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Watson Smith family
Fonds · 1892-2001

Fonds consists of correspondence (1928-2001), diaries (1892-1893, 1900-1980 with gaps), notebooks (1940-1944) and photographs (ca1894-2001) documenting rural life in early 20th century Shubenacadie, as well as the experiences of Harry Smith while stationed at a Royal Canadian Air Force base in England during the Second World War.

Most correspondence files relate to Harry Smith, and include letters he wrote to his mom, dad and sister while serving overseas, letters Harry received from friends during and after the War, and letters Harry wrote to his brother Cullen’s son Donne in the 1990s. Some correspondence files are of Cullen and Gwen Smith to their son Donne (1963-1977).

The diaries were kept daily by Watson Smith (1900, 1942-1945, 1949-1951) giving short entries on the weather, jobs being done by different members of family, and whether business was slow or brisk that day; sporadic entries by Cullen (1927, 1958, 1975-1976, 1980) on the weather and visits from family and friends; and daily entries by Jeanetta for all of 1949, and first six months of 1966 on her daily housework, cooking, church attendance and family members’ activities and illnesses. There is also one diary with cryptic one or two-line entries from Thomas B. Lynch, an ancestor of Cullen’s wife Gwen (1892-1893).

The notebooks were written by Harry during WWII and contain technical information on airplanes, names of maintenance crews and pilots, and statistics for their Squadron, as well as jokes, short stories, and comments from bicycling around England on his days off.

Most photographs were taken by Harry and depict pilots, officers and soldiers on and off duty, airplanes, Harry’s accommodations and bicycle while in the United Kingdom. Other photographs include family and places in Shubenacadie such as the family store, churches, and the war monument, Harry’s machine-building projects, and the former Halifax Airport on Chebucto Road.

Watson Smith family
Fonds · 1937-1979

Fonds consists of of various minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, constitutions, reports. correspondence, financial statements, and memorandums.

Canadian Association of University Teachers
Fonds · 1958-1997

Consists of copies of the published Register of Physiotherapists issued by the Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists (1977-1997), the annual reports of the College (1992-1997), newsletters issued by the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (1977-1997), minutes of the annual meetings of the Nova Scotia Branch (1979-1997), and its executive committee (1991-1992), materials relating to Physiotherapy Week (1995-1997), briefs submitted by the association and its predecessors to government commissions of inquiry or consultations (1958-1993), materials related to annual meetings of the national association held in Halifax in 1969 and 1982 as well as annual reports of the national association (1986-1994) , some conference programs (1988, 1990, 1991, 1993) and salary scale information collected by the association (1996-1988).

Nova Scotia Physiotherapy Association
Fonds · 1883-1982, predominant 1883-1958

Fonds contains three series: Partnership registration books and other material; Sector specific registration books and other records; and Nova Scotia Company incorporation ledgers and other records.

Fonds consists of registers and indexes documenting the incorporation and registration of commercial companies and partnerships, cooperative associations, fishermen's bait associations, credit unions, bodies incorporated under the Marshlands Reclamation Act, fruit companies, fishing vessels, non-profit organizations, rural telephone companies, county stations registered under the Fishermen's Federation Act, and blueberry associations. Includes registers, 1883-1982, and indexes, 1883-1967. Some registers contain their own indexes. Also includes bank, insurance company and joint stock company returns, ca. 1862-1883.

Nova Scotia. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies
Fonds · 1750-1967

Series contains records relating to the disposition of property of deceased persons in Halifax County as administered through the Court of Probate.

Series consists of two sub-series of records: Wills recorded at Halifax County registry of deeds 1750-1967 and Estate files 1750-1930

Halifax County Court of Probate
2023-024 · Fonds · 1984-2007

Consists of letters sent between Batstone and Perrot. The subjects of the letters vary, but common themes include choral pursuits, mutual acquaintances, weather, future plans, professional activities, Batstone’s life working in the government of Newfoundland, and Perrot’s life as a member of the LGBTQ community Batstone and Perrot also occasionally shared works written for other people, such as emails, speeches, and C.V.s. Perrot and Batstone’s correspondence began in 1986, and continued until 2007. By this time, Perrot and Batstone were able to meet in person with greater regularity, and the correspondence fell off.

