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Helene Read fonds
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Correspondence
Series · 1966-1988
Part of Helene Read fonds
Series forms part of the Helene Read fonds and consists of correspondence with family members and friends as well as postcards and correspondence with several barristers and solicitors regarding sales and purchases of properties as well as the transfer of a deed from Douglas F. Stoddard to Helene Read’s sister Nettie White. Accession number 2013.019
Genealogy
Series · ca. 1858-1992
Part of Helene Read fonds
Series forms part of the Helene Read fonds and consists of genealogical information regarding the Stoddard, Fraser, Parker, and Palmer families. The majority concerns the Stoddard family, in particular Adam Stoddard and his descendents, including Thomas, Edmund Fanning, and George William Sherlock Stoddard. Also includes an obituary for Carrie (Stoddard) Conrad, a funeral program, a recipe, and some correspondence regarding the Stoddard family.
Helene Read fonds
Helene Read fonds
Fonds · ca.1790-1996
Consists of records related to the life, activities, and interests of Helene Read and includes family photographs, Stoddard family history and land information, personal and professional correspondence, information about the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service and other organizations with which Helene was involved. Accession number 2013.019
Land indentures, maps, wills
Series · ca. 1760-1945
Part of Helene Read fonds
Series forms part of the Helene Read fonds and consists of a land indenture dated August 8, 1799 in which possession of land in Clam Harbour is passed from Robert, Colin, and Patrick Campbell and their wives to Thomas Stoddard. Series also includes information concerning other land grants in Clam Harbour belonging to the Campbell and Stoddard families between 1765 to 1894 and 1945. Four maps are also included in the series and include plans dated 1956 showing the division of the estate of James Stoddard as per his will, a map of the lands of Ralph Stoddard dated 1970, and two maps showing the subdivision of Lot 1 lands owned by Douglas F. Stoddard dated 1963. In addition there is one map of the land belonging to Robert Sr., Duncan, and Robert Campbell as well as two pages of microfilm copies of the land grant document presumably for that piece of land c. 1760. All maps pertain to land in Clam Harbour. Series also contains copies of the wills of James Edward Stoddard, Thomas Stoddard, Adam Stoddard, Edmund Fanning Stoddard, and documents concerning the estate of Nancy Stoddard. Accession number 2013.019
Organizations and committees
Series · 1970-1996
Part of Helene Read fonds
Series forms part of the Helene Read fonds and consists of records pertaining to organizations and committees in which Helene Read was presumably involved. These include the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service, meeting minutes of the Municipal Planning Strategy Districts 10 & 11 Public Participation Committee, the Mining Society of Nova Scotia, and other organizations. Records consist of correspondence, handbooks, memorandums, invoices, schedules, meeting minutes, notices, and other materials.
Photographs
Series · ca. 1890-1995, predominant 1930-1961
Part of Helene Read fonds
Series forms part of the Helene Read fonds and consists of one color photograph of a sandcastle (possibly taken at Clam Harbour Beach) and twenty-three black and white photographs of relatives and friends of Helene Read, as well as possible photographs of herself. Accession number 2013.019