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Fonds consists of material created and accumulated by the firm from 1992 to 1995 in preparation for the Westray Mine Public Inquiry. Fonds includes correspondence, lawyers' notes, legal opinions, court documents, and printed typescripts of interviews with former Westray miners. All relate to the Westray Mine explosion of 9 May 1992 in Plymouth, Pictou County, NS. Fonds is divided into 2 series - Interview transcripts and Case files.

Fonds consists of minutes, membership rolls and accounts of the company, 1789-1896; minutes, membership rolls and accounts of the "Mayflower" No. 5 Hose Division, 1881-1894; and correspondence, 1839-1840, 1860-1861.

Fonds consists of directories, membership documents, minutes, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional items, and reports. The contents of the fonds document the operations of the chapter in fulfilling its mandate.

Fonds contains a hand-written list of 21 marriages performed in Rawdon and in Douglass, NS., an 11 page sermon on the sinful nature of humans and a printed image of Napolean Bonaparte on board the ship "The Bellerophon". The marriage list of 1798 to 1801 gives date of marriage, names of bride and groom, and location.

Fonds consists of a journal entitled "Journal of a Whaling Voyage made by the Barque Rose of Halifax, that sailed the 15th January 1843, Bound to the Pacific for Sperm Whales - Thomas T. Wood, Master, and Returned". In three volumes, Creighton's journal recounts his daily activities as a seaman, such as coopering, sewing clothes and mending sails, duty watch, dealing with customs duties, his experiences ashore, whaling and preparing oil for shipment, as well as weather reports, geographical locations, strange star sightings and other topics of nineteenth century navigational interest. At the end of the third volume, the journal includes a list of vessels encountered during the trip, entitled "a Memo of Ship's Spoken during the Voyage" which includes the date of event, name of vessel, name of master, where it was from, length of time at sea, amount of oil and geographical location.

Fonds consists of records accumulated by Robert C. Coates while he was an MP, including constituency files, general correspondence, subject files, press clippings, speeches, audio cassettes, and videocassettes depicting the Testimonial Dinner held for Coates and the swearing-in ceremony when he was appointed minister of national defence. Fonds also contains drafts of articles written by Coates, draft manuscripts of "The Diefenbaker Dilemma" (later The Night of the Knives), and biographical material.

Fonds consists of annual reports, governance documents, financial information, newsletters, notices, agendas, membership lists, and promotional materials. The contents of the fonds document the role that the Halifax Club of the Canadian Federation of University Women plays in the local community and the activities it conducts and supports in its efforts to fulfill its mandate.

Fonds consists of records reflecting the early financial history of Nova Scotia, offering an excellent example of early government transactions and activities in the province. These records reflect important investment and development decisions made by the provincial government, demonstrating those areas that were deemed most in need of public funds or those that brought in the most revenue, including shipping and lighthouses, emigration and immigration, the importation of goods, manufacturing, taxation and public works.

This fonds is an excellent tool for exploring the establishment of government presence in Nova Scotia, how government functioned, and the relationships the provincial government had with communities, businesses and manufacturers, the federal government and with Imperial powers.

Records primarily take the form of correspondence, receipts, log books, warrants, certificates and other documents of official expenditures and revenue. Fonds consists of 20 series:
• General Accounts
• Collector of Colonial Duties
• Consular Fees
• Impost and Excise
• Light Duties
• Light House Papers
• Provincial Debt and Currency
• Roads and Bridges
• Sundry Accounts
• Warrants
• Bounties
• Provincial Cashier
• Miscellaneous
• Board of Revenue: Correspondence and Minutes
• Financial Secretary correspondence
• Provincial Secretary correspondence
• Provincial Treasurer
• Receiver-General correspondence
• Miscellaneous Correspondence
• Public Works and Services

Fonds consists of the oral history of the Robinson and Wournell families’ experiences of the Halifax Explosion, the subsequent recovery of survivors in hospital and the long term effects on family members, especially Hazel. The family stories were told for decades and eventually written down by Hazel’s daughter Margaret L. (Haydon) Busche in 2003, based on a speech Margaret gave to family and friends on the occasion of Hazel’s 90th birthday in 1995. Also includes a photocopy of a 1995 newspaper article about Hazel and other Explosion survivors.

Fonds is a discreet item, a school scribbler or notebook containing math problems and their answers. The math problems are typical scenarios encountered when selling goods.

Fonds consists of textual records and graphic materials created and/or accumulated by four generations of the Pryor family of Halifax, beginning with progenitor Edward Pryor, to Oswald Pryor, a Halifax customs clerk in the late 19th century. The textual records consist mostly of early Pryor family real estate transactions, and estate papers concerning Edward Sr., his son, Edward Jr., and grandson, Edward the third. Most of the land transactions involve the family's acquisition of various lots in Halifax along the waterfront, the "south suburbs," and the North West Arm, especially those acquired by Edward Jr., a merchant and master carpenter. In addition to the textual materials there are approximately 50 glass negatives that are believed to have been the property of Oswald Pryor, son of Edward the third, who had a home in Bedford while he worked as customs clerk in Halifax. The photographer is unidentified and probably an amateur. The images appear to be dated from ca. 1890 to ca. 1910, and are mostly outdoor scenes in the Bedford and Halifax areas.

