Newfoundland Outport Nurses and Industrial Association (NONIA)

• Main Author: White, Linda, 1950-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/58

The records of the Newfoundland Outport Nursing and Industrial Association were deposited in the Archives and Special Collections on January 25, 1991. These records were generated from - 1925 to 1990 and reflect the social and business history of the Association. The records, however, are - incomplete. The annual reports cover the years 1925 to 1978 but the remainder of the reports and - minutes of meetings cover only the years from the 1950s to the present. - - - The collection includes annual reports, Presidents' reports, financial reports, correspondence, - advertising and promotional brochures, records of the NONIA store, records of the Corner Brook branch - operations, manuscript histories, and photographs. A very interesting document is the Visitors Guest Book - which was kept in the NONIA store from 1933 to 1951 and contains signatures of thousands of - customers during that period including the wife of British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald. - - - The records were kept intermittently at the NONIA store at 286 Water Street, St. John's, for a - number of years and at the residences of some of the past presidents of NONIA. The records reveal a - fascinating insight into nursing history, life in the outports, and a successful business venture of - Newfoundland cottage industry.