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Fonds · 1978-1985

Fonds consists of canonical decree erecting St. Peter's Parish and defining its boundaries (1982); building fund financial statement (1983); correspondence relating to St. Peter's Chapel (1984); church and school programs (1978, 1982); and newspaper clippings relating to parish history (1984-1985).

St. Peter's Parish (Mount Pearl, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1953-1987, predominant 1962-1979

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to Smithville Crescent property, establishment of the parish, appointments, financial matters, building projects, Our Lady of Lourdes School and Parish, and other general parish affairs (1953-1979); canonical decrees delineating St. Pius X's boundaries and suppressing Our Lady of Lourdes (1982); newspaper clippings relating to parish history (1956-1987); architectural sketch of St. Pius X Elementary School (1965); and 3 photographs. Fonds includes some photocopies.

St. Pius X Parish (St. John's, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1951-1982, predominant 1951-1977

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to parish property, building projects, transfer of control to the Redemptorist Fathers, appointments, and other general parish affairs (1951-1977); invitations and addresses to Archbishop Skinner (1951-1966); memorandum and articles of association (1959); canonical decree and annotated city maps delineating parish boundaries (1982); architectural plans and blueprints detailing proposed extensions to parish schools (1953, 1960) and alterations to rectory (1967); contract to build church and monastery (1961); newspaper clippings relating to parish history (1956-1977); and 6 photographs. Fonds includes some photocopies.

St. Teresa's Parish (St. John's, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1902-1986, predominant 1950-1971

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to parish building projects, property, finances, and schools (1902, 1929, 1950-82); financial statements (1916-28); architectural plan of proposed parish hall [195-]; drawings delineating parish property boundaries (1951-65); mortgage (1948); death list for Topsail District (1906); canonical decree establishing parish and defining its boundaries (1982); newspaper clippings relating to parish history (1986); and 4 photographs. Fonds includes some photocopies.

St. Thomas of Villanova Parish (Topsail, N.L. : Catholic)
Steamships collection
CA Them Days APL 581 · Collection · 1912

Collection consists of letters, correspondence, and reports about steamships.

Stephen Loring colection
CA Them Days APL 371 · Collection · 1834, 1893, 1899-1910, 1988

Colection consists of an account of 'Richard and Townsend Lawrence's trip to Labrador, 1893' written by Stephen Loring; a letter to Doris Saunders from Stephen Loring (1988), 'Tales from Old Davis Inlet' written by Stephen Loring, 'Jim Saunders Amateur Archeologist', written by Bill Fitzhugh; notes on the coast of Labrador by Samuel Robertson, excerpt from book ' In an Unknown Land: A Journey Through the wastes of Labrador in the Search of Gold' written by Edward Colpitts Robinson, a journal article taken from 'JOURNAL OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY entitled: 'Private Journal Kept on Board H.M.S. Favorite on the Newfoundland Station,' written by Captain H. Robinson, an excerpt from book " The Indian Miscellany' entitled: ' The Esquimaux of Labrador,' written by A.S. Packard, Jr., article entitled: 'Borael Forest and Sub- Arctic Archaeology,' edited by ;C.S. Reid; 1 book entitled: 'O Darkly Bright,' the Labrador Journeys of William Brooks Cabot, a set of notes to accompany 'Tales from Old Davis Inlet'; and a copy of the article " Boreal Forest and Sub- Arctic Archaeology,' published by the Archaeology Society, Inc.

Stephen Loring
Stephen V. James fonds
Fonds · c.1888

The fonds consists of 3 bound notebooks and 3 photographs. Two of the notebooks contain school material; the third appears to be a delivery ledger and contains names and addresses of St. John's residents. One photograph appears to be a wedding portrait, entitled the James family; two are class portraits, entitled St. Bond's [sic] Class and Convent St. John's 1880's.

James, Stephen V.
Fonds · Transcribed [197-?] (originally created 1848-1949)

Collection consists of research data for Patricia Thornton's doctoral thesis, entitled "Dynamic Equilibrium: Settlement, Population and Ecology in the Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland, 1840-1940", (University of Aberdeen, 1979).

Collection includes 13 boxes of index cards, recording information on residents of 48 communities on each shore of the Strait of Belle Isle from 1848 until 1949. Boxes 1 and 3-11 contains the cards recording birth, marriage and deaths, arranged in alphabetical order. Boxes 2 and 13 contain marriage recall cards, which allow linkage between family groups, and additional data sheets.

Thornton, Patricia A.
Fonds · 1943-1957

Fonds consists of baptismal records (1943-1949, 1951); marriage records (1943-1946, 1948, 1949, 1951);, death records (1943-1946, 1948, 1949). Fonds also includes confirmation cards for 1951, 1952 and 1957.

St. Peter and Paul Parish (Harbour Main, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1943-1963

Fonds consists of baptismal records (1943-1949, 1951-1954); marriage records (1943-1949, 1951-1954); and death records (1943-1949, 1951-1954) for Sts. Peter and Paul Parish. There are also some confirmation cards (1953-1963) for Kings' Cove and Open Hall.

Sts. Peter and Paul Parish (King's Cove, Bonavista Bay)