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Only top-level descriptions Fonds Ships--Nova Scotia--History--19th century
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O'Brien Family fonds
Fonds
The fonds consists predominantly of correspondence and vessel papers. The fonds also contains records that document the family's business activity, particularly that of Joseph O’Brien. MS-4-242
Killam Brothers fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains shareholder records and a list of ships owned or managed by members of the Killam family. MS-4-17
Joseph Simpson Harris fonds
Fonds · 1872 - 1928
Fonds comprises writs of execution, auction registers, papers regarding the barque Redento (1895), and correspondence (primarily postcards) reflecting Harris's work as High Sheriff for Pictou County. MS-2-147
Jonathan Borden Marsh fonds
Fonds
Fonds consists of Marsh's account book with the barque Vibilia and her owners (1869-1882) as well as pilot and customs papers. Also included is a charter contract for the Ellerslie (1886). MS-2-48, SF Box 18, Folder 15
Bigelow family fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family's shipbuilding activities as well as the genealogical interests of John Robert Bigelow. MS-4-92