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Stainer family collection
Fonds · 1849-1996
Collection consists of genealogical records relating to the family of noted English composer and organist, Sir John Stainer (1840-1901), compiled by J.F.R. Stainer. The contents of the collection include notes compiled by Stainer, along with correspondence, photographs, and related genealogical documents including references to family connections with Flora MacDonald of Scotland and Jane Austen. The records were donated to complement Stayner family records documenting the connection with Roger Stayner who emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in the 1630s. Roger Stayner was a nephew of Admiral Sir Richard Stayner, of Tarrant Gunville, Dorset, England. This Stayner had descendants who came to Nova Scotia so the Stainer family collection complements that genealogical information. Accession 1996-279
Stairs family fonds
Fonds · 1782-1973, predominant 1913-1969
Fonds consists of records documenting personal and business activities of five generations of the Stairs family of Halifax, the majority of which were created and accumulated by Cyril W. Stairs and his son Arthur. Includes correspondence between family members, friends and business associates, legal and probate records, financial records, diaries, geneaological notes and charts, certificates, speeches, literary manuscripts, minutes and proceedings of business meetings, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, and publications. Also included are photographs of family members, including 3 portraits of Helen and George Stairs, houses, offices and employees of Wm. Stairs Son and Morrow Limited, downtown Halifax, navy service, drawings depicting early Halifax buildings and street scenes, maps, architectural plans of the Stairs home on South Street, and architectural plans and sound recordings relating to the Wm. Stairs, Son and Morrow firm. Other family members represented in the fonds include: William Stairs, W. J. and Susan Stairs, Edward and Isabella Stairs, Edward Geoffrey Stairs, Kathleen Stairs, Gavin L. Stairs, Gilbert S. Stairs, Katherine (Drysdale) Stairs, Hugh M. Stairs, Herbert M. Stairs, Allan Stairs, Roberts Dundonald Stairs, and Elizabeth Ida Stairs. MG 1 Vol. 3250 to 3264, 3278 to 3290, and Vol. 1771; 2017-037.
Stanley T. Spicer fonds
Fonds · 1899-2006
Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, research cards and files, and publication files created or compiled by Stanley Spicer. The contents of the fonds document his interest in sports and the history of the Age of Sail in the Maritimes, and more particularly in the Bay of Fundy, as well as the culture of the Mi'kmaq. Accession 2010-002
Stephen Kimber fonds
Fonds · 1945-1989, predominant 1973-1989
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial statements, notebooks, letters to the editor, news releases, and page proofs relating to the publication of Kimber's magazine, Cities. Fonds also contains reports, booklets, transcripts of proceedings and interviews, interview notes, notebooks, copies of articles and other research material pertaining to his unpublished commissioned history of Eastern Provincial Airways and his book Net Profits: The Story of National Sea. Also includes a recording of Kimber's interview with Eric Blackwood as part of his research for the Eastern Provincial Airways history, as well as photograph prints and other graphic material assembled for the publication of Cities, issues April 1987 to October 1989. Images primarily depict Halifax and include buildings, events, harbour, people (i.e. politics, business), and transportation. MG 1 volume 3210-3217; Ac1824; microfilm reel 345.
Stewart Ross family fonds
Fonds · [ca1890?]-1999
Fonds consists of Stewart Ross’ military service records (1914-1962); certificates of birth, marriage and death for Stewart and Minnie (1918-1965); published articles about the Halifax Explosion and the Ross family’s experience (1952-1953, 1999); and family photographs (ca.1890?-1960) including Minnie as a young woman, Stewart and Minnie at their 50th wedding anniversary and with Shirley on her wedding day in 1942. Also includes a transcript of the Ross family case file from the Halifax Relief Commission by historian David A. Sutherland (ca.2017) and a typed account of the Explosion by A. Maclean (undated). 2017-062
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax County fonds
Fonds · 1750-1969
Fonds consists of: Series - Case files, Series - Judgment books, Series - Jury lists and venires, Series - Jury books, Series - Process books, Series - Writs of mesne process registers, Series - Foreclosure sales of property and goods books, Series - Executions and attachments registers, Series - Judges' notes and other material, Series - Docket books, Series - Index books, Series - Minute books, Series - Proceedings books, Series - Chambers books, Series - Chambers summons book, Series - Lawyers' court costs record books, Series - Fees charged and received registers, Series - Registers, Series - Warrants of attorney register, Series - Equity chambers books, Series - Court of Commissioners Summary Trial writs of execution, Series - Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes case files, Series - Divorce cause books
Susan Stairs fonds
Fonds · Microfilmed 1980
Fonds consists of a journal kept by Susan Stairs containing personal reminiscences and genealogical data on related families including Morrow, Duffus, Murdoch, and Salter. Vital statistics pertaining to the Morrow family are included on pages 10 to 15, the Duffus family on pages 29 and 30, and to the Murdochs on pages 30 and 31. MG 1, microfilm reels 11027
Swetnam family fonds
Fonds · 1917-1921
Fonds consists of primarily of family correspondence. Includes letters from the Swetnam children to their Aunt Minnie Watts, letters received by their father Rev. W.J. Swetnam in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion, and a bulletin from a memorial service held at the Grafton Street Methodist Church. Accession 2010-008
Sydenham Howe fonds
Sydenham Howe fonds
Fonds · 1757-[1917?], predominant 1853-1889
Fonds consists of a scrapbook compiled by Sydenham Howe, mostly documenting his family and his literary and artistic interests. Includes correspondence, predominantly written to and from Hon. Joseph Howe; printed and handwritten poems by Joseph Howe, Maria Morris, Mary Jane Katzman Lawson, and others; prints of engravings and lithographs, many of which depict women's fashions of the mid-19th century; newspaper clippings, several pertaining to poetry and curling; sketches and watercolours by artist Maria Morris as well as Mary Currie and S.J. Howe; visiting cards; autographs dated 1757 onwards; printed material and ephemera, including invitations, the Victoria School of Art and Design exhibibition of loans catalogue, 1887, and 1889 issue of Halifax Carnival, and three Notman photographs of John Howe and John and Mary (Currie) Ross. Also contains correspondence and other items relating to the McNab family. 1994-272