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Ajax Club
Collection · Microfilmed ca. 1983.
Collection consists of records relating to Ajax Club, 1940-1942, borrowed for microfilming from Edith Girouard, who assisted in the creation of the club. Includes a scrapbook, an annual report, a booklet about the history of the club, related documentation, and correspondence about the closure of the club. microfilm 14653
Collection · 1755-1973
This collection is an artificial arrangement, organized by county or jurisdiction rather than by provenance, with Halifax County first and the other counties following in alphabetical order. Within each county the records are generally arranged chronologically, retaining the original order in which they were filed together in the court houses. The inquest records in this collection were separated from other court record series by Archive staff, but many inquest papers remain intermingled with other court records. County Court records in particular should be consulted if a particular inquest in not located in this collection.There are several series: general coroners’ returns for various counties, 1755-1928 that contain statistical returns and other administrative information; case files for coroners’ inquests and magisterial inquiries for the following counties: Halifax (1828 to 1928); Cape Breton (1906 to 1907), Colchester (1885 to 1973), Cumberland (1931 to 1959), Inverness (1936 to 1971), Lunenburg (1824 to 1907), Queens (1818 to 1940), and Shelburne (1786 to 1904); and medical reports on causes of death for Halifax City and the Town of Dartmouth (1895 to 1967). RG 41
School Records
Collection · 1789-1985
Consists of warrants for payments to trustees, general correspondence about schools in the county, statistical returns and reports, petitions, grants, abstracts, some minutes of the school boards, teacher contracts, attendance records, financial account books, home and school association minutes, Halifax Commercial College finances (1887-1892), and in the 1820's and 1830's there are some general returns giving the names and ages of pupils and names of parents or guardians, and lists of schools in the county. Also includes Annual School Directories of NS (1952-1954) and material on school boundaries. RG 14
Collection · 1702-1917, predominant 1857-1886
Collection consists of Nova Scotia colonial government records, together with British and French imperial records relating to Nova Scotia, and comprises one continuous sequence of numbered volumes that have been arranged into 28 described series. RG 1
William Hall
Collection · 1857-1967
Consists of material documenting the life of William Hall and his memorial ceremony in Hantsport, 1966-1967. Includes correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings, copies of articles and certificates, and minutes of the William Hall Victoria Cross memorial steering committee. MG 1 volume 1499
George W. Silver Collection
Collection · 1900-1907
The collection consists of postcards and matted photographs depicting Mahone Bay town views, buildings, and the Mahone Junction train station (including some train wrecks). MBMS-61
Collection · 1880 - 1970
The collection consists primarily of photographs documenting the history of the town of Mahone Bay and the immediate surrounding areas in Lunenburg County. The collection, which includes original photographs, copy prints, and postcards (real photos and halftones), depicts many different facets of the lives of the people of the Mahone Bay community: bands; buildings and street views; celebrations and events; cemeteries; churches; the First World War; the Masonic Lodge; people; photo albums; school photos; the Second World War; shipbuilding; street views; and town views. There are also a number of stereoviews (original photographs and printed halftones) that portray a wide variety of non-local subjects, including the operations of the T. Eaton Company, various Canadian views, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Russo-Japanese War, the Holy Land, and various scenes of rural life and domestic comedy, including the impact of the “New Woman.” MBMS-14
Collection · [195-?], 1962
Collection consists of black and white photos of downtown Halifax on and around Jacob Street, and Starr Street, including what appears to be the synagogue on Starr Street (CR76.3). Also includes aerial shots of downtown Halifax showing businesses such as Howards, Clayton's, Maritime Warehousing and Transfer. CR76
Collection · 1918-2017, predominant 2014-2017
Collection consists of Cahill's research files on the Halifax Relief Commission that were used for his book "Rebuilding Halifax: A History of the Halifax Relief Commission." Files include copies of correspondence, reports, and news articles. CR75