Archives Catalogue

MS-4-204, SF Box 49, Folder 1
Item
1867-1906

Langell, [?]

MS-4-74, SF Box 48, Folder 1
Item
1820-1822

Item is a leather-bound receipt book with receipts from 28 December 1820 to 30 July, 1822. Receipts are written by idividuals who received cash (pound sterling) from Matthew Richardson.

Richardson, Matthew

Provincial Oils Ltd., financial statement for 1935

MS-4-70, SF Box 47, Folder 6
Item
1935

Financial statement for 1935

Provincial Oils Inc.

Ledger of Silas H. Crane

MS-4-151, SF Box 47, Folder 5
Item
1832-1858

File contains a financial ledger that records the business activities of Silas H. Crane.

Crane, Silas H.

Londonderry Stoves Company ledger

MS-4-25, SF Box 46, Folder 17
File
1889-1895

File contains a business ledger of Londonderry Stoves Company. The ledger includes entries from 1889-1895. File also contains miscellaneous papers. Each item has been marked to indicate where it was found.

Londonderry Stoves Co.

Augustine Melanson, ledger

MS-4-203, SF Box 46, Folder 8
Item
1848-1857

Ledger 1848-1857 including accounts of the Schooner (later brigantine) Samuel Campbell

Melanson, [Augustine?]

Wentworth Valley Rural Telephone Company shareholders ledger

MS-4-222, SF Box 46, Folder 11
Item
1933-1936

Wentworth Valley Rural Telephone Company.

Account books and correspondence regarding barques captained by Martin Leslie Forbes

MS-2-400, SF Box 42, Folder 5
File
1877-1886

File contains pages from an account book for the barque Aspototgan and some loose accounts and correspondence regarding the barque Nellie Moody.

Forbes, Martin Leslie, 1843-1919

Jonathan Borden Marsh fonds

MS-2-48, SF Box 18, Folder 15
Fonds
1878-1886

Fonds consists of Marsh's account book with the barque Vibilia and her owners (1869-1882) as well as pilot and customs papers. Also included is a charter contract for the Ellerslie (1886).

Marsh, Jonathan Borden, Captain, 1841-1934

Acadia Gas Engine Company fonds

MS-4-81
Fonds
1969-1973

Fonds contains three product catalogues produced by the Acadia Gas Engine Company. The earliest dated catalogue was published in January, 1969 and another was published in 1973. One catalogue is undated.

Acadia Gas Engine Company.

J.E. Morse fonds

MS-4-7
Fonds
1900 - 1920

This fonds contains correspondence, agreements, price lists, financial records and photographs relating to the J.E. Morse Tea company. Also contains a picture of the Studley Quoit Club plus a key to the group picture.

Morse, J.E.

Melville McKean fonds

MS-4-44
Fonds
1895-1925

Invoices, deeds and day book and ledger 1895-1921

Minute and account books of the Bridgewater Lawn and Tennis Club

MS-2-347, SF Box 37, Folder 12-13
Item
1899-1908, 1932-1944

Minutes and accounts for the Bridgewater lawn and Tennis Club for the years 1899-1908 and 1932-1944.

Bridgewater Lawn and Tennis Club.

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra fonds

MS-5-11
Fonds
1952-1987

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the administrative, operational, financial, and artistic activities of the ASO. Included are materials documenting the Board of Directors, box office operations (including ticket sales), financial affairs, f...

Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Halifax, N.S.).

Blackburn family fonds

MS-2-10, SF Box 13, Folders 5-8
Fonds
1837-1949

Fonds consists of two farm ledgers (1894-1936 and 1899-1906), one farm inventory (1899), one notebook containing estate inventories and administrative accounts (1837-1875), and one notebook containing a weather diary (1949). Fonds also contains mi...

Blackburn Family

Church Locke fonds

MS-4-95
Fonds
1904

Locke, Churchill

Harry S. Jenkins

MS-4-207
Fonds
1893-1936

Ledger 1893-1994 of John S. Jenkins later used as a journal 1936-1942 by Henry S. Jenkins. Cheque books - January 24, 1929 - August 4, 1930; October 4, 1941 - June 9, 1942; Agreement of sale - Henry S. Jenkins and Johnson and MacDonald, New Glasgo...

Jenkins, Harry S.

Captain Charles Davison fonds

MS-4-146
Fonds
1890-1938, predominant 1910-1930

This fonds contains a small volume of financial records relating to Charles Davison's grocery business in Hansport, Nova Scotia, including invoices, promissory notes and account statements. There is also a photograph of Davison and a copy of ...

Davison, Charles, Captain, 1854-1938

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 heat...

Powers Brothers.

Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

UA-23
Fonds

Dalhousie University. University Libraries.

William R. Robinson fonds

MS-4-159
Fonds
1862-1870

Ledger 1862-1870; miscellaneous papers in the ledger

Robinson, William R.

