For some reason I've been thinking a lot about Conference this week... For those of you are also thinking Conference thoughts, here are some photographs from Conference in 1988. Do you recognize anyone? Perhaps some of you were there?

For something a bit different from the usual recipes, here's a little prayer for before you sit down to eat your creation, archives recipe or not. This "grace before eating" came from a minute book of the Clinton United Mission Workers Band in the 1940s. This group...

If you're feeling nostalgic for your school days and want to test out your math skills at the same time, this post is for you! The following pages are from a minute book that was from Gibson Methodist (now Gibson Memorial in Fredericton). Interspersed throughout the...

I think most of you out there would agree with me when I say there is nothing better than a good ol' fashioned bake sale...unless of course I'm the one baking, gloopy fudge anyone? The following is a list of items for sale at a Ladies Aid fundraiser at Trinity United...

If anyone recognizes this building, please leave a comment on this post or send an email to Sarah at archives@marconf.ca The photographer who took this photograph was based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

The Free Church College in Halifax was started by the Free Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) in Halifax around 1848 to educate young ministers. The College would later become Pine Hill Divinity Hall. The following was taken from the library catalogue prepared in 1856....

Is there any food more polarizing than raisins? It seems to be either love or hate when it comes to those dried grapes. You never hear someone say "I kind of like raisins" or "Raisins are okay." Nope, no middle of the road here. I must admit that I have been on a bit...

Ah, young love. Who doesn't remember the roller coaster of emotions, the shy glances, and the love notes associated with one's first crush? In honor of February 14, here's a poem which was published in the Pepper Box c, 1919, a publication of the Pine Hill Divinity...

Intrigue in the Archives! The other day I was going through some records when I noticed a reference to a sermon book of a Rev. John James Teasdale. We have lots of sermons here at the Archives so that's nothing out of the ordinary but what caught my eye was a note...

Ok, so the title is a bit of a stretch since the date of the following newspaper cover is obviously not New Years 1929 but January 2 is close enough, right?  And in case you're wondering, there's not really any significance attached to 1929. I just happened to have...