Eastern Townships Resource Centre

Eastern Townships Resource Centre The ETRC preserves heritage documentation of the Eastern Townships and is an expert archival resource

The Eastern Townships Resource Centre (ETRC) is a resource centre for the study of the Eastern Townships with a special focus on the English-speaking community. The ETRC was originally founded in 1982 by faculty members at Bishop’s University to further multidisciplinary research on the Eastern Townships through funding regional and community-based research projects, disseminating scholarly work in its own journal-Journal of the Eastern Townships Studies/Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est (JETS/RECE), holding conferences and speaker forums, preserving archival collections and organizing exhibitions. Its original name Eastern Townships Research Centre reflected this academic oriented focus. Le CRCE est un Centre de ressources pour l’étude des Cantons-de-l'Est, plus particulièrement pour l’étude de la communauté d’expression anglaise de la région. Créé en 1982 par des professeurs de l’Université Bishop’s, il avait au départ comme mission de faire avancer la recherche multidisciplinaire sur les Cantons-de-l'Est par divers moyens. Parmi ces moyens se retrouvent, notamment, le financement de projets de recherche régionaux et communautaires, la diffusion de travaux scientifiques dans la Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est/Journal of the Eastern Townships Studies (RECE/JETS), la tenue de colloques et de groupes de discussions, la préservation d’archives et l’organisation d’expositions. Son nom d’origine, Centre de recherche des Cantons-de-l'Est était le reflet de cette mission scientifique.

At first glance, October seems to have nothing in common with telephones or switchboards, but did you know that in Octob...
10/05/2026

At first glance, October seems to have nothing in common with telephones or switchboards, but did you know that in October 1877, Carlos Skinner of Waterloo, Quebec built a telephone in ten days? He then called an office in Montreal, possibly making it the first long-distance call in Canada’s history. Skinner went on to establish the People's Telephone Company, which would later become the Eastern Townships Telephone Company (ETTC). Pictured here, around 1929 is Rose Thompson, a switchboard operator for the ETTC in Ayer’s Cliff.

P020 - Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

History at your fingertips.
https://www.townshipsarchives.ca/switchboard-operator

To end September, here is one final picture of Bishop’s University’s campus showing a corner area of the “Quad”, an area...
09/28/2026

To end September, here is one final picture of Bishop’s University’s campus showing a corner area of the “Quad”, an area of campus situated in the embrace of multiple buildings. Two of these are shown on frame: McGreer and the Old Library. This photograph was taken by Barbara Verity.

P237 - Barbara Verity fonds

History at your fingertips.
https://www.townshipsarchives.ca/mcgreer-and-old-library-building

Did you know that the beautiful campus of Bishop’s University is at high risk of flooding during spring? This photograph...
09/21/2026

Did you know that the beautiful campus of Bishop’s University is at high risk of flooding during spring? This photograph shows the extent of the flood, reaching what was then Divinity House in 1982 (today, renovated into Kwigw8mna – "our house and yours" in Abenaki).

P998 - Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

History at your fingertips.
https://www.townshipsarchives.ca/flood-in-lennoxville-and-on-bishops-university-campus-15

To celebrate back to school and the institution that we regularly work with, we have dug up from our archive's pictures ...
09/07/2026

To celebrate back to school and the institution that we regularly work with, we have dug up from our archive's pictures of Bishop’s University for this month's theme. To launch this theme, here is a picturesque photograph of Morris House.

P237- Barbara Verity fonds
History at your fingertips.
https://www.townshipsarchives.ca/morris-house-2

08/26/2026
Continuing with our harvesting theme, this photo is of the original  milk skimming station, owned by Nelson Fish. It was...
08/17/2026

Continuing with our harvesting theme, this photo is of the original milk skimming station, owned by Nelson Fish. It was later used as a blacksmith shop.

P046 - Reginald Conner fonds
History at your fingertips.
https://www.townshipsarchives.ca/etrc-p046-004-jpg

This Monday’s photograph shows two farm labourers around the turn of the 20th century operating farming equipment, both ...
08/10/2026

This Monday’s photograph shows two farm labourers around the turn of the 20th century operating farming equipment, both seemingly pleased with their work, or perhaps exchanging banter as the photographer captures it all.

P998 – ETRC Graphic Material collection

History at your fingertips.
https://www.townshipsarchives.ca/etrc-p998-093-027-006-jpg

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