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1896-1940, predominant 1937-1940 (Creation)
- Creator
- Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Commission (Halifax)
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Physical description
90 cm of textual records
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Administrative history
The Provincial Exhibition Commission was incorporated in 1896 to provide an annual agricultural and industrial exhibition in Halifax for the province of Nova Scotia. The commission replaced the Halifax Exhibition Commission, incorporated in 1894, which went out of business. The new commission was instituted under the joint auspices of the provincial government and the City of Halifax. By 1937 it was known as the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Commission. In addition to arranging the annual exhibition, other activities of the commission included managing the prize list for the exhibition, purchasing property and erecting buildings for its exhibitions, and organizing other recreational and educational events on its grounds. The commission was disbanded by the early 1940s.
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Scope and content
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.
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Physical condition
Much of the material is in poor condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by the secretary-manager of the commission, E. Frank Lordly, in the early 1940s.