Letter to Mrs. Anne Read from son Herbert Comeau Read
- CA PANB MC224-MS29-38
- Item
- July 17, 1939
Part of Read Stone Co. Ltd.
Letter describes life in Stonehaven.
Read Stone Company
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Letter to Mrs. Anne Read from son Herbert Comeau Read
Part of Read Stone Co. Ltd.
Letter describes life in Stonehaven.
Read Stone Company
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Item is a copy of the history of the Read Grindstone as dictated to George Stanely by Herbert William Read in 1971. Document was revised and edited by Herbert W. Read’s son, Herbert C. Read.
First accession contains items from six plywood boards used in the Grindstone Museum set up by Herbert C. Read in the “Carriage House” of the Marshlands Inn, which includes various materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company and grindstone production, including primarily photographs, as well as graphic drawings, newspaper clippings, and other textual records.
Second accession, contains materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company, grindstone production, and the Read family. Content includes primarily photographs, as well as postcards, articles, and a guest book from the Marshlands Inn which was formerly the Read home, and that contained a museum devoted to displaying the history of the grindstone industry in Sackville.