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Only top-level descriptions Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Diaries (1900-1950) English
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Palmer/Haslam/Inman/Muncey family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4311
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1860-1993 ; Copied 1997, 2011

This fonds consists of the records of members of the Palmer, Haslam, Inman and Muncey families. The records span the years ca.1860-1993 and include diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials. The fonds has been divided into the following series:

Series 1: James B. Palmer
Series 2: Sarah Palmer
Series 3: Ida Palmer
Series 4: Edith E. Palmer
Series 5: Amelia Palmer
Series 6: Hedley V. Palmer
Series 7: Lilly (Palmer) and Henry Inman
Series 8: Mary Inman
Series 9: Lucy (Palmer) and George L. Haslam
Series 10: Gladys Muriel Haslam
Series 11: Robert J. Haslam
Series 12: Reginald and Doris (Muncey) Haslam
Series 13: Sue (Muncey) Lowther
Series 14: Lloyd Haslam
Series 15: Albert James Haslam
Series 16: Miscellaneous personal papers
Series 17: Photographs and scrapbooks

Haslam, George Leslie (Family)

Erica Rutherford fonds

  • CA PCA Acc5027
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1930S]-2005; Copied 2009

The fonds consists of personal and business papers, correspondence, sketchbooks, writings, photographs, and other records belonging to Erica Rutherford (1923-2008). The records, which span the years ca. 1930s-2005, document Rutherford's various careers as an actor, set designer, director painter, printmaker, teacher, illustrator, and writer. The fonds also consists of personal papers which provide insight into the private life of an individual who struggled with gender identity from a young age, ultimately undergoing transsexual surgery to live her life as a woman. The fonds has been divided
into the following five series:

Series1: Art and artistic career
Series2: Theatre and film
Series3: Writing
Series4: Biographical sketches, exhibit lists, etc.
Series5: Personal papers, daybooks, photographs, etc.

Rutherford, Erica

Allison and Ruby (Dennis) Profitt collection

  • CA PCA Acc5003
  • Collection
  • 1849-2008, predominant 1916-1960

This collection consists of the records of Allison Profitt and his wife Ruby Dennis Profitt of Lower Freetown, Prince Edward Island. The records include correspondence, notebooks, clippings, photographs, and other material. The collection is divided into two series: Allison Profitt and Ruby Dennis Profitt.

Profitt, Allison

Gertrude MacMillan collection

  • CA PCA Acc4990
  • Collection
  • 1910, [200-?], Copied 2008

The collection consists of two diaries of Gertrude MacMillan covering 1 January 1910 through 25 May 1910. The diaries are a daily account of rural family farm life. Outdoor chores include cutting and sawing wood, separating milk, thrashing, slaughtering pigs, and hauling manure. Helena "Wilhelmina" (Gertrude's younger sister) and Florence Coffin (her cousin who lived with the family) went to school, but Gertrude stayed at home and her diary records homemaking tasks such as baking and sewing. Gertrude also recounts visitors' names, passersby, pedlars, mail delivery, and purchasing household supplies and foodstuffs. Other than a sprained ankle, the only mention of Gertrude being ill is a sore eye on 25 May 1910, the last diary entry. The collection also includes a name key (to identify people mentioned in the diaries), two portrait photographs (one of Gertrude and one of her parents and sister) and two newspaper clippings regarding Gertrude's death in 1910.

MacMillan, Gertrude

Philip D. McKenna fonds : [1916-1919, ca. 192-?]

  • CA PCA Acc4919
  • Fonds
  • Copied 2006

The fonds consists of a bound transcription of the World War I diary of Philip D. McKenna for the period 1916 to 1919. The typed diary was transcribed from the original hand-written diaries and chronicles Philip's experiences serving with the 8th and 11th Canadian Siege Batteries in Britain and France. The fonds also includeds is a copy of an undated photograph of Philip McKenna.

McKenna, Philip D.

Lorne S. Johnston fonds : [1919-1956]

  • CA PCA Acc3971
  • Fonds
  • 1979-1986

This fonds consists of four scrapbooks of newspaper articles written from 1979 to 1986 by "Ole Salt" Lorne Johnston, a notebook containing notes and story drafts, 33 files of notes and 2 files of articles on various subjects including: ferries, iceboat racing, Lower Montague, and schooner captains. There is also: a typescript copy of "Notes from My Diary" (essentially a weather diary) for the years 1919 to 1956, newspaper articles, a letter from Johnnie Williams, and a letter from Gary MacDougall.

Johnston, Lorne

David Sabey Pound fonds

  • CA PCA Acc3806
  • Fonds
  • Photocopied 1986

This fonds consists of a memo book kept by David Sabey Pound between 1 July 1900 and 25 August 1900. The volume contains daily entries of trains leaving and arriving at the Charlottetown station. Information includes the time and place of departure of the train, the engine number, who the fireman and conductor were, the time of the arrival, and remarks about the weather.

Pound, David Sabey

Andrew MacLeod fonds : [1902-1924, 1928-1942]

  • CA PCA Acc3641
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1984, 1985

This fonds consists of 8 diaries of Andrew MacLeod copied onto two 35 mm microfilm reels. The first reel was filmed in December 1984 and contains 7 volumes spanning the time period 1902-1924, 1928-1936, and 1939-1942. The second reel, filmed in April 1985, contains 1 volume spanning the period 1936-1939.

In his diary entries, Andrew describes the weather conditions, his daily farm activities as well as those of members of his family, the places and people they visited, and those individuals who visited the farm. He gives accounts of events which occurred in the Burlington/Irishtown area including Sunday School picnics, prayer meetings, funerals, and weddings.

MacLeod, Andrew

McEachern family fonds : [1839-1901]

  • CA PCA Acc3192
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1980, Photocopied 1984

This fonds consists of an exercise book belonging to John McEachern, a diary of the McEachern family for the period 1839 to 1901, and a McEachern genealogy written by John McEachern in 1866. The diary, which was started by John McEachern and continued by his sons Lauchlin and Dougald after his death, contains daily accounts of weather and life on the farm. The end of the diary also includes a section entitled "Fragments of Family History" (1850) written by John outlining his family's Scottish roots and their emigration to Prince Edward Island. This appears to have been the predecessor to his more detailed McEachern genealogy.

McEachern (Family), Rice Point (P.E.I.)

Arthur and Elaine Brown collection

  • CA PCA Acc3381
  • Collection
  • 1886, 1898-1900, [198-], Microfilmed 1982

This collection consists of a microfilm copy of the diary of Violet Goldsmith dated 7 June 1900 to 15 March 1906. It contains accounts of daily activities in the Goldsmith household, Violet's teaching experiences, and her trip to England in May 1901. Also included are biographical notes on Rev. John Goldsmith and Anna Goldsmith as well as 8 post cards and photographs depicting Prince of Wales College, St. Paul's Church, and St. Peter's Cathedral.

Brown, Arthur

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