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Fonds consists of the microfilmed records of the merchant families of Lester and Garland, including the daily diaries of Benjamin and Isaac Lester. These contain information on the daily activities of their business in Poole and Newfoundland, including information on ships, the fishery, weather, other merchants, and the political climate, giving an unparalleled account of the operation of a Newfoundland business establishment of the time.

The records also include an account of the French occupation of Trinity (July 1762) by Benjamin Lester, as well as the specifications for the construction of naval vessels and the proceedings of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (1834).

Fonds is arranged as follows: Diaries of Benjamin and Isaac Lester, 1761-1796 and 1765-1789; Accounts of the estate of Sir John Lester, 1808; Estate of George Garland, 1826; Benjamin Lester Garland, commissions in the militia, 1803-1831; Letterbooks of George Garland, 1794-1826; John Bingley Garland, appointment, 1833; and Captains' letterbook, 1827-1832.

Fonds consists of four ledgers (1927, 1928-53, 1934, 1935); a diary (1929-54); and price lists. Fonds also includes a membership certificate for the Loyal Orange Association (1929); an annual return for the Orange Lodge (1912); and several published items.

The fonds consists of personal papers of Moses Button and William Button, and business records of the firm of M. Button & Sons. The business papers consist of ledgers, account books and correspondence relating to the operation of the firm from 1892 to its closure in 1953. The personal material includes daily diaries kept by William Button which contain entries on weather, community events, births and deaths, and activities in St. John's and New Melbourne.

The fonds is arranged in five series: Correspondence, 1892-1951; Financial records, 1894-1951; Miscellaneous (legal records, lists and accounts, and published material) 1892-1964; Advertising and price lists, 1912-1942; Personal papers, 1892-1938.

Fonds consists of corporate records of the Marketing Administration Committee (MAC) from 1943-48. These include various subject files, correspondence, production records and records from the Combined Food Board, including recommendations for the purchase and allocations of yearly salt fish production, and quotas for production listed by country. The fonds also includes revenue and expense account sheets.

Fonds is arranged in three series: 1. Subject files, 1943-48; 2. Correspondence, 1945-47; 3. Production records, 1943-47.

Fonds consists of a microfilmed account book. Despite the name earlier assigned to the volume, it contains all of the family's dealings - not only the transactions of Mary Coffin Starbuck but also subsequent generations - with Aboriginal customers, labourers, and whalemen between the 1680s and the 1750s. It documents in remarkable detail the evolution of the economic relationships between the Aboriginal peoples and the colonists from a period of early European settlement almost to the time when the local Indigenous community was destroyed by disease.

Fonds consists of an autograph letter signed, Port of St. John's, Newfoundland, Oct. 30 1756, by Michael Gill, Commissary, certifying that George Nixon, master of the sloop Diligence, who landed a cargo of lumber from Piscatataqua, could not proceed from the harbour with his vessel as it was condemned. The cargo included a large lumber shipment of oak planks and maple boards, quite likely for shipbuilding for action in the French and Indian war.

Fonds consists of photocopies of two wage books (1928-30) and (1930-32) and four pieces of correspondence (1931-32) relating to the branch of the business at Thoroughfare, Bonavista Bay.

Item is a microfilmed account book recording owners and names of vessels that had accounts with the company. In the last entry, Moran, Galloway & Co. is replaced with Vaughan Brothers & Co.

This fonds contains the records of Murray Agencies & Transport Co., Ltd., a subsidiary company of A.H. Murray and Company, which was formed to build and charter vessels on commission and to transport freight to and from St. John's. It contains correspondence with local, Canadian and foreign suppliers, financial records, labour records and an extensive collection of shipping manifests and disbursement accounts.

The records are arranged in four series: Correspondence 1924-1966; Financial records, 1924-1965; Labour records, 1948-1966; and Shipping records, 1923-1964. The majority of the records are for the 1950s to 1966.

Fonds consists of two microfilmed letter books dating 1833-47 and 1847-51, which contain correspondence from Nathan Smith DeMill to various businesses. The letter books provide information about accounts, orders, cargo, sailing dates and voyage destinations.