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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
Collection · [2015]
The collection consists of files on various photographers that operated in Colchester County, containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and biographies. Items were compiled internally for an exhibition. 2015.22.1 - 9; 2021.40.1 - 19
Collection · [ca. 2016 - 2018]
Collection contains materials submitted by university departments and individuals for inclusion in a time capsule buried on Dalhousie University's Studley Campus to mark Dalhousie's bicentennial celebrations. UA-53
Collection · 1915 - 1977
Collection consists of a booklet about the history of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital, correspondence of nursing matron Laura Hubley, a book of signatures of the unit's members, and correspondence and a small album containing postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper (who worked with the unit in 1916 and 1917) to his nephew, Ralph Kane. MS-13-2
Frank Fulton Collection
Collection · 1896 - 1973
The fonds consists of materials related to the history of Truro and Colchester County, NS that were collected by Frank Fulton throughout his lifetime, including directories, scrapbooks, books. The collection of 118 photographs show the Fulton family's activities during World War II, including images taken overseas. They also show the family spending time at Spencer's Point, NS; Big Cove Camp and Melmerby Beach, Pictou County, NS; businesses around Truro, NS during the 1970s; Frank's ironworks collection; and several postcards of scenes around Truro. 2012.6.1 - 46
Gordon Kinsman Collection
Collection · 1929 - 1939
The collection contains 3 cm of textual records related to the fur farming industry in Nova Scotia during the 1920s and 1930s. Many items are related to H. S. Cruikshank, a taxidermist of Colchester County. Photographs show early tanneries and the logging industry in Nova Scotia. 1997.26.1 - 57
Harry Nelson Collection
Collection · 1886 - 1975
The collection contains assorted reference materials about the history of the Truro, NS area that were acquired and/or created by Harry Nelson over his lifetime. There are 30 cm of research notes on the history of the communities of Colchester County, NS, which also contains correspondence and administrative records of the Colchester Historical Society with respect to exhibition planning. 1996.21.1 - 30