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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.

James Brayley Fisherman's Supply Store fonds

  • CA GMA MG63
  • Fonds
  • 1889-1894

This fonds consists of two record books kept by James Brayley. There are journals from the Fisherman's Supply Store on White Head Island, 1889-1894, which record the customers' names, items purchased, and the cost of each item.

Brayley, James

Hector Weir Co.

  • CA GMA MG69
  • Fonds
  • 1895-1906

This fonds consists of one account book used to record expenses incurred in maintaining a weir from 1895 to 1906 and what was paid to the labourers. Although it lists the officers in 1897 it does not list the share holders.

Hector Weir Co.

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

George Polkinhorn Store

  • CA GMA MG67
  • Collection
  • 1908-1926

This fonds contains four account books from the George Polkinhorn Store and an notes from interviews regarding the history of the store and copies of obituaries and certificates used during the interviews.

Polkinhorn Store

McLaughlin Bros. Store

  • CA GMA MG65
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1911

This fonds consists of journals listing customers names, purchases, and cost of items. Some purchases were made on credit. One journal is dated February 1901 to July 1910 and the other, 25 July 1910 to 8 August 1911.

McLaughlin Bros. Store

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 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

Harvey & Bleumortier Company Collection

  • CA GMA MG42
  • Collection
  • 1932-1980

This collection contains the record books kept in operating the businesses and correspondence related to the business of smoking herring and marine repairs. There is a sectional Aeronautical chart of Boston (V-10), n.d.; blueprints of the barge "Minca" built for the Ministry of War, 1944; a Lee Wilcox poem; newspaper clipping about the replica of the schooner "Bluenose"; work orders for the annual refit of the patrol boat "Gull Light," 1970.

Harvey and Bleumortier Company