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John Fawcett (1801-1836)

  • CA MtA 163
  • Fonds
  • 1801-1814

Fonds consist of a photocopy of a notebook containing early entries (1801-1814) for record of payment for subscriptions to the Methodist Church, record of payment to those working on the marsh dykes, and sketches of farm equipment with instructions. The remainder of the notebook contains John Fawcett's notes (original actual letters?) dated August 1835 and August 1836, relating early Sackville Methodist Church history from 1788, and his evaluation and criticisms concerning the Upper and Lower Sackville Methodist Churches.

Fawcett, John

Crane family fonds

  • CA MtA 0015
  • Fonds
  • 1805-1913; predominant 1820-1860

Fonds consists mainly of correspondence between family members including Susan and Rebecca Crane and other women; Cogswell, Crane, Morse genealogical notes; legal documents; clippings; family photographs; watercolors painted by Ruth Roach Crane when she was a schoolgirl in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Crane family (Sackville)

Charles Frederick Allison fonds

  • CA MtA 0001
  • Fonds
  • 1810-1859

This fonds consists of five series:

  • Series 1 : six scrapbooks, including mainly correspondence, bills, accounts and receipts of the Crane & Allison merchant and lumber business, and of the building of the Wesleyan Academy, Sackville, New Brunswick. The scrapbooks also include some Sackville Circuit records of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Sackville School records. In addition, the fonds includes various correspondence regarding the establishment of the Wesleyan Academy and other business matters.
  • Series 2 : 11 letters; 9 from Enoch Wood, 1 from William Temple, and a copy of one from C.F. Allison to the Honorable A. Campbell, Member of Legislative Council, Nova Scotia.
  • Series 3 : Letter to C.F. Allison from Humphrey Pickard reporting on the progress of the Methodist Mission, 19 May 1846.
  • Series 4 : Letter to Rev. William Temple, Cahirman of the New Brunswick (School) District, from C.F. Allison, proposing the establishment of the Wesleyan Academy, 1839.
  • Series 5 : Letter to C.F. Allison from Cunard and Munn concerning the estate of William Crane and shipping business, 3 February 1854.

Allison, Charles Frederick

Lorne Carter collection

  • CA MtA 0053
  • Collection
  • 1811-1972

Carter family documents - Item is photocopy of a holographic listing of the family record of births, marriages and deaths recorded in the Carter family Bible. The item records the following:

  1. Children of William Dobson Carter and Elizebeth / Elizabeth Ann Atkinson
  2. Children of Rufus Seaman and Ella M. Morris
  3. Children of Benjamin Purdy and Gladys Stuart / Stewart

The contents initially relate to the Carter family in Westmorland County, New Brunswick but descendants moved to Lower Maccan, Nova Scotia. There are some corrections to the record which were given verbally by Lorne Carter which are recorded in the accession file.

Metcalf family documents - Accrual to the collection consists of original documents, reproductions of these documents, introductory comments about the items and an inventory of the contents. The accrual provides significant information about the Metcalf family which came to Cumberland County, Nova Scotia in 1771. The contents document the arrival of James Metcalf and his sons: James (Lower Maccan), William, Joseph (River Philip) and Richard (Westmorland Point).

Carter family

Anderson family (Sackville, N.B.)

  • CA MtA 137
  • Fonds
  • 1815-1932; predominant 1815-1863

Fonds consists of mostly marsh records, a bill, a letter, and a photoprint. The marsh records (Tantramar marshes) were probably kept by his great-great-grandfather, Thomas Anderson, Jr. (1775-1852), Commissioner of Sewers. Thomas’ name appears in several of the documents, one being the survey map (1825), along with the name of his son, John. The bill for the schooner “Bella” is signed by G. (George) Anderson, shipbuilder and master mariner, Sackville, New Brunswick. Anderson names appearing in the letter, T.R. (Captain Thomas Rheese Anderson) and Albert, are first cousins.

Anderson family (descendants of Thomas Sr.)

Laura and Reginald Ruggles Gates

  • CA MtA 71
  • Fonds
  • 1818-1989

The fonds consists mainly of records generated by the Gates' research activities related to anthropology and eugenics and the collection and distribution of scientific information concerning this topic. Some personal records are included and the Laura Ruggels Gates records center on the work of her husband.

