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Economic Development FINDING AID Eastern Townships Resource Centre • 2013 1 1 Economic Development Finding Aid George Frederick Bowen Classification System P005 Table of Contents P005/001 Plan Division Register ([ca 1860]) P005/002 Miscellaneous Documents (1875-1895) George Frederick Bowen fonds P005............................................................3 Paul Desruisseaux fonds P012.......................................................................5 P005 George Frederick Bowen fonds. - ca. 1860-1896. - 7 textual records. - 40 plans. James Miller fonds P069...............................................................................17 Biographical sketch: Born in Quebec City on 19 March 1811, George Frederick Bowen was the son of Edward Bowen, politician and Chief Justice, and Eliza Edward Hale fonds P072..............................................................................20 Davidson. In 1843, he married Eliza Jessie Wyatt. They had seven children. Bowen studied law in Quebec and was admitted to the Bar in 1832. In 1835, he opened a law practice in Sherbrooke. From 1844 to 1887, he was Sheriff of the District of St. Francis. From 1887 to James H. Smith fonds P132..........................................................................21 1898, he was Prothonotary of the District, jointly with Hubert C. Cabana. Other positions he held include Justice of the Peace, Chairman of Quarter Sessions and Commissioner in Bankruptcy. As well, Bowen was Mayor of Sherbrooke from 1852 to 1854, worked with a number of Sherbrooke-area associations, and pursued a military career. George Frederick Bowen died in Sherbrooke on 26 April 1898. Albert Carlos Skinner fonds P136...............................................................23 Scope and content: Skinner Family fonds P162..........................................................................27 The fonds contains source material on the granting of lands in the Eastern Townships in the 19th century. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Plan Division Register (ca. 1860) and Miscellaneous Documents (1875-1895). Elvyn M. Baldwn Family fonds P173..........................................................31 Notes: Title based on contents of fonds. Homer L. Flannery fonds P184....................................................................75 Moisture has started to appear on the Plan Division Register, and the binding is in bad shape. The documents are in English. ETRC Textual Records Collection: Economy P997/004...........................76 Researchers may also consult archives of the Bowen family at the Centre de l’Estrie of the Archives nationales du Québec in Sherbrooke. The production of this finding aid has been made possible through funding from the Bélanger- P005/001 Gardner Foundation. Plan Division Register. - [ca 1860]. - 40 plans. Scope and content: The series consists of a register of plans of many townships (Ascot, Auckland, Barford, Barnston, Bolton, Brome, Brompton, Chester, Clifton, Clinton, Compton, Ditton, Dudswell, Eaton, Ely, Farnham, Granby, Hatley, Hereford, Kingsey, Lingwick, Melbourne, Milton, Newport Orford, Potton, Roxton, Shefford, Shipton, Stoke, Stukely, Tingwick, Warwick, Weedon, Westbury, Wickham, Windsor, Wolfestown) from approximately 1860, The plans in the register indicate range numbers, lots, and in some cases, owners’ names. The plans shows the divisions of lots and ranges of various locations in the Eastern Townships, some include names of settlers. Notes: Title is based on contents of series. The register is very fragile and the binding is broken. The documents are in English. P005/002 Miscellaneous Documents. - 1875-1895. - 7 textual records. Scope and content: The series contains source material on the activities of George Frederick Bowen from 1875 to 1895. It contains information on Bowen’s business life mainly regarding land. It is comprised of correspondence, and a deed of sale. Notes: Title is based on contents of series. The documents are in English. 2 3 Paul Desruisseux Classification System P012 P012/001 La Tribune Ltd ([195-]-1970) P012/001/001 CHLT-TV (1951-1953) P012/001/002 Miscellaneous Documents ([195-]-[196-]) P012/001/003 (1970) P012/002 Senate (1966-1980) P012/002/001 Speeches (1966-1980) P012/002/002 Information for Senators ([196-?]) P012/002/003 Inflation ([1973?]) P012/002/004 Federal Transfers ([1978?]) P012/002/005 Housing ([197-]) P012/002/006 Textile Industry (1980) P012/002/007 Miscellaneous Documents P012/003 University of Sherbrooke (1955-1884) P012/003/001 Annual Reports (1959-1984) P012/003/002 General Library (1965-1975) P012/003/003 Office of Research and Bursaries (1976) P012/003/004 Art Gallery (1967) P012/003/005 Convocation (1964) P012/003/006 Miscellaneous Documents (1955-1980) P012/004 Civil Code (1928) P012/005 Canadian Association for Retarded Children (1967-1969) P012/006 Kennedy Foundation (1965-1969) P012/006/001 Kennedy International Awards (1968) P012/006/002 Gala Sherbrookois (1965) P012/006/003 Miscellaneous Documents (1965-1969) P012/007 Press Clippings P012/007/001 Economy (1956-1981) P012/007/002 Journalism ([195-?]