Dormitory Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=dormitory Stories of Early Labrador Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://themdays.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-Them-Days-Logo-32x32.jpg Dormitory Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=dormitory 32 32 Vol. 38, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-38-no-2/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:57:18 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=1024 Just Because the funding is stable doesn't mean that is isn't enough by Them Days. Dr. Hans J. Rollman is a professor of religious studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Leander Baikie says whenever the Labrador canoe Regatta started , that's when we put together a team. Reconstuction of Nain Church by Martin Martin. Nunak: a Labrador Inuk in 18th-Century London by Hans J. Rollmann. Alfred Winters Sr. got up and said "Mom, I'm going hunting" she says no you're not you're only 11 year's old and he says "no mom I'm just going out look for a hare". Central Labrador was populated with Labradorians says Max Blake. John Clarence Heard and Finley Simon Lemare were pals right from the Start. Our AGM members says good bye to some board members and welcome new ones. John M. Earle's earliest years had no electricity. Dora Hudson was born July 13th, 1928. Seven O'Dell brothers left Ireland during the potato famine in that country. Her Walk is a poem by Jacinda Beals. The students at Peacock Primary School had old family photo and family members to find out more about the picture, the project they been working on.

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]]> These Days at Them Days – Aimee Chaulk
Contributors
The Original River Rats – Leander Baikie
Reconstruction of Nain Church – Martin Martin
Nunak: a Labrador Inuk in Eighteenth-Century London – Hans J. Rollmann
Never Told Her the Difference – Alfred Winters
What the Labrador Flag Means to Me – Max Blake
How to Make a Labrador Flag – Michael Martin
How Not to Make a Labrador Flag –Michael Martin
Hard Work and Good Neighbours – John O. Heard
AGM 2014
Lighting in Them Days – John M. Earle
Labrador Gallery
Who What When Where Why? 38
A Grandmother’s Journal – Dora Hudson
Dora’s Family History
Her Walk – Jacinda Beals
Putting History in Its Place – Aimee Chaulk
Then & Now

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]]> Vol. 35, No. 3 https://themdays.com/product/vol-35-no-3/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:00:27 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=604 Sarah Michaud was born and grew up in Fredricton, NB. The Labrador Dictionary compiled by Them Days Staff. Dorothy Fequet grew up in Cartwright. Ernest Hill's job on the base was headquarters building on the flight line. Max Blakes dog team is tied on, by the river. Florence V. Ball is from Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Military Air Force and Canadians came here and set up a station. Wilson Stuckless was born in Twillingate, Newfoundland. The WOPS would come to do anything, Americans. Labrador Gallery: Ian Strachan Collection. Noah Ikkiatsiak was staying with Siase when he was a child. Katie Baikie moved to Twin Falls from North West River. King George V wrote a letter to Austin Pardy. Victor Mesher lived in the dormitory in the hospital. Old Smoker by Sarah Michaud. Brief History of Guiding in Happy Valley, Labrador by Alice Perrault. Henry Connolly lived in Esquimaux Bay, Labrador with his wife.

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]]> These Days at Them Days – Sarah Michaud

Labrador Dictionary – Them Days Staff
Growing Up In Cartwright – Dorothy Fequet
It Was About That Time the Flu Hit the Base – Ernest Hill
Down Over the Bank Near the Water – Max Blake
Hare’s Ears
Summer School in Wiliams Harbour, July 1915 – David Davis
Surveying For the New Base – Edward Blake
Down on the Labrador – Wilson Stuckless
Without Pays – Sheila Paddon
Labrador Gallery
Who What When Where Why?
Those Days – Noah Ikkiatsiak
Katie’s Stories – Katie Baikie
From the Archives – Sarah Michaud
Talking With Victor – Victor Mesher
Old Smoker – Sarah Michaud
Brief History of Guiding in Happy Valley – Alice Perrault
Bourgeois of the North West Company – Leslie Baikie
Then and Now

Front cover: Hilda Hunter holding flowers in a garden. Nain, 1936. Courtesy of Kate Hettasch.

Back cover: Overlooking harbour steamers and schooners. Batteau, 1929. Papers of Wilfred T. Grenfell

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]]> Vol. 25, No. 1 https://themdays.com/product/vol-25-no-1/ Fri, 15 Oct 1999 04:00:05 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=508 Lockwood school gets it's name from Mrs. C. S. Lockwood of Concord, Mass., U. S. A. List of Who's Who at Lockwood. Betty (Llyod) Chatham first glimpse in Cartwright at a little Harbour. Nellie ( Blake) Flowers worked for Dr. Forsyth. The missions boat came in fall and unload for school supplies. Robert H. Davis'  mom and father asked if he wanted go tot school when it opened up. Miss Stewart took care of Lewis Brown, it was her job. John Webber had lots of eggs. Robert H. Davis' responsibility was the hens. Avis (Lethbridge) Kremer attended Lockwood school. Robert H. Davis had English, American and Newfoundland teachers. One night it was dark says Victor Mesher. Chesley Lethbridge's favourite memories was Christmas and Easter time. Handling 50 kids you had to be strict says Chesley Lethbridge. The game we played before bed was, someone 'd say: 'Let's Go all Around The world'. Robert H. Davis used to play at the Assembly Hall. John Webber says there wasn't a year he had the first prize playing sports. Robert H. Davis went to school in St. Anthony and met a girl name Elizabeth Learning. John Webber says the girls used to be at Near Lockwood.

