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Papers of the SS Corfu Island
File
File contains the papers of the SS Corfu Island, including a survey of the vessel from March 4, 1953, a list of crew members from July 11, 1957 to May 14, 1960, and miscellaneous papers from 1956, 1961, and 1962. MS-4-231, SF Box 21, Folder 19
Maurice Evans fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains correspondence, contract files, notes, plans, and photographs of various ships Maurice Evans' company worked on. MS-4-234, Boxes 1-4
Augustus Lantz fonds
Fonds
Cargo book of the schooner Beth, March 22, 1881 - September 4, 1885 MS-4-238
A. M. Smith and Company fonds
Fonds
The fonds consists of administrative papers, blueprints, business and personal correspondence, cable code books and other reference works, export orders and papers, financial documents, insurance papers, legal documents, packaging samples, photographs, plans, printed material, reports, and vessels papers. The material spans 176 years and illustrates a family company passed through two incarnations and through several generations of administration, along with its related off-shoots companies and associations. The material deals with late 19th and early 20 century shipping, as well as the 20th century business of packing and exporting salt fish. The fonds also contains papers of associated small companies including L.W. Vatcher Limited, and subsidiaries Acadia Fisheries and Smith Canneries, as well as papers from various investment dealings made by Fletcher S. Smith, including Parkdale Realty, Southern Realties, and Fenpark Realties, and agencies with which the Smiths were involved. Finally, the fonds includes various items from small companies including Dan Dauphiney Company Limited, Earle-Smith Partnership, Eastern Fisheries Limited, Fudge Shipping Company, Georgian Limited, Scotia Corporations, Sea Nymph Fisheries, and Smith/Romkey. These papers include correspondence, administrative documents, legal contracts and agreements, financial statements, journals and ledgers. The records of the fonds demonstrate the organizational structure, management, and operations of A.M. Smith and Company and related organizations, and provide insight into the business of salt fish, from fishing and processing to packing and exportation. The material provides a comprehensive picture of a significant 20th century Nova Scotian enterprise. MS-4-23
Laughlan McKeagan fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains a day book, Oct 3. 1882-July 20, 1883, and invoices, 1866-1884. MS-4-240
O'Brien Family fonds
Fonds
The fonds consists predominantly of correspondence and vessel papers. The fonds also contains records that document the family's business activity, particularly that of Joseph O’Brien. MS-4-242
J.C. Backman fonds
Fonds
Ledger - merchants and vessels accounts 1911-1930 later used for coal accounts by Barkman and Ritcey, 1940-1943; miscellaneous correspondence, invoices and vessels statements, etc, miscellaneous dates 1914-1930; Zink, George P Estate papers 1878-1898 MS-4-243
Petheric Press fonds
Fonds
This fonds consists of correspondence relating to manuscripts; manuscripts of books published by Petheric Press; and manuscripts of articles published in the Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly. Petheric Press, MS-4-244, SF-10 ; SF-9 ; SF-12
Charter agreement between Charles T. White and T.A. [?] Drisko
Item
Item is a charter party between T. S. Drisko and Charles T. White. The charter details the terms of a shipment of cargo from Apple River, Nova Scotia to New York, New York. The charter was brokered by James L. Sullivan. , SF Box 49, Folder 7