Affichage de 15 résultats

Description archivistique
Read Stone Company Fond Provinces and Territories (Canada)
Aperçu avant impression Affichage :

12 résultats avec objets numériques Afficher les résultats avec des objets numériques

Read Grindstone History

Item is a copy of the history of the Read Grindstone as dictated to George Stanely by Herbert William Read in 1971. Document was revised and edited by Herbert W. Read’s son, Herbert C. Read.

Big Head Rock

Item is a photograph of a man, woman, and three young girls standing on “Big Head Rock” near Minudie, NS.

Read House before Repairs

Item is a photograph of the Read home on Bridge Street, Sackville, NB (currently (2009) Marshland’s Inn) before repairs were made between 1905 and 1908. An unidentified girl stands in front of the house holding a pair of snowshoes.

Petitcodiac River Map

Item is a piece of a map which shows the Petitcodiac River and Dorchester Parish.
Map marks the Dorchester Penitentiary, which opened in 1880.

Grindstone Production Newspaper Article

Item is a photocopy of a front page newspaper spread from the St. John Standard discussing the Read family, the grindstone business, the quarry at Stonehaven and related topics.

Read Stone Company Fond

  • CA THT ReadStone
  • Fonds
  • 1800-2009

First accession contains items from six plywood boards used in the Grindstone Museum set up by Herbert C. Read in the “Carriage House” of the Marshlands Inn, which includes various materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company and grindstone production, including primarily photographs, as well as graphic drawings, newspaper clippings, and other textual records.

Second accession, contains materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company, grindstone production, and the Read family. Content includes primarily photographs, as well as postcards, articles, and a guest book from the Marshlands Inn which was formerly the Read home, and that contained a museum devoted to displaying the history of the grindstone industry in Sackville.

View of Sackville

Item is a bird’s eye photograph overlooking the town of Sackville, NB taken from the roof of the current (2009) Marshland’s Inn.

Résultats 1 à 10 sur 15