Supreme Court documents; Civil Court documents; estates documents; legal documents; correspondence; papers of Independent Order of Foresters; billsa nd receipts; published materials; insurance policies; court address; St. Andrews School Board; licenses and permits; personal research notes; and printed materials.soft bound report on the case on Appeal between Martha D. Mckenzie (Appellant) and Hugh A. Mcleod and Mary Ann Mcleod (Respondents) at the Supreme Court of Canada

This collection contains programs and material for events at the Algonquin Hotel and St. Andrews Arena, a doctor's note for members of the Caughey family, prayer documents, and a patch for a NASA space shuttle mission.

The Neville Parker Papers range most from 1820 to 1836 with some outlier documents from before and after. The papers contain information on clients, payment information, shipping information, correspondence, and client estate business.

File / item list
Published items
Series includes publications that are assumed to have been accumulated or acquired by Gardiner & Doon.
Note: The contents are arranged chronologically by publication date where known.

1. McAlpine’s gazetteer and guide: Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland. – 1898. – Halifax : A. & W. MacKinlay Blank Book Makers & Manufacturing Stationers. – 1 volume of textual records and graphic materials ; 20 x 14 x 5.5 cm
2. Heaton’s annual: the commercial handbook of Canada and boards of trade register (seventeenth year). – 1921. – Toronto : Heaton’s Agency. – 1 volume of textual records and graphic materials ; 18.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm
3. Bank of Nova Scotia one hundredth anniversary publication. – 1932. – 1 volume of textual records and graphic materials ; 25 x 18 x 1 cm
   Item includes a brief historical account and includes the following appendices:
   • Presidents, vice-presidents and general managers
   • Directors of the bank (1900-1932)
   • General executive, branches and managers
   • Record of profits (1872-1931)
   • Financial statements
   • Chronology
4. Gurney Scale Co. catalogue no. 100. – [19--?]. – 1 volume of textual records and graphic materials ; 23 x 15 x 0.5 cm
   Unpublished items
   Series includes ledgers and related financial accounting books used to document the day to day operations of Gardiner & Doon of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Where groups of records are identified they are placed in the same file for greater ease of access.
   Note: Arrangement of this series was imposed by the original processing archivist and is chronological according to file or item content starting with the earliest date to put it in sequence.
5. Day book. – 1 July 1894 – 30 September 1896. – 1 volume of textual records ; 34 x 21 x 3 cm
6. Day book. – 10 September 1909 – 5 July 1915. – 1 volume of textual records ; 42 x 18 x 7.5 cm
7. Letter book. – 1899-1901. – 1 volume of textual records ; 28.5 x 23.5 x 7 cm
   Note: About 60 pages out of a 1000 were used in the volume. Many of the letters are very faint and difficult to read.
8. Fish ledgers. – 1908-1930. – 3 volumes of textual records
   8.1. [Fish purchases?] ledger. – 27 July 1908 – 4 August 1909. – 1 volume of textual records ; 29.5 x 13.5 x 1 cm
   Note: Volume is fully used.
   8.2. Lobster ledger. – 1 May 1919 – September 1930. – 1 volume of textual records ; 37 x 15 x 0.75 cm
   Note: Volume is about 2/3 used.
   8.3. [Fish purchases?] ledger. – 15 July 1920 – 8 November 1920. – 1 volume of textual records ; 30.5 x 13 x 1.5 cm
   Note: Item is 2/3 used.
9. Bills receivable ledger. – June 1909 – March 1916. – 1 volume of textual records ; 17.5 x 21.5 x 1 cm
   Note: The ledger was purchased from Barnes & Co., Blankbook manufacturers in Saint John, New Brunswick.
10. Cash account registers. – 1911-1930. – 7 volumes of textual records
    10.1. Cash account register. – 22 July 1911 – 2 April 1912. – 1 volume of textual records ; 32.5 x 14.5 x 0.75 cm
    10.2. Cash account register. – 15 July 1913 – 16 February 1914. – 1 volume of textual records ; 32.5 x 13.5 x 0.75 cm
    10.3. Cash account register. – 27 October 1919 – 10 November 1919. – 1 volume of textual records ; 37 x 15 x 0.75 cm
