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104th Anti-tank Battery, 7th Anti-Tank Regiment RCA collection

  • CA PANB MC2754
  • Collection
  • 1940-1989

This fonds consists primarily of histories of the 104th Anti-Tank Battery and the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery and supporting materials. Included are a printed history of the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, a photocopied history of the 104th Battery dating to 1945, and photocopied listings of officers and other ranks, along with the names of fatal casualties, their dates of death, and the names of those wounded in action.

Also included is a b&w group photograph of the 104th Anti-Tank Battery (1940), a colour photograph of the formation flashes and other distinguishing insignia of the Canadian Army [after 1939], colour negatives of the 104th Battery at the Experimental Station (Fredericton), and colour negatives of shoulder flashes of the Canadian Military.

The 104th Battery

Abigail Chipman Ryerson

  • CA MNBM ID50
  • Fonds
  • 1847

The fonds consist of a typescript copy of the diary kept by Abigail Chipman Ryerson, wife of Captain John K. Ryerson, during a voyage by sailing ship from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Greenock, Scotland, and back. The voyage began on 27 August and the last entry in the diary was made on 19 December 1847 at Brier Island where the vessel was stayed by a snowstorm.

The diary includes descriptions of everyday life on a ship from a female point of view, including such activities as quilting, sewing, knitting, and cooking. She also mentions Partridge Island, noting the recent arrivals of Irish immigrants there. There is a description of an encounter 24 November 1847 with the abandoned and waterlogged remains of the "Cumbria of Gloucester", located at latitude 50, longitude 40.

Ryerson, Abigail Chipman (née Shaw)

Allan Moses

  • CA CCA MC 961
  • Fonds
  • 1998

This fonds contains material related to Grand Manan Natural Historian and Conservationist Allan Moses. It includes a document titled "Moses Genealogy" which features recordings of the lives of members of the Moses family, including an extensive entry on Allan Moses.

Ardeth Holmes Collection

  • CA CCA MC 717
  • Collection
  • 1907-1966

4 folders containing correspondence during WW1+2 to and from friends and family. A black cookbook is filled, majority are sweets and deserts with a small red notebook of names and ingredients for meals. A red, tall address book with alphabetical sorting, at least one name on every page. Two paperback booklets Province of New Brunswick – The Motor Vehicle Law 1915 and Amendments and Seventy Sixth Annual Report from the Bank of Nova Scotia (Now Scotiabank). 1 large Empire Scrapbook in folder with obituaries, stories, letters, and advertisements from both WW1+2. Large oversized black hardcover scrapbook with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on back of cover and first page, followed by clippings of the Royal Family, song requests, and obituaries. Documents and receipts from Sheriff Gordon Mines. 3 red accounting books with varying thickness.

Canadian School Handouts

  • CA CCA MC 889
  • Collection
  • 1956

This collection contains old school handouts which can either be archival in nature or provide interesting information. It includes a handout published by the United Nations Association in Canada which was meant to inform students and get them talking about the political situation in middle eastern countries during 1956.

United Nations Association in Canada

Captain David Mowat

  • CA CCA MC 905
  • Fonds
  • n.d.

These fonds contain genealogical documents on the Mowat family of St. Andrews New Brunswick. These contain information on Captain David Mowat and his brother Captain John “Hurricane Jack” Mowat of Orkney Island, Scotland and their descendants.

Charlotte County Veterans

  • CA CCA MC 895
  • Collection
  • 1931-2014

This collection contains textual material related to veterans of World War I and World War II from Charlotte County as well as news related to veterans and Remembrance Day events. Most of the items in this collection are newspaper articles, which include news stories, editorials, reprints, and obituaries related to Charlotte County veterans or Remembrance Day events. Also included are promotional documents and pamphlets from the Royal Canadian Legion, Veteran’s Affairs Canada, and the War Amps. Lastly, a piece of correspondence between the Charlotte County Archives and Veteran’s Affairs Canada is also included.

Colin and Elinor Mawson fonds

  • CA CCA MC673
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1991

Fonds consist of 27 series: Official Documents, Mementoes, School Reports, Academic Qualifications, Theses, Notebooks, Awards, List of Published Articles, Artwork, Immigration to Canada Documents, Family Histories, Insurance, Correspondence, Colin Mawson AECL Papers, Published Articles, Conference Papers, Reports, Reactor Safety Advisory Committee, Deep River, Colin Mawson Post-AECL, Elinor Mawson Journalist/Fiction Writer, Interests, Elinor Mawson's Books, Colin Mawson's Books, Home Guard Papers, Archibald Gowanlock and Mary Huntsman, Archibald Gowanlock Hunstman Estate Papers

Craig Family

  • CA CCA MC 904
  • Fonds
  • n.d.

This collection contains a genealogy chart which maps the descendants of David Craig and Mary Steele, Loyalist settlers from Scotland who settled in the Chamcook region of Charlotte County, New Brunswick.

Craig Family

Edgar R. Jamieson family fonds

  • CA PANB MC3127
  • Fonds
  • 1939-[after 1976], predominant, 1939-1944

This fonds consists primarily of records pertaining to Edgar R. Jamieson's World War II activities and the Jamieson family history. There are also letters addressed to Blanche Jamieson from Edgar Jamieson, sent while he was serving overseas with the Canadian Army.

Edgar R. Jamieson's World War II records include his Canadian Army Clothing and Equipment Statement, [1943]; Canadian Militia Soldier's Pay Books, 1939-1945; Canadian Army Soldier's Pay Books, 1940-1945; two C.S.M. Nominal Roll Books for A. Company, Carleton and York Regiment that record the names of soldiers, their service numbers, and notes concerning their service (killed, wounded, evacuated, missing etc.), 1940s; and a map of the West End of London, [1940s?].

Blanche Jamieson's records consist of 52 letters sent to her by her brother, Edgar, that shed light on his wartime activities. The letters were sent from Woodstock, Halifax, aboard ship, England, France, and Italy. Transcriptions of these letters are also included in the fonds.

Jamieson family genealogy records consist of a 2 pp. family tree and copies of printed family histories entitled, "Descendants of John Jamieson" (25 pp.); "Descendants of Unknown Hamilton" (9 pp.); and "Descendants of George Blaney" (25 pp.).

Lastly the fonds consists of a World War I "Souvenir from France" -- a stitched post card containing a note written to Lillian from Steven L. Sloan, France, 15 July 1918, and a transcription of a letter written by James H. Blaney to his mother, July 31, 1859.

Jamieson, Edgar Ross

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