The Slade diaries contain a day to day account of Slade's business at Trinity, as well as general information on the state of the fishery, shipping, weather and comings and goings in the community. Sometimes entitled "Remarks" and at other times "Occurrences", the diaries were kept by William Kelson, the manager for the company at Trinity from 1809-1851. The series includes a complete set of photocopied diaries from 1809-1852, and three original volumes, 1827-1829, 1835-1839, 1839-1843.
Includes photocopies of an account book, and ledgers, 1807-1808 and 1820; 5 volumes of fish collection books for 1844-1851; cooperage sales for 1854; day books, 1856-1858; account books, 1857-1859 and a cash book, 1861. Some of the volumes were later used by Grieve and Bremner and are bound in with the records of that firm.
This series includes photocopies of a letter book, 1809-1810, chiefly containing letters from William Kelson Sr., the Slade agent or manager at Trinity to the proprietor, Robert Slade at Poole, England; a photocopied letterbook containing letters signed Slade and Kelson, which is mainly business correspondence, 1830-1831; a few pieces of original correspondence addressed to Mr. Robert Slade at Trinity, 1835; and an "obligation to pay" Benjamin Bugden to Robert Slade, 1835, (met in 1855).
The fonds consists of a school logbook for 1913-1914, which provides details of the school's day-to-day operation; school registers for 1929-1967; and student report cards from 1947-1961.
St. Matthew's School, TroutyThe 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.)The shipping records include statements of seals taken by individual vessel, 1875; an account of the sealing fleet, 1879-1881; vessels accounts for the vessels Isabella, Dart and Gem, 1863-1878; crew subscriptions to Church properties, 1879; papers relating to insurance claims for the brig Gem, 1877-1889; papers relating to the Dart, missing at sea, 1879; charter parties, 1855-1879 and sealing crew agreements for the Dart, 1871-1877, the Lion, 1875, 1879 and the Bear, 1875.
The fonds consists of 5 volumes of proceedings of the summary court at Bonavista, 1945-1949; Jurors Lists for 1915-1930; a Magistrates Office Calendar for 1908-1913 and Electoral Office records for 1897-1924.
Northern District Court, BonavistaThe lists contain the names of person qualified to serve as Grand Jurors or Petty Jurors at the Supreme Court of Newfoundland at Bonavista. To qualify, jurors were required to reside within 7 miles of the Court House. The jurors lists provide the name, residence and occupation of each person.
Transcripts of the proceedings of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction at Bonavista from 1945-1949.
The calendar lists the cases to be tried or heard by the magistrate giving the name, age, occupation and address of the defendant, the name of the plaintiff, cause of action, judgement and fines levied.