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imX Communications Inc. fonds

  • MS-3-40
  • Fonds
  • 1985-2009

Fonds consists of records regarding imX’s corporate operations, productions, and other projects between 1985 and 2008. Corporate operations include imX Communications and its subsidiary companies: ImageX, Helix Animation, and North/Northeast Ventures. Film productions include theatrical full-length or short films, including documentaries. Television productions include made-for-television movies and documentaries, stand-alone productions, and series. Animated productions include feature length, television series, and shorts.

This fonds comprises ninety-four series which are arranged alphabetically by the name of the corporate entity, production, and project. Textual files contain a wide range of documents including scripts, call sheets and daily production reports, funding applications, cast and crew employment contracts, notes on location scouting, co-production agreements, marketing plans, budgets, music cue sheets, insurance coverage, and correspondence. Electronic mail (4.57 GB) downloaded from the e-mail server at imX corporate headquarters in Halifax contains 32,134 individual messages in 1,054 folders covering all aspects of corporate operations and business transactions. There are also 23,368 electronic files (15.6GB) that support the activities of imX, imageX, and Helix Animation documents in use between 1990 and 2008. Together with the text files, they represent a complete record of the activities of imX Communications and its affiliates.

Most corporate records have been retained in order to provide a full picture of what it is like to run a film production company in Nova Scotia. In addition, the records for three feature film productions, The Divine Ryans, Margaret’s Museum, and Love and Death on Long Island, have also been fully retained. 134 linear feet of textual material was not retained.

imX Communications.

James De Mille and family fonds

  • MS-2-21
  • Fonds
  • 1834-1942
Fonds consists of records created and collected by the DeMill family, including Arthur DeMill, Anna DeMill, Nathan DeMill, Elisha Budd DeMill, Frederick E. DeMill, and Alfred DeMill. Materials include scrapbooks and journals, correspondence, business papers, photographs, and literary manuscripts by James De Mille.

De Mille, James, 1833–1880

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia fonds

  • MS-2-612
  • Fonds
  • 1975-2005

The Archives of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia consists of records created by the administration, members, and affiliates of the Federation. It includes a wide variety of materials including administrative records, audio/visual material, correspondence, financial records, meeting agendas and minutes for a variety of groups and committees, photographs, promotional and press material. The records refer to the adminstration and functions of the Federation, as well as its relationships with its members, government departments, and other writing, publishing and cultural groups.

Materials are mainly in English, with a small number in French. See individual Series descriptions for detailed scope and content notes.

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.

Personal archives of Harry Thurston

  • MS-2-691
  • Fonds
  • 1972-2021
Fonds contains Harry Thurston's book manuscripts, copies of speeches and interviews, correspondence and research materials.

Thurston, Harry, 1950-

Andrew Merkel fonds

  • MS-2-326
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1954
Fonds contains records created and collected by Andrew Merkel, including correspondence with friends and associates such as Charles Bruce, Kenneth Leslie, and Robert Norwood; manuscripts; newspaper clippings; and copies of The Song Fishermens’ Song Sheet and The Order of Good Cheer.

Merkel, Andrew Doane

The religious function of comedy

File contains an article by Logan, published by William Briggs (Toronto, 1907) based on a lecture that Logan delivered to the Philosophical Society of the University of Toronto.

Working Theatre : Time Out

File contains documents regarding the creation of the Rock Meets Bone episode titled "Time Out" by the Working Theatre, which aired on September 22, 1989. The episode is a play created by five participants of an adult literacy program at the Mulgrave Road Co-op in collaboration with the Guysborough County people. Participants include Hughie Ashe, Elizabeth Byard, Sue Clyke, Ernie Daniel, and Ruth Scott. Materials include an introduction script, handwritten production notes, and a booklet, press release, and information on the adult literacy program.

