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Signature of G. Marconi

  • MS-2-429, SF Box 41, Folder 25
  • Item
  • 1902
Item is G. Marconi's signature, dated 1902, which appears to have been cut or torn from the bottom of a letter. The folder also contains a photocopied excerpt from the President's Report for 1934-1935 in which the gift from Dr. Dougald Macgillivray is recognized.

Marconi, Guglielmo Marchese, 1874-1937

My memoirs / by Herman Clide Fillmore : [manuscript]

  • MS-10-3, SF Box 1, Folder 5
  • Item
  • [ca. 1960] - [ca. 1965]
Item is a photocopy of a single manuscript called "My Memoirs." The memoirs focus largely on Fillmore's family history and the early period of his life prior to his involvement with the Maritime Communist Party.

Fillmore, Herman Clide

The Comet, Volume 1, Number 1

  • MS-2-116, SF Box 19, Folder 4
  • Item
  • 1900
Item is the premiere issue (Vol. 1, No. 1) of "The Comet," a handwritten newspaper published in Osborne, Nova Scotia on January 19, 1900. The issue covers topics such as the Boer War, county news, gossip and poetry.

The Comet.

Minute book of the Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24

  • MS-2-14, SF Box 13, Folder 11
  • Item
  • 1848
Item is the division's minute book from 1848 to 1862, which include a letter dated 1864 regarding a charge against Jasper Journeay for violating the Sons of Temperance constitution.

Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24.

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

  • MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
  • Item
  • 1941
Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941

Responsible government in Nova Scotia : [manuscript]

  • MS-2-423, SF Box 94, Folder 1
  • Item
  • [ca. 1930]
Item is a manuscript copy of what was published as W. Ross, Government in Nova Scotia: A Study of the Constitutional Beginnings of the British Commonwealth. Studies in the Social Sciences (University of Iowa) : v. 9. Iowa City: University, 1930.

Livingston, Walter Ross

Bill of sale for the Lilla Dale

  • MS-2-542, SF Box 41, Folder 19
  • Item
  • 1864
Item is an original bill of sale of the Lilla Dale ship to Milton Outhouse by John Collins.

Outhouse, Milton

MacDonald and Westaway letterbook

  • MS-4-18
  • Item
  • 1883 - 1886
Item is a microfilm reel containing a letter book from MacDonald and Westaway, dated August 2, 1883 to April 10, 1886.

MacDonald and Westaway

Commonplace book of geographical terms and racial attributes

  • MS-2-152, SF Box 32, Folder 1
  • Item
  • [18--]
Item is a 19th-century notebook in copperplate script containing descriptions of geographical properties and racial attributes, with some associated maps or schemas. Some pages contain what appear to be later additions of poetry or notes and sketches in pencil by a different hand.

Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin

  • MS-2-150, SF Box 27, Folder 4
  • Item
  • 1878
Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.

Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878

John D. McLeod's register of ships' protests

  • MS-2-125, SF Box 19, Folder 6
  • Item
  • 1867-1875
Item is Pictou County Notary Public John McLeod's register of protests documenting declarations by ships' masters of circumstances beyond their control which may have given rise to loss or damages.

McLeod, John D.

Logbook of the schooner Vincent A. White

  • MS-2-107, SF Box 23, Folder 7
  • Item
  • 1923 - 1924
Item is the logbook of the tern schooner Vincent A. White on two voyages: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Glasgow, Scotland, from 26 June-7 November 1923; and Lunenburg to Havana, Cuba, from 14 February -2 April 1924.

Vincent A. White (schooner)

The Acadian hunter / Harry Havelock Morse : [partial manuscript]

  • MS-2-604, SF Box 96, Folder 6
  • Item
  • [19--]
Item is chapter 16 of a manuscript copy of The Acadian Hunter, or Jean Breau, the "French Brother," written by Harry Havelock Morse and printed in 1927 in a limited run of ca. 50 copies by his brother William Inglis Morse.

Morse, Harry Havelock

Hid treasure, or the labours of a deacon, and other poems : [manuscript]

  • MS-2-158, SF Box 19, Folder 7
  • Item
  • [before 1892]
Item is a manuscript of Hid Treasure, or The Labours of a Deacon and Other Poems dated April 29, 1919, which is possibly when the pages were taped into the bound scrapbook with the title embossed on the spine. A contents page lists both published and unpublished poems, including "Betula Nigra," "The Prince's Lodge," and the title poem, "Hid Treasure." The manuscript date is unknown, but the poems themselves range in date from ca.1839-1886. Robert R.J. Emmerson's name appears as co-author on the title page, but it has been scratched out along with the second of two epigraphs.

Fenerty, Charles, 1821-1892

Letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia

  • MS-2-140, SF Box 27, Folder 6
  • Item
  • 1904
Item is a letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The letter makes reference to the mining strikes of the previous year, as well as correspondence with other family members in Moncton, New Brunswick, Boston, and Manila.

Faulkner, W.E.

Letter by Jason M. Mack concerning the mental health of George Roy

  • MS-13-87, SF Box 49, Folder 8
  • Item
  • 1916
Item is a letter written by Jason M. Mack addressed to any constables or police officers of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The letter involves the mental health of and the request for detainment of George Roy, a fisherman from Liverpool, who had been declared of unsound mind by two local medical practitioners. Item also contains an envelope addressed to William Winters.

Mack, Jason M.

Receipt book of Matthew Richardson

  • MS-4-74, SF Box 48, Folder 1
  • Item
  • 1820-1822
Item is a leather-bound receipt book with receipts from 28 December 1820 to 30 July, 1822. Receipts are written by idividuals who received cash (pound sterling) from Matthew Richardson.

Richardson, Matthew

Ledger of Silas H. Crane

  • MS-4-151, SF Box 47, Folder 5
  • Item
  • 1832-1858
File contains a financial ledger that records the business activities of Silas H. Crane.

Crane, Silas H.

Augustine Melanson, ledger

  • MS-4-203, SF Box 46, Folder 8
  • Item
  • 1848-1857
Ledger 1848-1857 including accounts of the Schooner (later brigantine) Samuel Campbell

Melanson, [Augustine?]

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