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Chanties by various authors

Chanties by various authors

File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.

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

Logbook of the schooner Vincent A. White

  • MS-2-107, SF Box 23, Folder 7
  • Item
  • 1923 - 1924
Item is the logbook of the tern schooner Vincent A. White on two voyages: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Glasgow, Scotland, from 26 June-7 November 1923; and Lunenburg to Havana, Cuba, from 14 February -2 April 1924.

Vincent A. White (schooner)

Everett MacDougall fonds

  • MS-2-266, SF Box 31, Folder 14-15; SF Box 35, Folder 3-5
  • Fonds
  • 1877-1937
Fonds comprises photocopies of MacDougall’s diary, reference letters, correspondence from the author Frederick William Wallace and MacDougall’s sister Alice, miscellaneous business papers, and photographs of MacDougall, other mariners, and shipping vessels.

MacDougall, Everett, 1858-1938

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.

Maersk Dubai Incident fonds

  • MS-8-203
  • Fonds
  • 1996-2000
The fonds includes letters, immigration papers, promotional materials, petitions, affidavits, evidence and general documentation of the activities of the Concern for Seafarers Witnesses Society (CSWS) in their endeavours to assist the sailors of the Maersk Dubai.

The Concerns for Seafarers Witness Society.

Shipping Reference Collection

  • MS-8-Ref
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1880]-[ca. 1970]

The Shipping Reference Collection incorporates virtually all miscellanous shipping records and reference material that were accessioned as part of "MS-8-Ref." A large portion of the collection consists of reference files on various vessels and shipping lines. A card-catalogue index known as "Master and Mates" provides references to microfilmed vessel papers, trade records, registers, and other related materials. The collection also includes photographs, slides, and published materials such as the Lloyd's Register of Ships.

The collection contains four series:

Microfilm

Shipping Line reference files

Vessel reference files

Published materials

Armour, Charles

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

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, from spring 1897 through the end of 1897, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Ames Holden Co. (Montreal), Black Bros. & Co. (Halifax), Brayley, Sons & Co. (Montreal), Champion Medicine Co. (South Ohio, NS), A. Chisholm, Merchant (Mahone Bay), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Crowell Bros. (Halifax), Davis & Lawrence Co. (Montreal), Dearborn & Co. (Saint John), De Long & Seaman (Boston), I.V. Dexter (Liverpool), Goldsoll's Diamond Palace (Chicago), Dodds Medicine Co. (Toronto), Doull & Gibson (Montreal), Equitable Savings Loan Building Association (Toronto), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Theodore H. Estabrooks (Saint John), A. Gunn & Co. (Halifax), John G. Hall & Co. (Boston), Hamilton & Company (Chebeague and Portland, ME), Harlow & Kempton (Milton, NS), Kenny & Co. (Halifax), McCall, Shehyn & Co. (Quebec), MacKenzie, Crowe & Co. (Bridgetown), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), T. Milburn (Toronto), John Millard (Liverpool), Moir, Son & Co., Bread, Biscuit and Confectionery (Halifax), J.E. Morse & Co., Teas (Halifax), J.G. Morton (Liverpool), Wm. Muir (Halifax), John Muldrew & Co. (Toronto), D.C. Mulhall (Liverpool), North National Bank (Rockland, ME), M. & H. Oxner (Chester Basin), Frank Powers (Lunenburg), A.F. Russell (Boston), St. Croix Soap Manf'g Co. (St. Stephen, NB), W.H. Schwartz & Co. (Halifax), A. & W. Smith & Co. (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Standard Tobacco (Toronto), A.F. Stoneman & Co. (Yarmouth), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Welcome Soap Company (Saint John), Dr. Williams Medicine Company (Brockville, ON), Yarmouth Building and Loan Society, among others.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, written between July and November of 1904, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, and telegram cables. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Ames Holden Company (Saint John), Amherst Boot & Shoe Manufacturing Co., Archibald Company (Truro), Geo. E. Barbour (Saint John), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Jas. A. Brook Co. (Montreal), Buckler Brick Co. (Annapolis Royal), Amos Burns (Clementsport, NS), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Canadian Drug Co. Ltd. (Saint John), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), E. Frank Close (Boston), G.W. Cole & Co. (New York), J.N. Creed & Co. (Halifax), Crown Silver Plate (Toronto), De Long & Seaman (Boston), Wm. H. Edgett (Moncton), Empire Tobacco Company (Montreal), Ganong Bros. Confectioners (St. Stephen), Gunn & Co. (Halifax), Harlow & Kempton (Milton, NS), Levi Hart & Son, Limited (Halifax), Henderson & Potts Limited (Halifax), Herald Remedy Co. (Chicago), L. Higgins & Co. (Moncton), Katie B.L. Hogg (Shelburne), Imperial Oil Company, London Rubber Company (Montreal), McAlpin Consumers Tobacco Co. (Toronto), Manchester, Robertson & Allison (Saint John), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J.E. Morse & Co. teas (Halifax), Nickerson, Grant & Co. (Yarmouth), T.W. Quinn (Liverpool), St. John Milling Co. (West Saint John), W.E. Sanford Manufacturing Co (Hamilton), R.B. Seeton & Co. (Halifax), Simson Bros Co. wholesale druggists (Halifax), S.A. Skillings & Son (Portland, ME), Slater Shoe Co. (Montreal), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), John Tobin & Co. tea department (Halifax), United Lumber Company (Halifax), Arthur N. Whitman (Halifax), A.N. Whitman & Son (Canso), White & Blanchard (Shelburne), among others.

