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Business correspondence and balance sheet of Captain Alfred Gould
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File consists of business and professional correspondence from various writers, including Captain Stewart Gould (some photocopies). There is also a balance sheet (ca. 1881-1888) showing loans, payments, and ships' earnings. MS-2-86, SF Box 18, Folder 31
Burns and Company memorandums and company bulletins
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File contains bulletins on meat and dairy markets sent from the company office in Winnipeg, Manitoba to salesmen in the Eastern Sales Division. File also contains memorandums sent to L.W. Morgan from the company office in Winnipeg. MS-4-175, SF Box 45, Folder 38
Outline of the history of the Canadian Seamen's Union, by Charles Macdonald
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File contains a preliminary outline of the History of the Canadian Seamen's Union 1936-1950 and a letter from Charles Macdonald to Tom McGrath, Bud Doucette, and Stan Wingfield. The Canadian Seaman's Union, established 1936 to improve the archaic working conditions and wages for ordinary commercial seamen. Affiliated to the Trades and Labour Congress, this effective, well supported, nationalist, communist led industrial union contributed to Canada's efforts in the Second World War. It gained concessions, was recognized as collective bargaining agent for ordinary seamen, and it fought unsuccessfully to retain Canada's merchant fleet.The outline is an attempt to line up the main sequence of events and the most important nonchronological matters that must be covered. MS-9-15, SF Box 52, Folder 27
Ethnic Culture in Industrial Cape Breton
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File consists of two audio reels that feature sound recordings of a C.B.I. Radio interview with John Nicholson describing ethnic culture in Industrial Cape Breton. Track listing is as follows:Side A: Ethnic groups in Cape Breton Industrial Area: Why various groups came to the Island Only blacks were recruited... Rural Cape Bretoners came to industrial area for employment Why different ethnic groups settled in specific areas People remain in the old areas because of kinship No hostilities among ethnic groups Importance of Church and Church Hall Problems were caused from outside The role of unionism Intermarriage Role of the church in keeping groups together Two distinct groups of Blacks Compares Cape Breton ethnic groups to the Jewish people going to Israel Side B: Metropolitan character of Cape Breton ethnic groups Future of these groups depends on economic development Cape Bretoners are interested in their ethnic roots They are different because everyone was allowed to retain their identity Contributions of the ethnic groups to Cape Breton Indians and Pakistanis have no problems settling here Federal policies on multiculturalism Cape Breton is as separate from Nova Scotia as it is from the rest of Canada How ethnic Cape Bretoners see themselves (rarely as Nova Scotians) T-871
Papers of the SS Corfu Island
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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
James M. Smith fonds
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Fonds consists of three microfilm reels of business records and a photocopied excerpt of a furniture catalogue. No original materials are included . Materials include three volumes of ledgers (1880-1904), bills of lading (1886-1898), correspondence (1884, 1896-1897, 1891, 1915, 1922), mail contracts (1870-1871, 1881, 1883-1885), lists of voters (1890-1892, 1898, 1899), and engravings of furniture by Glendyer Mills (1875-1877). MS-4-73
J. Lynn McInnes
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The file contains two copies of a single student paper submitted to Gregory Kealey on April 2, 1979, by a student by the name of J. Lynn McInnes. The paper is a historical essay written about Nova Scotia Textiles Limited. MS-9-31, SF Box 50, Folder 15
Notes of Mrs. Gordon Cowan on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia
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File consists of genealogical notes on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a particular focus on Captain Alexander Rose Rettie and the wreck of his vessel "Forest Chief." Also included are a family tree, photocopies of research correspondence, and historical newspaper accounts. MS-2-173, SF Box 14, Folder 7