Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.

Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Innu culture and traditions

The history of the Mi'kmaq, their lifestyle, and their relations with the Europeans

The term Palaeo-Eskimo is used to refer to the peoples of the Arctic who lived before the Thule.

History and culture of the Thule people

Creed and culture of the Irish immigrant population in Newfoundland from 1784-1830.

Historically, may bushes have had festive, protective, decorative, invocational, or religious functions.

A sketch of the family of John Shannon Munn, one of Newfoundland's more prominent families at the turn of the 20th century.

An introduction into the life of Margaret Mayo (1871-1941), and a description of her diary.