File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a couple written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between August 1918, and December 1918, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers:
Acadia Gas Engines (Bridgewater), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), G.E. Barbour Co. (Saint John), Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), Black & Flinn (Halifax), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Canada Food Board, Canadian Cereal and Flour Mills Co. (Stratford, ON), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Clare Bros. (Preston, ON), J.F. Clifford (Liverpool), J.W. Crichton (Halifax), Davis Bros. Fisheries (Gloucester, MA), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Oil Cloth Co. (Montreal), Eastern Hay and Feed Co. (Sackville, NB), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Fowler Milling Company (Saint John West), Office of the Fuel Administrator of Nova Scotia, Gault Brothers (Montreal), L. Gnaedinger Son & Co. (Montreal), Gordon and Keith (Halifax), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal), Grant Brothers (Halifax), J.L. Greenwood (North East Harbour), Gurney-Massey Company (Montreal), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay), Halifax Automobile Association, Ida Harlow (Sable River West), Hatfield & Scott Co. (Hartland, NB), J.C. Hemeon (Liverpool), G.W. Hodge (Fredericton), E.C. Hogg (Barrington), Holland Window Shade Co. (Halifax), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Limited, International Stock Food Company (Toronto), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), J.L. Lovitt (Yarmouth), Lynola Mfg Co. (New York), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), McClearn Company (Liverpool), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maritime Tire and Rubber Company (Saint John), Martin-Senour Company (Halifax), Monarch Knitting Company (Dunnville), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Northern Electric Company (Montreal), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Parker-Eakins Company (Yarmouth), D.S. Perrin (London, ON), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough, ON), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, C.E. & C.M. Rideout (Hartland, NB), St. Lawrence Flour Mills Co. (Halifax/Montreal), A. & W. Smith (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfield's (Truro), Supplies Limited (Kentville), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Walker Bros. (Milton), Webster, Smith Co. (Halifax), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), T.E. Worthen (Crowell's), Yarmouth Cycle and Motor Co., among others.

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a couple written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between April 1920, and August 1920, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers: Acadia Gas Engines Limited (Bridgewater), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Amherst Pianos Limited, James H. Banks (Crowell's), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Bauld Bros. (Halifax), Beaver Company Limited (Thorold, ON), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canadian National Railway, Canadian Oil Companies Limited, Cedar Products Limited (Amherst), Colonial Fertilizer Company (Windsor), M.P. Cook & Co. (Yarmouth), J.F. Creaser Co, (LaHave), W.G. Dexter (Barrington), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System Limited (Halifax), Thomas A. Edison Inc. (Orange, NJ), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay), Imperial Oil Limited, J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Wm. A. Kenney (Clark's Harbour), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), R.J. Lovell Co. (Toronto), Lunenburg Foundry Co., T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), McColl Bros. Limited (Montreal), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Company (Toronto), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), Meyer Brothers (Toronto, G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), Z. Nickerson (Port Clyde), Mrs Leslie Nicol (Clyde River), North American Fisheries & Cold Storage Limited (Liverpool), Northern Electric Company (Halifax), Nova Scotia Fertilizer Company (Halifax), Peabody's Overalls (Walkerville, ON), Phillips & Marshall (Halifax), R.E. Pinkham (Barrington), A.L. Purdy (Barrington), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), Frank Reardon (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, Rutherford Milling Company (Blenheim, ON), Shatfords Limited (Halifax), Simmons Limited (Montreal), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax), R. Steinmann & Co. (London), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Arthur N. Whitman Limited (Halifax), Wolverton Milling Company, Thomas Wood & Company, Worcester Manufacturing Company (London), T.E. Worthen & Son (Crowell's), among others.

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan and Fred Giffin, Lockeport, between January 1921 and April1921, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File contains a letter from E. Hawken, Department of Marine and Fisheries, regarding the changing nature of the fish industry, suggesting the retailers must adapt to the new realities of the industry, and that "never again shall we revert to conditions prior to 1914".

