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Ralph Venning Dimock fonds

  • MS-2-477, SF Box 43, Folders 1-8
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1946

Fonds comprises miscellaneous business and personal correspondence, legal documents, deeds and papers regarding property in Halifax and Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Dimock, Ralph Venning, 1867-1948

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

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 projec...

Harza Engineering Company.

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.

Gregory S. Kealey fonds

  • MS-9-27
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1978

Fonds includes papers pertaining to an arbitration between the Civil Service Commission of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Government Employees Association. The papers include correspondence, research materials, research notes, and submissions to ...

Kealey, Gregory

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

George MacKay fonds

  • MS-4-78
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1912

Fonds contains business records accumulated by George MacKay, including correspondence, receipts, and invoices.

MacKay, George

David Nelson fonds

  • MS-4-80
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1893

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

Nelson, David

Christie Trunk and Bag fonds

  • MS-4-15
  • Fonds
  • 1901-1968

Fonds contains minute books (1901-1968); financial statements (1902-1968); general ledgers (1949-1968); reports to shareholders; legal papers (1901-1964); correspondence (1920); catalogues; and other records from Christie Bros. and Co. and Christi...

Christie Trunk and Bag

Robb Engineering fonds

  • MS-4-14
  • Fonds
  • 1851-1956

Fonds contains the business records of Robb Engineering Co. Ltd., including an engine record book (1893-1902); deeds, indentures, and agreements (1879-1905); plans, catalogues, and photographs (1890-1950); plans of engines and boilers (1898-1956);...

Robb Engineering Works Ltd.

Rufus Dickie fonds

  • MS-4-65
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1922

Fonds contains day books (1909-1920); ledgers (1909-1922); journals (1912-1919); correspondence (1916-1922); and other records from Rufus Dickie, lumber merchant.

Dickie, Rufus Edward

Jonathan Steele fonds

  • MS-2-70
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1864-1918

Fonds consists of correspondence, financial papers, bills and crew information, some of which relates to a ship called "Habitant."

Steele, Jonathan

George Farquhar fonds

  • MS-2-237, Box 1
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1968

This fonds consists primarily of records related to the Board of Governors collected by Farquhar during his time on the board, including minutes; the report A Survey and Plan of Fund-raising for Dalhousie University; and a file of correspondence, ...

Farquhar, George

Richard L. Raymond fonds

  • MS-2-556, SF Box 44, Folder 27 ; SF Box 44, Folders 20-26; SF Box 45, Folders 1-12
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1975

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 poetr...

Raymond, Richard Lattin, 1932-1991

O'Brien Family fonds

  • MS-4-242
  • Fonds
  • 1838-1876

The fonds consists predominantly of correspondence and vessel papers. The fonds also contains records that document the family's business activity, particularly that of Joseph O’Brien.

O'Brien Family

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.

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 ...

Lunenburg Outfitting Company.

Dalhousie Faculty of Law fonds

  • UA-13
  • Fonds
  • 1822-2000

Fonds contains records created by the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law and its faculty members.

Dalhousie University. Faculty of Law.

Starr Manufacturing Co. Ltd. fonds

  • MS-4-9
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1897

Fonds contains a short history of Starr Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and a letter book from the company.

Starr Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

James P. Mitchell and Co. fonds

  • MS-4-30
  • Fonds
  • 1881-1903

File contains records from lumber merchants James P. Mitchell & Co., including ledgers (1881-1893); day books (1881-1897); journals (1888-1891); cash books (1887-1903); and letter books (1885-1902).

James P. Mitchell and Co.

J.H. and J.W. Seaman fonds

  • MS-2-64
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1865]-1919

Fonds consists of ledgers, cash books and letter books.

Seaman, J.H.

George E. Smith Company fonds

  • MS-4-22
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1916

The George E. Smith Company, named after its founder, was a hardware company in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon Smith's death on February 16, 1916, the company remained in operation. The fonds includes the correspondence (including financial trans...

George E. Smith Company.

Cyril R. Smith fonds

  • MS-4-176
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1923

Fonds contains business correspondence regarding the purchase of a boiler. Fonds also contains a specification for a boiler manufactured by John Inglis Company.

Smith, Cyril R.

Robert Dawson and Son fonds

  • MS-4-43
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1892

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

Robert Dawson and Son.

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.

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.

MacDonald and Westaway fonds

  • MS-4-18
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1886

Fonds contains a microfilm reel containing a letter book from MacDonald and Westaway, dated August 2, 1883 to April 10, 1886.

MacDonald and Westaway

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

Edgar Jenkins Vickery fonds

  • MS-2-308, SF Box 36, Folders 27-40
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1958

Fonds comprises primarily Vickery's business correspondence with authors and publishers. There are also several letters to Katherine Vickery Kay regarding the Yarmouth Historical Society.

Vickery, E.J., 1862-1940

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.

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.

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.

United Textile Workers of America Local 152 fonds

  • MS-9-2
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1952

Fonds includes correspondence, contract documents, district council documents, annual conference proceedings/documents, information about the conference on trade union rights in 1951-1952, press releases issued by the United Textile Workers of Ame...

United Textile Workers of America. Local 152.

S. St. C. and H. Jones fonds

  • MS-4-32
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1911

Fonds contains the business records of S. St. C. and H. Jones, including letter books from November 17, 1908 to December 21, 1911.

S. St. C. and H. Jones

William Robertson and Son Ltd. fonds

  • MS-4-41
  • Fonds
  • 1871-1978

Fonds contains the records of William Robertson and Son Ltd., including ledgers (1871-1939); ledger cards (1941-1968); invoices (1892-1907, 1942-1968); deeds (1908, 1919); inventories (1941-1967); cash books (1939-1968); sheets from stock books (F...

William Robertson and Son Ltd.