Telegraph cables from William McMillan regarding shipment of goods, and cables to McMillan regarding receipt of goods shipped

File contains telegraph cables written by William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation of shipment of goods, and cables written to McMillan regarding receipt of goods shipped, between 1903 and 1905. File also contains four additional handwritten correspondence from McMillan.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, (and a few from McMillan) written between September 1908 and December 1908, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), American Net & Twine Company (Boston), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), W.R. Brock (Montreal), Brookfield Brothers (Halifax), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), A.B. Crosby & CO. (Halifax), De Long & Seaman (Boston), Lemuel Dunlop (Sable River), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), J.W. Grant & Co. (Yarmouth), Hewson Woolen Mills (Amherst), L. Higgins & Co (Moncton), R.J. Lovell (Montreal), J.E. Lloyd (Bridgetown), Lovitt & Lovitt (Yarmouth), McAlpin Tobacco Company (Truro), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Meeker & Company (New York), National Phonograph Co. (Orange, NJ), John W. Peck (Montreal), J. Henry Peters Co. (Toronto), L.C. Prime (West Saint John), H.P. Robertson (Saint John), William Roche (Halifax),St. John Milling Co. Limited, Scottish FIsh Hook Factory (Glasgow), R.B. Seeton & CO. (Halifax), A. & W. Smith Co. (Halifax), George E. Smith (Halifax), Smith Bros. (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm Stairs Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stainfield Limited Manufacturers (Truro), Robert Sutherland & Son (Clyde River, NS), Robert Taylor & Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne (Saint John), Tower Canadian Oiled Clothing Company (Toronto), John C. Winston Co. (Toronto), Wolverton Milling Commpany Limited (Saint John), among others.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, written between April 1911 and September 1911, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Barclay-Clements (Boston), Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), A.M. Bell (Halifax), Edwin Bower (Shelburne), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Montreal), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. [successors to De Long, Seaman & Co. as of May 1911] (Boston), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Saint John), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), Furness, Withy & Co. (Halifax), J.W. Grant (Yarmouth), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), C.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Manchester Robinson Allison, Mann, Byars & Co. (Glasgow), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), Ogilvie Flour Mills (Montreal), Payzant & King (Halifax), Frank Powers (Lunenburg), Queen Charlotte Islands Collieries (Vancouver, BC), Wm. Robertson & Son (Halifax), Saint John Milling Company, R.B. Seeton (Halifax), T.A. Slocum Limited (Toronto), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), James H. Tarr (Gloucester), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne (Saint John), among others.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, written between April 1912 and August 1912, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, as well as a few back order forms. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.F. Allen & Co. (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Brayley Drug Copmany Limited (Saint John), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Saint John), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Coté, Boivin & Cie (Chicoutimi, QC), H.H. Crosby Company Limited (Hebron, NS), Davis & Lawrence Co. (Montreal), Dominion Corset Company (Quebec), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. Limited (Truro), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Saint John), Thomas A. Edison Incorporated (Orange, NJ), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), F.L. Estabrooks (Sackville, NB), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Jed Frye & Co. (New York), James Goldie Co. Limited (Guelph, ON), Gourock Ropework Export Co. Limited (West Montreal), Gunn & Co. (Halifax), Gunns Limited (Toronto), Halifax Cold Storage Company, G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Harlow & Kempton (Milton, NS), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Hutchings & Co. (Saint John), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada (Montreal), Thomas Laughlin Co. (Portland, ME), R.J. Lovell (Montreal), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), McLeod Milling Co. (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Mann, Byars & Co. (Glasgow), I.H. Mathers (Halifax), Matthews, Towers & Co. (Montreal), Meeker & Company, coal (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug & Chemical Co. (Halifax), Nova Canneries Limited (Halifax), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Pierce, Austin-Caswell, LIvermore Co. (Boston), Reindeer Limited (Truro), Robin, James & Whitman (Lunenburg/Halifax), Sackville Hay & Feed Co. Limited (Sackville, NB), H.S. Scott (Saint John), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), F.K. Warren (Halifax), Wilson, Lytle & Badgerow (Toronto), Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Toronto), among others

