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Archival description
Ruth Agnes Wright fonds
Fonds · 1942-1961
Fonds consists of a series of deeds tracing the ownership of a tract of land in Mahone Bay that had previously formed part of the right of way of a wye track abandoned by the Halifax and South Western Railway Company in 1942. MBMS-36
Green Shutters fonds
Fonds · 1933-1962
Fonds consists of guest registers, a photograph, and promotional material documenting the operation of the tourist home Green Shutters at Mader’s Cove, Mahone Bay. MBMS-28
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
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
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
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 · 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
Verna (Keddy) Russo fonds
Fonds · ca. 1875-1990
Fonds consists of photographs either taken or collected by Verna (Keddy) Russo. The photographs, which date primarily from the 1905-1930 period, document the lives of both the Keddy family and many of their friends and neighbours. MBMS-25
Ben S. Verburgh fonds
Fonds · 1982-1995
Fonds consists of two line drawings by Ben S. Verburgh of the schooner Oressa Belle and twelve drawings by George H. Smeltzer, relating to several vessels: a Royal Barge, a Mussel Harvester, a Tancook Whaler, and a Coastal Tern Schooner. The Tancook Whaler drawings include lines, a construction sheet, sail plans, and details of the rudder and centerboard. MBMS-45