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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
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
Agnes Dennis
microfilm 10219 · Fonds · 1989

Fonds consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Agnes Dennis, containing newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and invitations relating to her career activities, the Victorian Order of Nurses and Local Council of Women, Halifax. Also contains newspaper clippings concerning her husband, Senator William Dennis and daughter, Dr. Clara Dennis. Scrapbooks predominantly cover the period 1908 to 1947 but include items added years later by family member(s).

Dennis, Agnes
Missing Piece Productions
1994-24 · Fonds · 1987-1990

Consists of printing elements, scripts, and production files for "The Midday Sun" and the French version "L'ombre du soleil".

Missing Piece Productions, 1988-1992
RG 44 volume 194 · Fonds · 1986

Consists of written briefs submitted to the Task Force from concerned citizens, chemistry experts, community groups, universities, municipalities, and businesses (September to December 1986). They are arranged by place of public hearing in chronological order: Dartmouth, Kentville, Liverpool, Sydney, Port Hawkesbury, Truro, New Glasgow, Amherst, Yarmouth, and Halifax. Also includes a list of all submissions, both written and oral (see RG 44 Volume 194 no. 1).

Nova Scotia. Department of the Environment. Minister's Task Force on Hazardous Waste Management
Jean Doris LeBlanc
MG 1 volume 2711 · Fonds · 1985

Consists of a typescript of the Genealogy of the Poirier family in Chéticamp - Volume 1: the Andre line by Jean Doris Le Blanc. The Poirier family of Cheticamp in this fonds descends from Jean Poirier (born ca. 1626 - died ca. 1654) who was married to Jeanne Chabrat of La Chausee in the Poitou region of France. Jean Poirier was part of the group from France hired to work on the fishing establishments of Nicolas Denys in Cape Breton. They had two children: Marie-Francoise (born ca. 1648) who married Roger Caissie and Michel (born ca. 1650) who married Marie Boudrot. The focus of this family history is on the descendants of Michel and Marie (Boudrot) Poirier.

Jean Doris LeBlanc, 1938-
Guy LeBlanc
MG 2 volumes 1974-1990 · Fonds · 1984-1993

Consists of records documenting LeBlanc's political career. Contains constituency correspondence (1984-1993), correspondence, reports, and other material relating to legislative committees on community services, education, and public accounts (1989-1993); and correspondence, press releases and clippings accumulated by LeBlanc as minister (1985-1993). Also includes a briefing book and photograph pertaining to the Maritime Forum of Cabinets in Moncton in 1991.

LeBlanc, Guy, 1950-
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-
1986-47 · Fonds · 1984-1985

Produced in the early stages on the Native Council of Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq Language Program, an initiative launched in 1983, "for the purpose of preserving, protecting and encouraging the use of the Mi'kmaq Language among both the Mi'kmaq and non-Mi'kmaq people of Eastern Canada". The cassettes and the accompanying workbook were the first of a series of Mi'kmaq as a Second Language Learning Materials. The Program maintains an extensive library of Mi'kmaq language learning materials. Also, under its auspices customized Mi'kmaq Language teaching methodologies have been developed, and Mi'kmaq Translation Services and a school language familiarization plan have been established. Audio recordings, then, provides an interesting insight into the early work of what has since become a significant institution in Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaw culture.

Native Council of Nova Scotia, 1975-
RG 44 volume 114 · Fonds · 1983

Consists of written submissions to the Task Force (1983), the final report to the Minister (June 1983), and a press release from the Department of Social Services (October 1983).

Submissions were received from parents, childcare workers, daycare centres, nursery schools, children's centres, daycare associations, education associations, parents' groups, women's groups, childcare councils, and children's aid societies. Submissions were in the form of briefs, letters, proposals, recommendations, reports, and articles. They are organized by region.

Nova Scotia. Department of Social Services. Minister’s Task Force on Day Care
MG 20 volumes 3580-3581 · Fonds · 1983-1991

Consists of minutes, correspondence, press releases and promotional items, papers, briefs, and reports along with related documentation. The contents document the goals and work of the organization.

Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture, 1984-
RG 44 volume 112 files 3-6 · Fonds · 1983

Fonds consists of public hearing transcripts (May 17, 18, June 8, 1983); briefs submitted from former Bedford mayor Francine J. Cosman, MLA for Sackville Malcolm MacKay, the City of Halifax, the Municipality of Halifax County, resident of Fergusons Cove Alan Ruffman, the Town of Bedford, and the City of Dartmouth (1983); terms of reference and newspaper notice of hearings (1983); and an unpublished copy of the final report submitted to Government (August 10, 1983).

Nova Scotia. Commission of Inquiry on Metropolitan Authority Membership and Representation
RG 44 Volume 195-210 · Fonds · 1982-1985

Consists of briefs or written submissions from individuals, citizens groups, environmental organizations, and government together with summaries of the presentations made, organized by public meeting date (April 2 to October 8, 1982); audio recordings of the public meetings and hearings as well as a CBC Radio “Radio Noon” interview and call-in program (April 2, 1982 to March 18, 1983); transcripts of the 2 formal public hearings held in Halifax (March 4 and 18, 1983); official correspondence of the Commission and personal correspondence of Judge McCleave (1982-1985); newspaper clippings and research files (collected 1982); outlines and early drafts of the Final Report (1985?); photographs of a uranium exploration site near Bear River, NS owned by Shell (July 2, 1982); photographic slides of uranium mining site owned by Kidd Creek Company (June 1982); and a map of Annapolis and Shelburne Counties showing uranium concentrations in 1976 (collected 1983?). Fonds also includes a subject index to the briefs (see RG 44 Volume 195 no. 2), lists of names of presenters by meeting date (see RG 44 Volume 195 no. 6), and public notices.

Research material includes an overview of the Canadian uranium industry, Canadian policies on nuclear energy, the health risks of radiation, the moral/ethical concerns, nuclear waste management (tailings), and regulation trends in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Nova Scotia. Commission of Inquiry on Uranium
Christina Simmons
1982-025 · Collection · 1982-1983

Consists of 9 audio reels containing approximately 14 hours of oral history interviews with 9 different informants recorded between May 1982 and June 1983. Interviewees discuss their relationships with the Jost Mission and the Salvation Army (Halifax); as well as what role these institutions played with regard to the women who both distributed and received the social benefits/services. This study focuses on "class relations and motherhood in the context of social welfare".

RG 44 volumes 113-113B · Fonds · 1982-1983

Consists of advisory committee meeting minutes (Apr 1982-Jan 1983); written submissions (briefs) from stakeholders (1982); correspondence of the chairperson and secretary (1982-1983); articles, case studies, book reviews, and statistics collected during research (1977-1982, collected 1983); draft recommendations for discussion (1983); and the final published report (1983).

Nova Scotia. Department of Education. Ministerial Advisory Committee on Canadian Regional Publishing
RG 44 volumes 211-212 · Fonds · 1982-1987

Consists of the secretary’s files containing Select Committee meeting minutes and a few Steering Committee minutes (Nov 1985-Feb 1987); newspaper clippings about tourism (July 1985-May 1987); draft interim and final reports (Apr 1986-Feb 1987); a few briefs submitted and informal research reports (1983-1986), and recommendations from the earlier Select Committee on Tourism chaired by Brian Young (1982-1984). Also includes notices of meetings and cancelations (June 1985-Jan 1987), meeting attendance lists (June 1985-Mar 1987), Select Committee mailing lists (1982-1986), and Members of the Legislature lists (1985-1986).

