File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, including personnel, land buildings and services. Includes a letter dated March 12, 1945 from H.G. Acres to E.F. Roberts concerning operating procedure at the Shand Dam and the timing of raising the lake level, with the comment that "facilities for keeping track of the operations at Shand are still rather primitive on account of the lack of recording gauges..."
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, W.H. Keith, Engineer of the County of Wellington and others, relating to application for road, stream and bridge work.
File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to the Village of Elora. Includes correspondence and two blueprints concerning a proposed sewerage line across the Grand River.
File consists of "H" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes correspondence with the Haldimand County Hunters and Anglers' Association re support of the dam project; with the Hydro Electric Power Commission re services and agreements and notes from W. Philips.
File consists of "I" correspondence, in this case material relating to GRCC employee and Commissioner income tax. Includes completed T4-1945 Remuneration Summary form accompanied by T4-1945 Supplementary forms for individuals.
File consists of "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating primarily to the establishment and activities of the Lake Belwood Boat Club, and also to the purchase of a fire extinguisher. Includes the constitution of the boat club and ephemera from the La France Fire Engine and Foamite Ltd.
File consists of "P" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondence include the town of Preston. Includes completed copy of the "Companies Information Act Return to the Provincial Secretary, Information and Particulars as of March 31, 1946." This lists the commissioners, officers etc. of the GRCC.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1946." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and individuals regarding lots, leases and payments, primarily at Belwood. Includes lease forms and sketches.
File consists of "T" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including tax notices and assessment notices from the Township of West Garafraxa, assessment notices from the Township of East Garafraxa, correspondence and product brochures and catalogues relating to bulldozers and tractors.
File consists of material relating to E.F. Robert's work as Secretary-Treasurer of the GRCC.
Includes correspondence concerning visits, meetings and presentations given by him on conservation.
Includes background research material including information received from the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development in the form of reports on other conservation authorities, briefs and pamphlets concerning flood control and river valley development.
Includes also issues of periodicals, offprints and reprints, including "Conservation and post-war rehabilitation: a report prepared by the Guelph Conference on the Conservation of the Natural resources of Ontario, February 1942," Robert F. Legget "Conservation and sanitation: a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute on Sewerage and Sanitation ... 1943," "A plan to grow wealth and eliminate waste" by the Grand Valley group of Engineers,
Includes E.F. Roberts ms. and ts. notes for an address on conservation given to the Ontario Municipal Association, Aug. 28, 1947. Includes a 9 page mimeograph document dated Jan. 28, 1946: "Grand Valley Authority" that has an organization chart as a cover page.
File consists of "K" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others. Includes correspondence with the City of Kitchener and a letter, ms. and ts. copies, from W. Philip to the Ontario Minister of Public Health concerning pollution of Lake Belwood by the dump at Grand Valley "at the height of the polio alarm." Includes correspondence relating to and a blueprint of a proposed dam across the Eramosa River on property owned by the Boy Scouts Association at Everton.
File consists of assessment notices for properties owned by the GRCC and leased to individuals, accompanied by a memorandum to ratepayers from the Township of West Garafraxa..
File consists of "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include the City of Brantford, Bell Telephone re services, Beatty Bros. re construction of a dam in Fergus, the Expositor in Brantford re official flood bulletins and one application to build a cottage, accompanied by a sketch.
File consists of material relating to GRCC employee income tax. Includes completed T.D.2 forms, T4-1948 remuneration summary, lists of employees and income tax deducted accompanied by "Deductions at Source" receipts. Includes ms. tables.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Dec. 31st, 1948," correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes a summary of 1948 taxes accompanied by Township of West Garafraxa and Village of Belwood tax notices.
File consists of "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others, including working papers for auditors (Scully), as well as correspondence with Stamped and Enamelware Ltd. in Hespeler concerning work on the Speed river and granting permission to the Commission to erect a gauging station there.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to W. Philip relating to Commission business such as leases, insurance, Galt gauging station report, etc. Includes replies from W. Philip and copies of expense summaries.
File consists of "C" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes completed copy of the "Companies Information Act Return to the Provincial Secretary, Information and Particulars as of March 31, 1949." This lists the commissioners, officers etc. of the GRCC.
