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Jones Clayton family
2022-028 · Fonds · 1923-2021

Consists mainly of photographs of church services, church members, Willard and Jean Clayton through the years and their family and friends including Jean’s Aunt Viola Desmond and Rev. Dr. William P. Oliver and his wife Pearleen Oliver (1925-2019). Also includes biographical documents on education and employment (1946-2005), newspaper clippings, manuscript and published writings and poetry (1947?-2021); speeches and sermons; correspondence with employers, church members, and family (1946-2019); church service programs for Emmanuel, Beechville and Cornwallis Street (now called New Horizons) Baptist Churches among others (1924-2000); minutes of the Annual Sessions of The African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia (1869, 1913-1987); and audio and video recordings of special events in the lives of Willard and Jean Clayton including their wedding (audio), Jean’s graduation ceremony from Christopher Course, and Willard’s funeral (1954-2007). The fonds also includes a small collection of books on the history of black people in North America (published 1895-2006). Organized by activity in roughly chronological order, these records document the lives of these African Nova Scotians before, during, and after the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the beginning of the Black Lives Matter Movement of the 2010s.

Jones Clayton family
Paul W. Bennett
2020-014 · Fonds · 1979-2019, predominant 2007-2018

Consists of records generated by Bennett’s writing and research activities as Director of Schoolhouse Institute including typescripts, drafts, and published versions of his commentary (opinion editorials) news media articles, book reviews, and research reports (2008-2017); and 3 of his published books: Vanishing Schools Threatened Communities (published 2011) on history of rural school closures in NS; The Grammar School (published 2009) on history of Halifax Grammar School; and The Last Stand (published 2013) on the lobbying activities of the NS Small Schools Initiative. Bennett’s research files include interview notes, collected articles and reports by others with his annotations (collected 2005-2019) and were used to support his writing and presentations. Records from The NS Small Schools Initiative include minutes of school board meetings, emails between group members, and their presentations to government. The Students First NS files include public forum discussion notes and emails with organizers (2009-2016).

The fonds also includes power-point slide presentations Bennett presented to professional educators and historians conferences as well as to local heritage group events, including a video recording of a talk Bennett gave at the Yarmouth County Museum and Archives on the history of school building in Nova Scotia (2010-2017).

Subjects include history of the education system and governance in Nova Scotia, school closures and consolidations, school board reforms, snow days, e-learning, teacher and student evaluations (standardized testing), Public Private Partnership (P3) schools, bussing of children, and special education and inclusiveness in the last half of the 20th century.

Bennett, Paul W.
2020-008 · Fonds · 1946-1970, 1991, 2018

Consists of 2 record albums (vinyl) of 9 women and 1 man singing and reciting poems in German, recorded in 1946 in Lunenburg County, NS; a research file of Don R. Wiles’ notes, draft essay and correspondence with German language experts 1946-1970; research cards of German words [1946?]; and 2 ethnographic essays on German customs and the German language spoken by elder residents of Lunenburg County, one dated December 1946 and the other, shorter, dated 1991.

Fonds also includes digitized versions of the sound recordings, with a typed transcript, made in 2018 by Don R. Wiles.

Wiles, Don R.
Coolen Arsenault family
2019-014 · Fonds · 1920-2016

Consists of Arsenault family photographs of Arthur serving hotel guests, his wife Margaret Arsenault in service uniform, and of Art and Margaret socializing with friends (1950-1978); hotel dinner menus and a memoir about working as a waiter at the Nova Scotian Hotel written by Art’s nephew Norbert Vienneau (1958, 1967-1968, 1993); and a few newspaper clippings about Art (1964-1991). Also includes records of the Coolen family, including a summary of an interview with Pat Sea Coolen, her dessert recipe booklet, a few business letters, magazine clippings on her daughter Susan M. Coolen, visual artist, and photographs of the Coolen family home and former Prospect Post Office (1950s-2016); a file of genealogy information on the Coolens (collected 1970s); and photographic negatives and prints of the fishing village of Prospect in winter and summer (1920s-1997) taken by members of the Coolen family. The fonds documents the life of a working-class family during the latter half of the 20th century and the history of Prospect, Nova Scotia.

