Fonds reflects Coles Island School in New Brunswick in 1895. Fonds consists of a school registry that includes the attendance, standards of instruction, and general standings of the pupils attending Coles Island School in District No. 8 in the Parish of Sackville, New Brunswick in the county of Westmorland. Also included is a Record of Visitation. This registry was prescribed by the Board of Education for the schools in New Brunswick.

The fonds consists of historical and biographical notes and manuscripts, correspondence, and printed material. The notes focus on the early history and settlers in Westmorland and Albert counties. There are biographical notes of the first English speaking settlers in Salisbury parish, including the Babcock, Beck, Blakeney, Eagles, Chapman, and other families.

Humphreys' correspondence with W. F. Ganong, 1927-1928, and 1929-1936, primarily discusses nomenclature of places in New Brunswick, mostly Westmorland and Albert Counties. There is an unpublished manuscript of ""History of the Petitcodiac"" by J.E. Humphreys which includes an index of major topics. A copy of an unfinished manuscript titled, "The History of Albert County" by W.C. Milner is included along with the author's notes. This work was published by the New Brunswick Museum in 1989.

There are also some publications written by W.F. Ganong, 1900-1928, dealing with the nomenclature of places and the origins of the boundaries of New Brunswick.

Fonds consists of diaries kept by Alice Bulmer, who lived at Aulac, New Brunswick, on the Cumberland ridge near the site of Fort Beausejour. The contents of the fonds describe daily activities in the midst of the Great Depression. Typical entries describe the weather, the farm and garden tasks performed by members of the family, and the coming and going of family members, relatives and neighbours. These latter interactions and movements are interesting, for they suggest both a freedom of movement that was available to rural people in the automobile age, and a relatively high level of casual visiting on the part of family and neighbours.

Item list:

1. Diary kept by Alice Bulmer. – 1920-1923. – 1 volume, 6 leaves of textual records ; 31.5 x 13.5 x 0.5 cm or smaller

   Item includes coverage from the following dates: 1 September 1920 – 5 January 1922; 1 April 1922 – 2 July 1922; and 11 February – 30 April 1923. The contents of the item include records of eggs laid in 1922-1923 and the record of eggs sold in 1923.

2. Diary kept by Alice Bulmer. – 1931-1932. – 1 volume, 1 leaf of textual records ; 24 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm of smaller

   Item includes a record of raspberries sold in July and August of 1931.

3. Diary kept by Alice Bulmer. – 1934-1936. – 1 volume of textual records ; 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm

   Item includes a list of eggs laid during 1935.

4. Diary kept by Alice Bulmer. – 1936-1938. – 1 volume of textual records ; 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm

   Item includes a list of attendees and minutes of an unidentified church meeting on the last page.

5. Newspaper clippings. – 1944-1945. – 2 leaves of textual records [

   Item includes an article with the headline “Interesting suggestion made by A.W. Bulmer, well known Aulac resident” [probably from The Sackville Tribune] in 1945. The contents of the article make suggestions about developing resources of the Chignecto Isthmus including a reference to tidal electric power.

   Note: The item was originally published in The Sackville Post dated 18 July 1944.

The fonds contains records of the Royal Progressive Conservative Association for the months leading up to the nominating convention held in September 1960. It includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, and detailed lists of members of the organizing committees for each polling district.

This fonds consists of minutes of annual meetings of the Board of Directors (1977-1981) of Wilson Cemetery Limited, along with an alphabetical listing of names of those interned in the cemetery and their epitaphs.

Collection contains photocopies of genealogical notes on the Teed, Ayre, and Hanington families of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, compiled by John F.H. Teed between ca. 1941 aand 1971. They were sent to his grandson Scott Gillis, Middleton, Nova Scotia, with an accompanying letter.

Collection contains a genealogy of the Mountain family of Ireland, including the Hicks, Kilcup, and Estabrooks families of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, 1799-1990, and Stephen Hicks family.

It consists of two volumes of bound computer printouts, with annotations and deletions by the author and signed by the author.

File contains cemetery inscriptions for the Parishes of Salisbury and Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, compiled by V. Bing Geldart, April 1992.

Item is a decorative photograph featuring horses, 'Marsh barns' and the Tantramar marsh in the background

Item is the copy of a plan of the four divisions of wilderness lands in the Parish of Westmorland leading from Jollicure to Bay Verte.