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Archival description
Series · [ca. 1910]-[1984?]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as an historical researcher, collector of historical items, and member of the Eastern Shore heritage and museum community. Series is arranged into six sub-series, including illustrations, church drawings, publication layouts, community research, photographs, and publications. Accession number 2009.039
School activities
Series · 1948-[ca. 2004], predominant 1956-1965
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as a teacher and principal at various schools on the Eastern Shore, including the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School, Oyster Pond School, and Musquodoboit Harbour Consolidated School. Series is divided into three sub-series, including school photographs, school yearbooks, and school exercises. Accession number 2009.039
Photographs
Series · [ca. 1880]-[ca. 1975], [1995?]
Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of photographs accumulated by the Mitchell and Hosking families. Photographs are of people and places along the Eastern Shore, some of which are identified, including Mitchell and Hosking family members as well as pictures of the Garth M. Hosking General Store and Hosking’s Garage. Also includes a photograph of Mrs. Flora Mitchell. One picture, taken significantly later than the others, depicts Mildred Hosking and two other people in front of an historical display of the Hosking Store, probably around 1995. Accession numbers 2003.011, 2006.001, 2010.011
Community activities
Series · 1976-2008
Part of Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds
Series forms part of the Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds and consists of records relating to activities and events which the Society and its members organized or participated in, including public displays of historical artifacts, society parties, the dedication of a local war memorial, and the Chezzetcook Acadian celebrations of 2004. Series contains guest books, photographs of events, programs, brochures, correspondence, notes, an article, a newsletter, a videocassette, and other material. Series also contains entries in two competitions organized by the society for local grade six and seven students; one for a design for the Society’s seal and one for a 500-word essay on a local historical topic. In addition, series includes correspondence, clippings and other material related to society members’ involvement in an early 1980s movement to prevent the government from running Highway 107 through the Chezzetcook Marshes.
Photographs
Series · [193-?], [ca. 1967]
Part of W. Hugh Conrod fonds
Series forms part of W. Hugh Conrod fonds and consists of a numbered set of black-and-white photographic negatives, as well as prints of the negatives. The photographs were taken sometime probably in the 1930s and are of locations and people on the Eastern Shore and elsewhere in the Eastern mainland Nova Scotia. Sometime around 1967, when the Dartmouth Heritage Museum was opened, Conrod made the prints in his own darkroom and displayed copies of them in the museum. Series also includes strips of negatives and prints of photographs taken of the presentation panels used in this display. The panels include captions identifying the locations of the photographs and on one of the panels there is also a caption which reads, “Pictures taken on a walk from Dartmouth to Antigonish. 175 miles. Time 5 ½ days.” Conrod acquired the negatives from someone who possibly took them in association with a work of travel literature. The route taken by the photographer was possibly on the road now known as Nova Scotia Highway 7, and Eastern Shore locations from Lake Echo to Ecum Secum are identified. Not all identifications are necessarily accurate, however, as they were identified by Conrod and not by the original photographer. Locations are also written on the backs of some of the prints and do not always coincide with locations on the display captions. The negatives each have a number from one to twenty, although five of the original twenty are missing. The print of negative number two is also missing. Photographs of number twelve and onward do not appear in the display panel photographs and their locations are not identified. Also presented in the display is a painting by W. R. Symons, dated to either 1957 or 1967. The painting depicts a scene similar to that in one of the photographs identified as Head of Chezzetcook. The numbered negatives and their prints are arranged by the negatives’ numbers and by the order in which they appear in the display, which mostly coincides with their geographic locations from West to East. Unidentified prints whose original negatives are missing are placed at the end. Photographs of the display are arranged by the order and numbering of the negative strips. 2010.005
Photographs
Series · 1962
Part of Robert A. Logan fonds
Series forms part of the Robert A. Logan fonds and consists of one black-and-white photograph of Robert Logan and his wife Daisy in 1962. 2010.006
Photographs
Series · [ca. 1880s-1890s]
Part of Charles Henry Webber fonds
Series forms part of the Charles Henry Webber fonds and consists of one photograph showing the Mitchell homestead in Oyster Pond with various people standing outside in front of the house. Accession number: 2004.009
Wartime records
Series · 1918-1919, 1944-1945
Part of Hilchie family fonds
Series forms part of Hilchie family fonds and consists of military records, photographs and medals of Everett Hilchie and Donald Hilchie, picture postcards, and a Remembrance Day program. Accession number: 2017.059
Photographs
Series · [ca. 1930s]-2001
Part of Hilchie family fonds
Series forms part of Hilchie family fonds and consists of 292 photographs, most black and white. Accession number: 2017.059
Series · c.1911-1942
Part of Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
Series forms part of the Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds and consists of records related to Alexander ‘Sandy’ and Cora (Harpell) Myers, who was the sister of Grace’s mother. Cora was born on January 26, 1896 in West Jeddore and became a teacher in the early 1900s. She and her husband Sandy (1893-1957) owned the Salmon River House where Grace lived for several years following her retirement. A note found among the records indicates that they were used by Grace to help create the publications produced by the Marine Highway Historical Society. The series includes a photograph of Cora Harpell’s class at Ostrea Lake School in 1915 with the names of the students; a scrapbook containing clippings of songs; stories; and the prize winners of a matrimonial letter contest featuring Cora’s entry, No Fake Gentleman. Also included are various clippings regarding her school in Ostrea Lake; her graduating class from the Provincial Normal College in 1914; as well as handwritten poems and stories. Series also includes the lyrics to the Normal College school song, an application for a teacher’s license in 1912 that was rejected because she was too young, and a teacher’s license issued in 1914, as well as an earlier letter from a friend in1911. Cora died in Musquodoboit Harbour on February 24, 1995 at the age of 99. Series also contains receipts including postal and remitters’ receipts, invoices, ration forms and coupons, product labels, local business letterhead and advertisements, coupons, tax assessments, a tax notice, and enumeration records. Also included is correspondence to Sandy Myers from people coming to Salmon River House, a Christmas card from Arnold Logan, a Guide’s License, and an order form for a vest. Accession number: 2010.032