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]]> Them Days Vol. 25 No. 1 – 1999

Lockwood school gets it’s name from Mrs. C. S. Lockwood of Concord, Mass., U. S. A. List of Who’s Who at Lockwood. Betty (Llyod) Chatham first glimpse in Cartwright at a little Harbour. Nellie ( Blake) Flowers worked for Dr. Forsyth. The missions boat came in fall and unload for school supplies. Robert H. Davis’  mom and father asked if he wanted go tot school when it opened up. Miss Stewart took care of Lewis Brown, it was her job. John Webber had lots of eggs. Robert H. Davis’ responsibility was the hens. Avis (Lethbridge) Kremer attended Lockwood school. Robert H. Davis had English, American and Newfoundland teachers. One night it was dark says Victor Mesher. Chesley Lethbridge’s favourite memories was Christmas and Easter time. Handling 50 kids you had to be strict says Chesley Lethbridge. The game we played before bed was, someone ‘d say: ‘Let’s Go all Around The world’. Robert H. Davis used to play at the Assembly Hall. John Webber says there wasn’t a year he had the first prize playing sports. Robert H. Davis went to school in St. Anthony and met a girl name Elizabeth Learning. John Webber says the girls used to be at Near Lockwood.

The beginning of Lockwood School – Sarah Holwell
Excerpts from Lockwood Magazine – International Grenfell Association
Betty Lloyd Chatham- 
Staff
Picking up students
Students
Dormitory
Food
Chores
My Year at Lockwood – Avis (Lethbridge) Kremer
School/Teachers
Plane Crash – Victor Mesher
Celebrations
Rules
Discipline
Fun and Games
Concerts
Sports Day
Friends
Epilogue

Front cover: Mickey Bird standing in front of Lockwood School. Marjorie Wheeler Gardiner photo.

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]]> Vol. 18, No. 1 https://themdays.com/product/vol-18-no-1/ Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:00:26 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=493 We are publishing excerpts from Joan Stedman's letters home to her family in England. Beth Green Solis remembers trapping snowbirds and going to the island and fish. Richard Gear was a runaway because he was having a hard time getting there. Matt and Job was orphaned at an early age and was trained and were raised by their mom. Henry Belbin was building boats, and was working with Mike Normore off and on. Donald A. Smith worked for H.B.C arrived in Saglek Bay to do trading post. Happy-Valley, Labrador was advancing slowly as the isolating land accepting the military presence at Goose Bay, seven miles away.

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]]> Them Days Vol. 18 No. 1 – 1992

We are publishing excerpts from Joan Stedman’s letters home to her family in England. Beth Green Solis remembers trapping snowbirds and going to the island and fish. Richard Gear was a runaway because he was having a hard time getting there. Matt and Job was orphaned at an early age and was trained and were raised by their mom. Henry Belbin was building boats, and was working with Mike Normore off and on. Donald A. Smith worked for H.B.C arrived in Saglek Bay to do trading post. Happy-Valley, Labrador was advancing slowly as the isolating land accepting the military presence at Goose Bay, seven miles away.

Nursing at Cartwright- Joan Stedman
I Will Love Labrador Forever- Beth Green Solis
Gears of Labrador- Margaret Saunders
Lloyds of London- Leonard Budgell
Bangbelly- Henry Belbin

Lodge Bay- Gerald Pye

Cartwright- Leander Roberts

Postville- Caroline Jacque

Nain- Rosie Ford

The Finding of Fort Lampson- J. CAllum Thompson
Our Ways are Fading- Marion Crane Blake
Labrador Gallery– Gilbert Blake

Front cover: Margaret Gear (Aunt Maggie Saunders). Davis Inlet, c. 1926. Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Collection L-754a.

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]]> Vol. 9, No. 1 https://themdays.com/product/vol-9-no-1/ Thu, 15 Sep 1983 04:00:36 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=539 Mary Oliver Clark was from Makkovik and her dad worked at the Hudson Bay Company and her mom was Julia (Lucy). In this issue is Photos of Vension Islands. There is a story by Titus Joshua (in Inuktittuk). And on Labrador Crafts there some pictures of home made Crafts by the elder's. Robert H. Davis says they went to the coast in the summer and went to the bay in the fall, which everyone basically did. Harvey Goudie says he trapped with his father and moved to Churchill Falls.

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]]> Them Days Vol. 9 No. 1 – 1983

Mary Oliver Clark was from Makkovik and her dad worked at the Hudson Bay Company and her mom was Julia (Lucy). In this issue is Photos of Vension Islands. There is a story by Titus Joshua (in Inuktittuk). And on Labrador Crafts there some pictures of home made Crafts by the elder’s. Robert H. Davis says they went to the coast in the summer and went to the bay in the fall, which everyone basically did. Harvey Goudie says he trapped with his father and moved to Churchill Falls.

School Days- Mary Oliver Clark
Vension Islands- Agnes E. Hamilton
Nane munaKalaumangata Kanollo inosiKalaumangatta (Where and How I Lived)- Titus Joshua
Labrador Crafts- Carving- Gladys Burdett
Bangbelly- Robert H. Davis
A Trapper’s Life- Harvey Goudie
Labrador Gallery– Henry Blake

Front cover: Clarabelle Green, Venison Islands, 1920. Courtesy Bob and Cardella MacAulay.
Back cover: North West River, c. 1925. Courtesy Alfreda Blake.

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