The fonds consists of a record book for Zion Church, dated 1859 to 1865. The record book contains the minutes of monthly church meetings that include some names of those present. It documents the structure of the meetings and type of business conducted. An historical sketch of Zion Church, its endowments, rules of order and a confession of faith, are included in the book. There is also a membership list for August 1864 with names and street addresses.
The fonds consists of 9 volumes of minute books. The 5 volumes dated from 1897 to 1945 belonged to the United Women's Missionary Societies and the remaining 4 volumes (1945-1973) belonged to the Women's Inter-Church Council of Saint John.
Information about the structure of meetings, some names of members and missionaries and general missionary work is included. The Women's Inter-Church Council minutes include some financial reports, a type copy of the constitution and by-laws adopted in 1967, and some printed orders of church services and newsclippings relating to the annual World Day of Prayer. In volume 9, there are lists of executive members and denominational members of the Council from 1965-1973.
Correspondence re the New Brunswick Public Archives, 1912-1937;
Correspondence to Milner, 1891-1938;
Original diary of Ann Green Winslow;
Copies of a number of letters and other historical documents, 1750-1841;
Notes by Milner on topics including various railways, forts, Boishebert, Missquash, marshes, Chignecto, libraries, mining, forestry, Sackville, prohibition, genealogies, Cumberland, Westmorland, Sunbury, Kent and Albert Counties, Nova Scotia, Dorchester, Hillsboro, Moncton, Petitcodiac, Salisbury, Shediac ;
Original manuscript of Saint John in the Forties by Milner;
Essays on Maritime Union, 1906-1935;
Copy of Town's Clerk Book of Records in the township of Parrsboro, 1786 and for Southhanpton;
Original List of Voters for Sackville, 1864;
Scrapbooks re railways, N.S., Fort Beausejour, war, Acadian, Grand Pre;
Account of licenses 1797-1798;
List of names and ages of scholars in Sackville District No.1, March 5 - Sept. 5, 1834;
Recognizances and warrants re riot and assault on Wm. H. McNutt, 1843;
Other legal and criminal documents, 1843-1844;
School return by the Trustee of Schools for the parish of Sackville concerning the establishment of the school house in district #13, 1841;
Returns of scholars in parish school, 1852
Other school reports and documents for school district of Sackville, 1831-1832,1845 Note: fonds needs arrangement and description
This fonds administrative records of the church, most of which come from the period after 1936. The earlier records include correspondence of the Board of Trustees, 1838-1893, 1957-1958, and some receipts and invoices,1838-1920. There are also minutes of the Board of Stewards, 1936-1949, 1964; membership lists, reports and other material of the Board of Sessions, 1940-1961; balance sheets and budgets, 1945-1964; and minutes of the A.O.T.S Men's Club, 1954-1968.
Centenary Queen Square United Church (Saint John, N.B.)
The fonds consists of typed transcriptions of letters written by Ritchie to his mother while serving in the South Africa (Boer) War. The letters are dated 17 January 1900, 22 February 1900, and 28 February 1900 written from Belmont and Paardeberg Drift, South Africa. Letters describe William Ritchie's experience fighting the Boers in graphic detail and give information about the everyday life of a soldier in the Boer War. The letter dated 22 February vividly describes a charge on the Boers during which he received a superficial wound from shrapnel while under fire from 5 different points. Included in the letters are a few references to letters received from family members in Canada, receiving copies of Saint John newspapers and his comments about city councillors.
Typewritten transcripts of letters (3) W.J. Ritchie to mother re service in South African (Boer) War, Jan-Feb 1900
First accession contains items from six plywood boards used in the Grindstone Museum set up by Herbert C. Read in the “Carriage House” of the Marshlands Inn, which includes various materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company and grindstone production, including primarily photographs, as well as graphic drawings, newspaper clippings, and other textual records.
Second accession, contains materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company, grindstone production, and the Read family. Content includes primarily photographs, as well as postcards, articles, and a guest book from the Marshlands Inn which was formerly the Read home, and that contained a museum devoted to displaying the history of the grindstone industry in Sackville.
Fonds contains baptism/marriage/burial records, minutes, reports, a scrapbook, published and unpublished histories, and newspaper clippings from St. David’s United Church in Georgetown. The fonds is composed of the following series: Baptism/Marriage/Burial Records Records of Session Annual Reports Church Histories Photographs/Scrapbooks
Fonds consists of minutes, reports, orders of service, correspondence, published and unpublished histories, newspaper clippings, plays, newsletters, and one drawing from Bethany United Church. Fonds is composed of the following sous-fonds: Bethany United Church.
Fonds consists of baptism/marriage/burial records, membership rolls, minutes, reports, photographs, and published and unpublished histories of Alberton-Elmsdale Pastoral Charge and its Presbyterian and Methodist antecedents. Fonds is composed of the following sous-fonds: Alberton-Elmsdale Pastoral Charge records Alberton Presbyterian Pastoral Charge records Alberton Methodist Circuit records