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between June 1914 and October 1914, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence. File also contains the beginnings of some merchants' concerns regarding shortages stemming from the outbreak of the Great War.

File contains correspondence regarding wartime concerns from the following receivers and brokers: W.R. Brock Company (Montreal; regarding French-made #80 DMC in cordenette white), Boston Varnish Company (regarding war-time price uncertainty), Brandram-Henderson (Halifax, regarding "import[ing certain goods] from countries where it is now impossible to obtain further supplies"), Chronicle Publishing Co. (Halifax, regarding the sale of "a history of the great conflict now raging in Europe" for two months at this stage), Greenshields Limited (Montreal, regarding a "good season for dress goods" despite the "war-time dullness of many lines" and the fact that "French goods are cut off entirely [and that some] raw materials such as dyestuffs come from Germany and Austria exclusively"), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne, reassuring clients that their company is "absolutely and entirely British"), J.L. Lovitt (Yarmouth, regarding the "feverish state of the wheat market" and reduced supplies), J.E. Morse & Co. (Halifax, about wartime demands having "completely exhausted [the supplies of] the popular selling teas"), Nova Scotia Belgian Relief Fund (Halifax; from Arthur Barnstead), Patterson Candy Company (Toronto, reassuring that they "have been strongly opposed to making any advance in price unless positively forced to it", and slamming those "who would delight in getting more for his product on account of the abnormal condition"), Oxford Manufacturing Company (Oxford, NS, "we are facing a famine in dyestuffs"), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough, re: "extreme scarcity of cash oats [...compelling] us to put further advances into effect), W.H. Schwartz & Sons (Halifax, about the withdrawal of a printed list of supplies based on "the very uncertain conditions surrounding the spice business brought about by the war"), R.B. Seeton (Halifax, "we do not know from one day to another what the price will be"), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth, regarding "the [appalling] effect of this horrible war on commercial conditions throughout the world"), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax, assuring customers that "all prices will be based on ruling market price ONLY"), W.H. Thorne (Saint John, regarding the purchase of "patriotic selections" of records), Willett Martin (New York, anticipating that "stove coal will be very scarce during the Fall and Winter months"), Warwick Bros & Rutter (Toronto, about installing "patriotic windows").

