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J.F.W. DesBarres family
Fonds · 1762-1892
Consists of indentures and account statements regarding Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres and property holdings in Falmouth; personal and business correspondence between family members including Joseph Frederick Wallet, Amelia DesBarres, and Mary Cannon; certificates and warrants concerning professional appointments of William Frederick and his son Lewis Wilkins DesBarres; poem; and copy of the will of Augusta Sophia DesBarres Hole. Also included are maps depicting property in Falmouth including Castle Frederick, and the counties of Guysborough and Cumberland. MG 1 volume 1183
Don R. Wiles
Fonds · 1946-1970, 1991, 2018
Consists of 2 record albums (vinyl) of 9 women and 1 man singing and reciting poems in German, recorded in 1946 in Lunenburg County; a research file of Don R. Wiles’ notes, draft essay and correspondence with German language experts 1946-1970; research cards of German words [1946?]; and 2 ethnographic essays on German customs and the German language spoken by elder residents of Lunenburg County, one dated December 1946 and the other, shorter, dated 1991.
Donald E. Curren
Fonds · 1925-1996
Consists of material of a personal and biographical nature, 1933-1996; correspondence, 1941-1996, which includes Curren's wartime correspondence with his family and his advocacy activities with the Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia Branch) and Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission; World War II service documents, correspondence, associated organizations and photographs; scrapbooks; and photographs and photograph albums documenting his life and family activities. 2000-044
Donald Wetmore
Fonds · 1851-1991
Consists of records relating to Wetmore's responsibilities as drama advisor and arts supervisor with the Nova Scotia government from the 1940s-1970s, his role in the various community theatre organizations in Nova Scotia which he helped found, and his participation in theatrical events as a director, dramatist, and administrator, and as an instructor and adjudicator of speech and drama festivals. Includes correspondence, records of various drama and arts groups including minutes of meetings, financial statements, circulars, reports, notes and related materials, and many of Wetmore's own literary works such as scripts for plays, radio broadcasts, book reviews, articles and speeches. A separate section consists of subject files that concern theatre-related materials, activity reports for the Department of Education, and records of the Centennial Commission for which Wetmore acted as local entertainment chair. There are also several scrapbooks and newspaper clippings compiled by Wetmore on drama, theatre and the performing arts in North America, predominantly in Nova Scotia, 1927-1983. A few files contain biographical data, personal correspondence, a diary and family photographs and related documents. MG 1 volume 3388-3392
Fonds · 1957-1972
Consists of records documenting the company's operations in Stellarton, 1958-1972. Includes general correspondence, subject files, financial statements, and product and promotional files. The correspondence, apparently created and accumulated by the plant's Italian management, is arranged chronologically, with some files concerning specific subjects. The subject or case files are arranged alphabetically, and largely concern other businesses, government agencies, suppliers, and similar entities. There are a few financial statements from 1964 to 1969, but these are incomplete. The company's product and promotional literature, while not extensive, contains some illustrative material and small textile samples, 1961-1968. MG 3 volumes 2286-2309
Dorothy Grant
Fonds · 1952-2014
Consists of newspaper and magazine clippings of her published articles; correspondence with editors, CBC producers, fans, and organizations with whom she volunteered; manuscripts of unpublished articles; radio and television scripts; reports and correspondence from NS Litter Abatement Task Force; research files on doctors on the Titanic (ship), the exploitation of disabled artists, and Helen McCully, among others; diaries and daybooks; pay receipts for freelance work; speeches given; resumes; a copy of her book “Amazing Medical Stories” co-authored with Dr. George Burden; correspondence with her brother Anthony (Tony) Metie who died of AIDS in 1986; and news clippings about Dorothy. Also includes an audio recording of an educational workshop Dorothy presented to doctors, a video of Dorothy Grant as a reporter for CBC-TV, a televised interview of Dorothy Grant by Vince MacLean for “MacLean’s Nova Scotia” television program broadcast on local television channel Dartmouth Cable 10. 2015-031
Dudley Murray
Fonds · 1901-2008
Consists of personal documents, photographs and film footage created by Murray. The contents document his work as an amateur film maker along with his military and legal careers. Also includes biographical information compiled by Joan Payzant, a family member. 2009-047
Duncan A. McCaskill
Fonds · 1895 to 1912, predominant 1895-1905
Consists of correspondence to Duncan McCaskill from his political friends in Ottawa, including letters from Sir Charles Tupper, his wife Lady Frances (Morse) Tupper, and his son Charles H. Tupper; from Hugh J. Macdonald, a lawyer in Winnipeg and son of Sir John A. Macdonald; and from Sir Robert Borden and his wife Lady Laura (Bond) Borden. The letters document the political climate of the day and the social activities of politicians’ families. They are arranged by correspondent and year. 2013-031
E. Marguerite Letson
Fonds · 1849-1985, predominant 1907-1985
Consists of correspondence with E. Marguerite Letson's parents and her nephew J. E. Letson, research notes pertaining to the families and history of Port Medway, and a microfilm reel containing accounts, agreements, bills of sale, bonds, and other documents pertaining to churches, cemeteries, and land in Port Medway. Fonds also includes biographical notes, reminiscences, and certificates concerning her grandfather Joseph Jones Letson and two letters that he received from Joseph Howe. MG 1 volume 542A
Earle Lavers
Fonds · 1917-1923
Consists of a newspaper clipping with a 1923 obituary of a Halifax Explosion survivor and a Western Union cablegram advising of the death of the recipient's mother and brother during that great tragedy. 2010-007