Record No: | mha00000541 |
Dates: | 1918-1931 |
Location: | PF-325 MHA |
Provenance: | Unknown |
Title: | Grenfell Mission Photograph Album |
Extent: | 152 photographs |
Source of Supplied Title: | Supplied title based on the subject matter of the collection |
Restrictions: | There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this collection. Copyright expired. |
Adm. Hist/Bio. Sketch: | The photographer and owner of the album have not been identified. It is likely to have been owned by one of the nurses at the Grenfell Mission. |
Scope and Content: | The album contains 152 original black and white photographs taken during the 1920s and early 1930s showing life in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, mostly of the Grenfell Mission's hospital, staff and patients. There are also a small number of photographs taken in India. Most of the images have captions and dates. They have all been described at the item level on the MHA photograph catalogue. |
Custodial History: | The album was purchased from Schooner Books Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia in March, 1997. |
Subject: | Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940 |
Subject: | Grenfell, Anne Elizabeth (MacClanahan), Lady, 1885-1938 |
Subject: | Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission |
Subject: | Hospitals--Newfoundland and Labrador |
Subject: | Missions, medical--Newfoundland and Labrador |
Subject: | Grenfell, Anne Elizabeth (MacClanahan) Lady, 1885-1938 |
Subject: | Strathcona (Schooner) |
Subject: | Sled dogs |
Subject: | Doctors--Newfoundland and Labrador |
Subject: | Nurses--Newfoundland and Labrador |
Subject: | St. Anthony (N.L.) |
Subject: | Battle Harbour (Labrador) |
Subject: | St. Anthony Orphanage |
Subject: | Inuit |
Subject: | Horses |