Amherst (N.S.)

Account journal and letter of Charles Tupper Logan

MS-2-38, SF Box 15, Folder 4
File
1926-1928, 1943

File consists of one journal of daily accounts (1926-1928) and a letter of appointment to the School Board of Cumberland County (1943).

Logan, Charles Tupper, 1867-1961

Administrative and publicity records for Pogie, by Christopher Heide and Al MacDonald

MS-2-838, Box 5, Folder 16 and Box 7, Folder 4
File
1980 - 1997

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains a joint copyright agreement between Christopher Heide and Al MacDonald; publishing contract and correspondence with Borealis Press; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1998 Tantramar Theatre Festival production; notes, reviews and advertisements for the 1994 Lunenburg Dinner Theatre Company production; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1980 Stages production; correspondence, contract and reviews for the 1984 Kam Theatre (Thunder Bay) production; and an annotated copy of the published script. There is also correspondence between Chris Heide and Rosemary Gilbert about the possibility of converting Pogie and No More Gasoline into television scripts. File also contains a chronology of events documenting the genesis and evolution of the script development and production.

Amherst Police Commission and Police Department interviews and survey

MS-2-681, Box 10, Folder 1
File
1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Amherst Police Department officer information sheets

MS-2-681, Box 9, Folder 10
File
1987-1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Armitage, Robert

PC2, Box 61, Folder 21
File
May 1906

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man; bust

Charles Tupper letters

MS-2-75, SF Box 18, Folder 26
File
1887, 1911

File consists of two handwritten letters by Charles Tupper. One letter is an 1887 letter of introduction to Sir Andrew Clark regarding Mr. Freeborn, a Canadian medical student in London. The second letter was written in 1911 to Mrs. J. Ross Smith in Amherst, Nova Scotia thanking her for an earlier correspondence regarding election results.

Tupper, Charles, Sir, 1821-1915

Christie Trunk and Bag fonds

MS-4-15
Fonds
1901 - 1968

Fonds contains minute books (1901-1968); financial statements (1902-1968); general ledgers (1949-1968); reports to shareholders; legal papers (1901-1964); correspondence (1920); catalogues; and other records from Christie Bros. and Co. and Christie Trunk and Bag.

Christie Trunk and Bag Co. Ltd.

Correspondence and notes regarding readings for Amherst libraries

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 15
File
April 21, 1995 - June 13, 1995

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence from Matt Morris MacKinnon

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 38
File
1926

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Matt Morris MacKinnon of Amherst, Nova Scotia, concerning some of MacKinnon's poetry.

Daily reports from shows and rides at The Bill Lynch Shows

MS-4-218, Box 1, Folder 13
File
June 1951 - September 1951

Part of The Bill Lynch Shows fonds

File contains daily reports from The Bill Lynch Shows shows and rides from June to September 1951. The reports are from Halifax, Saint John, Amherst, Chatham, New Glasgow, Saint Stephen, Woodstock, Campbellton, Fredericton, Bridgewater, Charlottetown, Lunenberg, and Sydney. Areas that are filled out include name of attraction, starting number, finish number, tickets, price, gross, and total.

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

Dr. Robert Mitchell's family history

MS-13-27, SF Box 65, Folder 9
Item
1984

Item features a copy of Dr. Mitchell's 1859 convocation record from the University of Edinburgh.

Mitchell, Robert

Flyer for Budge Wilson reading at the Four Fathers Memorial Library

MS-2-650.2011-050, Box 56, Folder 49
File
[before 2011]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Fraser, Spurgeon & Stanley

PC2, Box 52, Folder 115
File
December 1904

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young man seated and one young man seated on arm of his chair, both looking to the side; bust. Both are wearing high collars, and one has a bow tie

Gerard Veldhoven fonds

MS-15-16
Fonds
2004 - 2020

Fonds consists of Gerard Veldhoven's published writing, correspondence, and speeches. Veldhoven's writings cover subjects including same-sex marriage, LGBT parenting and families, Pride celebrations, and LGBT social issues. Fonds also contains clippings and correspondence related to Veldhoven's experience as part of the first same-sex couple to be married in Nova Scotia, as well as his activism, writing career, and honours.

Veldhoven, Gerard

G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

MS-2-839
Fonds
1914 - 1919

Photographs of the World War I Amherst Internment Camp and a photograph from the Merchant Navy Protest

I Am What I Amherst : [magazine article]

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 7
Item
July 2009

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is a clipping of a magazine article by Gerard Veldhoven titled "I Am What I Amherst." The article was published in the July 2009 issue of the magazine Wayves.

IBEW Local 1928 Unit 9 (Amherst) minutes book

MS-9-52, Box 27, Folder 4
File
1974-1981

Part of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928 fonds

File contains one minute book: September 16, 1974 to May 11, 1981.

Interviews with Nova Scotia police chiefs

MS-2-681, Box 18, Folder 7
File
1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains interview with Chief Plomp, Amherst Police Department, Howard A. MacKenzie, Bedford Municipal Police Department, and Chief Murray, Truro Police Department.