File contains other standard business correspondence from: Acadia Gas Engine Co. (Bridgewater), Edward M. Alden (Boston), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour (Saint John), Sidney R. Baxter (Boston), A.M. Bell & Co. (Halifax), Geo. C. Boudreau (Meteghan Station, NS), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Canadian Cereal and Flour Mills (Galt, ON), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Oil Companies (Toronto), Canadian Poster Company (Montreal, regarding a Stanfields promotion), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth (Boston), McCormick & Stronach (Clementsport, NS), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), Davis & Lawrence (Montreal), Eagle Oil & Supply Co. (Boston), Eastern Shirts Limited (Truro), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry (Sackville, NB), Frank Fales (Saint John), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), John Forsyth Company (Berlin, ON), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal, via Glasgow), Gunns Limited (West Toronto), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Ida Harlow (Sable River West), Hawboldt & Evans (Chester), Hilford Fur Farm (Port Hilford, NS), N. Hingley & Sons (Dudley, UK), Ideal Bedding (Toronto), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Co. (Saint John), Maritime Cap Limited (Moncton), Meeker & Company (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J.L. Morton (Lower Argyle), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), Neville Canneries (Port Mouton, NS), M.A. Nickerson (Clark's Harbour), Northern-Electric (Halifax), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Payzant & King (Halifax), Redmond Company Limited (Montreal), W.G. Robertson (Halifax), Salada Ceylon Tea (Montreal), W.E. Sanford (Hamilton, ON), Scovil Bros. (Saint John), I.B. Shaffner (Halifax), Shives Lumber Company (Campbellton, NB), Southern Salvage Company (Liverpool), H.D. Starratt (Paradise, NS), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Trojan Waist Co. (Philadelphia), Viscol Company (Boston), Waldron Drouin Co. (Montreal), Welsford L. Watt (Halifax), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by)William McMillan, Lockeport, between April 1921 and July 1921, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his 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 Limited (Bridgewater), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), American Rolling Mill Co. (Middletown, OH), Baird Company Limited (Woodstock, NB), G.E. Barbour (Saint John), The Barrett Company (Halifax), The Beaver Company (Thorold, ON), J. & T. Bell (Montreal), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canada Feed & Oil (Halifax), Canadian Fisheries Association (Vancouver), Canadian Oil Companies (Toronto), M.P. Cook & Co. (Yarmouth), J.F. Creaser Co. (LaHave), H.H. Crosby Co. (Hebron), Wellesley G. Crouse (Middlewood), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), R.H. Davis & Co. (Yarmouth), Thos. P. DeWolfe & Son (Yarmouth), W.G. Dexter (Barrington), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Halifax), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Fleetwood Footwear (Saint John), H. Flowers & Son (Halifax), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), W.J. Giffin (Sable River), Geo. C. Goodfellow (Montreal), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Pictou), L. Harlow & Son (Sable River West), L. Higgins & Company (Moncton), H.G. Hines (Central Argyle), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), I.S. Johnson & Co. (Boston), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Larned, Carter & Co. (Toronto), Libby, McNeill & Libby (Halifax), Lincoln, Potter & Co. (Toronto), Liverpool Coal & Supply Co., John Lockett & Son (Bridgetown), Lunenburg Foundry Co., T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Company, Maritime Cap Manufacturers (Moncton), Maritime Nursery Co. (Milton), Maritime Tire and Rubber Company (Saint John), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company (Halifax), Northern Electric (Halifax), Nova Scotia Clay Works (Elmsdale), Nova Scotia Fertilizer Co. (Halifax), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron CO., R.E. Pinkham (Barrington), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, Retail Merchants Underwriters Agency (Halifax), Review Publishing Company (of the Dalhousie Review, Halifax), W.H. Schwartz & Sons (Halifax), Scythes & Company Limited (Halifax), Sidd Suspender Co. (Moncton), Smith Brokerage Co. (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax), Stickney & Poor Spice Co. (Halifax), Sussex Manufacturing Co., T.C. Swaine (Barrington), A.E. Thorbourn (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Tooke Bros. (Montreal), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), Yarmouth Trading Co., among 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 September 1922 and December 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:
Ames Holden McCready (Montreal), Amherst Boot & Shoe Co., Anglo-Canadian Feed Co. Ltd. (Halifax), J.E. Armstrong (Liverpool, an application for a job after [incorrectly] hearing of the "death of Mr McMillan" and there now being a "vacancy that you no doubt will find hard to fill"), Atlantic Waxed Paper Company (Sussex, NB), L.E. Baker & Co. (Yarmouth), C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines), Barrett Company (Saint John), Bauld Bros. (Halifax, regarding their forthcoming retirement), Beaver Company (Thorold, ON), A.M. Bell & Co. (Halifax), C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), Boehner's Limited (West LaHave), Bowker Fertilizer (Boston), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brock & Paterson (Saint John), Roland C. Brown (North Sydney, regarding the publication of his brother's [Thomas J.] book "Nova Scotia Place Names"), Brown Candy Co. (Halifax), Canadian Oil Companies Limited), M.P. Cook & Company (Yarmouth), Crown Pants Co. (Montreal), Davies Footwear Company (Toronto), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth), Thos P. DeWolfe & Son (Yarmouth), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Halifax), Brenda Douglas (Louis Head), Rupert Dunlop (Sable River), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. (Truro), Eastern Hay and Feed Company (Sackville, NB), E.B. Eddy Co. (Halifax), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks Co. (Saint John), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John), Charles Fawcett (Sackville, NB), H. Flowers & Son (Halifax), Gloria Light Company (Chicago), Gnaedinger Sons Limited (Montreal), Gurney Massey Company (Montreal), Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited (Halifax), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay), Emma Harlow (Sable River), James J. Harris (Halifax), A.W. Hebb (Bridgewater), Fletcher Hebb (Bridgewater), J.W. Hebb, Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), E.S. Hendry (Milton), Holeproof Hosiery (London, ON), Hunt Brothers (London, ON), Hyslop Brothers (Toronto), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bros (Montreal), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Lake of the Woods Milling Company (Montreal), William Law & Co. (Yarmouth), Liverpool Woodworking Co., Loraine Chocolate Corporation (Toronto),
T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), Maurice Mahaney (Birchtown), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Co Limited (Toronto), Willett Martin (New York), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons Limited (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy Limited (Halifax), Neville Canneries (Port Mouton), New Germany Fruit Co., F.T. Nickerson & Co. (Clark's Harbor), Nova Scotia Bedding Co. (Windsor Junction), Parisian Corset Manufacturing Company (Quebec, QC), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co. (Philadelphia), Pyke Bros. Limited (Halifax), Quaker Oats Company (Halifax), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada (regarding fire insurance), Rutherford Milling Company (Blenheim, UK), Josiah Sears (Shag Harbour), W.G.M. Shepherd (Montreal), J.A. Silver (Liverpool), Simmons Limited (Montreal), Smith Brokerage Co. (Halifax), Southern Salvage Company Limited (Liverpool), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfield's Limited (Truro), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax), Stroyan Dunwoody Company (Sunderland, formerly Craven & Speeding), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), A.E. Thorbourn (Gunning Cove), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Marion Townsend (Lydgate, regarding an application for a "girl clerk" position), T.E. Worthen (Crowell's), Yarmouth Fruit Co., among 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 several carbon copies of correspondence written by McMillan), Lockeport, between May 1923 to August 1923, 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:
Edward Allen (Yarmouth), C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines), I. & J. Barber (Sheffield, England), Bates & Innes Limited (Carleton Place, ON), C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), Bowker Fertilizer Company (Boston), W.R. Brock Co. (Montreal), Brock & Paterson (Saint John), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Buffalo Specialty Company, Owen Cameron (Moncton), Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canada Life Assurance Company, Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian General Electric Company Limited (Halifax), Canadian National Railways (Moncton), Canadian Oxo-Gas Company (Toronto), M.P. Cook & Co. (Yarmouth), Craven & Speeding Bros. (Sunderland, England), Crowe Furniture Company (Bridgewater), Beaumont Decker (McNutts Island), Dickson & Eddy Coal (New York), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Saint John), Dominion Salt & Trading Co. (Halifax), Miss E.L. Downie (Sandy Point, regarding a job application), Duktex Coat Company (Montreal), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks Co. (Saint John, regarding damaged Red Rose Tea packages), Farquhar Bros (Halifax), Firth, Thurlow & Co. (Halifax), Gordon, Mackay & Co. (Toronto), Wm. Gluckin & Co. (Toronto), Freeman Hagar (Round Bay), John Hagar (Roseway), Emma Harlow (Sable River), Lewis Harlow (Sable River West), W.F. Hatheway Co. (Yarmouth), J.A. Haugh Mfg Copmany (Toronto), A.W. Hebb (Bridgewater), J.W. Hebb, Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), E.G. Hines (Central Argyle), Holeproof Hosiery Co. (London, ON), A.W. Hopkins (Crowells), Indian Garden Farm (Bridgewater), Robt. Ingersoll & Bro. (Montreal), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), M.S. Kilby (Montreal), LaHave Creamery Co. (Bridgewater), Alberta Lisk (West Middle Sable), R.J. Lovell Co. (Toronto), Lunenburg Foundry Co., T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), McCann-Camp Company Inc. (New York), Mrs Finley MacIntosh (St. Catherines River), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), Miner Rubber Company (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), Monarch Knitting Company (Dunnville, ON), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), Neville Canneries (Port Mouton), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Nova Scotia Sea Fisheries Association (Yarmouth), A.T. O'Leary & Co. (Halifax), Waldo Oikle (Shelburne), T.L. Parkman & Company (Halifax, successors to Robert Taylor Co.), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), William Paterson Limited (Brantford, ON), Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co. (Philadelphia), R.E. Pinkham (Barrington), Progress-Enterprise Company (Lunenburg), Quaker Oats Company (Halifax), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, F.A. Robertson (Port Mouton), Geo. A. Ross (Pinehurst), Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Saint John), R.B. Seeton & Co. (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfield's Limited (Truro), John Starr Son, & Co. (Halifax), Steen Bros. & Co. (Yarmouth), Will H. Stetson (New York), Stetson, Cutler & Company (Campbellton, NB, formerly Shives Lumber Company), T.H. Taylor Co. (Chatham, ON), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Walker Bros. (Milton), among 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 August 1923 and December 1923, 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:
Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), L.E. Baker & Co. (Yarmouth), Bates & Iness (Carleton Place, ON),C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), Bowker Fertilizer Company (Boston), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Export & Import Trading Co. (Halifax), Canadian National Railways, Celtic Knitting Co. (Montreal), M.P. Cook & Co. (Yarmouth), E. & S. Currie (Toronto), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dominion Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Saint John/Halifax), Eastern Hay and Feed Company (Sackville, NB), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), Excel Footwear Co. (Halifax), Farquhar Bros. (Halifax), Charles Fawcett (Sackville, NB), Firth, Thurlow & Co. (Halifax), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Freeman Hagar (Round Bay), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Pictou), Emma Harlow (Sable River), Hastings Harlow (Sable River West), Hatfield & Co. (Hartland, NB), J.A. Haugh Mfg Company (Toronto), Indian Garden Farm (Bridgewater), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), J.J. Kinley (Lunenburg), Lakeside Farm (Hebb's Cross), Liverpool Woodworking Co., Lockett & Co. (Bridgetown), J.C. Mackinosh & Co (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), L.H. Minard (Milton), Miner Rubber Company (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), Monarch Knitting Company Limited (Dunnville, ON), Montreal Waterproof Clothing Co., J.S. Moses (Bridgetown), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), Northern Electric Company (Halifax), G.N. Reagh (Middleton), Retail Merchants' Association of Canada, Royal Print & Litho (Halifax), Jas. Simmonds Limited (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Stanfields Limited (Truro), T.C. Swaine (Barrington), T.H. Taylor Co. (Halifax), A.E. Thorbourn (Halifax, via Sandy Point), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Walker Bros. (Milton), Weston Shoe Company (Quebec), Yarmouth Fruit Co., among 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, Lockeport, between October 1925 and February 1926, 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:
Edward Allen (Yarmouth), American Agricultural Chemical Company (Boston; with agreed-upon consignment contract), Ames Holden McCready Rubber Co. (Saint John), Amherst Boot & Shoe Company, C.R. Banks (Torbrook Mines), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Barrett Company (Montreal), Bates & Innes Limited (Carleton Place, ON), C.E. Bentley & Co. (Truro), Biltmore Shirt Company (Montreal), Bras d'Or Coal Company (Little Bras d'Or Bridge), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canadian Drug Co. Limited (Saint John), Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company (Saint John), Canadian General Electric Company (Halifax), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Canadian Westinghouse Company (Halifax), Carvell Bros. (Charlottetown, PEI), Chisholm Co. Limited (Halifax), Jno. F. Clark & Co. (New York), H.S. Cook & Co. (Yarmouth), M.P. Cook & Company (Yarmouth), James Coristine & Co. (Montreal), S. Cunard & Co Limited, Anthracite (Halifax), E. & S. Currie (Toronto), Andrew Doane (Ingomar), Robert D. Doane & Co. (Barrington), Dominoin Rubber System (Maritime) Limited (Saint John), Eastern Hay and Feed Company (Sackville, NB), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), Essex Fertilizer Company (Windsor), T.H. Estabrooks Co. (Saint John), C. & E. Everett Limited (Saint John), Frank Fales & Sons (Saint John, regarding the passing of Mr Fales), Farquhar & Co. (Halifax), Charles Fawcett Limited (Sackville, NB), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Ganong Bros. Limited (St. Stephen, NB), C. Gates, Son & Co. (Middleton), Emma Goodman (Sable River), George S. Goulden (Birchtown), Gunns Limited (Saint John), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Freeman Hagar (Round Bay), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Pictou), W.L. Harding, Limited (Yarmouth), H.M. Hopper (Saint John), Imperial Oil Limited (Halifax), Indian Garden Farm (Bridgewater, Fletcher Hebb), Ingersoll Watch Co. Inc. (Montreal), Johnston and Ward (Halifax), Mrs. J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Killam Borthers (Yarmouth), Linen Thread Company (Boston), Liverpool Woodworking Co. Limited, Lunenburg Coal & Supply Co., T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), Andrew MacDonald (Port Joli), W.S. MacDonald (Halifax), J.D. McKenzie (Middleton), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Fred O. MacLeod (New Glasgow), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Co. (Toronto), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), L.H. Minard (Milton), G.P. Mitchel & Sons (Halifax), J. & T. Morris (Charlottetown, PEI), M.M. Munroe (Bridgewater), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company (Halifax), Northern Electric Company (Halifax), Nova Scotia Bedding Co. (Windsor Junction), A.T. O'Leary & Co. (Halifax), Osborne Company (Toronto), Phonograph Salon Limited (Saint John), Pickford and Black (Halifax), Pyke Bros. (Halifax), Rafuse & Eisenhauer Limited (Bridgewater), G.N. Reagh & Sons (Middleton), Frank Reardon Limited (Halifax), Retail Merchants Association of Canada, J.M. Robinson & Sons Limited (Saint John), William Roche (Halifax), Joseph Salter's Sons Limited (North Sydney), Smith Brokerage (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow Limited (Halifax), Steel Furnishing Company (New Glasgow), Steele, Briggs Seed Co. (Toronto), Steen Bros. (Yarmouth), J.H. Thorburn (Sandy Point), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Geo. E. Van Buskirk Co. (Halifax), F.K. Warren (Halifax), Fred S. White & Co. (St. Stephen, NB), Whiting Seed Co. (Halifax), Wolverton Flour Mills Co. (Toronto), Yarmouth Fruit Company, among others.

