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Transcribed [197-?] (originally created 1848-1949) (Creation)
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- Thornton, Patricia A.
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2.5 m of textual records
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Patricia Thornton has published several articles on the Straits of Belle Isle, including a demographic study of Newfoundland's coastal frontier and the transition from a migratory to a permanent fishery, 1760s-1880s. Thornton is currently a professor of Geography, Concordia University, Montreal.
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Collection consists of research data for Patricia Thornton's doctoral thesis, entitled "Dynamic Equilibrium: Settlement, Population and Ecology in the Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland, 1840-1940", (University of Aberdeen, 1979).
Collection includes 13 boxes of index cards, recording information on residents of 48 communities on each shore of the Strait of Belle Isle from 1848 until 1949. Boxes 1 and 3-11 contains the cards recording birth, marriage and deaths, arranged in alphabetical order. Boxes 2 and 13 contain marriage recall cards, which allow linkage between family groups, and additional data sheets.
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Collection was donated to the MHA by Patricia Thornton in [198-?]
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No restrictions on access.
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Data cannot be copied, quoted or used for publication without permission of Patricia Thornton.
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MHA Finding Aid 106
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The index cards are 20 cm x 30 cm.
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Created - May 15, 2013
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- English