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Bigelow family fonds

  • MS-4-92
  • Fonds
  • 1865-1976
Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family's shipbuilding activities as well as the genealogical interests of John Robert Bigelow.

Bigelow Family

Photograph of the "Ladysmith" being built

Photograph of the "Ladysmith" being built

Item is a photograph of the Ladysmith, barguentine. The caption on the front reads, "The Ladysmith, Lower Economy, 1902." The writing on the back states that the ship (698 tons) was built at Lower Economy, N.S., in 1902 by G.M. Cochrane.

John Paterson fonds

  • MS-2-723
  • Fonds
  • 1908 - 1973
Fonds consists of photograph albums, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts relating to the life of John Paterson.

Paterson

Scrapbook page with a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with his rifle division, the R.C.R.I. Rifle T...

Scrapbook page with a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with his rifle division, the R.C.R.I. Rifle Team at the Coate's Match, Rockcliffe Range in Ottawa, Ontario, and photographs of Thomas Head Raddall around Nova Scotia

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. T.H. Raddall, Sr. can be found holding the telescope in the middle of the front row in the portrait of the rifle division. On the reverse side of the scrapbook page, the photographs on the left and right of Thomas Head Raddall are duplicates from the aforementioned album. The photograph on the left was taken in North Sydney in 1920, and the photograph on the right was taken in Point Pleasant Park in 1921. The photograph in the bottom middle may have been taken at Sable Island.
Photograph of the "Avon Queen"

Photograph of the "Avon Queen"

Item is a photograph of the Avon Queen taken by Isaac Erb and Son, Saint John. Writing on back states that the ship (939 tons) was built at Hantsport, N.S. in 1918. Also says, "a four-masted schooner at Saint John, N.B." and "as the Jessie Louise Farquier"
Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locati...

Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locations around Nova Scotia

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The top left and right photographs are duplicates, and were taken in North Sydney in January 1920. The top middle photograph is a duplicate, and was taken aboard the MMB in March 1920. The bottom right photograph is a duplicate, and was taken in Pictou in March 1920. The bottom centre and left photographs are not identified, though both likely feature Raddall.
Photograph of the trawler Fabia trying to get the schooner Esperanto to the surface off Sable Island

Photograph of the trawler Fabia trying to get the schooner Esperanto to the surface off Sable Island

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The trawler Fabia was from Boston, and was equipped with diving and salvage gear. In the summer of 1921, the Fabia was financed by the Boston Post to raise the schooner Esperanto in order to defend the latter's title to the Herald Cup. The efforts to put the schooner back into service ultimately failed.

Himmelman Supply Company fonds

  • MS-4-118
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1987, predominately 1955-1978

Fonds contains the business papers from Himmelman Supply Company and several other companies owned or operated by Ernest H. Himmelman and Lawrence Himmelman. These include O.K. Service Shipping Company, Himmelman Shipping Limited, Oakland Shipping Limited, LaHave Investments Limited, Nova Hereford Farms, and Himmelman Supermarket Limited. The fonds contains a variety of business papers, including meeting minutes and administrative records, ships' vessel papers, correspondence, financial statements and ledgers, legal agreements and contracts, blueprints and maps, and photographs.

Some of the personal papers of Lawrence Himmelman are also included in the fonds, including correspondence with the LaHave School, the local fire department, and other groups, financial records, and contracts and agreements.

In 1954, a fire in the Himmelman Supermarket destroyed many of the business records. Most records in the fonds are from after this date, though some vessel papers and correspondence from before the fire survived. See individual series descriptions for more detailed descriptions of the scope and content of the fonds.

Fonds consists of 18 series. Administrative, Correspondence, Financial, and Vessel Papers Series contain records for Himmelman Supply Company and subsidiary companies. Additional records for subsidiary companies are found in series for Himmelman Shipping Company, O.K. Service Shipping Limited, Oakland Shipping Limited, LaHave Shipping Limited, and LaHave Investments Limited. Each vessel from the O.K. Service Fleet also has a series. See individual series descriptions for more detailed descriptions of their scope and content.

Himmelman Supply Company.

Dorothy and John Dobson's research notes about the O'Brien family

  • MS-2-679, SF Box 31, Folder 31; SF Box 99, Folder 3
  • File
  • 1938 ; 1997
File comprises Dorothy and John Dobson's research records and notes about the O'Briens, a family of Nova Scotia master mariners. There are also photographs of the schooner Lilian E. Kerr.

Dobson, Dorothy Garrett

Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces nea...

Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces near Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959] and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.
Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal ...

Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal Island with a small crowd of people amassed to observe

Item is a photograph of a salvaged boat. The hole in its keel was sustained by striking a piece of steel. An American ship went aground between Seal Island and Blonde Rock during World War II, and steel cargo was thrown overboard in an effort to lighten the vessel for subsequent salvage operations. The ejected steel remains a menace to fishing boats in those waters, where the tide rises and falls with a large margin.
Photograph of St. John's, Newfoundland viewed from the Signal Hill approach

Photograph of St. John's, Newfoundland viewed from the Signal Hill approach

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5, and duplicate to materials in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph looks down on Furness Wharf and the S/S Nova Scotia in the foreground. The roof of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist is visible in the background horizon.
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