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201. Bartlett, George Bartlett, George George E. Bartlett, District Inspector, Newfoundland Constabulary, ca. 1900. - This collection consists of a fragment of a diary kept by a member of the Newfoundland Constabulary while engaged in enforcing the Bait Act on - board the SS Fiona in Fortune Bay. - - MF-219
202. Bell, Robert Bell, Robert Robert Bell, 1841-1917 was a geologist and explorer, of Rathwell, Manitoba. - This collection consists of 42 items relating to various applications for mineral searches and timber rights in - Newfoundland, 1865-1869; a letter from Arthur Waghorne, missionary, Notre Dame Bay, 1899; three letters from James Browning, St. John's, - 1882-1883; letters from D. J. Henderson, St. John's, 1868-1869; letter from Robert A. McKim, St. John's, 1869. - - - MF-119
203. Bishop, Samuel James Bishop, Samuel James Samuel James Bishop. This collection consists of an acknowledgement of a donation to the Sunday School Orphanage League of the - Church of England, St. John's, signed by Bertha Harvey, January 19, 1918. Notes on verso concern confirmations in 1934. - - MF-131
204. Higgins, John Gilbert Higgins, John Gilbert The papers of John Gilbert Higgins, QC, MA were given to Memorial University Library by his son Gilbert Edward Higgins over a period of years starting in 1963. Monographs and periodicals were added to the book collections of the Library and the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, but for twenty years the boxes and filing cabinets of archival material remained unsorted. Some found their way into the Maritime History Archive but have since been reunited with those which were stored in the Library. In 1983 we began the process of organizing the collection which was of increasing interest to students of the Confederation period, but it was not possible to pursue this work continuously until 1986. The arrangement has now reached a point where it is possible to describe it in a finding aid and to make the collection accessible for research. There remains much that might profitably be done to refine this arrangement and to list material more fully for future access and security, especially in Series 2 which concerns the Board of Arbitration under Defence (Requisitioning of Land) Regulations of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act. This inventory is a preliminary effort. - - John Gilbert Higgins was born a collector and at an early age demonstrated due respect for the historical record. From scrapbooks began at the age of four to lists of artifacts and paintings in his Senatorial office very little of the paper record of his life had been discarded; and his life consisted of many layers, some of which are more fully documented than others. As a mirror of Newfoundland society there is 60 years of personal correspondence in Series 5 and the records of many of the organizations with which he was affiliated in Series 4. Historians will find significant material in Series 3.1 (the Responsible Government League) and Series 2 (Board of Arbitration records). Series 1 and 6 contain an important sample of the work of the legal profession in this period. - - Photographs and memorabilia, plans, posters and a large selection of legal documents from the practice of Sir James Winter in the nineteenth century make this a collection visually interesting for exhibitors, and genealogists will find a wealth of family history in Series 2. Manuscripts, drafts and working notes for his own writing in prose and poetry on a wide variety of subjects is also in Series 5. In short, almost all aspects of Newfoundland life in the first 60 years of the 20th Century may be glimpsed or illuminated in the papers of John Gilbert Higgins. - COLL-087
205. Bishop, E.I. Bishop, E.I. E.I Bishop, Photographer, of Grand Falls. This collection consists of a postcard with Bishop's photograph of Charles and Anne Lindbergh and Bishop's autograph. - - MF-194
206. Bemister, John Bemister, John This fonds consists of a music book belonging to John Bemister, a politician who was the Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Bay de Verde between 1855 and 1870. MF-378
207. Bird, Will Bird, Will A short story, entitled 'Farlands', excerpted from The Toronto Star Weekly, August 15, 1931. OMF-049
208. Hettasch Family Hettasch Family The Hettasch family papers consists of a small amount of material collected and used by Paul - Hettasch and his son, Siegfried Hettasch, while serving as - Moravian missionaries in Labrador during the years 1898 to 1985 as well as church related material - collected by Siegfried during his retirement in Ontario. The bulk of - the collection consists of material used for Sunday church services: sermons, prayers, hymns and orders - of service. There is also correspondence which deals with the - history of the Moravian mission stations in Labrador, the history of the Moravians in general and some - related Labrador material. There are photographs showing - church buildings, landscapes, and portraits and a small number of postcards. There is a diary, written in - German, kept by Siegfried relating three trips he had taken: a - bicycle trip from Holland to Herrnhut, Germany; a trip to St. Anthony, and a camping trip. There are a few - items which were obviously "inherited" by Siegfried Hettasch - such as an account of the final days in Hebron in 1959 when the community was abandoned, possibly - written by an RCMP officer, and the 1841 Hebron annual report. - This collection is important to those researchers interested in Labrador history, Moravian history, aboriginal - history, built heritage, Inuktitut and German - languages, and early settlement in coastal Labrador. COLL-249
209. Bickerdike, Rhoda Dawson Bickerdike, Rhoda Dawson Most of the material in this collection was generated by Rhoda Dawson when she lived in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1930 and 1935. The collection contains essays, diaries, correspondence, and photographs. The essays are on various aspects of life in Newfoundland and on the coast of Labrador which were drafts for a book she had planned to publish entitled Memoirs of Newfoundland and Labrador. The diaries detail day-to-day life; the correspondence is from residents of Labrador, International Grenfell Association workers, her father in England, and friends and acquaintances. The letters are in three forms: handwritten originals, typed copies and typed copies in a manuscript form apparently in preparation for publishing. The photographs include pictures taken by Dawson during her years in Newfoundland and Labrador and pictures taken after she had returned to England, mainly of her watercolour paintings. COLL-198
