Collection consists of microfilmed copies of three volumes of account books containing the Knight dealings with the hundreds of fishermen they hired, the export merchants to whom they sold their cod, and the dozens of maritime artisans and labourers who maintained their fleet of schooners. The account books cover the years 1767-81 and 1788-1833.
Knight, WilliamFonds consists of 42 black and white photographs taken by Cabot during his journeys in Labrador. The photographs are part of an exhibition of 57 photographs held at the Johnson Memorial Gallery of Middlebury College in Vermont from January-February 1985. The photographs are mainly of Innu men, women and children engaged in their daily activities and of the landscape surrounding their homes.
William Brooks CabotCollection consists of copies of William Duncan Strong's original field notes, taken while on the Rawson-MacMillan field museum Expedition (1927-1928); extracts taken from Strong's field notes regarding toys and games research (1927-1928)
William Duncan StrongCollection consists of William Duncan Strong's field notes, taken while on the Rawson-MacMillan field museum Expedition (1927-1928); extracts taken from Strong's field notes regarding toys and games research (1927-1928).
William Duncan StrongFonds consists of incoming business correspondence of William Graves for 1856. Most of the letters refer to daily business transactions, freight rates and markets, and purchase of supplies. Fonds also contains correspondence from ship captains. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Graves, WilliamCollection consists of correspondence to Dr. Wm Kirwin from Carol Brice Benett of The Labrador Institute of Northern Studies (1988); to Carol Brice Bennett from Dr. Wm Kirwin (1988(; to Carol Brice Bennett from William J Kirwin (1988(; and the journal: " William Chimmo's Journal of a Voyage to the N.E. Coast of Labrador during the year 1967" Edited by William J. Kirwin.
Collection consists of microfilmed account books of William Pickering that document the voyages of his two fishing sloops, Speedwell and Content, as well as his dealings with mariners, fishermen, and the tradesmen of Salem's waterfront. The collection also includes a description of the peddling activities of the brigantine Hope in fishing settlements from Ferryland to Bonavista, Newfoundland.
Pickering, WilliamFonds consists of a photocopy of a letterbook, 1834-1841, belonging to William Roche, partner in the firm of Roche and Kinnear. The correspondence contains information primarily dealing with cargos and the West India trade.
Roche, William Sr.The fonds consists of a limited number of legal and political papers. It includes one indenture, dated 8 August 1888, for the property known as "Darby O'Hollohan's Plantation." The fonds also includes one confidential letter to William V. Whiteway from Robert Bond, dated 23 June 1891, which examined the prospects of the Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
Whiteway, Sir William VallanceFonds consists of a photocopy of part of a handwritten diary kept by William Whiteway, recording details of cases heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland from 1888-1899.
Whiteway, Sir William Vallance