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Land petition for property in Chester, Nova Scotia

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 9, Item 1
Item
1905

Item is a document from the Province of Nova Scotia granting a lot of land located in the harbour in Chester, Nova Scotia to James M. Allen of Halifax. The land was granted to Allen for fifty dollars on September 25th, 1905 by the order of the Governor-in-Council. There is a small map of the lot attached to the front of the document with a seal.

McDonald, Allan

PC2, Box 147, Folder 74
File
June 1905

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man, looking to the side, standing with one hand behind his back; 3/4 pose

Zwicker, Hattie L.

PC2, Box 61, Folder 15
File
October 1905

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman; bust

Edward Kirkpatrick Maclellan's records

Subseries
1906 - 1968

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Subseries consists of Edward Kirkpatrick Maclellan's correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, periodicals, and other textual records.

Why do disease germs vary in virulence? / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 35
Item
November 1906

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the November 1906 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVIII, No. 11), titled "Why Do Disease Germs Vary in Virulence?", which was also read at a meeting of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, held in Lunenburg in early 1906.

McDonald, Isabel

PC2, Box 67, Folder 18
File
September 1907

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman wearing ribbon in hair; bust

McDonald, Robert

PC2, Box 67, Folder 31
Item
November 1907

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young man, looking to the side; bust

Sarah Bruce Stewart MacKay's handwritten recipe book

MS-2-762, Box 1, Folder 28
File
1908

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Thompson, Simon A. - family

PC2, Box 173, Folder 78
Item
September 1908

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man wearing a winged collar, seated on a wicker chair with one young girl seated on its arm, and one woman holding a photographic booklet, seated on a carved chair; 3/4 pose

Kerr, John, Mrs.

PC2, Box 70, Folder 64
File
October 1908

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman, looking to the side; bust

William Marshall's sonnet to the statue of Joseph Howe

MS-2-213, SF Box 32, Folder 5
Item
1910

Fonds consists of a sonnet to the statue of Joseph Howe at Province House, and a photograph of an 1888 bust of Howe.

Marshall, William E., 1859-1923

McDonald, Duncan, Mrs. - baby of

PC2, Box 184, Folder 24
File
1910

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young baby without clothes lying beside a toy sheep; full pose

McDonald, Duncan, Mrs. - baby of

PC2, Box 184, Folder 25
File
1910

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young baby without clothes seated, holding a toy sheep; full pose

Thompson, Harry

PC2, Box 186, Folder 106
File
July 1910

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses on one young man; bust

J.C. Backman fonds

MS-4-243
Fonds
1911-1943

Fonds includes a ledger of merchant and vessel accounts (1911-1930), later used by Barkman and Ritcey to track coal accounts (1940-1943); miscellaneous correspondence, invoices and vessels statements (1914-1930); and George P. Zink's estate papers (1878-1898).

Backman, J.C.

Fraser, Catherine

PC2, Box 189, Folder 79
File
July 1911

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one woman seated; 3/4 pose

Edward Kirkpatrick Maclellan and Helen Stewart (MacKay) Maclellan's marriage certificate and wedding invitation

MS-2-762, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1912

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Newspaper clippings concerning organ concerts by Allen M. Reid

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 18
File
1913, 1916

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Postcard of Back Harbor, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 82
Item
1915

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent from Lena O. [sic] in Westmount, Québec to Clare Gass in Montréal, Québec. The image on the front of the postcard is of Back Harbor, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Thompson, Simon, Mr. & Mrs.

PC2, Box 85, Folder 32
Item
February 1917

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man and one woman; bust

Minute book, reports, and correspondence of the Ladies' Aid Society of Central Presbyterian Church, LaHave, Nova Scotia

MS-2-106, SF Box 19, Folder 5
File
1918 - 1927

File consists of a minute book of meetings from 1918 to 1927. The minutes record hymns sung, monies received and spent, activities undertaken, and changes in membership. The file also includes two loose reports and correspondence regarding bond purchases.

Ladies' Aid Society of Central Presbyterian Church, La Have, Nova Scotia.

Assorted documents and photographs of Joyce Barkhouse

MS-2-646.2018-013, Box 19, Folder 6
File
1918-1999

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File includes a letter to children's author Claire MacKay and copies of publications that include stories by Joyce Barkhouse, including Hi Venture magazine and the Canadian Children's Literature journal. The file also includes photographs of Blomidon, King's County, Nova Scotia and the Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in addition to copies of poems, birthday invitations, an edited biography of Joyce Barkhouse from the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia website, and family history documents.

Letter from Augusta E. Wolfe to her sister

MS-2-110, SF Box 23, Folder 8
Item
1919

Item is a letter from Augusta Wolfe to her sister about domestic matters.

Wolfe, Augusta E.

Acadian Supplies Company fonds

MS-4-117
Fonds
1920-1967

The Acadian Supply Company fonds consist of correspondence, financial, legal, sales and shipping records and vessel papers. Also included is correspondence from Lunenburg Mayor Douglas Adams, church papers from LaHave United Church and the Parish of Saint John in Lunenburg, and papers from the Lunenburg Yacht Club and Curling Club.

Acadian Supplies Company.

