The history of the region since 1793 Estrie

Estrie
Location:
Sherbrooke
Year of inauguration:
1979
ON THE WAY TO THE TOWNSHIPS
Downtown Sherbrooke, corner of King and
Wellington (circa 1940).
Freeman Clowery collection
(P14, S71, P67).
Unidentified photographer.
The history of the region
since 1793
Located in Sherbrooke, the Centre d’archives de l’Estrie covers a territory with
an area of almost 10,200 square kilometres. It is part of the network of nine
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) archives centres distributed
throughout Québec.
Dedicated to the preservation and development of the region’s public and private
archives, the Centre d’archives de l’Estrie offers researchers and the public a
consultation room and efficient personnel to guide them in the use of the wide range
of documents the centre holds. The oldest items date back to 1793.
The Centre d’archives de l’Estrie houses:
• 2045 linear metres of written documents;
• 75,020 photographic documents;
• 2841 sound and film documents;
• 6155 cartographic documents.
Marriage contract (1880).
Records of Notary François Lessard,
Saint-François judicial district
(CN501, S17, document 1257).
Magog River, Sherbrooke, Quebec,
postcard (circa 1906).
Freeman Clowery collection
(P14, S71, P145).
Unidentified photographer.
Photos: Julie Roy
Centre d’archives de l’Estrie
225, rue Frontenac, bureau 401
Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 1K1
Opening hours
Monday through Friday,
from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon
and from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Telephone: 819 820-3010
or 1 800 363-9028
Fax: 819 820-3146
Email:
[email protected]
All of the documents reproduced to illustrate
this leaflet are included in the collections and
fonds of BAnQ’s Centre d’archives
de l’Estrie.
The public archives include the:
• archives of the judicial districts of SaintFrançois and Bedford, in which the oldest
items date back to 1794, including
the records of notaries and surveyors,
guardianships and curatorships, civil status
records, civil marriage contracts, wills,
inventory closures and judgments;
• archives of the various government
departments present on the territory, which
concern, among other things, the inventory
of sites of worship, aerial photograph coverage of the region, the management of the
Winter prison or even the Baldwin fishery.
Accredited private
archives services
• Centre de ressources pour l’étude
des Cantons-de-l’Est
• Regroupement des archives
du Séminaire de Sherbrooke
et de l’archidiocèse de Sherbrooke
• Société d’histoire de Sherbrooke
The private archives cover the:
•Centre de ressources pour l’étude
des Cantons-de-l’Est
• Regroupement des archives du Séminaire
de Sherbrooke et de l’archidiocèse
de Sherbrooke
• Société d’histoire de Sherbrooke
The Centre d’archives de l’Estrie also
holds a few collections from MNAs,
architects and photographers, as well
as fascinating collections of postcards
by Freeman Clowery and wax cylinders
by Jean-Jacques Schira, covering the
periods of 1840 to 1920 and 1897 to
1960, respectively. It should be noted that
the collection also includes a financial
register from Attleborough that recorded
the purchases by the first United Empire
Loyalists who settled in the Eastern
Townships (1793-1828).