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Invitation to the inaugural Roscoe Fillmore Memorial Picnic

MS-10-10, SF Box 6, Folder 4
Item
1978

Part of Roscoe A. Fillmore Memorial Picnic Organizing Committee fonds

Item is an open invitation to "socialists from across Nova Scotia" to mark the occasion of would have been Roscoe Fillmore's 91st birthday.

Invitation to the official opening and tour of the research laboratories of the Atlantic Research Centre

MS-13-50, SF Box 69, Folder 19, Item 1
Item
June 1968

Part of Margaret S. DeWolfe fonds

Item consists of an invitation sent by the Atlantic Research Centre to the Librarian of the Tupper Library, for the official opening and tour of the ARCMR research laboratories, in the Sir Charles Tupper Building, Dalhousie University.

Letter by Jason M. Mack concerning the mental health of George Roy

MS-13-87, SF Box 49, Folder 8
Item
1916

Item is a letter written by Jason M. Mack addressed to any constables or police officers of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The letter involves the mental health of and the request for detainment of George Roy, a fisherman from Liverpool, who had been declared of unsound mind by two local medical practitioners. Item also contains an envelope addressed to William Winters.

Mack, Jason M.

Letter from M. Cumming to Chronicle enclosing the manuscript

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 4
Item
Dec. 10, 1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. Melville Cummings

Letter from M. Cumming to Chronicle with postscript and table

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 55, Item 5
Item
Dec.22, 1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. Melville Cummings

Covering letter from M. Cumming to The Family Herald and Weekly Star

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 56, Item 2
Item
Dec.18, 1924

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter from Dr. M Cumming

Reference letter from F. L. Fuller

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
October 10, 1900

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a reference letter from Dr. Melville Cumming's past employer, F.l. Fuller, who was then Superintendent of Farm & Provincial Agricultural Farms.

Letter from Keiler Mackay

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
May 25, 1960

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item contains a letter to Dr. Melville Cumming from Keiler Mackay, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario written in May 25th, 1960. It writes about John Macrae’s role in WWI as Gunner of the Canadian Field Artillery and as a Medical Doctor in the Canadian Medical Unit. Attached to the is a newspaper clipping of Macrae’s poem “In Flanders Field"

Letter on mineral content in Ontario soils

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
February 25, 1954

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter addressed to Dr. Cumming from W.L Hutcheon of the Ontario College of Agriculture, dated February 25, 1954.

Letter regarding soil surveys

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 16, Item 1
Item
October 28, 1954

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter addressed to Dr. Cumming from W.L. Hutcheon of the Saskatchewan College of Agriculture, dated October 28, 1954.

Letter from Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
December 20, 1954

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a 2 page letter from the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing to Dr. Melville Cumming.

Letter from Elias Sampson to Lemuel Publicover

MS-2-105, SF Box 50, Folder 4
Item
January 1, 1894

Part of Lemuel Publicover's miscellaneous business records

Item is a handwritten letter from Elias Sampson announcing that he has sold his ship and enquiring whether anyone in the LaHave area is looking for someone to run their vessels.

A tribute of sympathy and affection written to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband

MS-2-108, SF Box 23, Folder 6
Item
1902

Item is a tribute of sympathy and affection written by officials at Halifax's Charles Street Church to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband in 1902.

Harris, Eliza

Letter from Augusta E. Wolfe to her sister

MS-2-110, SF Box 23, Folder 8
Item
1919

Item is a letter from Augusta Wolfe to her sister about domestic matters.

Wolfe, Augusta E.

Letter from James Ross to Hugh Campbell regarding the recovery of his son John from an unspecified illness

MS-2-12, SF Box 13, Folder 10
Item
1865

Item is a letter from James Ross, principal of Dalhousie College (1863-1885), regarding the recovery of John, the son of Hugh Campbell, from an unspecified illness.

Campbell, Hugh

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

Letter to Lawrence J. Burpee from Gordon C. Warren

MS-2-175, SF Box 27, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
20 October 1944

Part of Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds

Letter to Gordon C. Warren from Lawrence J. Burpee

MS-2-175, SF Box 27, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
24 October 1944

Part of Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds

Correspondence from Eugene T. Parker to Mr. M. B. Archibald, February 13, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
13 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed correspondence sent from Eugene Parker to Mr M.B. Archibald, February 13, 1937, discussing Sarah Croker's will. Item is "Enclosure 1" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Correspondence from E. F. Street to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 13, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
December 7, 1965

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed correspondence from E.F. Street, of the Committee on Camp Hill Cemetery, to Thomas Raddall, regarding the location of Sarah Croker's burial. The letter is annotated with inked additions, with a crude map marked to verso.

