Fonds consists of textual records and graphic material divided into two series as follows: Correspondence, brochure, chart, ledger, copies of signatures, letters to John Gillies (1876), Maria Harmon (1883), W. Mackay about selling timber logs in Quebec Harbour (1863); and Photographs.
Photographs consist of unidentified portraits and relatives of the family of Arnold Gillies Muirhead, Austin Bain and Mrs. Austin Bain Gillies ( née Jessie McCann), David, Alfred, Elisabeth (later Mrs. Patterson) and Elsie Gillies (later Mrs. W.R. Caldwell), relatives of John Gillies. Most of the negatives were taken ca. 1901-1912 and are showing members of the family at home, doing summer activities, picnics, fishing, boating, golfing, canoe competitions, equestrian and car rides in Packard 1912. Some negatives are showing lumber shanty activities, log houses. View of the Gillies Brothers Sawmill & Co. Ltd after fire, Carleton Place, June 23, 1919. Cities represented include Hamilton, Kingston, Inkerman, Burritt's Rapids, Orilla, Carleton Place, Perth, Midland, Muskoka, Herron's Mills, Toronto, Chatham, Fitzroy Harbour, Sault Ste.Marie, Gillies Depot and Caledonia Springs, Ont., Isle aux Ruaux, Que.
Muirhead, Arnold Gillies, 1903-2007 : Arnold Gillies Muirhead was a chemical engineer, a vice-president, and a director of Gillies Bros. Lumbering Company Limited of Carleton Place, Ont. Mr. Muirhead died in Vancouver in 2007.