Business correspondence to C. Locke & Co., Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

File contains business correspondence addressed largely to Clifford Locke (a couple pieces to Stanley Locke) of C. Locke & Co., Lockeport, from late-October 1896 to late-summer 1897, regarding receipt of shipment of goods (or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas). File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: E.D. Adams (Halifax), Halifax Banking Company (Canning, NS), George Ackhurst, Broker (Halifax), Burrell-Johnson Iron Co. (Yarmouth), Black Bros. & Co. (Halifax), Barclay, Clements & Co. (Boston), Confederation Life Association (Halifax), E. Frank Close (Boston), De Long & Seaman (Boston), Laura C. Dimocks (Claremont), Robert Dawson & Sons (Bridgewater), Eaton & Company (Green's Landing, Maine), Inness, Hemeon & Co. (Liverpool, NS), Pearson, Forbes & Covert (Halifax), Gurney Massey Company (Montreal), Gurney Foundry Company (Toronto), Rupert Gardiner (Brooklyn, NS), Hamilton & Co. (Chebeague, Maine), Imperial Oil Co. Limited (Saint John), T.C. Johnson & Sons (Halifax), Boston Marine Insurance Company (Yarmouth), John Millard (Liverpool), S.B. Miller & Co. (New York), Wm. Muir, Son & Co. (Halifax), J.P. Mitchell & Co. (Mill Village, NS), Matthew & McLean (Souris, PEI), R. Tanner & Son (Pictou), Henry H. Pike (New York), Parker, Eakins & Co. (Yarmouth), J.T. Twining for Quebec Fire Assurrance Company, Rowley & Davies (London), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), A. & W. Smith (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), John B. Young (Lunenburg), and others.