Composite photograph of Faculty of Law - Graduates - 1975

File contains three copies of a composite photograph of the 1975 graduating class of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law. The photograph consists of portraits of D. R. Hammond; D. M. Gillis; R. M. Endres; J. D. Webster; W. J. Honeywell; R. G. Flaloon; J. J. Crook; B. J. Blackmore; P. E. Belliveau; C. J. Keliher; D. J. Decoff; R. A. Mix; M. K. Power; M. S. Schelew; J. D. Coulter; P. D. Wedlake; B. M. Graham; D. C. Fraser; R. H. Haynes; K. D. Crawford; M. B. Burke; C. M. Harding; W. R. Seller; J. M. O'Connor; A. M. Malick; H. G. Snow; T. J. Zed; L. S. Pascoe; S. Beshunsky-Smith; J. A. Gumpert; D. J. Black; C. P. Shannon; R. G. Fitzsimmons; R. J. Smith; G. D. Paterson; K. J. MacDonald; J. H. Higginbotham; C. R. Coughlan; A. G. Vickery; J. L. Scott; M. E. Donovan; W. J. Sanford; D. J. Smith; J. W. G. MacDonald; B. J. Fejtek; L. J. Wintermans; V. F. Lambie; R. A. Morrow; M. A. Argand; A. J. Irie; S. G. Zatsman; M. P. Gardner; J. H. Lisson; J. D. Gillis; A. W. Kennedy; F. T. M. Pujolas; J. W. Finn; G. J. Boyd; P. A. Coolen; J. D. Connor; R. J. Fahey; B. G. Hilchey; G. L. Gaudet; M. E. Theriault; H. A. Kaiser; J. L. Nugent; M. P. Greene; N. H. Clair; S. T. Forgeron; D. W. Wilson; R. K. Morris; J. A. Leadbeater; E. J. Langsdon; K. E. Laws; A. S. Beveridge; P. J. Pearlman; M. H. Robertson; D. R. Feindel; B. P. O'Leary; H. J. Shore; G. C. Johnson; P. Kingston; L. A. Steinberg; R. E. Bamford; D. A. Copp; V. Shapiro; A. C. Reid; E. C. Callanan; J. E. Fichaud; S. D. Clarke; H. E. McFetridge; H. J. Buckingham; H. J. Wilton-Siegal; D. B. Newton; A. L. Filion; L. E. Barnhill; D. R. Fiske; J. J. Abbass; A. G. Maitland; C. A. McCulloch; J. M. Dauvergne; T. T. Daley; A. W. D. Pickup; G. P. Rafuse; L. E. Hunt; W. R. Hicks; J. R. Bigelow; J. A. Carr; M. F. Tyson; D. V. Wade; D. L. Oler; C. D. Lienaux; A. L. Graham; W. D. Barrett; B. L. Grandy; T. W. Nevins; A. P. Boudreau; G. S. Hilderbrand; W. R. Pieschel; N. M. Cameron; L. R. Jessome; J. M. Raymond; R. C. Cohen; B. A. Langille; D. F. Risley; J. F. L. Davies; J. G. MacDougall; M. M. Royer; M. A. Dunn; R. C. MacLeod; H. A. R. Simpmson; E. T. Dunsworth; M. G. McGillivray; W. W. Spicer; J. R. Fisher; L. W. Mitchell; J. C. K. Stobie; W. D. Gillis; and H. R. Vickers arranged in eight rows.

