Collection contains both original records and reproductions of materials related to Reverend Thomas McCulloch. Items include a glass plate etching of McCulloch, microfilm copies of his books, a sample of his shorthand, a ticket to a lecture given ...
Item is a glass plate of a drawing of Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D.D. The drawing by Arthur Lismer itself is based on a painting of McCulloch by Daniel Munro. The drawing was commissioned and used for history books on Dalhousie University, like One hu...
Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book "Popery condemned by the scripture and the fathers : being a refutation of the principal popish doctrines and assertions maintained in the remarks on the Rev. Mr. Stanser's examina...
Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book, "Popery again condemned by scripture and the fathers : being a reply to a part of the popish doctrines and assertions contained on the refutation, and in the review of Dr. Cochran'...
Item is a typed copy of a letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch concerning students, likely Cunard's sons, John, Henry and Thomas, which Cunard sent to McCulloch in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Fonds contains the records of druggist J. D. B. Fraser, including receipts and invoices (1894); a ledger that was used by Fraser and MacKenna (1909); correspondence (1846-1855); the bank book of Jas A. Fraser (1899-1907); day books; prescription b...
Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Sc...
Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.
Fonds consists of materials related to the Pictou Literary and Scientific Society and includes four volumes of documents containing the society’s rules, minutes, and journal.
Steam Ship "East Riding" with Carmichael Shipyards in background, with wooden houses and a church on the hill behind. Print copy is available: PC-2-334-8
File consists of an account statement and letter from the Pictou Probate Office dated 1842 relating to fees owed on the estate of James MacIntosh, who died in the 1820s.
Item is a letter from A.C. MacDonald to Robert Murray. MacDonald was Secretary to the Liberal Party Committee in Pictou County and Township. The letter refers to the benefits of candidates attending constituency meetings prior to the 1847 election.
Item is a copy of a photograph annotated: "(Skutching Flax) Pictou Co. 1847". The photograph shows three individuals, full pose. One individual is wearing a hat and pressing flax on a wooden machine, and two individuals are wearing scarv...
Item is a reproduction of a pastel drawing of Thomas McCulloch, the first president of Dalhousie University. The drawing was produced by Munro of Pictou, Nova Scotia. The original drawing was created by Daniel Munro in 1850, after an older drawing...
File contains papers relating to the appointment as Postmaster of Alexander Cameron and John D. Cameron and two letters to Misses Sara and Jessie Cameron.
Fonds comprises notes on the students of William Lyall at the Free Church College, Halifax (1852-53), and a copy of Lyall's pamphlet, The Philosophy of Thought (1853). There are also two personal letters.
MS-2-137, SF Box 19, Folder 8; SF Box 27, Folders 1-2
Fonds
1858-1879
Fonds consists of promissary notes, an order from David M. Lead to Charles Irving, and cheques. These materials date between 1858-1879. The fonds also contains agreements from 1863-1876 as well as business correspondence.
Item is a memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor published in 1859 by George Patterson. Item includes corrections, annotations and loose notes made by Patterson.
Fonds consists of notes of lectures on logic delivered by James Ross at the Theological Seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia (1860-1861) and on Moral Philosophy at Dalhousie College (1863-1864), as well as certificates of attendance from the 1860s and a...
Item is a letter from John Crevar to William Henry Harris, dated March 15, 1864, regarding escorting "Miss Maggie" (probably Harris' young daughter, Margaret) on her journey home.
Fonds contains William McKenzie's notebook and several loose sheets detailing timber purchases; three memos to William McKenzie, including one from Jessie Hoyt, who managed the company; the second [1896] and third [1898] published annual repo...
Item is Pictou County Notary Public John McLeod's registery book of protests documenting declarations by ships' masters of circumstances beyond their control which may have given rise to loss or damages.
View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Negative is available: PC-2-315-7. Safety negative and smaller print copy also available: PC-2-3...
Collection contains over 55,000 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and prints from the Waldren Studios of New Glasgow and Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The majority of these negatives are portraits, nearly all of which are identified and dated. A n...
View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Dry plate negative and print also filed as: PC-2-315-7. Large print copy is available: PC-2-334-14
View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Safety negative and print copy also filed as: PC-2-335-6. Larger print copy is available: PC-2-3...
MS-2-147, SF Box 25, Folders 4-5 ; SF Box 26 ; SF Box 39, Folder 6
Fonds
1872-1928
Fonds comprises writs of execution, auction registers, papers regarding the barque Redento (1895), and correspondence (primarily postcards) reflecting Harris's work as High Sheriff for Pictou County.
File contains records of grocers D. Logan and Co., including invoices (1881-1883); cancelled cheques (1918); price lists; day books (1872-1900); correspondence (1872-1876); postcards (1877); ledgers (1872-1900); bills; newspaper clippings; and oth...
View of a mine site after an explosion. Damaged mine buildings and a pile of coal are in the background. Tree stumps and logs litter the area in front. A safety negative is also included. Small print copy and safety negative filed as: PC-2-335-7
Steam Ship "East Riding" with Carmichael Shipyards in background, with wooden houses and a church on the hill behind. Negative is available: PC-2-301-22
View of a mine site after an explosion. Damaged mine buildings and a pile of coal are in the background. Tree stumps and logs litter the area in front. A safety negative is also included. Wet plate negative and safety negative also filed as: PC-2-...
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Several firemen and a few other men are surveying the destruction. A factory chimney stands at ...
View of New Glasgow from the surrounding countryside, prior to the fire of April 19, 1874. A church visible at one edge. Print copy is also available: PC-2-334-13
A group of men, women and children, wearing hats and caps, standing in the foreground in front of the area destroyed in New Glasgow by the fire of April 19, 1874. A fire-carriage is in the centre of the group
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Negative also available: PC-2-317-16
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Print copy also available: PC-2-334-5
A group of men and boys, wearing hats and caps, standing in the foreground in front of the area destroyed in New Glasgow by the fire of April 19, 1874. Two horse-drawn carriages are visible at the edge of the group. Print copy also available: PC-2...
A group of men and boys, wearing hats and caps, standing in the foreground in front of the area destroyed in New Glasgow by the fire of April 19, 1874. Two horse-drawn carriages are visible at the edge of the group. Negative also available: PC-2-3...
View of New Glasgow from the surrounding countryside, prior to the fire of April 19, 1874. A church visible at one edge. Negative is also available: PC-2-317-15
File contains two indentures evidencing the sale of lands in Pictou County. The first indenture (dated 1875) records a land sale from Robert Moran to John Ives Meagher. The second indenture (dated 1876) records a sale from Alexander and Sarah A. M...
Wooden buildings with two kilns belonging to Trenton Glass Works. Homes are visible across a field in the background. Negative is available: PC-2-318-70
Three-masted sailing ship "Steinvora", built at the Carmichael yard, registered in Pictou, docked in a community with scattered buildings ashore, and a small paddle boat beside it. Print copy is available: PC-2-334-18
