Archives Catalogue

MS-15-10.2020-009, OS Box 17, Folder 9
File
[200-]

File contains one graphite pencil drawing of a kneeling made nude. Drawing was created by Ron Harrison and donated by Chris Aucoin as an auction item for a Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [M.A.C. Leather] benefit event, where it was purchased by Don Murchy.

Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3
File
1770-1797

File consists of seven sermons and writings of Reverend William Ellis, written during his years in the Anglican Church of Canada mission in Hants County, Nova Scotia.

Ellis, William

James Patterson's correspondence, invoices and other papers

MS-4-47, SF Box 47, Folder 2
File
1792 - 1844

File contains invoices, correspondence, agreements and miscellaneous papers.

Patterson, James

Captain Isaac Rayne's family records

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 23
File
1799 - 1895

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

File contains handwritten notes on the life and death of Captain Rayne and Jane Eliza Collupy; the marriage certificates of Captain Isaac Rayne and Jane Collupy, Isaac Rayne and Mary Ann Wei, and Robert Weir and Barbara Leach; and the birth certificates of George Rayne, Isabella Elizabeth Rayne and Robert Weir Rayne.

Typescript regarding the expedition of 1755 against Crown Point possibly written by Thomas Cantley

MS-2-755, SF Box 109, Folder 5
File
[18--] - [ 19--]

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

Annotated typescript regarding the Scandinavian mythology possibly written by Thomas Cantley

MS-2-755, SF Box 109, Folder 6
File
[18--] - [ 19--]

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

Legal document between Sir John Wentworth and Matthew Richardson

MS-2-779, SF Box 80, Folder 13
File
1800

Part of George Robertson's historical documents collection

Item is a legal document between Sir John Wentworth and Matthew Richardson. The document involves land originally secured by William Dawes Quarrell for Maroons that the British sent to Nova Scotia from Trelawny Town, Jamaica in 1790s.

Wentworth, John

Transcript of deed between the R.E. Chambers trustee and Charles Parsit

MS-2-755, SF Box 109, Folder 11
File
[18--] - [ 19--]

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

Reproductions of photographs of Halifax

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 24
File
1801-1890

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains reproductions of five historical photographs of the Victoria General Hospital and Halifax.

Photograph of John Pryor

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[after 1805] - [before 1892]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

Handwritten letter sent to Mr. Weir by unknown correspondent

MS-2-657, SF Box 64, Folder 20
File
[1813?]

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

Letters to John Young from his son, William Young

MS-2-80, SF Box 18, Folder 28
File
1815, 1833

File consists of one handwritten letter (1833) to John Young from his son and business agent, William Young, and a transcription of an earlier letter (1815) from William.

Young, John

Handwritten receipts of payments done by Captain Isaac Rayne

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 27
File
[ca. 1820] - 1856

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

File contains handwritten receipts regarding innumerous transactions made by Captain Isaac Rayne, including with James Collupy relating the acquisition of a farm in Nova Scotia.

Two prints of the original Dalhousie College

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 5
File
[ca. 1820] - [ca. 1887]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

Reproduction of a sketch of the original Dalhousie College

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 6
File
[ca. 1820] - [ca. 1887]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

MS-4-135, Box 185, Folder 11
File
1820's-1960's

Part of Oland and Son fonds

This file mainly consists of articles related to the histories of different Oland breweries in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's research materials on Francois Maximilien Bibaud's work

MS-2-615, Box 79, Folders 4 and 5; and MS-2-615, Box 81, Folders 1 - 10
File
1823 - 1999, predominant 1950 - 1999

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains correspondence, annotated typescripts, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, photographs of Francois Maximilien Bibaud in 1862, and other materials related to the subject. File may include records related to other subjects.

Natural History Society membership certificates

MS-2-40, OS Box 22, Folder 14
File
1823 ; 1827

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Folder consists of an 1823 membership certificate for Rev. Thomas MacCulloch from the Wernerian Natural History Society (12 January 1808 – 16 April 1858) which was an offshoot of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the 1827 membership certificate from the Montreal Natural History Society (1827-1928).

Photograph of the original Dalhousie College Building

PC1, Box 29, Folder 28
File
[between 1824 and 1886]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph of the original Dalhousie College building on the Grand Parade.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photographs of Dalhousie College

PC1, Box 38, Folder 54
File
[between 1824 and 1887]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the old Dalhousie College building, located on the Grand Parade in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Handwritten correspondence sent to Captain Isaac Rayne

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 24
File
1827 - 1855

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

File contains correspondence sent by various people, including Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, William Gregor, and others senders.

Newspaper obituaries of the Maclellan family

MS-2-762, SF Box 111, Folder 22
File
1831 - 1975

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

File includes obituaries of Alexander Cameron, David MacKay, Captain Robert William Maclellan, and Helen Stewart (MacKay) Maclellan.

Indentures collected by R. Graham Murray, 1831-1887

MS-2-693, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1831 - 1875

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

File contains three indentures.

De Mille family photographs

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[ca. 1832] - [ca. 1942]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

File includes photographs of Arthur and Allie De Mille in their childhood, and E. Budd De Mille.

