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Correspondence and invoices

This series contains correspondence to, and beginning in 1924, from, the Dominion Chair Company. Records are from businesses and individuals, and illustrate how their business was conducted in the late 19th through mid-20th century, including style of discourse, volume and variety of orders both incoming and outgoing, processes such as debt retrieval and exporting, acquiring start-up capital, etc. The correspondence series provides a succinct yet comprehensive overview of customer relations, product popularity and availability, as well as insight as to the inner workings of the factory. The series also illustrates the scope of Dominion Chair Co.'s business, with letters not only from throughout Canada but also the United Kingdom, West Indies, Australia, South Africa, and other predominantly British Empire locales.

Business archives of A. Keith and Son Limited

Series contains the records of A. Keith and Son Limited that were created after the company was purchased by Oland and Son Limited and before it was bought by John Labatt Limited. Series also contains some financial records from A. Keith and Son created prior to being purchased by Oland and Son Limited. Note: All records that deal jointly with A. Keith and Son and Oland and Son are filed in the Oland and Son Limited series.

Series is broken into nine sub-series: Administrative, Beer Production, Correspondence, Financial, Labour and Employee Relations, Legal, Marketing and Advertising, and Photographs.

Administrative sub-series contains records created by the administrative branches of A. Keith and Son and include inventories, appraisals, meeting minutes, responses to various surveys from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, and company reports and memorandums.

Beer Production sub-series contains records created by the Production Department, Bottling Department, and non-sales related records from the Shipping Department. Records include brewers' recipe books, logbooks, yeast books, and production reports. Some beer production records for Olands Brewery Limited are also filed in the Beer Production Sub-Series of Oland and Son Limited.

Blueprints sub-series contains prints and sketches of brewery equipment and buildings.

Correspondence sub-series contains correspondence and related records created by various departments of A. Keith and Son, primarily the executive offices of the company. Most correspondence is filed by the name of the correspondent. Some correspondence is filed by the subject of the correspondence file. Correspondents include businesses and suppliers, associations and government agencies, and other companies affiliated with Oland and Son.

Financial sub-series contains financial records created by executives of A. Keith and Son and the company's auditors and accountants. Records include audited financial statements, a sample of unaudited financial statements, cost statements, general ledgers, share registers, and other financial summaries. Some financial records for Olands Brewery Limited are also filed in the Beer Production Sub-Series of Oland and Son Limited.

Labour and Employee Relations sub-series contains records created by the Labour Management Committee and representatives from Local 361 of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers of America. Records include meeting minutes, surveys, labour agreements, and other employee records. Some labour and employee relations records for Olands Brewery Limited are also filed in the Beer Production Sub-Series of Oland and Son Limited.

Legal sub-series contains the Memorandum of Association, a brewers' license application, and other agreements.

Marketing and Advertising sub-series contains records created for A. Keith and Son by advertising companies. Records include an advertising budget and sample advertisiments.

Photographs sub-series contains photographs and negatives of the brewery and of sports teams sponsored by A. Keith and Son.

A. Keith and Son Limited

Sales Books/Journals

These are sales books for the Dominion Chair Company and are representative of collection. The books reflect the accounting style of the company as well as the various price changes for products over the years. They show what people were buying, when, and for how much.

Ellen Ballon's photographs

This series contains photographs and a solitary sketch featuring Ellen Ballon and many notable people in her life. Included are photographs of prominent composers as well as teachers and friends of hers. Many are inscribed to Ellen Ballon by the person pictured.

Retail pharmacies

Series consists of information relating to retail pharmacies throughout Canada, although most of the information is about Nova Scotian retail pharmacies. Records include biographical materials, financial records, advertisements, and other materials related to retail pharmacies.

Red cap snow shoe club

In 1874 the Red Cap Snowshoe club was founded in Halifax, making it the oldest local sports organization. Balcom was an active member until the club was disbanded in 1974 after its centenary.

Personal papers of George Lawson

Series includes personal and research papers of George Lawson, including a catalogue of his library, testimonials, research materials regarding botany, and an obituary notice.

Ledgers

These are two ledgers from early in the history of the Dominion Chair Company. The first is a listing of purchasers, items purchased and amount owing in chronological order. The second, an Index, is an account of amounts owing listed in alphabetical order by the name of the person. Thus the ledgers show two different ways in which the Dominion Chair Company recorded the same information.

