Showing 22 results

Consists of correspondence of the Provincial Archives from 1908 and successive Provincial Archivists from 1931 as well as subject correspondence files on a wide variety of matters, including correspondence generated from letters of enquiry, offers of potential donations and requests for documents, accession registers and accession forms, donor acknowledgements, visitor registers, enquiry registers, minutes of the Board of Trustees, and scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, photographs and other records relating to the various activities of the Public Archives.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of minute books of meetings of the Public Archives Board of Trustees.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of subject file accumulated by Phyllis R. Blakeley on a wide variety of topics relating to the administrative and operational functions of the archives.

Forms part of Provincial Archivist's correspondence and other material - Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of correspondence relating to reference inquiries concerning archival holdings and Nova Scotia history. Arranged chronologically.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of photographs of the exterior and interior of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia when it was located on the campus of Dalhousie University, Halifax. Photographs show the outside of the building and entrance, the library, the showroom (museum and art gallery), the Provincial Archivist's office, patrons, public research areas, and artefacts. Many of the photographs were undoubtedly commissioned by the Provincial Archivist, particularly those taken in the 1960s. Some of the photographs are undated.

Forms part of the Special projects recordings - Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of interviews with several people involved in the film industry in Nova Scotia: Ned Norwood, Bob Sandoz, Mrs. W.G. Ross, and Gertrude L. McCarthy. The interview with Gertrude McCarthy was conducted by Pat Kipping, film and sound archivist. The other interviews were conducted by Gordon Parsons, while undertaking the creation of the Nova Scotia filmography. Also contains a recording of a CBC Radio interview with Gertrude McCarthy.

Forms part of Provincial archivist's correspondence and other material - Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of correspondence and memoranda generated in Hugh Taylor's tenure, as well as records relating to the Society of American Archivists (SAA), Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA), and ASCRT. Arranged chronologically.

Forms part of the Special projects recordings - Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of two taped interviews with Dr. Helen Creighton, conducted for the Archives by Clary Croft. The interviews were held in Dr. Creighton's home and focussed on her career as a collector of folklore and on her recording techniques. The interviews were carried out in association with an arrangement and description project of the Helen Creighton archival material funded by the Canadian Council of Archives. Also includes question sheets and release forms signed by Dr. Creighton.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of correspondence relating to requests for information about the history of Nova Scotia, archival holdings, potential donations and acquisitions. Includes Halifax Branch of the Public Archives of Canada correspondence, 1922-1931.

Forms part of the Special projects recordings - Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of audio recordings of a cappella folksong repertoire of Fred Redden, Middle Musquodoboit.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of administrative records, including letters of enquiry, and correspondence relating to potential donations and acquisitions.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of a book used by T.B. Akins, and others, for notes relating to reference inquiries. Notebook also contains "Directions for F.S.B." [Francis Stephen Beamish] relating to the organization of books and manuscripts of the Commissioner of Public Records.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia Archives and consists of accession books that list records (including published items) acquired for permanent preservation. Includes accession registers of the Halifax Branch of the Public Archives of Canada and library accessions (1942-1979).