The fonds consists of architectural plans, Bass River picnic files, correspondence and invoices, counter books, customer and employee records, export papers, interest books, journals, ledgers, legal documents, merchandise invoices, photographs, printed materials, reports and shareholder papers, sales books/journals, sales invoice copy books, statement books, and stock inventories, spanning over 100 years from 1870 to 1975. These materials illustrate accounting methods, the production of and market for chairs, shipping processes, relationships with other companies and the community, etc. The majority of the fonds consists of correspondence and invoices, both to and from Dominion Chair, including orders for company goods, for factory equipment, and items to stock the general store. Together the items are useful in understanding the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Dominion Chair Company, and provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Item is one volume of a diary of Thomas H. Raddall, dating from June 29, 1972 - July 4, 1972 with accounts of a fishing trip to Moncton with a group of others. Entries include a bear sighting, salmon size, and the camp.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds from September 6, 1965 to an unknown date. The diary is written in a small, six-ring binder with a plastic cover. The diary was kept by Hinds during a trip to Fort Chimo and other places in the eastern Arctic.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 24, 1965 to September 5, 1965. The diary is written in a small, six-ring binder with a plastic cover. There are a few extra sheet of paper with notes written on them tucked into the back of the diary. The diary records one of Hinds' trips to Fort Chimo and other places in the eastern Arctic.
Item is a diary kept by Barbara Hinds between September 14, 1961 and February 26, 1966. The beginning of the diary covers a trip to Labrador taken by Hinds in 1961. The diary is typed or handwritten on lined paper that is hole-punched to fit in a small binder. There are some extra pieces on notepaper tucked between the pages of the diary.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 12 and August 18. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 9 to August 25. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 18, August 20 and October 13. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
File contains a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 25 and July 31. The diaries record Hinds' activities during a visit to Ikkudliayuk Fjord.
Item is one spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between June 21, 1960, and June 30, 1960. The diary records her activities in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit, Nunavut).
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 13, 1960, and July 24, 1960. The diary records Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 21, 1960, and August 9, 1960. The diary records Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds between September 22, 1960 and October 22, 1960. The diary is typed or handwritten on loose pages of lined notepaper and records Hinds' travels in the eastern Arctic. The file also contains a list of names and birth dates of families in Cape Dorset as of March 10, 1960.
File contains diary entries from 1899-1908 made by Ormand Flewelling. From 1908-1924 the entries are made largely by Charlotte, with occasional entries in another hand, possibly their daughter, Esther's. Interleaved in the second volume of the diary are handwritten copies of a family register and a photograph of an unidentified girl.
File contains three spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between July 12 and August 25. The diaries records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
File contains two spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between June 30, 1960 and July 9, 1960. The diaries records her activities in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit, Nunavut).
File contains two spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between July 13, 1960 and August 9, 1960. The diaries record Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
File contains two spiral-bound diaries kept by Barbara Hinds between August 25 and September 5. The diaries record Hinds' activities in Cape Dorset, Nunavut.
Subseries consists of eleven diaries handwritten by James Morrison from the years 1967 to 1976. These diaries span his time moving from Nova Scotia to Nigeria, and detail his personal and professional life.
Item is a daily diary (January-May 1902) containing Davison's notes about work meetings, travel, the weather, oxen, and various mishaps. The final entry of the journal occurs on May 13, 1902.
Item is a commonplace book kept between 1838-1839 by Amelia Davis. The notebook contains poetry excerpts, prayers, notes on history, and pictures of famous poets.