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Effie Matchett fonds
Fonds · [1900]-1903, 1967
Fonds consists of photographs, correspondence, and notes relating to Matchett’s research on three Lunenburg County vessels: the brigantine Leo (built in 1882), the schooner Commander (built in 1903), and the brigantine Maggie Belle (built in 1903). In addition to three original photographs, there are two copy prints. MBMS-15
Fonds · [1895], 2006
Fonds consists of two original photographs and two photocopies of related photographs. One original photograph is a portrait of George Alfred Westhaver. The second is an interior scene of workers making oars in Westhaver’s Oar and Block Works. The photocopies are of two c. 1895 images: a portrait of George Alfred Westhaver’s son William and another interior scene of workers making blocks in the Oar and Block Works. Among the workers in the latter image are Westhaver’s sons William and Robert. MBMS-16
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
Inglis-Quinlan family fonds
Fonds · 1863-1988
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, academic records, photographs, collection records, and diaries pertaining to the lives of members of the Inglis-Quinlan family. The fonds comprises six series: Photographs, Inglis-Quinlan Store Records, Charles and Cassandra Inglis Records, Grace Quinlan Records, Percy Inglis Records, and Clara Quinlan Records. The accrual processed in 2020 consists of photographs accumulated by Clara Quinlan and the following textual documents: two volumes of Cara Quinlan’s diaries as well as her correspondence with Tom Forrestall, Will R. Bird, and others; notes on a controversial Inglis family adoption and other genealogical information; miscellaneous records relating to the Percy Inglis China Collection, including two guest books, draft articles, miscellaneous correspondence, and other documents; and notes and memoranda concerning Mahone Bay. MBMS-1
Fonds · c. 1922-2014
The fonds consists of photographs of the vessels built or repaired by the Heisler family as well as clippings, grey literature, and memorabilia documenting their boat-building activities. It also includes a videotape documentary covering the history of the business. MBMS-65
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
Warren H.G. Hirtle fonds
Fonds · 1901-1960
Fonds consists of financial records relating to Hirtle’s activities as a merchant as well as his involvement with the Park Cemetery Corporation; a scrapbook compiled by Hirtle documenting the service of Mahone Bay’s First and Second World War military volunteers; a photocopy of Hirtle’s diary for the period from July 19, 1908 to January 25, 1909; and a letter from his brother, Wallace Hirtle. MBMS-27
Fonds · 1884-1988
Fonds consists of letters to Harris’s parents, a Vade Mecum notebook, a copy of The Wells Our Fathers Digged, and original and copy photographs relating primarily to the Harris family, but also including views of St. James Church and Mahone Bay, as well as photographic copies of Robert Harris artwork. MBMS-13
Fonds · 1907
Fonds consists of an original photograph portraying a train wreck at the Mahone Bay train station in February 1907. MBMS-18