The collection contains a typed history of the Presbyterian Church in Bocabec ; a copy of the Charlotte County Historical Society Contribution No. 64 that was published in the St Croix Courier 21 October 1978 ; an edited version of the typed history both written by Edith M. McMillan ; a floor plan of pews with names ; newspaper clipping "Memorable Day at Bocabec Church" 1946 ; newspaper clipping "Dedicated Lights Bocabec Church" August 2, 1959 ; copy of newspaper clipping "Local Presbyterians have long history" Courier Weekend 21 October 1978 ; letter: Annie Holt to Edith McMillan, 24 February 1972 letter ; Bocabec churches map by Craig Walsh, 3 July 1993
Biographical sketches of Dr Samuel Tilley Gove (1813- ) and Dr Harry Gove 1845- ) physicians of St Andrews; Deed from Peter Christie to John Gove 1779; and an account sent out in St Andrews by Dr Gove 1839; offer to gift the Old Gove House in St Andrews to Heritage Canada and a history of Dr. Samuel Tilley Gove; biographical sketch of Dr Gove; family trees for Dr Gove and the Townsend family including genealogical research notes; excerpt from a biography of Sir Leonard Tilley by James Hanney (1912); correspondence from Ross Oborne to Doris and Barbara I Winn, and between Fred Cornford and Ross regarding research on the Tilley and Townsend families; obituary of Edward “Ned” T. Gove (1987).
Multiple documents from the Doon Wholesale Fishing Company out of St. Andrews including accounting books of sales and purchases to and from the company as well as payroll, statements, invoices, and letters documenting one of the ships either owned or working with the fishing company (Schooner Nellie Dixon) and the happenings onboard and after an incident off the coast of Nova Scotia. Some of the accounting books are well used, other in decent condition, and some in isolation due to probable mould.
Textural material, photographs and negatives, ephemera, and small objects relating to the Hooper family and St. Andrews Seniors Club. The photos are of various people, places, scenery, and events from Charlotte County and of the last century. Most textural material is newspaper and newspaper clippings of various importance such as obituaries to a local report on the Hooper lives to poems dedicated to living and resting members of their family. Ephemera is not necessarily connected intellectually to the Hooper family, but rather can be related due to the material being enclosed with other supporting material. Other textual material can include documentation and biographies of members of the family and their accomplishments and passing.
Fonds consists of the business and financial records of Keay’s Hardware, including dealings with businesses in Ontario, Quebec, NB, NS, and NL mainly, with occasional deals made further West and South. Many of the multiple stacks of cheques donated are marked 1962 with audit stamps, suggesting that Keay’s Hardware was audited in 1962, in combination with printed statements from the same year with similar marks.
This collection consists of correspondence, financial records, military records, and legal documents relating to the personal and official activities of Captain Nehemiah Marks, and his son Lieutenant Colonel Nehemiah Marks. Included records of early surveys and explorations of the lands near St. Stephen along the western branch of the St. Croix (Scoodiac) river; military records of the 4th Battalion Charlotte County Militia and the 97th Infantry Regiment; deeds and quitclaims for property in the town of St. Stephen (Morriston); and articles and books relating to the Loyalist settlement of St. Stephen, a history of Trinity Church, and Thomas Baillie.
Addition of deeds and maps from Charlotte and York County pertaining to Nehemiah Marks granting, plotting, and surveying land. These also include plans for future railroad ideas and plans for St. Stephen and surrounding areas, with some maps going further up New Brunswick and one heavily damaged map of Maine in 1837.
A series of six albums of 1,527 postcards collected by Ethel Anderson from 1905 to c.1911 and were donated by the executors of her estate as stipulated in her will and a series of 26 leather postcards.
