Archives Catalogue

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, June 20, 1921

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 9
Item
June 20, 1921

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated June 20, 1921 from Windsor, Nova Scotia, discussing the difficult transition from a military life to legal life: the "realization that I was studying law and not deciphering code messages from Prime Minister [Viktor] Pepelaev."

Postcard of Childwall Church in Liverpool

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 146
Item
[between 1900 and 1916]

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent to Clare Gass in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The front image of the postcard is of the Childwall Church in Liverpool, England.

Smallest Rabbit and related documents and photographs

MS-2-646, Box 10, Folder 21
File
1993-1998

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains a copy of "Smallest Rabbit" by Joyce Barkhouse and illustrated by Barbara Martin, published by Lancelot Press, along with correspondence regarding the book and photographs of Barkhouse and Martin with the book. The file also contains a copy of Barkhouse's speech about the book, a partial draft, and order form.

Photograph of Edith Raddall with her children beside her husband's car, taken at Summerville

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes a 1936 Chevrolet.

On mistaken zeal

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
1776

Part of Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

Item is a handwritten sermon.

On the happiness of dying in the Lord

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1778

Part of Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

Item is a handwritten sermon.

On our Saviour's entry into Jersusalem

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
1778

Part of Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

Item is a handwritten sermon.

On Christian conversation

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
1788

Part of Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

Item is a handwritten sermon.

Portrait of Captain Jock Douglas

MS-2-266, PB 5, Folder 64, Item 2
Item
[189-?]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a photograph of Captain Jock Douglas (or possibly Jack Douglas or Jonathan Douglas) of Maitland. The photograph was taken by Douglass of Brooklyn, New York.

Douglass

Print of the "Barque Snow Queen"

MS-2-266, PB 4, Folder 42
Item
[ca. 1872]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a print of a sketch of the Barque(bark) Snow Queen. The writing on the back states that the ship (984 tons) was built in Maitland, N.S. in 1872.

Investment ledger of A.P. Shand

MS-2-248, SF Box 48, Folder 19
Item
1872-1893

Item contains a ledger listing A.P. Shand's investments in sailing vessels and local companies, dividends received (1873-1893), and a list of assets (1883-1893).

Shand, A.P.

Photograph of memorial in Hants County, Nova Scotia

MS-3-46, Box 54, Folder 42, Item 15
Item
1977

Part of Centre for Art Tapes fonds

Item is a photograph of a memorial somewhere in Hants County, Nova Scotia. The photograph was exhibited at the Centre for Art Tapes during a 1977 exhibition of photography and video by Bruce Sparks, Vikky Swettenham and Theodore Wan.

Right of way agreement between Culverwell Holdings Limited and F. H. Brison & Sons for a property in Noel, Hants County, Nova Scotia

MS-4-135, Box 201, Folder 26
File
1957; 1977

Part of Oland and Son fonds

File consists of legal documents and correspondence regarding the right of way agreement between Culverwell Holdings Limited and F. H. Brison & Sons Limited.

Photographs of ships and shipbuilding activities

PC-2-61
Collection
1885-1900

Collection consists of photographs of ships and shipbuilding activities.

Colchester Historical Society

Frieze and Roy fonds

MS-4-57
Fonds
1838-1941

Fonds comprises general business correspondence, financial records and legal records, primarily indentures and insurance policies. There are also sales and operations records and vessel records, including insurance policies, charter parties and printed protests. Family records include estate papers, and records created and collected during David Frieze's tenure as a justice of the peace for Hants County, as well as electoral records and records created by Maitland Presbyterian Church, Sons of Temperance, and the Maitland School.

Frieze and Roy

Indenture between the Director, The Veteran's Land Act and Col. Sidney C. Oland regarding to the property in Hants County, Nova Scotia making up the Northfield Farms

MS-4-135, Box 201, Folder 28
Item
1960

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Material relating to property in Hants County, Nova Scotia making up the Northfield Farms purchased from William Alexander Hennigar

MS-4-135, Box 201, Folder 30
File
1965

Part of Oland and Son fonds

File consists of legal documents, correspondence and a title search report regarding the Hennigar property in Northfield, Hants County, Nova Scotia.

O'Brien, Ellen J., Miss

PC2, Box 55, Folder 76
File
May 1904

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young woman, looking to the side; bust

McKenzie, J. W.

PC2, Box 48, Folder 35
File
November 1903

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man standing with hands behind his back; 3/4 pose

Robertson, D. L., Mrs. - baby of

PC2, Box 111, Folder 37
File
December 1897

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One baby seated in wicker chair; full pose

Huggins, Milton

PC2, Box 128, Folder 66
File
September 1902

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One child standing on a wicker chair and one baby seated on its arm; full pose

McArthur, D. R. - children of

PC2, Box 177, Folder 51
File
August 1909

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two children seated side by side on a wicker chair

Ross, Mrs. Dr. - children of

PC2, Box 186, Folder 31
File
1910

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two girls and one boy; bust

Mrs. Roy Culloch

PC2, Box 369, Folder 159
File
[ca. 1959]

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

baby

Fisher, J. D.

