Lawton, Sidney

• Main Author: Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries 1990
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/205

This is a small but interesting collection of a man who spent half of his working life ministering in Labrador - and rural Newfoundland. It consists primarily of his writings, ranging from sermons for Good Friday services - on the seven words from the Cross to an essay on the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Much of the - material is directly related to Newfoundland and Labrador, however, including a report of the rectory fire at - Cartwright (1928), the search for the ill-fated Koehler expedition (1932) and the need for improved medical - services in Fortune Bay during the mid-1930s. The collection provides a personal perspective. It is - valuable both as a record of a Church of England cleric working in relative isolation, and as a social - commentary upon the lives of the people he served. -