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Harbour Grace Notebook Series 

January Notebook (2020)
February Notebook (2019)
• March Notebook (2019)
April Notebook (2019)
May Notebook (2019)
June Notebook (2020)
July Notebook (2020)
• August Notebook (2019)
September Notebook (2019)
• October Notebook (2019)
November Notebook (2019)
December Notebook (2019)

Articles

History of the Old Customs House: Origins of the Museum Association (2020)
Reign and Ruin: A History of Ridley Hall (2020)
Travelling Tuners: A.L. Collis & Son, Harbour Grace, 1910-2001 (2019)
• Perseverance: The Sealers’ Strike in Harbour Grace & Carbonear (2019)
• Fish Oil and Water: The Life of William Azariah Munn (2018)
• No Colony for Old Men: Peter Easton in Conception Bay (2017)
Transatlanticism: Amelia Earhart in Harbour Grace (2017)

Aviation in Harbour Grace Series

Conception Bay Museum’s New Aviation Room Takes Off in Harbour Grace (2022)
Digital Museums Canada Investing in Our Upcoming Virtual Aviation Exhibit (2022)
The Spirit of Harbour Grace (2020)
Claude Stevenson (2020)
Windswept Tail (2020)
Round-Trip (2020)
Pipsqueak (2020)
Humble Heroics (2020)
CBC St. John’s Morning Show: Harbour Grace Aviation (2020)
‘Aviation in Harbour Grace’ Series to Feature on CBC’s St. John’s Morning Show (2020)
Queen of Diamonds (2020)
Trailblazing Spirits (2020)
Pride of Harbour Grace, and Detroit (2020)
Harbour Grace Takes Off (2020)
The Handley Page “Atlantic” at Sea Level (2020)
Tangible Ireland Presentation: Southern Cross in Harbour Grace (2020)
Liberty or Death: Lou Reichers’s Atlantic Attempt (2019)

Profiles

Waterford Arms (2021)
Point of Beach Beacon Light (2021)
Reverend William Ellis (2020)
St. Patrick’s Hall (2020)
Bank of Nova Scotia (2020)
Henry Corbin Watts Jr (2020)
St. Peter’s Church (2019)
Old St. Paul’s Hall (2019)
• Old Fire Hall & Public Building (2019)
Toussaint’s Fire (2019)
Michael Kearney & the Rothesay (2019)
Colston’s Cove (2019)
Old Riverhead Post Office (2019)
Charles Davis Garland (2019)
Cron House / Thornhill / Bellevue (2019)
John Shannon Munn (2019)
Archibald Munn (2019)
Third Harbour Grace Methodist Church (2019)
Second Harbour Grace Methodist Church (2019)
Harbour Grace Grammar School (2019)
John Irving Roddick (2019)

Artifact Profiles

Artifact Profile No. 8: Grinding Stones from Bannerman River Mill, ca. 1850 (2021)
Artifact Profile No. 7: Otterbury Schoolhouse Class Register, 1954-55 (2020)
Artifact Profile No. 6: Showcase from Parsons General Store (Fanny’s) (2020)
• Artifact Profile No. 5: Red Ensign (2019)
Artifact Profile No. 4: James Clancy’s Royal Coat of Arms (2019)
• Artifact Profile No. 3: Receipts from Strapp’s Pharmacy (2019)
Artifact Profile No. 2: Portrait & Military Discharge Papers of Ernest Sheppard (2019)
• Artifact Profile No. 1: Sons of England Benefit (Benevolent) Society Ceremonial Altar & Certificate (2019)

Photos of the Day

Harbour Grace Waterfront, ca. 1940 (2021)
1910 Ford Model T at Babb’s Service Station, 1947 (2021)
1923 Jewett on LeMarchant St (2021)
Harbour Grace Slipway, ca. 1900 (2020)
Sealers with View of the Cathedral, ca. 1880s (2020)
Water St, Harbour Grace, Looking West, ca. 1941 (2020)
Water St, Harbour Grace, Looking West, ca. 1900 (2020)
Downtown Water St, ca. 1966 (2020)
Garland’s Cooperage, Point of Beach, 1947 (2020)
Children Outside W.A. Whitman’s Tailor Shop (2020)
“Harbour Grace, 1841,” by William Gosse (W. Gosse) (2020)
Water St, Looking East, ca. 1944 (2020)
Bears Cove Cliffs, ca. 1940 (2020)
Mummers skating in Harbour Grace, ca. 1910 (2019)
Braehead, ca. 1910 (2019)
Greyhurst, ca. 1910 (2019)
Constructing Coughlan United, Harbour Grace, 1949 (2019)
• Water St, Harbour Grace, looking east, ca. 1890
Hampshire Cottage (Garrison House), ca. 1900 (2019)
Lady Peace Arrives at Harbour Grace, 1933 (2019)
• Joseph Ross’s Store, Water St, ca. 1910 (2019)
The Maples, ca. 1910 (2019)
Harbour Grace, looking west toward Riverhead, ca. 1910 (2019)
LeMarchant St, Harbour Grace, looking north, ca. 1950 (2019)
Underground cable to Ridley Hall (2019)
LeMarchant St, Harbour Grace, looking south, ca. 1950 (2019)
Beach day in Bears Cove, ca. 1900 (2019)
Slide-hauling wood over ice, ca. 1900 (2019)
Harry Taylor’s tannery, ca. 1900 (2019)
Riverhead, ca. 1920 (2019)
• Cable & Wireless Ltd Workers at Ridley Hall, ca. 1947 (2019)
North Eastern Fish Industries, ca. 1950 (2019)
Victoria St, Harbour Grace, ca. 1950 (2019)
East End, Harbour Grace, ca. 1950 (2019)
Harbour Grace Island, ca. 1950 (2019)

Reports

Curator’s Report: Attendance at a Glance (2019)

Miscellaneous

New Door Paint! (2021)
Introducing Our First Virtual Tour QR Code (2021)
Volunteer Week: Message from the Chair (2021)
Passport Places: Conception Bay Museum (2021)
Visiting Our New Anniversary Exhibit (2020)
We’ve Won the 2020 Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Award! (2020)
We’ve Made the Cornerstone Award Longlist! (2020)
Digitization Update: ‘Quodlibets’ Returns! (Again.) (2020)
Calendar Fundraiser: Call for Photos (2020)
Video: Profile of the Conception Bay Museum (2019)
Colston’s Cove Steps Now Open (2019)
• WWI Solider Database Now Online (2019)
Recap: Open Doors & Treasures of the Past, #HistoricPlacesDay in Harbour Grace (2019)
Jonathan Webber’s Grave, ICH Blog (2019)
• Summer Fundraising Concert, Feb. 16 (2019)
Harbour Grace Featured in New Short Film (2019)
• Hors Circuits II Filming at Conception Bay Museum (2017)
Book Launch: Flightpaths, by Heidi Greco (2017)