PC2, Box 236, Folder 41
File
December 1917

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one man, in one of which he is facing to the side; bust

Cunningham, J. J., Mrs. - son of

PC2, Box 321, Folder 577
File
April 1929

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young boy seated on a pillar, facing to the side; full pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 29-127

Photograph of Mrs. Viola Hanes at her retirement after twenty-five years of service on the exchange in Kennetcook Nova Scotia

MS-4-180, Box 3, Folder 57
Item
1977

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Item is a photograph of Hanes standing at a table at the Kennetcook open house to mark the conversion to dial telephones at the Kennetcook exchange, where she was honoured after twenty-five years of service.

The Bill Lynch Shows' receipts for the Cook House

MS-4-218, Box 1, Folder 18
File
[195-?]

Part of The Bill Lynch Shows fonds

File contains a receipt book for June to September. Locations include Windsor, Gander, Corner Brook, and Grand Falls.

The Bill Lynch Shows' receipt book for the country store

MS-4-218, Box 1, Folder 19
File
June 1951 - September 1951

Part of The Bill Lynch Shows fonds

File contains a receipt book for the country store from June to September 1951. Locations include Lawrencetown, Windsor, Grand Falls, and Corner Brook.

Maxine Tynes and Donna Smyth : Women speaking about peace

UA-47, Box 37, Reel 1273
File
November 1985

Part of CKDU Radio fonds

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode features Nova Scotian authors Maxine Tynes and Donna Smyth on peace.

Maxine Tynes and Donna Smyth readings

UA-47, Box 37, Reel 1276
File
November 3, 1985

Part of CKDU Radio fonds

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode features readings by Nova Scotian authors Maxine Tynes and Donna Smyth. The episode was recorded November 3, 1985 and aired November 6, 1985.

Victoria Hotel fonds

MS-4-53
Fonds
1899 - 1928

Fonds contains early nineteenth-century records of the Victoria Hotel, including cash books (1903-1913); ledgers (1902-1914); and guest registers (1899-1928).

Victoria Hotel

Photograph of two men reeling a fish and prepping a net from a canoe on Mersey River near Maitland, below Mill Falls

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 18
Item
[ca. 1965]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Film Bureau on the reverse side, though it has been struck through.

Photograph of Thomas Head signing autographs for students

MS-2-202, Oversized Box 8, Folder 12
Item
May 1946

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Gass Family Postcard Collection

MS-2-315
Collection
1903-1921

Collection contains postcards written and collected by the Gass family of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The postcards are primarily of Nova Scotia and some, but not all, have handwritten notes. There are also postcards of Montreal, New York, Washington and Victoria. The majority are written to or from Clare Gass.

Gass Family

Postcard of Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 86
Item
1906

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent from Clare Gass in Windsor, Nova Scotia to her mother in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The postcard depicts Christ Church in Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Postcard of an old church in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 143
Item
[between 1900 and 1916]

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard send to Blanchard Gass in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia from a friend in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. The senders name is illegible. The image on the front of the postcard is of an old church in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia.

Postcard of a general view of Montreal, Quebec

MS-2-315, PB Box 2, Folder 163
Item
1909

Part of Gass Family Postcard Collection

Item is a postcard sent to Clare Gass in Montreal, Quebec from Athelstan in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The front image is of a general view of Montreal, Quebec.

On the reasonableness of religion

MS-2-25, SF Box 16, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
1787

Part of Sermons by Reverend William Ellis

Item is a handwritten sermon.

Photograph of the "Avon Queen"

MS-2-266, PB 4, Folder 37
Item
[after 1918]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Avon Queen taken by Isaac Erb and Son, Saint John. Writing on back states that the ship (939 tons) was built at Hantsport, N.S. in 1918. Also says, "a four-masted schooner at Saint John, N.B." and "as the Jessie Louise Farquier"

Notes and correspondence regarding a visit to Brooklyn District Elementary School

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 46
File
1991

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Talk at the Helen Creighton Folklore Day at the Uniacke House in Mount Uniacke

MS-2-650.2014-047, Box 71, Folder 38
File
2002

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence from Budge Wilson to publishers

MS-2-650, Box 12, Folder 13
File
1989

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains copies and drafts of letters from Budge Wilson to various publishers.

Postcards and prints of musicians and churches

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 24
File
1912, 1916

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two postcards of churches, one of Trinity Church and Wall Street in New York, and the other of Hensley Memorial Chapel and Convocation Hall, King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. The file also includes miscellaneous prints removed from magazines of organs, opera singer Annie Beaumont, pianist Franklin Taylor, and a drawing "Leur Fils" by P. Eschbach.

Photograph of a muddy two-track road with much fallen tree limbs, near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 17, Item 50
Item
[198-]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Hants Shore Health Centre

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 29
File
1993

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with the Hants Shore Health Centre. Materials include two letters regarding a contribution to their anthology "ShoreLines" and handwritten prose on loose leaf.

Plan map of part of Ellershouse, undated

MS-2-693, OS Folder 6
File
[19--]

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

File contains a plan map for part of Ellershouse, a rural community in the Municipal District of West Hants.

Correspondence relating to Elisabeth Mann Borgese's 75th birthday

MS-2-744, Box 6, Folder 18
File
1993

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with Thomas "Tom" Harris, Gunter Görner, Renate Platzöder, and Tim Shaw, on the occasion of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's 75th birthday. Also includes a series of faxed invitations to a party hosted by Mann Borgese.

Indenture between Albert S. Eddy and Myrtle Blanche Eddy and Col. Sidney C. Oland regarding to the property in Hants County, Nova Scotia making up the Northfield Farms