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Fonds · 1918-1995 (inclusive), 1939-1945 (predominant)

The fonds represents the Trinity branch of the WPA in Newfoundland, and consists of two printed annual reports of the WPA, Newfoundland, 1918 and 1945, a small amount of correspondence, knitting patterns and records of material issued and work returned. There is also a file of news clippings relating to members of the armed forces from the Trinity area, including some obituaries. The fonds was assembled by Rupert Morris and contained some items which have been removed.

Women's Patriotic Association. Trinity Branch (Trinity, N.L.)
Fonds · 1753-1962

The records in this fonds originated in the offices of the court of the Northern District Court at Trinity. The material represents almost 200 years of the administration of justice in the district. Included with the original material is a series of early court proceedings, 1753-1774, copied from the original records held at the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL). The fonds includes records of the Trinity Magistrates' Office from 1830-1909; commissions and appointments of Justices of the Peace, 1849-1930; wills and land transfers, 1798-1924; appointment calendars for the magistrates office at Trinity, 1907-1931; Acts of Parliament and Orders in Council, 1833-1904; and voters' lists for 1836, 1865 and 1962. The records have been arranged in series following form and function.

Northern District Court, Trinity
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 · 1883-1968

The fonds consists of cemetery accounts for 1883-1966; an account book for 1945-1968 and an account of the Rector's stipend and church expenses for 1939-1968. The books provide information on persons in the community who purchased plots in the cemetery, contributed to the rector's stipend, as well as providing accounts relating to expenditures of the church.

St. Augustine's Church (British Harbour, N.L. : Anglican)
Green- Nemec Family Fonds
Fonds · 1862-2004

The fonds consists of mercantile copy books for John James Green; a ledger, day book, bill book, account book, notebook, order book and invoices for the Green Family Forge; education records from Harvey and Cecil Green and Mrs. Nemec’s education in schools in Trinity, St. John’s, and Sackville, New Brunswick; correspondence with members of the Green family; church bulletins; miscellaneous; colour glass plate negatives; black and white and colour photographs.

The fonds has been arranged in seven series: Series 1: Mercantile Copy Books, 1875; Series 2: Green Family Forge, 1862 - 1955; Series 3: Education Records, 1908, 1911, 1915, 1933 - 1950, 1994; Series 4: Correspondence and Poetry, 1933 - 1947, 1954, 1972, 1995 - 1996; Series 5: Church Materials, 1942, 1952, 1976,1985, 1991 - ; Series 6: Miscellaneous material; Series 7: Colour Glass Plate Negatives.

Green-Nemec Family Fonds
Fonds · 1885-1996

The fonds consists of the administrative and financial records of the church and includes the following material: Minutes of Meetings, 1917- 1931; Minute Book, 1931 - 1952-53; Minutes of the Congregation Meetings, 1954- 1984; Vestry Minutes, February 1960 - January 1977; Cash Book, 1931-1958; Record of Envelope Givings, 1963-1996; Accounts Book, 1966- 1996; Register of Services, January 1897- December 1921; Vestry Book, 1922-1952; and Visitor’s Book, 1980-1996.

The records have been organized into four series according to the form and function of the records: Series 1: Minutes of Vestry, 1917-1931; Series 2: Financial Records, 1931-1996; Series 3: Vestry Register, 1897-1952; Series 4: Visitor’s Book, 1980 - 1996.

All Saints Anglican Church, English Harbour (NL)
Fonds · 1786-1835

The fonds consists of photocopies of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Parish of Bonavista, 1786 - 1834 and an original register of marriages for a variety of churches on the Bonavista Peninsula, mostly from the Bonavista Bay area, 1825 - 1835. The first part of the record contains a handwritten note on the Marriage Act as passed by Parliament in the Fifth year of George IV, Chapter LXVIII, Section VI. According to the law anyone performing a marriage after March 25, 1825 is supposed to deliver to either the Secretary of the Governor or to the incumbent or officiating minister of some church or chapel of the established church of England in the towns of St. John’s, Harbour Grace or Trinity a certificate of marriage. This is then to be entered into a marriage register and is to be kept at that site.

Anglican Parish of Bonavista (Bonavista, N.L. : Anglican)
Fonds · 1889-2004

The fonds consists of four Vestry Books for the years 1889 - 2004.

The records have been organized into a series according to form and function.

St. Luke's Anglican Church (Old Bonaventure, N.L.)
Fonds · 1888-1992

The fonds consists of minutes of select vestry meetings 1911 - 1986; vestry registers, 1888-1998; financial records; 1906-1952; correspondence, 1929-1949; minister’s records, 1945-1990 and visitor’s books, 1966-1992.

The records have been organized into six series according to form and function.

St. Matthew's Church (Trouty, N.L. : Catholic)