Coolen Arsenault family
Betty Peterson
MG 1 volumes 3468 to 3476 · Fonds · 1951-2015 (predominant 1975-2014)

Fonds consists of records documenting Betty Peterson's personal relationships, volunteer activities and interests in peace and social justice issues in Nova Scotia and internationally. The records are organized into four groups, the first consisting of files documenting her activities from 1980-1993, the second her activities from 1994-2004, and the third her activities from 2004-2013, with some overlapping of dates. The fourth group consists of Peterson’s personal correspondence and biographical files 1951-2011. Records in the first 3 groups are arranged by subject, by either the name of an organization (e.g. Voice of Women for Peace), or a cause (e.g. aboriginal rights). The personal correspondence files are arranged by year or by correspondent. Starting in 1977 these files also include annual calendars with brief notes on activities. Fonds includes a large amount of published research and resource material on a given issue (e.g. newspaper clippings, periodicals, and newsletters), but also contains Peterson's notes, memoirs and diaries with comments and recollections, as well as correspondence (incoming and outgoing), memoranda, speeches and articles, minutes of meetings, briefs, reports, published articles about her, transcripts of interviews she gave, and photographs.

Peterson, Betty
2023-016 · Fonds · 2000-2014

Consists of applications from new or existing organizations for one of the two main fund-matching grants managed by the Department of Inclusive and Economic Growth. These two grants were the Nova Scotia Business Development Program (NSBDP) and the Manufacturing and Processing Credit (MPIC). The bulk of this material are the applications themselves, correspondence with the department, photocopies of receipts and cheques issued and a final timeline report if applicant was successful. The NSBDP was a grant that usually did not exceed more then ten thousand dollars in funding, the majority of these were requested for website development, auditing purposes, feasibility studies and succession planning. The funds had to be matched by the applicant, and funds were dispersed over a period provided applicants submitted staggered updates. The MPIC grants were much larger, most exceeding several hundred thousand dollars, with a cap of no more then one million dollars. The purpose of the grant was to allow business access to funds to make one-time purchases of newer equipment. The companies had to provide paperwork proving how the purchase would create better work processes or hire more people. Because of the repetitive nature of the grant requests only a selection was retained that was representative of the various counties, industries and requests. Also includes meeting minutes of committees on employment and sustainability, some Minister and Deputy Minister’s correspondence, and a few other examples less prominent grants. There are also some materials from the early 2000’s when the department was still known as the Department of Business.

Nova Scotia. Department of Inclusive Economic Growth
Mark Simkins
2020-004 · Fonds · 1925-2014, predominant 1975-1999

Consists of Simkins’ photographs of the city of Halifax, the Harbour, people, places, political events, scenic photographs of ocean views and fishing life in LaHave and moving image films he made in the 1980s. Films include “Mary and the Mayor: the Housing Crisis” in Halifax and “Crossings” about the Halifax-Dartmouth passenger ferry. Also includes Simkins’ journalist notebooks (1999-2002); financial records from his photography business (1999-2003); and scripts, funding applications, production details, and financials for his film projects (1985-1992).

Subjects filmed or photographed by Simkins include people at work; a strike by Dalhousie University cleaning workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1392 (1978-1979); citizen protest marches and demonstrations against anti-black racism, war, homelessness, and LGBTQ2S+ rights; sporting events including the Summer Olympics in Montreal PQ; federal and provincial Liberal, Conservative and New Democratic Party politicians; “Street Smart Portraits” Project in which Simkins photographed people on Gottingen Street in Halifax (1990); a film set and crew of the Salter Street Films production “George’s Island” (released 1989); festivals and events such as Tall Ships Festival and the national Liberal Party Convention; the Nova Scotia Photography Cooperative and the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op (AFCOOP) both of which Simkins was a member of; urban landscapes and streetscapes in Halifax; and rural scenes with fishing or ocean themes.

Mark Simkins
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
Walter Callow Wheelchair Bus
MG 100 volume 28 files 46-48 · Fonds · 1943-2014

Fonds consists of 2 scrapbooks and file folders containing newspaper clippings (1943-2014); photographs (1917, 1953-2007); correspondence (1945-2014): essays on the founder Walter Callow (1958-2012); founding documents of incorporation and bus design registration (1947, 1953); fundraising event programs, promotions and brochures (1946-2013); some annual reports and annual general meeting minutes, (1953, 1960-1961, 1966-1967); donor lists (1999, 2007); directors lists (2002, 2014); a sign stencil “Callow Coaches”; and vehicle registrations for the first and third bus put on the road (1954).

