Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1909-1936 (Creation)
- Creator
- Broomfield, Samuel J.
Physical description area
Physical description
1 cm textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
: Samuel J. Broomfield (1852-1938) was born in Groswater Bay and lived in Jack Lane Bay, Hunt's River, Big Bay and Davis Inlet, among other parts of Labrador. He was a trapper and warden throughout his life. In 1912, he wrote a letter to King George V congratulating him on his coronation and sending him a present of a handmade sealskin pouch. This letter was publicized in English newspapers. Broomfield married Eliza Learning (1858-1927) from Paradise River. They had 4 sons and 6 daughters and also raised a grandson, John.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence from Buckingham Palace, his son Abram, Department of Agriculture and Mines in St. John's, Game and Inland Fisheries Board of Newfoundland, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Zenith Radio Corporation in Chicago; business receipts from Hudson's Bay Company; a sworn affidavit from the records of the Privy Council concerning the Labrador Boundary dispute (1909); 2 poems written by Broomfield; miscellaneous newspaper clippings
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Originals stored in other repositories
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
No restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Much material in THEM DAYS Archives has copyright protection. Researchers must obtain permission from copyright holders before publication in any form.
Finding aids
File lists and subject indexes available
Associated materials
Broomfield Genealogy file; THEM DAYS Vol 3, No. 3; photograph collection: Samuel Broomfield
Accruals
No further accruals are expected