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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
1997-117 · Fonds · 1884-1963

Consists of records documenting Happy Thought Lodge activities. Includes minutes of general meetings (1927-1963), correspondence (1928-1946), membership records (1911-1958), account books and ledgers (1884-1951), lodge ritual books (1912, 1924), and year book (1933).

Independent Order of Good Templars. Happy Thought Lodge, No. 19 (Londonderry Station, N.S.)
John A. Lanigan
MG 1 volume 1059B · Fonds · 1888-1919

Consists of several journals which contain John A. Lanigan’s poems and stories along with two versions of his universal language, “Tolien”, in a dictionary format. Also consists of pages of sheet music which incorporated Lanigan’s poetry verses as lyrics and two articles that Lanigan wrote under the pseudonym Kinel Araga.

Lanigan, John A.
Buckley family
1985-386 · Fonds · 1889-1952

Consists of photographs of Guysborough and vicinity and Buckley family and friends, predominantly by William Buckley and his children, Mary, Edith and Walter. Their photographs of Guysborough and vicinity, taken for both personal and commercial purposes, document the growth and development of Guysborough over fifty years. They depict commercial and residential buildings, streets, harbour, general views, shipping, school activities, community events, fires, outdoor hockey and curling, yachting regattas at Guysborough and Canso, building and bridge construction, farms and livestock, mills, Guysborough Railway survey, 193rd Regiment leaving Guysborough, 1916 and visit of Governor-General Byng, 1923. Also includes negatives left by others for printing, such as school field day, 1932, by Mrs. Erdine Harris and Larry's River and Charlos Cove by Rev. A.H. Cormier. Buckley family photographs included informal portraits of them and their friends and reflect their interests, particularly boating, building working model boats, gardening, and other outdoor activities such as sledding and skating.

Buckley (family)
Fonds · 1889-1924

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Sarah Donaldson Naugle on Sable Island, where she lived for much of her life. Naugle’s subjects include her family (both the Donaldsons and the Naugles) and life on the Island. Sable’s horses feature prominently, as do wrecked ships and their survivors, Island residents, the Life Saving Stations, light houses and other buildings, and assorted features of Island life.

Sarah Naugle was the primary, but not only, photographer of the images in the fonds. Other people, likely family members, also contributed. Family lore suggests Sarah Naugle developed many of the images herself on Sable Island, using both sunlight and traditional methods. Nova Scotia Archives has records of photographs being developed on the Island (RJ Boutilier letterbooks and diaries), making this is a definite possibility. Some images in the fonds are prints, made in the 1950s and 1960s. of earlier images.

Fonds also includes two textual documents: the marriage certificate for Sarah Donaldson and Alexander Reuben Naugle, and a newspaper clipping featuring their son Clyde.

Sarah Donaldson Naugle
A.S. MacMillan
microfilm 10893 · Fonds · 1890-1954

Fonds consists of memoirs written by MacMillan concerning the history of the MacMillan, Gunn, and Sinclair families as well as MacMillan's private and political life. Memoirs contain reminiscences of his childhood on the farm, his years in the United States, 1890-1901, and his political career from his first municipal office in 1902 to his appointment as premier of Nova Scotia in 1940, followed by the office of provincial treasurer. The memoirs provide personal insight and experience of events such as the United Mine Workers Strike and abolition of Legislative Council, as well as MacMillan's involvement with the Nova Scotia Power Commission and the development of rural telephone service and tourist industry in Nova Scotia.

MacMillan, A.S.
Gordon K. Smith
1988-502 · Fonds · 1890-1983

Consists of correspondence, call books, diaries, journals, and financial records, as well as medical reports and certificates. Correspondents include: J.L. Ilsley, G.T. Purdy, A.S. MacMillan, Angus L. Macdonald and Dr. Smith's sister, Millicent Smith. There are also photographs that document members of the Smith family of Windsor, Nova Scotia. The contents contain records relating to Dr. Smith's medical practice and his activities both as medical officer and Mayor of Hantsport, Nova Scotia.

