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RG 21 · Fonds · 1801-1939

Consists of 46 series: Prospecting licence applications (1892-1939); Incoming correspondence (1860-1906); Gold lease registration books (1867-1923); Bridge plans (ca.1865?-ca.1914?); Mineral survey records (1862-1909); Mining case judgments (1903-1939); Nova Scotia Hospital guardianship papers (1927-1937); Gold district maps (1901-1933); Applications for gold and silver leases record books (1883-1939); Operational files (microfilmed 1971); Gold mill licence book (1863-1901); Mining certification examination records (1870-1913); Mining company charters and by-laws (1902-1916); Applications for mining rights record books (1872-1939); Gold lease forfeiture records (1860-1896); Mill licence bonds (1930-1938); Bridge construction and repair tenders and other material, (1854-1917); Mine lease transfers (1915-1939); Mining rights disputes records (1858-1919); Special concession mineral surveying grants (1926-1928); Orders in Council (1925-1937); Waterworks plans (1872-1903); Coal lease registry books (1863-1929); Renewed coal leases (1886-1939); Iron leases and other material (1874-1903); Victoria General Hospital records (1867-1899); Mine lease registry books (1929-1939); Nova Scotia Hospital records (1846-1903); Mechanics' liens (1905-1939); Gold lease applications (1864-1939); Applications for alluvial licences record book (1898); Mine reports and returns (1801-1910); Licence to search record books (1864-1927); Applications for free first claims (1862-1868); Applications for leases other than gold and silver (1897-1939); Prospecting licences record books (1877-1939); Government drill applications (1929-1934); Coal and iron ore analyses (1866-1904); Contract registration notebooks (ca.1920s?); Gold leases (1864-1937); Mining operations blueprints (microfilmed 1971); Forfeited mine leases (1894-1939); Mining accidents correspondence and other material (microfilmed in 1971); Mining rules and regulations (1873-1881); Outward correspondence letter books (1901-1902); Commissioner of Public Works and Mines records (1813-1905).

Nova Scotia. Department of Public Works and Mines
RG 1 volumes 451-454 · Fonds · 1851-1861

Consists of two series: Census returns, 1951 and Census abstracts, 1961.

Nova Scotia. Board of Statistics
RG 53 · Fonds · 1885-1991

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.

Nova Scotia Archives
RG 53 volume 158 · Series · 1885
Part of Public Archives of Nova Scotia

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.

RG 53 volumes 111-128 · Subseries · 1972-1982
Part of Public Archives of Nova Scotia

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.

Taylor, Hugh A., 1920-2005
1987-70 and 1991-30 · Subseries · 1981-1984
Part of Public Archives of Nova Scotia

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.

Series · [ca. 1937]-[ca. 1968]
Part of Public Archives of Nova Scotia

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.

Official lists of electors
Series · 1967-1988
Part of Chief Electoral Officer

Consists of voters' lists compiled prior to provincial elections held in 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1984, and 1988. The lists contain the name, address, and sex of each voter as well as the bounds of the each electoral division. Lists prior to 1988 sometimes included the occupation of the elector. The Elections Act prescribes that voters' lists for urban areas be prepared in geographical order by streets, roads, and by apartment or unit numbers or, in the case of a large institution, in alphabetical order. Rural lists were prepared in alphabetical order by the last name of the elector.

Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer
1992-109 · Fonds · 1991-1992

Consists of transcripts of all hearings conducted by the commission, copies of all written submissions forwarded to the commission, a copy of the report, and copies of the maps created for the report. The written submissions are arranged alphabetically by names of presenters, while the transcripts of hearings are arranged chronologically. As part of its consultative process, the commission held a special session with the Mi'kmaq community to consider the nature of native representation in the House of Assembly. This formed a major portion of the commission's report, as did the recommendation to create a seat in the Preston area that would concentrate voters in such a manner that the election of a Black member would become a possibility.

