The fonds consists of handwritten and typed letters from Alice Mayo Hof to L. Keith Ingersoll. It appears she corresponded with Keith because he was the Grand Manan St. Croix Courier Newspaper reporter. It sounds like he contacted her originally. He asked questions which she answered about her time on Grand Manan. They first came to Grand Manan Island in September 1923. They purchased a house in North Head in 1928 that had been built by William Dixon in 1881. The North Head people were not very nice to the Hofs - told and made up lies about them. She totally loved Grand Manan but after years of being accused of being German sympathizers and of signalling them during the War, she had to sell the house and forever after had no good thing to say about North Head and the people, except for very few. She sold the house to Ross Russell. She subscribed to the St. Croix Courier newspaper and discussed Keith's weekly offering, covering many topics. She moved to California with her daughter and family where she was quite content. Her last letter was written on January 17, 1958.
This collection of photos have been gathered at The Grand Manan Archives since the Archives began in 1986. People would find old photos and drop them off to the Museum. The photos show life on Grand Manan over the centuries.
This log book contains entries from the voyage of the Brig. A. V. Goodhue in 1862 from New York to St. Michaelina. In 1866 the book was used by Ruth Larkin as a scrapbook for poetry and notable quotations. A reference was found for the ship in the New York Times Archives, 4 February, 1865 page 8 - listing the ships in the harbour that day.
This collection contains information about Willa Cather and her summer home on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada. Included are: correspondence between curators and researchers on Willa Cather; news clippings and articles about Willa Cather and/or her cottage.
Calvin A. Scovil opened the Rose Cottage in North Head in 1896.
"The management of Rose Cottage has been changed as Mrs. Calvin Scovil who has operated it for many years has retired. Mr. & Mrs. Romaine Morse, owners of the Shore Crest Lodge at North Head where patrons get their money’s worth in ample and delicious meals will conduct Rose Cottage Inn as a tourist proposition during the summer months only. The Lodge will be open year round as usual." - Eastport Sentinel Mar.18/1948
This collection contains poetry written by a number of authors, including Archer Wilcox, Hiram Wilcox, and Lee Wilcox; stories of shipwrecks; obituaries; and Wilcox family history. Also included are the 1928-1929 Wood Island School register and a 1963 assessment list for Grand Manan. There is also a picture of a page from the Wilcox family Bible.
The collection contains correspondence and publications about the geology, ornithology and biology of Grand Manan and particularly the marine invertebrates. There is also material relating to conservation. Some of the correspondence discusses the display of natural history specimens in a museum. There are also brochures, pamphlets and books from various natural history organizations, published between 1853 and 1995.
This fonds contains correspondence; sales statements; 2 tidetable books, 1925 and 1938; several entries of business interests other than fishing or boat building; and papers occurred in the building of a new house in 1940-1942; records and memorabilia from Gleason Green's membership in the Knights of Pythias Lodge and his travels to Scandinavia, Newfoundland, St. Pierre, Iceland, and the Magdalene Islands.
This fonds consists of three scribbler notebooks, containing the notes made by Eunice L. Ingersoll as she attended nursing school in McLean Hospital, Waverly, Massachusetts (USA). One of the books was used at the Surgical Hospital, Brookline, Massachusetts (USA) between 1901-1903. Inside cover notes "E.L. Ingersoll, McLean Hospital, Waverly, Mass.", "Eunice Ingersoll, McLean Hospital Oct 1901 & 1902, Lectures by Dr. Tuttle" and "Eunice L. Ingersoll, Surgical Hospital, Brookline, Mass."
