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Collection · 1918-2000; predominantly 1980-2000
Collection consists of photographs taken or collected by Graham Lavers. Most images were taken by Lavers as a professional photographer hired by Halifax and Halifax County organizations to document their events for publicity products. Included are images taken for the City of Halifax Recreation Department, the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission, St. Patrick's High School Athletics, Halifax County Recreation, Halifax City Music program, the Halifax County Industrial Commission and other sports organizations. Special events documented include the 1995 G-7 Halifax Summit, the Halifax 1999 conference, held in 1991, the 2000 Tall Ships Festival, the 500th million driver to cross the MacDonald Bridge, and the opening of various projects like the Aerotech Business Park supported by the Halifax County Industrial Commission. There are also photographs Lavers used to teach photography at community college. Images were chosen which show Halifax landmarks such as: Halifax waterfront, ferry terminal, Spring Garden Road Memorial Library and park with food trucks, the Grand Parade, Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church; Dingle Memorial Tower, Horseshoe Island, Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Point Pleasant Park, Hemlock Ravine and its heart-shaped pond, the Public Gardens, Halifax Common recreation facilities. The collection also includes material from George Lavers' management of the 1948 Port of Halifax Marine and Industrial Exhibition; the 1939 Royal Visit; and from Elizabeth Lavers' teaching career at Southdale School in Dartmouth. CR40
Collection · 1942-1984
Collection consists of a photo album of images of Halifax landmarks taken in 1984, as well as comparative panoramic views taken from Citadel Hill in 1948, 1968 and 1978. Landmarks include the Town Clock, Memorial Tower (Dingle), Public Gardens bandstand, fountains and bridges, Halifax Waterfront, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Barrington Street, Barrington Place, Cogswell Interchange, St. Matthew's Church, World Trade and Convention Centre, bank towers, Chateau Halifax, Scotia Square, Metro Centre, Robie St. and Windsor St. exchange, and Armdale Yacht Club. Album also contains 11 black and white oblique Royal Canadian Air Force aerial images of military sites during World War Two. Images show Halifax Harbour, Halifax Citadel, Bedford Basin with military convoys, Fort Ogilvie in Point Pleasant Park, Devil's Battery at Hartlen Point, Fort McNutt in the Shelburne Harbour, [Osborne Head] and [Duncan's Cove - Chebucto Head], and other military fortifications along a coastline, either in Nova Scotia or England. Some show batteries under construction. Many are marked "Secret" on back. CR63
Halifax Family home movies
Collection · 1937 - 1957
Collection consists of home movies filmed by members of a Halifax family from the late-1930s to the late-1950s. The records capture important Halifax events, including the opening of the Angus L. MacDonald Bridge and several Natal Day parades, as well as more intimate family moments, such as vacations, outdoor activities, and celebrations. Since the family most likely lived in the South End of the city, the content frequently features Northwest Arm boat clubs, Dalhousie University, and South End streets. CR64
Item · 26-Jul-62
Item consists of original and copy of a map showing land ownership and location of buildings in Africville. The original map is in black and white, and the legend lists Dwellings, Other Buildings, Buildings Demolished, Incinerator and Abattoir Buildings, N.S.L. & P. Towers, Baptist Church Africville, Boundary of Land Expropriated by the City, Boundary of C.N.R. Property, and Boundary of NS Co-operative Abattoir Ltd. Each of these features are indicated on the map, and most buildings are numbered. Map shows the footprint of buildings, topographic lines, railway lines, and the shore-line. The second map appears to be a copy of the first with the original drawing number P500/46 crossed out, and R-129 handwritten underneath. It shows the same area and gives the same legend, though colour has been added to the legend and the map to make buildings and boundaries more identifiable, presumably at least in part because the copying process did not adequately show the patterns used in the legend of the original map to designate different buildings. P500/46
Zonta Club of Halifax fonds
Fonds · 1951-2010
Fonds consists of administrative files including minutes of the board and general meetings, correspondence,financial statements, membership directories and lists, annual reports and committee files. This is complemented by proceedings of district and international conferences, as well as correspondence and reports relating to projects and activies undertaken by the club. The contents of the fonds document the work of the organization and what it has undertaken to respond to its mandate. CR46 (formerly MG20, vols. 3474-3481)
Fonds · 1854-1874
Fonds consists of by-laws, rules and regulations, memoranda, correspondence, including letters from Sir William Young, lists, receipts and a statement of account. The contents of the fonds document the Society's work in promoting gardening in Halifax, their creation of the Public Gardens, and provides history about the challenges faced by the organization, particularly with respect to its financial situation. CR53
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
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