- CA THT ReadStone-2006.41.01
- Item
- [187-?] to [188-?]
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Item is a portrait photograph of Henry C. Read taken by the Notman & Campbell Studio of Boston.
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Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Item is a portrait photograph of Henry C. Read taken by the Notman & Campbell Studio of Boston.
James Leaman Dixon Letter Collection
Part of Anne & Richard Hicks Collection
Collection of letters written by Jame Leman Dixon from the Read Stone Quarry in Stonehaven, NB to his brother Walter Irwin Dixon in Sackville, NB on the following dates:
7 May 1899
12 October 1899
23 June 1901
15 July 1901
30 August 1901
15 October 1901
2 April 1902
8 May 1902
19 May 1902
23 May 1902
26 June 1902
23 September 1902
1 December 1902
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.