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Collection · 1950-1952
Part of Municipality of the County of Halifax fonds
Collection consists of items found in a "time capsule" that had been placed in the new wing of the Halifax County Hospital, probably when it was opened in 1952. Items include: Report of the Tenders and Public Property Committee re. Halifax County Home and Mental Hospital, 1951; the program for the Official Opening of the New Hospital Unit of the Halifax County Hospital, January 9, 1952; the 1950 Minutes and Reports of the Thirtieth Council of the Municipality of the County of Halifax; the January 9, 1952 edition of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald; a 1951 Canadian dollar bill, quarter, dime, nickel and penny in an envelope labelled "Coin of the Realm"; an envelope labelled "Stamps of the Realm" containing 6 Canadian 4 cent, 3 cent, 2 cent and 1 cent stamps stuck to a card; two business cards for Martin F. Donohue of James Donohue Ltd. (a roofing company) and T.E. Vaughan of Building Products Ltd.; 3 NS Liquor Permit cards for Geo. Miller, T.E. Vaughan and Martin Donohue. 312-64-8
Ian Cameron collection
Collection · ca. 1920s; 2002-2004
Collection consists of two discs of digital audio recordings of oral history interviews of Frank Jordan, conducted by Ian Cameron between December 2002 and 2004. Contents of the recordings include: Disc 1 (recorded December 2002): Trunk 7 early 1920s; apple picking in Annapolis Valley; Sherbrooke Garage and Livery Stable; Postmistress; Dr. Monahan; Dr. Stone; James Burns and the Silver Inn; 1937 Silver Inn fire; Frank working at the Power Station; 1960s Flood of St. Mary's River. Disc 2 (recorded 2003 and 2004): 1884 Steel Bridge at Sherbrooke; Belle Baker; gas stations in Sherbrooke; Wilson's Cove; Harpellville; Liscomb Mills; Hen MacLean story; Ned Cluny named Gallbush Hill; Ned Cluny and Bruce MacDonald's uncle; Johnny MacLean's Store; Park Jordan moves the Hollingsworth and Whitney store with a horse and pulleys. Also included in the collection are negatives and prints of 50 b&w photographs taken by Tom Chisholm (b. 1901) while he was employed by the Sonora Timber Co. Images illustrate landscape and activities in the communities of Sonora and Fisher's Mills in the St. Mary's region of Guysborough County throughout the 1920s. 2017.004; 2018.008
Collection
Collection consists of a compilation of reproductions of correspondence, legal documents, provincial grants and plans concerning the relocation of this Reserve. MG 7A.17
Collection · ca. 1860s - ca.1990s
Collection consists of letters, genealogy research, obituaries, newspaper clippings, poetry, a scrapbook, and numerous photographs created, compiled, or accumulated by Margaret Ellsworth relating to the Fraser family of Waternish, Guysborough County and their descendants living throughout Canada and the United States. Also included are materials relating to the MacIntosh family of Sherbrooke and the Giffin family of Isaac's Harbour, Guysborough County. Photographs range in date from the mid-19th century to the late 1980s, and include studio portraits, candid family and community snapshots, as well as landscape images of the St. Mary's River valley and Isaac's Harbour areas. 2016.001
Collection · [189?] - 1927
Collection consists of two portraits of Mayor Robert MacIlreith, two paintings by Gladys Clarke MacIlreith, and two hand-tinted photographs. The portraits include one of MacIlreith wearing the City of Halifax mayor's chain of office [1905-1908]; and one of McIlreith wearing business attire, 1906. There are two framed paintings done by the mayor's wife, Gladys Clarke MacIlreith: one of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and Halifax Harbour, 1905; the other of Memorial Tower, Northwest Arm, 1927. The framed hand-tinted photographs include one looking over the NorthWest Arm, probably from Deadman's Island or Sir Sandford Fleming Park. A boat club is visible across the water - possibly Jubilee Boat Club. CR68
Collection · [ca. 1971-2012]
Collection consists of records donated to and accumulated by the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society, relating to the history of communities and inhabitants along the Eastern Shore. The records consist of interview tapes and transcripts, photographs, land records, and information pertaining to the history of industries and services on the Eastern Shore as well as heritage houses. The records consist of both original and photocopied materials. Accession numbers: 2012.001, 2013.068
Collection · 1931-1945
Collection consists of forty monochrome aerial photographs of the Eastern Shore taken between 1931 and 1945. Also includes seven corresponding flight maps. Photographs illustrate the landscapes and coastlines of various locations along the Eastern Shore as they were in 1931-1945. Areas covered by the aerial photographs within this collection include Owl's Head, Little Harbour, Clam Harbour, Burnt Point, Clam Bay, Lake Charlotte, Ship Harbour, Upper Lakeville, Oyster Pond, and the Jeddores. Accession number 2013.039
Collection · 1940-1967
Collection consists of images and ephemera donated by Nola Stoddart from her family's collection of second-world war era mementoes. Includes 1940-1941 dated photographs of Orpheus Theatre window displays for George Formby's "Keep Your Seats Please", Point Pleasant Park gates, Sailors Memorial and Martello Tower in Point Pleasant Park, war-time parades passing Kay's department store, Public Gardens fountains, All Saints Cathedral,Dalhousie University campus and the University of King's College Main building, Dingle Memorial Tower, and other unidentified local scenes. The unidentified ships in the harbor in .18 and .19 are "four-stack" destroyers, likely transferred from the USA to Canada in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases deal between the USA and the UK. Postcards from the 1960s depict Dalhousie and St. Mary's universities, Sailors Memorial at Citadel Hill, the MacDonald Bridge, Grace United Church in Dartmouth, St. Paul's Church in Halifax, the Halifax Memorial Library, and two postcards from 1940s showing the Old Town Clock and an aerial view of Citadel Hill. Textual records include programs from the 1944 Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Halifax War Memorial; the May 21, 1944 Empire Youth Sunday held at the United Services Forum; the July 2, 1967 Service of Worship and Thanksgiving for Canada's Centennial, held at Dartmouth Park. Also included are a 1937 invoice from the Oxford Dairy, and a mimeograph of a poem of unknown origins about the VE Day Riots in May 1945 titled "The Battle of Halifax." CR56
Collection · 1943-2007
Collection consists of ephemera collected at the close of QEHS, including a photo of the first graduating class, with students and teachers names labelled; 2 school pins; the programme of the 1951 Opening of the Auditorium and Gymnasium, as well as the programme for the first opera, Erminie, in the new auditorium, newspaper clippings scrapbooks of school activities created by the Student Council, covering the years: 1950-1952, 1958-1959, 1967-1968; student directories, 1946-1972 (missing 1957); the guest-book from the 50th Anniversary reunion in 1993; a poster for the 2007 final school musical "Titanic"; and 2 1996 publications: "QEHS Profile" and "QEHS Improvement Plan". CR15
Collection · 1903
Architectural drawings for residence at 38 Dominion Street, Truro, NS.Built in 1903, this 2.5 story wood frame structure was designed by E. D. Vernon. It is an excellent example of the Queen Anne Style with many classical details including bays, gables, fluted Corinthian columns, Palladian windows, and dentils. It was built by Frank Stanfield Sr. for his bride beside the original family property #44. 87.2.2 to 87.2.9