Music scores

Series contains manuscripts and printed music given to or acquired by John Daniel Logan for his personal collection or in his capacity as a music writer with newspapers in Halifax and Toronto. Most of the music is for solo piano and voice.

Pharmacy associations

Series consists of meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, and newsletters from various professional pharmaceutical associations and societies.

Personal archives of George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland

Series consists of textual records related to the personal life of George Woodhouse Culverwell Oland as well as legal and financial records. Files in the series were mixed in the Oland and Son fonds (MS-4-135). No other records from George Woodhouse Culverwell are known to exist.

Oland, George Woodhouse Culverwell

Personal archives of Wilfred E. Knickle

Some of the records in this series belonged to Captain Adam Knickle. The following are subseries under Wilfred E. Knickle; correspondence, Heckman's Island School, legal, personal papers, Lunenburg Outfitting Co. and vessel papers. Correspondence consists of all correspondence by Wilfred E. Knickle; Heckman's Island School consists of auditor reports, meeting minutes, a teacher agreement and other records related to the school; Legal consists of records such as wills, deeds and insurance belonging to Adam Knickle, Wilfred Knickle and his wife and her family; Personal Papers consists of Knickle and his wife's marriage certificate, Captain Adam Knickle's shareholders book of the Bluenose schooner and various note and bank books belonging to Wilfred Knickle; Lunenburg Outfitting Co. consists of order books, printed material regarding the scallop and fish industry and an oil and gas ledger; Vessel Papers consist of records related to vessels, such as bills of sale, register of shipping and a protest.

Knickle, Wilfred E., 1893-1964

A.M. Smith and Company's printed material

This series contains a variety of information related to operations at A.M. Smith and Company, but not created by the company. This includes newspaper clippings, blueprints, manuals procedures and regulations, conference proceedings, reference books, and a scrapbook on fishing (which is composed primarily of newspaper and magazine clippings, and correspondence).

Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company historical photograph collection

Deries consists of photographs created and collected by the Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Limited. Photographs from the Nova Scotia Telegraph Company, Island Telephone Company and local exchanges across Nova Scotia are also included. Photographs cover the history of Maritime telephone companies predominantly Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Photographs consist of company employees, telephone switchboards and equipment, operators at switchboards, company sports teams, company events and picnics, line crews repairing and building lines, microwave equipment and antennas, scenery of Halifax, Dartmouth and many smaller towns across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, company crew aiding in the rescue efforts at Moose River Gold Mines, the Sydney-Louisbourg Railway, the Telephone Association of Canada and the Telephone Pioneers Association members.

The first subseries includes subject and individual index cards for the photograph collection. Additional subseries include: Alexander Graham Bell ; Buildings ; Company Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Board of Directors ; Conventions, Company Events and Holidays ; Courses and Training ; Dial Conversion, Cutover and Extended Service ; Equipment and Vehicles ; Fundraising ; Glass Plate Negatives ; Island Telephone Company ; Landscape and Street Scenes ; Local Railways ; Marketing ; Non Company Events ; Operation and Line Crews ; Other People ; Slides ; Sports Events and Teams ; Staff ; Telephone Association of Canada ; and Telephone Pioneers Association.

Journals

This series contains a selection of the Dominion Chair Company's general journals that were kept between the years of 1874 and 1950. Employees used these journals on a daily basis to record all transactions. The journal created during the period of 1924-1950 includes annual sales statistics for the years 1925-1927. The majority of these journals have been de-accessioned, but the three that remain in the collection are representative of the time period and material they covered.

Photographs of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie

This series consists of photographs of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie; the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University; Dalhousie University centennial celebrations in 1919; cornerstone laying ceremonies or unveiling ceremonies at Dalhousie University; the 1938 Dalhousie Reunion; MacKenzie's funeral procession; and other people or events associated with Dalhousie University or MacKenzie.

Merchandise invoices

These books contain lists of purchases and are arranged in chronological order within. Two of the books are general purchase invoices while the third is designated as specifically 'furniture purchase invoices.'

Emma Stirling

This series consists of records relating to Emma Stirling and Hillfoot Farm. Stirling cared for orphaned and sick children in Scotland and later brought children from Scotland to Canada to work on farms. In 1890, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ordered Stirling to produce three children that she had illegally brought to Nova Scotia, as their father had not given Stirling legal authority over his children and wanted them returned to him. Types of records include a manuscript about Stirling, correspondence regarding a film project on the story, photocopies of estate papers and deeds and other research compiled.

