Archives Catalogue

MS-2-128
Fonds
1830-1980

Fonds contains records documenting the activities, organizations and associations in which Balcom was involved, including the Red Cap Snowshoe Club and the No. 7 Stationary Hospital. Record types include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia and parliamentary papers.

Balcom, Samuel R., Col.

Letter from Samuel Balcom to A.M. Savage, Managing Editor of The Halifax Herald, thanking him for their coverage of the 1972 Balcom family reunion at Port Dufferin

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
1978

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter from Samuel Balcom to A.M. Savage.

Letter from Samuel Balcom to Graham (G.W. Dennis) thanking him for the Chronicle-Herald and the Mail-Star's coverage of the 1972 Balcom family reunion at Port Dufferin

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
1978

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter from Samuel Balcom to Graham (G.W. Dennis).

Correspondence and program for the Balcom family reunion with Samuel Balcom's completed attendance response

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
1978

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Letter of congratulations to Samuel Balcom from J.K. Lawson of Balcom-Chittick Limited-Lawton's Drug Stores regarding the City of Halifax's designating a park as Balcom Square

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 6
Item
1979

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter referring to a park named in Balcom's honour by the City of Halifax; a plaque bearing Samuel Balcom's name still marks the small triangle of lawn at the corner of Robie Street and Spring Garden Road.

Correspondence 1939-1940

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 18
File
1939-1940

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains correspondence to and from Samuel Balcom in 1939 and 1940. Correspondence is to Rebecca Cohn, Angus L. Macdonald, Carleton Stanley, Gordon B. Isnor, Colonel J.D.G. Campbell, Captain G.R. Forbes, Major L.L. Henshaw, Captain Carl Trask, Captain A.D. Grayson, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Maxwell, and A.S. MacMillan, among others.

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains correspondence from Balcom's time as Officer Commanding, Medical Stores, and Chief Medical Stores Inspection Officer during World War II. Original file split between files 2-19 and 2-20.

Letter of congratulations to Samuel Balcom from Robie Tufts regarding the City of Halifax's designating a park as Balcom Square

MS-2-218, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
1979

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter referring to a park named in Balcom's honour by the City of Halifax; a plaque bearing Samuel Balcom's name still marks the small triangle of lawn at the corner of Robie Street and Spring Garden Road.

Theodore Ross fonds

MS-2-129
Fonds
1919-1920

Fonds consists of Theodore Ross's correspondence concerning agricultural and personal matters, Dalhousie's centenary and capital campaign, and student residents at Pine Hill.

Ross, Theodore

Drafts and research material about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5
File
[195-], 1962, 1969-1977

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains two photographs from the groundbreaking of the rehabilitation hospital in Halifax; typed cutlines that accompany the photographs; correspondence with the Canadian Paraplegic Association and Arthur H. Shears; an article called "A Concept of Rehabilitation" by Herbert S. Talbot; several typed drafts of newspaper articles about the rehabilitation centre; a pamphlet about the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre; and a document called "Preliminary Report on Planning for Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Center and Faculty of Allied Health Professions Dalhousie University." The file also includes newspaper clippings from the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star of articles written by Barbara Hinds about the rehabilitation centre.

Correspondence between Barbara Hinds and Arthur Shears

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 10
Item
1969

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of a typed letter from Arthur Shears to Barbara Hinds, dated March 6, 1969, about editorial suggestions related to Hinds' coverage of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre.

Joan Gilroy fonds

MS-2-133
Fonds
1949 - 2015 ; predominantly 1974 - 2006

Fonds comprises records that illustrate Joan Gilroy's professional life as an educator and a practitioner of social work, with particular reference to feminism and social justice issues in the academy and across the wider community. Record series indicate the scope of her work, encompassing teaching, research and community outreach, while record types include correspondence, memoranda, research and teaching notes, manuscripts, reports, committee minutes and agendas.

Gilroy, Joan

Oland family fonds

MS-2-135
Fonds
1870 - 2018

Fonds consists of various personal records, including correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, negatives, an artifact, and legal and financial records. Some business records from Oland and Son Limited and its affiliated companies are also included.

Oland Family

Correspondence related to the Wentworth property owned by Ruth Oland

MS-2-135, Box 20, Folder 15
File
1972-1981

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence and legal papers related to the cottage in wentworth.

MS-2-135, Box 20, Folder 16
File
1966-1976

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence, legal documents and contact sheets of interior photographs of the property.

MS-2-135, Box 20, Folder 17
File
1976-1978

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence with contractors, legal documents and photographs during construction.

MS-2-135, Box 85, Folder 2
File
1978-1998

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence, a valuation of the Anchor property, notice of meeting re a walkway around the Northwest Arm and a deed of the property.

MS-2-135, Box 87, Folder 1
File
1974-1976

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence, plans and quotes from the Architect Dumaresq.

MS-2-135, Box 87, Folder 3
File
1995-1997

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence related to the sale of the property.