    10.4. Cash account register. – 7 April 1920 – 16 October 1920. – 1 volume of textual records ; 37 x 15 x 0.75 cm
    10.5. Scroll cash register 2. – April 1922 – November 1922. – 1 volume of textual records ; 31.25 x 14 x 1 cm
    Item references the prices for different types of fish and is recorded by a number of different individuals.
    10.6. Cash book. – 7 March 1924 – 8 August 1925. -- 33 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm
    10.7. Cash book I. – April 1929 – June 1930. – 1 volume of textual records ; 36 x 15 x 3 cm
    Note: Item contains 292 pages and the volume is fully used.
11. Orders registers. – 1922-1930. – 6 volumes of textual records
    11.1. Orders register 4. – February 1922 – 26 June 1922. – 1 volume of textual records ; 30.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
    11.2. Orders register 6. – January 1923-September 1923. – 1 volume of textual records ; 30.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
    11.3. Orders register. – 23 April 1926 – February 1928. – 1 volume of textual records ; 33 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm
    11.4. Orders register. – 24 June 1927 – 2 August 1928. – 1 volume of textual records ; 33 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm
    11.5. Orders register. – 15 December 1928 – 26 September 1929. – 1 volume of textual records ; 36 x 16 x 3 cm
    Note: Gardiner & Doon is recorded inside the front cover. It was purchased from Barnes & Co., Blankbook manufacturers in Saint John, New Brunswick. All 292 pages are fully used.
    11.6. Orders I register. – 26 September 1929 – 17 September 1930. – 1 volume of textual records ; 36 x 16 x 3 cm
    Note: John A. Doon is recorded inside the front cover. It was purchased from Barnes & Co., Blankbook manufacturers in Saint John, New Brunswick. All 292 pages are fully used.
12. Gardiner & Doon cheque register. – 1922-1923. – 1 volume, 1 leaf of textual records ; 17.5 x 9 x 1 cm
    Item consists of a volume containing just the stubs of cheques that were issued by this fish dealer business along with an example of a stationery label for the business.
    Note: The binding from the item is separating.
13. Gardiner & Doon bank account ledger. – 1924-1935. – 1 volume of textual records
    Item includes notes on the first few pages about fish prices, followed by drafts and notes payable (including customs). The majority of the volume relates to the bank account. Just over half the volume is used.
14. Bank of Nova Scotia account register belonging to John A. Doon. – 31 May 1929 – 3 May 1934. – 1 volume of textual records ; 17.5 x 10.5 x 2 cm
    Item includes a number of loose items including:
    • Collections request against Binns Fish Market via the Bank of Montreal in St. Stephen, NB. – 13 January 1938. – 1 folded leaf of textual records
    • Purchase from Herb Haugh. – [193-]. – 1 folded leaf of textual records
    • Order from T.W. Giberson (Holmesville, New Brunswick). – 19 January 1937. – 1 folded leaf of textual records
    • Promissory note due 1 June 1930 in favour of George Gardiner from John A. Doon via the Bank of Nova Scotia. – 1 June 1928. – 1 folded leaf of textual records with affixed excise stamp
    • Receipt for the sale of smelts by R.S. Hamilton Co. (Boston, Massachusetts). – 31 October 1936. – 1 folded leaf of textual records
    • Sheet of accounting figures. – n.d. – 1 folded leaf of textual records
    • T. Eaton Co. receipt. – 16 December 1936. – 1 folded leaf, 1 envelope of textual records
    • Invoice and freight bill relating to an order of fish by John Cooper of Arthurette, New Brunswick. – November 1935. – 2 affixed leaves of folded textual records
    • Canadian Pacific express envelopes containing bills addressed to John A. Doon. – [postmarked March 1936]. – 2 envelopes of textual records
      Note: The payees were Barry Dunphy of Woodstock, New Brunswick and Thomas Zamora of Minto, New Brunswick.
    • Note drawn on George Doon via Bank of Nova Scotia issued to C.W. Mallory for $50. – 2 May 1936. – 1 folded leaf with affixed excise stamp
    • Note drawn on Leonard Bros. Ltd. via the Bank of Nova Scotia issued to John M. Doon for $11.50. – 3 August 1936. – 1 folded leaf with affixed excise stamps

