Fonds contains photographs and textual records pertaining to the descendants of Isaac Wry, which were handed down to and kept by his great granddaughter, Pauline Mary (Alward) Spatz. Most of the content refers to Pauline, her parents John Bunyan and Mabel Lena (Wry) Alward, and her grandparents John Willard and Jennie Grace (Snowdon) Wry, as well as other close relatives. The records listed here were part of a donation that also included a number artifacts.

Fonds is divided into four sousfonds which are further divided into relevant series. All content has been arranged chronologically.

Sub-fond 1: John Willard Wry and Jennie Grace (Snowdon) Wry
Sub-fond 2: Mathilda Wry and Mary Elsie Wry
Sub-fond 3: John Bunyan Alward and Mabel Lena (Alward) Wry
Sub-fond 4: Pauline Mary (Alward) Spatz

Item is a complimentary concert ticket with “Miss Tillie Wry” written on the back. The concert was hosted by the Sackville Glee Club and held in Lingley Hall, Mount Allison University, on Tuesday May 8th.

Item is a newspaper clipping regarding a very large (8 1/8” x 6 5/8”) egg laid by one of Mathilda Wry’s hens.

First accession contains items from six plywood boards used in the Grindstone Museum set up by Herbert C. Read in the “Carriage House” of the Marshlands Inn, which includes various materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company and grindstone production, including primarily photographs, as well as graphic drawings, newspaper clippings, and other textual records.

Second accession, contains materials pertaining to the Read Stone Company, grindstone production, and the Read family. Content includes primarily photographs, as well as postcards, articles, and a guest book from the Marshlands Inn which was formerly the Read home, and that contained a museum devoted to displaying the history of the grindstone industry in Sackville.

Item is a bird’s eye photograph overlooking the town of Sackville, NB taken from the roof of the current (2009) Marshland’s Inn.

Items are ninety holiday cards glued onto the pages of an album. For the majority of the items, the writing on the back is not accessible without damaging the album, so recipients, senders, and dates have not been determined
Items which have become loose are located in the front inner-cover

Item is a photocopy of an unidentified photograph showing waterfront houses.

Accession contains six paper Christmas cards.

Item is a list of gifts and givers for John and Mabel Alward’s 11th wedding anniversary. Donations from family and friends amounted to $15.60.

Item is a photograph of a group of church members taken in front of a mill at Wood Point, NB just prior to their baptism by immersion in the Bay of Fundy.
From left to right:
Back Row: Charlie Snowdon (Amos Snowdon’s son), Ernest Harper (Henry Harper’s son), William O. Snowdon (Alma’s son), Lloyd E. Snowdon (Alma’s son, and William O’s brother), Stanley W. Barnes (Willard’s son), Hazel Goodwin.
Front Row: May Wood (Mrs. Blair Wood), Eda Snowdon (Mrs. David Snowdon), Ada Snowdon (Mrs. John S. Snowdon), Isabell Snowdon (Mrs. Harry Snowdon), Miss Jennie W. Barnes (Willard’s daughter), Miss Gladys Tower, Miss Lily Goodwin, Mrs. Amos P. Snowdon, Mrs. Arthur Ward.