- CA RBD MSG 365
- Collection
- 1870 - 1913
The collection consists of Prevost’s school certificate from Le Conseil d'État de la République et Canton de Neuchatel en Suisse, dated June 17, 1870, along with a collection of handwritten essays and poems. It contains newspaper clippings featuring published poems, an article titled “The French Congregational Church,” and the original handwritten essay “Our Educational Work” by J. A. Derome, accompanied by a note from Prevost. The collection also features the booklets “Le Canada français à la lumière de l'histoire” (1913) and "Le vrai contre-poison pour faire disparaître la confession auriculaire" by Chiniquy (1878), as well as a booklet “Annuaire de l'Église evangélique française de Torrington, Connecticut, 1902-3” and a 50-leaf handwritten notes of the speeches given at the conferences on Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857), held in Montreal (1878), Springfield (1887), Torrington (1903) and Norfork (1909). A biography of Joseph Provost is pasted on the front pastedown of the book covers (content missing), alongside a black-and-white photograph of students on the cover, titled “École des garçons et école des filles à Chapelle, 1846-1904.”
Provost, Joseph, 1847-1918