Composite photograph of Faculty of Law Graduating Class of 1952

File contains three copies of a composite photograph of the 1952 Dalhousie Faculty of Law graduating class. The photograph consists of portraits of D. H. Harrison; V. P. McCarthy; B. B. Lockwood; G. R. Robertson; A. G. Cooper; V. T. MacDonald; T. G. Feeney; A. A. Ritchie; L. A. Allen; C. W. Archibald; R. A. Smith; W. J. Main; D. A. Soberman; J. P. Higgins; H. G. Batt; H. E. Read; A. E. Kerr; T. R. Saunders; F. Neil MacLeod; M. E. Nicholson; R. T. Webster; G. F. Illsley; T. K. Kennedy; G. H. Read (Dean); S. H. Inder; G. T. Jordan; W. B. Lederman; C. H. Coffin; J. H. MacQuarrie; J. Mcl. Kendry; A. S. Smith; J. A. Konway; F. F. Gallant; J. R. Slaven; M. W. O'Connor; G. W. Davis; A. Harris; W. A. LeBlanc; D. E. Nicholson; J. L. Ilsley; G. H. Fitzgerald; J. S. Palmer; T. V. Wiggins; G. R. Williams; V. L. Baird; A. M. Porter; L. T. Jones; W. G. Adams; D. A. Kerr; H. B. Wolfe; R. W. MacQuarrie; G. A. Theriault; G. F. Coles; G. H. Read; B. Graham Murray; F. H. M. Jones; W. R. Kennedy; W. S. O'Hara; R. J. Chisholm; P. C. Hebb; W. A. Tomblin; D. B. Good; C. R. Sigut; G. A. Rogers; G. A. Regan; P. R. Woolaver; C. H. Young; A. D. Pharand; E. B. Kinsman; R. D. Keeting; J. R. Martin; S. K. Melski; C. W. MacIntosh; N. N. Lindsay; and F. D. Smith arranged around a photograph of a building.

Don Murchy collection

  • MS-15-10
  • Collection
  • 1987 - 2014
Collection is comprised of materials collected by Don Murchy as part of his involvement with the TightRope Leather Brotherhood, a men's leather and denim club that operated in Nova Scotia from the early 1990s to 2007. Materials document TightRope operations, as well as the involvement of TightRope members in Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather contests and Halifax Fetish Ball events. Materials in this collection include administrative records, by-laws and guiding documents, membership lists, posters and other promotional materials, and photographs.

Murchy, Don

Women in Media Foundation fonds

  • MS-3-47.2011-029
  • Fonds
  • 1990-2007
Fonds contains comprehensive records documenting the functions and activities of the Women in Media Foundation between 1990 and 2007. Materials include administrative records, correspondence, financial records and video works created by young women who participated in the Foundation's summer camps and other programs. Fonds also contains communications and marketing material and records documenting the various girls camps operated by the Foundation across Canada.

Women in Media Foundation.

Dartmouth Grace United Church fonds

  • MS-2-253, SF Box 34, Folder 8-11
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1934
Fonds consists of a Women's Missionary Society treasurer's book (1928-1933), an historical sketch of the church during the years 1853-1953, Calendar Club account books (1926-1928 and 1929-1933); and a Ladies’ Aid minute book (1929-1934).

Dartmouth Grace United Church.

Margaret Ethel Mathers (MS-2-364)

  • MS-2-364, SF Box 26, Folder 18; SF Box 41, Folder 12
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1942
Fonds comprises correspondence between Mathers and various service organizations with which she was involved.

Mathers, Margaret Ethel

Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

  • MS-2-821
  • Fonds
  • 1996-2019, predominantely 2001-2019
Fonds comprises records regarding Jessica Scott Kerrin's work as a children's author, including printed and electronic manuscripts; editorial correspondence; book reviews; style and writing guides; learning resource materials; digital photographs; and correspondence from readers, primarily school children.

Kerrin, Jessica Scott

Canada Reads

Item is a videocassette containing the filmed version of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, in which Donna Morrissey champions (and wins) Frank Parker Day's Rockbound.

Letters and poems of Molly Beresford sent to Andrew Merkel

File contains 71 handwritten letters sent from poet Molly Beresford to Andrew Merkel between 1922 and 1936; three postcards; one Christmas card; and four poems, including "The Philosophy of a Would-Be Poet," "Moon Shadows," "To a Fair Lady on returning to her a Pair of Rubber Shoes."