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers:
Acadia Gas Engines Limited (Bridgewater), Edward M. Alden (Boston), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Amherst Boot & Shoe Co., Atlantic Underwear Limited (Moncton), L.E. Baker & Co. (Yarmouth), J.B. Bardsley Hat Co. (Saint John), The Barrett Company (Halifax), Bauld Bros. (Halifax), Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), The Beaver Company (Thorold, ON), Blue Bird Tea (Halifax), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal/Halifax), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Calder, Fraser Co. (Dartmouth), Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canadian Oil Companies (Toronto), Cedar Products Limited (Amherst), Central Hay & Feed Exchange (Moncton), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Colonial Fertilizer Company, M.P. Cook & Company (Yarmouth), Corona Company (Saint John), Cragg Bros. (Halifax), Wellesley G. Crouse (Middlewood), W.G. Dexter (Barrington), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Halifax), R.G. Dun & Co. (Halifax), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth (Montreal), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), T.H. Estabrooks Co. (Saint John), Frank Fales (Saint John), Farquhar & Co. (Halifax), A.E. Faucher (Riviere-du-Loup), Charles Fawcett (Sackville, NB), Fleetwood Footwear (Saint John), S.R. Giffin & Sons (Goldboro), Geo. C. Goodfellow (Montreal), Gurney-Massey Co. (Montreal), Charles Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hager (Round Bay), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Pictou), R. Hendsbee & Co. (Half Island Cove), Holeproof Hosiery CO. (London, ON), Robt. H. Ingersoll (Montreal), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Killam Brothers (Yarmouth), John Lockett & Son (Bridgetown), Lunenburg Coal & Supply Company, T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), John C. McKay (Clyde River), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Company (Halifax), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), Moirs Limited (Halifax), Mosher & Baker (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug & Chemical Company, Mrs Leslie Nicol (Clyde River), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Northern Electric (Halifax), Parker-Eakins Company (Yarmouth), C.H. Peters' Sons (Saint John), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), G.N. Reagh (Middleton), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, Scythes & Company (Halifax), F.L. Seldon & Son (Liverpool), J.A. Silver (Liverpool), Simmons Limited (Montreal), Smith Brokerage (Saint John), A. & M. Smith (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), John Starr (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), A.E. Thorbourn (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne (Saint John), Walker Bros. (Montreal), O.H. Warwick Co. (Saint John), among others.

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan and Fred Giffin (with a few written by McMillan), Lockeport, between June 1924 and October 1924, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in McMillan's general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers:
Acadia Gas Engines (Bridgewater), Acme Glove Works Limited (Montreal), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Amherst Boot & Shoe Company, Walter Baker & Co. (Montreal), C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines), Barrett Company (Saint John), Bates & Innes Limited (Carleton Place, ON), C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Canada Cement Company, Canadian Drug Co. Limited (Saint John), Canadian Export & Import Trading Co. (Halifax), Canadian National Carbon Company (Toronto), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Christie, Brown & Co. Limited (Halifax), M.P. Cook & Co. (Yarmouth), H.H. Crosby Co (Hebron), S.A. Crowell & Co. (Yarmouth), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Fraser Companies Limited (Edmundston, NB), John Fry, bread (Halifax), Alden Giffin (Louis Head), Gordon, Mackay & Co. (Toronto), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Freeman Hagar (Round Bay), Emma Harlow (Sable River), W.H. Hayward Co. (Saint John), A.W. Hebb (Bridgewater), Indian Garden Farm (Bridgewater), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Robert Irwin (Shelburne), Mrs J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Lake of the Woods Milling Company (Montreal), Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), J.D. McKenzie (Middleton), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Company (Toronto), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), Austin Mills (Halifax), L.H. Minard (Milton), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), John Morrell & Co. (Boston), Neville Sons Limited (Halifax), Northern Electric Company (Halifax), Nova Scotia Sea Fisheries Association (Yarmouth), Frank S. O'Brien (Jordan Falls), H.M. Perry & Company (Toronto, via Craven & Speeding), Phonograph Salon Limited (Saint John), G.N. Reagh & Sons (Middleton), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, F.A. Robertson (Port Mouton), Schofield Paper Company (Saint John), Billie Shields (Halifax), Smith Brokerage Co. (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow Limited (Halifax), Stanfield's Limited (Truro), C. Swain (Port Mouton, for Martin-Senour), Frank A. Taylor (Halifax), T.H. Taylor Co. Limited (Chatham, ON), Thompson and Sutherland Limited (Sydney), Thorbourn Bros. (Sandy Point), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Webster, Smith & Co. Limited (Halifax), Whiting Seed Co. (Halifax), J.L. Wilson & Co. (Halifax), among others.

