Archives Catalogue

MS-4-135, OS Folder 5
File
[196-?]

Item is a drawing of the Bluenose II in full sail, with measurements for all of the sails. The drawing also includes notes about the measurements for the masts, boom, and other components. The drawing was prepared by Smith & Rhuland Ltd. of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Photographs of old Lunenburg houses and barns in winter

MS-2-825, Box 12, Folder 3
File
[198-?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Photographs of South Carolina taken in the course of research for Blood Traitors

MS-2-825, Box 11, Folder 11
File
[199-?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains photographs of lanes and pre-revolutionary Charleston architecture; the countryside near Charleston; the Town of Ninety-Six; "up country"; 69 Fox Street; St George's Church, London, UK; and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.

Manuscript journal, detailing an expedition along the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick situated on the Bay of Fundy, July 19, 1684 – September 14, 1684

MS-2-370, Oversize Folder 1
Item
July 19, 1684 – September 14, 1684

Item is a cartographic journal containing daily entries and twenty-five cartographic diagrams and topographical illustrations showing coastlines, elevations, distances (in leagues), water depths, capes, bays, rivers, inlets, islands and other geographical features.

From the accounts of the first few days, the jump off point must have been somewhere near Mahone Bay or Lunenburg, on the southern coast of Nova Scotia. Few observations are recorded during the first week; the aim seems to have been to reach an initial destination of Grand Manan Island. At this point, beginning on July 25, 1684, detailed observations are made of all islands, rocks, and other geographical objects, along with more specific information concerning water depths (given in braces), types of currents, prevailing winds, distances between landmarks (given in leagues), places of secure anchorage, danger zones, etc. Most of the observed areas are accompanied by topographical illustrations which depict not only the contours of the coastline, but also elevations from sea level.

The expedition proceeded from Grand Manan Island down into Passamaquoddy Bay (this is not named, but the St. Croix River is), then Northeast along the coast of New Brunswick to the entrance to the St. John River. At this point, the expedition encountered at least two British war vessels, equipped with cannons. An envoy from the expedition was sent to the British ships, apparently commanded by John Nelson, the nephew of the first proprietor of New Brunswick; assurances are exchanged, the envoy is returned, and the expedition again proceeds along its way. Much of this portion of the expedition was obscured by a dense and persistent thick fog which made the task of the cartographer at times impossible, as he frequently notes.

From St. John River, the expedition turned back again across the Bay of Fundy, along Long Island, down along the Western coast of Nova Scotia to Cape Sable. This destination is reached by July 31, 1684, and here some days are passed waiting out a violent storm. Another British ship is mentioned, though no contact was made. The coastline from Cape Sable all the way to Margaret's Bay is represented by numerous illustrations. The weather seems to have been more favourable, and much of the area was apparently uncharted.

This portion of the journey includes descriptions and illustrations of Cape Negro, Baye du Port Razor, Riv. des Jardins, Port Rosignol, Sable River, La Have Harbour, Mahone Bay (called here Mirligaich), Margaret's Bay, etc. The expedition continues from Margaret's Bay on to the Northeast, with observations of Cape Sambro, Riv. Chibouetou. Riv. Maganchis, Cape Thiodor, and it ends at St. Mary's River, on September 14, 1684.

Appended to the journal is a twelve page "Inventaire pour servir a l'armament et consommation du nav(igation)," in which a very detailed list of hundreds of items is presented. The two categories that receive the most attention are boat fixtures (e.g., sails, bowsprites, halyards, stays, topsails, masts, anchors, rope, riggings, etc.) and armaments (e.g., cannons, ammunitions, guns, other weapons, etc.). Surgical equipment is briefly mentioned. Extraneous observations are also included from time to time: an abundance of fish off Cape Forcheau; arborage and foliage on shore; disembarkments, during one of which one of the crew apparently attempted to desert.

Marianne (Ship)

Deed of land transfer from Leonard Baker to Jacob and Frederick Publicoffer

MS-2-104, SF Box 13, Folder 16
Item
1821

Item is a land deed transferring ownership of land in the township of New Dublin, County Lunenburg, Nova Scotia from Leonard and Catherine Baker to Jacob and Frederick Publicoffer [Publicover].

