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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.

Grindstone Production

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.16
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

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

Grindstone Production Articles

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.15
Item
2009

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Items are photocopies of articles discussing grindstone production.

Stonehaven Grindstones and Quarry

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.14
Item
2007

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

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.

Pulp Stones at Stonehaven

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.11
Item
1926

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Item is a photograph of large pulp stones loaded onto a horse-drawn cart with unidentified individuals seated upon the stones.

Stonehaven Wharf

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.10
Item
1917

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Item is a photograph of ships at the wharf in Stonehaven, NB waiting to load grindstone to be shipped to the New England market.

Stonehaven Quarry

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.09
Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Item is a photograph showing a view of the landscape at the quarry in Stonehaven, NB.

Broken Grindstone on Cart

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.07
Item
[190-?] to [192-?]

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Item is a photograph of two pieces of a grindstone which appears to have split in two, placed on wheeled carts. On one piece is marked “#20 Read”.

Read Stone Quarry

CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.05
Item
[after 1900]

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Item is a blank postcard with a photograph of the Stonehaven, NB quarry on the front. Text on the front bottom-right corner reads, “Read Stone Quarry, Stonehaven, NB”

Grindstone Industry Museum Display

CA THT ReadStone-1998.03.46
Item
1984

Part of Read Stone Company Fond

Item contains a group of photographs showing the museum set up by Herbert Read in Marshlands Inn, Sackville, NB to display grindstone industry artifacts.

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