Fonds comprises diaries and correspondence written during MacDonald's time in service and include letters to his parents and siblings sent from training camps in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Aldershot, England, as well as Belgium. Transcriptions of this material were written by Mrs. I.M. Parfitt (Margaret MacDonald's daughter); these are annotated and include notes on the family and draft sections of a family biography. Also included in the fonds are letters from Willie H. Cameron to his cousin, Margaret MacDonald, written in 1918 from Halifax and Camp Bramshott, Surrey.
Fonds comprises records created and collected by Don Allison that document his work as an actor in Neptune Theatre's 1967 production of The Wooden Ship, as well as his own poetry and prose writings. There is also a small number of letters from someone named Anna.
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, printed materials, reports and shareholder papers, sales books/journals, sales invoice copy books, statement books, and stock inventories, spanning over 100 years from 1870 to 1975. These materials illustrate accounting methods, the production of and market for chairs, shipping processes, relationships with other companies and the community, etc. The majority of the fonds consists of correspondence and invoices, both to and from Dominion Chair, including orders for company goods, for factory equipment, and items to stock the general store. Together the items are useful in understanding the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Dominion Chair Company, and provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Item is one volume of a diary of Thomas H. Raddall, dating from June 4, 1949 - December 21, 1949 containing accounts of weather, life events, and other news.
Item is one volume of a diary of Thomas H. Raddall, dating from June 29, 1972 - July 4, 1972 with accounts of a fishing trip to Moncton with a group of others. Entries include a bear sighting, salmon size, and the camp.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds between September 14, 1961 and February 26, 1966. The diary is typed on handwritten on lined paper that has holes punched along one edge. The file also includes photographs of Barbara Hinds dating up to 1994.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds from September 6, 1965 to an unknown date. The diary is written in a small, six-ring binder with a plastic cover. The diary was kept by Hinds during a trip to Fort Chimo and other places in the eastern Arctic.
File contains a diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 24, 1965 to September 5, 1965. The diary is written in a small, six-ring binder with a plastic cover. There are a few extra sheet of paper with notes written on them tucked into the back of the diary. The diary records one of Hinds' trips to Fort Chimo and other places in the eastern Arctic.
File contains a diary used by Barbara Hinds between 1962 and 1964. The diary contains writing about Hinds' activities, stories, information about historical figures, notes about birds, contact information, and other notes.
Item is a diary kept by Barbara Hinds between September 14, 1961 and February 26, 1966. The beginning of the diary covers a trip to Labrador taken by Hinds in 1961. The diary is typed or handwritten on lined paper that is hole-punched to fit in a small binder. There are some extra pieces on notepaper tucked between the pages of the diary.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 12 and August 18. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 9 to August 25. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds from August 18, August 20 and October 13. The diary records Hinds' activities during a trip to the eastern Arctic.
File contains a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 25 and July 31. The diaries record Hinds' activities during a visit to Ikkudliayuk Fjord.
Item is one spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between June 21, 1960, and June 30, 1960. The diary records her activities in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit, Nunavut).
Item is a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 13, 1960, and July 24, 1960. The diary records Hinds' activities during a visit to Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