Correspondence from Thomas Head Raddall, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Eleanor C. Armstrong

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
January 20, 1947

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Mrs. Armstrong and Thomas H. Raddall about the history of Irish people in Queens County.

Correspondence from Earl R. Lewis, Jr., of West Hartford, Connecticut, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 10
Item
August 15, 1961

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a letter sent to Thomas Raddall discussing the family name of "Poquetanuck" and its use in Connecticut.

Correspondence from Janet Mullins, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
March 5, 1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Janet Mullins to Thomas H. Raddall, regarding the Irwin and Bartling families of Queens County, Nova Scotia.

"Origin of the Irwin and Bartling Families in Queens County, N.S."

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
March 1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a transcribed copy of a letter from Janet Mullins to Thomas H. Raddall on the history of the Irwin and Bartling families of Queens County, Nova Scotia.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Zoe Lucas

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 28
Item
1988

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Zoe Lucas to Thomas H. Raddall in 1988 thanking Raddall for a copy of an autobiography gifted to Lucas on Sable Island.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and the Mahone Bay Legion

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 67
Item
1940-10-09

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Thomas H. Raddall by the Mahone Bay Legion in October 1940 inviting Raddall to deliver a lecture.

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.

Letter from Simeon Perkins to William Cahoon

MS-2-221, SF Box 31, Folder 3
Item
1794

1794 letter to William Cahoon of Port Medway from Simeon Perkins of Liverpool regardling the law surrounding the worrying or killing of sheep by dogs.

Cahoon, William

Letters from Thomas H. Raddall to Margaret Martin regarding a speaking engagement for the Canadian Library Association in Halifax

MS-2-227, SF Box 33, Folder 2
Item
1963

Three letters from Thomas Raddall to Miss Margaret Martin at the Halifax Memorial Library regarding the details of his speaking engagement with the Young People's Section of the Canadian Library Association.

Martin, Margaret

Letter from Rev. D.B. Blair to Mr Farquharson

MS-2-228, SF Box 33, Folder 28
Item
1892

Blair's letter discusses the spread of the Evangelical ministry amongst the Gaelic people of Cape Breton.

Blair, Duncan Black, The Reverend, 182?-1893

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Gloria McHugh

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 10
Item
[197-]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is an undated Christmas card from Gloria McHugh to her father, Kenneth Leslie, expressing hopes for "good health" and "satisfaction from your much needed work" and regret about delays in writing due to her own illness over the previous summer.

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Charles Dickson

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 2
Item
[197-]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is an undated hand-made Christmas card from Leslie's grandson Charles, the son of his daughter Rosaleen Dickson.

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Pricilla Jamison

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 4
Item
[197-]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a card and letter written to Kenneth Leslie from his granddaughter Priscilla (daughter of Kathleen).

Card to Kenneth Leslie from Kathleen Latham

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 5
Item
[1973?]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Items is an undated Christmas card sent to Kenneth Leslie ("Daddy and Nora") by his daughter, Kathleen (Latham), and her husband George.

Letter to Kenneth and Nora Leslie from Dermot and Anita McHugh

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 9
Item
1972

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a letter from Anita and Dermot McHugh (grandson of Kenneth Leslie, son of Gloria) addressing their appreciation of the Leslies' wedding gift and their concern regarding Kenneth and Nora's poor health.

Letter from A.C. Macdonald to Liberal candidate Robert Murray regarding 1847 election meetings

MS-2-283, SF Box 35, Folder 10
Item
1847

Item is a letter from A.C. MacDonald to Robert Murray. MacDonald was Secretary to the Liberal Party Committee in Pictou County and Township. The letter refers to the benefits of candidates attending constituency meetings prior to the 1847 election.

MacDonald, A.C.

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
March 30, 1915

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Letter from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
April 3, 1928

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is one sheet of paper. Sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter, sent from Halifax, is Archibald McKellar MacMechan's congratulating Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey for his recent successes and completion of his apprenticeship.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Letter from Edith MacMechan to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
[191--?]

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is one sheet of paper. The item is folded to create two additional pages, with only the right page having any text. The letter is from Edith MacMechan, Archibald MacMechan's wife, to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey.

Letter to John Bell from George D. Noiles regarding Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One. regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Letter from Gilbert S. Stairs to E. Forbes, the Chairman of the Halifax Football Championship Committee

MS-2-330, SF Box 37, Folder 6
Item
November 2, 1910

Item is a letter written by Gilbert S. Stairs to E. Forbes, Chairman of the Halifax Football Championship Committee at Dalhousie College, regarding some criticisms of the game and suggestions for improvements.

Stairs, Gilbert S., 1882-1947

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