Publicoffer, Jacob and Frederick

Childhood poetry copybook of Annie Prescott Duff

MS-2-22, SF Box 16, Folder 6
Item
1860

Item is a poetry copybook kept by Annie Prescott Duff, with entries made in various hands.

Duff, Annie Prescott, 1847-1930

Register for Sons of Temperance, Chester Division, 1858-1867

MS-2-424, SF Box 94, Folder 2
File
1858 - 1867

Part of Sons of Temperance, Chester Division No. 32 fonds

Item includes a revised register, as well as a register for lady visitors.

Minute book for Sons for Temperance, Chester Division, 1867-1869

MS-2-424, SF Box 94, Folder 3
File
1867 - 1869

Part of Sons of Temperance, Chester Division No. 32 fonds

William Robinson's general store business ledger

MS-4-159, SF Box 6, Folders 9-10; SF Box 49, Folder 2
File
1862-1870

File comprises a business ledger containing miscellaneous papers, including an index, correspondence, estate papers and notes.

Robinson, William R.

William Smith

MS-4-182, SF Box 21, Folder 7
Item
1871-1872

Smith, William

Minute book for Sons of Temperance, Chester Division, 1869-1880

MS-2-424, SF Box 94, Folder 4
File
1869 - 1880

Part of Sons of Temperance, Chester Division No. 32 fonds

Augustus Lantz fonds

MS-4-238
Fonds
1881-1885

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

Lantz, Augustus

Bonds re. Blockhouse poor district, 1886

MS-2-558, SF Box 44, Folder 25
File
1886

Part of John W. Mills fonds

Bonds re. Blockhouse poor district, 1887

MS-2-558, SF Box 44, Folder 26
File
1887

Part of John W. Mills fonds

Bonds re. Blockhouse poor district, 1889

MS-2-558, SF Box 44, Folder 27
File
1889

Part of John W. Mills fonds

Bonds re. Blockhouse poor district, 1890

MS-2-558, SF Box 44, Folder 28
File
1890

Part of John W. Mills fonds

Robert Dawson and Son fonds

MS-4-43
Fonds
1860-1892

Fonds contains family and business correspondence ca. 1851-1896 and deeds dating 1860-1943.

Robert Dawson and Son.

Schooner's bill of lading

MS-2-105, SF Box 50, Folder 4
Item
November 26, 1892

Part of Lemuel Publicover's miscellaneous business records

File contains a bill of lading with an inscription on the verso dated 16 December 1892 indicating that the schooner sailed to LaHave, Nova Scotia.

Financial scribes book for Sons of Temperance, Chester Division, 1893

MS-2-424, SF Box 94, Folder 5
File
1893

Part of Sons of Temperance, Chester Division No. 32 fonds

Bonds re. Blockhouse poor district, 1893

MS-2-558, SF Box 44, Folder 30
File
1893

Part of John W. Mills fonds

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.

Warrant of distress and commitment for municipal and poor rates for Lunenburg County, and a bond relating to the Blockhouse Poor District, 1894

MS-2-558, SF Box 44, Folder 31
File
1894

Part of John W. Mills fonds

Fraser, Mrs. - son of

PC2, Box 6, Folder 107
File
September 1896

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young boy standing on fur throw; full pose

John W. Mills fonds

MS-2-558
Fonds
1886 - 1896

Fonds consists of legal papers and correspondence related to John W. Mill's administration of charitable funds for the poor in Mahone Bay and surrounding areas.

Mills, John W.

Lemuel Publicover's miscellaneous business records

MS-2-105, SF Box 50, Folder 4
File
1892-1896

File contains a bill of lading dated 26 November 1892, a letter written to Lemuel Publicover by Elias Sampson dated 1 January1894, a receipt issued by M.J. Bates on26 July 1896, and a receipt issued by John White and Company on 30 June 1896.