Letters of Bruce Oland regarding the Halifax Explosion and S.S. Mont-Blanc's cannon

MS-2-135.2015-046, Box 69, Folder 2
File
1994

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence relating to the Nova Scotia history related the Mont Blanc and the Halifax Explosion. This file also contains a work of fiction titled " Before Hiroshima".

Bruce Oland's correspondence concerning the Abbie Lane Memorial Hospital

MS-2-135.2019-081, Box 75, Folder 12
File
1976-1978

Part of Oland family fonds

Bruce Oland's correspondence related to donations to military museums in Nova Scotia

MS-2-135.2019-081, Box 75, Folder 14
File

Part of Oland family fonds

This file consists of correspondence related to the Maritime Command Museum, Admiralty House; the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic; and the Army Museum, Halifax Citadel.

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

Correspondence, invoice, and advertisement for the Wonder incandescent table lamp

MS-2-139, SF Box 27, Folder 30
File
1911

File consists of correspondence, an invoice, and an advertisement for the United Factories Company's Wonder Lamp, purchased through mail order by C. Chipman in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

Chipman, C., fl. 1911

Minute book of the Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24

MS-2-14, SF Box 13, Folder 11
Item
1848

Item is the division's minute book from 1848 to 1862, which include a letter dated 1864 regarding a charge against Jasper Journeay for violating the Sons of Temperance constitution.

Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24.

Letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia

MS-2-140, SF Box 27, Folder 6
Item
1904

Item is a letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The letter makes reference to the mining strikes of the previous year, as well as correspondence with other family members in Moncton, New Brunswick, Boston, and Manila.

Faulkner, W.E.

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

Correspondence to Joseph Simpson Harris

MS-2-147, SF Box 25, Folder 5
File
1889 - 1906

Part of Joseph Simpson Harris fonds

Writs of execution

MS-2-147, SF Box 26, Folder 1
File
1885 ; 1894 - 1897

Part of Joseph Simpson Harris fonds

Letter to William Henry Harris from John Crevar of Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-148, SF Box 25, Folder 1
Item
1864

Item is a letter from John Crevar to William Henry Harris, dated March 15, 1864, regarding escorting "Miss Maggie" (probably Harris' young daughter, Margaret) on her journey home.

Harris, William Henry

William Henry Harris fonds

MS-2-149
Fonds
1917-1963

Fonds comprises correspondence (primarily postcards) relating to Harris's positions as High Sheriff and chief returning officer.

Harris, William Henry, 1882-1965

Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin

MS-2-150, SF Box 27, Folder 4
Item
1878

Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.

Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878

Alexander E. Kerr fonds

MS-2-153
Fonds
1851 - 1975

Fonds contains personal documents of Alexander E. Kerr, including sermons, notes, personal writings and essays, certificates and degrees, pamphlets, publications, newspaper clippings, two photographs, and minimal correspondence.

Kerr, Alexander Enoch

Carleton Stanley fonds

MS-2-163
Fonds
1915-1962

Fonds comprises records created and collected by Carleton Stanley that document his work, including correspondence, speeches, lectures, article and book manuscripts, and newspaper clippings.

Stanley, Carleton Wellesley

The early Scotch settlers of Cape Breton : [manuscript]

MS-2-165, SF Box 25, Folder 37
Item
1931

Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is his letter to Mr. McIntosh, requesting the manuscript's return and the reader's spelling corrections of Gaelic words.

Morrison, Murdoch Daniel

Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

MS-2-171, Box 1-3
Fonds
August 1924 to April 2 1964

Fonds comprises record created or collected by Vincent MacDonald that primarily document his work as a legal scholar and lecturer. Record types include manuscript and printed copies of his writing and lectures about government, the Canadian Constitution, the British North America Act and other topics. There is also correspondence from colleagues, including letters from former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; newspaper clippings; memorabilia; and photographs.

MacDonald, Vincent Christopher

Letter to Vincent MacDonald from D.C. Abbott

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 1
Item
1 March 1961

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Newsletters and correspondence regarding the Association of Canadian Clubs and the Canadian Club Halifax

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1934 - 1936

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Correspondence with Claude C. Chappell regarding a favourable decision in the Supreme Court

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 11
File
2 July and 12 July 1963

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Letter and telegram from Brooke Claxton congratulating MacDonald on assuming Chair of the Regional War Labour Board

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 12
File
30 December 1944 and 10 February 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Letter of congratulations to the new Justice MacDonald from W. Earl Smith

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 13
Item
14 October 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter written on behalf of the Conference of the Governing Bodies of the Legal Profession in Canada.

Letter of congratulations from S.P. Chisholm, President of Dalhousie Law Society

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 14
Item
13 February 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter congratulating MacDonald on his appointment to the bench.

Letter from Carleton Stanley requesting MacDonald's return to his duties as Dean of Law

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 15
Item
22 March 1944

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter from Dalhousie University president Carleton Stanley.

Correspondence with Lyman P. Duff

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1950, 1955

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

File includes a telegram from Sir Lyman congratulating MacDonald on his appointment to the bench and letter from MacDonald wishing his mentor a happy 90th birthday.