Nova Scotia. Provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission
Halifax School for the Deaf
1990-205 · Fonds · 1856-[197-], predominant 1856-1950

Consists of five series - Board of directors' minutes, Series - Student registration books, Series - School registers, Series - Halifax Harbour Explosion, 1917 donations correspondence, Series - Memorials and petitions, Series - School scrapbooks and photographs

School for the Deaf (Halifax, N.S.)
RG 20 · Fonds · 1738-1989, predominant 1926-1989

Consists of 18 series: Land Services Division Crown Land index sheets (no date); Land Services Division topographical maps (1969); Land Grant registration books (1730-1958, microfilmed 1957-1982); Land Petition registration books (ca.1840-1975); Minister's Correspondence and other material (1933-1989); Deputy Minister's Correspondence and other material (1933-1983); Chief Forester's Correspondence and other material (1926-1931); Operations Branch Correspondence and other material (1980-1982); Program Planning Branch Correspondence and other material (1958-1988); Land Services Division Crown Land Forestry Series maps (circa 1940s to circa 1960s?); Crown Lands Division Correspondence and Registers of Leases (1899-1946); Extension Forestry Division Correspondence and other material (1947-1952); Administrative Branch Correspondence and other material (1938-1989); Provincial Foresters' Correspondence and other material (1935-1953); Commissioner of Forests and Game's correspondence and other material (1921-1926); Inspector of Lands and Forests Correspondence and other material (1935-1950); Land Tax correspondence and returns (1931-1950); Escheat and Forfeiture records (1770-1839).

Nova Scotia. Department of Lands and Forests
RG 4 · Fonds · 1789-1928

Consists of records documenting the functions of the Legislative Council (1838-1928) and the legislative functions of His Majesty's Council to 1837. Includes three series: Journals and proceedings, Bill books, and Petitions and other material.

Nova Scotia. Council
Elizabeth Browne
2008-042 · Collection · 1959-1971

Consists of lists of passengers on ships that sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Europe with some related menus and a letter.

Browne, Elizabeth
George Burton Spencer
2010-029 · Collection · 1945-1946

Consists of twenty-five early cartoons created by Bob Chambers relating to sports, wartime, and political commentary and observation about Nova Scotia and Canada. The cartoons were given to George Spencer by Bob Chambers when they worked together at the Halifax Herald.

Spencer, George Burton, 1911-1995
1997-174 · Collection · 1808-1989

Consists of receipts, invoices, account statements, and related shipping documents from various vessels that sailed from the Maritimes to various foreign ports. The contents of the collection include documents for the following vessels: Annapolis, J.W. Parker, L. Delap, Ostrich, Pandora, Avon, S.S. Lovat and Waterloo among others. Also includes captains' documentation (certificates, logbooks), a Sable Island logbook, images from the Halifax Port Authority, and some records of Pickford and Black and the White Ensign Association.

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
RG 64 · Fonds · 1972-1977

Consists of files accumulated by Eric Dennis between 1972 and 1977 as Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Communications and Information Centre and include records related to the Centre’s budget (1972-1977), the province’s hosting of the 1973 Premiers’ Conference, speeches of Premier Gerald Regan, Royal Visits (Primarily 1973), and the Centre’s production of promotional movies as well as materials related to industrial and tourism promotion including events such as the Tournament of Roses Parade (California), the Boston Tea Party (1976 and 1977), Lobster Luncheons (1974), and Expo ’75 in Osaka, Japan.

The records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefs, newsletters, brochures, news clippings, invitations, financial forecasts, estimates and budgets, and photographs of Royal visits and are loosely arranged, alphabetically, by file titles.

Nova Scotia Communications and Information Centre
Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Fc1703-Fc1828 · Fonds · 1978-1981

Consists of moving images relating to five productions of the Collective: "Fish or Cut Bait," "Charlie Murray," "The Finest Kind," "Work and Wages in Halifax," and "The Michelin Bill." Includes final production versions and, in some cases, source material created for the production and rough footage, such as filmed and videotaped interviews (mainly by Bill McKiggan), workprints, negatives, videotransfers, rough edits, and revisions. The production "Work and Wages Halifax, 1978" contains two videocassettes, one each of the short (27m, 30s) and long (46m, 06s) versions of the production. The "Michelin Bill," about the labour demonstrations in Halifax over the bill, includes one film reel negative and one videocassette of the completed production.

Fish or Cut Bait Collective
Fishermen's Loan Board
RG 84 · Fonds · 1945-1973

Consists of case files of loan board applicants. Files include correspondence, legal agreements, accounts, loan applications and agreements, and boat specifications. Arranged alphabetically by name of applicant.

Fisherman's Loan Board
RG 81 · Fonds · 1959-1984

Consists of three series: Chair's correspondence and other material, Material relating to the forest practices manual, and Forest improvement correspondence and other material.

