Maybe it's just me but reading through old diaries is a fun way to while away some time. Not only do you feel like you get to know the diary writer but there's always a bit of an adrenaline rush from reading what originally not many other people would have had a...

For a change this month, I thought I would post a menu instead of a recipe. If any of these dishes appeal to you, never fear, the internet will provide you with all the recipes you could possibly want (I already checked). This menu was for a banquet held by the...

As you may recall, last week I posted a photograph which I said was our only wedding photograph in the Archives. It turns out that I spoke too soon. Just a couple days later, I stumbled across another wedding photograph and it was too nice not to share! The happy...

I promise I tried really hard to find some Canada Day themed records for this week but I didn't meet with much success. As a back-up plan, I figured a wedding post to celebrate the beginning of summer would be nice. After all, we're in prime wedding season right now!...

Yesterday at the break table the Maritime Conference staff were having an involved conversation about rhubarb and it inspired me to hunt down a couple rhubarb recipes. These recipes are courtesy of the Dr. Florence Murray UCW Unit which was based at J. Wesley Smith...

Nothing beats the advertisements of yesteryear. Long before tv and internet, businesses were getting the word out to potential customers. Granted, their approach was a little different than what we're used to today but you gotta work with the times. The following were...

Wow, hard to believe that it's Conference week once again. In honor of this occasion, here's a flashback to the Conference in 1974. Anyone recognize the ordinands?  

Do you ever have those days where nothing seems to go right? You know, the day when the coffee spills; you forget to gas up the car before getting on the highway; or you miss an important deadline. Take heart because these kind of days happened hundreds of years ago...

The following is an excerpt from a diary by an unknown author which was written at the back of a treasurer's book for St. James Presbyterian (now United Church) in Sheet Harbour. The diary provides a good snapshot of community life in Sheet Harbour during the 1920s...

There, did that title catch your attention? The Archives receives minutes in all forms. Loose, scribblers, fancy bound books, you name it. I always appreciate the older notebooks with fancy illustrated covers. Take for example, these notebooks, c. 1920s, which...