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Hydro Electric Power Commission : O. Holden and J. Mackintosh.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
James, Proctor and Redfern, Consulting Engineers.
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Land options : East Garafraxa.
File consists of "Option to Purchase" documents, lists of owners and properties, correspondence copies and ms notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Lazier, F.S., Consulting Engineer.
File consists of correspondence to F.P. Adams from F.S. Lazier, Consulting Engineer, re potential service to the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
McArthur, F., B. Sc., M.E.I.C., Consulting Engineer.
File consists of correspondence from F. McArthur to F.P. Adams and the GRCC proposing himself as chief engineer for the Commission.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence from F.P. Adams to the Mayor of Galt re expenses and Commission meetings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one letter to F.P. Adams from the Provincial Secretary declining the invitation to be present at the turning of the first sod on the Grand River Conservation Project at the site of the Shand Dam, July 11, 1939.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to 1941 taxes for property owned by the GRCC. Includes ms. list of buildings by R.H. Smith, ts. carbon lists of properties and taxes, ms. list of land purchases, ts. list of options passed at Commission meetings and one insurance agreement.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "R" correspondence to and from F.P. Adams. Includes requests for employment, land purchases, supplies etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from Rayner Construction Ltd., F.P. Adams and the GRCC relating to all aspects of the former's construction work done at the Shand Dam site. Includes tender documents and lists of men employed on the dam.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of , ts. carbon agreements and specifications relating to test pits and testing at the Shand Dam by G.F. Sterne and Sons Ltd. Includes original and carbon copies of GRCC financial statement for 1938
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "W" correspondence to and from F.P. Adams, in this case with potential suppliers Chas. Warner and Co. Ltd. and Waterous Ltd.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Young, C.R., Consulting Engineer.
File consists of material relating to soil analysis investigation work on the Shand Dam site to be carried out by C.R. Young. Includes correspondence with F.P. Adams. Includes also an 8 page ts. carbon set of specifications for digging test pits at the dam site,.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Administration : Secretary Treasurer's Files : E.F. Roberts
Series consists of files belonging to E.F. Roberts, Secretary Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission, dating from 1942 until 1960 concerning all aspects of the organization, administration and operations of the Commission. The Secretary-Treasurer's position was where all roads crossed with one person overseeing finance and accounting; personnel; land acquisition and management; dam project management; relations with municipalities, government departments and ordinary citizens; environmental monitoring and reforestation. Includes correspondence, financial statements accompanied by supporting invoices etc., minutes, reports, clippings, land deeds, blueprints, sketches and ephemera. The early years of E.F. Roberts tenure are not well represented in these records, most likely the result of a space-saving exercise conducted at some time in the past.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of application letters for the post of Resident Operator of the Shand Dam and further correspondence with H.A. Cameron who was awarded the position.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ms. list of employees and pay rates for 1941 and 1942.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of index to and lists of land purchase. Includes ms. and ts. drafts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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, leases, services, water and weather, equipment and vehicles.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material removed from original files at some later date for an unknown purpose, also material found loose as a result of file box damage. Contains clippings, product ephemera for a fire pump, ts. list of cottage lots leased, one piece of correspondence concerning leasing. The item of correspondence contains Anti-Semitic and racist rhetoric.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "A" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily with Amalgamated Electric Corporation re circuit breakers at the dam, also with H.G. Acres.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts on a variety of topics, with construction equipment supplier W.L. Ballentyne Co. Ltd.; A.A. Baddley re Elora development (mentions of Dana Porter); City of Brantford and with individuals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of E.F. Roberts correspondence relating to his own routine Commission business. Includes expenses summary, invitation to the opening of the Kiwanis Club Camp on Lake Belwood, sketch, news clipping re hunting at James Bay, pamphlet from the Izaak Walton League of America dated July 1945, "A National Water Policy: Water the Orphan: a Discussion of the basic factors involved in All River Developments," and an ms. fisherman's grace, "offered at this season by W. P." [William Philip].