File consists of "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to alteration of the C.P.R. bridge over the Grand River at Galt, accompanied by a blueline print and Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada Orders. Also contains correspondence relating to an agreement with the Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company concerning the gauging station at Brantford, as well as correspondence with the Lake Belwood Boat Club. Includes notes from W. Philip.
File consists of "T" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including correspondents Upper Thames Conservation Area and Camp Thayendanegea re Whiteman's Creek dam.
File consists of routine "C" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes completed copy of the "Companies Information Act Return to the Provincial Secretary, Information and Particulars as of March 31, 1950." This lists the commissioners, officers etc. of the GRCC.
File consists of routine correspondence between E.F. Roberts to Marcel Pequegnat. Includes expense summaries. also includes ts. carbon copy of a letter from L.O. Breithaupt to M. Pequegnat, Sept. 28, 1949.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1950." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending June 30th, 1950." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and individuals regarding lots, leases and payments, primarily at Belwood. Includes ms. and ts. summary tables, lease forms and sketches.
File consists of "S" correspondence, in this case E.F. Roberts working file prepared for Scully and Scully. Includes ts. copies of quarterly statements.
File consists of material relating to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Includes an "Employer's Pay Roll Statement" that lists total wages by month for the years 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. Includes for each year E.F. Roberts working table calculating individual employee wages and totals by month.
File consists of "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include the City of Brantford, Bell Telephone re services and a letter dated 1947 from John C. Klaehn, engineer, concerning designing a pumping plant near Doon.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Dept. of Planning and Development on a variety of topics. Correspondents include
A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Department of Planning and Development concerning elevation datum used at the gauge station at Brantford, work of the commission in general and discharge records for 1947 and 48 as a basis for storage need forecasting;
A.E.K. Bunnell, Consultant, Community Planning Branch, Dept. of Planning & Development concerning enforcement of the Grand River Act.
Includes a copy of an address by A.E.K. Bunnell "Introducing Seminar Town Planning Problems" at the Conference of the Federation of Canadian Mayors and Municipalities, London, Ont., June 12, 1951.
File consists of material relating to flooding and flood control measures in Galt, Ont. and concerning both the Grand River and Galt Creek Correspondents include A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Dept. of Planning and Development; City of Galt, Hon. W. Griesinger, Minister of Planning & Development. Includes ms. note from William Philip to E.F. Roberts.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, including personnel, land buildings, leases, services, water and weather, equipment and vehicles.
File consists of "H" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes correspondence with the Hydro Electric Power Commission re services and agreements and with an employee. Includes a sketch map.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Sept. 30th, 1951." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Dec. 31st, 1951." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
File consists of "T" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, specifically with the Township of West Garafraxa. Includes assessment notices from the Township of West Garafraxa.
File consists of "C" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, specifically relating to the Canadian National Railway Grand River Bridge at Caledonia. Includes a blue-print.
File consists of material relating to the GRCC meeting held Aug. 5, 1952. Secretary E.F. Robert's file includes meeting-notice correspondence copies, ms. notes.
File consists of "S" correspondence, primarily E.F. Roberts working file prepared for Scully and Scully. Includes ms. and ts. trial balances, ts. copies of quarterly statements dated March 31 and June 30, 1952.
File consists of numbered pages representing stencils produced and copied by the GRCC from 1946 to 1952. Includes pages 1-15, 169-357. Includes reports, minutes, accounts in chronological order, of which the most recent are unnumbered..
File consists of "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes correspondence with the City of Waterloo and others, as well as individual "Pay Records" forms relating to wages.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts re accounts for the second quarter of 1953. Includes invoices, receipts, ms. notes and draft calculations.
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and the C.P.R. and others relating to roadbed repairs near the Shand Dam, Train speeds and fences. Includes ms. notes, map sketch map
This documents consists of two separate dated statements: "Kilbride, 14 June, 1814. William Jordan and Catherine Bell both in this parish have, on the three preceding Sabbaths, been regularly proclaimed in this church and no objections offered. Thomas Bryce, Sess. Clks [here the handwriting changes] This 15 of June 1814. The above parties were joined in marriage at Glasgow by J.M. Lockhart Minr.
File consists of a scrapbook compiled by Mauritana Smith containing material written by leading 19th century American writers and articles written by her mother, Damaris Isabella Smith. These items are pasted into an old manuscript account book. The scrapbook shows the kind of verse that appealed to United Empire Loyalists in Canada.