Simpson family fonds

MS-4-181
Fonds
1929-1953

Fonds contains a ledger from Vernon Simpon's general store in Simpson's Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The ledger book contains entries from 1929-1930. It was also used as a notebook, with miscellaneous notes entered until 1976. ...

Simpson family

Adams and Knickle Ltd. fonds

MS-4-27
Fonds
1897-1968

The fonds consists of records which document the business activities and interests of Adams & Knickle Ltd. from 1897 until 1968. Information contained in this fonds provides insight into the company’s role as a major fishing and shipping partn...

Adams and Knickle Limited.

Pickford and Black Limited fonds

MS-4-50
Fonds
1889-1939

Pickford and Black Ltd.

Frieze and Roy fonds

MS-4-57
Fonds
1838-1941

The fonds consists mainly of general business correspondence and financial records recording the financial affairs of the business. The fonds also consist of legal records, mainly indentures and insurance policies for the business, sales and opera...

Frieze and Roy.

James E. Dickie and Company fonds

MS-4-63
Fonds
1855-1901, 1924

This fonds consists of documents illustrating the diverse interests of James Edward Dickie and his family. While nearly all of the records date from the ownership of the Stewiacke general store by James E. Dickie and his son Edwin, the fonds does ...

James E. Dickie and Company.

Alfred Dickie fonds

MS-4-64
Fonds
1857-1937, predominate 1890-1927

This fonds consists of records which document the personal and business activities and interests of Alfred Dickie and, to a lesser extent, those of his immediate family and employees. Although the records span Dickie’s lifetime, few relate to his ...

Dickie, Alfred

La Have Outfitting Company fonds

MS-4-88
Fonds
1905-1973

The La Have Outfitting Company fonds contains mainly financial records related to their business of outfitting and supplying vessels, as well as sales of fish, coal and salt between the years of 1905-1976. These records include invoices cash books...

La Have Outfitting Company.

Bigelow family fonds

MS-4-92
Fonds
1865-1976

Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family'...

Bigelow Family

Marine Workers Federation fonds

MS-9-17
Fonds
1999

This fonds includes a variety of photographic material relating to the Marine Workers Federation. As well this fonds contains a copy of the newspaper "The Nova Scotia Worker" Issued by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour.

Marine Workers Federation.

Robert Dawson and Son fonds

MS-4-43
Fonds
1860-1892

Family and business correspondence - c1851-1896; deeds 1860-1943

Robert Dawson and Son.

Account journal and letter of Charles Tupper Logan

MS-2-38, SF Box 15, Folder 4
File
1926-1928, 1943

File consists of one journal of daily accounts (1926-1928) and a letter of appointment to the School Board of Cumberland County (1943).

Logan, Charles Tupper, 1867-1961

Scott Paper Company fonds

MS-4-68
Fonds
1913-1972

Fonds consists of correspondence, financial documents, journals and ledgers, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, and reports. This material spans almost 60 years and gives insight into a company which changed hands several times...

Scott Paper Company.

Seaside Inn fonds

MS-4-136
Fonds
1928-1943

Fonds contains three registers providing the names and residences of hotel guests from 1928-1943.

Seaside Inn.

Halifax Seed Company fonds

MS-4-21
Fonds
1956-1965, bulk 1960 and 1965

The fonds contains business correspondence between the Halifax Seed Company and their associates worldwide as well as two ledger books. Advertisements and printed matter originally enclosed with correspondence provide an insight into the 1960s rel...

Halifax Seed Company.

Logbook of yearly costs of ingredients to bake bread and biscuits at Moirs Bakery

MS-4-257.2014-001, Box 1, Folder 1
Item
1907-1916

Item is a logbook that contains costs of delivering breads for specific weeks and the yearly cost of producing breads, biscuits, cookies and cakes from 1907 to 1916.

Moirs Limited.

David Nelson fonds

MS-4-80
Fonds
1888-1893

Ledger 1888-1893; Miscellaneous invoices and correspondence 1891-1893

Nelson, David

Dominion Chair Company fonds

MS-4-61
Fonds
1870-1975

The fonds consists of architectural plans, Bass River picnic files, correspondence and invoices, counter books, customer and employee records, export papers, interest books, journals, ledgers, legal documents, merchandise invoices, photographs, pr...

Dominion Chair Company.

Augustus Lantz fonds

MS-4-238
Fonds
1881-1885

Cargo book of the schooner Beth, March 22, 1881 - September 4, 1885

Lantz, Augustus

Humphrey, W.A. & Son

MS-4-192
Fonds
1931-1938

Humphrey Motors.

Barrington and Cape Island Steam Ferry Company fonds

MS-4-188
Fonds
1883-1930

Barrington & Cape Island Steam Ferry Company Limited.

Charman and Grant fonds

MS-4-144
Fonds
1912-1945

The fonds contains business records of Charman and Grant general store, including invoices and a general ledger. Also included is a VE Day address by William Grant.

Charman & Grant.

Londonderry Iron Company fonds