspondence. Includes ms. minutes. The meeting was called to discuss the Conestogo Project.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Meeting, Galt, Ont., Nov. 17, 1949.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Brantford, Ont., Feb. 22, 1952.
File consists of minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes newspaper clipping (K-W Record, Mar. 1, 1952) of a portrait of the members of the commission taken at this meeting.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Brantford, Ont., Feb. 16, 1954.
File consists of minutes, agenda, supporting documents including financial statements, and related correspondence. Includes ms. meeting and other notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Kitchener, Ont., April 15, 1958.
File consists of agenda and ms. meeting notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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
Annual meeting, Brantford, Ont., Feb. 15, 1963.
File consists of annotated agenda and minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Shand Dam, July 26, 1962.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes ts. carbon of a letter to the Hon. J.W. Spooner, Minister of Lands and Forests from Geo. E. Fisher, Chair of the GRCC concerning amalgamation with the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Also contains ts. carbon of a letter to the Hon. Wm. Goodfellow, Minister of Highways, signed by Marcel Pequegnat concerning Wellington County roads, as well as other correspondence and documents concerning the same.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Assessment of costs : Ayr and Montrose Projects : meeting , Galt, Ont., June 14, 1963.
File consists of a ts. mimeograph special committee report including Chairman's letter of May 30, 1963, report by assessors, review of assessments.
Grand River Conservation Commission
General information meeting, Preston, Ont., March 20, 1964.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Kitchener, Ont., April 22, 1965.
File consists of agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence to and from Ilmar J. Kao. This was a special meeting relating to the Brief on Resource Management and Administration, Grand River Watershed prepared by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Feb. 15, 1957 : agenda and supporting documents.
File consists of the agenda and some supporting documents for the annual meeting held Feb. 15, 1957. Includes a report with title "Re the roads and bridges scheme of the Conestogo project, being carried out by the Grand River Conservation Commission," dated May 23, 1957.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to acquisition of land by the GRCC. Consists of original pencil survey drawings of properties, such as Rodgers and Goodall, as well as some lot descriptions, probably by C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor..
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one mimeograph document.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to the proposed Waldemar Dam and to the Shand Dam. Includes correspondence and reports re progress on the Shand Dam, reforestation, etc. Includes correspondence and a 2 p. ts. by W.W. Breithaupt on "Grand River Conservation." Includes a ts. carbon letter from T.H. Hogg and L.V. Rorke to the Minister of lands and Forests for Ontario on the topic of Grand River Drainage, dated Feb. 11, 1932. Includes charts, reports, ms. notes and draft correspondence by Wm. Philip.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating primarily to drainage and drains. Includes correspondence to and from Wm. Philip and others and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of a copy of a resolution passed by the City of Galt Council with cover letter addressed to E.F. Roberts, dated Apr. 3, 1951.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Correspondence : Conestogo Project.
File consists of correspondence to and from Wm. Philip, Chairman, GRCC, concerning the Conestogo Dam project. Includes reports and blueprint, ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department report, 1961.
File consists of report by P.M. Rogers, Chief Forester.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of legal correspondence to and from Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes descriptions of properties, reports and an agreement. Includes ms. notes. Correspondents include C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Grand River and Canada Grain Co., and Manchee.
File consists of correspondence between Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims and C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor, relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes descriptions of properties.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence between Sims, McIntosh, Schofield & Sims and C.C. Fairchild, Ontario Land Surveyor relating to lands acquired by the GRCC. Includes descriptions of properties.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Grand River Board of Engineers : Stapleton farm.
File consists of material relating to the valuations of several properties, primarily the Stapleton farm. Includes correspondence, reports, hand drawn map of land plots, ms. notes and receipt. The file appears to have belonged to C.C. Fairchild, Secretary, Board of Engineers, GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Report : T. H. Hogg and L. V. Rorke, February 15, 1934.
File consists of material relating to assessment of costs to municipalities. Includes correspondence and reports.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand Dam : general contract : comparison of tenders.
File consists of oversized chart, folded.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Series consists of incomplete financial records of the Grand River Conservation Commission from 1936 to 1965. Includes bank books, cash journals, journals, cheque registers, ledgers and cost studies.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Cash journal, 1954-1955, 1956-1957.
One bound volume with title on label pasted to the cover.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Cheque register, Dec. 1962-Oct. 1963.
File consists of sheets removed from original covers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one bundle of balance ledger sheets, with budget estimates information added, the whole compiled by Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
One bound volume with label pasted on cover.
Grand River Conservation Commission
One bound ledger with pre-printed title "ledger" on cover. Includes alphabetical index to accounts at front of volume.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ledger sheets removed Dec. 31, 1958 : operating Shand.
One bundle of "balance ledger" sheets.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo capital paid accounts : no. 8, January, February, March, 1956.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo Dam capital account for the first quarter of 1956, accompanied by receipts, and invoices. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo capital paid accounts : no. 11, October, November, December, 1956.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo capital accounts for the fourth quarter of 1956, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of Maryborough and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo capital paid accounts : no. 22, July, August, September 1959.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo capital accounts for the third quarter of 1959, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Project land clearing contract : paid accounts no. 3-11, July, August and September 1956.
File consists of summaries of amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by receipts and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Project land clearing contract : paid accounts no. 9-11, January, February and March 1958.
File consists of summaries of amounts passed at executive meetings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Project : work orders : extra copies : C.A. Pitts General Contractor Limited.
File consists of copies of completed H.G. Acres "Monthly Progress Estimate" forms (oversize sheets).
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
Salvage account : no. 1 : October, November and December 1962.
File consists of summaries of salvage account amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by receipts and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Salvage account : no. 3 : accounts paid 1964, January, February, March.
File consists of summaries of salvage account amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by receipts and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Salvage account : no. 4 : accounts paid 1964, April, May, June.
File consists of summaries of salvage account amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by receipts and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 100 , April, May and June 1959.
File consists of material relating to the Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1959. 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
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 101A , July, August and September 1959.
File consists of material relating to the Shand operating accounts for the third quarter of 1959. 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
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 102A , October, November and December 1959.
File consists of material relating to the Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1959. 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
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
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
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 123 , October, November, December 1964.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1964, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department : P.M. Rogers, 1959.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to forestry department operations supervised by P.M. Rogers. Includes correspondence and inter-office memoranda between I. Kao and P.M. Rogers, correspondence to and from suppliers and others, correspondence forwarded by and notes from E.F. Roberts to I. Kao. . Includes ts. "Notes on Lake Belwood forest tree nursery procedure," Sept. 15, 1959, material relating to the reforestation programme, including a ts. carbon report on the first season on planting, dated June 10, 1959.
Grand River Conservation Commission
L. Meteorology records : information and invoices, 1959.
File consists completed requisitions and invoices for forms and equipment from the Dept. of Transport, Meteorological Division for recording environmental conditions.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand office building, 1958-1959.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 96 : April, May, June, 1958.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1958, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Vehicle maintenance record, 1958-1959.
File consists of completed "Machine Maintenance Record" forms that include equipment as well as vehicles..
Grand River Conservation Commission
Assessment of costs: details, April 18, 1939.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa : E.D. Euler [i.e. W.D. Euler].
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the City of Galt relating to Commission business and cost assessments.
Grand River Conservation Commission