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exterior and interior shots of bank

22 individual portraits on 8 x 10 negative: Marion Madden; Jean Henderson - Secretary; Rita MacDonald - President; Florence Gillis - Vice-President; Gloria Gasper; Kaye Gillis; Kathleen MacDonald; Claire MacDonald; Gertrude Daly; Florence Power; Margaret Kehoe; Emily MacNeil; Josephine Brown; Myrtle Gallant; Patricia Cahoon; Constance Melanson; Georgina Fraser; Mary MacDonald; Mary Boudreau; Teresa Coady; Marie West; Claire Chisholm

Fonds contains records relating to Susan Kerslake's writing and personal life, including manuscripts of published and unpublished work; correspondence, early writing and schoolwork, photographs, awards, articles and books reviews, and materials from events she attended.

Collection contains over 55,000 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and prints from the Waldren Studios of New Glasgow and Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The majority of these negatives are portraits, nearly all of which are identified and dated. A number of the portraits represent some of the earliest photos of Black Nova Scotians from Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough counties. Many of the remaining photos are local scenes, a few of which were taken in New Glasgow before the fire in 1874 which devastated the town. The collection contains photographs that depict show coal mining, shipbuilding and other local industries in action. Portraits of family groups, sports teams, social clubs and school groups are also well represented.