Item consists of a promotional pamphlet created by the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Council (M.A. Wilson, President at the time) titled "The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre", about the opening of and services provided by the original rehabilitation centre, opened in the late-1950s under the leadership of Arthur Shears.
Item is a photocopied man of McNab's Island and Lawlor Island in the Halifax Harbour. The map indicates property lines, place names, and the location of houses and farms on the island. The photocopy is spread over two pieces of paper.
Item consists of three typed cutlines for photographs taken on McNab's Island. The cutlines describe a pier on McNab's Island and Mrs. Farrant, an inhabitant of the island. Two of the cutlines are the same. The cutlines are typed on thin paper with corrections written in pencil.
Item is a newspaper clipping with two short columns. One column is a letter to the editor by M. J. Harvey called "Not A Waste Of Money." This letter is in reference to another letter by Floyd Day about the future of McNab's Island. The second column is called "Nose for News" and is from the Christian Science Monitor. The clipping is from the Mail-Star.
Item is a handwritten list of names and addresses from Halifax and McNab's Island, written on lined paper. The information is from the County Assessment Department.
Item is a newspaper clipping from an unknown newspaper that contains two short articles. The first article is called "McNab: WIldlife Esperts To Air Views" and is about decisions related to the recreational use of McNab's Island. The second article is called "'A Bit Out Of The Ordinary'" and is about a court case against James Herbert Messervey that was sent to the Supreme Court. There is no author named for either article.
![Not a waste of money : [letter to the editor from the Mail Star]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/a/7/c/a7c572a9a90531b369e2e2bba2418928622f61308f81cc60d2aad5cbaab10760/ms-2-130_5_1_053_142.jpg)
![McNab : Wildlife experts to air views : [newspaper article]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/e/7/6/e76e5bff40744c2bcf900dba6695c991d945cd93818585da7b622fe3635dc2f8/ms-2-130_5_1_059_142.jpg)