Elizabeth Marion (Bradbrook) Batstone
Fonds · 1960-1991; predominant 1971-1987

Fonds consists of 7 series: Executive records (1973-1990), Deputy Minister's Office records (1977-1987), Industrial Benefits Office records (1976-1984), Community Economic Development Branch records (? - 1988), Economic Analysis Branch records (1960-1989), Case files and subject files (1984-1990), and Sydney Steel Corporation records (1972-1991). The bulk of the textual records consists of case files coded according to alphabetical, numerical or alphanumeric classification plans.

Nova Scotia. Department of Industry, Trade, and Technology
Elsie Mosher Bailly
Fonds · 1926-1949

Consists of teacher training notes, lesson plans and tests (ca. 1930-ca. 1932); business correspondence (1935-1949); teaching contracts (1930-1948); Elsie Mosher’s grade 9 tests (ca.1926); programs from the Lunenburg County Teachers’ Institutes (1944-1946); a few personal correspondence (1936, 1939); a certificate for school administration (1930) and a certificate for a pottery class taught by Alice Egan Hagen, with a photograph of the class (1943); living expenses at Sable River (ca.1936-ca.1938); meeting minutes for the Mahone Bay Home and School Association (May 1945); and a published book The School Teacher’s Music Guide by L.C. Venables (1930-1931). Also includes 2 photograph albums of images of the schools and communities where Elsie Mosher taught, groups of students identified by name, physical education classes, other teachers as well as Elsie, and friends during holidays. The records document the life of a teacher and the education system in early 20th century Nova Scotia.

Bailly, Elsie Mosher
Jean MacFadgen
Fonds · 1976-2006, predominant 1976-1980

Documents Jean MacFadgen’s research on pioneering social worker Jane B. Wisdom for her paper “A Study of a Social Worker’s Organization and Administration of a Municipal Welfare Department” and contains correspondence with colleagues and relatives of Jane B. Wisdom; research notes; manuscripts and published articles about Jane B. Wisdom; and a file of Sydney Post newspaper articles “letters to the editor” written anonymously by Jane B. Wisdom on the Cape Breton’s Miner’s Strike of 1922. Also includes a staff directory for Women’s Directory of Montreal (a social services agency) and a 1979 annual report from its successor Ville Marie Social Service Centre.

MacFadgen, Jean
Fonds · 1926-2009

Fonds consists of minutes, governance documents, Annual Council documents, handbooks, reports, briefs, submissions to government, contract negotiations, and documentation from sub-committees and related associations. There are also agreements with the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Board of School Commissioners of Halifax, Halifax Local reports, financial records, and newsletters. The contents of the fonds document the role of the NSTU as an advocate for education, the rights of its membership, and the implementation of best practices for the teaching profession.

Nova Scotia Teachers Union
Fonds · 1981-1983

Fonds consists of Jerome Barkow’s typed research notes (1981-1983); drafts of report chapters (1981-1982?), correspondence with information sources (1979-1982); statistical tables comparing services between facilities and between counties in NS and between NS and Saskatchewan (compiled 1981-1982); photocopies and microfiche copies of professional articles; mental health facilities’ brochures / guides / annual reports from NS, Ontario and Saskatchewan (1976-1980); discussion notes and minutes of the Advisory Committee (1981-1982); example patient case histories (collected 1981-1982); and schedules for consultation and public meetings around the province (1981-1982).

Dr. Barkow’s research method included interviewing staff at NS mental health and child welfare agencies, local police agencies, family court judges, clergy, members of volunteer organizations (i.e. Big Brothers/Big Sisters), teachers, and parents. He also held 8 public consultation meetings across the province and met regularly with the Health Department’s Advisory Committee. His typed notes include these interviews and public meetings, as well as “To Do” lists, notes from his background reading of the medical profession’s literature, and his points for discussion at the Advisory Committee meetings.