John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

MS-2-306
File
1974, 1976

File comprises a transcript of an interview with F.C. Wightman and notes from George D. Noiles on Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One.

Laminated clippings of Gerard Veldhoven's weekly newspaper column Refocus (2012 - 2014)

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 3
File
2012 - 2014

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File contains laminated clippings written by Gerard Veldhoven for the weekly column, Refocus.

Laminated clippings of Gerard Veldhoven's weekly newspaper column Refocus (2014 - 2015)

Ms-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 4
File
2014 - 2015

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Laminated clippings of Gerard Veldhoven's weekly newspaper column Refocus (2016 - 2020)

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 5
File
2016 - 2020

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File also contains digitized copies of the column.

Letter from Ethel to Bill Lynch and other material

MS-4-218, Box 1, Folder 9
File
November 18, 1942

Part of The Bill Lynch Shows fonds

File contains an envelope address to The Bill Lynch Shows from Ethel (no last name specified) dated in Amherst November 18, 1942, and Halifax November 20-30, a blank labor service card with notes on the back, a card requesting name and address on the front of letters and parcels, a letter from Ethel to Bill Lynch dated July 25, 1942 from Amherst, and six photographs of: an unidentified woman in Sydney on July 16 1942, an unidentified woman at Murcer [sic] Lake in Sydney on July 13, 1942, an unidentified man in a parked car, a dog, two unidentified men on a ship plank over the war, three unidentified men in uniform and a dog by a Christmas tree, and three unidentified men, two in uniform and one in a suit, outside. Ethel's letter states she would try to enclose photographs of herself, so she may be the unidentified woman in the photos.

Letter to John Bell from George D. Noiles regarding Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One. regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Letters supporting Gerard Veldhoven's nomination to the Order of Nova Scotia

MS-15-16.2020-011, Box 1, Folder 8
File
2011, 2016

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File also includes an article regarding Veldhoven's nomination to the Sexcellence Award.

Mary Rose, Sister & friend

PC2, Box 342, Folder 247
File
August 1936

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two women wearing nun's clothing, one standing and one seated; full pose

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.

Naval Prisoners of War at the Internment Camp, Amherst, Nova Scotia

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Newspaper articles about same-sex marriage rights and Gerard Veldhoven's involvement with Pride events

Ms-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 1
File
2004 - 2015

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File contains a Pride Week Proclamation for Pictou County; text of an article titled "Gays and Lesbians Marvel at Phenomenal Gains"; and clippings about Veldhoven's marriage to Norman Carter, Carter's death, and Veldhoven's activism.

Norman J. Ritchie fonds

MS-2-91, SF Box 23, Folders 3-5
Fonds
1967-1968

Fonds comprises a signed typescript of "The Story of Robb's" and twenty-four pages of notes and correspondence regarding the project.

Ritchie, Norman John, 1896-1976

Photographs of Linda Carvery performances

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 99
File
July 18, 2015

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains photographs of Linda Carvery performing at "Weaving the Story: Threads of Gospel, Jazz, and Blues" in Amherst, Nova Scotia on July 18, 2015.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir performances

MS-5-22, Box 16, Folder 26
File
July 18, 2015

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir performing "Weaving the Story: Threads of Gospel, Jazz, and Blues" in Amherst, Nova Scotia on July 18, 2015.

Press release for Gerald Veldhoven

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 4
Item

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Printed copy of an article published online "Fighting to permit gay marriages within churches" by Darrell Cole

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 5
Item
April 11, 2007

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is an article printed from the website cumberlandnewsnow.com.

Printed copy of an article published online "Gay rights advocate set an example simply by being who he was" by Susan Smith

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 9
Item
February 1, 2010

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is an article printed from the website globeandmail.com.

Printed copy of an article published online "Showdown imminent?" by Darrell Cole

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 11
Item
August 20, 2007

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is an article printed from the website cumberlandnewsnow.com.

Printed copy of an article published online "Trinity-St. Stephen's to permit same-sex marriages" by Darrell Cole

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 12
Item
March 2, 2011

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is an article printed from the website cumberlandnewsnow.com.

Printed copy of one page of an article published online "Amherst resident slams Casey on stance on gay mariage" by Jason Smith

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 6
Item
March 17, 2004

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

Item is one page of an article printed from the website amherstdaily.com.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 164

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of a group of Prisoners of War standing around a building.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 21

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 26

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 7, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of prisoners in costumes for a drama group.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 28

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War standing with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 29

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War standing with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 3

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 7, item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of prisoners of war dressed in costumes for a drama group.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 33

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 -1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the fencing club for the group of prisoners of war from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 43

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of a photograph of a group of prisoners of war at the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia lined up next to a sign "Kruft-Heill" (cheers).

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 45

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of a group of prisoners of war from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia, posed in a human pyramid. There are three gentlemen in suits included in the photograph.