Contents of collection are: History of Rotary Club of Grand Manan; job description; Rachel Waters did oral interviews and photos of artifacts used in the past ; Kate Richardson researched Sawmills of Grand Manan; Taunya Russell researched different types of fishing and did oral interviews; Lindsay Frost researched local businesses "Grand Harbour Inn", "Swallowtail Inn" and "Rose Cottage". Jessica Fitzsimmons Newell researched stories and posted them in the "Island Times". Articles written are: "Dr Ernest W Guptill: Islander who Improved Fishing in the Bay and Helped save the World!" ; "Isaac Newton and Grand Manan: A Story of Progress" ; In Search of Island Industry: Following the copper Trail" ; "Fact or Fiction" report on Marathon Inn. "The End of an Era" report on Smoked Herring.
Collection consists of preliminary minutes from a North Head Local Service District community meeting in 1949 and resulting correspondence re street lights. The Village of North Head minutes 1968-1995, correspondence, bonds, By-Law s, audit reports, and receipts, 1968-2002. The Villages of Grand Manan Island were amalgamated in 1995 and North Head was absorbed into the Village of Grand Manan. Locally the villages are called by their original names but their governance is island wide.
Collection consists of council minutes dating from 1967-1995, Oaths of Office, By-Laws, Stimulation Grant Agreements, Correspondence with Municipal affairs and Department of Transportation, Highways and Boundries.
This Collection contains council minutes dating from 1968-1995, letter head and a copy of the community improvement plan; Oath of Mayor ; photos of village councillors ; by-laws ; certificates.
This fonds consists records relating to the Seal Cove Local Improvement District, including financial records in the form of cheque, deposit, and receipt books. Books recording accounts paid-off or written-off are also included.
This fonds consists of deeds dated 1866 and correspondence, dated 1876, 1931, 1952, and 1976, about the operation of the Public Hall and its transfer to the village of North Head. The Minute Book contains names of members and positions held from 1909 - 1976 with the final recording being the turning over of the building to the Village of North Head for a Village Hall.
This collection consists of reports created by researchers at the Research Station. The early reports are photocopies, because the originals were out of print at the time of the deposit. More recent reports are originals.
The fonds consists of correspondence created in the operating a fish selling business for smoked herring, a car sales dealership and a marine engine repair shop.