Smith, Gordon K., 1896-1986
2018-002 · Fonds · 1891-1955

Fonds consists of correspondence (1906-1955), mine leases (1903-1919), sales agreements (1908-1948), gold return memos from U.S. and Royal Canadian Mints (1903-1912, 1938-1940), monthly summaries of mine operations (1938-1942) and expense statements (1938-1941), geologists’ reports (1927, 1935-1938), prospectus reports (1903, 1928, 1935-1940), stock certificates (or shares 1903, 1935), plans of mine workings and lease holders (1891-1940), mineral maps of Nova Scotia (ca1901, 1912, 1935), and some photographs of mining machinery and above-ground buildings (1930s). The files are arranged by company name in roughly chronological order by the archivist.

Correspondence is addressed mostly to Arthur Brennan, and includes his correspondence with company representatives (1924-1949); the Department of Public Works and Mines (1921-1949); with mine managers Frank Reeves (1921-1945), N.O. Lawton (1939-1940), and R.W. Sweet (1940-1941); with his brother C. Victor Brennan, a mining engineer in British Columbia (1922-1948); with his lawyers (1922-1949); and with other prospective buyers (1921-1924, 1929-1934). Fonds also includes early correspondence of W.A. Brennan (1906-1915) and one file of correspondence to Arthur Brennan’s son Bill Brennan regarding closing the mine (1943-1955).

Brennans’ gold mine at Oldham
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
Frederick Francis Mathers
2006-037 · Fonds · 1893-1950

Consists of correspondence, business documents, photographs, appointment notifications and a letter written in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion. The contents of the fonds document the professional career and business affairs of F.F. Mathers, including his time as the Lieutentant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1940 to 1942.

Mathers, Frederick Francis, 1871-1947
Fonds · 1893-1988

Consists of records documenting the founding and activities of the Nova Scotia Dental Association, particularly meeting minutes, bylaws and assorted newsletters and bulletins. Also included are annual reports, fee schedules, and conference papers.

Nova Scotia Dental Association
MG 20 volumes 3518-3537 · Fonds · 1895-2007

Consists of records documenting the activities of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture and its member associations. Contains minutes of meetings of the federation executive, board of directors and annual meetings, correspondence, reports, press releases, and subject files. Also included are minutes, correspondence and related documents of various member associations, ca. 1960s-ca.1995: Beef Producers' Association, Blueberry Growers' Association, Chicken Producers' Association, the Cream & Industrial Milk Producers' Association, Egg & Pullet Producers' Association, Greenhouse Growers' Association, Hog Producers' Association, Nova Scotia Cattlemen's Association, Nova Scotia Fox Breeders' Association, Nova Scotia Milk Producers' Association, Nova Scotia Mink Breeders' Association, Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Committee, Nova Scotia Sheep Breeders' Association, Nova Scotia Tobacco Growers Association, Strawberry Growers' Association, and the Vegetable and Potato Producers' Association.

Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture
MG 20 volume 581 · Fonds · 1896-1903

Consists of the financial secretary's ledger documenting daily initiation, enrollment, and registration fees, and a roll book on insured members of the Bridgetown Court including name, address, occupation, and beneficiary.

Independent Order of Foresters. Bridgetown Court, No. 3360
MG 20 volumes 737-740 · Fonds · 1896-1940, predominant 1937-1940

Consists of correspondence, account and record books, financial statements, deeds, agreements, reports, notices and minutes of meetings, programmes, and by-laws relating to the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Commission and the organization of the provincial exhibition in Halifax.

Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Commission (Halifax)
Fonds · 1896-1989

Records cover both the old and new golf courses and consist of minutes of board meetings (1896-1987) and annual general meetings (1900-1931); maps & plans of course and club house construction (1922-1982); administration records from Dr. Alex Gillis (1922, 1964-1982) and Ralph Pepper (1910-1970); membership lists (1924-1977); by-laws (1923-1970); newsletters (1945-1987); financial records (1915-1987); green fees (1922-1985). Also includes secretary's diary (1924-1925); manager's day book (1962-1975); scorecards for Ashburn and other Nova Scotia golf courses (1927-1974); annual reports (1924-1987); various golf magazines; club rules and regulations (1937); match and handicap committee records (1924-2000); Nova Scotia Golf Association records (1949-1986); Royal Canadian Golf Association of Toronto records (1924-1976); the Maritime Provinces Golf Association annual meeting minutes (1924-1929); and the Maritime Senior Golf Association records (1929, 1934). Also includes correspondence filed with meeting minutes, committee files and project-based files.

Ashburn Golf and Country Club (Halifax, NS)
H.B. Jefferson
MG 1 volumes 484-515 · Fonds · 1898-1968

Consists of records created and accumulated by Jefferson, including memorandums and letters regarding wartime censorship rulings while he was press censor; business and personal correspondence beginning ca. 1911 when Jefferson began his newspaper career in Moncton; scrapbooks containing mostly newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to the First and Second World Wars, naval activities, local and international events, as well as loose newspaper clippings pertaining to the war, Jefferson's career and his articles; notebooks containing descriptions and lists of convoy and other ships arriving at Halifax harbour during the 1940s; some notes and printed material on Nova Scotia railroads; a few letters written by servicemen in Europe, 1915-1916; and assorted maps. Also contains photographs (negatives and prints) taken by Jefferson and professional photographers between ca. 1898 and the 1950s, depicting army and navy personnel; navy vessels, including those damaged by torpedos; war brides; Sydney citizens and businesses; and a small number of family photographs. Photographs are found both separately and among the textual records.

Jefferson, H.B., 1893-1970
Georgia H. Cunningham
1989-433 · Fonds · 1900-1969

Consists of negatives taken by Georgia H. Cunningham for clients who patronized her commercial studio. The geographic area represented is almost exclusively Bridgetown and surrounding area. Cunningham's work is primarily portraiture although from 1942 onwards there are a number of photographs of school classes and societies as well as the Bridgetown Salvation Army Citadel. Approximately five percent of the photographs include views of shopfronts, buildings, churches, streets, scenery and special events such as the visit of the Bishop of Nova Scotia to St. James Anglican Church in 1946. Also includes a few glass plate negatives which may have been taken by previous commercial studio owners Joseph Rice or Edith Crosskill, as well as negatives and prints left with her by clients for processing or given to her by others. Also contains a photograph and three letters concerning Dr. Otto Srasser (1898-1974) a Nazi exile who lived in Paradise, Nova Scotia for fifteen years.

Cunningham, Georgia H., 1888-1969
Andrew MacKay
MG 100 volume 41 number 17 · Fonds · 1920s

Fonds consists of two pieces of wall paper that were used to write out sections of music that could be used to teach singing. They provide examples of how Andrew MacKay taught his students sacred music.

MacKay, Andrew, 1845-1934
RG 25 · Fonds · 1901-1987

Consists of records documenting the functions of the Department of Health and its predecessor, the Provincial Board of Health. Includes case files and other material, 1901-1976; Inspector of Anatomy registers, 1923-1940; and Atlantic Health Unit associate director's correspondence and other material, 1971.

Nova Scotia. Department of Health
Alice Jones
MG 1 volumes 524-525 · Fonds · 1902-1904

Fonds consists of handwritten and typewritten manuscripts of Jones' works including, "A Well Dressed Woman," "From the North-West" and "Jamaica." Also includes her handwritten diary (1902-1904), compiled while she resided at Government House, Halifax, and two scrapbooks containing greeting cards and other ephemera, with some items in the second scrapbook addressed to Eva Clark.

