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Carey, MacKieson family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2398
  • Fonds
  • 1815, 1840-1871, 1915

This fonds consists of genealogical information, newspapers clippings, photographs, and correspondence of various members of the Carey and MacKieson families of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Also included are a log book of Edward A. Carey and Dr. John MacKieson's medical degree. Many of the items are not dated.

Carey (Family)

Ruth Aitken Bristol collection

  • CA PCA Acc2400
  • Collection
  • 1889-1969

The collection consists of genealogical information concerning the Aitken family which was collected by Ruth Aitken Bristol. The files are arranged into the following series:

  1. Aitken family history
  2. Obituary notices
  3. Photographs
  4. Miscellaneous historical documents

Included are an autobiography written by John Astor Aitken between 1959 and 1961, with comments written by Ruth Aitken Bristol in 1969; obituary notices and genealogical notes concerning the Aitken and Townsend families; and twelve photographs of Aitken family members, tombstones and homes.

Bristol, Ruth (Aitken)

Cavendish Literary Society fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2412
  • Fonds
  • 1886-1924, [after 1960]

This fonds consists of a volume containing the original minutes of the Cavendish Literary Society covering the time period 19 February 1886 to 7 January 1924 and a 164 page typed transcript of the same minutes. Included in the first pages of the minutes are the constitution and by-laws of the Society as well as the regulations for the management of the library.

Cavendish Literary Society

Report of the Sixth Annual Session of the Provincial Grand Lodge, Loyal Orange Institution of Prince Edward Island

  • CA PCA Acc2420
  • Fonds
  • 1866

The Report of the Sixth Annual Session of the Loyal Orange Lodge was held at the Provincial Lodge in Charlottetown on Tuesday, the 14 February 1866. This report contains an address given by Provincial Grand Master Sir J.B. Cooper which discussed such topics as the unsuccessful attempts of the lodge to apply for an act of incorporation in 1863, the Fenian Invasions of 1865, the Grand Council meeting in London, England on the 17th July 1865, to which PEI was to send one representative, as well as information concerning the opening of new lodges throughout PEI that year. The report also contains the reports of the finance, correspondence, and appeals committees, and the minutes of the semi-annual meeting held at the Provincial Grand Lodge on the 3 July 1866, and the financial statement for the Loyal Orange Lodge of PEI for 1866.

Loyal Orange Lodge. Provincial Grand Lodge (P.E.I.)

Colonial Building exterior plan

  • CA PCA Acc2455
  • Collection
  • [1837?]

This single collected item consists of an architectural drawing of the exterior of the proposed Colonial Building to be built in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The plan is comprised of three sheets. The provenance of this plan is unknown although, given the similarity between this plan and the structure of the Colonial Building as it was built, it is likely that the architect was Isaac Smith.

Unknown

Garden of the Gulf Museum Montague book

  • CA PCA Acc2476
  • Collection
  • Copied 1973

This collection consists of copies of ca. 250 photographs housed at the Garden of the Gulf Museum. The images depict buildings, residents, and scenes of Montague and the surrounding area. The originals are dated 1876-1967.

Garden of the Gulf Museum, Montague, PEI

Island Telephone Company fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2539
  • Fonds
  • 1894, 1901, 1919, 1922-1923, 1925-1952, 1959-1961, 1965-to date

The fonds consists of telephone directories of The Telephone Company of Prince Edward Island and its successor the Island Telephone Company for the following years:

1894, 1901
1919
1922-1923
1925-1952
1959-1961
1965-to date

Island Telephone Company

Stretch family fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2540
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1860, 1884-1889

This fonds consists of the diary and account book of Emma Chadwick Stretch, 1850-1860 as well as three daily journals of Chadwick Stretch, 1884, 1886, and 1889. Emma's diary book appears to contain some letters, etc., by her children, perhaps written as practice of their penmanship. Also included are lose sheets found amongst the pages of the latter journals. These sheets include documents relating to the Sons of Temperance, correspondence, and poetry.

Stretch (Family)

McDonald and Westaway Company fonds

  • CA PCA Acc2553
  • Fonds
  • 1848-1903

The fonds consists of pages from an unidentified ledger (1848-1850), a day book (1863-1865), an account book (1868), ledgers (1871-1893), letter books (1879-1903) and a blotter (1885) of the McDonald and Westaway business in Georgetown. Ledger entries consists of accounts of residents in King's County for food, clothes, and hardware supplies. The letter books contain orders for shipments of goods and letters to companies in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Boston.

McDonald and Westaway Company

Townsend Coffin Muncey collection

  • CA PCA Acc2561
  • Collection
  • 1886-1903

The collection consists of a journal (1886-1895), and a letter book (1897-1903), which was collected at the Cape Traverse boat house and telegraph office by Townsend Muncey. The journal documents the winter mail service from Cape Traverse, PEI, to Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick. The weather, ice conditions, and the time of the ice boats arrival and departure with the mail were recorded by the individuals making the crossings and were kept at the boathouse by Townsend Muncey. The letter book contains copies of letters sent to the Marine and Fisheries Department in Charlottetown, lists of boatmen and their respective positions, statements of tickets, and financial statements of the boathouse and telegraph office.

Muncey, Townsend Coffin

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