-[195-?]) P012/007/003 Politics (1957-1980) P012/008 Photographs (1962-[197-?]) P012/009 Miscellaneous Documents (1928-1983) George Frederick Bowen fonds, P005/001 4 5 P012 Paul Desruisseaux fonds. - 1928-1984. - 0.45 m of textual records and other documents. Biographical sketch: Lawyer, businessman, and public figure Paul Desruisseaux was born in Sherbrooke on 1 May 1905 to Geoffrey Desruisseaux and Sarah Gauthier. In 1945, he married Céline Duchesne. They had four children. Paul Desruisseaux studied at the École du Sacré-Coeur and the Séminaire St-Charles-Borromée in Sherbrooke, the law school of Université de Montréal, the Babson Institute, and Harvard University. In 1934, he was admitted to the Quebec Bar. The following year, he opened an office in Sherbrooke and practised law there until 1961. Desruisseaux was also a businessman who founded and managed many companies. In 1955, he and Alphée Gauthier bought La Tribune Ltée, which owned La Tribune newspaper, radio stations CHLT and CKTS, and CHLT television station. In 1966, after many strikes and conflicts, La Tribune Ltee was sold to Québec Télémédia Inc. The same year, Desruisseaux was appointed to the Senate by Governor- General Georges Vanier at the request of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Paul Desruisseaux sat on the boards of many humanitarian organizations such as the Canadian Red Cross Society in Sherbrooke and the Canadian Association for Retarded Children. In 1964, Desruisseaux was awarded an honorary doctorate of law by Université de Sherbrooke. Paul Desruisseaux died in 1982, two years after retiring from the Senate, following a lengthy illness. Scope and content: The fonds contains source material on Paul Desruisseaux’s career as a lawyer, senator, businessman, and humanitarian from 1950 to 1980 and on his wife Céline’s volunteer activities. It consists of documentary materials of various kinds, including correspondence, statistics, declarations, speeches, financial statements, press clippings, publications, subject files, annual reports, press releases and photographs. It is comprised of the following series: La Tribune Ltée ([195-]-1970), Senate (1966-1980), Université de Sherbrooke (1955-1984), Civil Code (1928), Canadian Association for Retarded Children (1967-1969), Kennedy Foundation (1965-1969), Press Clippings (Economy, Politics, Journalism ([195-?]-1981), Photographs (1962-[197-?]), and Miscellaneous Documents (1928-1983). Notes: Title based on contents of fonds. The fonds also contains 9 photographs, 3 prints and 1 map. The documents were donated in 1983 by Céline Desruisseaux, wife of Paul Desruisseaux. The documents are in English and in French. P012/001 La Tribune Ltee. - [195-]-1970. - 0.03 m of textual records. Scope and content: The series contains source material on Paul Desruisseax’s involvement with La Tribune Ltee from approximately the 1950s to 1970. It contains the following files: CHLT-TV (1951-1953), Miscellaneous Documents ([195-]-[196-]), and 60th Anniversary (1970). Notes: Title is based on contents of series. The documents are in French and English. P012/001/001 CHLT-TV. - 1951-1953. - 0.01 m of textual records. Scope and content: The file contains source material on Desruisseaux’s involvement with CHLT-TV from 1951 to 1953. It includes information on the history of La Tribune, and the development of beginnings of CHLT-TV in Sherbrooke. It contains an historical sketch, a report on the City of Sherbrooke, and correspondence. Notes: Title is based on contents of file. The documents are in French and English. P012/001/002 Miscellaneous Documents. - [195-]-[196-]. - 0.01 m of textual records. Paul Desruisseux fonds P012/001/001 Scope and content: The file contains source material on CHLT-TV and La Tribune from approximately the 1950s and 1960s. It contains an advertisement for CHLT-TV, code of contact for publicity and journalism, salary statistics for media work, statistics of the employees of La Tribune Ltee, a declaration of the president of La Tribune Ltee, and a financial statement for the year end 1964 for Telegram & Publishing Co., Ltd. 6 7 Notes: Title is based on contents of file. The documents are in French and English. P012/001/003 60th Anniversary. - 1970. - 1 textual record. Scope and content: The file contains a copy of the 60th anniversary edition of La Tribune from 1970. Notes: Title is based on contents of file. The document is in French.