Le fonds Yvon-Durelle atteste principalement de la vie d’Yvon Durelle comme boxeur et personnalité publique. Nous avons respecté la classification faite par le donateur. Le fonds est composé majoritairement d’informations journalistiques, de coupures et spicilèges ainsi que des documents audiovisuels (photos et extraits radio). Les informations journalistiques sont composées de coupures de journaux témoignant de ses combats, surtout ceux contre Archie Moore en 1958 et 1959, ainsi que la vie de Durelle après la boxe, dont son intronisation dans le Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame, dans le Temple de la renommée sportive du Nouveau-Brunswick et dans le Temple de la renommée des sports du Canada. Le fonds comprend aussi plusieurs photos de Durelle, principalement après sa carrière de boxeur professionnel, dont les visites des gens à son Musée à Baie-Sainte-Anne et les retrouvailles avec ses anciens adversaires de boxe. Mentionnons aussi plusieurs correspondances avec la sphère politique fédérale, provinciale et municipale.
Fonds consists of copies of biographical sketches, obituaries, correspondence, and excerpts from publications related to the life and work of Irwin Cameron Mackie, Director of Metallurgy and Research, Dominion Steel & Coal Corporation, Sydney, Nova Scotia; a portrait photograph of I.C. Mackie; and a published copy of "Memorandum re: The Mackie Process for Retarded Cooling of Steel Rails," September 1935, compiled by Max Hickey. The material documents Mr. Mackie's significant research and discovery resulting in the manufacturing of top quality steel rails, and refutes claims made by others regarding this important discovery.
Fonds consists of 9 series: John Hammond's sketch book; John Hammond's diary, June - December 1871; photographs; exhibit tickets; letter from Great Britain's Office of the Privy Council, London, England, granting John Hammond, British subject of Canada, permission to travel freely on the continent, 1887; clippings regarding John Hammond's exhibitions and career; biographical sketch of John Hammond; letter to John Hammond from the Director of The National Gallery of Canada, 1915; and John Hammond's paint box.
Fonds consists of a scrapbook compiled by Olive Nola McElmon while a student at the Mount Allison Ladies' College, 1919/20 and 1920/21, in which are cards, programs and other memorabilia, as well as descriptions of events or mementoes found in the scrapbook written by Olive Nola McElmon. Also included is a collection of items that were found unattached in the scrapbook. These include programs, invitations, letters, tests, and clippings.
As an organizational history, the records are nearly complete and include the constitution, correspondence, reports, financial records, membership, and documentation of activities and events from 1986 to the present. Three publications – From Our Grandmothers Kitchens (cookbook - 1989), Weaving the Past Into the Present (history – 1989 and 2008) and The History of the Saint John Jewish Community (video – 1990 and 2008) have been produced by the museum. Museum's activities have also been well documented through scrapbooks and photograph albums from 1986 through the present time.
