Entries in this Day Book start Nov. 1911 and go to 30 August 1914. Every page is used. The information lists people's names and a detailed list of their purchases with the costs and totals. Entries were marked paid and had pencil lines through them once paid. Ledger has been to PANB for cleaning and a special ledger box was made for it.
Fonds consists of 2 post cards, Canadian Expeditionary Force - Discharge and Dispersal Certificate . Also included is A Story from Positive Impact 1989 A Veteran Remembers and a essay written by John Hughes after an interview in December 1983 on World War 1 . he got a very good mark on his paper at UNB.
This ledger appears to have been used by multiple owners. The inside cover has "H. C. Seely, St. John, NB August, 1879" written. The beginning of the book has alphabetized pages with non Grand Manan names probably from the St. John business. Then the ledger was used from 1882-1889 for various accounts. Pages have been cut out of the book as well. Some of the Grand Manan connections are: Island Press, James Pettes 1885, Church of Ascension Accounts, Post Office, Sunday School 1904.
This collection of photos have been gathered at The Grand Manan Archives since the Archives began in 1986. People would find old photos and drop them off to the Museum. The photos show life on Grand Manan over the centuries.
This items consists of one map titled "Bay of Fundy Digby Gut to the Head of Navigation", 1860, insert of Avon River, N.S., sketches of lighthouses on border with their locations on map marked with yellow and red dots, B&W. Latitude and longitude lines present. Written on back of chart "Albert Ingalls" written in pencil.
This item consist of one map titled "A Chart of Grand Manan, Passamaquoddy Bay located in the Bay of Fundy" printed on yellow paper with brown ink - a modern reprint.
This item consists of one map (2 copies) titled "Approaches to the Bay of Fundy Coastal Topography and inshore soundings taken from Charts of the British Admiralty, 1922-23." Indicated longitude and latitude lines, has #425 marked in bottom right corner. The second copy is in better condition