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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.

Stonehaven Grindstones and Quarry

Items are reproductions of photographs originally taken between 1910 and 1925 of the grindstones and quarry at Stonehaven, NB. Includes pictures of schooners to ship the grindstones, the wharf, stacks of finished grindstones, and related images.

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.

Grindstone Production

Items are recent photocopies of photographs displaying grindstone production, most of which are dated around 1940.

Quarry Equipment

Item is a photograph showing the landscape of an unidentified quarry and the machinery used to lift large pieces of stones.

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