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Fonds · 1820-1826
Consists of minutes of general and executive meetings of the society, 1820-1826; annual reports, 1820-1824; and a list of donors and donations. List arranged by city ward, from ward 1 to ward 17, and includes a listing of non-resident donors. MG 20 volume 180
Halifax Board of Trade
Fonds · Microfilmed 1970, 1978
Consists of material documenting the board's role in promoting business interests in metropolitan Halifax. Includes microfilm reels containing annual reports, 1872-1920; minutes of general and annual meetings, 1906-1975; list of presidents, 1865-1890; and certificate of formation. Fonds also includes minutes of the 225th annual meeting, 1976; annual report, 1975-1976; and financial statements and auditor's report, 1975. MG 20 volume 652
Halifax Cablevision Limited
Fonds · 1979-1994
Consists of master videocassettes (U-Matic and VHS) of television programs broadcast by Halifax Cablevision on Halifax Community Channel Ten. Includes a variety of programming such as documentaries, talk shows, stock shots, bloopers, and special event coverage. Includes the complete series "East Coast Authors", 1985-1987, a weekly talk show hosted by Lesley Choyce which continued as "Choyce Words", 1987-1994, and evolved to feature interviews with nationally and internationally acclaimed authors. Among the authors interviewed are Margaret Atwood, Kay Hill, Sheree Fitch, Hugh MacLennan, Farley Mowat, Thomas Raddall, and David Suzuki. 1989-36
Fonds · 1940-1945
Consists of records documenting the planning and coordination of civil defence for Halifax during World War Two. Includes correspondence, outlines, lecture notes, speeches and radio talks, personnel lists, charts, procedure booklets, and report forms relating to training and emergency preparedness; scrapbooks covering the establishment of the corp and its activities, and related local and international events; and photographs depicting corps members, special events, fire and rescue demonstrations, fire equipment, and buildings. Also contains pamphlets, certificates, and other material relating to victory loan drives. MG 20 volumes 751-754
Halifax Curling Club
Fonds · 1852-1987
Consists of a bound volumes of issues of The Curler, 1931-1984; a bound volumes of annual closing charity bonspiel booklets, 1939-1985; minute books, 1900-1984; scrapbooks, 1911-1981 as well as books, magazines and pamphlets, 1890-1987 and miscellaneous records, 1852-1984. MG 20 volumes 3171-3187
Halifax Hotel
Fonds · 1862-1930
Consists of records documenting the operation of the hotel, including guest registers, 1865-1905; day book, 1874-1875; menus, 1862-1930; scrapbooks containing menus, 1862-1904 and hotel advertisements from Halifax newspapers, 1915-1930. MG 20 volumes 422-462, 467
Halifax Shipyards Limited
Fonds · 1918-1984
Consists of annual reports, 1954-1976, originated from the parent company (e.g. Dosco or Hawker Siddeley Canada Ltd.), but are incomplete. Each includes a separate report on subsidiaries, including the Halifax Shipyards. The board of directors' files contain minutes, correspondence and similar material, while the management committee files include minutes, organizational charts and policy manuals. The contracts and agreements consist both of contract books (which have daily entries of ships built and repaired) and contract documents, which concern major construction projects such as steel fishing trawlers, SEDCO oil rigs, and the Panamax floating dry dock. The financial statements were known by various titles from 1918-1970, such as "consolidated balance sheets and profit and loss accounts", "president's reports", and "financial reports". The reports and studies were those undertaken internally by the shipyard or commissioned by them to review ship-building operations, plan for performance improvement, assess prospects for the company and similar topics. Also includes projects case files, 1943-1985 which concern events, projects and products of the shipyards, and include transactions with parent companies such as DOSCO and Hawker Siddeley, government departments, private organizations, and prominent individuals. Subjects include significant construction projects such as fishing trawlers, SEDCO oil rigs, and floating dry docks, and events such as modernization and reconstruction programs and public relations and promotional campaigns. Technical drawings are a representative sample of ships' plans and drawings considered significant to the yard's production and operations. They represent vessel production and major projects built at the yard including freighters, icebreakers, Argentinian transports built in 1950, ferries, steel trawlers, tugs, and oil rigs. There are also samples of ships repaired and refitted, products other than ships manufactured and built, and plans of the physical layout of the yard (buildings, machinery and equipment). Photographs were commissioned by the shipyard to document major construction and repair projects, actitvities of yard workers and prominent officials, and related subjects. A scrapbook consists of one volume of clippings from mainly Halifax newspapers, depicting activities of the shipyard and other contemporary events in the shipping and marine industries. 1990-215
Halifax Relief Commission
Fonds · 1917-1978
Consists of records documenting the commission's role in overseeing the expenditure of relief funds and the reconstruction of Halifax and Dartmouth following the 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion. Records also document the work of the Halifax Relief Committee, which was superceded by the Commission in 1918. MG 36
Halifax School for the Blind
Fonds · 1857-1975
Consists of 14 series: School Superintendent's correspondence (ca.1900-1972); Student records (1871-1972); Halifax Explosion of 1917 Eye Injury records (1917-1918); Student Grants (1935-1967); Student Returns (1882-1924); School funds and campaigns records (1908-1963); Board of Managers minute books and other material (1868-1975); Financial records (1893-1961); Reports (1895-1972); Constitution and by-laws (1965); Specifications (1860); and School photographs (ca.1880s to ca.1950s). Also includes Braille books and other material (1900s); Published material (1857-1952). RG 14 S
Halifax School for the Deaf
Fonds · 1856-[197-], predominant 1856-1950
Consists of five series - Board of directors' minutes, Series - Student registration books, Series - School registers, Series - Halifax Harbour Explosion, 1917 donations correspondence, Series - Memorials and petitions, Series - School scrapbooks and photographs 1990-205