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Atlantic Geoscience Society fonds

  • MS-2-748
  • Fonds
  • [after 1981] - [before 1990]
Fonds consists of records regarding a wide range of activities of the Atlantic Geoscience Society, including committee meetings and development of educational videos. Fonds contains meeting agendas, reports, correspondence, newsletters, by-laws, and other textual records.

Atlantic Geoscience Society correspondence regarding its activities

File contains correspondence between the Atlantic Geoscience Society members and various persons, including Paul Copper, Norman Lyttle, Chris Beaumont, H.G. Miller, Sandra M. Barr, Aubrey Frickers, Laing Ferguson, Nancy A. Van Wagoner, Francis R. Cook, R.C. Draper, Howard V. Donohoe Jr., G.R. Peatfield, Donald W. Hattie, J. Waldron, and others.

Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan and Fred Giffin (with a few written by McMillan), Lockeport, between June 1922 and September 1922, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in McMillan's general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers:
Acadia Gas Engines (Bridgewater), Brenton M. Acker (Birch Town), C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines, NS), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Barrett Company (Halifax), Beaver Company (Thorold, ON), J.T. Bell (Montreal), C.E. Bentley (Truro), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brock & Paterson (Saint John), Buffalo Specialty Company, Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canada Feed & Oil Limited (Halifax; regarding outstanding accounts after plant closure), Canada Wire and Cable Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. Limited, Canadian General Electric Company (Halifax), Canadian National Railways, Canadian Oil Companies (Toronto), Cloverdale United Farmers Limited (Springfield), Congoleum Company (Montreal), H.S. Cook & Co. (formerly Burrell-Johnson, Yarmouth), M.P. Cook & Company (Yarmouth), Craven & Speeding Bros. (Sunderland), H.H. Crosby (Hebron), Crude Oil Engine Company of Canada (Montreal), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), Dixon & Corbitt and R.S. Newall & Co. (Gateshead-on-Tyne), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Halifax), Dustbane Mfg. Co. (Ottawa), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gloria Light Company (Chicago), M.W. Graves & Co. (Bridgetown), Charles Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hager (Round Bay), W.B. Hamilton Shoe Co. (Toronto), A.W. Hebb (Bridgewater), Fletcher Hebb (Bridgewater), J.W. Hebb, Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), J.C. Hemeon (Liverpool), E.S. Hendry (Milton), Hunt Brothers (London, ON), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Lake of the Woods Milling Company (Saint John), John Lockett & Son (Bridgetown), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), Avery MacDonald (Lower Port Joli), McDonald Tea Co. (Saint John), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maritime Brokers Limited (Halifax), Willett Martin (New York), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), Miner Rubber Company (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons Limited (Halifax), J.E. Morse & Co. (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy Limited (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), New Germany Fruit Co. Limited, F.F. Nicoll (Clyde River), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Palmolive Company (Montreal), Parker & Sawyer (Halifax), Parker Broom Company (Ottawa), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Peabody's Limited (Walkerville, ON), Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., Quaker Oats Company (Halifax, via Peterborough), Rafuse & Eisenhauer Limited (Bridgewater), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada (regarding the Sales Tax Act, among other topics), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow Limited (Halifax), Sterling Materials Co. (Montreal), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), A.E. Thorbourn (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Walker Bros. (Milton), Yarmouth Fruit Co., among others.

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, fundraising, general administration, guest artists, orchestra members, public relations and publicity, and the union. Also included is the photograph series which presents a visual record of various aspects of the orchestra's activities, including performances and women's auxiliary events as well as publicity shots of musicians, conductors, staff, and guest artists.

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

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. Fonds also contains a letter to Mrs. Vernon Simpson (Olive Eliza Simpson) from Robert H. Winters, Ottawa, November 30, 1953. The letter is a reply to Mrs. Simpson's letter about changes to mail delievery in Simpson's Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The file with the letter also contains an order form from Veribest Speciality Company and two copies of handwritten minutes of a Community Club meeting held on November 15, 1951.

Simpson family

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, and also represented an important part of Nova Scotia industry. Through the material one is able to get a complete picture of the process of manufacturing pulp, from acquiring timber and land to machinery and labour used, to exporting the end product; it also demonstrates how business was conducted. Fonds demonstrates the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Scott Paper company, and provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia in the 20th century.

Scott Paper Company.

Elrid Gordon Young fonds

  • MS-13-4
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1950
Fonds consists of Eldrid Young's records regarding his chemical warfare research, including correspondence, reports, notebooks, articles, and manuals. There is also his unpublished manuscript "Adventures of a Chemist in Search of Poisons," in which he recount his 25-year career as a forensic chemist.

Young, Elrid Gordon

John Alexander Webster fonds

  • MS-13-43
  • Fonds
  • 1963
Fonds contains correspondence, a pamphlet on Dartmouth Academy, and postcards.

Webster, John Alexander

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, fish sales, journals, ledgers, vessel supply lists, accounts and lists of vessels that were insured by La Have Outfitting, as well as loans they had given out. The fonds also contains some general business correspondence, legal documents regarding insurance policies and shareholders information as well as documents relating to vessels, such as charter contracts, log books and register of vessels.

La Have Outfitting 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 childhood, education, or final two years of life. Some items, in particular those concerning his export lumber business or his travels, derive from various places in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and South Africa, though by far the majority are found to be located within Nova Scotia.

The fonds includes correspondence, business and administrative records, speeches, photographs, legal documents, and plans, among other materials. Records are chiefly in English, although a very small portion are in French, Norwegian, Finnish, Spanish, and Italian.

