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Grand Manan Light and Power Company

  • CA GMA MG10
  • Collection
  • 1928-1994

This collection consists of technical books, papers, and manuscripts documenting the history of the electrification of Grand Manan. The ledger documents the installation of wires to individual locations and then maintenance at that location. The ledger used was a telegraph ledger but the entries are all for 'Electrical Works'. The ledger was used from Oct. 1929 to 31 Jan. 1930. Also included is an NB Power Museum Kit, acquired in 1990, which contains a history of the electrification of the Province of New Brunswick. There is also an NB Power calendar for 1994.

Grand Manan Light and Power Company

Allan and Sarah Moses family collection

  • CA GMA MG14
  • Collection
  • 1901-1953

This collection consists of personal journals, correspondence and other materials. The business and personal letters were written by and to Allan Moses, his sister Sarah, and Sarah's daughter, Florence Smith. There are many letters from Allan's trips to the Belgian Congo and the South Atlantic. There are stories by Sarah Moses Smith written for the Lewiston Journal, including handwritten and typed manuscripts and drafts, many incomplete and several copies of the Lewiston Journal, 1906-1923. There is also a scrapbook kept by Sarah Moses Smith and large black and white display photos of Allan Moses.

Moses, Allan

Grand Harbour Lighthouse

  • CA GMA MG91
  • Collection
  • 1949-1960

This collection contains diaries and reports of weather, visitors, the times when the light was lit and turned off, and the length of time operating each day. The records were kept by the Grand Harbour lighthouse keepers from 1949-1960. There are also blank forms of Hand Horn or Fog Bell Returns.

Grand Harbour Lighthouse

Grand Harbour Store

  • CA GMA MG64
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1918

This fonds consists of a "Record of Sales" book dated April 1917 - July 1918. Entries recorded are person's name, purchases - listed with price, and the items marked 'paid' and 'copied'. There is no name of the person who recorded the information nor is there any record of who was operating the store at the time of the creation of the Journal.

Grand Manan Store

Grand Manan Historical Society (1931 - 2019)

  • CA GMA MG23
  • Fonds
  • 1931-2019

This fonds contains correspondence; membership lists; financial records and statements; publications; news clippings; and programmes of activities created in starting and operating the Grand Manan Historical Society.

Grand Manan Historical Society

Grand Manan Natural History Collection

  • CA GMA MG4
  • Collection
  • 1900-1982

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.

Wilcox, Elmer

Grand Manan Unidentified Photos Collection

  • CA GMA MG61
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1960] -

This collection contains tintypes, dating from 1875 to 1920. It also contains many studio photographs mounted on cardboard and prints on photographic paper. There are also photo albums that have tintypes and mounted photos. Many of the images are scenes of Grand Manan Island.

The Newton Store fonds

  • CA GMA MG66
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1898, 1950-1954

This fonds consists of Clarence Newton's cash book, 1897-1898, listing all assets of the company and their location and value. Also included are the Newton Bros. Ltd. account books, 1950-1954 listing account details and payouts for expenses and salaries incurred in operating a store. The purchase journal lists the names of suppliers, the cost of stock and shipping, and expenses related to stock.

Newton Store

Grand Manan Farmer's Co-Operative Ltd.

  • CA GMA MG48
  • Fonds
  • 1951-1961

This fonds contains the records created in organizing and operating the Grand Manan Farmer's Co-Operative Limited. Included are:

  • Letters of Incorporation 11 Sept. 1951
  • Deed from Hayward and Helen Ingalls 28 August 1964
  • License to operate a Milk Pasteurization Plant 1 May 1969
  • Bank deposit books
  • unused cheques
  • payroll records
  • newspaper clippings with photos of dairy
  • Ink stamp from the Co-Op
  • cardboard milk bottle stopper stamped with Grand Manan Co-Op logo

Grand Manan Farmer's Co-Operative Ltd.

Whale Cove Weir Co. collection

  • CA GMA MG68
  • Collection
  • 1888-1898

This fonds contains one account book, receipts and notes from an interview regarding the company Whale Cove Weir Company on Wood Island. The ledger records expenses incurred in the operating of a fish weir from 1888 to 1889 - the labor costs, nets repair costs, purchase of stakes, and dividing of profits to owners. The individual responsible for the ledger was not recorded

Whale Cove Weir Co.

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