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Fonds · [ca. 1900]-2008, predominant 1974-2004
Fonds consists of records of the Chezzetcook Historical Society and its members. Textual records were created between about 1900- 1930, 1950- 1955, 1965, and 1974- 2008, but the majority date to between 1974 and 2004. Fonds includes research material, genealogical information, publications, society records regarding its operation, inventories, maps, and photographs. Accession number 2009.018.
Lena Ferguson fonds
Fonds · 1974-2001
Fonds consists of approximately 137 hours of oral history interviews conducted by Lena Ferguson. Most interviewees were residents of the Eastern Shore region of Halifax County, particularly the Chezzetcook area. Interview topics include genealogy, local industries, occupations, music, shipping, community life, traditions, and folklore. In addition to interviews, the creator recorded school reunions, concerts, weddings, and church anniversaries. Several paper transcripts are included as well as scrapbooks featuring articles written by Lena and other newspaper articles regarding the Chezzetcook area. 2019.014
Lapierre_John_int_Eaton_6808
Item · August 15, 1980
Part of Lena Ferguson fonds
This audio file is an excerpt from an interview with John Lapierre of Grand Desert conducted in August of 1980 by Lena Ferguson and Rosemary Eaton. The audio clip features Mr. Lapierre discussing his experience working on the schooner, the Village Leaf, as a young boy of fourteen. They sailed from the Chezzetcook area to the fishing grounds off the Magdalen Islands. 2019.014