Fonds consists of correspondence and letter books, by-laws, financial statements and related documents, and a sample of papers given. The contents of the fonds document the work of the institute in promoting its mandate and include some records from the Kings County Branch.

Collection consists of two ships' log books. The contents of the collection document the voyages of a number of vessels mastered by Capt. Mills and Capt. Robert W. Anderson, including a few voyages to and from Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing details about location (longitude and latitude), winds, course and related remarks.

Fonds consists of three reports prepared for the Halifax Relief Commission by Oswald A. Rogers. The contents of the fonds include financial statements about the management of the pensions administered by the Commission and a report on the operation of the headquarters of the Halifax Relief Commission.

Fonds consists of 14 audio reels, 2 DAT audio cassettes, and 2 vhs video cassettes of performances of the Halifax Chamber Choir and 1 sound tape reel of a performance by music teachers attending the Nova Scotia Department of Education 1973 Teachers' Summer School, all under the direction of Paul Murray.

Fonds consists of legal documents, such as agreements, testimonies, bonds, deeds, mortgages, last will and testaments, releases and sheriff's deeds concerning a number of Lynch's clients as well as family members. Included are members of the Creighton family of Halifax, Nova Scotia, including Henry J. Creighton, Philip W. Creighton, Herbert M. Creighton, Elizabeth M. Creighton, Harriet Creighton, Augustus O. Creighton and his wife, Eliza Creighton, and Thomas A. Creighton, all siblings of Lynch's wife, Charlotte. Other surnames represented include Aimsworth, Binney, Brunt, Cullen, Dean, Mills, Payzant, and Ritchie. Fonds also includes 21 letters from Mr. Lynch's clients asking for services or promising money for services rendered; letters to his estate lawyers; and correspondence of his daughter, Harriette, with various businesses and law offices concerning Lynch's estate. Also includes share certificates for companies Lynch invested in and notices about company general meetings. There are 61 receipts and bills from various companies requiring payment, which were received both before and after his death. The fonds also contains Lynch's Queen's Counsel appointment letter.

Collection consists of the original grant listing the grantees of the proposed 20,000 acre Philadelphia Township which was to abut Partridge Island in the vicinity of present day Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. It also includes the articles of incorporation for the group in Philadelphia who intended to create the township.

Collection consists of correspondence, business records, lot descriptions, a map of the property and deeds relating to the Prince's Lodge property on the Bedford Basin. The contents of the collection document some of the work of the Prince's Lodge Association including the purchase of the property and its subsequent transfer to the Crown.

Fonds consists of records documenting the activities of the association, including reports, studies, correspondence, circulars, minutes, financial statements, membership lists, speeches, press releases, by-laws, articles, pamphlets and other publications. Also includes photographs of association members, videocassettes documenting health history in Canada, and various records relating to the Canadian Public Health Association.

Fonds consists of letters from Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and his wife Agnes to Matthew Henry Richey and his wife Sarah. There is also a draft letter of thanks from Richey to the Prime Minister as he neared the end of his term as Lieutenant Governor. Fonds also includes a common place book compiled by Louisa M. Richey, which was used to record details about the family, transcriptions of correspondence, genealogical information, and poetry.

Fonds consists of photographs of houses and buildings in the Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, as well as photographs of pre-Confederation gravestones in Lunenburg in both the Old French Cemetery and the oldest part of the Hillcrest Cemetery. Includes a chart of Hillcrest Cemetery tombstones which was created by Robert Campbell and Ivan Carey from an aerial photograph. The work was conducted on behalf of the Lunenburg Heritage Society.

Fonds consists of scrapbooks compiled by Robert Manuge while he was working with Industrial Estates Limited (IEL). The scrapbooks document his work with IEL in trying to stimulate the growth of the secondary manufacturing industry and increase employment in Nova Scotia. IEL was established as a Nova Scotian crown corporation in September of 1957 by the government of Robert L. Stanfield. It was headed by such noted businessmen as Horace L. Enman, Frank H. Sobey, J.C. MacKeen, and Charles E. MacCulloch. The scrapbooks include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, speeches, and related documents.

Fonds consists of documents relating to Ronald St. John Macdonald's career as a lawyer, jurist and professor. The contents of the fonds principally include hand-written (both dated and undated), type-written and digital versions of Macdonald's personal diaries kept faithfully between 1968 and 2006; extensive personal and professional correspondence; and a small number of personal photographs. The fonds also includes his subject files on a variety of legal topics, details about his affiliations with legal organizations, speeches he delivered, programs in which he was named, and honours and awards that he received during his career.

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Ross Atkinson in Nova Scotia during the Second World War. The photographs document war-time ship construction in Shelburne and Halifax during war-time, including images from the V-E Day celebrations and the aftermath of the riots.