Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds
- MS-2-615
- Fonds
- 1823 - 2006
Macdonald, Ronald St. John, 1928-2006
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Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds
Macdonald, Ronald St. John, 1928-2006
Dalhousie Faculty of Law fonds
Dalhousie University. Schulich School of Law
Deed of land transfer from Leonard Baker to Jacob and Frederick Publicoffer
Publicoffer, Jacob and Frederick
James Miller's notes about surgical lectures given by Dr. Munro
Miller, James
Dalhousie University. Office of the President
The Archives of Oland and Son Limited consists of records created by Oland and Son Limited and its affiliated companies. Some of the companies changed names after Oland and Son sold its brewing assets to John Labatt Limited. Records for these companies are included as well. Records range from 1867 to 1989, but were predominiately created between 1950 and 1971.
The Archives of Oland and Son and Affiliated Companies include a wide variety of materials, including administrative records, financial records, correspondence, photographs, advertising and marketing materials, beer production files, sales records, and legal documents. Administrative records typically include meeting minutes, annual reports, memorandums, surveys, and studies or reports on various aspects of the brewing industry and the breweries operated by Oland and Son. Beer production files typically include brewing books, yeast log books, fermentation schedules, production reports, and other records that document the beer production process. The Archives contains a large amount of correspondence between Oland and Son and its affiliated companies and various businesses, government agencies, associations, and individuals from across the Maritimes and around the world. Financial records typically include financial statements, cost reports, comparative statements, general ledgers, valuations, audit reports, and other records documenting the financial position of the various companies. Extensive advertising and marketing files exist, including advertising contracts and schedules, proofs and sketchs, reports and proposals, and budgets. The Archives also has extensive sales records documenting the sale of beer across the Maritimes, Quebec, and parts of the United States and the Caribbean. The Archives also contains hundreds of photographs and blueprints of the factories, factory equipment, and the Bluenose II.
Materials are in English, French, German, and Czech. See individual Series descriptions for detailed scope and content notes.
Oland and Son Limited
Receipt book of Matthew Richardson
Richardson, Matthew
Samuel George William Archibald fonds
Archibald, Samuel George William, 1777-1846
Letters to John Young from his son, William Young
Young, John
James Thom and Company insurance policy on the schooner Favourite
Thom, James and Company.
J.D.B. Fraser & Sons
Dexter, Lucius Dill
List of vessels taken at Machias and Penobscot
Register of farmers' cattle and sheep marks in Chester, Nova Scotia
Chester Municipality.
Stewart, John, Lt. Col. Dr.
Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection
Zillig, Edith
The fonds consists of administrative papers, blueprints, business and personal correspondence, cable code books and other reference works, export orders and papers, financial documents, insurance papers, legal documents, packaging samples, photographs, plans, printed material, reports, and vessels papers. The material spans 176 years and illustrates a family company passed through two incarnations and through several generations of administration, along with its related off-shoots companies and associations. The material deals with late 19th and early 20 century shipping, as well as the 20th century business of packing and exporting salt fish.
The fonds also contains papers of associated small companies including L.W. Vatcher Limited, and subsidiaries Acadia Fisheries and Smith Canneries, as well as papers from various investment dealings made by Fletcher S. Smith, including Parkdale Realty, Southern Realties, and Fenpark Realties, and agencies with which the Smiths were involved. Finally, the fonds includes various items from small companies including Dan Dauphiney Company Limited, Earle-Smith Partnership, Eastern Fisheries Limited, Fudge Shipping Company, Georgian Limited, Scotia Corporations, Sea Nymph Fisheries, and Smith/Romkey. These papers include correspondence, administrative documents, legal contracts and agreements, financial statements, journals and ledgers.
The records of the fonds demonstrate the organizational structure, management, and operations of A.M. Smith and Company and related organizations, and provide insight into the business of salt fish, from fishing and processing to packing and exportation. The material provides a comprehensive picture of a significant 20th century Nova Scotian enterprise.
A.M. Smith and Company.
William Himsworth's purchase of the schooner Nine Sisters
Himsworth, William
Personal archives of Philip Girard
Girard, Philip
Indenture for land sold to John Halliburton by William and Elizabeth Peck
Halliburton, John
Booth, Fredrick, 1806
Monk, Patricia
Donovan, Oscar Glennie
Armand Therrien Photograph Collection
Therrien, Armand
Hinds, Barbara A.
McCulloch, Thomas
Lockeport Historical Collection
Collection contains documents relating to the mercantile and shipping activities of William McMillan, McMillan was active in the business between 1893 and the early 1930's. Records include receipts, invoices and other material from other merchants he purchased or sold to, correspondence regarding the shipping of those goods, papers regarding the vessels he owned or contracted to sail the material to different parts of the world and correspondence from individuals who ran the ships. Also included are telegram notices, personal correspondence and other material. This collection also contains material from the Locke Family, the Harding Family, all in Lockeport, Nova Scotia. It also contains documents from different individuals in the town of Lockeport.
Part of the material included in this collection is the research of Trevor Bebb. He was working on the shipping history of Lockeport and the surrounding areas and as such has collected a great deal of material. Included in his papers are research notes, photocopies of shipping and customs records, diaries and logs, and printed material.
Bebb, James Trevor
Bentom, Clark
Knowles, Florence Seeley, 1852-1940
Fleming, Sir Sandford (1827-1915)
Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds
Rayne, Isaac
Culp Family
Lovett, Jonathan Henry, 1779-1805
Letter from Simeon Perkins to William Cahoon
Cahoon, William
Cantley, Thomas
James Patterson's correspondence, invoices and other papers
Patterson, James
Letter from William Cooke to his son, William Cooke, of the Prince of Wales American Volunteers
Cooke, William
Sermons by Reverend William Ellis
Ellis, William
Bond from George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of Halifax, to James Wooley for securing an annuity of £100
Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Dinwiddie, James
Michie, John, fl. 1763
Elizabeth LeBlanc's petit livre de Cantique
LeBlanc, Elizabeth, b. 1761?
George Robertson's historical documents collection
Robertson, George
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801
Pullen, H.F. (Hugh Francis), 1905-1983