Jones, Alice, 1853-1933
Clara Dennis
MG 1 volumes 2865-2869 · Fonds · 1905-1957, predominant 1923-1940

Consists of documenting Clara Dennis' career as a reporter and author. Includes notebooks relating to her research of the Mi'kmaq, mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and other subjects, 1923-1940s; business and personal correspondence, 1905-1942; newspaper clippings pertaining to Halifax and Dalhousie College and medical school, 1924-1947; research notes; addresses; published and unpublished articles; and booklets. Also includes photographs taken on her travels through Nova Scotia, as well as Sable Island, New Brunswick, and the Gaspe Peninsula between 1930 and 1940.

Dennis, Clara, 1881-1958
Roland H. Sherwood
MG 1 volumes 3667-3671 · Fonds · 1909-1989

Consists of records documenting Sherwood's activities as a writer and broadcaster in Nova Scotia, and his community interests. Contains draft manuscripts and articles, radio scripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, programmes, brochures, and other miscellaneous items. Also includes photographs, postcards, and slides collected by or taken by Sherwood depicting the Pictou area, buildings, monuments, marine activities, and events such as the Pictou Lobster Carnival. Contains sound recordings of Sherwood's stories used in articles and radio broadcasts, programmes performed by the Pictou County Centrettes, songs performed for the Hector Bicentenary in Pictou, and film footage of the Pictou County Centrettes and the Chignecto Marine Railway.

Sherwood, Roland H., 1902-1992
Mike Parker
1992-22 · Fonds · 1909-1997

Consists of three series based on the research for Parker's three books: Guides of the North Woods: hunting and fishing tales of Nova Scotia 1860-1960 (published 1990), Woodchips & Beans: life in the early lumber woods of Nova Scotia (published 1992), and Running the Gauntlet: an oral history of Canadian Merchant Seaman in WWII (published 1994). The former two series includes oral histories, copies of newspaper clippings, minute books, relating to guiding and lumbering. Subjects include lumbering and sawmills, hunting, fishing, camping and the various hunting lodges established throughout Nova Scotia. The third series contains oral histories, notices, shipping safety manuals, photographs, partial transcripts and clippings. Subjects include: merchant seamen in WWII, convoys, wartime shipping and cargo, survival at sea and capture.

Parker, Mike
MG 20 IODE · Fonds · 1910-1991

Consists of records documenting the provincial chapter's activities. Includes minutes of annual and executive meetings (1931-1980), scrapbooks (1920-1989), histories of the local and provincial chapters (1981-1991), briefs and submissions to government bodies (1968-1975), membership records (1956-1976), subject files (1918-1981), financial records (1947-1974), and reports of the citizenship secretary (1974-1977). Also contains records of the Dartmouth Municipal Chapter and numerous primary chapters within Nova Scotia.

IODE. Provincial Chapter of Nova Scotia
2018-030 · Collection · 1910?-2014 (collected 1997 to 2014)

Collection partially documents the business and personal lives of Albert Lee’s parents Shew Chuck Lee and Sui Fa Lee, and the families of Charlie Wing Lee and Nellie Lee, Dow Fong, and Mary (Ling) Mohammad. Collection contains wedding, school and family photographs (1910?-2011); restaurant menus and similar ephemeral documents (ca.1940s-ca.1950s); audio recordings of interviews with Dow Fong, Chuck Lee, Annett Ling, George Ling, William Ling, Dr. Larry Shyu and Dr. William Wong (1988, 2011-2012); memoir on childhood in China, business licenses and card from Chuck Lee (1980s, ca.1920s, 1946) as well as his engineering diploma from Dalhousie University (1939). Also includes a memoir of life at a Halifax Chinese laundry by Linda Lee Oland (1997); historical essays written by Albert Lee (1999-2014) and promotional items for the Nova Scotia Museum exhibit “Growing Up Chinese in Halifax” (1997).

The collection was assembled by Albert Lee for this 1997 museum exhibit. 40 items, including 4 audio interview recordings, were subsequently digitized for use by University of British Columbia Library for their digital exhibit “Early Chinese History in the Maritimes” in 2011-2012. Items are arranged by family creator/owner, with those items used in the digital exhibit filed separately.

Lee, Albert