26,271 research outputs found
Portrait of Wm. L. Bowles, author of Fourteen sonnets, 1786 [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Inscriptions: "Author of Fourteen sonnets, 1786"--Below drawing.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s12-a1
Labrador
No full textAn account of William Cabot's travels throughout Labrador in the early 20th Century, including descriptions of the various Aboriginal Peoples he met along the way
Journal of a voyage to the N.E. corner of Labrador
No full textIn carrying out a hydrographic survey of the Labrador coast between Indian Harbour and Hopedale Commander Chimmo of the H.M.S Gannett kept this narrative account, a unique record of social and economic significance.Some foxing. Loose pages. Acquired by Senator John G. Higgins from a London dealer. Purchased by the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives from his son, Gilbert Higgins. Holograph
Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices
No full textReport of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices 1968Letter of transmittal -- Order-in-council -- Acknowledgements -- The scope and nature of our enquiry -- Summary. Introduction -- Findings -- Recommendations -- The food distribution system in Newfoundland and Labrador. Transportation -- Sources of food imported and method of distribution -- Equalized freight -- Wholesalers and commission agents -- Fruit and vegetables wholesalers and source of supply -- Quality of fruit and vegetables -- Feed -- Flour -- Retail stores -- Wholesale supermarket -- Labrador: channels of distribution -- Food prices: provincial and mainland comparisons. Introduction -- Prices within the province -- Our province vs. the mainland -- Public hearings for consumers -- Conclusions -- Where the food dollar goes. Net profit percentages on food -- Comparisons with other retail food operations in Canada and annual trends of profits and expenses (annual volume over 500,000 to 200,000 to 200,000) -- Retail mark-ups -- Wholesale food companies and commission agents -- Fishing industry -- Bakeries -- Dairies -- Farmers -- Margarine products -- Eggs and poultry producers -- Co-operatives -- Drug prices. Introduction -- Findings -- Where the drug dollar goes. Costs, expenses and profits of retail drug stores -- Comparison with mainland drug stores -- Wholesale druggists -- Newfoundland incomes and living standards. Introduction: low wages are holding down prices -- Personal incomes are still far below Ontario's -- St. John's prices are rising more slowly than mainland prices -- Newfoundlanders spend more of their incomes on food -- Newfoundland wage levels are close to Maritimes, below Ontario and Quebec -- Food and drug costs in working days -- Appendices. Persons and organizations who made written submissions -- Statistical summary of food price surveys -- Financial analysis of retail operations -- Financial analysis of wholesale operations -- Financial analysis of manufacturers and processors operations -- Transportation rates -- Statistical summary of drug price surveys -- Financial analysis of drug store operations -- Centres surveyed -- Centres at which surveys were held"January 31, 1968"; Chairman: William G. Adams; cover titl
Eskimo Language
No full textCover title.This collection features the work of Frederick William Peacock on the Inuktitut language, including the specific Labrador dialect Inuttitut. As Superintendent of the Labrador Moravian Missions and later as a linguist with Memorial University of Newfoundland, Peacock both documented and promoted Inuit language
Eskimo grammar : Labrador dialect
No full textCover title.This collection features the work of Frederick William Peacock on the Inuktitut language, including the specific Labrador dialect Inuttitut. As Superintendent of the Labrador Moravian Missions and later as a linguist with Memorial University of Newfoundland, Peacock both documented and promoted Inuit language
Sketches of Newfoundland and Labrador
No full textContains 25 lithographs of coastal scenes of Newfoundland and Labrador, after original sketches made by Reverend William Grey in 1857. Detailed descriptions are given in the preface
Some psychological aspects of the impact of the white man upon the Labrador Eskimo
No full textSome Psychological Aspects of the Impact of the White Man upon the Labrador EskimoThe approach to the problem. The primitive Labrador Eskimo in his historical, economic and religious setting -- Eskimo folk lore -- The story of exploration and trade development -- The evangelization of the Eskimos -- The introduction of white man's laws -- The law of supply and demand in operation among the Eskimos -- The abandonment of the old mode of life among the Labrador Eskimos -- The Eskimo's attitude toward the white man -- The white man's attitude toward the eskimo -- The psychology of the Eskimo. The language of the Eskimo as an indication of his mental processes -- The thought and mental processes of the Eskimo -- The behaviour of the Eskimo. The instincts: hunger, self preservation; love, procreation; acquisitiveness -- Memory -- Learned behaviour: habits -- Imagination -- Feeling and emotion -- Physiological psychology -- Heredity and environment -- The development of personality -- The white man among the Eskimo. The five types of white men. Settlers -- Traders -- Civil servants -- Fishermen -- Missionaries -- The diversity of motive -- The diversity of life -- The clash of interests -- The fusion and the clash of cultures. The machine age and the stone age meet -- The Eskimo assimilates the white man's culture -- The clash of cultures -- Inferences and deductionsGlossary of Eskimo words ; Animals and birds used for food by Labrador Eskimos. 12 p.Includes bibliographical reference
Portrait of M. Faraday, author of Chemical manipulation [picture] /
No full textIn: Album of William Romaine Govett, 1828-1847.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an4699386-s14-a1
Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867
No full textPlans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867; Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867; Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867; Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867; Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867; Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867; Plans of anchorages on N.E. coast of Labrador / surveyed by Comr. W. Chimmo, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Gannet", 1867
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