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Project inventory and publicity
Part of Dr. John Shaw collection
This series consists of a detailed inventory of the Gaelic field recording project conducted by Dr. John Shaw in 1987. The project inventory, created by Dr. Michael Kennedy in 2002, includes a preface, a brief history of Gaelic on Prince Edward I...
Field recordings and field notes
Part of Dr. John Shaw collection
This series contains 33 reel-to-reel audio tapes and 3 videocassettes of interviews in Gaelic and English of twenty Islanders, including John MacLennan, the last fluent Gaelic speaker in PEI at that time. The interviews were conducted by Dr. Shaw ...
Local Histories : [ca. 1895, ca. 1965]
Part of Dr. John Shaw collection
This series contains photocopies of two short local histories which Dr. Shaw appears to have collected while he was working on the Gaelic field recording project. These include a booklet celebrating the Strathalbyn Jubilee (ca. 1895) and a handw...
Part of Wanda Wyatt fonds
This series consists of diaries that recount the personal activities of Miss Wanda Wyatt whose life spanned the 20th century. Miss Wyatt wrote primarily about family, friends, and events in her hometown of Summerside. She also made entries about ...
Part of Wanda Wyatt fonds
This series is comprised of the personal correspondence generated by Miss Wanda Wyatt over her lifetime. She wrote home extensively while she attended the Edgehill School from 1908-13, and then the Royal Victoria College in Montreal from 1913-1917...
This series is comprised of 3 daybooks and 3 ledgers. The earliest daybook dated 1878-1887 belonged to Elias Bishop. The others, covering the period 1911-1925, belonged to his son George. They reflect the daily transactions of the foundry busin...
The series consists of records that relate to the accounts that were payable to Bishop's Machine Shop. During the years between 1935 and 1955, the firm purchased raw materials mainly from manufacturers off the Island. They included I. Mathe...
The series consists of sales slips generated by Bishop's Machine Shop in the course of work for businesses and individuals who lived in Summerside and surrounding areas. There are gaps and scant records for many of the years. In addition to...
The series is comprised of cheque stub books, cancelled cheques, and deposit slips and statements of Bishop's Machine Shop. There is a gap in the cancelled cheques from 1946 to 1949 inclusive when the cheques were filed in envelopes marked &...
The series consists of the business files of Bishop's Machine Shop. The materials kept in the folders consisted of catalogs, price lists, pamphlets, hand-drawn sketches, scribbled notes, and other business related items. Five of the bluepri...
