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Northumberland Ferries photographs : [ca. 1950]

  • CA PCA Acc4122
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1950]

The collection consists of two photographs; one of the "Prince Nova", the first Northumberland Ferries vessel, at the ferry terminal wharf, the other of the Board of Directors of Northumberland Ferries Ltd.

Northumberland Ferries Ltd. was incorporated to operate in Prince Edward Island in 1939 having already obtained corporate status in Nova Scotia. It has operated the ferry transportation from Wood Islands to Caribou N.S. from that time until the present day. The "Prince Nova" was the first vessel to ply the Strait for Northumberland Ferries. Built in 1909, the passenger steamer was named "Waubic" until she suffered serious damage in a fire in 1938 and had to be rebuilt. From then until her arrival in P.E.I. in 1941, she was known as the "Erie Isle". From June of 1941 until the end of the 1957 season she was in service on the Wood Islands Caribou crossing and known as the "Prince Nova". She burned and was abandoned in July of 1959.

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Elmira Women's Institute fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4126
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1968

The fonds consists of four volumes of minutes of the regular and annual meetings of the Elmira Women's Institute held between June 1926 and June 1968. The minute books also contain financial accounts and membership lists. An account book, dating from June 1921 to February 1928, is included in the fonds. It contains a number of inserted receipts and newspaper clippings.

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Ladies Auxiliary of the Kings County Memorial Hospital fonds : [1951-2002]

  • CA PCA Acc4127
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1990, 2008

This fonds consists of Minutebooks and Treasurer's Books of the Kings County Ladies Auxiliary. The minutebooks contain minutes of the regular monthly and annual meetings held between January 1951 and April 2002. The Treasurer's books include the annual financial statements and monthly accounts of receipts and expenditures between 1956 and 1979. The fonds also includes a brief history of the Ladies Auxiliary prepared by its members.

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Sir Louis Henry Davies photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4128
  • Collection
  • 1919

This collection consists of a photograph of Louis Henry Davies (1845-1924) and some family members was taken at "Curdridge," Hampshire, England, probably in 1919 when Sir Louis Henry Davies was in Europe for the Versailles Conference. Identified people in the photograph include: Sir Louis Henry Davies, Lady Davies, Mrs. Frances Davies (nee Ramsbotham), Reverend Herwald Davies, Miss Winifred Davies, Mrs. Muriel Tew (nee Davies), Mrs Joyce Jeffery (nee Davies).

Sir Louis Henry Davies was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 4 May 1845. He received his education at the Central Academy in Charlottetown, and at the Inner Temple in London. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and quickly gained recognition in that field. In 1876, he was elected to the P.E.I. Legislature. He served as Premier of the Province between 1876 and 1879. One of his outstanding achievements while in office was the legislation which established public schools in Prince Edward Island.

In 1882, Davies entered federal politics as a representative of Queens County. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1901, and in 1918, became Chief Justice of Canada. He died and was buried in Ottawa 1 May 1924.

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Arthur Owen, master builder, and Elizabeth Lee; their children and grandchildren, a partial genealogy of an Island family

  • CA PCA Acc4129
  • Fonds
  • 1990

This fonds consists of the volumes entitled "Arthur Owen, Master Builder, and Elizabeth Lee; Their Children and Grandchildren, A Partial Genealogy of an Island Family," which was printed by Arthur C. Owen, August 1990, for the Owen Family Bicentennial Reunion. It contains genealogical information about 266 descendants of Arthur Owen and Elizabeth Lee born between 1788 and 1881.

Arthur Owen was born in England 1756. He emigrated to Prince Edward Island sometime around 1780 and worked in several different shipyards. He married Elizabeth Lee in England in June of 1787 and returned to PEI in 1788. Upon his return, he worked as a Master Builder and agent for Hill Thomas and Company in the Alberton area. Sometime after 1795, Owen settled in Princetown/Richmond Bay area and opened his own shipyard. In 1805, he was appointed Surveyor of Shipping for the General Registrar and Record Office, a position he held until his death in 1833. He and Elizabeth had eight children.

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John W. Monaghan fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4133
  • Fonds
  • 1909-1920

This fonds consists of the account book of John W. Monaghan of Kinkora. Account book includes drawings and specifications of farm machinery, a coffin, and a house roof. Some sketches have been painted with watercolour.

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Gary Carroll collection

  • CA PCA Acc4137
  • Collection
  • Copied 2009-2011

The collection consists of papers and photographs gathered by Gary Carroll. The collection includes correspondence relating to his research on Governor Walter Patterson, information regarding the 1965 Federal-Provincial Youth Travel Program to Manitoba, papers and images belonging to his father, Linus J. Carroll, an account book for Hemphill and Carroll furniture upholstering and refinishing (1945-1948), financial statements for Archer and MacDonald Limited (1967), and images of various buildings, individuals, and groups. Many of the images have been identified and dated by the donor.

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Co-operative Union history collection : [1910-1962]

  • CA PCA Acc4138
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1990S]; Copied 1991

This collection consists of material gathered by Elizabeth Cran and Gary Webster while working on the history of the co-operative movement on PEI. There is also one notebook belonging to Elizabeth Cran containing research notes. The collection consists of four series arranged by type of record.

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Roncesvalles photograph

  • CA PCA Acc4141
  • Collection
  • Copied 1990

This collection consists of a photograph of the painting of the horse "Roncesvalles". After a successful racing career in England, "Roncesvalles" was imported to Prince Edward Island in 1826 by Governor John Ready in an effort to improve the breeding stock of Island race horses. The original painting was done by William Webb.

Souris Citizen's Band photograph : [ca. 1910]

  • CA PCA Acc4143
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1910]

This collection consists of a photograph of ten members of the Souris Citizen's Band. Included in the photograph are John (Jack Angie) MacDonald, Frank Sterns and Dr. A. Smallwood.

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