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Daily Journal 1912
File · 1912
Part of John and Douglas Honeyman fonds

File contains a farm journal with daily entries made by largely by Douglas Honeyman with some entries made in September/October by Stuart. The cover of the journal is entitled 'Charles Letts's Canadian Diary'

Daily Journal 1910
File · 1910
Part of John and Douglas Honeyman fonds

File contains a farm journal with entries largely made by Douglas Honeyman. Farming is done by John and his sons Stuart and Douglas. The activities of John's wife Ella (Helen) and daughter Elsie are also recorded.

Daily Journal 1905-1906
File · 1905-1906
Part of John and Douglas Honeyman fonds

File contains a journal titled "Indian and Colonial Scribbling Diary 1905" on the cover with an almanac and interleaved blotting paper between the diary pages. The daily entries of farm and family activities were made by John and Douglas Honeyman.

Daily Journal 1900-1904
File · 1900-1904
Part of John and Douglas Honeyman fonds

File contains a farm journal in which daily entries are made on the same page for the years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. The entries were made by John Honeyman, with some entries by Douglas Honeyman in 1904, who recorded farm activities, weather, trips, illness, entertainment, and the activities of the Honeyman children. The diary records the gradual move from the Gulfside farm to the East Delta farm.

Accounts Journal 1883-1897
File · 1883-1897
Part of John and Douglas Honeyman fonds

File contains a journal kept by John and Helen Honeyman in which they kept record of household expenses at the Eden, Manitoba, farm and, beginning January 1, 1896, at the farm in Delta at Gulfside near Port Guichon. The entries list such expenses as groceries, dry goods, hardware, clothing, school supplies, trees and seeds, and entertainment. Farm expenses were kept separately and list equipment and hardware, worker's wages, seed, and threshing wages. The journal also lists revenue from butter sold in 1884.