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Blaikie Family Collection
Collection · 1839 - 1961
The collection contains textual records and photographs that demonstrate the activities of several members of the Blaikie Family of Great Village, NS, for almost a century from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Items were arranged into series by the archivist based on record type or content, including: letters; insurance policies for various properties in Great Village; payment agreements; Estate of Melinda (Gould) Blaikie; bills; land deeds; John Wier contracts; World War I correspondence, mostly between Joseph McKay Blaikie and Blanche Johnson; ledgers; documents related to the shipbuilding and shipping industries, focusing on “The Peerless”, “Chieftain”, and “The President”. The fonds also contains assorted items related to community organizations and happenings in Great Village, NS, including: day books for Ezra Layton’s store; Iron Age Division of the Sons of Temperance; dyke books; play bills; Corinthians Lodge; war rations books; Women’s Institute of Great Village; and a scrapbook. The photograph collection contains a large number of portraits, with most people identified as members of the Blaikie Family. There are also a large number of photographs of William Edward Spencer and Truene Ruth (Geddes) Spencer, at home and on holiday in California. 2006.48.1 - 148; 2007.36.1 - 56
2007.36.40c
Item · [1898 - 1948]
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a black and white photographic print of Arthur (Mac) McLellan Blaikie sitting on the steps to the porch of his house.
2007.36.40b
Item · 1921 - 1944
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a black and white photographic print showing Hester Genevieve Blaikie (b. 1902), Marjory Walton, Isabella Steele (Spencer) MacKinnon (1869 - 1969), and Sarah Mitchell (Spencer) Blaikie (1865 - 1944). Sarah was the sister of Isabella, the mother of Hester, and the grandmother of Marjory. Marjory was the daughter of Dorothy Spencer (Blaikie) Walton (b. 1893).
2007.36.39d
Item · July 1928
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a black and white photographic print showing Annie Blanche (Blaikie) Johnson (1885 - 1960) and Lin [Melinda] Blaikie (b. 1904), oldest and youngest sisters. They were daughters of John Arthur Blaikie and Sarah Mitchell Spencer.
2007.36.24
Item · February 1904
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a black and white photographic print of Adelaide McLellan (Blaikie) Spencer (b. 1888). Taken by R. S. Pridham Studio, Sackville, NB. She was a daughter of John Arthur Blaikie and Sarah Mitchell Spencer. She married Herman M. Spencer in 1909.
2007.36.23c
Item · April 1935
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a postcard with a black and white photograph of Great Village, NS, titled "A View in Great Village, N. S.". Visible are the tourist cabins that were located below the home of Edmund Munroe Johnson and Annie Blanche (Blaikie) Johnson on the Great Village River; they were in this location from the 1920s to the 1940s. The postcard is addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Peppard" [Russell Waldo Peppard and Melinda Gould (Blaikie) Peppard], Irvington, NJ. The note reads: "Easter Greetings, love Johnson Family".
2007.36.16c
Item · 1919
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a black and white photographic print on a postcard, showing William Edward Spencer and Truene Ruth (Geddes) Spencer with a cart being pulled by an ostrich. Taken in Pasadena, CA.
2006.48.80
Item · 1887 - 1890
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
This item is a black and white photographic print, showing Annie Blanche Blaikie (1885 - 1960) and Edna Fulton Blaikie (1887 - 1895). A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Annie Blanche married 'Little' Ed Johnson and she had a tea room in the house by the river (present Arthur Haskins' house)".
2006.48.78
Item · [1900 - 1919]
Part of Blaikie Family Collection
The item is a black and white photographic print mounted on cardboard, showing Sarah (Smith) Spencer and Joseph Spencer. They married on 18 [February] 1854 in Londonderry, NS. Taken by Percy E. Johnson in Leominster, MA.