Records were assembled into 2 scrapbooks by Walter Callow’s daughter Melba and given to the organization: one for photographs and documents, the second for newspaper clippings, which included some French newspapers. The organization continued adding to the photographs scrapbook and used its contents for advertising and fundraising.

Photographs include the first bus, the first Board of Directors, the first civilian and veteran riders, the hostess/nurses, drivers and secretaries, visiting dignitaries and officials, and Walter Callow in his hospital bed at Camp Hill Veterans Hospital. Later images include a 1979 celebration, and the 60th anniversary gathering in 2007.

This material documents the development of specialized transportation for people with disabilities.

Walter Callow Wheelchair Bus
2017-044 · Fonds · 1979-2010

Fonds consists of scrapbooks, which includes photographs, historical newspaper articles, and essays (1979-2002); photograph albums (1979-2002); meeting minutes, including financial and annual reports (1979-2010); records relating to educational programs put on by the guild, such as class lists and descriptions, and reports (1980-2008); photographs, video recordings, programs and correspondence from events and exhibits, (1989-2009); and heritage registry records, which consists of two paper versions and an electronic version. The first paper version has both originals and copies. The second version has certain originals, most of which are not found in the other paper version, though some can be found in the electronic version. The registry forms include the identity of the creator, when and where it was made, current owner, and photographs of the rugs. It is arranged by registry number (1996-2007). Also included are audio recordings of interviews with guild members (1992-1999); newsletters (1980-1990); video recordings of rug hooking and interviews (1990-1999); records relating to the history of the guild (1979-2009); and administrative records such as correspondence, regional maps and the guild’s constitution and by-laws (1979-2009).

Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia
Brian Cuthbertson
MG 1 volumes 2703-2708 · Fonds · 1801-2010 (predominantly 1984-2010)

Fonds consists of materials generated and accumulated by Brian Cuthbertson during his research work, including correspondence, notes, reports, and copies of documents relating to Bishop Charles Inglis and his contemporaries. Also contains family papers (history and genealogy) relating to the Uniacke, Fawson and Odevaine families. Also included are files from contract work including the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland boundary dispute, the Crown Share Adjustment Panel, and the Campaign for Fairness relating to Canada-Nova Scotia 1986 Accord and Legislation. There are also research reports on the Home for Coloured Children and many reports prepared for Canada Post including: the Canso Causeway; the Silver Dart; William Hall, VC; Carrie Best, OC; the 100th anniversary of the first trans-Atlantic radio transmission by Guglielmo Marconi; Samuel Cunard and the delivery of trans-Atlantic mail; the Battle of the Plains of Abraham; William James Roue; Tall Ships 2000; and the Cabot Trail, among others. There are also files relating to his publications including: Johnny Bluenose at the polls: epic Nova Scotia election battles, 1758-1848; Lunenburg: then and now; Wolfville and Grand Pre: past and present; and Melville Prison and Deadman's Island: American and French Prisoners of War in Halifax, 1794-1816.

Cuthbertson, Brian, 1936-
MG 20 volumes 193-193A · Fonds · 1937-2010

Consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, photographs, programs and other material; minutes of meetings; and typewritten notes relating to the history and development of the association and a number of its chapters, along with convention documentation and audio recordings.

Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers' Association
Fred Allen
2010-003 · Fonds · 1940-2008

Consists of drawings, blueprints, graphic and textual records as well as photographs documenting Fred Allen's professional career as a set designer. The contents of the fonds document his work with Parks Canada, Neptune Theatre, Dalhousie University, and Andrew Cochran Entertainment and more specifically his work with the production Theodore Tugboat. There is also a large representative sample of set designs from the television production of Codco.

Allen, Fred, 1942-2007
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
Fonds · 2005-2008

Consists of agenda packages, minutes, and supporting documents related to executive committee meetings and senior management retreats of the department. Some records relate to joint meetings with the department of Health on areas of overlapping responsibilities such as long-term care.

