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Forms part of Nova Scotia Commissioner of Crown Lands and consists of letter books of the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Samuel Fairbanks and James Austen during this time period) and the Attorney General, who was the Minister responsible for Crown Lands from 1877 to 1947. Executive correspondence is mainly with deputy surveyors and largely administrative in nature, addressing grants, petitions, disputes, employment, and surveys. Arranged chronologically, and most volumes contain an alphabetical index of correspondents.

Forms part of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia and consists of events coverage produced by the Sound and Moving Image Division (SMI). Includes audio reel and cassette recordings, as well as videocassette recordings. Audio reels and cassette recordings record addresses, proceedings of ceremonies and conferences, interviews, workshops, and the official opening of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Videocassettes contain CBC television specials recorded by archives staff. While some recordings are originals, others are masters or copies.

Series forms part of Department of Highways and Public Works fonds and consists of photographs of road and bridges in the province. Photographs were likely accummulated by the Chief Engineer's Office.; Photographs document the "as is" condition of bridges and roads, construction, repairs and maintenance of bridges and roads, structural details, damage caused by natural disasters (floods, ice jams, etc.), demolition of bridges, road diversions, covered bridges, foot bridges and planked roads. Photographs sometimes show community landmarks such as schoolhouses, churches, houses, as well as individuals. Individuals are rarely identified, unless they are machinery operators.; This series also contains a miscellaneous collection of photographs, arranged by subject. Subjects include: automobile accidents; ferries and ferry docks; gravel pits and crusher plants: Department of Highways buildings; machinery and operators (many are identified); miscellaneous county photographs, not related to roads or bridges; roads crossing multiple counties; bridges outside of Nova Scotia; among other subjects. ; Some files include documents accompanying the photographs such as: correspondence, indexes, photograph processing invoices, original enclosures and articles or detailed captions. ; Details about the maintenance and construction work conducted on provincial roads and bridges is found in the Department of Highways' Annual Reports (Call Number: J 104 K3 R29 H638, [+ year]). The Annual Reports also contain published images from this collection of photographs.

Forms part of Commission of Inquiry on Uranium and consists of sound recordings of public hearings held by the commission from 2 April 1982 to 7 March 1983. The presenters included individuals from municipalities throughout the province, some of whom had also presented written and/or oral submissions. Part of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Uranium is a digest of these submissions. Series is arranged chronologically by public hearing date.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS fonds and consists of videotaped recordings of task force public hearings held in March 1988 in fifteen locations across the province.

Forms part of the Halifax School for the Deaf and includes a variety of school registers: a list of students and their attendance, 1856-1878; a record of students' conduct, 1873-1882; a record of income and correspondence, 1871-1889; and a record of applications, 1879-1890. The correspondence appears to be excerpts from letters received, as well as drafts of letters sent.

Forms part of Halifax School for the Deaf and consists of three minute books of meetings of the board of directors.

Consists of correspondence accompanying donations sent to the school after the Halifax Harbour Explosion of 1917. Also includes a 1918 inventory of furniture received by the School from the Massachusetts Relief Society.

Forms part of Halifax School for the Deaf and consists of registers of students at the school. Registers provide the vital statistics of each student and information about their health, hearing loss, and family background.

Forms part of Halifax School for the Deaf and consists of photographs and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about the school, its programs, students, and staff. Series includes one scrapbook containing mementoes, cards, and Mary Anne MacLean's letters on the occasion of her retirement as a teacher in 1954. Series also includes loose newspaper clippings. Some of the photographs are in albums with captions.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia County Courts fonds and consists of cause books that record the commencement of civil suits and which provide a schedule or calendar of causes for hearing or trial in Sydney, N.S. Books provide case file number, action and proceedings taken, and attending lawyers. Case files can be identified by searching entry books, some of which contain indexes of plaintiffs or defendants.

Forms part of the Department of Education and consists of correspondence, speeches, publications, conference papers, planning documents, executive summaries, reports, briefs, and submissions to Minister of Education, Terence R.B. Donahoe.

Forms part of Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs and consists of the minister's correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia County Courts fonds and consists of case files relating to applications for naturalization under the federal Naturalization Act heard in Digby, N.S. Files provide information about the applicants' domicile, means of arrival, occupation, date and place of birth, and names of parents, spouse, and children. More recent files contain more detailed information.

Series forms part of Women's Directorate fonds and consists of correspondence and memoranda of the minister responsible for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act. Ministers include Brian Young and Maxine Cochran. Series also includes copies of agendas and minutes of meetings of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Series forms part of Women's Directorate fonds and consists of the correspondence, memoranda, and reports of the director, Brigitte Neuman. Correspondence and memoranda are primarily between Neuman and Cathy McNutt, the deputy minister responsible for the status of women. Correspondence is also between the director and similar agencies in other provinces and the federal government, as well as with different provincial government departments. Series also includes copies of bills relevant to women's issues, brochures and schedules for conferences, notes and agendas for workshops and presentations, copies of articles and reports relevant to the status of women from a variety of national and international sources, and administrative records. There are also agendas, minutes, and correspondence of committees of which the director was a member, such as Volunteer 2000 and the solicitor general's Special Committee on Provincially Incarcerated Women. Series is arranged by file number.

Forms part of Nova Scotia Hospital and consists of sixty-one photographs of construction of the hospital, hospital staff, a children's camp, and a flag raising ceremony at the hospital. Also includes two glass negatives of hospital staff.