Dickie, Alfred

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 partner in the fishing and shipping industry in Nova Scotia. Also included in this fonds is information about the company’s international relations with the various agents engaged in this industry; the types and amounts of fish landed, processed, shipped and sold by the company; the many transactions involved in operating vessels; and various events that impacted on the company’s operations. The types of documents include: affidavits, agent accounts, agreements, catch journals, correspondence, damage claims, deeds, employment records, financial statements, fish sales records, fishing contracts, ledgers, notices of protest, port documents, sailing journals, time journals, vessel accounts and journals, vessel certificates, and vessel shares.

Adams and Knickle Limited.

J.E. Morse fonds

  • MS-4-7
  • Fonds
  • 1846 - 1939; 1957
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.

James E. Dickie and Company fonds

  • MS-4-63
  • Fonds
  • 1855-1901, 1924
Fonds comprises documents illustrating the business interests of James Edward Dickie and his family. The majority of records date from James E. Dickie and his son Edwin's ownership of the Stewiacke general store, there is a single letter-book dated 1924, during which time James R. Fulton managed the store. Records fall into three main categories: business records related to companies owned by the Dickies; personal and business correspondence; and personal records of the Dickie family.

James E. Dickie and Company

Charles Bruce's professional correspondence

Series comprises Charles Bruce's professional correspondence, organized by subject. The bulk of the correspondence relates to his professional life and writing, but there are some files containing letters and notes of a more personal nature. Many files contain notes and newspaper clippings.

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.

Henry House subfonds

Subfonds includes business correspondence, applications, financial statements, and paperwork relating to the Halifax restaurant, Henry House, including architectural plans for additions/alterations to the historic building.

Business papers re. Henry House

Series includes correspondence and papers relating to the business side of Henry House, including architectural plans for proposed additions/alterations to the building.

Richard L. Raymond fonds

  • MS-2-556
  • Fonds
  • 1967 - 1985
Fonds comprises records related to Raymond's investment in the Henry House restaurant, including correspondence, financial statements, menu designs, architectural drawings and construction records. Other records include Dalhousie Review poetry correpondence.

Raymond, Richard L.

Norman J. Ritchie fonds

  • MS-2-91, SF Box 23, Folders 3-5
  • Fonds
  • 1967-1968
Fonds comprises a signed typescript of "The Story of Robb's" and twenty-four pages of notes and correspondence regarding the project.

Ritchie, Norman John, 1896-1976

Archibald Woodbury McLelan fonds

  • MS-2-87, SF Box 18, Folders 32-33
  • Fonds
  • 1865-1869
Fonds comprises business correspondence, bills of lading, receipts, and miscellaneous papers connected to McLelan's shipping business.

McLelan, Archibald Woodbury, 1824-1890

Business correspondence of John M. Blaikie

  • MS-2-85, SF Box 18, Folder 30
  • File
  • 1860-1902
File consists of correspondence regarding Blaikie's mercantile and shipbuilding businesses.

Blaikie, John M., 1837-1929

Business correspondence and balance sheet of Captain Alfred Gould

  • MS-2-86, SF Box 18, Folder 31
  • File
  • 1885, 1899
File consists of business and professional correspondence from various writers, including Captain Stewart Gould (some photocopies). There is also a balance sheet (ca. 1881-1888) showing loans, payments, and ships' earnings.

Gould, Alfred, Captain, 1841-1896

Harza Engineering Company fonds

  • MS-4-253
  • Fonds
  • 1955-1976, predominant 1960-1976
The records in this collection deal primarily with the energy sector, and, more specifically, hydroelectric power. Many records detail the company's attempts to start a hydroelectric project on the Bay of Fundy. Some records pertain to projects in the rest of Canada and generally to Harza itself.

Harza Engineering Company.

Lunenburg Outfitting Company fonds

  • MS-4-84
  • Fonds
  • 1877-1983
The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, sales and shipping operations, and vessel papers which document the business's operation between 1943 and 1983. Also included in the fonds are the records of the Lunenburg branch plant of Booth Fisheries Canada Company, Lunenburg Outfitting Company's president Honourable William Duff and Wilfred E. Knickle. Types of records found in the fonds are correspondence, cash books, cheque registers, fish sales and shipment books.

Lunenburg Outfitting Company.

Helen Stewart (Mackay) Maclellan's records

Subseries consists of Helen Stewart (Mackay) Maclellan's correspondence with Jean Stewart Maclellan and David Kirkpatrick Stewart Maclellan; Edward Kirkpatrick Maclellan; and Margaret Jane (MacKenzie) Maclellan and William Edward Maclellan. It also contains her mother's handwritten recipe book.

Susan Kerslake fonds

  • MS-2-662
  • Fonds
  • [after 1943] - 1994
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.

Kerslake, Susan

Atlantic Publishers Association fonds

  • MS-2-682
  • Fonds
  • 1978-1995
The fonds includes reports (1978-1995), events and conferences (1979-1991), membership (1978-1995), financial records (1978-1991), minutes (1978-1993), correspondence (1978-1985), administrative records (1978-1995), programs (1979-1992), catalogues (1978-1992), newsletters (978-1990) and photographs (1982, n.d.) related to the APA.

Atlantic Publishers Association

Dalhousie-King's Reading Club fonds

  • MS-2-456
  • Fonds
  • 1925-2010
Fonds consists primarily of meeting minutes, membership and attendance lists, programmes, a copy of the club’s sixty-fifth anniversary cookbook, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers which include photos and records related to the club’s anniversary events.

Dalhousie-King's Reading Club

Luther Burns MacKenzie fonds

  • MS-13-79
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1970
Fonds consists Luther Burn MacKenzie's speeches, miscellaneous correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and diplomas.

MacKenzie, Luther Burns

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