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Archives and Special Collections - Digital Collections
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Bowring Park photograph albums by Rudolph Cochius |
This collection consists of two photograph
albums showing the creation of Bowring Park
during the years 1912 to 1914. Album 1 Album 2 For more information, please see the Finding Aid for the Bowring Park Photograph Albums . |
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Harvey Skirving (COLL-058)
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Three (3) albums of WWI clippings collected
and kept by Skirving (b. 1902). These scrapbooks were kept by Skirving, who was twelve when the war broke out. Little is known of Skirving except that he later worked as an accountant in St. John’s. It includes memorial programs and miscellaneous photographs, etc. Scrapbook 1 Scrapbook 2 Scrapbook 3 Scrapbook 4 For more information, please see the finding aid on the Archives website. |
| Frances Cluett (COLL-174) |
Consists mainly of correspondence written by
Frances Cluett home to her mother, Matilda
Cluett, in Belleoram, Fortune Bay while she served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment in Europe during World War I. For more information, see the digital collection on the Archives website. |
| Lester Barbour (COLL-201) |
The Barbour family of Newtown, Bonavista
Bay, were very prominent in Newfoundland
history. Members of the family are found in many walks of life including master mariners, sealing captains, school teachers, clergy, sailors, lawyers, politicians, and soldiers. In 1917 Lester Densmore Barbour, eldest son of the Edward and Mary Jane Barbour, enlisted with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. He died on March 10, 1918, of wounds that were sustained during the Battle of Paschendale Ridge. While overseas, in England and in France, Lester Barbour wrote home regularly to his mother and sisters. This collection consists of the Lester Barbour correspondence. For more information, see the digital collection on the Archives website. |
| Richard Squires (COLL-250) |
Sir Richard Squires served as Prime Minister
of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and 1928
to 1932. The photograph album shown here is part of a larger collection. The photo album depicts Sir Richard Squires tour of Europe in 1920 and includes images of the Beaumont Hamel battleground. For more information on the Sir Richard Squires Collection, see the finding aid. To view the photograph album, visit the digital collection on the Archives website. |
| Thomas Nangle (COLL-308) Photo Album |
Consists of the papers of Lt. Col. Thomas F.
Nangle, Padre to the Newfoundland Regiment
in France during World War I. Included are press cuttings, Battalion, Brigade and Divisional documents, reports, and battle orders, as well as photograph albums documenting the activities of the Newfoundland Regiment and the building of the war memorials. View the digital collection on the Archives website. |
| Ruby Ayre (COLL-322) |
A nurse with a detachment of British Red
Cross Society, 1915-1918, this collection
consists of a Scrapbook with mounted photographs kept during her wartime nursing service in the Ascot Auxiliary Military Hospital, a detachment of the British Red Cross Society. To view the digital collection, visit the Archives website. |
| Charles Sydney Frost (COLL-346) |
The photographs in this album were collected
by Charles Sydney Frost during his service
with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the
First World War. Most of the photographs
were taken between 1914 and 1918. Royal Newfoundland Regiment Scrapbook 1 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Scrapbook 2 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Scrapbook 3 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Scrapbook 4 For more information, see the finding aid on the Archives website. |
| The Collegian Service Record (COLL-366) |
This small collection consists of the
records of Collegians (from the Methodist
College) who served in the First World War.
Each page has the name of person, address
and next of kin, as well as the dates of
events including Date of Enlistment, Date
Embarked, Promotions, etc. There are over
200 students listed here including Cluny
Macpherson, Owen Steele, Lester Barbour, and
Robert Tait. See the digital collection on the Archives website. |
| Rossley Kiddie Company (COLL-472) |
This troupe performed a mix of music,
theatre and dance during the First World
War, entertaining St. John’s residents
during wartime. The collection offers an
interesting glimpse of the entertainment
scene of the province’s capital city a
century ago and describes the escapism that
the Rossley family provided on the home
front during WWI. It includes photographs
and promotional materials such as newspaper
clippings and a poster. For more
information, visit the digital collection. |
Kevin Keegan (COLL-474) |
This collection consists of material,
primarily correspondence, between Kevin
Keegan and his parents, from 1915 to 1918 as
well as material related to Keegan's
service with the Newfoundland Regiment
during World War I. There is also
correspondence between Kevin Keegan's
father, Dr Lawrence Keegan, and the
Newfoundland Colonial Secretary, R.A.
Squires. To view the digital collection, visit the Archives website. |
| World War One Artifacts (COLL-489) | This collection consists of: next of kin memorial plaques; medals; badges; pins; uniform items; artifacts; photographs; postcards; greeting cards; and textual items all related to the First World War. Particularly, this collection includes items related to the Royal Newfoundland Regiment; the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve; and individuals either from Newfoundland; with a connection to Newfoundland; or related to Newfoundland's involvement in the First World War. To view the digital collection , visit the Archives website. |