Some of the correspondence is addressed to Dr. F.R. Townsend, Director of Mental Health Services for the NS Dept. of Health, and member of the Advisory Committee, who requested information from the medical facilities prior to the start of Barkow’s work.

Jerome H. Barkow
Fonds · 1760-1890

Consists of proceedings books in which the clerk of the peace recorded the actions of the court between 1760 and 1880, and in which the minutes of the elected municipal council were recorded until 1890. The final three volumes, after 1812, not only record the proceedings of the court but also index them and contain plans indicating roads and property divisions. Additional files consist of assessment returns to the Provincial Secretary (1842, 1861), material relating to the appointment of justices of the peace (1842-1879), similar documents regarding sheriffs and sheriff's fees (1829-1878), and returns of fees collected by local officials in relation to court proceedings which include some information on the disposition of individual cases (1837-1852).

Kings County (N.S.). Court of General Sessions of the Peace
Fonds · 1829-1879

Consists of two proceedings books in which the clerk of the peace recorded the actions of the court between 1829 and 1841 and also from 1861 to the start of elective local government in 1879.

Annapolis County (N.S.). Court of General Sessions of the Peace
Fonds · 1770-1886

Consists of minute and other record books documenting the proceedings of the court, as well as returns and other documents gathered into files relating to the assessment and collecting of taxes; returns of justices of the peace, sheriffs and other local officials relating to court proceedings, the county jail, and relief of the poor; and other miscellaneous materials. The minutes record the actions of the court in its judicial and governmental capacity, giving information on the outcomes of criminal trials as well as the actions of the court in its capacity as local government. Two volumes of minute books covering the years 1810 to 1820 appear to be final approved versions while draft and other minute books covering the years 1791-1863 also exist, often as annual notebooks bound into larger volumes. Two volumes covering the years 1834 to 1837, which are labelled as Sessions Books, appear to be correspondence and other material relating to proceedings rather than minutes. In contrast, similarly labelled volumes covering the years 1860 to 1885 are the sessions minutes and include the first five years of minutes for the successor Halifax County Council. Parts of the non-bound records, in particular returns to the Provincial Secretary concerning assessments and judicial and other fees collected by local officials, appear to have been added when the 1976 Inventory of Manuscripts was prepared.

Halifax County (N.S.). Court of General Sessions of the Peace
Fonds · 1982-1992

Consists of records created to support the granting of final clearance for the sale of security issues in Nova Scotia. Includes drafts of final versions of prospectuses, registration statements filed with the Registrar of Securities under the Securities Act, correspondence of the commission and issuers relating to deficiencies in documents, documentation from security regulators in other jurisdictions, and clearances from the commission. Records dating from 1989 to 1992 tend to be relating to applications for clearances that were withdrawn prior to the clearance being issued. The remainder of the records date from 1982 to 1985. Only records for companies incorporated in Nova Scotia, those having a substantial presence in Nova Scotia, or those for which the primary regulatory filing was done in Nova Scotia, have been retained.

Nova Scotia Securities Commission
Video Theatre Association
Fonds · 1971-1981

Fonds consists of black and white video recordings produced by individuals. Topics include documentaries on unions, unemployment, daycare (especially St. Joseph’s Day Care Centre in Halifax), and environmental concerns including a debate between Elizabeth May and John Dickie on the Spruce Budworm. The Halifax Shipyards, National Sea Products, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hearings on Pay TV Services, and the Killam Library at Dalhousie University are recorded as well as community events such as NS High School Drama Festival of 1974, the Baddeck Community Planning meeting 1975, and the Festival Acadien in 1978. Videos also include demonstrations of video and sound production techniques, Donald Johnston of Lincolnville NS performing his own music, women’s sexual assault stories, and education practices for hearing and visually impaired children, among others.

