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Archival description
Leo Ehrenberg fonds
CA Them Days S2519, S2841-S2880 · Fonds · 197? - 198?

Fonds consists of 36 coloured slides taken by Ehrenberg during his stay in Labrador. The subject matter is various, including airplanes, landscapes and individual portraits.

Leo Ehrenberg
Nigel Markham collection
CA Them Days APL 100 · Collection · 1765, 1841, 1873, 1919, 1923-1930, 1933, 1940, 1948, 1960, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1985

Collection consists of: ‘Labrador and Fishery Regulations’ taken from THE ENGLISH OCCUPATION, (1765), a hymn composed in 1841 for Centenary of the Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, ‘Coming home from Labrador’ excerpted from GREAT WATERS, (1919), an article regarding whaling at Hawke’s Harbour, letters to the Moravian Mission board from Hebron and Makkovik; notes made by Nigel Markham while at Public Archives in St. John’s Newfoundland, list of important dates in Labrador history; list of books on Labrador; family tree information regarding Dicker (Decker), Flowers, Ford, McNeill, Voisey; wedding certificate information copied from the original, regarding George Voisey and Alice Lavinia Ford- Jan. 5, 1873, trapping agreement between Thorwald Perrault and George Sheppard (1974); Newfoundland and Labrador Affairs information- including 2 Liberal party flyers (Ian Strachan) and Bill Rompkey (1975); Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities Annual Brief to Government, March 11, 1983; results in Labrador regarding the referendum of June 3, 1948 and July 22, 1948; various Federal/Provincial correspondence on Native Funding; Labrador Inuit Association Annual Meeting/ Land Claims Statement; Environmental overview of the Lower Churchill Power Development, final report (1974); report on Native schools at Nain, Makkovik, and Hopedale by Rose Jeddore, Curriculum Consultant for Native schools, (1975); list of dates and birthplaces of Nain people; resolutions of Combined Councils of Hopedale, Makkovik, Nain and Rigolet, May 16-19, 1974, press release in Hopedale ‘Progress by Goose Bay Project Group,’ Nov 1, 1973; Dictionary catalog of the Stefansson Collection, (1967); a story from John Decker of Hopedale, Labrador, a letter from Nigel Markham to Doris Saunders regarding Monsignor Edward Joseph O’Brien materials, a background on Father O’ Brien and his mission work with the Innu, written by Nigel Markham, various correspondence to and from Father O’Brien, receipts from several businesses (eg. Hudson’s Bay Company), the story ‘A Voyage, A Wreck, A Moral,’ written by Father O’ Brien, and reports regarding the conditions of the Innu.

Nigel Markham
F.W. Peacock collection
CA Them Days APL 791 · Collection · 1773, 1943, 1944, 1947

Collection consists of a letter from James Hutton to the Earl of Dartmouth regarding Mikak, an Inuit woman who was taken to England and then returned to Labrador (1773); the article entitled: 'Men and Books: Some Eskimo Remedies and Experiences of an Amateur Doctor Among the Labrador Eskimo' by Rev Peacock (1947); the article 'An Old Water System: Nain, Labrador' by F.W. Peacock (1982); the article: 'German Weather Station in Labrador North, !943- 1944' by Rev. Peacock; a list of ships servicing Labrador owned by the moravian society; a one page background on the name Makkovik; an excerpt from the document detailing the attempt by the Harmony to weather a storm in trying to reach Labrador from England; the article 'pep' regarding Everett Pepperrell Wheeler, a traveler to Labrador; the first three pages of the article 'Missionaries and Medicines in Northern Labrador' ; the article 'History of the Moravian Church from 1860' an untitled article giving some of the history of the Moravian Mission in Labrador; and the article: ' Notes on Labrador Indians'

F.W. Peacock
George Cartwright collection
CA Them Days APL 013 · Collection · circa 1777, 1792, 1911, 1980, 1776, 1786, 1990

Collection consists of photocopy of book entitled "Captain George Cartwright and his Labrador Journal" (1911); information about George Cartwright by David Wooley; typewritten copy of a poem by George Cartwright about Labrador; lecture given by G.M Story of the Newfoundland Historical Society entitled "Old Labrador-George Cartwright, 1738-1819" (1980); excerpt from "By Great Waters" called "Too many houses, too much smoke, too many people"; excerpts from Cartwright's journals concerning gardening (1776-1786); SUNDAY PRESS article entitled "Labrador native killed by smallpox on 1773 visit to England" (1990). The collection covers the lifespan of George Cartwright, (1739-1819).

George Cartwright
CA Them Days APL 790 · Collection · 1800

Collection consists of statements, agreements and records regarding the Moravian mission in Labrador

Moravian Bethleham
Court Proceedings collection
CA Them Days APL 598 · Collection · 1810

Collection consists of handwritten correspondence in regards to Court Proceedings in Forteau and L'anse Au Loup

Anne Budgell collection
CA Them Days APL 764 · Collection · 1822, 1842, 1849, 1850, 1860, 1899, 1900

Collection consists of a booklet of Labrador songs for Labrador East Division Girl Guide Music Camp in 1990(file 1); 7 pages of typed Labrador songs and musical notes (file 1); a journal published in 1849, “A Visit to Labrador (in the autumn of 1848)” by Lord Bishop of Newfoundland (file 2); Extracts from “A Journal of a Voyage of Visitation” in the “Hawk (ship)” by the Bishop of Newfoundland in 1859, published in 1860 (file 3); a journal published in 1849, “A Journal of the Bishop of Newfoundland’s Voyage of Visitation and Discovery on the South and West Coasts of Newfoundland and on the Labrador in the Church Ship ‘Hawk’ in the Year 1848.” (file 4); A journal published in 1850, “ A Journal of Voyage of Visitation in the ‘Hawk’ Church Ship, on the Coast of Labrador, and round the Whole Island of Newfoundland in the Year 1849.” (file 5); A journal published in 1899, “A Visit to Labrador” by the Rev. Canon Pilot, D.D (file 6); A narrative published in 1822 about the travel of two Labrador Moravian Missionaries to Okkak in 1782 (file 7).

CA Them Days APL 475 · Collection · 1826, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1961, 1996

Collection consists of 3 photocopied pages taken from the Registry of Marriages; an account of Labrador written by Sir Francis Bernard, Govenor of Massachusetts (1760); and various correspondence, requests and memorandums regarding Natural Resource use and development in Labrador.

Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
Alvin Blake collection
CA Them Days APL 264 · Collection · 1832 - 1875

Collection consists of a family record entitled: "Ages of John and Sarah Blake"

Alvin Blake
Battle Harbour collection
CA Them Days APL 006 · Collection · 1832, 1904, 1941

Collection consists of diary covering weather reports, fishery reports and general activities (1832); newsletter entitled "Battle Harbour Bi-Annual Boomerang" (1904); Newfoundland Rangers' Battle Harbour detachment diary for January, February, March, and April (1941).

Battle Harbour