Papers consists of the day-to-day activities Harris Hatch was experiencing through correspondence and receipts. Majority of the papers from the correspondence series comes from business related letters to and from clients from various areas in and around Charlotte County. While the Receipted Bills series consists primarily of personal expenses for his home (now the Ross Memorial Museum (188 Montague St., St. Andrews, NB)) and family members.

The fonds consists of 15 manuscript series and 5 individual manuscripts. Authorship can be ascribed to at least five individuals involved in managing the business from it’s founding to its closure.

This collection contains documents pertaining to Freeman Hale Todd's business ventures, including his logging and lumber business along the St Croix River Region, as well as his merchant and grocery businesses. These include account books, promissory notes, receipts and documents related to shipping as well as deeds, indentures, mortgages, assignments of land and insurance policies. There are also wills, family papers and matters relating to Probate that pertain to Freeman Hale Todd's estate after his death on 9 September 1885. Documents involving a co-partnership between Ninian Lindsay Todd and F. H. Todd & Sons are also included. Freeman Hale Todd's election address from when he was elected in 1865 as a candidate opposing the Confederation of New Brunswick with Canada also fall under the scope of this collection. There are also some documents related to his eldest son Frank Todd which include promissory notes, receipts, correspondences, and mortgages related to his business ventures and investments in Maine and New Brunswick.

The papers of A. D. Stevenson were found in upper attic of the Masonic Hall with those left there by his cousin Benjamin R. Stevenson. The latter was at that time Judge of Probate and had in his possession documents from many estates. Although it covers only a short period of time, from 1867 to1871, and is of less importance than some of the other estates in the Stevenson collection, it is the most extensive. The documents consist almost entirely of business papers. However he left a small diary kept during 1866, the year of the Fenian raids. This contains interesting though brief references to the general feeling in St. Andrews at that period. The diary also contains frequent notes on the price of gold suggesting that he was dealing in that commodity.

The items in this collection belonged to the St. Andrews branch of the New Brunswick Navy League, itself part of the larger Canadian Navy League. The purpose of the St. Andrews Navy League was to organize, manage, promote, and provide funding for a local Sea Cadet corps which they were a sponsor of, the #303 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps “St. Croix”, formerly “St. Andrew” when it was first formed in 1987. The items in this collection provide information on how the St. Andrews Navy League would support their cadet corps and the different kinds of activities their Sea Cadet corps would participate in.

The different types of items include correspondence, either with people or organizations outside the Navy League or within the Navy League, programs and pamphlets meant to promote the Sea Cadet movement or specific Sea Cadet and Navy League events, documents related to St. Andrews Navy League meetings, including minutes, agendas, and supplementary notes, blank awards or certificates to recognize the contributions of Navy League members or Sea Cadets, documents on the history of the Navy League, documents which outline the internal policies of the Navy League organization, news items and announcements published for promotional purposes which were circulated in public newspapers or within the Navy League and Sea Cadets, documents related to training cadets, financial information, and documents which outline how the Navy League and the different events it would organize were structured.

Fonds consists of correspondence, legal, and financial papers relating to the life and practice of Hitchings, as well as documents relating to initiatives he was involved with, including the Middle Bridge Corporation, Saint Stephen's Academy, and the incorporation of the Town of St. Stephen.