Grand River Conservation Commission
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. Includes a report on the tree planting machine by H.A. Cameron, Sept. 26, 1945.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "K" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the City of Kitchener.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending June 30, 1946." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1946." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "R" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and Muriel Ratigan re detailed information for a university course.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, H.A. Cameron and others relating to tree planting and reforestation. Includes "Report on Reforestation Planting for 1945 at the Grand Valley Dam"; "Work plan, Belwood Forest"; as well as reports on three woodlots owned by the GRCC, accompanied by detailed species list. Includes snapshots of plow and tree planter, 1945.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "S" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others, including working papers for auditors (Scully), correspondence relating to leases and properties, as well as replies to routine information requests. Includes sketch map.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, W.C. McKay and others relating to rental of property at Belwood. Includes ms. notes, some from W. Philip and sketch maps.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Whaling Turkey Ranch re Conestogo Valley development.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to insurance and matters concerning the City of Brantford.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "F" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Village of Fergus, and John Fowell and Son, Woodstock. Correspondence with the latter includes a catalogue of garden tractors.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily with the Village of Grand Valley and the City of Galt. Includes a hand-drawn map of Grand Valley.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to GRCC employee income tax. Includes completed T.D.2 forms, lists of employees and income tax deducted accompanied by "Deductions at Source" receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "J" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, re pheasants.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "N" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, Naugatuck Chemicals and the Dept. of National Revenue.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "P" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development re the establishment of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending June 30, 1947", correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1947," correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts on a variety of topics, including with Township of Woolwich, City of Waterloo, County of Waterloo, Township of West Garafraxa. Includes a letter from Eldon Weber accompanied by a letter copy to Dana Porter, then Minister of Planning and Development for Ontario; considerable correspondence to E.F. Roberts from Marcel Pequegnat, W. Philip and others re the Belwood Ball Park; a letter from Dana Porter to W. Philip re "prison labour." Includes ms. notes from W. Philip to E.F. Roberts, land deeds, blueprint, sketch maps, and product ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "A" correspondence, one letter from E.F. Roberts to a supplier.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conference report : Planning Boards and Committees of Southwestern Ontario, February 18-19, 1948.
File consists of conference report relating to official plan development, suburban zoning problems and subdivision regulations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of E.F. Roberts correspondence relating to his own routine Commission business. Includes expenses summaries, correspondence with Edward I. Wood, Landscape architect, accompanied by a copy of his address to "Men of the Trees," Feb. 23, 1948, "Regional Planning for Parks."
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "F" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the Town of Fergus and individuals including W. Philip. The correspondence deals primarily with the subject of the Fergus P.U.C. re dumping acid residue after treating a well.
Grand River Conservation Commission
"G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others, primarily concerning the Village of Grand Valley and pollution of the Grand River there. Correspondents on this topic include the Ontario Dept. of Health and W. Philip. Includes a sketch map by H.A. Cameron of Grand Valley Village contamination plan. Also includes correspondence with the Dept. of Lands and Forests concerning fire hazards on the Commission tree planting around Belwood Lake. Also includes routine correspondence concerning gauge reading and insurance.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to gauge stations, gauge readers and reading and reporting water levels. Includes 1948 correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, lists of gauge stations and readers, ms. notes. Inserted in this folder is material dated 1959, correspondence to E.F. Roberts from the Dept. of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Water Resources Branch, and thermofax copies of discharge tables for several locations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
H.A. Cameron, Fergus, Ont., 1948.
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, leases, services and equipment. Includes completed GRCC "Gauge and Flow Record" sheets for several locations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "O" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Owen Sound Board of Trade re developing "scenic highways."
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending June 30th, 1948," correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Consists of material relating to 1948 spring run-off information. Includes E.F. Roberts report to W. Philip, Chairman, GRCC, dated April 3, 1948 with heading "Spring Run-Off, Grand River Watershed, 1948. Also contains correspondence to E.F. Roberts with lists of discharge data from various locations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "T" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, and contains one letter from him to the Dept. of Transport re damage caused by damage in Port Dover caused by fish tugs.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ausable watershed : land use survey : soils.
Coloured soil survey map issued by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to services, suppliers and the City of Brantford.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "G" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to insurance.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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 the Ontario Dept. of Health.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "I" correspondence to and from from E.F. Roberts, in this case material relating to GRCC employee and Commissioner income tax. Includes completed T4-1949 Remuneration Summary form, completed T.D.2 forms, lists of employees and income tax deducted accompanied by "Deductions at Source" receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to W. Philip relating to Commission business such as leases, salaries, etc. Includes replies from W. Philip and copies of expense summaries.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Auditors' annual report for year 1950 : Scully and Scully, 1951.
