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Burrill Johnson engine no. 2
Item
Item is a photograph of a steam fire engine, built around 1900 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This particular engine, the Burrill Johnson Engine No. 2, was purchased by the Sydney Mines Fire Department in 1908. The engine was operated by Paddy Keigan. 76-11
Item · 1941-07-01 - 1942-12-01
Geoffrey T. Sayre, also known as LAC Sayre, was born on June 12, 1916, in Saint John, NB. During World War II, he fought for his country as an Air Force Pilot from 1939 to 1945. After the war, he worked at F.E. Sayre Ltd. and Pollett River Lumber Co., which were owned by his family. Later on, he dedicated his life to the town of Rothesay, where he served as the first volunteer firefighter. He helped in forming the Rothesay Fire Department and eventually retired as its chief. He also served as Councilor and Mayor of Rothesay and created the Rothesay Regional Police Force.LAC Sayre's Pilot's Flying Log Book documents his service with #3 EFTS in London, Ontario, #113 Bomber Sqn in Yarmouth, NS, and #31 General Reconnaissance School in PEI. He flew Hudson's, Anson's, Harvard's, and Yale's from July 1941 to December 1942.LAC Sayre's Logbook also contains his flying assessments, RCAF application for enlistment, and his discharge certificate. SAM.2022.0024.001
Item · 1942-1945
S/Lt Garth Bremner was a member of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve and was attached to the RCAF for flight training. His logbook contains comprehensive notes on aircraft, courses, test results, specialized flying training for navy pilots, exercises, and newspaper articles.S/Lt Bremner began his training at #14 Elementary flying training school in Elmdon, West Midlands, England, flying Tiger Moths. In July 1942, he was transferred to 32 S.F.T.S in Kingston, Ontario, for training on Harvard and Harvard II aircraft. Starting in January 1943, S/Lt Bremner trained on Oxford and Sparrow aircraft at the Royal Naval Air Station Danibristle, located East of Fife, Scotland. In February, he was moved to #1 Naval air Gunnery school in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he trained on Swordfish and stayed after training to fly Swordfish aircraft until February 1945.In March 1945, S/Lt Bremner was transferred to the Royal Naval Air Station Trinidad, also called NAS Trinidad, NAS Port-of-Spain, which was a large United States Navy naval base built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling the Battle of the Atlantic. S/Lt Bremner flew Grumman Goose, Reliant, Anson1, and Dakota Aircraft on flights to Puerto Rico, Nassau, Baltimore, New York, and New Zealand.The Swordfish HS-469, flown by S/Lt Bremnar, is currently displayed at the Shearwater Aviation Museum. SAM.1991.0008.001
Item · 1941-11-24 - 1944-12-12
LAC Levy, E.H. began his career with the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1941 at #4 Wireless School Flying Squadron in Guelph, Ontario. He then continued his training at #1 Bombing and Gunnery School in Jarvis, Ontario until March 16, 1942, after which he was posted to #3 Operational Training Unit, 116 Bomber Squadron at RCNAS Dartmouth. He served with 116 Bomber Squadron until August 10, 1943. LAC Levy was then posted to Patricia Bay, British Columbia, and subsequently to #6 Bomber Squadron in Allifred Bay, British Columbia. He later joined the Meteorology flight section at RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on September 23, 1944. LAC Levy was then attached to 145 Squadron in Torbay, Newfoundland on December 12, 1944. He served as a Wireless Operator with the Royal Canadian Air Force. SAM.1981.76.A20
Fonds
The fonds includes correspondence, contract documents, district council documents, annual conference proceedings/documents, information about the conference on trade union rights in 1951-1952, press releases issued by the United Textile Workers of America, and miscellaneous reference material including, a sheet outlining the, "commonplace precaution against war" with a diagram about the potential damages of an atom bomb blast. The reference material contains blank due deduction slips for the United Textile Workers of America Local 152, newsletters issued by the Canadian Textile Council, a pamphlet issued by the Trade Union Research Bureau titled, "Wages and the Cost of Living", and amendments submitted by the "Local 100 United Textile Workers of America for negotiations with the Montreal Cottons Limited." Files are listed alphabetically by title. MS-9-2
File
File contains correspondence from Corning and Chipman, a law firm based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Materials were created in 1879, 1881, 1888, 1891, 1893-1903, 1906, 1912, 1915, 1917 and 1923. MS-4-67, SF Box 46, Folder 23
Item
Agreement of sale of the schooner Nine Sisters of Shelburne, Nova Scotia from Reuben Clements, John Crosby, Elbanah Clements, John Trask and David Rose and Stephen Rose, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, October 27, 1810 MS-4-215, SF Box 21, Folder 16
Killam Brothers fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains shareholder records and a list of ships owned or managed by members of the Killam family. MS-4-17
V.S. Sweeny Ltd. fonds
Fonds · 1867 - 1960
Fonds contains invoices (1906-1913); business ledgers (1867-1874); undertakers ledgers (1891-1960); and ledger indexes from V.S. Sweeny Ltd., furniture dealers and undertakers in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Undertaker ledgers and indexes after 1918 are transcriptions by George and Ann Sorensen. MS-4-16
Fonds · 1902 - 1910
Fonds consists of Dr. Samuel Williamson's daily memorandum books for 1902-1910. MS-13-54