Archives Catalogue

Statement of employee losses after the Halifax Explosion

MS-4-180, Box 94, Folder 1
File
1917-1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

File contains forms detailing MT&T employees' name, position, address, and damages sustained from the Halifax Explosion. Forms document personal injury and loss of life as well as damage to personal property.

The working class of metropolitan Halifax, 1850-1889

MS-9-16, Reel 1
File
1975

Part of Ian McKay fonds

File contains a manuscript of Ian McKay's honours thesis "The working class of metropolitan Halifax, 1850-1889." The thesis was completed as part of McKay's Bachelor of Arts (History) studies at Dalhousie University.

Employee file for Basil Andrew Purdy

MS-4-68, Box 7, Folder 24
File
1970

Part of Scott Paper Company fonds

File contains the employee file for Basil Andrew Purdy. File correspondence and reports about a fatal accident.

Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914

MS-9-16, SF Box 52, Folder 28
File
November 1980

Part of Ian McKay fonds

File contains a copy of Ian McKay's paper titled Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914. The paper was delivered in the North American History Seminar coordinated by Bruce Tucker.

McKay, Ian

Employment trends questionnaires created by Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond to generate research data for their book Librarianship and the information paradigm

MS-2-712, Box 1, Folders 2-6; Box 2, Folders 1-5; Box 3, Folders 1-5; Box 4 , Folders 1-5; and SF Box 104, Folders 18-19
File

Part of Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond fonds

Librarianship and the information paradigm / Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond

MS-2-712, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1997

Part of Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond fonds

"Lockeport Lockout" articles on Lockeport

MS-4-177, Box 10, Folder 3
File
1997

Part of Lockeport Historical Collection

File contains photocopies of newspaper clippings and a full copy of "The Coast Guard: The Voice of Shelburne County," a local newspaper published on Tuesday, September 16, 1997. The issue has an article on the Lockeport Lockout by Lewis M. Jackson.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1975-1977

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File documents Norman Hebert’s time as President of the Amherst and District Labour Council between 1975 and 1977. Records include notices of meetings and protest actions, correspondence between members of the council and executive officers, and annual reports.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1982-1984, 1988

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File includes meeting notices and minutes of the Dalhousie Labour University Committee. Norman Hebert served as a representative of the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union. Meetings took place at the Henson Centre, Dalhousie University.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1973-1974

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File documents negotiations between United Steelworkers of America Local 4883 and Enamel and Heating Products Limited, a heating equipment manufacturing company that operated a factory in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Records include meeting minutes, pension plan proposals, and wage negotiations.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1982-1985

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File documents Norman Hebert’s time as a representative of the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union in the Dalhousie Labour University Committee from 1982 to 1985. Meetings took place at the Henson Centre, Dalhousie University. Records include meeting minutes by Donald Maclean, a list of labour courses offered by Dalhousie University, and memoranda notifying committee members of meeting dates.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1971-1977

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File contains records related to Norman Hebert’s time as a committee member of the United Steelworkers of America Local 4883, Aircraft Division located in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Records include correspondence, grievance reports, and meeting minutes.

MS-9-51, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1974-1976

Part of Norman Hebert fonds

File includes meeting minutes and correspondence between the United Steelworkers of America Local 4883 and the Plant Safety Committee of the Amherst Plant No. 4 operated by Enamel and Heating Products Limited. Correspondence describes efforts to establish safety protocols after a workplace accident in 1975.

Members of the Canadian Labour Congress convention in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

PC 9, PB Box 4, Folder 1
File
1960

Part of Labour Photograph Collection

Letters written by Fred Thompson to John Bell

MS-10-2, SF Box 1, Folders 1-4
File
1976

File comprises four letters sent from Fred Thompson to John Bell between July and October, 1976. The letters provide a recounting of Thompson's time in Halifax as a labourer and labour activist and reveal an ongoing discussion between Bell and Thompson regarding labour issues and labour history.

Bell, John A.

Photographs of Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1963