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Robert Logan's photographs

This series consists of the photographs, negatives, and positives Robert A. Logan has kept or taken during the course of his life. Topics include surveying, northern exploration, Prisoner of War experiences, naval expeditions, and Nova Scotia.

Maps and Plans

Series contains maps of mutual telephone companies telephone lines purchased by MT&T, exchange maps, toll route plans, technical drawings of equipment, including switchboards, aerial cables, telephone circuits, and other material.

Books of Joyce Barkhouse

Series contains records related to published books including Abraham Gesner, Anna's Pet, George Dawson: The Little Giant, The Pit Pony, The Purple Cloak, The Smallest Rabbit, The Witch of Port LaJoye, The Lost Ship, and The Story of Little Martin. Types of records included here are drafts, galleys, published books, research materials, sketches, and audio-visual materials relating to published works.

Architectural plans

This series contains construction diagrams, illustrations, and a blueprint used by Dominion Chair Company employees, as well as maps, diagrams, and blueprints of the factory itself. The construction blueprint and diagrams are for chairs and other wooden items (an example of which is a crate). The illustrations are of chairs and other furniture, which appear to be clipped from catalogues. The material relating to the factory depicts the buildings and property of the company, and its location within the community of Bass River.

Frederick Waldemar Walsh photographs

Series contains Dr. Frederick Waldemar (Waldo) Walsh photographs from different events such as conferences, retirement gatherings, and schools taken and collected between 1910-1963. Other photographs were taken and collected by Waldo Walsh of Nova Scotia Boy's and Girls Clubs in the early 1920s when Walsh was a professor of Animal Husbandry [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College] and sheep and swine promoter. Places include Mabou, Pictou county, Annapolis (Lawrencetown) and Yarmouth; Lottie Austin and some Beaton's and Rankins may be in the Mabou pictures .

Manuscripts and published material of Robert Logan

This series consists of Robert A. Logan's manuscripts in draft, edited, and proof forms as well as his published material. Manuscript topics include historical fiction, history, astrology, the far north, religious-philosophical works, native cultures, and wide-ranging research notes. Published material topics include the Cree language, engineering, surveying, alphabets, exploration in the far north, and mineralogy.

Other research

This series consists of research and notes by Girard and various topics relating to legal history and legal figures. Research relating to Bora Laskin, Emma Stirling, and Thomas A. L. Strange can be found in their respected series. Some collected research can be found throughout the fonds in files of the same topic.

Financial material of A.M. Smith and Company

Series includes financial information and documents created for/by and used by A.M. Smith and Company. These include cash books, accounting sheets, tax assessments, credit reports, reports, budgets, price lists, financial statements, operating cost analysis, etc.

Correspondence of Powers Brothers

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence that was filed separately from the job files. Correspondents include clients, contractors, vendors, personnel, associations, government departments and representatives (both federal and provincial), and insurance companies. Most correspondents were based in Nova Scotia, particularly Lunenburg, but some were located throughout the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, and Ontario. The correspondence primarily pertains to the Powers Brothers' work in the early 1980s and includes job quotations, client complaints and charge disputes, information about products offered by vendors, and product warranties. The series also contains information about the company's membership and duties in various associations, and some personal letters written by John Powers to members of the community. There is also a file of correspondence by A. F. Powers from the early 1900s, which consists of personal and business letters with local correspondents, job quotations, and invoices. Some material from the series was discarded (namely invoices and unsolicited mail) and the series was arranged alphabetically by archivist. Bulk from 1980 - 1986.

Manuscripts of Roscoe Alfred Fillmore

Series consists of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry manuscripts and typescripts written by Roscoe Fillmore. It also contains a published copy of The Growing Question, a gardening book published by Fillmore in 1957.

Student Records from the Technical University of Nova Scotia

Series consists of student records maintained by the Registrar's Office. Student records include lists of class marks, lists of students, correspondence regarding students' standing, Registrar's reports, including Reports to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Student records are also found in files from the President and Director of Technical Education records series. Access is restricted to protect privacy. Please contact Reference Archivist.

Technical University of Nova Scotia. Registrar's Office.

Records acquired during Robert Logan's imprisonment in POW camps

Series contains records created or collected by Logan during his time in German prisoner of war camps during World War I. Robert Logan was held in the following camps: Karlsruhe (April 8, 1917); Heidelberg; Krefeld; Schwalmstadt (Ziegenhain prison); Holtzminden (Offizier Gefangenenlager); Schweidnitz (December 25, 1918). Records include notebooks, photographs, and pamphlets and other materials distributed to prisoners.

Language studies

Series consists of Robert A. Logan’s works concerning languages and orthography. Topics include the Cree language and other native languages spoken in North America, alternate alphabets, and phonetics. Records include research notes and materials, manuscripts, and publications.

Legal documents of the La Have Outfitting Company

This series contains insurance policies on La Have Outfitting Co. and shareholder lists. The insurance policies include the amount the business was insured for and which types of insurance they had. The shareholder lists include names of the shareholders for various vessels and the amount of shares they held as well as the amount paid.

Addresses

The series consists of A. Stanley Mackenzie’s notes, drafts, and newspaper clippings for the addresses he gave throughout his professional career. His audiences were diverse, and included Dalhousie Medical School students, Canadian Club of Truro, Nova Scotia Hospital Nursing School students, etc.