Pulbicover, Lemuel

Chisholm, John & friend

PC2, Box 37, Folder 107
File
May 1902

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two young men, looking to the side, seated; 3/4 pose. Address: Island P. O. E. River

Fraser, John J., Mrs. - group

PC2, Box 38, Folder 103
Item
November 1902

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman seated with three children at her side - a girl seated, a younger boy standing on her chair, and a still younger child seated on the arm of the chair between the others; 3/4 pose

Culp family fonds

MS-2-539, SF Box 44, Folders 2-15
Fonds
1798-1902

Fonds comprises land deeds, wills and other legal documents, as well as charter agreements for the schooner Mary and a bill of sale for the Candid.

Culp Family

Daily diary of Edward D.T. Davison, Jr.

MS-2-109, SF Box 23, Folder 18
Item
1902

Item is a daily diary (January-May 1902) containing Davison's notes about work meetings, travel, the weather, oxen, and various mishaps. The final entry of the journal occurs on May 13, 1902.

Davison, Edward, D.T.

Hubert, P., Mrs. - daughter of

PC2, Box 53, Folder 51
File
September 1904

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young girl holding flower posy, seated on arm of wicker chair; full pose. Mother's hat and arm are partially visible at edge of plate

Hubert, P., Mrs. - daughter of

PC2, Box 53, Folder 52
File
September 1904

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young girl holding flower posy, standing on carved chair; full pose. Mother's skirt is partially visible at edge of plate

McDonald, Allan

PC2, Box 147, Folder 74
File
June 1905

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man, looking to the side, standing with one hand behind his back; 3/4 pose

Zwicker, Hattie L.

PC2, Box 61, Folder 15
File
October 1905

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman; bust

Land petition for property in Chester, Nova Scotia

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 9, Item 1
Item
1905

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a document from the Province of Nova Scotia granting a lot of land located in the harbour in Chester, Nova Scotia to James M. Allen of Halifax. The land was granted to Allen for fifty dollars on September 25th, 1905 by the order of the Governor-in-Council. There is a small map of the lot attached to the front of the document with a seal.

Why do disease germs vary in virulence? / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 35
Item
November 1906

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the November 1906 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVIII, No. 11), titled "Why Do Disease Germs Vary in Virulence?", which was also read at a meeting of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, held in Lunenburg in early 1906.

Helen Stewart (Mackay) Maclellan's correspondence with her father David MacKay

MS-2-762, Box 1, Folder 31
File
1904 - 1906

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Ledger kept by Langell

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

Langell, [?]

McDonald, Isabel

PC2, Box 67, Folder 18
File
September 1907

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman wearing ribbon in hair; bust

McDonald, Robert

PC2, Box 67, Folder 31
Item
November 1907

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young man, looking to the side; bust

James Benjamin Westhaver fonds

MS-2-587, SF Box 4, Folders 1-16; SF Box 45, Folders 25-32
Fonds
1901-1907

Fonds includes items dealing with the invention of and patenting of a hydraulic gold extractor first registered in 1887. Also involves setting up a company to use the machine and begin gold mining. The material covers a period of 1883 to 1905, and involves many individuals in the business and legal community of Halifax and the South Shore. It also includes the original patent with the specification and diagrams, other diagrams, a 31 page hand written report by Westhaver on his trip to Dawson City, Yukon in 1902 to test his separator. A very interesting collection of letters, documents, legal correspondence, governmental material, etc., etc., dealing with the starting of a company to use the gold separate and Westhaver's various difficulties with financing and control.

Westhaver, James Benjamin

Thompson, Simon A. - family

PC2, Box 173, Folder 78
Item
September 1908

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man wearing a winged collar, seated on a wicker chair with one young girl seated on its arm, and one woman holding a photographic booklet, seated on a carved chair; 3/4 pose

Kerr, John, Mrs.

PC2, Box 70, Folder 64
File
October 1908

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One woman, looking to the side; bust

Legal papers of Henry Adolphus Newman Kaulback

MS-2-183, SF Box 28, Folders 3-6; SF Box 31, Folder 1
Collection
1867-1908

Collection comprises legal business correspondence, a book of legal judgment abstracts, indentures documenting Lunenburg County land sales, and papers regarding claims upon the wreck of two schooners.

Kaulback, Henry Adolphus Newman, 1830-1896