File consists of records related to the Canada Council Art Bank Exhibition, held at Dalhousie Art Gallery from July 13 to August 10, 1975.

Records consist of list of works, correspondence, press releases, newspaper clippings, and a floor plan.

File consists of records related to a travelling exhibition of 85 Canadian paintings representing 46 artists from across the country. The exhibition was initiated and sponsored by Time Canada Ltd., and was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from November 6 to December 4, 1975.

Records consist of box list, correspondence, condition reports, unpacking and repacking instructions, installation instructions, shipping receipts, catalogue and sales list, contractual documents, magazine and newspaper clippings, interdepartmental memos, and a list of expenses.

File consists of records relating to an exhibition entitled "Canadian jungle : the later work of Arthur Lismer," organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 19, 1985 to January 26, 1986.

Records consist mainly of correspondence with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Chemical Bank of Canada, crate lists, confirmation of agreement, photocopies of clippings, publicity material created by the AGO, a curriculum vitae of Dennis Richard Reid (Curator of Canadian Historical Art at the AGO), and photographs of paintings from the exhibition.

File consists of records related to a 5 part series from the Sobey Collections entitled "Canadian Paintings from the Sobey Collections," presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery between September 1983 and April 1984.

Part I : Cornelius Kreighoff (1815-1872)
Part II : Lawren Harris, F.H. Varley, and Franklin Charmichael
Part III : Tom Thompson, J. E. H. MacDonald, AY Jackson, and Frank Johnston
Part IV : Arthur Lismer
Part V : James Morrice, Emily Carr and David Milne

Records are divided into 8 folders.
Folder 23 - Administrative files (mainly correspondence. Also includes a photograph from the opening reception, September 25, 1985 and a photocopy of an article 'The House of Sobey' from the Novascotian, July 30, 1983)
Folder 24 - Correspondence with Donald R. Sobey (1982-1983)
Folder 25 - Essays (Part I, II, III, and IV)
Folder 26 - Loan agreement forms
Folder 27 - Invitations of Part I (including an invitation list for opening)
Folder 28 - Financial documents-part 1
Folder 29 - Financial documents-part 2
Folder 30 - Photographs (16 slides of paintings)

File consists of records related to plans for the Dalhousie Art Gallery to present an exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Printmakers.

Records consist mainly of correspondence between Ernest Smith (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and various Canadian galleries requesting their recommendations for notable printmakers to connect with.

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'Canadian Water-Colours of the 19th Century' organized by the National Gallery of Canada and resented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 15-March 15, 1971.

Records consist of condition reports, exhibition contract agreements, photocopies of newspaper clippings; some mounted on backing paper, correspondence of Ernest Smith (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) regarding the condition of artworks in the exhibition, and descriptive exhibition text provided by the National Gallery.

File consists of records relating to the exhibition 'The Venus Suite' of works by J. Carl Heywood. The exhibition was organized by Dalhousie Art Gallery under the direction of the new Director, Ernest Smith. The exhibition was presented in October 1970.

Records consist mainly of correspondence between Smith and Heywood, in addition to a C.V. and resume for Heywood.

File consists of records relating to the 'Carl Schaefer in Hanover' exhibition organized by the Edmonton Art Gallery. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from October 23, 1980, to January 4, 1981.

Records consist mainly of correspondence with the Edmonton Art Gallery. The file includes a loan agreement, a publicity and attendance report, clippings, insurance files, a tour schedule, and budget.