DATES OF CREATION:
1901-1966

PHYSICAL EXTENT:
80 cm of textual records

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
The Sackville Board of Trade was organized in 1901 and incorporated in 1902. Its purpose was to promote the Town of Sackville and attract commerce to the community.

CUSTODIAL HISTORY:
In 1948, the Sackville Board of Trade, Books 1, 2, and 3, were deposited in the Mount Allison University Archives by an unidentified donor (Accession 4801). In 1989 Charles Moffatt, the former Secretary-Treasurer of the Board, deposited records for the years 1915-1966 (Accession 8900). These records of the Board’s Secretary-Treasurer constitute comprehensive documentation of the activities of the Sackville Board of Trade, 1901-1966.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS:
Fonds consists of minutes, reports, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, financial statements, annual returns, membership lists and clipping. The records are organized in six series:
1. Sackville Board of Trade Books
2. General Correspondence, 1915-1966
3. Subject Correspondence, 1922-1966
4. Subject Files, 1921-1965
5. Financial Records, 1919-1958
6. Certificates of membership

The General Correspondence file contains some committee reports which chronicle the activities of the standing and ad-hoc committees of the Board. Fonds also includes: Stamp of the Sackville Board of Trade (artifact); a wooden gavel presented to the Sackville Board of Trade on its 50th Anniversary by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 1952; and a photograph of a group of unidentified men on a platform in front of the Armoury, Sackville, New Brunswick.

SOURCE OF TITLE:
Title based on contents of fonds

ACCRUALS:
Not expected

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS:
None known

FINDING AIDS:
Inventory available at repository

IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION:
Donated by unidentified donor 1948, and Charles Moffatt, 1989

LANGUAGE:
English

LOCATION OF ORIGINALS:
Mount Allison University Archives

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Not available

RELATED RECORDS:
Not applicable

ALL OTHER NOTES:
Not applicable

RETRIEVAL NO.:
4801, 8900

REPOSITORY:
Mount Allison University Archives

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS, USE AND REPRODUCTION:
Open for research purposes. Copying and/or publication permitted only with written permission of the Mount Allison University Archives