The Reginald Ruggles Gates records consist of:

  • Publications;
  • Correspondence, academic;
  • Research, articles and lectures;
  • Royal Society;
  • Autobiography and family history;
  • Correspondence, personal;
  • Legal and financial;
  • Memorabilia;
  • Certificates;
  • Photoprints and photonegatives, slides, and Artifacts.

The Laura Ruggles Gates records, which comprise of most of the fonds, include:

  • Correspondence;
  • Research and lectures;
  • R.R.G. (Reginald Ruggles Gates) Memorials;
  • Memorabilia;
  • Clippings;
  • Photoprints and photonegatives;
  • Slides;
  • Audiovisual material;
  • Heraldic Crests;
  • Artifacts;
  • Publications from L.R.G.s (Laura Ruggles Gates') library.

Gates, Reginald Ruggles

Wood, Copp and Fillmore family

  • CA MtA 63
  • Fonds
  • [1822?]-1917

Fonds consists of three series:

  • Legal Documents, 1822-1917;
  • Edward Wood papers, 1841-1867;
  • Copp family papers, 1858-1911.

Wood, Copp, and Fillmore families

Raymond Clare Archibald

  • CA MtA 5
  • Fonds
  • [1824?]-1958; predominant 1883-1954

Fonds consists of records generated by Archibald in his activities as scholar, researcher, collector, historian of Mount Allison and by personal relationships with friends, family and fellow Allisonians. A large portion of the fonds relates to the Mount Allison Ladies' College.

Files contain: correspondence with classmates, Class of 1894, of which he was life president, and with academic colleagues; and records related to centenary of the Ladies' College. Scrapbooks contain correspondence, clippings, notices, posters, programs, memorabilia which document activities, students, faculty, buildings at Mount Allison, 1857-1935. Correspondence, guides, and scrapbook document the building of the MMAML collection.

Mary Mellish files contain letters to Mrs. Archibald from colleagues, testimonials, letters of recommendation, letters to her son and brother; speeches and poetry written by her, letters of sympathy to her son following her death.

Photographs consist of images of family members, friends, Mount Allison buildings.

Publications are mainly authored by R.C. Archibald, off-prints and monographs; bibliography available.

Archibald, Raymond Clare

Black family fonds

  • CA MtA 0018
  • Fonds
  • 1829-1992

Fonds consists of two series:

Series 1 - consists mainly of Black Family business records (1873-1992) including J.L Black and Sons Ltd., Black Realty Company, Eastview Investments Ltd., Westmorland House Antiques, and Black's Hardware Ltd., and the J. Laurence Black files (1903-1991). There are also Joseph L. and Mary Black files, Frank B. Black files, and files of connecting families - Snowball, Borden, and Caldwell. There are property records (1829-1991) which include personal and business transactions of Black family members, Black family investment records, land surveys, maps, architectural drawings, photographs, and negatives.

Series 2 - consists of a collection of material related to the Black family of Sackville, New Brunswick; Joseph L. Black papers, 1899-1907; J.L. Black and Sons, LTD records, 1859-1966; Sackville Public Temperance and Town Hall, Middle Sackville, New Brunswick, records, 1877-1961; Frank Bunting Black papers, 1917-1945; J. William Black; newspapers; R. Ernest Estabrooks, historical sketches of Westmorland County; and miscellaneous.

Black family (Westmorland County)

Elsie Pomeroy fonds

  • CA MtA 0003
  • Fonds
  • 1833-1968

Fonds consists mainly of records created and accumulated by Pomeroy as biographer and friend of author and poet Charles G.D. Roberts. Records document Roberts’ work, including his interests in the Tantramar area of New Brunswick, where he spent the majority of his childhood, and his relationship with Pomeroy. They also shed light on Pomeroy’s activities as collector and interpreter of Canadian literature mainly between 1920-1950. Records related to Bliss Carman, Arthur Stringer, Marshall Saunders, Mary Electa Adams, Isabella Crawford, Dorothy Leisner Roberts, Annie Charlotte Dalton, G.B. Lancaster are also included. Files contain correspondence; published and unpublished poetry and prose by various authors; scrapbooks; photographs; postcards; and clippings.

Pomeroy, Elsie May

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