1. Copy of 4-page printout of paper by the Arnprior and District Historical Society, written by various members including Miriam McCreary, Kay Rogers and Peter Hessel in late 1990 and presented to the Town of Arnprior in February 1991, entitled “The Grove: a brief outline of its history.
2. 3-page printout of paper written by Peter Hessel [based on 1991 paper] in September 1993 and presented as a submission to the Town of Arnprior by the Arnprior and District Historical Society in support of preserving The Grove.
3. Clipping of letter to the editor (Chronicle? date?) by Douglas L. Scheels entitled “Grove meeting offers chance to air opinions”. Re meeting on Sep. 15 at Civic Centre.
4. Clipping of letters to the editor (News? date?) by Gerard W. Kellen, Douglas L. Scheels, Ginny Mitchell and Margot Haug re Grove issue and forthcoming meeting on Sep. 15, 1993.
5. Clipping of article from Arnprior News of Dec. 12, 1993, p. 1, entitled “Grove approved for historic site”, by Carl Clutchey. Key terms: Land Preservation Society of the Ottawa Valley (formerly the Save the Grove Committee). Oblates, Oblate Fathers. Doug Reynolds. Mayor Pat Robinson. Peter Vice, lawyer for Oblates.
6. Clipping of article from Arnprior Chronicle-Guide (date not recorded) by Rita Racicot, entitled “The Grove: Controversial development up for debate tonight. English Oblates of Eastern Ontario. Bill Kauffeldt.
7. Clipping of article from Arnprior News of Sep. 19, 1993, p. 1, entitled “Audience denounces Grove plan”, by Carl Clutchey. Gerard Kellen, Bill Kauffeldt, Michael Runtz, Don Johnston, Scott Rollins.
8. Clipping of article from Arnprior Chronicle-Guide of December [date?] 1993, p. 1 and continued , entitled “Public message clear: Scrap development for Gillies Grove”, by Rita Racicot. Doug Reynolds, Bill Kauffeldt, Gerard Kellen, Russ Corbett, Mike Runtz, Daphne Wretcham (planner), Peter Vice (lawyer), Mark Willmer, Nancy Black, Kevin MacDonald,
9. Clipping of article from Ottawa Citizen, by Karen Turner (approx. December 1990), entitled “Forestry expert warns against Arnprior project”.
10. Clipping of article from Arnprior Chronicle-Guide, by Marianne Legris, dated December 1990, entitled “Foresters want Gillies Grove preserved as parkland”. Algonquin Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry (C.I.F.) Jayne Gillies. D.A. Gillies, Jessie Gillies.
11. Clipping of article from Ottawa Citizen, by Citizen Correspondent (approx. December 1990), entitled “Forestry official urges Oblates to save pines at Arnprior”.
12. Clipping of letters to the editor (paper? date?) by Frank Foley, Vic Runtz (of Winsloe, P.E.I.) and The Corbett Family.
13. Clipping of letter to the editor in Arnprior Chronicle Guide, Nov. 28, 1990, by David Lewis Stein (Toronto) and letter to the Town Clerk Gary Buffam by Jeff Monty.
14. Pages 581 - 615 of Vol. 2 Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada Agenda Papers, Montreal, Quebec, June 9 - 11, 1993 as well as other documentation related to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board.
15. Photocopy of a plan of proposed development, Sep. 1993/Oct. 1994.
16. Clipping of newspaper article in Ottawa Citizen, April 22, 1998, C3, by Kelly Egan, entitled “Walking through history”. Photos of Michael Runtz, Anita Hamilton, Caroline Schultz. BASF donation. Nature Conservancy of Canada. David Gillies.
17. Pamphlet entitled “Gillies Grove, 10,000 years in the making, ours now for the saving”. Promotional publication by the Land Preservation Society of the Ottawa Valley, 1998. The picture on the cover is a copy of an oil painting by Ottawa Valley artist Tim Yearington [the original painting is owned by Peter Hessel].
18. Letter to Peter Hessel from Parks Canada (John Grenville), dated July 12, 1999 with copies of several documents pertaining to the designation of the Grove and Gillies House as a National Historic Site.
19. Clipping of newspaper article in Ottawa Citizen, August 4, 1999, by Kelly Egan, “Natural Resources gives $100,000 to save Gillies Grove”.
20. Clipping of Newspaper article in Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2000, section C9, by Barbara Sibbald, “Saving Gillies Grove”.
21. Clipping of Letter to the Editor (Chronicle, date?) by Margot Haug, “Use Grove to attract tourists”.
22. Photocopy of clipping from Chronicle, Jan. 10, 1946, “Oblate Fathers Buy Arnprior Estate For $25,000 to Serve as Novitiate”. Purchase of the old McLachlin estate most recently owned by Col. Fraser Hadley of Ottawa and Hull, by the English Oblates of Mary Immaculate. “The Hill”, purchased from the McLachlins by the late R.M. Gemmil of Ottawa and later sold to Col. Fraser Hadley by Mrs. Gemmil who moved to Ottawa. The Holy Rosary Novitiate, at present located at the scholasticate on the Montreal Road, 8 miles east of Ottawa, will be moved to Arnprior (in 1946). Father Birch. Rev. L. Keighley.
23. Photocopy of article (paper? date?), “Destination Arnprior prepares to put out welcoming mat”. Regional tourism group. Wade Raley designed the logo. This actually has nothing to do with the Grove.
24. Five pages of “overheads” re Gillies Grove & House National Historic Site (June 22, 1999). Handed out at an orientation meeting at BASF.
25. Photocopy of a letter from Debbie Paine, Director Communications, Canadian Heritage, to H.E. Langer of Ottawa, re Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada’s designation of Gillies Grove and House.
26. Correspondence of Land Preservation Society of the Ottawa Valley re Grove, dated 1992.
Notes
1. See also file: “McLachlin history” in Peter Hessel Fonds.
2. Key terms: Arnprior Grove, Gillies Grove, Save the Grove Committee.