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Marie (Churchill) Gavel fonds
Fonds · [between 1970-1990]
Fonds consists of photos of family and friends of Gavel, including many members of the Churchill family. Also contained are school and church photographs related to the Wellington and Sandford areas of Yarmouth County, N.S. A copy of the newspaper Paper Clip is also included. Photographs are all copies.
Mary K. Lewis fonds
Fonds · 1886-1891
Fonds consists of personal correspondence, much of which pertains to the writing of articles for music magazines, especially The Etude, a Philadelphia based magazine, copies of her articles, membership ticket, receipts and playbills from Mary's concerts.
Municipality of the District of Yarmouth fonds
Fonds · 1858-1953
Fonds consists of by-laws and regulations; articles of incorporation; correspondence; minutes and reports of the town council of the Town of Yarmouth; one supreme court judgement book; records regarding 1818 tax collection; notices; and voters lists.
North Kempt School fonds
Fonds · 1896-1910
Fonds consists of minutes of annual meetings of school ratepayers, which includes appointment of trustees, secretary and auditors; awarding an annual contract for the heating of the school and any other contracts; and yearly accounts kept by the secretary. Accounts include expenses and taxes received.
Overton School fonds
Fonds · 1865-1875
Fonds consists of ratepayers' minute book of the Overton school and a deed. The minute book records the accounts of the original building of the school, the annual assessment rolls of taxpayers, minutes of meetings of ratepayers, inventory of school property and accounts of expenses. The deed gives land for the schoolhouse to the School Trustees of Section No. 5.
Parker-Eakins Company Ltd. fonds
Fonds · 1879-1943
Fonds consists of records of the fish curing plant (cash balance book), correspondence, receipts, and accounts.
Port of Yarmouth fonds
Fonds · 1806-1964
Fonds consists of one book of fees, which records date, vessel name, master's name, voyage destination, and amount paid at Shelburne and Yarmouth; one small sum book for the port, which was also used as a diary and account book; 2 records of licences of vessels, which includes name of vessel, owner and vessel specifications; 6 registers of vessels entering port; 5 registers used to record vessels departing port; 3 registers of outport reports; 1 register of seamen discharged at Yarmouth; 2 registers of seamen shipped at Yarmouth; 2 registers of all vessels involved in the coasting trade in regards to the Port of Yarmouth; and 1 account book of goods received into the customs warehouse; register used to record outgoing vessels included records of collecting stations' for outports. The 1926-1946 register of seamen shipped includes records regarding crew changes for M.V. Bluenose. Also included are accounts of vessels registered to the port of Yarmouth (1924-1967), bills of sale and declaration of ownership certificates.
Seal Island Lighthouse fonds
Fonds · 1895-1898
Fonds consists of 3 log books kept by engineer who operated the Seal Island lighthouse and 4 engineer report books.
Thomas Killam (Barque) fonds
Fonds · 1865-1866
Fonds consists of one log book kept by the last captain of the vessel, Henry Payne. The log was used to record a voyage from Adrossand to Boston and the final voyage from Antwerp to New York.
Thomas Killam Sr. fonds
Fonds · 1838-1873
Fonds consists of correspondence regarding his shipyard and store, insurance documents regarding his vessels, accounts, notes and receipts regarding his business, and a certificate appointing Killam a Justice of the Peace.