Nova Scotia. House of Assembly’s Select Committee on Tourism
James MacSwain
MG 1 volumes 3528-3529 · Fonds · 1890-1994, predominant 1982-1994

Consists of material relating to MacSwain's work as a filmmaker, including release prints of several of his films (Super 8 and 16 mm), as well as roll negs, answer prints, work prints, and video masters. Fifteen of MacSwain's productions are represented, the majority of which are short experimental or documentary films dealing with topics such as homosexuality, the AIDS epidemic, nuclear waste disposal, and war. Also included are soundtracks and narrations, and photographs (negatives, prints, contact sheets, ca. 1890-1992, predominant 1982-1992) of stills used in his films and supporting images, both originals and copies. Fonds also contains supporting textual records, such as scripts, correspondence, story boards, note books, financial documents, promotional materials, and research material, such as photocopied magazine articles and historical documents.

MacSwain, James, 1945-
RG 44 volume 158 · Fonds · 1982-1984

Consists of submissions received (1984); meeting minutes (1983-1984); correspondence and briefing notes of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness along with terms of reference and the Memo to the Policy Board (1982-1983); press releases (1984); and draft recommendations (1984).

Nova Scotia. Ministers Task Force on the Film and Video Industry
RG 44 volume 185 · Fonds · 1982-1984

Consists of briefs with their cover letters (1982-1984); copy of the newspaper public notice of hearings (1983?); and lists of submitters appearing at hearings (1983-1984). Briefs are from unions, companies, boards of trade, health organizations, and labour councils. They are arranged in alphabetical order by name of submitter.

Nova Scotia. Department of Labour and Manpower. Minister's Committee on Occupational Health and Safety
1998-064 · Fonds · 1981-1997

Consists of records documenting the activities of the society. Includes minutes of the editorial council, board of directors, and editorial board (1981-1996), annual reports (1983-1995), circular letters (1981-1997), the managing editor's correspondence (1981-1996), and photographs used in New Maritimes articles accumulated between 1983 and 1996, organized by subject.

New Maritimes Editorial Council Society, 1981-1997
Jay White
1985-055 · Fonds · 1980-1990

Consists of textual records and sound recordings relating to Dr. White's work as a historian, particularly his work on Halifax in the Second World War, and the life and career of Portia White. The textual records include drafts of two of his papers, "Portia: A Portrait", which he presented to the Nova Scotia Historical Society see MG 100 volume 254 number 17, and "Halifax, Nova Scotia: A Canadian Staging Area", which he presented to the International Colloquium on cities in the Second World War see MG 100 volume 91 number 6, which also contains an invitation to the Colloquium], and a newspaper clipping (from the Moncton Times-Transcript) discussing Dr. White's publication "The Ajax Affair" see MG 100 volume 85 number 107. Also includes an audio cassette dub, made by Dr. White, of Portia White's album "Think on Me" (which was released posthumously in 1969 by White's family, under the "White House Records" label ) and a 1964 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio interview with her. Finally, there is an audio reel containing a dub of a 1949 CBC Radio Programme, "Race is No Barrier: The Story of Portia White". This programme was part of a series made by the CBC for the National School Board entitled "News of the Week to Schools". The recording was made from a series of transcription discs discovered by Dr. White during his research into Portia White.

James F. (Jay) White
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.
1995-007 · Fonds · 1979-1994

Consists of materials created by the Commission to document its activities in the sports and recreation sector in Nova Scotia between 1983 and 1994. During this time the province hosted the 1987 Canada Winter Games at facilities centred in Cape Breton County and the Commission was heavily involved in the games from bids from across the province to host the games, to site selection of the venues once the host had been identified, to details on the management of the games and the achievements of Nova Scotia Athletes. While not the complete record of the games that might have been kept by the Winter Games committee, the records do contain information on the composition of provincial teams and competition results. Also contains minutes of management and grant committee meetings of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness between 1984 and 1989 and additional materials reflecting the participation of the Department or Commission on relevant national committees of allied and like organizations.

Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation Commission
Marie Bishop
MG 1 volumes 3160-3162 · Fonds · 1975-1976, 1986

Consists of predominantly of scrapbooks created or compiled by Marie Bishop. The scrapbooks contain obituaries from the Halifax Herald organized in rough alphabetical order, with entries from across Nova Scotia. There are also stories and reminiscences about the Bishop family on the sound recording.

Bishop, Marie, 1929-2011