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Saint John Medical School Committee

  • CA MNBM ID147
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1960 - 1970]

This fonds consists of minutes (1965-1966), correspondence (1963, 1965-1966), a brief in support of the establishment of a medical in Saint John as well as briefs, drafts and submissions to the Medical School Survey Committee. There is also a scrapbook, 1965-1967.

Saint John Medical School Committee

Karl M. Eastwood

  • CA MNBM ID1810
  • Fonds
  • 1960

This fonds consists of a typed manuscript entitled, "The History of the Custom Port of Saint John, N.B.", and a copy of a letter. The history is based on records of the customs department and provides information on such topics as port returns, exports and imports, duties collected, ships clearing and entering, tonnage figures, and monetary values of goods passing through the port of Saint John and its outports of Fredericton, St. Stephen, Sussex and Bathurst.

Included in the history is some description of how collectors were selected and how they were paid. There is a list of customs collectors from 1782-1960, some with individual dates. Statistical summaries include figures for seizures, immigrants, new vessels registered and duties collected. There is also a brief description of the effect of the Great Fire of Saint John in 1877 on the Customs Department.

The letter is a copy of an original of 1960 addressed to R.F. Logan, Collector of Customs, Saint John, N.B. from S.G. Ogilivie, chief of accommodation at the Customs Department acknowledging receipt of the history and praising the work.

Eastwood, Karl M.

Saint John Naturalist Club

  • CA MNBM ID2600
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1990

Fonds consists of 6 volumes of the Saint John Naturalists Club minutes dated 1962-1980 and September 1985 - January 1990. They include the names of the executive and some names of general members, there is also a 1974 list of members. Club activities are documented, especially their annual participation in the Christmas bird count, organized by the National Audubon Society in the United States and later by Bird Studies Canada. Considerable information about species of birds spotted, location, and names of participants is included.

There are a few financial statements and some typed notices and newsclippings concerning scheduled meetings. Copies of the club newsletter are also included. There is also a resolution sent to the McKenna government about the club's opposition to development of a coal-oil port at Musquash Harbour estuary. It includes a proposal to make the site a protected natural area.

Saint John Naturalists Club

Fundy Dahlia Society

  • CA MNBM ID2591
  • Fonds
  • 1963-1970

The fonds consists of correspondence and administrative records The correspondence deals with exhibitions, the annual bulb sale, judges for shows and the purchase of bulbs by members. There is correspondence with other dahlia societies including: Rochester (NY) Dahlia Society, Connecticut Dahlia Society, the National Dahlia Society of England and especially the American Dahlia Society.

Other papers include the constitution, membership lists, rules and regulations of dahlia exhibitions, newsclippings, and reports of dahlia shows.

Fundy Dahlia Society

South End Improvement Association

  • CA MNBM ID505
  • Fonds
  • 1970-1980

This fonds consists of the minute books of the Executive and General council, 1970-1972, 1980, and correspondence with municipal and provincial agencies, the press and interested service groups.

South End Improvement Association

Saint John Theatre Company

  • CA MNBM ID2312
  • Fonds
  • 1975-1977

This fonds includes minutes and reports of the theatre and playbills.

Saint John Theatre Company

Saint John General Hospital time capsule removal project

  • CA MNBM ID4777
  • Fonds
  • 1995

The fonds consists of a binder outlining the events in 1995 of the removal of the 1930 cornerstone and 1957 time capsule. Photocopies of 1930 documents related to the hospital and pictures of the excavation are included

Saint John General Hospital time capsule removal project

Bunting family (1858-1887)

  • CA MNBM ID1741
  • Fonds

This fonds consists of photocopied personal letters and a page of family history information. It includes a letter from W. F. Bunting to his brother Stephen describing in detail the fire that destroyed Saint John in 1877. There is also a letter by Charles describing the experience of his son and himself travelling on a ship that foundered in 1859 on the voyage to British Columbia from California.

Bunting family (Saint John)

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