Also included in the fonds are shot lists for some productions, the Video Theatre Catalog of video titles in their collection (1974-1976), and a written brief submitted by the Association to the CRTC objecting to the introduction of Pay TV.

Video Theatre Association
Rosemary MacAulay
Fonds · 1986-2008, predominantly 1990-1995

Consists of video recordings and research notes of children’s skipping rhymes and other game rhymes collected and compiled by Rosemary MacAulay from 1990 to 1994. Her methodology was to visit elementary schools across Nova Scotia and talk with and record the children’s rhymes. These field recordings were then used by MacAulay to create her compilation tape on this area of folklore study. School locations captured on film include Amherst, Antigonish, Baddeck, Bridgetown, Dartmouth, Digby, Eastern Passage, Glace Bay, Halifax, Kentville, Liverpool, Lower Sackville, New Germany, New Glasgow, Newport Station, Parrsboro, Petit de Grat, Pictou, Point-de-l’Eglise, Port Hawkesbury, Pugwash, Shelburne, Sherbrooke, Shubenacadie, Sydney, Three Mile Plains, Truro, Wagmatcook, and Yarmouth NS.

Video recordings also include a tape of children at Gold River NS recorded by Sharon MacDonald (1986) and given to MacAulay for her research.

MacAulay’s research notes include Rhymes grouped by school (1990-1993), Skipping rhymes (1990?), Field notes of recording sessions (1991-1994), Rhymes from other sources (collected 1992?), Rhymes taken from the video tapes (1994?), Partial bibliography and permission slips (between 1990 and 1994), and MacAulay’s Curriculum vitae (also called resume) (2008?).

The contents of the fonds were created in response to a Centre for Art Tapes course that aimed to introduce artists to video, audio and computer technology. Ms. MacAulay’s idea came from a Nova Scotia Women Artist’s Network performance piece in 1990 which protested cuts to women’s centres by the federal government.

Rosemary MacAulay
Collection · 1950-1978

Consists of 13 black & white + 12 colour film reels (all 16mm) ranging in length from 15 minutes to 1 hour playing time. Material includes video from American football games played by the Shearwater Flyers and other military teams as well as university and high school teams in the 1950's; several professionally produced films related to sports; and sporting events featuring disabled athletes. There are also local amateur films featuring various sports. Sports represented include archery, sailing, gymnastics and girls ringette, among others. Competitions captured on film include the Pan-American Wheelchair Games, the 1972 and 1976 Olympics for the Physically Disabled, the International Stoke-Mandeville Games which were the forerunner to the Paralympic Games, the 4th Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, and the 1967 Paraplegic Games held in Winnipeg, MB.

Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
Sam Short
Fonds · [1933? - 1979?]

Consists of three reels of 16mm silent amateur films, a 3/4" video cassette tape copy of these films, and another 3/4" video cassette tape containing a copy of 15 films on 8mm reels. The 16mm footage is entirely black and white, while the video dub of the 8mm films is both black & white and colour. They range from 2 to 4 minutes playing time. There is strong focus in many of the films on military personnel and equipment. Several films depict Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) vessels either in Halifax NS port or at sea on maneuvers, while other films show military personnel on parade at the Wanderers Grounds, Halifax, and at Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis NS. There is also footage of military training, including sequences depicting bayonet drills, target practice, and a track and field meet. The films also include scenic footage of Halifax, shot from the Citadel, and some footage made in the Hydrostone area, as well as home movies of family events and activities, including a wedding, a child's first communion, and many shots of children playing. These films document military and family life in Halifax mostly during the 1940s and 1950s.

