Centre for Newfoundland Studies
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The Centre for Newfoundland Studies is a division of the Memorial University of Newfoundland
Libraries, which is completely devoted to the collection and storage of Newfoundland and Labrador related books, documents, articles and maps. Founded in 1965 by Agnes O'Dea it is now home to many rare published sources related to the people and history of Newfoundland and Labrador
, as well as all material on the province - theses, novels, government publications, pamphlets. In fact, the CNS houses the largest collection of Newfoundland and Labrador material found anywhere. It holds in excess of 93,000 volumes, and more than 20,000 biographical files, subject files of newspaper clippings and files on every community in the province. The CNS answers questions and offers research advice. Please Ask a Newfoundland related question.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...
Libraries, which is completely devoted to the collection and storage of Newfoundland and Labrador related books, documents, articles and maps. Founded in 1965 by Agnes O'Dea it is now home to many rare published sources related to the people and history of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
, as well as all material on the province - theses, novels, government publications, pamphlets. In fact, the CNS houses the largest collection of Newfoundland and Labrador material found anywhere. It holds in excess of 93,000 volumes, and more than 20,000 biographical files, subject files of newspaper clippings and files on every community in the province. The CNS answers questions and offers research advice. Please Ask a Newfoundland related question.
Notable rare items
- William CormackWilliam CormackWilliam Epps Cormack was a Scottish explorer, philanthropist, agriculturalist and author, born St. John’s, Newfoundland. Cormack was the first European to journey across the interior of the island....
's 1822 map of the interior of Newfoundland with his hand written notes and route. - RamusioRamusioThe noble Italian family of Ramusio was worth of note for literary and official ability during at least four generations....
map of 1556, a navigation chart created in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
for explorers sailing along the Newfoundland coast. - A 27 page poem by George CartwrightGeorge Cartwright (trader)George Cartwright , trader, explorer, born in Marnham, England, died unmarried in nearby Mansfield, England....
written in 1792 entitled Labrador: A Political Epistle. One of the first pieces of poetry known to be written about LabradorLabradorLabrador is the distinct, northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle...
. - Robert HaymanRobert HaymanRobert Hayman was a poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland.-Early life and education:...
's Quodlibets, a call for Englishmen and women to colonize Newfoundland. Composed at Bristol's Hope in the 1620s, it is considered the first work of literature written in the New WorldNew WorldThe New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...
. - Book by William VaughanWilliam Vaughan (writer)-Life:He was the son of Walter Vaughan and was born at Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, Wales—his father's estate. He was descended from an ancient prince of Powys. He was brother to John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery and Henry Vaughan , a well-known Royalist leader in the English Civil War...
entitled The Golden Fleece written in 1626 in which he talks about his attempt to colonize the Southern Avalon from CalvertCalvert, Newfoundland and LabradorCalvert is an unincorporated Canadian settlement in the Ferryland District of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the Irish loop, 72 kilometres south of the provincial capital St. John's. It is 7 kilometres south of Cape Broyle, and 3 kilometres north of Ferryland...
to Placentia BayPlacentia BayPlacentia Bay is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It is formed by Burin Peninsula on the west and Avalon Peninsula on the east. Fishing grounds in the bay were used by native people long before the first European fishermen arrived in the 16th century. For a time, the...
and TrepasseyTrepassey, Newfoundland and LabradorTrepassey , is a small fishing community located in Trepassey Bay on the south eastern corner of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was in Trepassey Harbour where the flight of the Friendship took off, piloted by Amelia Earhart...
. The book also contains the 1617 map by John Mason. - Hoppin's diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of 1896.
- Waldseemüller's Tabula Terra Nova, the first separate printed map of the Americas and thus the first to use the term 'America'.
- Jukes' Excursions in and about Newfoundland during the years 1839 and 1840 Volume I ; Volume II