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The fonds consists of interviews with residents and former residents of Fort Amherst and Freshwater Bay. The subject matter pertains to the community history of Fort Amherst and Freshwater Bay, from the 1920s to the 1990s. Informants are residents or former residents of these communities. They include Etta Wareham, Leonard Wareham, Rose Tucker, William Morgan, Nellie Ennis, Vivian Blake, Bert Wareham, Elsie Wareham, Elsie Bauld, Norman and Alma Farewell, Albert and Frances Benson, Will and Rita Ennis, Nellie Power, Robert Pearcey, Elaine Stamp, Irene Dale, Walter Meadus, Melita Dalton, Helen Guest, Jim Guest, Dorothy Lewis, Captain Harold Stone, Lillian Bussey, Bill Fizzard, Sam Tucker, Robert Sheppard, Jr., Clementine Roberts, Frank Hutchings, Joan Hutchings, Bill Tucker, Edward Edgecombe, Marion Mullay, Jennie Thistle, Jim Janes, John Healey, Joan Donegani, Isobel Antle, Ida Wareham, Eva Wareham, Byron Cooper, Bob Avery, Ann Hendsbee, Queen Driscoll, Gordon Morgan, Louise Morgan, Sarah Benson, Max Manuel, Jenny Manuel, Ethel Abbot, Daisy Hiscock, Art Bugden, Mark Sampson, Beatrice Sampson, Kathleen Walsh, Margaret Ennis, Mary Perks.

Collection consists of the Certificate of Baptism for Flora Baikie (1890); and two pages of handwritten notes on Baikies genealogy.

The fonds consists of a price book that lists the prices of a huge inventory of goods, supplies, fish and timber products and produce. The page heading on page 2 reads "Trinity current prices for cash and barter agreed on between Messrs. Robinson Brooking & Co. and R. Slade & Co." Entries are made for summer and winter prices from 1850-1858.

Collection consists of original material and reproductions collected by Dr. Keith Matthews, including business records and ledgers, 1806-1822; diaries, 1809-1852; fish collection books, 1791-1852; and some correspondence and letter books. There is also a series of Matthews' notes taken from Slade documents for the period 1783-1858. Photocopies predominate.

Collection is arranged in eight series which reflect the administrative structure of the business: Robert Slade, Trinity, 1806-1822; Slade and Kelson, Trinity, 1822-1839; Executors of Robert Slade Sr., 1839-1852; Robert Slade & Company, Trinity, 1851-1860; Slade and Cox, Fogo and Twillingate, 1818-1837; John Slade and Co., Fogo and Twillingate, 1791-1865; John Slade and Co., Labrador, 1791-1832; Keith Matthews' notes on documents dated 1783-1858.

Collection consists of original records relating to property transactions of Robert Newman & Company, 1894-1951. Records include leases, mortgages, insurances, etc. Fonds also includes material related to Robert Newman & Company accumulated by Dr. Keith Matthews. Material collected includes notes from journals, 1786-1812; photocopies and notes from ledgers, 1771-1812; notes and transcripts from letterbooks, 1792-1896; and notes from account books; Collection also includes reproduced material related to Robert Newman & Company accumulated by Dr. Keith Matthews. Material collected includes notes from journals, 1786-1812; photocopies and notes from ledgers, 1771-1812; notes and transcripts from letterbooks, 1792-1896; and notes from account books, 1775-1806. Also included is a history of Newman's that was written in 1951.

Collection consists of a photocopied Certificate of Marriage for Kenneth King and Alice E. Mesher (1913); handwritten noted on Alice Mesher and family; and handwritten notes on Ambrose and Mary Ann Mesher.

Collection consists of: an envelope addressed to Mr. John C. Davis, postmarked St. Andrews, N.B (1928), a Canadian Postal note for 25 cents (1928), correspondence to John C. Davis from A.G Huntsman (1928), certificate of qualification to Robert Davis from the province of Newfoundland (1973), ‘The Steamer is Coming,’ written by Robert Davis; East Labrador Pastoral Charge Newsletter entitled: ‘Glad Tidings,’ Fall 1996, Vol. 2, No. 3; marriage certificate of Martha Patience Perrault and Robert H. Davis; letter to Robert H Davis from Wilfred Elders (1970), report entitled: ‘New K-Ar Age Determinations on Rocks from the East Coast of Labrador,’ reprinted from CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1969) written by R.L Grasty, J.C Rucklidge, and W.A Elders, article taken from SCIENCE entitled: ‘A Task for Ecologists around Waterfalls in Labrador-Ungava,” Vol. 166, (1969), article entitled “Layering and Net Veining in Hornblende Lamprophyre Intrusions from the Coast of Labrador,” written by Wilfred A. Elders and John C. Rucklidge, geological notes on ‘Rheomorphism of Granite by Gabbro Intrusions on the Coast of South-Central Labrador,’ written by W.A Elders and J.C Rucklidge; ‘A Statement of Collection for Ministerial Support on the Hamilton Inlet and Sandwich Bay Mission of the United Church in Labrador’, school report card belonging to Minnie R. Davis (1949-1950); a story handwritten by Robert Davis about some of the jobs he has worked on over the years; and a letter written by Cyril S. Watkins to his superior recommending Robert Davis for promotion (1957).

Collection consists of reports, surveys, and minutes about the rivers of Labrador.

Collection consists of a preliminary report on "Archeological Investigations of the Labrador Eskimo in Hamilton Inlet in 1973" by Richard Jordan; correspondence from Richard Jordan to THEM DAYS (1975); draft of preliminary report on "Archeological Investigations of the Labrador Eskimo in Hamilton Inlet in 1973" by Richard Jordan; Article which appeared Arctic Anthropology Vol. XV-2 entitled "Archaeological Investigations of the Hamilton Inlet Labrador Eskimo: Social and Economic Responses to European Contact" (1978) by Richard Jordan. These reports cover the time period between 1000 A.D. to the 20th century.

Collection consists of a preliminary report on "Archeological Investigations of the Labrador Eskimo in Hamilton Inlet in 1973" by Richard Jordan; correspondence from Richard Jordan to THEM DAYS (1975); draft of preliminary report on "Archeological Investigations of the Labrador Eskimo in Hamilton Inlet in 1973" by Richard Jordan; Article which appeared Arctic Anthropology Vol. XV-2 entitled "Archaeological Investigations of the Hamilton Inlet Labrador Eskimo: Social and Economic Responses to European Contact" (1978) by Richard Jordan. These reports cover the time period between 1000 A.D. to the 20th century.