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Nova Hereford Farms

Series contains correspondence and meeting minutes from the Canadian Hereford Association and the Canadian Hereford Board of Directors. It also contains herd reduction sales catalogues, production sales reports, cattle weight certificates, and correspondence with various organizations.

Nova Hereford Farms.

Statement books

Series contains seven statement books used to record daily cash transactions at the Dominion Chair Company. At the end of each book are summaries (monthly and yearly) of their cash sales. There are no details provided about the items sold, just the amount of cash exchanged. These books also include observations about the weather.

Powers Brothers' photographs

Series consists of photographs taken or commissioned by Powers Brothers. These photos are primarily of plumbing or heating jobs the company completed around Nova Scotia and displays of the company's goods and services, which were shown at local exhibitions (such as the Nova Scotia Fisheries Exhibition). The series also includes photographs of employees, Powers Brothers storefronts in Lunenburg, and parade floats sponsored by the company. Many of the photos are not dated, and people in the photographs are not identified.

Sales and shipping operations

Sales and Shipping Operations series consists of fish catches, fish sales, stock journals and employment and time records. Types of documents include journals, notebooks, a salt fish barrel label, patterns for making sails and workmen compensation forms regarding employer pay roll totals for each year. The information contained in this series includes the size and species of fish catches; the market values of salted, dried, green and fresh fish that Adams & Knickle processed, packed and sold; the types of equipment and supplies provided by Adams & Knickle; and the cost and amount of effort required to get fish to market.

Vessel papers

This series consists of all records relating to vessels Lunenburg Outfitting Co. dealt with. The types of records include schooners accounts receivable, builders agreements, trip accounts, insurance, protests and crew lists.

Vessel operations records of Adams and Knickle Limited

Vessel Operations series consists of vessels papers, vessel certificates and sailing journals. Types of documents include captain's correspondence and accounts, agents' accounts, correspondence, port documentation, trip financial summaries, agreements and charters with shipping agents, notices of protest, crew lists, affidavits, insurance records, vessel accounts and logs. Information includes relations between the vessel and Adams & Knickle; business transactions at various ports in the Caribbean, Brazil and Portugal; the salt-cure fish trade; shipping and fishing industry; relations with foreign markets and various shipping agents; and

Records

Series consists of recordings of Gillan auditions, as well as transcriptions of The Rum Runner broadcasts and a collection of Norman Creighton's radio talks entitled A Hantsport Haggis: A Collection of Short Essays by Norman Creighton. Most records have locking grooves between tracks, are in good condition, and have good sound quality. The series consists of two subseries: 1. Gillan Auditions, and 2. The Rum Runners and A Hantsport Haggis.

Thesis

The series consists of a bound copy of Richard Perkyns' doctoral thesis entitled The Impact of the Expressionists Movement on British and American Drama and Theatre Practice . The thesis was submitted in 1968 for the completion of his PhD from London University.

Personal Records

This series consists of records relating to Nicholls’ resignation as the editor of the Canadian Bar Review, material from the conference on editing school law reviews, the Halifax Picture Loan Society and course material from the year spent as a visiting professor at Queen’s University.

Programs

Series contains 14 programs of past operatic performances and notes on the creation of programs.

Nova Scotia Opera Association.

Reference material

This series contains newspaper clippings about the United Textile Workers of America Local 159, receipts, an application for membership with the United Textile Workers of America, an efficiency report for 1969, and a record of proceedings and decision of board referees.

Oland and Son (Que) Limited

Series contains the records of Oland and Son (Que) Limited created between 1949 and 1969. Series is broken into five Sub-Series: Blueprints, Correspondence, Financial, Photographs, and Sales Department.

Blueprints series contains two blueprints of a proposed mezzanine floor.

Correspondence Sub-Series primarily contains correspondence between Oland and Son Limited and various employees of Oland and Son (Que) Limited, but also contains correspondence with various business associates, the Quebec Liquor Commission, and the Quebec Brewers Association.

Financial Sub-Series contains financial statements for the various divisions of Oland and Son (Que) Limited, general ledgers, audited financial statements of the company, and cash books.

Photographs Sub-Series contains photographs of Oland and Son (Que) Limited delivery trucks and an exhibition booth featuring the company.

Sales Department Sub-Series primarily consists of sales reports and expense reports prepared by company sales agents.

Oland and Son (Que) Limited.

Thomas Head Raddall's notebooks

One of the notebooks, a military notebook with a bullet hole through it, belonged to THR's father. The other twenty-four contain information recorded by THR and pertain to a variety of subjects, including the Mackay-Bennett, pulp mill shipments, people, places, folklore, financial accounts, and recreational interests.

Waegwoltic Club

The Waegwoltic Club is a private club in Halifax, Nova Scotia located on the North West Arm. Nicholls was a member, the chairman of public relations and wrote the Flagstaff bulletin for the exclusive club. Types of records in this series include meeting minutes, financial reports, issues of the Flagstaff bulletin, notes and by-law revisions.

Fiction

This series contains eight short stories and seven scripts written by Norman Creighton. Although most of his fiction intended for print was unpublished ("The Day of the Gaspereau" was the exception), two of his plays from this series were produced by CBC ("The Domestic Adviser," "Pamela Joyce"). The short stories tend to have contemporary, rural settings. Although the settings are usually unnamed, it can be assumed that they are based on places in the Annapolis Valley, where Creighton spent the majority of his adult life. Romantic relationships are often the major themes of the short stories. The scripts, which were intended for TV and radio, are also contemporary and set in rural areas, but are thematically concerned with a number of human relationships (not just romantic). The short stories and scripts have been arranged alphabetically by title. The files include draft versions, some of which contain Creighton's editorial notes. A

Administrative Papers

Series contains synopses of operas, drafts of felicitations written by community members, correspondence, annual reports and its act of incorporation.