Nova Scotia. Provincial Forest Practices Improvement Board
Paving Projects albums
2002-015 · Series · 1936, 1937, 1938
Part of Nova Scotia Department of Highways and Public Works

Forms part of Nova Scotia Department of Highways and Public Works and consists of three presentation albums containing photographs documenting the paving of sections of the Trunk highway system across the Province, and technical drawings of paving plants. The photographs predominantly show completed sections of Trunk highways, but there are also photographs showing the reconstruction process, laying drainage pipes, grading and paving, and photographs showing machinery, equipment, paving plants, pavement, and unidentified men working. Photographs also show automobiles, streetscapes, landscapes, residences, farms, businesses, bridges and other landmarks.

Albums are inscribed with the name of the R.W. McColough who was Chief Engineer (1924-1939) for the Department of Highways, then Deputy Minister (1939-1943) of Department of Highways and Public Works.

The 1936 Paving Project album documents the following paving projects: Sydney Contracts; Irish Cove, Portage, East Bay; James River - Heatherton; Saltsprings - New Glasgow - Broadway; Town of Pictou; Truro Contracts; Lantz - Shubenacadie; Middle Sackville - Ardoise School; Ardoise School - Wolfville; Middleton - Bridgetown; Saulnierville - Weymouth; Eel Brook Aboiteau - Arcadia Corner; Freshwater Brook - Pubnico Head; Queens-Lunenburg County Line - Broad River; St. Margaret's Bay Road; Preston Road.

The 1937 Paving Project album documents the following paving projects: Port Hawkesbury - St. Peter's; Monastery - Mulgrave; Broadway - Heatherton; Scotsburn Road - Alma; Kemptown - Saltsprings; Glenholme - Bass River; Atkinson Road - Springhill - Oxford; Truro Contracts; Fall River - Enfield; Middle Sackville - Ardoise School; Middleton - Annapolis; Annapolis - Victoria Bridge; Digby - Saulnierville; Meteghan - Darling's Lake; Pubnico Head - Arcadia Corner; Freshwater Brook - Pubnico Head; Walls Corner - Birchtown; Bridgewater - Queens-Lunenburg County Line; Mahone Bay - Bridgewater - Lunenburg; Hubley's - Halifax-Lunenburg County Line.

The 1938 Paving Project album documents the following paving projects: St. Peter's - Irish Cove; Port Hawkesbury - St. Peter's; Monastery - Mulgrave; Heatherton - Monastery; Kemptown - Saltsprings; Upper Moose River - Atkinson Road; Bass River - Upper Moose River; Fall River - Enfield; Broad River - Wall's Corner; Birchtown - Atwood Brook.

Halifax Funeral Home
Fonds · 1939-1969

Consists of funeral record books, numbers 1-14 inclusive; books 3 and 11 are missing. Entries in the books cover the period 25 May 1939 to 5 May 1969 and include the deceased's full name, age, date of birth, place of birth and death, cause of death, occupation, residence and place of burial as well as accounts associated with the costs of the funeral. Book 1 also includes the name and place of birth of the mother and father of the deceased and the mother's maiden name. Where funeral arrangements were conducted by the Department of Veteran's Affairs, a service identification number is recorded. A comprehensive index to the records has been compiled by the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia and is included at the beginning of each microfilm reel.

Halifax Funeral Home
Bell family
1975-021 · Fonds · 1860-1992

Fonds consists of records documenting the activities of Bell family members of Nova Scotia. Includes correspondence and genealogies from Winthrop P. Bell; a collection of records relating to Samuel Bell and his descendants and to other related families, including the Allison and Ray families; information about the Bell family estate in Mount Uniacke and Bell Park; newspaper clippings; and ephemera. Also includes works of art, photographs, studio portraits and photos of houses and buildings in Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick and Northern Ireland.

Bell family of Halifax
1999-001 · Fonds · 1857-1891

Consists of correspondence, 1857-1890; printed reports by Thomas Beamish Akins on the activities of the Commissioner of Public Records, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1864; printed and annotated catalogue of records held by the Commissioner of Public Records, 1859; notebook relating to reference enquiries and the organization of the books and records of the Commissioner of Public Records, 1885 and journals of James Farquahar, 1858-1859 and Thomas B. Akins, 1857-1891.

Nova Scotia. Commissioner of Public Records