Nova Scotia. Department of Community Services
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
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
Labour Standards Tribunal
Fonds · 1992-2007, predominant 2000-2007

Consists of decisions and selected case files of the Labour Standards Tribunal. Case files may contain the initial complaint, investigation notes, evidence presented, the decision of the Director of Labour Standards, the notice of appeal, additional evidence presented by the parties, a record of the Tribunal's hearing of the case, the Tribunal's decision and records related to any appeal of that decision. A few cases, heard only by the Director and not appealed to the Tribunal, were also included in the same accession (2018-013)

While all decisions have been retained, the Archives applied selection criteria to the case files. Case files that were referenced in other cases, cases that were appealed to the Supreme Court, cases with extensive decisions by the Tribunal, non-routine cases with implications beyond the parties involved, and cases for which the Tribunal's decisions were anonymized were retained. (Although by legislation the Tribunal's hearings and the evidence heard were public, the Tribunal could specifically decide to meet in camera.)

Nova Scotia. Labour Standards Tribunal
1992-088 · Fonds · 1972-2006

Consists of minutes and agendas, reports, correspondence, financial statements, conference materials and programs, promotional materials, press clippings and releases, and related documentation. The contents document the history and development of the Nova Scotia Library Association.

Nova Scotia Library Association
Piercey family
2023-008 · Fonds · ca. 1870-2004

Consists of business, personal and family records for the Piercey family and Piercey Supplies Ltd. related to W.D. Piercey and Reginald Piercey. The business records include the day planners for both WD Piercey (1935-42; 1945-1949) and Reginald Piercey (1934-1996) that span almost the entirety of their careers with Piercey Supplies Ltd. There are photographs of the hardware supply store and real estate holdings, including the development of the Glen Heath properties. Also includes newspaper clippings related to various Piercey family holdings as well as brochures and advertisements.

Also included are family records and the genealogy of the extended Piercey family. These include annotated scrapbooks and photo albums, along with many loose photos that have been mostly identified and dated. Reginald’s materials relate mostly to his time at Dalhousie and his athletic interests, while Lillian Piercey’s material mostly relates to the arts and music community in Halifax. Barbara and Shelia’s materials include their education achievements and involvement in musical performances in Halifax.

Piercey family
Garth Vaughan
2008-053 · Fonds · 1860-2004, predominant 1925-2004

Consists of correspondence, subject files, and a collection of team and player information and photographs, along with scrapbooks. The contents of the fonds provide information about hockey in Nova Scotia with specific focus on Windsor and vicinity. It also documents Nova Scotians that have played hockey elsewhere and includes his research and drafts for his publication, The Puck Starts Here.

Vaughan, Garth, 1928-2012
RG 3 · Fonds · 1821-2004

Consists of records deriving from and documenting the ministerial functions of the Executive Council. Five series available.

Nova Scotia. Council
2010-035 · Fonds · 1995-2002

Consists of minutes, and supporting documents for meetings of the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation as well as similar mateirals for the Board's Audit Committee. The Corporation is responsible for managing the regulated gambling industry in the province. Lottery and casino activity although managed by the Corporation is principally operated by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation and Casino Nova Scotia which is a division of the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. The Alcohol and Gaming Division (AGD) of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations regulates and monitors the industry separately from the Corporation.

Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation
Nova Scotia Dairy Commission
2002-031 · Fonds · 1916-2001

Consists of annual reporting and minutes of the Nova Scotia Dairy Commission and its predecessor or related organizations the Superintendent of Dairying, and the Dairy Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture. Additionally, there are newsletters of the Commission (almost complete 1980 to 2001, and addresses of the President of the Dairymen's Association of Nova Scotia to the organization's annual conventions between 1919 and 1940. Included are Annual Reports of the Dairy Superintendents W.A. McKay (1918-1926) and W.J. Bird (1929-1940), the Dairy Services Division (1946-1967), and the Nova Scotia Dairy Commission (1968-1984). Also includes various industry related reports, brief runs of committee minutes, and pamphlets that had been accumulated by the Commission on topics such as co-operative organizations or actions against margarine.

Nova Scotia Dairy Commission
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