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Archival description
HMS Calypso fonds
Fonds · 1881-1920, 1952

Fonds consists of records relating to the construction of the ship and records created while she was commissioned with the Royal Newfoundland Reserve. The fonds includes three journals relating to the construction of the vessel, HMS Calypso, including details of the vessel's construction kept by J.H. Lovell, carpenter at Chatham Dockyard (1881); a record of weights for the vessel (1883-84); and detailed sketches of the machinery aboard the vessel (1883). Each journal contains detailed hand drawn and painted illustrations. Other files include two pieces of correspondence, one of which is a letter from David Murray to the editor of Shipbuilding and Shipping Record regarding the construction and history of the vessel, 2 Aug. 1952.

The fonds also includes four drill registers created while the vessel was used to train members of the Reserve. These lists individuals and the period of their drill, the training vessel and remarks; a register of trainees; deck logbooks (1914-20); regulations concerning summary punishments and character, conduct, badges etc.(1911-13); and day books recording liquor accounts. A salt delivery book recording deliveries after the vessel was sold to Murray's is also included.

Fonds is arranged in two series: 1. Construction journals, 1881-1884, 1952; 2. Royal Naval Reserve drill registers, 1904-1922.

Calypso (ship)
Fonds · 1884-1982, predominant 1951-1970

Fonds consists of financial statements (1916, 1920-27); correspondence (1884, 1951-70); parish boundaries (1982); church documents (1884, 1915, 1920, 1982); and six photographs; Fonds also includes printed material which relates to the Parish's history and activities.

Holy Apostles Parish (Renews, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1883-1957

Fonds consists of baptismal records (1883-1909, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951); marriage records (1883-1909, 1921, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950); confirmation cards (23 Feb. 1950, 24 Mar. 1950, 23 Jun. 1955, 19 Jun. 1956, 1 Mar. 1957); death records (1943, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951).

Holy Cross Parish (Holyrood, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1982-1984

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to parish building projects and the redistribution of parish assets (1982-84); canonical decree establishing the parish and defining its boundaries (1982); and newspaper clippings relating to parish history (1983-84). Fonds includes some photocopies.

Holy Family Parish (Paradise, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1915-1985

Fonds consists of financial statements (1915-30); parish boundaries (1982, 1985); parish land documents (1952-76); and parish business correspondence (1948-76); Fonds also consists of some documentation concerning the establishment of the Confraternity of Saint Anne, affiliated with the Sodality to the Archconfraternity of Saint Anne de Beaupre; Fonds also includes printed material which relates to the Parish's history and activities

Holy Redeemer Parish ( Roman Catholic), Trepassey (NL)
Fonds · 1883-1994, predominant 1952-1967

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to parish property, boundaries, building projects, finances, and general affairs (1907-77); records relating to parish property, including conveyances, bills of sale and boundary sketches (1883-1914); financial statements (1915-28); canonical decrees dismembering Holy Rosary Parish and erecting Holy Family Parish (1982); church programs (1982, 1994); newspaper clippings relating to parish history (1965, 1984-87); and 5 black and white photographs. Fonds includes some photocopies and transcriptions.

Holy Rosary Parish (Portugal Cove, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1792-1985

Fonds consists of baptismal registers for the district of Ferryland (1857-1930; 1966-68); marriage register of Ferryland, Renews, Fermeuse and Cape Broyle (1837-63, true copy made in 1969); marriage register of Ferryland, Renews, Fermeuse (1837-1920); parish documents (1792, 1839, 1848, 1857, 1971); financial statements, records, and correspondence (1883, 1917-38); land claims (1956-59); parish boundaries (1982, 1985); correspondence (1857-1976, predominant 1951-71); and two photographs; Fonds also includes printed material which relates to the Parish's history and activities.

Holy Trinity Parish (Roman Catholic), Ferryland (NL)
Fonds · 1883-1990, predominant 1916-1982

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to parish building projects, schools, property, and general affairs (1927-82); financial statements and receipts (1916-30, 1977); canonical decree defining parish boundaries (1982); inventory of personal household effects (1883); conveyance of land to parish (1886); petition to Archbishop Edward P. Roche from parishioners [before 1950]; 4 parish record books recording church dues, pew rents, donations, baptisms, marriages, and deaths (1915-23); address to Archbishop Patrick J. Skinner from parish children [195-]; and newspaper clippings (some photocopies and transcriptions) relating to parish history (1857-1990). Fonds includes some photocopies.

Holy Trinity Parish (Torbay, N.L. : Catholic)
Fonds · 1852-1985

Fonds consists of financial statements, correspondence, and receipts (1895-1959 with substantial gaps); church property (1852-1966); parish correspondence (1951-73); parish boundaries (1985); and one photograph; Fonds also consists of records relating to Rev. Michael J. Kennedy, including his diary of the construction of the church in Cape Broyle (1945-46); his confirmation register (1933-64); a visitation notebook (ca. 1966); and two certificates pertaining to a relic; Fonds also includes printed material which relates to the Parish's history and activities.

Immaculate Conception Parish (Cape Broyle, N.L. : Catholic)
Collection · Microfilmed [196-?] (originally created 1671-1900)

The Maritime History Archive commenced the collection of Irish parish records during the period 1973-1980. The parish records document the genealogical origins of Newfoundland families whose ancestors had emigrated from Ireland before the twentieth century.

The collection consists of microfilmed copies of many Roman Catholic parishes in the Irish counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Donegal, as well as many Church of Ireland parishes in counties Cork and Waterford. There are also vestry books for two parishes in County Clare: Castletown Arra and Killahoe.

Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland