Annapolis (N.S. : County)

A journal of the proceedings on board the sloop 'Dart,' privateer of St. John, New Brunswick

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 3
Item
1813-1815

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage on the sloop 'Dart,' commencing May 22, 1813. Harris also used the journal during two 1815 voyages on other vessels. He recorded occurrences on board the boat 'Prince Regent' during a trip from Annapolis towards Halifax in August 1815. He also recorded occurrences on board the schooner 'Laurence' during a trip from Annapolis towards Barbados in 1815.

Harris, John

A letter and a brochure from the Annapolis Royal Community Arts Council

MS-2-646, Box 8, Folder 67
File
1988

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

A Nova Scotia serendipity / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 11
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel describing the history of the Granville Shore's economic decline, its lack of transportation routes and the impact on tourism triggered by reconstructing the Port Royal Habitation. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

America's first garden / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1946]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel reporting the development of historic gardens adjacent to the reconstructed Habitation in Lower Granville. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

Andrew Merkel fonds

MS-2-326
Fonds
1900-1954

Fonds contains records created and collected by Andrew Merkel, including correspondence with friends and associates such as Charles Bruce, Kenneth Leslie, and Robert Norwood; manuscripts; newspaper clippings; and copies of The Song Fishermens’ Song Sheet and The Order of Good Cheer.

Merkel, Andrew Doane

Andrews, G. W., Mr. & Mrs.

PC2, Box 319, Folder 26
File
1924

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman and one man, seated; 3/4 pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 24-4

Annapolis Royal Police Department survey and police officer information sheets

MS-2-681, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1987

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Audiovisual material from the production of "The Other Side of the Pole"

Subseries

Part of imX Communications Inc. fonds

Sub-series contains digital files from the production of "The Other Side of the Pole."

Board of directors of the International Centre for Ocean Development : [meeting documents]

MS-2-744, Box 356, Folder 3
File
April 17-18, 1986

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on April 17-18, 1986. Supporting documentation includes memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, discussion notes, and background material. Topics discussed include salary scales, appointment of international directors, by-laws for the executive committee, signing authority, ICOD scholarship programme, World Maritime University (WMU) training modules, travel insurance, the president's report, the administrative and financial report, an ICOD brochure and commentary, international directors, the advisory committee to ICOD, and nine project proposals

Children's creative writing from Belleisle Elementary

MS-2-650, Box 13, Folder 4
File
1987

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Christmas in Nova Scotia, in the early days of century / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 18
File
December 1947

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

File contains a 1000 word article written by Andrew Merkel describing Christmas festivities from fifty years earlier and an enclosure letter to "Bib," R.J. Rankin, at The Herald newspaper.

Christmas on the Granville Shore / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 6
Item
1948

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Correspondence and notes for a presentation at the Nova Scotia Library Association young adults' and children's interest group

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 29, Folder 14
File
March 19, 1991 - May 10, 1991

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence and notes from school visits for National Book Festival week

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 32, Folder 28
File
1987

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence and notes regarding the Annapolis Arts Festival

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 5
File
April 29, 1992 - September 26, 1992

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence by subject

Subseries
1952 - 2005

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Subseries contains Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding a wide range of subjects, including his visits to China, his research on the teaching of international law at Canadian universities and other topics, the development of various of his books, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Law School Journal, Dalhousie Law School centenary, the Hague, the United Nations, the Canadian Council on International Law, and many other matters. Subseries contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and different individuals, including Paul Martin, Quing-nan Meng, Edgar Gold, Paul Fauteux, Dominique Alheritiere, Tom Hick, R. C. Strother, W.A. MacKay, Wang Fusun, J.D. Kingham, Patti Allen, John Vandermeulen, Rene Jean Dupuy, M.C.W. Pinto, Jacqueline Dauchy, Leo Nevas, Avard Bishop, Charles B. Bourne, John Willis, and many others.

Correspondence from children

MS-2-650.1997-086, Box 2, Folder 26
File
1994

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence from publishers to Budge Wilson

MS-2-650, Box 12, Folder 6
File
1985

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

David Reid Photograph Collection

PG-2-202, PB 5, Folders 1-13
Collection
1931

Collection includes aerial photographs of Halifax, Parrsboro, Amherst, Annapolis Royal, Kentville, Clarence, and Weymouth area. Variant title: Richard McCully Aerial Photograph Collection.

Reid, David

Deed for sale of land in Granville, Nova Scotia from Ann Hughes to Abel Sands

MS-2-92, SF Box 19, Folder 9
Item
1831-1833

Item is a land deed registering the 1831 sale of property in Granville, Nova Scotia from Ann Hughes to Abel Sands. The document was registered in Annapolis in 1833.

Hughes, Ann

Drawings, watercolours, paintings by Tom Forrestall

UA-36, Box 4, Folder 20
Item
1968

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Durham, Dan J.

PC2, Box 45, Folder 46
File
September 1903

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young man standing with arm on back of wicker chair; 3/4 pose

Electronic email messages of Budge Wilson regarding a talk at the Annapolis Valley Regional Library Inservice

MS-2-650.2016-052, Box 82, Folder 1
File
2008

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File consist the typescripts of electronic email messages of Budge Wilson regarding a talk at the Annapolis Valley Regional Library Inservice held in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, on May 26, 2008. Includes a photocopy of the Inservice brochure featuring Budge Wilson's talk.

Four published papers about dental care written by George Kerr Thomson

MS-13-72, SF Box 79, Folder 24
File
1921-1933

Thomson, George Kerr

Fundraising letter from Harriet Taber Richardson and circular regarding the reconstruction of the Habitation of Port Royal

MS-2-462, SF Box 43, Folder 28
File
1930

File contains a letter and circular sent from Harriet Taber Richardson, Secretary of the Associates of Port Royal, to the Essex Institute in 1930. The letter requests the Institute's support of the reconstruction of the Habitation.

Richardson, Harriet Taber, fl. 1930-

Gerrior, Florence

PC2, Box 336, Folder 242
File
December 1931

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman wearing nurse's uniform, seated, facing to the side; bust

Harriette Richardson : a one act play, by Andrew Merkel : [manuscripts]

MS-2-326, Box 2, Folder 13
File
[1947?]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

File contains four manuscript copies of a one-act play by Andrew Merkel titled variously "Harriet Richardson" and "Mrs. Richardson Wins." The latter version contains hand-written edits that appear in the both copies titled "Harriet Richardson." One manuscript lists the author as "Marc Lescarbot" and is two pages longer than the others. The copy typed on legal-sized onion skin paper contains a note that the play was originally presented at the Community Centre, Annapolis Royal, on 5th June 1947. There is also a short note critiquing the play.

H.L. Ruggles fonds

MS-4-168
Fonds
1925-1968

Fonds contains business records and personal correspondence of H.L. Ruggles. Financial records primarily relate to Ruggles' wholesale grocery business, but some materials relate to the settlement of his mother's estate. Personal correspondence involves the settlement of his mother's estate.

Ruggles, H.L.

I buy a farm : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 12
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a partial manuscript written by Andrew Merkel describing how he came to live in Lower Granville after his retirement. The first page is missing and it's unclear whether there are more missing after page number six. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

Interview with Wayne Schnare

MS-13-88, Box 1, OVMV0003DVD
File
September 7, 2010

Part of Our Voices Matter Oral History Collection

File contains a video and partial transcript of an interview with Wayne Schnare. The interview was conducted by Susan Kilbride Roper at the Belmont House on September 7, 2010. This was the third interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Wayne's childhood in Middleton, Nova Scotia, experiences with anxiety and depression, and other aspects of his personal life.

