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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, slau...

MacMillan, Gertrude

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 ...

MacLeod, Andrew

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, perhap...

Stretch (Family)

Martha Jane Stewart fonds

  • CA PCA Acc5023
  • Fonds
  • 1880-1882; 1891-1892

This fonds consists of two diaries of Martha Jane Stewart which detail the daily life of a farm family in the West Cape area of Prince Edward Island. Mrs. Stewart mentions the daily weather, homemaking activities, visitors and visiting, and farm ...

Stewart, Martha Jane

George MacDonald fonds : [1909-1925, 1928-1939]

  • CA PCA Acc3202
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1980

The fonds consists of the diaries of George MacDonald dating 1909-1925 and 1928-1939. The diaries contain an account of farm life including comments on the weather, daily farm activities and the activities of family members, information about cro...

MacDonald, George

Elizabeth Reeves fonds : [1939-1979]

  • CA PCA Acc3262
  • Fonds
  • Microfilmed 1981

The fonds consists of a series of diaries from 1939 to 1979. Each covers a period of approximately five or six years with entries for the same day of each year written on the same page. Entries contain information about the weather, farm chores,...

Reeves, Elizabeth (Burns)

Donald McDonald [New Zealand] fonds

  • CA PCA Acc4279
  • Fonds
  • 1866-1895

The fonds consists of a diary kept by Donald McDonald between 1866 and 1881 and some receipts from the Office of Public Lands recording payments made by Alan and John McDonald on 50 acres of land in Lot 44 from 1868-1895. As well as recording ac...

McDonald, Donald