Rhoda Dawson Bickerdike

Most of the material in this collection was generated by Rhoda Dawson when she lived in Newfoundlandand Labrador between 1930 and 1935. The collection contains essays, diaries, correspondence, andphotographs. The essays are on various aspects of life in Newfoundland and on the coast of Labradorwhich were drafts for a book she had planned to publish entitled Memoirs of Newfoundland andLabrador. The diaries detail day-to-day life; the correspondence is from residents of Labrador,International Grenfell Association workers, her father in England, and friends and acquaintances. Theletters are in three forms: handwritten originals, typed copies and typed copies in a manuscript formapparently in preparation for publishing. The photographs include pictures taken by Dawson during heryears in Newfoundland and Labrador and pictures taken after she had returned to England, mainly of herwatercolour paintings.

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