Livestock reference resources

Series consists of reference material relating to Maritime livestock shows, sales, and auctions, as well as livestock in Canada and in India. Subseries include materials covering beef cattle, dairy cattle and dairy practice, horses, sheep and goat, and swine published between 1880-2007.

Unpublished research material

The series consists of A. Stanley Mackenzie’s unpublished material including his research notes, pertaining to Cavendish Experiment, Academy of Music in Halifax, etc.; course-related materials and lecture notes taken when he was studying at Dalhousie University (1881-1885) and Johns Hopkins University (1889-1891), compiled when he taught at Bryn Mawr College (1891-1905) and Dalhousie University (1905-1923); examination papers; book reviews and comments written by and about Mackenzie’s papers; research notes pertaining to chemistry, experiments on magnetism, dynamics and crystals, research material for his Ph. D thesis; and lab books on topics in practical physics, physical laboratory, minor chemistry.

Personal papers of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie

The series consists of materials not pertaining specifically to A. Stanley Mackenzie’s work. The materials include his diaries, bibliographical notes, awards and correspondence, sketches and portraits, newspaper articles on Mackenzie, obituaries and condolences after his death.

Personal archives of Carrie Coalfleet

This series contains primarily personal correspondence, some unidentified photographs and a few financial and legal documents. It also contains a photocopied transcript of the diary of Alice Coalfleet, who was Hiram Coalfleet's niece, while aboard the Barque Plymouth, from 1886-1892.

Coalfleet, Carrie (Bigelow), 1849-1931

Annual and monthly reports

Series consists of annual and monthly reports of the Halifax Visiting Dispensary. The reports contain minutes of the annual meetings, directors' and secretaries' reports, reports of the medical board, dental reports, data about prescriptions filled, year-end financial statements, and lists of the dispensary officers. The series also includes an agenda created for the 1964 annual meeting, the directors and summarized reports for 1960 year-end, and the secretary's and summarized report for 1961 year-end.

Legal documents

This series contains legal documents created, or signed, by the Dominion Chair Company. The majority of the documents are lumber agreements, which the company entered into with various local landowners. The series also includes insurance papers, sales contracts, a siding agreement with the Canadian Government Railways, and less "official" agreements established within the company itself, such as wage and employee agreements.

Archibald MacMechan's scrapbooks

Series comprises scrapbooks created and maintained by Archibald MacMechan containing magazine and newspaper clippings of his own and others' work, including book reviews and copies of his weekly column, "The Dean's Window," published in Montreal's The Standard. The scrapbooks are organized chronologically and titled A-Z, after which they are named by date. The first (A) contains its own index; the rest are indexed in the record found in Box

Dalhousie University Faculty of Law

This series contains material reflective of the Dalhousie Law Faculty during Read’s early years as a professor of law and as Dean. The series contains correspondence, historic material on Dalhousie Law School, and activities by Horace Read as Dean.

Stock

This series contains the Dominion Chair Company's various stock inventories, which were recorded in 27 books, and several unbound reports. The annual inventories primarily tracked the number of chairs and other furniture held in stock, as well as the wide range of items sold at the company's general store, including clothing, food, and toys. The inventories also include a book detailing the company's assets in Bass River, such as real estate and machinery, over a period of

Lockeport Town Papers

Sousfonds contains correspondence from Captain Charles Smith and his wife; Letters to Edwin and Evangeline Williams; Fred Griffin; Charles Stewart. Sousfonds also contains a history of Allendale, material about schools, municipal tax list, receipt books, material on Lockeport Ships, a list of vessels and a guest book all relating to Lockeport, Nova Scotia.

Records of the Dalhousie College of Pharmacy

Series consists of records regarding pharmacy residency, reports, administrative documents, project proposals, newsletters, lists of graduates, and student papers written for Duff's History of Pharmacy class.

Dalhousie University. Faculty of Health. College of Pharmacy

Reverend Robert Murray's records

Series consists of Reverend Robert Murray's correspondence and records regarding his involvement with the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes and his participation in a farewell dinner on the R.M.S. Aurania.
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