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Tappan Adney

  • CA MNBM ID1665
  • Fonds
  • 1934-1944

This fonds consists of archaeological plans of prehistoric campsites on the Saint John River between Woodstock and the Tobique and notes on his archaeological research. There is a ornithological notebook of birdsongs heard in Woodstock in the spring migration of 1934-1937. There are also press clippings and a letter from Chief William Saulis of the Tobique reservation, concerning Adney's work on native peoples, and a biographical article from "Time" magazine, 1944.

Abraham Gesner

  • CA MNBM ID4499
  • Fonds
  • 1826-1863

This fonds consists of correspondence, specifications, patents and notes on Abraham Gesner's geological work. There are records of his patents and petitions for patents as well as specifications and plans for manufacturing kerosene. Some personal papers, including a memorandum of a will, an appointment to the Geological Survey of New Brunswick, and the assignment of a mortgage are included.

Gesner, Abraham

Herbert Habeeb

  • CA MNBM ID498
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1987; predominant 1940-1987

The fonds consists of the personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, ephemeral items, scientific notebooks, notes and articles concerning primarily botanical and acaranological topics. His correspondents include R. P. Gorham, Tappan Adney, J. Francis Allen, Margaret Brown, John Conroy, John Erskine, Taji Imamura and Father Irenee-Marie. There are also records of his series of publications entitled "Leaflets on Acadian Biology" (1953-1984), including drawings and photographs. The personal records include family correspondence, legal documents, photographs and Christmas cards.

Habeeb, Herbert

Stanley W. Gorham

  • CA MNBM ID51
  • Fonds
  • 1957-1968

The fonds consists of typed and handwritten copies of Gorham's publications including: "Checklist of the Order Caudata"; "Das Tierreich" by Gorham and W. E. Duellman: "Liste der Rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien"; checklists of the family Hylidae and family Pseudidae; and "Checklist of the family Atelopodidae and family BufonidaeÈ.

Gorham, Stanley W.

Francis Peabody Sharp

  • CA MNBM ID97
  • Fonds
  • 1846-1914

This fonds includes notebooks, scrapbooks and correspondence with Tappan Adney about fruit culture. There is a diary of F. P. Sharp, with a transcript, 1846-1850 and his correspondence, 1864-1898. There are also newspaper clippings about Sharp and fruit culture

Sharp, Francis Peabody, 1823-1903

William Lusk Webster

  • CA MNBM S 204-1
  • Collection
  • 1825-1974

The William Lusk Webster collection, with the exception of a few personal papers and the items collected by Ralph Hewson (the Webster family lawyer and a local historian), covers the years after Dr. Webster's return to Shediac (1950). The collection includes correspondence and notes on the Fort Beauséjour Museum, Shediac; Acadian history; and the New Brunswick Museum. There are land grants and transfers with related notes and correspondence.

The material assembled by Ralph Hewson includes the school register of Fort Lawrence, 1878; assessment records from several polling districts, 1870-1873; lists of officers of Cumberland County, 1874,1881,1883; and financial records of St. Andrews Church (Pointe-du- Chêne), 1866-1812. Also included are records and correspondence of the New Brunswick Museum Foundation, 1949-1971 and personal papers of William Lusk Webster, 1920-1974.

Webster, William Lusk, Ph.D.

William H. Moore

  • CA MNBM S 4 - 8
  • Fonds
  • [194-]

The fonds consists of eight notebooks of William Moore on natural history subjects.

Moore, William H.

Donald Wells McLauchlan

  • CA MtA 087
  • Fonds
  • 1971

Fonds consists papers compiled for an article on the Windsor / Harper / Killam families, published in the "Mount Allison Record", v. 55, Fall 1971, p. 15-17. There are three letters to Don McLauchlan, one from Robert Killam, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and two from Grace Tomkinson, New York; notes and drafts of the Windsor / Harper / Killam family trees, with an attached note to Don McLauchlan from Vince Windsor; and Windsor / Harper / Killam family trees from the "Mount Allison Record", Fall, 1971 (annotated).

McLauchlan, Donald Wells

Laurence Harold Cragg

  • CA MtA 099
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1975

Fonds consists two series:
-Series 1 - consists of personal diaries kept by Laurence H. Cragg while he was president of Mount Allison University, including several pencil and ink drawings of people, buildings, and other subjects.
-Series 2 - consists of Mount Allison University programs and menus; Mount Allison University invitations; departmental brochure for the Music Department; and other programs, menus, and invitations.

Cragg, Laurence Harold

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

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