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1815 - 1993 (Creation)
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- Canadian Bible Society. Nova Scotia District
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1.2 metres of textual records (11 boxes)
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The Nova Scotia District of the Canadian Bible Society began in 1810 in Truro and 1813 in Pictou and Halifax as separate Auxiliary units of the British and Foreign Bible Society in London, United Kingdom (UK). The purpose of the Society was to translate and distribute the Christian Bible to the world. In 1814 Truro joined the Halifax society while Pictou remained independent until 1910. There was also a Yarmouth Auxiliary for a time. By 1840 the NS Auxiliary had 28 branch societies throughout the province. In 1848 the branches and independent auxiliaries (except Pictou) joined to form the Nova Scotia Auxiliary. In 1904 all bible society auxiliaries in Canada joined together and Nova Scotia became an Auxiliary of the Canadian Bible Society. From 1923 to 1950 Nova Scotia District included Newfoundland. In 1929 the national society changed its name to British and Foreign Bible Society in Canada and Newfoundland until 1961, when the name changed back to the Canadian Bible Society and Nova Scotia became a District once more, without Newfoundland. Activities of the Nova Scotia society end after 2009, and the national society’s status as a non-profit association in the province ended in 2023.
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Consists of annual and executive meeting minutes for Halifax, Amherst, Cape Breton, and Yarmouth (1866-1985 with gaps), annual reports for Nova Scotia (1815-1830, 1914, 1960-1989), annual reports for Canada (1977-1989), financial statements and ledgers (1938-1976), draft constitutions and by-laws (1958-1969), newspaper clippings (1923-1981), membership lists (1971-1981), and some correspondence (1940-1986).
Also includes script and music for a play by William Baillie Hamilton in 1986; a draft and published booklet of A History of the Bible Society in Nova Scotia 1813-1963 by John Doull published in 1964; and 4 photographs of a parade float for the Halifax Natal Day Parade in 1979.
Also includes official publications including the Nova Scotia Sower newsletter (1988-1993 with gaps), the Quarterly Newsletter of the Canadian Bible Society (1961-1992), The Bible in the World magazine Canadian edition (1906-1909) and British edition (1905, 1959-1970), and the American Bible Society Record magazine (1969-1974).
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Records acquired by Nova Scotia Archives in 1995 through private donation by Ralph Kane of Halifax, NS.
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See Nova Scotia Archives’ Services page for information on copying, reproduction, and use of materials.