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 outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to Marcel Pequegnat relating to routine Commission business.

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 "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including individuals and the City of London.

File consists of outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to Marcel Pequegnat. Includes expense summaries.

File consists of "R" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to rents.

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 one piece of correspondence and a newsletter from the Ontario Dept. of Travel and Publicity.

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 outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to Marcel Pequegnat. Includes expense summaries.

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 "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Departments of Health, Planning and Development and Public Works.

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 outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to Marcel Pequegnat relating to expenses and taxes. Includes expense summaries.

File consists of "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others, including working papers for auditors (Scully).

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 "V" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, concerning Rodger farm rental.

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 E.F. Roberts expense summaries.

File consists of cheque stubs from the Village of Fergus.

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 E.F. Roberts report and working file for 1951, prepared for the annual meeting held Feb. 1952.

File consists official annual reports prepared by Scully and Scully for the years 1948-1951.

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 "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and suppliers.

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 "K" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily with the City of Kitchener.

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 one piece of routine "R" correspondence from E.F. Roberts to a supplier.

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 ms. drafts of closing entries dated Dec. 31, 1953 for several accounts.

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 "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Dept. of Lands and Forests. Includes ms. notes and calculations.

File consists of "F" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts.

File consists of "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts.

File consists of quarterly summary for first quarter ending March 31, 1952, correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of quarterly summary, April, May, June 1952, accompanied by correspondence and related invoices, receipts, etc.

File consists of quarterly summary for fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 1952, correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes 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 correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to employment status of individuals.

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

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clipping, agenda, minutes belonging to E.F. Roberts. Includes ms. notes.

Consists of a published booklet titled, Conserving the waters of the Grand River : a necessary public work, by the Grand River Conservation Commission, June, 1936. The booklet reviews the GRCC's general plan for conservation of waters of the Grand River, particularly its proposals to establish reservoirs upon the upper reaches of the Grand River and its tributaries. Accompanying the publication is a cover letter from William Philip, Chairman, Grand River Conservation Commission to an unidentified recipient, dated August 19, 193

Inserted in the booklet are :

• printed itinerary titled, "Route of Trip Along Grand River," by the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, Thursday, September 24, 1931, which lists proposed dam sites from Kitchener, Ont. to Grand Valley, Ont. to be visited by the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade members;
• ts.(photocopy) [draft?] of a periodical titled, Our Valley : Grand Valley Conservation Authority, Vol.1, no.2 (June, 1954): 1-4; and
• Department of Planning & Development pamphlet titled Conestogo Dam and Reservoir, which includes background information and map of the proposed dam site. The words, Turning of the first sod, May 30, 1955 have been handwritten on the pamphlet.

Consists of a ts. memo by an unidentified author regarding the history and development of conservation and water management in the Grand River Watershed. The memo appears to have been prepared for public distribution and focuses primarily upon the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission in regard to dam construction and water flow control.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission 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.

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.

Consists of a negative photocopy of Province of Ontario Letters Patent incorporating the Grand River Conservation Commission, August 13, 1934.

Consists of a printed booklet containing a Province of Ontario Statute titled : The Conservation Authorities Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1950, Chapter 62, as amended by 1952, Chapter 11.

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.

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, 1955-1957.
Also present are correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.

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, 1958-1959.
Also present are correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.

Consists of ts. minutes of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume.

Also present are:

• correspondence from the Executive Committee to the Chairman and Members of the Grand River Conservation Commission;
• a printed copy of Province of Ontario legislation entitled An Act to Provide for the Conservation of Water in the Grand River Valley, 1938 which defined the powers of the Grand River Conservation Commission and established the guidelines for selection and composition of the Executive Committee;
• printed muncipal voting lists from West Garafaxa township, 1942; and
• a packet of cancelled cheques dated January to November, 1941.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Also present are GRCC statements of accounts.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are correspondence, tender estimates for the Luther Dam, dated September 9, 1950; accounts payable statements for the Grand River Conservation Commission; and a financial statement of the Grand River Conservation Commission as of December 31, 1952 produced by Scully & Scully, Chartered Accountants, Kitchener, Ont.

Consists of ts. (mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) decision of the Ontario Municipal Board concerning compensation owing to William H. Norris, Township of West Garafaxa, Ont. by the Grand River Conservation Commission for expropriation of farm lands belonging to the former.

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.

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 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.

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

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 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.

Consists of a newsclipping titled : "Jiu Jitsu on the Grand River : Governments see light for reservoirs to hold back spring floods and release waters for summer needs of 300,000 people," from The Financial Post, November 7, 1932.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

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.

File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, ephemera and conference information.

File consists of a general information file for office use. Includes ms. notes.

File consists of R. Pinola's study : "A benefit-cost analysis of Grand River watershed multiple-purpose development projects," Feb. 1, 1964. Includes also a submission from H.G. Acres & Co.

File consists of communications between A. Ridzins, area operator for Luther, and Ilmar Kao. Includes correspondence to others relating to services for and use of facilities. Includes ts. information report with title: "Memorandum re: Luther Dam and Reservoir" by Ilmar Kao, May 5, 1964. Includes drawing for vegetation "study areas".

File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao in his position as Secretary-treasurer of the GRCC.

File consists of gas use records for GRCA vehicles. Includes gas consumption sheets, draft and final summaries. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.

File consists of Motor Pool Account quarterly statement for the third quarter of 1964, accompanied by invoices, receipts and account balances.

File consists of rental reports submitted by L. Dunn and summary.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and later to and from Ilmar Kao relating to a property purchased by the Commission and an ensuing fence-line dispute. Includes legal correspondence, and correspondence with later owners.

File consists of one ts. carbon letter from I. Kao to the Alliston office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission re contract cards. Includes ms. note.