 The Archives of La Have Outfitting Company: A GuideCollection Number: MS-4-88Collection Level DescriptionTitle:
La Have Outfitting Company fonds Dates:
1905-1973 Extent:
1.3 metres of textual material; 1 roll of microfilm Administrative HistoryThe La Have Outfitting Company were ship chandlers, as well as a fish exporter and sold general merchandise and groceries
to the general public. They were also involved in buying and selling schooners. It was founded in the early 1900s, and was
primarily run by the Gray family of La Have. Fraser Gray was the owner and acted as the general manager for the majority of
the company's existence. As the shipping and fishery industry decreased, they operated mainly as a grocery store into the
1960s.
Custodial HistoryLedgers, journals, cashbooks, fish sales and miscellaneous files were donated by Teleen Gray and his son Allan Gray over several
years starting in 1974 until 1985. In 1989, Michael Watson donated cashbooks, ledgers, journals and the Registrar of Shipping,
La Have, 1959-1969. Other records were also donated, such as photographs, a List of Canadian Shipping, Miscellaneous Shipping
Papers but these records are missing from the collection.
AccrualsNo further accruals are expected.
Scope and ContentThe La Have Outfitting Company fonds contains mainly financial records related to their business of outfitting and supplying
vessels, as well as sales of fish, coal and salt between the years of 1905-1976. These records include invoices cash books,
fish sales, journals, ledgers, vessel supply lists, accounts and lists of vessels that were insured by La Have Outfitting,
as well as loans they had given out. The fonds also contains some general business correspondence, legal documents regarding
insurance policies and shareholders information as well as documents relating to vessels, such as charter contracts, log books
and register of vessels.
ArrangementRecords were arranged by type of record.
Related MaterialSee Lunenburg Outfitting Company fonds (MS-4-84) for similar types of business records.
Preferred Citation[Identification of item], La Have Outfitting Company fonds, MS-4-88, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University
Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Combined Series and File Level Descriptions
Correspondence
Date:
1917-1976
Extent:
1 cm of textual material
Scope and Content:
This series contains general business correspondence between Fraser Gray and insurance companies,
banks, account holders and vessel owners. It includes correspondence regarding settling accounts,
selling vessels, insurance policies and prices of fish and other merchandise
Folder -
1.1
General Business Correspondence
1917-1976
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Financial
Date:
1905-1973
Extent:
107 cm of textual material
Scope and Content:
This series contains cash books, journals, ledgers, insurance amounts, fish, coal and salt sales and
prices, vessel accounts and inventory of items in stock and sold. The recorded information is spread
throughout various ledgers and in some cases journals, cashbooks and ledgers contained information
regarding accounts, as well as insurance information or fish sales.
Folder -
6.2
Cash Book
1920-1924
Also includes Fire Insurance amounts and Loans.
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5.3
Cash Book
1940-1945
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5.2
Cash Book
1928-1933
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6.3
Cash Book: Fish
1940-1947
Folder -
1.3
Cash Book: January 31, 1950 - June 30, 1952
1950-1952
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1.4
Cash Book: July 25, 1959 - May 18, 1962
1959-1962
Folder -
5.1
Cash Book: July 27, 1924 - February 22, 1928
1924-1966
Also includes Fire Insurance 1925-1966. Cover ripped.
Folder -
1.5
Cash Book: November 30, 1968 - December 31, 1973
1968-1973
Folder -
1.2
Cash Book: November 9, 1912 - July 31, 1916
1912-1916
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1.6
Cold Storage: Sales and Purchases
1941-1966
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2.6
Fish Truck: Sales
1935-1938
Folder -
1.7
Fish, Coal and Salt: Sales and Purchases
1905-1933
Folder -
2.1
Fish: Sales and Purchases
1915-1918
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2.2
Fish: Sales and Purchases
1924-1934
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2.3
Fish: Sales and Purchases
1935-1938
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2.4
Fish: Sales and Purchases
1937-1941
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2.5
Fish: Sales and Purchases
1937-1948
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3.3
Insurance Accounts
1923
Folder -
3.1
Insurance Accounts and Captain Morris Randall Accounts
1919-1921
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3.2
Insurance Accounts and Captain Morris Randall Accounts
1921-1923
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3.4
Insurance Accounts and Dried Fish Purchases
1925-1944
Folder -
4.10
Inventory: Boxes in Stock and Boxes Sold
1912-1914
Folder -
6.1
Journal
1928-1939
Folder -
3.6
Journal: February 1928 - February 1937
1928-1937
Folder -
3.5
Journal: January 30, 1924 - February 22, 1978
1924-1928
Folder -
3.10
Ledger
1930-1944
Folder -
9.
Ledger
1927-1973
Folder -
8.
Ledger
1935-1973
Folder -
7.
Ledger
1918-1927
Folder -
11.
Ledger: Vessel Accounts
1920-1930
Folder -
10.
Ledger: Vessel Accounts
1916-1938
Folder -
3.7
Payable Ledger
1915-1917
Folder -
3.9
Purchase Ledger
1916-1917
Folder -
3.8
Purchase Ledger
1915-1916
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4.1
Stock: Prices and Inventory, March 31, 1909
1909
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4.2
Vessel Accounts
1918-1926
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Legal Documents
Date:
1911-1950
Extent:
7 cm of textual material
Scope and Content:
This series contains insurance policies on La Have Outfitting Co. and shareholder lists. The insurance
policies include the amount the business was insured for and which types of insurance they had. The
shareholder lists include names of the shareholders for various vessels and the amount of shares they
held as well as the amount paid.
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4.3
Insurance Policies
1920-1950
Folder -
4.4
Shareholders
1920-1924
Folder -
4.5
Shareholders: List and Account Information
1911-1916
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Vessel Operations
Date:
1913-1969
Extent:
15 cm of textual material, 1 roll of microfilm
Scope and Content:
This series contains two log books for the Schooner Moran, charters and shipping papers, and a register
of vessels leaving and coming into the La Have port between 1959 and 1969. The log books include
information regarding the sailing of the Schooner Moran, directions heading and weather reports. The
register includes information on where vessels were registered, their agents or masters, tonnage, and
where they were sailing to or from. The charters include the name of the vessel, date of the contract,
where they are sailing to and from, the captain's name and their cargo.
Folder -
12.1
Register of Vessels Reporting Inwards and Outwards: La Have Port
1959-1969
Listing of vessels, their tonnage, agent or master, location registered to and their direction.
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4.6
Schooner Hawker: Charters
1919
Folder -
4.8
Schooner Moran: Log Book
1914
Cover ripped.
Folder -
4.7
Schooner Moran: Log Book
1913-1914
Cover ripped.
Folder -
4.9
Shipping Papers: Charters
1913-1930
Ripped.
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13.1
Vessel Statements and Atlantic Fish Company Invoices
1906-1938
*MICROFILM* Located in microfilm closet. Vessel Statements (1921-1938); Atlantic Fish Company
Invoices (1906-1908)
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