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Halifax (N.S.: County). Council records
Series · 1880-1996
Part of Municipality of the County of Halifax fonds
Series consists of Records of the activities of Council were taken and kept as required by the 1880 Incorporation Act and its amendments from incorporation in 1880 until the Municipality of the County became part of Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. These include minutes of the proceedings of all meetings of Council - including regular and special meetings, as well as 'Meetings for the despatch of business' - and by-laws and recorded resolutions; photographs of councillors, and records of committees of council. The records pertain to all aspects of local governance. 312-1
Canada. Halifax Harbour Commissioners fonds
Fonds · 1928-1945
Fonds consists of records created and/or accumulated and used by the Halifax Harbour Commissioners as well as some records maintained by the City of Halifax pertaining to the Halifax Harbour Commission. The fonds includes agreements, briefs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, maps, and drawings. Records primarily pertain to efforts in the late 1920s and early 1930s to have a bridge built between Dartmouth and Halifax. Other records pertain to disagreements between the city and the commissioners. CA 1 (formerly RG 35-102-47)
Charles F. Longley scrapbook
Fonds · 1892-1932
Fonds consists of a scrapbook compiled by Charles F. Longley. It primarily documents Longley's interest in the Melville Park/Melville Cove properties adjacent to his land on the west side of the Northwest Arm, owned by Sandford Fleming and the War Department (DND). The scrapbook contains correspondence, mortgage documents, tax assessments from the County of Halifax and surveyor's reports. There are also newspaper clippings, photographs and letters about his company and the boats he owned, and his family. CR17
John and Beatrice Alley photograph collection
Collection · [189- to 192-]
Collection consists of black and white photographs of the Halifax area taken by John and Beatrice Alley. Events include royal visits, ship launchings, parades, military reenactments, fires, and show the harbour, Grand Parade, Barrington Street, North West Arm. CR16
Reference Collection
Collection · 1820-2016
Collection consists of reports and publications created by or related to Halifax Regional Municipality and its predecessor municipalities.
Halifax Meals on Wheels records
Fonds · 1963-2008
Fonds consists of correspondence, annual reports, by-laws, administrative documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, promotional material, surveys and questionnaires of clientele. The correspondence includes the earliest efforts to create a MOW branch in Halifax and include letters and information from other MOW branches in Canada. CR22
Dartmouth residents' campaign against relocation of Little Nashville Cabaret fonds
Fonds · 1988-1989
Fonds consists of files compiled by Bob Frame, leader of a residents' campaign against the relocation of Little Nashville country music cabaret to the Canal Street area of downtown Dartmouth. Dartmouth residents fought the request by Little Nashville owner Cyril O'Hearn to transfer his cabaret liquour licence when his 20 year-old Alderney Drive location was demolished for construction of the new library/civic centre, later named Alderney Gate. Records include reports, petitions to Dartmouth City Council, letters of support, newsclippings, correspondence with the Nova Scotia Liquor License Board, notices of public meetings, research notes, and photographs of the Canal Street area of Dartmouth. CR20
Margaret Rose Friendship Club No. 3 records
Margaret Rose Friendship Club No. 3 records
Fonds · 1944-1999
Fonds consists of scrapbooks, photographs, minutes, and correspondence with an adopted family in England during and following the Second World War. The family was suggested to the Margaret Rose Friendship Club by the Red Cross. The scrapbooks are handwritten accounts of the group's activities and include member lists, financials, photographs, and decorations from contemporary resources. CR23