Session #4 - CNS#2 - The Collection of Edward M. Roberts - June 3rd-17th 2025

The late Hon. Dr. Edward M. Roberts (1940-2022) donated his collection of Newfoundland and Labrador books to the Centre for Newfoundland Studies (CNS) at Memorial University to keep as needed or sell with proceeds going towards the purchase of new material for the Centre Dr. Roberts was a lawyer, businessman, politician and author. He was Chairman of the Board of Regents of Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1997- 2002, and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the university in 2003. He was Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2002-2008. The CNS would like to recognize the generosity of Dr. Roberts. His donation supports the mandate of the CNS to collect, preserve and make accessible the published works of Newfoundland and Labrador.
**In-Person Viewing can be arranged if necessary at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Please contact Colleen Field (cfield@mun.ca) with questions regarding any lots you are interested in.





![Six Months of a Newfoundland Missionary's Journal [aka, Archdeacon Wix's Journal]. Second edition by](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/mR31UdJY3aJL-qNqzGt3xSHU.jpeg)
![History of the Methodist Church […] of Eastern British America. Vol. II by T. Watson Smith](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/0DLw38VYfD9gCUI0gwjII9xC.jpeg)


![Report of the Department of Militia […] to the 31st March, 1919 by Government of Newfoundland](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/_r0EwXFYPh0bsYtKbn3RtOFg.jpeg)







![Newfoundland as It Is in 1894: A Hand-book and Tourists' Guide by M. [Moses] Harvey](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/nd7Kj4xp7oocPqupHO_oCXEW.jpeg)
![Five Months in Labrador and Newfoundland [aka, Tucker's Voyage], during the Summer of 1838 by Ephrai](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/s-N9encQhxDUTIPQwQTA-bgd.jpeg)





![The Tenth Island: Being Some Account of Newfoundland […] by Beckles Willson](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/3rKy-F-0IPmoBTTyyQq5YMQR.jpeg)
![Newfoundland in 1897, Being Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Year […] by M. [Moses] Harvey](https://d3j17a2r8lnfte.cloudfront.net/bar/2025/6/medium/u4eH8bRdmrjVgcGpP1gM4LRD.jpeg)