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WHAT'S NEW!
NEW RELEASES
Scottish Imprints in Quebec (Ray Baillie)
Scottish Imprints is the story of Quebec's Scots, a small but influential group with a rich, 200-year history.
The book sells for $30.00 and is available at the Missisquoi Museum
"Book Corner".
A Community Project - Images of Hemmingford (bilingual)
"Images" is a sampler of old buildings in Hemmingford, rather than a complete portrait of the community through time. The stories are offered as glimpses of the people who were the architects, a narrative gleaned from both the written record and in living memories. This book is a tribute to builders: past, present, and future.
The book sells for $25.00 and is available at the Missisquoi Museum
"Book Corner".
MUSIC BOX AND PAINTING DONATION.
Reverend Keith and Mrs Edwina Eddy continue to support
the Missisquoi Museum.
On the occasion of the opening of the Missisquoi Museum 2011 season on Sunday, May 29th, the Reverend Keith and Mrs. Edwina Eddy presented a 19th century tabletop disc music box and a Gordon Ladd oil painting to the Missisquoi Museum in memory of their son Bryan Jarvis Eddy (1959-1976). Reverend Eddy is a Past-President of the Missisquoi Historical Society and both the Reverend Keith and Mrs. Eddy have been Life Members and supporters of the Missisquoi Historical Society for many years.
Mrs. Edwina Eddy, Heather Darch (curator), and Rev. Keith Eddy
The oil painting by well-known Eastern Townships' artist Gordon Ladd is a beautiful interpretation of the Simon Lyster log cabin located in Philipsburg, QC. The "Stella" music box was created by Mermod Frères of Ste Croix Switzerland in 1897. It is enclosed in a mahogany case with a carved front panel and plays metal discs that contain popular tunes from the end of the 19th century. At the time, the music box was sold at the cost of $175 and the discs cost $1 each. It will be a pleasure for the Missisquoi Museum to play the music box at special occasions and to hear the lovely melodies from over 100 years ago.
Rev. Keith Eddy and Michel Barrette (President)
FOOD AND FARMING HERITAGE OF QUEBEC. The Missisquoi Historical Society is proud to announce that this season, in addition to its "Rebellion" theme exhibit at the Cornell Mill site, it will feature the "Food and Farming Heritage of Quebec" exhibit at the Missisquoi Museum's Walbridge Barn site.
A special exhibit at the Missisquoi Museum's Walbridge Barn site.
Using oral histories of farming people from the Eastern Townships and Missisquoi County along with artefacts from the collection, this exhibit will look at the evolution of farming in Quebec. This exhibit was developed as a part of the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network's "Spoken Heritage On-Line Multimedia Initiative" and funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GIVEN A NEW LIFE BEFORE TURNING FORTY.
The Cornell Mill waterwheel undergoes a rejuvenating treatment
Having served as an emblem of the Missisquoi Museum for nearly forty years, the Cornell Mill waterwheel, in great need of repair, has been carefully dismantled and will be back in service in the fall.
Constructed in the winters of 1972 and 1973, this 10-foot wooden waterwheel's cost including installation was about $3000 and was partially financed by the Federal Local Initiatives Programme.
Photographs representing the back of the Cornell Mill, the mill dam and the imposing waterwheel have been featured in all promotional folders of the Missisquoi Museum and also in many Eastern Townships' brochures. It was chosen, along with 4 other mills in Canada, to illustrate a series of postal stamps commissioned by Canada Post.
The dismantling of this huge masterpiece of workmanship was quite an endeavour but of great importance to the Missisquoi Historical Society, owner of the Museum, which is dedicated to the preservation, interpretation and presentation of the history of Missisquoi County.
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A thank you to Steven Rhicard, Darin Stewart and Robert Deschamps for re-locating the wheel for the necessary repairs.
ROOTS 2011
An International Conference on Family History Research
hosted by the Quebec Family History Society.
This event will be the largest English-language genealogical conference ever held in Quebec.
There will be numerous well-known speakers discussing all aspects of family history research, computer demonstrations, and a book fair.
All lectures and events are in English.
Date: June 3rd, 4th, & 5th 2011
Place: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
For complete program details and registration form visit the QFHS website at: www.qfhs.ca, or e-mail: roots2011@bell.net.
You may also write to: ROOTS 2011, Quebec Family History Society,
P.O. Box 1026, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada H9S 4H9
or call: 514-428-0238.
NEW RELEASES!
Barn Building: The Golden Age of Barn Construction
by Jon Radojkovic
This book celebrates the era of North American barn-building known as "The Golden Age of Barn Construction," from the early 1700s to the mid-twentieth century.
Jon Radojkovic has been building, repairing and writing about timber-frame barns for 20 years. As a photojournalist, his articles and photographs concerning historical buildings have been widely featured in print.
The book sells for $35.00 and is available at the Missisquoi Museum "Book Corner".
Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital:
100 Years of Caring.
Since 1910, the BMP Hospital has been dedicated to the health and well-being of the people of our region. This book is dedicated to all the employees, nurses, physicians, members of the Board of Directors and volunteers who, over the years, have served our hospital. It is also dedicated to the tens of thousands of citizens who, for a hundred years, have always provided their loyal and generous support.
Profits from the publication will be donated to the BMP Hospital Foundation.
The book sells for $40.00 and is available at the Missisquoi Museum "Book Corner".
A DVD slideshow of photographs by David Chapman with music.
The DVD sells for $15.00, and is available at the Missisquoi Museum "Book Corner".
Crisscrossing Space and Time: A History of Farm Fencing (Louise Abbott)
This is the first feature documentary ever produced on farm fencing in the Eastern Townships. It features numerous Townshippers, including Allan Bachelder, John Rhicard, Graham Neil, and Marion Phelps, and Townships locations from Sawyerville to Stanbridge East.
It also showcases the music of talented Townships musician David Vachon. The 55-minute video is sometimes touching, often humorous, and always informative as it traces the evolution of farm fencing from the "snake fences" and stone walls of settlers in the nineteenth century to the barbed-wire, woven-wire, and electric fences in use today.
"Crisscrossing Space and Time" reflects the central role that fencing plays in the lives of farmers and of their livestock - livestock that now includes alpaca, bison, elk, red deer, and wild boar, along with cattle and other traditional farm animals.
"Crisscrossing Space and Time" was produced by Louise Abbott and Niels Jensen of Rural Route Communications, a small multimedia production company based in Ogden . The DVD sells for $20.00 and is available at the Missisquoi Museum.
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