Roper, Susan

Letter from Edna F. Anderson to John Logan

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
25 July [1923?]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a letter from Edna F. Anderson to John Logan describing the success of a series of concerts given by the Boston Symphony Ensemble in venues across the Maritimes with a view to booking two similar concerts in Halifax.

Letter to Andrew Merkel from Phoebe

MS-2-326, Box 2, Folder 5
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a letter referencing the need for tourists to see more than the reconstructed Habitation at Port Royal.

Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin

MS-2-150, SF Box 27, Folder 4
Item
1878

Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.

Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878

Lewis, John, Mrs. - son of

PC2, Box 220, Folder 78
File
December 1915

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One boy wearing army uniform with cap and baton, standing facing to the side; full pose

Lewis, John, Mrs. - son of

PC2, Box 220, Folder 77
File
December 1915

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One boy wearing army uniform with cap and baton, standing with one foot raised on a wall; full pose

Library in-service talk given to the Annapolis Public Library

MS-2-650.2014-047, Box 67, Folder 3
File
2008

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Manuscripts of newspaper articles written by Andrew Merkel

Subseries
1947 - 1949

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Subseries consists of typewritten manuscripts of 1000 word articles by Andrew Merkel largely regarding events in Granville and the Annapolis Basin. Letters to R.J. Rankin at The Herald that accompany several of the manuscripts suggest that these articles were all submitted to (and published by) the Halifax newspaper.

Map of Beaconsfield Mutual Telephone Company's telephone line

MS-4-180, Box 172, Folder 16
File
1931

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Map of B.M.C. Rural Telephone Company's telephone line

MS-4-180, Box 172, Folder 9
File
1932

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

McDonald, Laughlin

PC2, Box 33, Folder 44
File
March 1901

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young man, looking to the side, seated; bust

McPherson, Angus

PC2, Box 215, Folder 106
File
October 1914

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man standing with one arm on a wicker chair, facing to the side; 3/4 pose

Middleton Police Department survey, officer information sheets and annual report

MS-2-681, Box 15, Folder 4
File
1987-1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Mother's flag : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1910, 1921

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for a song by Paul Heinrich with words by Dr. Charles H. Baltzer (published in 1910). The front cover is autographed by Baltzer and a note on the last page indicates that it was sent from Baltzer of Middleton, Nova Scotia. The file also includes 7 poems by Baltzer (not set to music): "Charity," "Apostrophe to the Sun," "The Tree," "To Next Summer,""A Bachelor's Lament,""Frost Ere Roses," and "Greed." Some of the poems are from newspaper clippings and others indicate that they were published in the Halifax Chronicle and the Halifax Herald.

Musique royale : a festival of music in historic settings

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 2
File
August 1993

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program and newspaper clippings from a Nova Scotian concert tour by the Halifax Camerata Singers, which included performances in Truro, River Denys Mountain, Annapolis Royal, Amherst, New Glasgow, Liverpool, and Yarmouth.

Neoplasm of eyelid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 10
Item
March 1900

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a "clinical report" submitted to the March 1900 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XII, No. 3) by Dr. A.P. Reid, titled "Neoplasm of Eyelid", with information on how to treat such an ailment.

Notebook containing election returns, contacts, motor vehicle registrations and diary entries

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 4
Item
1953-1960

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a notebook belong to Henry Hicks in which he recorded addresses, calendar events, election returns and other data.

Photograph of cannons near an entrance to Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

MS-2-781, PB Box 16, Folder 16
Item
[before 1949]

Part of Byron Ulric Hatfield Photograph Collection

Item is a glass plate transparency of cannons near an entrance to Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.

Photograph of President J.E. Richardson presenting the president's award to Lloyd I. Hersey

MS-4-180, Box 16, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
[19--]

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Item is a photograph of President J.E. Richardson presenting the president's award to Lloyd I. Hersey of Annapolis Nova Scotia while S.L. Nixon of Berwick, J.E. Nicoles of Kentville, J.F. Longley of Kentville and D. Gesner of Wolfville look on.