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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
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
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
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
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
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
O. S. Joudrey fonds
Fonds · 1922, 1947
Fonds consists of seven bound fire-insurance maps relating to Mahone Bay, one of which dates from 1922; whereas the other six (revised versions of 1934 maps) date from 1947. The maps, which were created by the Underwriters Survey Bureau Ltd. and issued under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Board of Fire Insurers, were likely obtained by Joudrey in his capacity as Mahone Bay’s Town Clerk. MBMS-57
Oakland School Section fonds
Fonds · 1871 - 1952
Fonds consists of financial and tax records; minutes; teachers’ agreements and certificates; documents relating to school inspections; and other administrative records. The records shed light on the activities of the school’s trustees, particularly DeWolfe Burgoyne (c. 1936-1944) and Franklyn Strum (c. 1947-1951). MBMS-56
Ralph Moyle Thomas fonds
Fonds · 1932, 1946
Fonds consists of a Canadian Mate’s Certificate and a Panamanian certificate. MBMS-34