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Archival description
Collection · 1919-1920

Collection consists of photographs related to the Fishermen's Protective Union (FPU). Included are a portrait of J. H. Scammell, (1894-1940) politician and President of the FPU, photographed by S. H. Parsons & Sons, St. John's and a group photograph by Holloway of the members of the FPU, identified, who were elected as members of the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1919.

Saunders, Sadie
Sara M. Coady fonds
Fonds · [18-]-1987

The textual records consist mainly of information concerning Miss Coady's career from 1922 to 1966, including official documents, letters, publications, presentations, and notes written by Miss Coady. There is also a small collection of newspaper clippings from the 1940's, and seven photographs, ranging from an albumen print of Trepassey catholic church to a snapshot of Miss Coady in 1968. The material came to the Society in six folders labelled as follows: "Skit or drama materials for use in Adult Ed. Programmes in Nfld - (1930-40-"; "Miss Coady's Reports on Various Adult Schools in Nfld Communities, 1935-40-50"; "Miss Sarah Coady Personal letters & career advancement and her educational career"; "Local Nfld Adult Education publications"; "Miscellaneous material gathered by Miss Coady from U.S.A. etc and Nfld Govt. materials & T.B. Association circulars"; "Miss Coady's Scrapbook Clippings". This order has been maintained to a large extent, documenting her career in chronological order. The photographs have been listed as a separate series.

Coady, Sara M.
Samuel J. Broomfield Fonds
Fonds · 1909-1936

Fonds consists of correspondence from Buckingham Palace, his son Abram, Department of Agriculture and Mines in St. John's, Game and Inland Fisheries Board of Newfoundland, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Zenith Radio Corporation in Chicago; business receipts from Hudson's Bay Company; a sworn affidavit from the records of the Privy Council concerning the Labrador Boundary dispute (1909); 2 poems written by Broomfield; miscellaneous newspaper clippings

Broomfield, Samuel J.
CA Them Days APL 009 · Collection · 1909 - 1936

Collection consists of correspondence from Buckingham Palace, his son Abram, Department of Agriculture and Mines in St. John's, Game and Inland Fisheries Board of Newfoundland, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Zenith Radio Corporation in Chicago; business receipts from Hudson's Bay Company; a sworn affidavit from the records of the Privy Council concerning the Labrador Boundary dispute (1909); 2 poems written by Broomfield; miscellaneous newspaper clippings.

Samuel J. Broomfield
Fonds · 1841-1977, predominant 1952-1977

Fonds consists of financial records (1923-30) and correspondence (1925-77) and a photocopied letter by Rev. Cleary (1841); Fonds also includes printed material which relates to the Parish's history and activities.

Saints Peter and Paul Parish (Bay Bulls, Newfoundland) fonds
Fonds · 1901-1996, predominant 1945-1979

Fonds consists of a baptismal register of Tors Cove (1901-51); marriage register of Tors Cove (1901-51); financial records (1915-18); correspondence (1954-71); land claims (1967-73); parish boundary (1982, 1985, 1996); and parish documents (1915-17); Fonds also includes printed material which relates to the Parish's history and activities.

Sacred Heart Parish (Tors Cove, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1923-1977, predominant 1953-1967

The fonds consists of financial statements, letters, and receipts (1924-28, 1984); correspondence (1923-77); parish boundaries (1985); parish documents and building plans (1955, 1970). The fonds also includes a petition from the people of Sacred heart parish which outlines the difficulties faced by the congregation over the years. As well, the fonds includes news clippings and printed material accumulated by the archivists to document the activities and history of Sacred Heart Parish.

Sacred Heart Parish (Roman Catholic), St. Vincent's (NL)
Fonds · 1915-1986, predominantly 1951-1971

Fonds consists of records which relate to ecclesiastical property and buildings in Sacred Heart Parish, as well as to various Roman Catholic organizations. The ecclesiastical property records include correspondence (1917-1986); financial statements (1915-1928); a parish boundary decree (1985) and an outline of the parish boundary on a photocopied commercial map (1985); four architectural drawings of a proposed presbytery (1960); six technical drawings - one of a proposed land exchange between the Roman Catholic Church and a parishioner (1966) and five of land in Marystown belonging to the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation (1967); two sketches of the intended layout of a parish hall (1965); four Latin documents; church legal documents and forms (1915, 1919, 1948); five black and white photographs and two colour photographs.

The records which relate to church organizations include the Altar Society minute book (1926-1937) and file (1973-1976); the Holy Name Society minute books (1958-1970) and Sunday publications book (1926-1928). As well, the fonds contains material, primarily photocopies and clippings from the Roman Catholic newspaper The Monitor reflecting the history and activities of Sacred Heart Parish.

Sacred Heart Parish (Marystown, NL : Catholic)
Fonds · 1906-1947

The fonds consists mainly of the financial records for the firm of Ryan Brothers of Trinity from the time the firm was established in 1906 to the end of the 1940s. Records include ledgers, which give individual accounts; day books, which record daily purchases and prices; store books, which provide details of the Ryan wholesale trade; inventory books; fish collections relating to the Labrador trade at Hawke Harbour; a statement of the firm's liabilities and assets, 1948. For much of the period of the firm's operation at Trinity, business was carried out through the barter or truck system. The exchange of goods for services, fish or produce is recorded in the ledgers. Also included are two volumes from an earlier period: Shareman's wages, 1904-1905, and a debt ledger for 1892-1893. It is possible that these volumes originated with James Ryan & Company King's Cove or Bonavista.

The fonds is arranged in four series: Series 1: Financial records, 1906-1947; Series 2: Correspondence, 1921-1948; Series 3: Labrador trade, 1908-1909; Series 4: Predecessor records, 1892-1905.

Ryan Brothers Ltd.
Fonds · 1906-1951

Fonds consists of business records for Ryan Brothers, Trinity, from its establishment in 1906 until its closure in 1951. The fonds consists of journals, ledgers, cash books, fish collection books and other financial records of the business operation at Trinity, correspondence, shipping papers, labour accounts and an account book for the whale factory at Hawke Harbour, Labrador.

Records are arranged in three series: Correspondence; Financial records; Miscellaneous materials.

Ryan Brothers Ltd.