Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 2017-35
Title
Reverend A. Newton Reid collection
Date(s)
- 1931 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
11 items
Context area
Name of creator
(1894-1991)
Biographical history
Reverend A. Newton Reid was born in Quebec in 1894. He had a B.A. degree from Queen's University as well as a Bachelor of Theology degree from Queen's. He also had a M. A. degree from Columbia University in New York City. Reid was the minister at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Stirling, Ontario, in 1931. After Stirling, he served in Cookstown and Richmond, Ontario where he met Evyleen Stewart. After their marriage in July 1944, they served in Presbyterian Churches in Colborne, Avonton, Chesley and Holstein in southwest and western Ontario. Newton was a member of the Keystone Masonic Lodge of the Royal Arch Masons. He died in Brockville in 1991.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Janet Reid, May 2017.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Items collected by Reverend A. N. Reid, including:
- six postcards of Stirling, Ontario views
- annual report for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stirling
- order of service for Easter Sunday, 5 April 1931, for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stirling
- obituary from the Stirling News-Argus for James Ralph, 1931
- two electricity bills from the Stirling Hydro Electric System, addressed to Reverend Reid, October and November 1931
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Accruals
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Conditions governing access
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Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
The postcards are available online at https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=134017397%40N03&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=2017-35