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Gavin L. Stairs Jr.
Fonds · 1914-1916
Consists of a bound volume containing carbon copies of typed letters and a diary written by Gavin L. Stairs, Jr. while with the 14th Royal Montreal Regiment, 1st Canadian Division, C.E.F., from 23 July 1914 to 2 September 1916. The letters are addressed to members of his family and describe Stairs's activities both during the period leading up to his departure for England (October 1914) and his experiences at the war front in Northern France. The last of his letters is dated 2 September 1916, a few days before his death. In total there are 108 letters, and at the end of the volume is a copy of Stairs's diary, in which he listed his activities from 1 January to 31 December 1915. 1994-360
Fonds · 1972-1995
Consists of records created and/or accumulated by the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia (GALA) and its predecessor, the Gay Association for Equality (GAE). Includes minutes of annual, board, general and executive meetings; correspondence of the secretary and program director; yearly financial statements; Turret/Rumours management files; Pride Week Committee files; subject files; and in-house publications such as newsletters and brochures. The minutes files also contain supporting documentation such as correspondence, notes, committee reports, officers' reports, and similar materials. The Rumours Management Board and Pride Week Committee files contain illustrative posters, snapshots and photographs depicting activities and events. Files are arranged chronologically except for subject files, which are arranged alphabetically. 2005-047
Fonds · 1971-1986
Consists of president's files, 1973-1981, containing correspondence, research material, family surname sheets, and other items. Also includes the association's newsletters and audio cassettes of lectures series held by the association, 1984-1985. Under the general subject of genealogical research, lecture topics include Nova Scotia towns and counties such as Chezzetcook and Montbeliard, Hants and Richmond counties, Aylesford Township, Colchester County, and Newfoundland-Nova Scotia connection. MG 20 volumes 1859, 3090
Hillis family
Fonds · 1917 - 1918
Consists of a typed inventory of the possessions, furniture, décor, and food supplies lost by the Hillis family in the Halifax Explosion (Dec 31, 1917), a letter to Clara from her eldest son Gordon (Feb 23, 1918), and three photographs taken circa 1940s of George, Clara, and their niece Eva McPhail. Partially document the economic status of the Hillis family and their standard of living in early 20th century Halifax. 2017-054
George Brinley
Fonds · 1792-1798
Consists of correspondence received by Brinley from family and acquaintances in England and Nova Scotia. Includes letters from his sons Thomas and Wentworth, daughter and son-in-law Mary and Charles Moody, relative Edward Brinley, and friends and colleagues including General Needham. Letters pertain to Brinley's post as commissary-general, personal and family news including references to Governor and Lady Wentworth, service in the military, and events in Europe including opinions on the Napoleonic War campaign. MG 1 volume 150A
George Burton Spencer
Collection · 1945-1946
Consists of twenty-five early cartoons created by Bob Chambers relating to sports, wartime, and political commentary and observation about Nova Scotia and Canada. The cartoons were given to George Spencer by Bob Chambers when they worked together at the Halifax Herald. 2010-029
George D. Spicer
Fonds · 1885-1910 ; 1974
Consists of an account book for ships Charles S. Whitney (1885-1891) and Glooscap (1891-1910), which incorporates receipts as well as a drawing of Glooscap below deck, showing the arrangement of captain and crew quarters. Also included in the fonds are microfilm copies of thirty-five diaries kept by Captain Spicer, 1871-1910. The diaries chronicle Spicer's career as a master mariner and his experiences at sea on vessels Globe, J.F. Whitney, E.J. Spicer, Charles S. Whitney, Glooscap, and others; his travels to New York, Boston, Europe, South Pacific, West Indies, South America; and activities at home at Spencers Island. There are also two diaries kept by Spicer's wife, Emily, while on voyages with her husband, 1888 and 1889, and a diary kept by Antoinette Williams, 1879. 1974-009
George E. Zinck
Fonds · 1945-1946
Consists of appraiser's estimates, reports, and other documents concerning claims submitted for civil property damage sustained in Halifax from the VE-Day Riots, 7-8 May 1945 and in Halifax-Dartmouth area from the Naval Magazine explosion in Bedford, 18-19 July 1945. MG 1 volume 1462B.
Buckley family
Fonds · 1889-1952
Consists of photographs of Guysborough and vicinity and Buckley family and friends, predominantly by William Buckley and his children, Mary, Edith and Walter. Their photographs of Guysborough and vicinity, taken for both personal and commercial purposes, document the growth and development of Guysborough over fifty years. They depict commercial and residential buildings, streets, harbour, general views, shipping, school activities, community events, fires, outdoor hockey and curling, yachting regattas at Guysborough and Canso, building and bridge construction, farms and livestock, mills, Guysborough Railway survey, 193rd Regiment leaving Guysborough, 1916 and visit of Governor-General Byng, 1923. Also includes negatives left by others for printing, such as school field day, 1932, by Mrs. Erdine Harris and Larry's River and Charlos Cove by Rev. A.H. Cormier. Buckley family photographs included informal portraits of them and their friends and reflect their interests, particularly boating, building working model boats, gardening, and other outdoor activities such as sledding and skating. 1985-386
James C. Tory
Fonds · 1907-1937
Consists of records created and accumulated by Tory, including newspaper clippings and articles, memoranda, research and speech notes, speeches, drafts and extracts of legislative bills, extracts of essays and correspondence, accounts, statistics, and pamphlets and other printed material, relating to a variety of provincial, federal, and international issues of political and personal interest. Arranged in notebooks according to subjects, which include education, agriculture, fisheries, roads, budgets, finance, insurance, tramways bill, Armistice Day, Confederation, World War One, War of 1812, Church Union movement, Saint Andrew's Society, and criticisms and biography of Tory. Also contains his daily diaries kept between 1928 and 1930, discussing weather, leisure, social and political activities, family news and health, and personal insights. MG 2 volumes 707-717