210. Benjamin Latrobe Benjamin Latrobe Autograph letter from Lindsay House, possibly to Reverend James Stillingfleet of Hotham, Yorkshire, concerning the first permanent mission to Labrador. MF-195
211. Berry, Freda Berry, Freda Scrapbook of her career in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, 1943-1946; photographs and memorabilia which record her active service as Lieutenant Commander and at subsequent reunions. Teacher and administrator, of St. John's. COLL-061
212. Harris, Elizabeth Georgina Harris, Elizabeth Georgina Three holograph manuscripts written by Harris: grammar/arithmetic/composition copy book from Central School, Springdale Street, St. John's, 1892, including a description of the July 8, 1892 St. John's fire; Bible lesson copy book while Sunday School pupil and teacher in Halifax, 1895; 27 pages of autobiography and notes on her life from 1877 to 1907, written in 1946. MF-269
213. Bernstein, Muriel Bernstein, Muriel Muriel Bernstein,1901- , Freelance journalist, of New York City, NY. - - Correspondence concerning a gift Bernstein had given the Newfoundland and Labrador Crafts - Development Association in 1990 and four photographs of Major Robert H. Tait taken in 1929 when - Bernstein was visiting Newfoundland. - MF-291
214. Bennett, Myra Bennett, Myra The Myra Bennett collection consists of papers both personal and professional that relate to her life as a nurse and midwife in the community of Daniel's Harbour and includes correspondence, biographical material, diares and journals. - COLL-254
215. Blackmore, Martin Blackmore, Martin Diary kept by Rev. Martin Blackmore, Church of England clergyman in Burgeo in the 1840s. MF-295
216. Bowring Family Bowring Family The Bowring Family papers consists of general family and business-related material, - including correspondence between Edgar Bowring and W. B. Bowring between 1902 and 1907 - and an undated history of the business covering the period 1811 to 1935. Most of the material is post 1940. By far the largest body of material in the collection is a - lengthy (1935-1984) series of correspondence written by P. Derrick Bowring, his wife, Moira Gordon - Baird Bowring, their children and - other members of the Bowring family to Clara Maria Bowring and (until his death in 1949) her husband, - Cyril Bowring. Clara and Cyril were Derrick's parents who lived in England. Derrick and Moira lived on the - Portugal Cove Road outside St. John's. The collection also includes some of Derrick Bowring's personal - correspondence and other documents. - - This collection, particularly the Clara Bowring correspondence, provides an inside look at a - prominent St. John's mercantile family in the middle decades of the twentieth century, a period of much - change for these families as the mercantile base of Newfoundland shifted from a British-dominated to a - Canadian- and American-dominated economy. The correspondence also provides commentary on the - major political events of mid-twentieth century Newfoundland, including the Commission of Government, - the National Convention, the campaign for and eventual realization of Confederation with Canada and the - post-1950 economic development policies of the provincial government. It also provides a glimpse of St. - John's social history of a kind seldom reported in the local press. - - The collection should prove to be of interest to biographers, business historians, and social - historians and to those researchers looking for first-hand, personal accounts of Newfoundland, particularly - St. John's, during the middle years of the twentieth century. - - Coll-157
217. Lawton, Sidney Lawton, Sidney This is a small but interesting collection of a man who spent half of his working life ministering in Labrador - and rural Newfoundland. It consists primarily of his writings, ranging from sermons for Good Friday services - on the seven words from the Cross to an essay on the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Much of the - material is directly related to Newfoundland and Labrador, however, including a report of the rectory fire at - Cartwright (1928), the search for the ill-fated Koehler expedition (1932) and the need for improved medical - services in Fortune Bay during the mid-1930s. The collection provides a personal perspective. It is - valuable both as a record of a Church of England cleric working in relative isolation, and as a social - commentary upon the lives of the people he served. - COLL-147
218. Leyton, Elliott Leyton, Elliott This collection contains the literary and academic papers of Elliott Leyton. At the beginning of his - career, Leyton researched and wrote - about subjects that his academic discipline dictated were worthy of study. Over the years, he has eased - his way into areas that held more of a - personal interest for him. Through this collection, a researcher can trace Leyton's growth from his - academic beginnings in the anthropological - research of an Irish village, through his research of a Newfoundland village of Irish descendants and - subsequent publications on industrial - disease, on through to his interest in juvenile delinquency and then to mass murderers and children who - murder their families. During the 1970s - when he was writing about industrial disease and its affect on two Newfoundland communities and about - juvenile delinquency, theatre groups all - across Canada were writing and performing plays based on just such community-based issues. Leyton - collaborated with the Mummers Troupe - to dramatize his book "Dying Hard". (See Coll-126.) He later collaborated with Codco to - produce "We're No Match for No One," (see Coll-125) - based on The Myth of Delinquency. - - - - In most instances there are field notes, transcriptions of interviews, working notes, several drafts, - manuscripts and revisions. There are some - audio and video tapes. There is also a rich collection of correspondence with friends, colleagues, agents - and publishers, which gives insight into - the development of the books and the influences on the writer. This collection would be of interest to - students of sociology, anthropology, - criminology, drama and writing. COLL-008
219. Lind, Henry Lind, Henry Holograph diary kept while at Anglican Mission, Sandy Point, St. George's Bay, June 25, 1857-January 8, 1858; November 29, 1861-April 28, 1863; April 1, 1864(?)-May 12, 1864(?). OMF-002
220. London Theatre Company London Theatre Company Programs, newspaper clippings, and 1 Black and White photograph relating to the London Theatre Company (London, England) productions which were staged in St. John's during the winter seasons 1951-1957. COLL-128
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