This collection contains the record books kept in operating the businesses and correspondence related to the business of smoking herring and marine repairs. There is a sectional Aeronautical chart of Boston (V-10), n.d.; blueprints of the barge "Minca" built for the Ministry of War, 1944; a Lee Wilcox poem; newspaper clipping about the replica of the schooner "Bluenose"; work orders for the annual refit of the patrol boat "Gull Light," 1970.
This collection consists of technical books, papers, and manuscripts documenting the history of the electrification of Grand Manan. The ledger documents the installation of wires to individual locations and then maintenance at that location. The ledger used was a telegraph ledger but the entries are all for 'Electrical Works'. The ledger was used from Oct. 1929 to 31 Jan. 1930. Also included is an NB Power Museum Kit, acquired in 1990, which contains a history of the electrification of the Province of New Brunswick. There is also an NB Power calendar for 1994.
This collection contains the textual documents of the history of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #44 Grand Manan and its Ladies Auxiliary - including some minute and financial records for the final years of the Ladies Auxiliary, 1971-2010; and news clippings 1915 - 2019. The Legion received their Charter on July 12 1945. The Ladies Auxiliary received their Charter on January 27, 1969.
This fonds consists of two record books kept by James Brayley. There are journals from the Fisherman's Supply Store on White Head Island, 1889-1894, which record the customers' names, items purchased, and the cost of each item.
This fonds constist of one secretary's ledger book of the Independent Order of Foresters, Grand Manan, New Brunswick. The ledger records an alphabetical membership list with a page reference for each member. On the member's page information recorded is: a history of hat each member. On the member's page information record includes a history of that member, name, how they were admitted, by card, initiation, or military; which court they had been accepted by originally; date they joined; age at initiation. It also lists their benefits and rate of insurance. The entries made are from 1910 to 1924.
This Fond contains 5 cm of textual documents for the planning, guidelines, programs, annual reports, map with study areas of Grand Manan for field trips.
This fonds consists of records created in opening and operating the Grand Manan Museum. Included are construction files, opening and maintenance files, minutes of meetings, annual reports, architectural plans, and correspondence about displays and loans for early exhibits.
This fonds consists of many handwritten letters from the 1930's discussing events in the 1800's and early 1900's. Much of this research was used to create the Grand Manan Historians that Buchanan Charles wrote and edited - preserving much of Grand Manan Island's early history. He collected an extensive library from which 53 books and close to 300 brochures, pamphlets, and reports were donated with this collection of 170 cm of textual records. The published records are housed in the research library at the Grand Manan Museum.