Sailing Ship - "Swanhilda"

Copy photo of a painting of a four-masted sailing ship keeling to one side in rough seas. Annotated: Built Dumbarton, 1890. Reg. Glasgow. Swanhilda Ship Co. - New Glasgow N. S. James C. MacGregor". Negative is also available: PC-2-307-106

Sailing Ship - "Helga"

Copy photo of a painting of a three-masted sailing ship marked: "Helga". Pennants flying include those with the initials "G K" and the name "Helga". Three small sailing vessels are also depicted in the background. Print copy is also available: PC-2-334-63
Recording of an interview with Keith Crow and other recordings

Recording of an interview with Keith Crow and other recordings

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds describing a group of children playing in a water hole; sounds of children playing; Barbara Hinds talking about her visit with Keith Crow in George River; Keith Crow playing the guitar; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Crow about shipping fish.
Recording of an interview with Captain Doug Creaser

Recording of an interview with Captain Doug Creaser

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Captain Doug Creaser, the area superintendent in charge of the department of transportation's sea lift. Creaser is from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Creaser talks about shipping in the north.

Photographs of the destruction caused at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the Brown Spruce longhorn beetle

File contains 68 photographs taken largely by Bill Freedman (but also by Sweeney) at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2000. Photographs show aerial and up-close examples of the destruction wrought on the urban park by the invasive Brown spruce longhorn beetle, believed to arrive in the city via the nearby port.
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