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Catalogues and publications
Series · 1949-1965
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of product catalogues, suggested retail price lists, order forms, and trade catalogues. Supplier catalogues and price lists from Martin-Senour, Bolands, C-V Paint and Varnish, and Sportswear Specialties. Trade magazines include Autobody, General Motors, CIL Oval, Maritime Merchant and Service Garage. Some catalogues and publications are probably related to Hosking’s Garage. Accession number: 2003.011
Series · 1904, [191-], [194-], 1953, 1959
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of correspondence related to the Store, including a letter from a customer to Mildred Hosking, and a letter to Garth Hosking from the Employment Insurance Commission. Series also includes sets of blank letterheads and invoices in W.M.O. Mitchell’s name from the 1910s. Also included in the series is a 1941 license to sell gasoline issued to W.M.O. Mitchell. Series also includes blank letterheads from Hosking’s Garage. In addition, series includes a 1904 list of voters from the number 27 polling district of Halifax County. Accession numbers: 2003.011, 2006.001
Ledgers
Series · 1904-1909
Part of John M. Homans, General Merchant fonds
Series forms part of the John Homans, General Merchant fonds and consists of one store ledger, recording daily sales at the store and whether or not they were paid for. Accession number: 2009.039
Series · 1872-1975
Part of Inglis-Quinlan family fonds
Series forms part of Inglis and Quinlan Family fonds and consists of correspondence, ephemera, financial records and printed and published material relating to the store. The records are limited in scope as many store records were given to Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.
Invoices and receipts
Series · 1891-1909, 1922-1977
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of supplier invoices requesting payment for goods purchased by the store. Series also contains receipts for goods purchased in person from local or travelling suppliers. Shipping slips generated when goods were sent by vessel (1890-1920s), train (1930s), and transport truck (1940s and 1950s) are also included. Occasionally other records of a personal nature (some doctor's bills) are filed with invoices as per original order. Series reflects the change in the nature of business over the decades, from personalized letters acknowledging receipt of payment or goods, to daily order and monthly statements. Invoices list goods purchased on a regular basis, their quantity and price. Envelopes that the invoices were sent in reflect the accounting practice of Willy O Mitchell.Series also includes four receipt books for goods sold to local individuals dated between 1971 and 1977 as well as a certificate of inspection of the store’s weights and measures, dated to 1897. Also includes cheque receipts from 1974-1975. Accession numbers: 2003.011, 2010.008
Account books
Series · 1896-1905
Part of George L. Monk fonds
Series consists of three account books that reflect the retail transactions of Monk’s store. Two account books include indexes.
Financial ledgers
Series · 1892-1895, 1919-1966
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of account books, day books, expense books, day book indexes, and other ledgers. Account books list the names of people who had credit at the store, their daily purchases and the frequency of their payments on account. Day books record daily sales at the store, and whether the sales were paid or put on account. Expense books record payments made to each supplier and a list of general expenses such as telephone, freight and postage. A summary list of annual expenses follows at the end of each year. The early expense books from the 1890s sketch out expenses and also serve partially as account books. Day book indexes record the names of individuals receiving credit and the corresponding page number in the account books. However, the indexes are not labelled or dated, so some appear not to correspond to account books in the fonds. The two ledgers record monthly expenses for the store from 1960-66. Some books record expenses for Hosking’s Garage. Accession number: 2003.011
Inventories
Series · 1962-1974
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of four inventories of the store’s stock. Two inventories are dated to 1962, one is dated 1974, and one is undated. Accession number: 2003.011
Account books
Series · 1916-1949
Part of G. J. Leslie General Merchandise fonds
Series forms part of the G. J. Leslie General Merchandise fonds and consists of loose pages from early account books as well as eighteen day books and three large ledger books documenting customer accounts and orders of goods. Some of the large ledger books contain loose receipts and order forms from suppliers and customers from various years. Also included are notes regarding the ledgers, some in correspondence with Robert Kim Stevens in 1998. The notes include personal background information on many of the people listed in the ledgers. Names include: James Andrews, Simon Boutilier, West. Boutilier, Uriah Boutilier, Frank Butler, Alfred R. Boutilier, Henry A. Boutilier, Herbert Gerrard, Samuel Boutilier, David Boutilier, Elias Boutilier, Jeremiah Boutilier, Henry Boutilier, John Power, George H. Connor, Alex Connor, Jamieson (Jim) Connor, Gaspar Hawse, Jack McCarty, Percy and Ruben Prest, Alfred Stewart, Albert White, Jack Josey, Henry Prest, Edward Hennebury, George G. Lawlor, Jonathan (J. R.) Hilchey, Mathew Boutilier, Alfred and Edd Henley, William H. Josey, Gordon Boutilier, Herbert Boutilier, Walter Hawse, Alfred Hubley, William Hawse, Nelson Boutilier, Sidney Patterson, Charles Harnish, Amos Harnish, John D. Boutilier, Davis S. Boutilier, Alfred R. Boutilier, Edward Sturmy, Amos Henley, Thomas Jackson, Alex Bollong, Frank Perry, Harry Cooper, William Hubley, James H. Josey, H. C. Leslie, William McKenzie, Frank Josey, James R. Myers, Alex Hilchie, Herbert Gerrard, Amos Henley, Archibald McCarthy, John Beaver, Archibald Borgal, Burton (Bert) Winters, George W. Josey, Lawrence Josey, Charles A. Power, Arthur Power, Ruben Power, William G. Power, George A. Connor, William Monk, Harry Monk, Isaac Prest, Simon Boutilier, Mary Lawlor, Frank McCarty, James Powell, Zachariah"Dock" Beaver, John Arch Power, Nathan Hubley, Charles W. Josey, Emmanuel Josey, Howard Bradley, Bruce Jackson, Jeremiah Beaver, Willis or Tommie Beaver, Alfred Henley, Robert Gerrard. Accession number: 2008.028