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Church drawings
Subseries · 1975
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of drawings of Eastern Shore churches which were collected by Helen Jennex. Also included are drawings of houses in Oyster Pond and of the Clam Bay School house. Some drawings are originals, while others are photocopies. The drawings are signed “Kay Dwyer” or “SW”. Sub-series also includes an original drawing of Owl’s Head Harbour signed “HS”. In addition, sub-series includes a photocopy of illustrations of water birds. Accession number 2009.039
Community research
Subseries · 1954, 1967-1978
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of records relating to research undertaken by Helen Jennex and possibly others into local history and events in the Eastern Shore. Sub-series contains two booklets, one describing the history of the Clam Harbour Church and one, written by Jennex, describing the history of the West Jeddore School. Sub-series also contains clippings relating to local events and people. Accession number 2009.039
Helen Jennex fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1910]-[ca. 2004]
Fonds consists of material documenting the activities of Helen Jennex and includes material related to her interest and involvement in local history and heritage activities as well as records related to her activities as an educator. Accession number 2009.039
Series · [ca. 1910]-[1984?]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as an historical researcher, collector of historical items, and member of the Eastern Shore heritage and museum community. Series is arranged into six sub-series, including illustrations, church drawings, publication layouts, community research, photographs, and publications. Accession number 2009.039
Illustrations
Subseries · 1958-[ca. 1977]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of original illustrations of historical Eastern Shore tools and fishing techniques. The illustrations have captions and were probably used in displays put on by Helen Jennex and/or other members of the Marine Highway Historical Society and Fisherman’s House Museum. Sub-series also includes two original watercolours, one of Devil’s Oven, Clam Harbour, and one of Clam Harbour Beach. The watercolours are signed “W.R. Symons” and are dated to 1958. Accession number 2009.039
Photographs
Subseries · [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1972]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of black-and-white photographs of Eastern Shore locations and people which were collected by Helen Jennex. Included are views of Navy Pool, a lobster hatchery and a skating pond in Jeddore, a lumber mill in Oyster Pond, Salmon River, the Clam Bay schoolhouse, a church, and a sailboat called the Viola G. Hartlin. A photograph of two women identifies them as Mrs. Ervin Myers and Mrs. Byron Mitchell, while other photographs of people, including a wedding photograph, are unidentified. Sub-series also includes some school photographs, including Clam Bay School photographs and a photograph of a newspaper team at Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School. Also included is an unusually composed photograph of Oyster Pond schoolchildren posed on the shoreline, which may have been taken sometime around 1910 by itinerant school photographer Frank Adams, possibly while working under the company name O. B. Stubbs. Some of the photographs are printed onto a card backing, and in some cases are in postcard format. Some photographs are also mounted on cardboard. Also included in the sub-series are two colour photographs and a black-and-white photograph of houses, mounted on a piece of paper. The black-and-white photograph has a family in front, with one member identified as Ella Hill. Accession number 2009.039
Publication layouts
Subseries · 1959-1964, 1982-[1984?]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of page layout collages for portions of Marine Highway Historical Society publications in which Helen Jennex was involved, including Eight Years of Marine Whispers. The layouts are for the graphical parts of the publications and consist of photographs, clippings, text, and other material glued onto sheets of white paper. Included is the original drawing for the front cover of the society's publication The Gull’s Cry. Accession number 2009.039
Publications
Subseries · 1979-1986
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series consists of publications issued by the Marine Highway Historical Society, and in which Helen Jennex was involved, including Eight Years of Marine Whispers, Bygone Snippets, Backward Glances, and All Through the Year. Sub-series also includes two publications produced by Society member Grace Forsythe, including Tales of the Yesteryears and More Tales of the Yesteryears. Accession number: 2009.039
School activities
Series · 1948-[ca. 2004], predominant 1956-1965
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as a teacher and principal at various schools on the Eastern Shore, including the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School, Oyster Pond School, and Musquodoboit Harbour Consolidated School. Series is divided into three sub-series, including school photographs, school yearbooks, and school exercises. Accession number 2009.039
School exercises
Subseries · 1953-[ca. 1986]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of school activities series of several exercises for students, each consisting of a leaflet with a short text on an historic person, anecdote, or other topic, and a set of accompanying questions. Sub-series also includes two mass letters from the Inspector of Schools for Halifax County, one addressed to the teachers of Halifax County and another addressed to the secretary to the trustees of a school. 2009.039