- CA THT ReadStone-1998.03.22
- Item
- [189-?] to [192-?]
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Items are four photographs of large grindstones in Dorchester, NB at the finishing mill.
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Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Items are four photographs of large grindstones in Dorchester, NB at the finishing mill.
Grindstone Industry Museum Display
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Items are a group of photographs of the museum set up at Marshland’s Inn, Sackville, NB by Herbert Read to display Grindstone artifacts.
Grindstone Industry Museum Display
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Item contains a group of photographs showing the museum set up by Herbert Read in Marshlands Inn, Sackville, NB to display grindstone industry artifacts.
Grindstone Production Newspaper Article
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Item is a photocopy of a front page newspaper spread from the St. John Standard discussing the Read family, the grindstone business, the quarry at Stonehaven and related topics.
Letters to Workmen's Compensation Board
Part of Read Stone Company Fond
Item is a letter written by the Read Stone Company to the Workmen’s Compensation Board in Saint John, NB in 1921, discussing two separate cases of injury.
Photocopy provided for legibility
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.