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Archival description
Murray P. Ernst fonds
Fonds · 1905-1910
The fonds consists of a view of the Ernst Shipyard in Mahone Bay as well as photographic portraits (by Lewis A. Hirtle of Lunenburg) of Ernst’s grandparents, Abraham (1849-1911) and Rachel (Graves) Ernst (1854-?). The latter was the daughter of Anthony Graves, who figured prominently in the history of the treasure hunt on Oak Island. MBMS-62
Muriel (Mason) deLong fonds
Fonds · 1894-1911, [1918]
Fonds consists of original photographs of a Mahone Bay area picnics, two school classes, and an anonymous group of women. Muriel (Mason) DeLong is identified in the first three photographs and is likely among the women in the c. 1918 photograph. MBMS-21
Fonds · 1891-1908
Fonds consists of a church confirmation certificate (1901) and four original photographs. One depicts Minnie Leone Joudrey’s school class in 1891. The other three photographs depict the interior decorations for Joudrey’s marriage at St. James Church in Mahone Bay in 1908. MBMS-17
Fonds · 1891 - 1915
Fonds consists primarily of records relating to Merna Myra (Frank) Hirtle’s early education and her later career as a teacher. The records include school assignments, certificates, memoranda of agreement, and letters of recommendation. MBMS-59
Mary C. (Strum) Mader fonds
Fonds · 1885-01-17 - 1895
Fonds consists of an artfully assembled scrapbook of trade cards, calling cards, and other Victorian “scrap” ephemera. MBMS-53
Marie Best fonds
Fonds · 1880-1959
Fonds consists of photographs (mostly dating from 1920-1950) either taken or collected by Marie Best. More than one-tenth of the photographs document life on the Best family farm in Blockhouse. Among the other main subjects are Animals, Buildings and Street Views, Celebrations and Events, Churches, Farming, First World War, Lunenburg County (Outside of Mahone Bay Area), Other Locations (Outside of Lunenburg County), People, School Photos, Second World War, Shipbuilding, and Transportation. MBMS-24
Fonds · 1914-1988
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, and notes on military service records, all relating to the committee’s activities. The records also include Canon Harris’s original monument design as well as various drafts of the monument text, records relating to the unveiling ceremony, and a photograph of the Mi’kmaq soldier Thomas Hammond, whose name appears on the monument. MBMS-30
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