This fonds consists of records created in opening and operating the Grand Manan Museum. Included are construction files, opening and maintenance files, minutes of meetings, annual reports, architectural plans, and correspondence about displays and loans for early exhibits.

This series contains letters from E. Jacqueline Davis to her mother and “Vidy” concerning her experiences working as a nurse on a US Army camp on the island of Tinian in the Pacific Ocean near Japan. In these letters Jacqueline discusses her voyage across the Pacific to Tinian, developments during the final days of the war with Japan, what camp life is like, encounter the Japanese civilians and POW*, and events happening at home. Other textual documents in this series include a notice of a change of address for Jacqueline, programmes for church services on Tinian, a document detailing how to mail Christmas packages to soldiers overseas, a map of the Pacific islands, and a document outlining regulations for troop transport. There are also a few newspaper articles, which include several issues of “This Small World”, a newspaper published at the military camp Tinian which has articles on developments of war with Japan and in Europe as well as sports and other items of interest. There are a few other newspapers for enlisted personnel.

Charles Burpee's correspondence

Letter from San Francisco to Seelye's brother in St. George, N.B. describing conditions in California.

2 pages of letterhead of Arden Hotel, St. George, New Brunswick. C.Hazen McGee, proprietor of the hotel is noted. The letterheads feature a small picture of Magaguadavic Falls.

Steering committee notes and minutes as well as attendees for saving the Passamaquoddy Bay from a proposed LNG tanker and regasification plant that would disrupt the local flora and fauna and businesses. Financial reports, mission statements, records of involvement from various companies, groups and individuals, municipalities of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Maine, USA, co-operations between Canada and the USA.

The collection contains the land deed, financial reports, correspondence, annual reports, superintendent's reports, Medicare services and newspaper clippings, applications and responses for admitting privileges for different doctors. Newspaper articles have been added to the collection to record the events happening on Grand Manan related to medical services to 1996.

4 folders containing correspondence during WW1+2 to and from friends and family. A black cookbook is filled, majority are sweets and deserts with a small red notebook of names and ingredients for meals. A red, tall address book with alphabetical sorting, at least one name on every page. Two paperback booklets Province of New Brunswick – The Motor Vehicle Law 1915 and Amendments and Seventy Sixth Annual Report from the Bank of Nova Scotia (Now Scotiabank). 1 large Empire Scrapbook in folder with obituaries, stories, letters, and advertisements from both WW1+2. Large oversized black hardcover scrapbook with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on back of cover and first page, followed by clippings of the Royal Family, song requests, and obituaries. Documents and receipts from Sheriff Gordon Mines. 3 red accounting books with varying thickness.

Documents list graduates from Charlotte County Grammar School from 1886 until 1954 ; list of donors to the school in 1816; a school register dated 11 January 1886 - June1899, newspaper articles from 1893 ; register from 1886 to 1899.

2 scrapbooks, clippings etc. of general rather than local interest. A book of agricultural reports was used for one scrapbook and the other used an 1874 report of schools in the province. Many of the items were clipped from papers that were published before Mr. Coakley was born. Dan Coakley (1875-1966) lived for a time at 'Lilac Cottage' where he was a neighbour and friend of the Stuart family.