Nova Scotia Opera Association.

A.M. Smith and Company's photographs

This series contains a variety of photographs relevant to A.M. Smith and Company. They mostly include ships and views of buildings including A.M. Smith and Co. premises at Halifax, NS and other locations including Prospect, NS, and Newfoundland. There are also an assortment of photographs of individuals, including Fletcher S. Smith in group and portrait shots.

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.

Dalhousie Vice-Presidency

This series reflects the years and activities by Horace Read as acting Vice-President of Dalhousie University. This series contains mostly correspondence, as well as conference proceedings and honorary citations.

Published Fiction of Will R. Bird

This series contains published fiction including 5 stories published in journals; 20 stories published in magazines; 8 stories published in newspapers; 8 hardcover first editions of novels; one published play; 12 stories published in the Spectator/Advertiser , an annual advertisement publication from Kentville Nova Scotia; 35 undated stories published in the Busy East most likely dating from between 1927 and 1932; 52 undated stories published in the Maritime Advocate and Busy East most dating from between 1933 and 1948; 6 stories appearing in Canadian War Stories ; and 34 stories published in The Legionary .

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.

Smith Canneries

Series consists of documents created and used by Smith Canneries, a subsidiary of A. M. Smith and Co. The majority of files in this series are correspondence with various organizations with which they did business. There are several financial folders, which include financial statements, income tax returns, ledgers, journals, documentation of operating costs. The series also contains agreements, deeds, and other legal documents.

Personal archives of David Oland

Series consists of correspondence. Files in the series were mixed in the Oland and Son fonds (MS-4-135). No other records from David Oland are known to exist.

Oland, David, b. 1910

Annual reports

Series contains annual reports issued by the Welfare Council (Halifax-Dartmouth area) and its predecessors, the Welfare Council of Halifax and the Halifax Council of Social Agencies. The reports outline the activities of the council and its various committees and divisions. Some files also contain agendas for annual general meetings.

M/V "O.K. Service V"

Series contains the administrative, financial, legal, and vessel papers of the M/V "O.K. Service V." Contents include blueprints of the vessel, audited and unaudited financial statements, a memorandum of agreement outlining the sale of the vessel. The series primarily contains vessel papers, including Captain's daily logs, a sampling of engine room logs, bills of lading, manifests and freight lists, agreements, notarized statements, insurance policies, certificats of damage, loading charts, and related records.

O.K. Service V.

Books and Pamphlets of Guy Henson

Series consists of small books and pamphlets on education in Nova Scotia and the Atlantic Provinces which Guy Henson wrote. It also contains the correspondence arising from his published lecture to the Atlantic Regional Conference of the Canadian Association for Adult Education (1955-1957). There are annual reports from the Nova Scotia Department of Education's Adult Education Division (1946-1955) and publications issued by the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University (1963 and 1970).

Legal material of A.M. Smith and Company

The series includes legal documents related to the operations of A.M. Smith and Company. These include deeds, mortgages, leases, agreements, articles of association, bonds, and trademark registrations. Also includes legal documents pertaining to Parkdale Realty.

Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast

Series contains records relating to the administration and operation of Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast. Series is broken into seven subseries: Administrative, Correspondence, Financial, Labour and Employee Relations, Lindwood Farms, Marketing and Advertising, and Production and Inventory Reports.

Administrative subseries contains a register of shareholders, property assessments, and other documents relating to the general activities of the company.

Correspondence subseries contains correspondence regarding fairs, exhibitions, and other events Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast participated in or sponsored. Subseries also includes orders and correspondence from Smith Brokerage Limited, a grain dealer used extensively by Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.

Financial subseries contains financial statements, statements of cattle and feed purchases, a journal, and a ledger.

Labour and Employee Relations subseries includes labour agreements with Local 361 of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers of America and an indenture to Ronald Lamond, an employee of Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.

Lindwood Farms Sub-Series contains records relating to the operation and management of Lindwood Farms and Northfield Farms. Records were primarily created after the sale of the farms to Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast, but some earlier records are extant. Sub-series contains a blueprint of a farm building and a map of Halifax with the farm property outlined, correspondence regarding cattle, fairs and exhibitions, and the general activities of the Farm, inventories of cattle, feed analyses, documentation on farm procedures, appraisals of land and cattle, meeting minutes, and other records relating to the general operation and administration of the Farm. Sub-Series also contains financial statements, statements of expenses, sales reports, a journal, deeds to farm land and a copy of an expropriation agreement with the Province of Nova Scotia.

Photograph Sub-Series contains photographs from the Atlantic Winter Fair and from Northfield Farm in Kennecook, Nova Scotia.

Marketing and Advertising subseries contains two pamphlets titled "Valuable information on the use of Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast." Additional marketing and advertising materials that relate to Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast and other subsidiaries of Oland and Son Limited are filed in the Marketing and Advertising subseries of Oland and Son Limited.

Production and Inventory Reports subseries contains monthly production reports and inventory reports of grain and yeast.

Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.

Charles Bruce's professional correspondence

Series comprises Charles Bruce's professional correspondence, organized by subject. The bulk of the correspondence relates to his professional life and writing, but there are some files containing letters and notes of a more personal nature. Many files contain notes and newspaper clippings.
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