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1975-1980 (Creation)
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- Campbell, Robert H., 1915-1983
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- 252 photographs and other graphic material
- 1 cm of textual records
- 1 leaf of cartographic materials
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Robert Henry Campbell was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3 August 1915, the son of Ross Douglas and Lily Alice (Wier) Campbell. He was educated at public schools in Dartmouth and Halifax. He attended Dalhousie University, graduating with a BA in 1936, a Diploma of Education in 1937, and a MA in History in 1939. He first taught at a private school in Stanstead, Quebec, for a year before returning to Nova Scotia to continue his career. He married Doris Jollymore in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in July 1941, and they had one daughter, Margaret. He was associated with the Lunenburg school board for 36 years as a teacher, vice-principal and finally as supervisor of schools for 10 years, retiring in 1977. He was an elder of the Central United Church; a Director of Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax; of Fishermen's Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg; of Lunenburg Heritage Society; and of the Lunenburg Academy Foundation. He was also a member of the Lunenburg Board of Trade and the Curling Club. He was an accomplished amateur photographer, gardener, and craftsman. He died in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on 27 March 1983 and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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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.
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The photographs of Lunenburg houses and buildings were donated by R.H. Campbell in 1981 and the cemetery photographs by his daughter Margaret in 1991.