Photographs and pictures of the De Mille house on the Bay Shore, St. John

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 7
File
[ca. 1832] - [ca. 1942]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

The Maclellan family's correspondence regarding their genealogical research

MS-2-762, SF Box 39, Folder 9
File
1834 - 1982

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

File contains correspondence between Peter Hope of Dumfriesfire and John Hogg of Pictou, Edith Stewart and Mr. MacLellan, J. Keith Fraser and Justin C. MacLellan, Robert P. Yard and W.E. McLellan, G.J. MacLellan and David MacLellan, and others.

Photograph of the first academy residence of Acadia University

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 11
File
[after 1835] - [before 1887]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

Memoranda from a deed of settlement of the Bank of British North America

MS-4-11, SF Box 46, Folder 14
File
1836

File contains a seven page handwritten memoranda from a deed of settlement of the Bank of British North America (May 28, 1836). The deed of settlement was negotiated for the purpose of establishing banks in the British colonies of North America. File also contains four blank forms for transferring shares.

Bank of British North America.

Captain Isaac Rayne's handwritten deeds

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 25
File
1836 - 1850

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

Captain Isaac Rayne's handwritten promissory notes

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 26
File
1836 - 1846

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

Margaret Elizabeth Troop's recipe book

MS-2-668, SF Box 98, Folder 16
File
1836 - 1905

Part of Lola Henry fonds

File contains a recipe book belonging to Lola Henry's grandmother, Margaret Elizabeth Troop.

Landscape & Steam Ship - "East Riding"

PC2, Box 301, Folder 22
File
[1837?]

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Steam Ship "East Riding" with Carmichael Shipyards in background, with wooden houses and a church on the hill behind. Print copy is available: PC-2-334-8

Locks of George Rayne's hair

MS-2-657, SF Box 61, Folder 28
File
[ca. 1839]

Part of Captain Isaac Rayne and family fonds

File contains locks of George Rayne's hair of when he was 2 years, and 2 years and 9 months old. This locks of hair was possibly cut in the two firsts haircuts he had.

Indentures, notices, and legal correspondence re. Earltown property in County Colchester

MS-2-693, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1840 - 1975

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

File includes indentures, notices, and legal correspondence regarding Earltown property in County Colchester, which had been owned by the Murray family.

Papers relating to the estate of James MacIntosh

MS-2-141, SF Box 27, Folder 44
File
1842

File consists of an account statement and letter from the Pictou Probate Office dated 1842 relating to fees owed on the estate of James MacIntosh, who died in the 1820s.

MacIntosh, James

Photograph of the first college hall of Acadia University

MS-2-749, Box 1, Folder 10
File
[after 1843] - [before 1877]

Part of Patricia Monk fonds

Letters from R.D. George and Joseph Howe to Andrew Madden

MS-13-75, SF Box 81, Folder 2
File
1847 - 1849

File consists of letters sent from R.D. George and Joseph Howe to Andrew Madden.

Howe, Joseph

Letter from Joseph Howe to D.O.C. Madden of Arichat, Nova Scotia

MS-2-779, SF Box 80, Folder 12
File
August 10, 1849

Part of George Robertson's historical documents collection

File contains a letter from Joseph Howe to D.O.C. Madden of Arichat, Nova Scotia, written on 10 August 1849. The letter discusses a petition from Peter Furrier, Master of the Brig Superb, to have his vessel released from quarantine.

Howe, Joseph

Student Register Book - Book B, 1849-1859

UA-7, Item 1
File
1849 - 1859

Part of Registrar's Office fonds

Manuscript of Mary Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription by Pilar Cuder

MS-2-32, SF Box 16, Folder 5
File
[185-?-19-?]

File consists of one handwritten manuscript of the unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription completed by Pilar Cuder.

Herbert, Mary E., 1829-1872

Letters of appointment to the position of postmaster of Alexander and John D. Cameron

MS-2-138, SF Box 26, Folder 15
File
1851 - 1896

File contains letters appointing as postmaster Alexander Cameron and John D. Cameron, and two letters to Sara and Jessie Cameron.

Cameron, Alexander

Dear friend, a poem by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 29
File
[after 1853] - [before 1931]

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

File includes a second copy of the poem "The pensioner" written by Herbert Eugene Greenough. File also contains a transcript of the original handwritten poem typed by Allan James Chapman.

The bold young oysterman, a poem by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 32
File
[after 1853] - [before 1931]

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

File also contains a transcript of the original handwritten poem typed by Allan James Chapman.

The pensioner, a poem by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 33
File
[after 1853] - [before 1931]

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

File also contains a transcript of the original handwritten poem typed by Allan James Chapman.

The farmer's boy, a poem by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 30
File
[after 1853] - [before 1931]

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

File also contains a transcript of the original handwritten poem typed by Allan James Chapman.

The tryphena's extra hand: a shelback yarn, a poem by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 31
File
[after 1853] - [before 1931]

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

File also contains a transcript of the original handwritten poem typed by Allan James Chapman.

Early employees of the Nova Scotia Railroad and Intercolonial Railway from 1854 to 1875, by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 35
File
[after 1853] - [before 1931]

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

File contains a handwritten record that is missing pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, and 16.

Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin

MS-2-74, SF Box 18, Folder 24
File
1854-1855

File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).

Austin, Alfred