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folder · 1955- 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of typed essay on Churches, St. James Anglican Church, and St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, as well as copied page of Church Society records (1863), Dedication Service program from St. James Presbyterian Church (1955) attached to news clipping “Church 162 Years Old” and letter to Mary from Jenny (likely Jenny Cruickshank) on behalf of the Ladies’ Aid, news clipping “St. Mary’s Anglican Church, St. Mary’s River”, Eastern Chronicle reports on church news (1883) and local news crediting Henry Elliot of Stillwater with designing and constructing the Presbyterian Church in Sherbrooke, NS. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #11
Collected Histories 1
folder · 1988
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of “Municipality of St. Mary’s” historical essay, “The Story of Sherbrooke for the Library Children” and “The Story of Sherbrooke for Grades 1 and 2 Sherbrooke Consolidated School” by A. A. Lomas, rhyming alphabetical guide to Sherbrooke area, guide to Sonora and Wine Harbour, notes on History of Sherbrooke and Fort Sainte-Marie taken from Phyllis Blakeley paper, hand-written history of the District, “Guysborough County” essay by A. A. MacKenzie (1992), and description of deed search for Peart-Hawbolt-Baker property. 2022.006, Ser. 1, #9
Collected Histories 2
folder · 1971
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds a hand-written early history of Sherbrooke (c. 1607-1655), Tragedies of Sherbrooke and Stillwater, Eastern Chronicle article Historical Sketch by schoolgirl Ethel Anderson (1898), Population of Guysborough County and St. Mary’s (1966, 1971), hand-written Heritage Day write-up with history of Sherbrooke area naming its early families, communities, and buildings, chart documenting the division of NS into counties (1759), news on election returns in St. Mary’s (1882), typed history of Mounted Police and Veinotte’s Funeral Home in the format of Al Lomas’ history notes. 2022.006, Ser. 1, #10
Collected Papers
folder · 1960- 1975
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of “Sources for Research - Antigonish and Guysborough Counties” (c. 1960), “Index to Deed Books from St. Mary’s Court House, Sherbrooke, Guysborough County NS” (1815-1841), “Records from Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia” birth and marriage announcements, c. 1760s-1820s, collected information on Sherbrooke-native Katherine (Kate) Fraser, missionary to Armenia sent by her niece Mrs. Dorothy Outerbridge of Bermuda (1975). 2022.006, Ser. 1, #12
folder · 1979- 1998
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder has Chronicles of Guysborough County by Sarah Mason Wilson published by the Guysborough Gazette c.1992 and autographed by the author, A River of Time collection of articles and short stories by Sarah Mason Wilson, 1996, A Look at Nova Scotia’s Mineral Industry published by Nova Scotia Natural Resources, 1998, The Boundaries Of Nova Scotia and its Counties, by Charles Bruce Fergusson, published as The Public Archives of Nova Scotia Bulletin, no. 22, 1966, Canadian Mining Journal 1979, “Nova Scotia Gold” published by Durham Securities Corp. Ltd., 1983, Ore Geology Reviews “, and a review of the mesothermal gold deposits of the Meguma Group, Nova Scotia, Canada” 1998. 2022.006, Ser. 24, #1
folder · 1970- 1987
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder collects Saturday Night magazine May 1977 with cover story on “The Perfect Liberal Man”; Wikipedia article on John George Marshall, Program from the Formal Opening of the Angus L. MacDonald Library at St. Francis Xavier University July 17, 1965, pages covering “Arthur Lismer’s Halifax” and large photograph of church and school in Sherbrooke Village; clipping with Russell Perkin’s negative review of the book The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson by Lesley Choyce entitled “Memories of the Eastern Shore”, “Historical Review of the City” about Halifax 1749-1950, “Ambrose F. Church and his Maps” by Charles Bruce Fergusson, Archivist of Nova Scotia (June 1970), booklets from Canso Historical Society (c. 1987 when they were sent to Ruth Legge) entitled “Mel’s Place”, “Communications: Western Union”, “Historic Canso”, “Services: Town of Canso & Surrounding Area”, “Whitman House”, and “Marine Drive”; and pages from The Atlantic Provinces Book Review Sept-Oct. 1989 with review of “Seafaring Labour: The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914”, “History on the Eastern Shore: The Strathcona” by Richard Walsh, and review of “The Mapmaker’s Eye: Nova Scotia Through Early Maps” by Joan Dawson. 2022.006, Ser. 24, #2
folder · 1922- 1970
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds “The Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s By-Laws”, “Sherbrooke Planning Area Regulations” (1970), “Main Touring Routes in Nova Scotia Green Book” (1922), Nova Scotia Museum “Learning Resources Caalogue 87-88, “Investigating Your Roots” article from Legion Magazine March/April 2003, “The Ordeal of the Eastern Algonkians” excerpt from Culture and Nationality by A. G. Bailey (1972), “Prohibition and the Social Gospel in Nova Scotia” by E. R. Forbes (1971), “Impact” newsletter from Sable Offshore Energy Inc. June 1999, “The National Policy and the Industrialization of the Maritimes, 1880-1910” by T. W. Acheson published in Acadiensis journal, “Negroes in the Maritimes: An Introductory Survey” by Robin W. Winks published in Dalhousie Review 1968-9, and “Out-Migration from the Maritime Provinces, 1860-1900” by Alan A. Brookes for Acadiensis journal. 2022.006, Ser. 24, #3
folder · 1881- 1924
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds “Reflections During a Visit to my Native Place” long poem by John G. Marshall about Nova Scotia (1881), and hard cover “Highway Map of the Province of Nova Scotia” (1924). 2022.006, Ser. 24, #4
Commerce & Banking
folder · 1999
Part of Lomas family fonds
The proposed Table of Contents for the Lomas history lists Chapter 16: Commerce & Banking. Only one news clipping “Commercial Development of foxberries” (1999) is marked with this number. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #16
Communications & Energy
folder · 1989- 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Essays on communications and energy divided in the table of contents by a) Postal Service, b) Telegraph and telephone, c) Newspapers, d) Electricity, e) Radio & Television. Specifically, it consists of typed notes entitled Bank, Telegraph, Telephone, Post Office, Customs Office, and Electric Power, as well as two news clippings on Charlton Heston filming “The Little Kidnappers” in Sherbrooke Village (1989), hand-written notes on “Postal Delivery” 1829-1920. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #15