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Powers Brothers fonds

  • MS-4-86
  • Fonds
  • 1858–1987
Fonds consists of administrative files, community involvement details, contract records, correspondence, employee records, financial documents, job estimates and job files, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, notes on solar heating projects, sound recordings, and union/association documents, as well as a series with material from the Murphy and Wharton Company. This material spans over 100 years from 1858 to 1987, and illustrates how business was conducted (meetings, annual reports, accounting and financial statements) and the relationship with the community (both charitable and with other businesses). There are also very detailed accounts of the work done by the company, from initial quotes through to project planning, blueprints, product literature, and finishing. Together the items demonstrate the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Powers Brothers company. These items provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Powers Brothers.

Postcards of Bible Hill and Salmon River, Truro, N.S., and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and a reproduction of the postcard

File includes 2 postcards with a view of Bible Hill and Salmon River, Truro, N.S.. Including the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, one can see the top of Cumming Hall, the water tower, and electric wind mill generator. Presumably sent from NSAC students, post-dated 1912 & 1914, included as well is a reproduction of the postcard. One card was sent from Truro, Sept 13, 1912, from [Marg?] to Miss C. Maude Pines, Waterville, Kings Co. Nova Scotia. The other was sent from Nuttby, Sept 26, 1914 from [Eff?] to Miss Ruth E. Windrow, The Willows, New Ross, Lun [sp.] N.S.

Portrait of Robert Butler, William Henry Smith, and Charles West

Item is a photograph of three former sailors, the "last of the old-time, square rigged sailors" from Liverpool in the period between Confederation and the death of Queen Victoria. William Henry Smith, in the centre, passed away in 1955; Robert Butler, on the left, passed away in 1956; and Charles West is on the right.

Portrait of Reverend Duff

Item, a photograph, is a photocopy of the portrait hanging in a church in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia. Reverend Duff was the father of Sir Lyman Duff, Canada's eighth Chief Justice.

Portrait of J.K. McDonald and family

File contains a photograph of one older and one younger woman seated, older man seated with baby on arm of chair, two men standing behind. The older man is Duncan McDonald (1841-1929) and the older woman is his wife, Elizabeth Davidson (1840-1923). Their two sons are Dr. Thomas Davidson McDonald (1880-1940) and James K. McDonald (1876-1952). James' wife, Mary McDonald (1879-1967) is holding their infant son, Duncan Davidson McDonald (1908-1985).

Portrait of five master mariners

Item is a photograph of five ship captains: Captain Everett MacDougall, Capt. Henry Nickerson, Capt. Crosby, Capt. Franum Varne Doty, and Capt. Oscar Hilmer Henderson. Verso contains information about each man, which ship they captained, and other biographical information.
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