F. H. Bell Estate papers (1941-1945) available.
Francis Hugh Bell was born 6 August 1855 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he later became a barrister. He married M. Leila Steede (1862-1933) of Hamilton, Bermuda. They had at least two children, a daughter Barbara and a son, Hugh. Bell was a member of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and closely involved with the Marblehead to Halifax races. Frank H. Bell died in 1940.
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Fonds consist of: Barrister's papers, manuscripts, correspondence, and lessons
Part of Barbara Bell accession.
Title based on contents of fonds.
See also Barbara Bell fonds and M. Leila Bell fonds.
Barbara Bell was born on 4 June in 1902 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Francis H. Bell and M. Leila Bell. Bell had at least one brother, Hugh B. Bell. Barbara spent her early years in Bermuda, and later went to school at Halifax Ladies College around 1919. Bell was an ambulance driver, Lieutenant in the St. John’s Ambulance Battalion, in France and Germany during WWII. After the war Bell helped locate and distribute aid to people who had been hiding from the Germans. She then returned to Halifax where she organized a social club, the Mardi Gras Club, on the Navy’s behalf. She was also president of the Protestant Orphanage, today known as Veith House. Bell was a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Halifax. She also ran Camp Sunshine in Mahone Bay. Bell was actively involved as a volunteer with organizations such as the Izaak Walton Killam children’s hospital. Bell was a founding member of the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society. She and her father were members of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and were closely involved with the Marblehead to Halifax races, presenting the Hugh Bell Trophy to the winner. Bell never married but fostered two girls. Bell died 15 August 1999 in Cole Harbour.
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Series forms part of F. H. Bell fonds and consists of a ledger used by Bell to record hours with his clients and legal cases. The other half of the ledger contains letters written by his daughter Barbara Bell to Peter and a draft copy of her Will.
Title based on contents of series.
See also Barbara Bell fonds.
Barbara Bell was born on 4 June in 1902 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Francis H. Bell and M. Leila Bell. Bell had at least one brother, Hugh B. Bell. Barbara spent her early years in Bermuda, and later went to school at Halifax Ladies College around 1919. Bell was an ambulance driver, Lieutenant in the St. John’s Ambulance Battalion, in France and Germany during WWII. After the war Bell helped locate and distribute aid to people who had been hiding from the Germans. She then returned to Halifax where she organized a social club, the Mardi Gras Club, on the Navy’s behalf. She was also president of the Protestant Orphanage, today known as Veith House. Bell was a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Halifax. She also ran Camp Sunshine in Mahone Bay. Bell was actively involved as a volunteer with organizations such as the Izaak Walton Killam children’s hospital. Bell was a founding member of the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society. She and her father were members of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and were closely involved with the Marblehead to Halifax races, presenting the Hugh Bell Trophy to the winner. Bell never married but fostered two girls. Bell died 15 August 1999 in Cole Harbour.
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Series forms part of F. H. Bell fonds and consists of a letter to F. H. Bell from a reader of an article he wrote on temperance; letters from his daughter Barbara Bell written when she was serving overseas during WWII.
Title based on contents of series.
See also Barbara Bell fonds.
Published
Series consists of a copy of French lessons with corrections; "Notes on Rhetoric" taken by Bell from lectures by Prof. James DeMille at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; diploma for BA from Dalhousie, 1876.
Title based on contents of series.
Francis Hugh Bell was born 6 August 1855 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he later became a barrister. He married M. Leila Steede (1862-1933) of Hamilton, Bermuda. They had at least two children, a daughter Barbara and a son, Hugh. Bell was a member of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and closely involved with the Marblehead to Halifax races. Frank H. Bell died in 1940.
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Series consists of a manuscript of an article by F. H. Bell entitled 'The Balance of Trade : Is it a Myth?"
Title based on contents of series.