Sermon by Joseph Outram

  • MS-2-61, SF Box 27, Folder 8
  • Item
  • 1844
Item is a sermon on Mormonism written by Joseph Outram in Halifax, 1844.

Outram, Joseph, fl. 1844

William Henry Harris fonds

  • MS-2-149
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1963
Fonds comprises correspondence (primarily postcards) relating to Harris's positions as High Sheriff and chief returning officer.

Harris, William Henry, 1882-1965

The Lower Granville causeway / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel reporting on the arguments in favour and against the building of a causeway or upgrading the bridge spanning the Annapolis River at the point at which it is divided by Coat Island, between Annapolis Royal and Granville Ferry. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

Joseph Simpson Harris fonds

  • MS-2-147
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1933
Fonds comprises writs of execution, auction registers, papers regarding the barque Redento (1895), and correspondence (primarily postcards) reflecting Harris's work as High Sheriff for Pictou County.

Harris, Joseph Simpson

Minute book of the Medical Relief Committee of Dartmouth

  • MS-13-49, SF Box 69, Folder 18
  • Item
  • 1918
Item is a minute book kept during the meetings of the Medical Relief Committee of Dartmouth. The committee met regularly in late 1917-1918 to discuss the care of Dartmouth patients following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The book, which was kept by Dr. M.G. Burris, details meetings and efforts to coordinate with the relief activities with the Medical Relief Committee of Halifax. Burris added two pages of notes in June 1944 with information about committee members, the Dartmouth hospitals managed by the committee, and remunerations paid to physicians by the Medical Relief Committee.

Halifax Medical Commission Relief Committees

George Vibert Douglas fonds

  • MS-2-20
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1956
Fonds consists of two notebooks and a number of Douglas's offprints on geological topics, including findings from the Shackleton expedition and mineral deposits in Nova Scotia.

Douglas, George Vibert

Pictou Literary and Scientific Society fonds

  • MS-2-62, SF Box 19, Folders 1-3
  • Fonds
  • 1828-1861
Fonds consists of materials related to the Pictou Literary and Scientific Society and includes four volumes of documents containing the society’s rules, minutes, and journal.

Pictou Literary and Scientific Society.

Lecture notes of James M. Carmichael

  • MS-2-17, SF Box 13, Folder 13
  • File
  • 1871-1872
File consists of notes from lectures on political economy delivered by Reverend James Ross, Principal of Dalhousie College from 1863-1885.

Carmichael, James M.

Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia fonds

  • MS-4-113
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1988, predominant 1947-1985
Fonds consists of correspondence, notes, briefs and reports, meeting minutes, financial records, circulars, photographs, and other records relating to the fishing and fish processing industry in Atlantic Canada and government regulations of the fisheries. Also included are similar types of records from sister organizations the Atlantic Fishing Vessel Association, Atlantic Fisheries By-Products Association, and Atlantic Queen Crab Association.

Seafood Producers Association.

John Godfrey fonds

  • MS-2-575
  • Fonds
  • 1956-1987, predominant 1966-1986
Fonds consists of materials created or collected by Dr. John F. Godfrey while he was a professor at Dalhousie University and President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Material consists of correspondence, course material, lecture notes, videocassettes, shooting scripts and research for History 100 videos, manuscripts, notes, printed material of local history and locations, and meeting minutes and memos from committees, the Faculty of Arts and Science, and the History Department at Dalhousie University.

Godfrey, John F.

Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

  • MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4
  • File
  • 1913-1928
File consists of correspondence to Harvey from Dr. A. MacMechan and his wife, a recommendation letter from MacMechan to Edwin Laftus, and a letter from George W. Robinson to Dr. MacMechan.

Harvey, Daniel Cobb, Dr.

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Hugh Philip Bell fonds

  • MS-2-798
  • Fonds
  • 1932 - 1956
Fonds consists of notebooks documenting Hugh Bell's plant-collecting trips around Nova Scotia.

Bell, Hugh Philip

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