File consists of Scully and Scully's "Annual Report" to the GRCC for 1950, dated Jan. 31, 1951, with attached financial statements.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes one clipping relating to West Garafraxa drain and one letter to W. Philip concerning an incident at Belwood Lake, with ms. reply.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Dominion Water and Power Bureau.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Dominion Water and Power Bureau, later the Water Resources Division of the federal Dept. of Resources and Development, and others relating to gauge readings, readers and gauge stations. Includes notes by W. Philip, completed discharge measurement forms for several locations, gauge height and flow records and ephemera relating to water level recorders.. Includes a copy of Norman Marr's "Surface run-off in the Thames and Grand River Basins in Ontario," reprinted from the Engineering Journal (Feb. 1938)
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and others relating to gauge charts, gauge reading and gauge stations. Includes completed GRCC "Gauge and Flow Record" sheets, as well as one gauge-reading notebook, titled "Gauge Height Observations During Open-Water Season," for the Grand at Marsville, from Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 1949. Includes ms. notes by W. Philip.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "I" correspondence to and from from E.F. Roberts relating to banking and income tax. Includes copies of tax deduction receipts. .
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "K" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the City of Kitchener, also correspondence relating to an insurance.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to the GRCC meeting held Nov. 3, 1951. Secretary E.F. Robert's file includes minutes and meeting-notice correspondence copies. I
Grand River Conservation Commission
Paid accounts file, no. 62, 1950.
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending March 31st, 1950." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "W" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including correspondence with the Township of Waterloo concerning the Hunsperger Drain, accompanied by folded blueprints.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Auditors' annual report for year 1951 : Scully and Scully, 1952.
File consists of Scully and Scully's "Annual Report" to the GRCC for 1951, dated Feb. 4, 1952, with attached financial statements.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Village of Elora.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of quarterly summary for "Accounts payable for quarter ending June 30th, 1951." Includes correspondence, invoices and receipts. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
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.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of outgoing correspondence from E.F. Roberts to W. Philip relating to Commission business such as leases, expenses, etc. Includes replies from W. Philip and copies of expense summaries. Includes a one-page ts. report by W. Philip concerning the Commission, written at the request of the Chamber of Commerce; also includes a letter from E.F. Roberts to W. Philip reporting on the deferral of the Conestogo Project due to "the present war emergency."
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "B" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes maps and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of E.F. Roberts expenses, draft minutes, and correspondence.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "P" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 72, July, August, September, 1952.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the third quarter of 1952, accompanied by correspondence, invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and W. Philip, Chairman of the GRCC, and others. Includes ms. Chairman's report concerning gauges installed on Grand River.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Accounts file : no. 76, July, Aug., Sept. 1953.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts re accounts for the third quarter of 1953. Includes invoices, receipts, ms. notes and draft calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Copies : auditor's reports, monthly : Scully and Scully, 1953.
File consists of 1953 quarterly financial statements prepared by Scully and Scully.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Planning and Development, 1953.
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Department of Planning and Development, Ontario, relating to the Luther Marsh project, hydrometric gauges and gauge charts, a hearing in Orangeville, and the appointment of A.H. Richardson as Chief Engineer of the GRCC and to the GRCC Board of Engineers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence from E.F. Roberts to G.H. Richards, Vice-Chairman, GRCC, re meetings.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts relating to gauge stations and gauge reading.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "H" correspondence, primarily with the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario relating to service. Includes a sketch map and low-tension line easement agreements.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "I" correspondence from E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "L" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Paid account file : no. 74, Jan, Feb, March, 1953.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts re accounts for the first quarter of 1953. Includes invoices, receipts and ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Re. W.C. McKay : rental Belwood, Ont. 1953.
File consists of material relating a a legal dispute concerning rent owed. Includes correspondence, accounting reports, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 77, Oct., Nov., Dec. 1953.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts re accounts for the fourth quarter of 1953. Includes invoices, receipts, ms. notes and draft calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and W. Philip, Chairman of the GRCC to 1953.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "X-Y-Z" correspondence from E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ts. and ms. calculations for accounting purposes
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of a blueline plan 558-C-106 by H.G. Acres & Co., Consulting Engineers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence relating to gauge cards and graphs to E.F. Roberts and on his behalf to gauge readers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "O" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts concerning a cottage lot leased by an individual.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of "P" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Correspondents include the Town of Preston and individuals (including William Philip, chairman of the GRCC). Also includes the completed GRCC annual "Return to the Provincial Secretary, Ontario : information and particulars as of March 31, 1954."
Grand River Conservation Commission
Rent : correspondence and cottage plans, 1954.
File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and individuals regarding lots, leases and payments, primarily at Belwood. Includes lease copies dated 1946 to 1952.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine "T" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts.
Grand River Conservation Commission