Sam Short
Carroll Burton Feindel
Fonds · 1940 - 1960

Consists of 14 colour films, 4 black and white films, and 1 in both for a total of 19 films copied onto 3 film reels. Most of the films were made by Carroll Feindel and reflect his life and interests. The bulk of his work is of the "home movies" or "travelogue" genre, consisting of amateur footage depicting his family, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) bases to which he was posted, and his family excursions and vacations off the bases. The films document military and family life in the 1940s and 1950s, and provide a view of the places he visited in Newfoundland-and-Labrador and Nova Scotia during this time. In particular, one of the "Labrador" films (Vc 1083) captures video of Naskapi First Nation members returning from a seal hunt, and others woodworking and drying skins (1949). There is also footage of the family taking a boat trip up the Hamilton River which disappeared after opening of Churchill Falls hydroelectric project in 1974. The cinematography is generally very good. The fonds also includes 3 documentary works made by others which Mr. Feindel collected and preserved.

Carroll Burton Feindel
MacKeen family
2023-025 · Fonds · 1874-1973

Fonds consists of business, personal, and family records for the MacKeen family. Contents includes correspondence between H.P. MacKeen and Alice Tilley prior to their marriage, correspondence between the family members and correspondence related to H.P. employment as a barrister. Does include some legal briefs with annotations, newspaper articles and genealogical notes. Fonds also includes financial, probate and estate documents with annotations. There are multiple photographs of the family homes, including the Maplewood estate from different decades. Family photos in the fonds are mainly of H.P. MacKeen and his siblings (Marjorie Primrose, David Whitney and John Crerar) throughout his childhood.

Fonds also contains the visitor book used by David MacKeen during his time as Lieutenant Governor (1915-1916). There were two bound newspapers, the Nova Scotian (1837) and the Times (1837), these have been transferred to the library with other original newspapers. There is a bound copy of the Dalhousie Gazette from 1948 that includes newspaper articles about the banned satirical edition of the newspaper from October of that year. Included is a 19x15 black and white portrait of Charles Tupper, March 1898, that was presented to H.P. MacKeen from Leonard O’Brien.

MacKeen, Alice, 1904-1996
Walter H. Boutilier
Fonds · 1931 - 1939

Consists of 5 black and white, and 2 colour films ranging from 1 to 3 minutes in length, no sound. All of the films reflect the life and interests of Mr. Boutilier. Included is footage of an expedition up the Labrador coast in 1933, and 2 colour films of the launch of the schooner "Lilla B. Boutilier" in Lunenburg and its sailing into Halifax Harbour. There is also video of a 1932 visit to Captain Hanson's farm somewhere in NS, which features rural scenery and hay making. The last 2 films are devoted entirely to golf, one made in 1931 at the Ashburn Golf and Country Club in Halifax NS, the other made in 1939 at the Babcock Golf School. The material in this fonds documents the life and activities of a prominent Nova Scotian, made at a time when amateur film making was a rare and expensive hobby.

Walter H. Boutilier
Roger Belanger
Fonds · [1965-1969?]

Consists of an amateur film titled "Iceboating" made by Roger Belanger in the late 1960s to promote this winter sport, and as an instructional aid. It depicts members of the Nova Iceboat Club assembling and sailing their crafts at 3 Halifax County locations: Bedford Basin, Grand Lake, and Lake MicMac. The film has no sound. Belanger and his friend Richard Vine used to play recorded music when showing the film.

Roger Belanger
Ernesto Vinci
Collection · 1912, 1939-1945, 1983

Consists of Scrapbooks (1939 - 1945), and an obituary and item on his career (1983). The scrapbooks pertain to music, Halifax, the Conservatory of Music, Vinci and Portia White. Also includes a scrapbook of poetry and photographs, a photograph album and MacKinlay's Map of Nova Scotia (published in 1912), and a photographic album and newspaper clippings.

Ernesto Vinci
2017-036 · Collection · ca.1895

Collection consists of 5 photographs of buildings in the town of Pictou, Nova Scotia. 2 are of the ruins of Pictou Academy after a fire; 1 is of a fire at “Hotel Wallace” on Front Street; 1 is of a gentlemen’s club, and 1 is of an unknown building that may be the “round house”. Photographer is unknown.