Ernst C. G., Mrs. - children of

PC2, Box 260, Folder 70
File
August 1920

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One girl wearing a large ribbon in her hair, seated on a small chair, holding a baby, facing to the side; full pose

Ernst C. G., Mr. - family

PC2, Box 260, Folder 69
File
August 1920

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One girl standing in the centre behind one woman seated on a wicker chair and one man seated on its arm, holding a baby; 3/4 pose

Campbell, Elsie

PC2, Box 259, Folder 106
File
September 1920

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one young woman, facing to the side; bust

Campbell, Elsie

PC2, Box 259, Folder 105
File
September 1920

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one young woman; bust. In one she is facing to the side; in the other she is looking to the side

Campbell, Elsie

PC2, Box 259, Folder 104
File
October 1920

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one young woman; bust. In one she is facing to the side; in the other she is looking to the side

Cameron, Flora

PC2, Box 265, Folder 130
File
July 1921

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Copy photo of one woman, facing to the side; bust. Mat on the original has an oval opening

List of vessels that used the Lunenburg Marine Railway between 1922-1945

MS-4-58
Item
1922 - 1945

Item is a microfilmed list of vessels that used the Lunenburg Marine Railway between 1922-1945.

Lunenburg Marine Railway

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)

Ironbound, July 30, 1926 : [manuscript]

MS-2-888, Box 9, Folder 8
Item
July 30, 1926

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Item is a manuscript of diary entries, genealogical notes, lists of idioms, and anecdotes written by Frank Parker Day in preparation for writing his novel Rockbound, which was based on families on East Ironbound Island.

McEachern, D. A., Mr. & Mrs.

PC2, Box 320, Folder 124
File
October 1926

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman wearing a coat with fur collar and cuffs, seated on a wicker chair and one man seated on its arm; 3/4 pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 26-378

The islanders / by Frank Parker Day : [manuscript]

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 1; Box 9, Folder 2
Item
[ca. 1927]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Item is a typed manuscript with handwritten amendments called "The Islanders," which later became the novel Rockbound, published in 1928.

Correspondence concerning property in Petite Riviere, Lunenburg County

MS-4-135, Box 202, Folder 7
File
1927; 1988

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Fraser, John C., Mr. & Mrs.

PC2, Box 320, Folder 473
File
November 1927

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman wearing glasses, seated on a wicker chair, facing to the side with one man seated on its arm; 3/4 pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 27-177

Poems by Joyce Barkhouse

MS-2-646.2018-013, Box 20, Folder 13
File
1928-1940

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains typescript and handwritten poems by Joyce Barkhouse: "Hostess" (unpublished); "The Happy Clam" (unpublished); "The Chickadee"; "Nostalgia" (rewrite); "Annapolis" (published posthumously in "Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things," 2017); "The Shades of Night" (written at age 15); "Vengeance" (unpublished); "Little Hunter" (unpublished); "Snow" (published); "A Winter Prayer"; "The Frightened Witch" (published); "Little Hunter"; "First Pet"; and "After School." The file also includes a copy of "Obedience" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748).

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.

Simpson family fonds

MS-4-181
Fonds
1929-1953

Fonds contains a ledger from Vernon Simpon's general store in Simpson's Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The ledger book contains entries from 1929-1930. It was also used as a notebook, with miscellaneous notes entered until 1976. Fonds also contains a letter to Mrs. Vernon Simpson (Olive Eliza Simpson) from Robert H. Winters, Ottawa, November 30, 1953. The letter is a reply to Mrs. Simpson's letter about changes to mail delievery in Simpson's Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The file with the letter also contains an order form from Veribest Speciality Company and two copies of handwritten minutes of a Community Club meeting held on November 15, 1951.

Simpson family

The germans of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

MS-2-201, SF Box 115, Folder 27
Item
[1930's?]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

George Geoffrey Meyerhof fonds

MS-2-752
Fonds
1930 - 2003

Fonds contains scrapbooks, manuscripts, personal papers, notebooks, offprints and photographs related to George Meyerhoff's career as a geotechnical engineer.

Meyerhof, George Geoffrey, 1916-2003

Map of Blandford Rural Telephone Company's telephone line

MS-4-180, Box 172, Folder 24
File
1932

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Map of Broad Cove Rural Telephone Company's telephone line

MS-4-180, Box 172, Folder 30
File
January 6, 1932

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Chisholm, E. R., Mr. & Mrs.

PC2, Box 323, Folder 1
File
May 1937

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man and one woman; 3/4 pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 37-51

Map of Cherry Hill Mutual Telephone Company's telephone line

MS-4-180, Box 172, Folder 47
File
March 21, 1938

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

McEachern, Mr. & Mrs.

PC2, Box 343, Folder 114
File
August 1938

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one man wearing a flower in his lapel and one woman wearing her wedding dress with headdress and full-length train, carrying a bouquet of roses; full pose. The man is standing in both poses; the woman is standing in one and seated on a table in the other. Her name is: "Ethel"

Jean Marie Sholds' collection of Nova Scotia sporting events memorabilia

MS-2-730
Collection
1940 - 1951

Collection comprises newspaper articles, programmes, tickets and schedules from sporting events in Truro, Bridgewater, Wolfville and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, during the 1940s and 1950s.

Sholds, Jean Marie

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and the Mahone Bay Legion

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 67
Item
1940-10-09

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Thomas H. Raddall by the Mahone Bay Legion in October 1940 inviting Raddall to deliver a lecture.

Railway passes documenting travel for members of The Bill Lynch Shows

MS-4-218, Box 1, Folder 6
File
September 28, 1942 - September 17, 1951, predominant July 25, 1943 - October 4, 1943

Part of The Bill Lynch Shows fonds

File contains twenty-six railway passes from 1942 and 1943 documenting travel for members of the Bill Lynch Shows. Destinations and departure points include Halifax, Saint John, Toronto, Bridgewater, Yarmouth, Lawrencetown, Newcastle, Moncton, New Glasgow, and Sydney. All the tickets are first class, except for the three in 1951, which are coach. There are three tickets each for: July 25, 1943, September 4, 1943, September 25, 1943, October 4, 1943, and September 17, 1951. There are two tickets for August 12, 1943. There is one ticket each for September 8, 1942, and September 16, 1943.

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