Salt fishery

Series consists of records relating to the salt fish industry. These records include correspondence and information from various trade countries across the world, fish contracts, salt fish prices and catch amounts, records of the Canadian Salt Fish Corporation, and problems with the salt fish industry.

Financial records of Powers Brothers Limited

Series consists of various records documenting the financial activity of Powers Brothers, including general ledgers, annual financial statements, income tax forms, inventories, and stock journals. These records were created and maintained at Powers Brothers headquarters in Lunenburg, although the annual financial statements were produced by an accounting company in Halifax. The company's daily financial transactions and rough annual summaries were recorded in the general ledgers. In addition to the ledgers, the company maintained rough calculations (including trial balances) in separate files that were often used as supporting documentation for the annual financial statement calculated by their accountants at the end of each fiscal year. The company documented its physical assets with annual inventories, which include lists of job materials (e.g. Sheet metal, paint), real estate, vehicles, machinery, etc. Also included in this series are income tax documents pertaining to both the company and its employees, and stock records. The latter includes journals detailing sales and transfers of stock, as well as certificates and receipts. The series also contains the financial documents for Powers Marine Services, a subsidiary company and include financial statements, income tax returns, and general records of financial transactions that occurred throughout the period listed in the file title. Some files also include correspondence.

Dalhousie no. 7 stationary hospital

The Dalhousie University No. 7 "Overseas" Stationary Hospital was established in response to the need for qualified medical personnel required to serve in the First World War. It was first mobilized on November 9, 1915 at Dalhousie Medical College in Halifax. Balcom was involved as pharmacist and stock keeper for the second half of the war. In later years he was an active force in keeping the survivors in touch and organising reunion events.

Correspondence of Barbara Hinds

Series contains correspondence to or from Barbara Hinds. The items include correspondence related to Barbara Hinds’ journalism, correspondence related to her activities at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, and personal correspondence. Some of the correspondence is accompanied by newspaper articles, manuscripts, or other documents that were sent to Hinds along with the letters.

Personal archives of Linda deBedia Oland

Series consists of textual records related to the personal life and volunteer activities of Linda deBedia Oland. Series also contains three portraits of Bruce Oland. Files in the series were mixed in the Oland and Son fonds (MS-4-135). No other records from Linda deBedia Oland are known to exist.

Oland, Linda deBedia, 1892-1966

Military Career

This series contains mainly William Mackay Creelman material from his military career. Training manuals, his work with degaussing and also information on the opening of the William Creelman Building at Ferguson's Cove.

Correspondence of Norman Creighton

This series contains the majority of Norman Creighton's correspondence, all of which is arranged alphabetically by correspondent; the exception is the CBC subseries, which is arranged chronologically. Some correspondence relating to topics covered in Creighton's writing can be found in the research and subject files. The correspondence spans a period of 82 years and includes both incoming and outgoing letters, as well as postcards and greeting cards. Creighton's correspondents were wide-ranging and include family, friends, fellow writers, fans, publishers, and his long-time employer - the CBC. Creighton also corresponded with numerous government departments, libraries, archives, and historical societies to research topics for his magazine articles and radio scripts. Creighton frequently corresponded with his older brother Alan Creighton, local writer Kay Hill, CBC colleague Marjory Whitelaw, and American literary critic Thomas H. Uzzell. At the CBC he often communicated with Ralph Marven, Norval Balch, Harry J. Boyle, and Edgar Bennett. The Maclean's file in the publishers correspondence subseries contains letters from editor Pierre Berton (personal letters from Berton after he left Maclean's are filed separately under his name). In addition to Berton, Creighton corresponded with the following notable individuals: his cousin, folklorist Helen Creighton; Donald Curren, the Executive Director of the Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia Division) and member of the Order of Canada; Nova Scotia writers Hugh McClennan, Ernest Buckler, Thomas H. Raddall. These files, however, tend to contain fewer letters over a short period of time.

Articles and other writings of Joyce Barkhouse

Series contains articles and other writings such as speeches, poems, and plays. The types of records included here are drafts, clippings of published articles, copies of publications containing these articles, and some related notes and correspondence.

Memorabilia of Thomas Head Raddall

This series contains souvenirs, clippings, invitations, programs, certificates, correspondence and other printed materials pertaining to a variety of THR's interests, including his father's military career. Literary topics, travel, speaking engagements, World War I, World War II, general military topics, the Mersey Paper Company, and Liverpool and Queens County history are all represented here.

Short Stories of Joyce Barkhouse

Series contains short stories, both published and unpublished. The types of records included here are drafts, clippings of published articles, copies of publications containing short stories, and related correspondence, research, photographs, and notes.

Vessel operations records of the La Have Outfitting Company

This series contains two log books for the Schooner Moran, charters and shipping papers, and a register of vessels leaving and coming into the La Have port between 1959 and 1969. The log books include information regarding the sailing of the Schooner Moran, directions heading and weather reports. The register includes information on where vessels were registered, their agents or masters, tonnage, and where they were sailing to or from. The charters include the name of the vessel, date of the contract, where they are sailing to and from, the captain's name and their cargo.

Correspondence of Joyce Barkhouse

Series contains correspondence between Barkhouse and a number of others. It is divided into three subseries: Letters from students, Personal correspondence, and Professional correspondence.
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