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Plan of the Settlement of River John & Vicinity
Plan of the Settlement of River John & Vicinity
Item · 1841
A plan of the settlement of River John and vicinity shows the area from Seafoam to Tatamagouche, including land grants and owner names as well as many details and waterways. 2017.32.1
Map of Pictou County, Coal Mining Areas, 1868
Map of Pictou County, Coal Mining Areas, 1868
Item · 1868
Map showing Pictou County mining areas including Nova Scotia Coal Co., Acadia Coal Co., Intercolonial Coal Mining Co., Halifax Company, Montreal & Pictou Co., East River Coal Co., Montreal & New Glasgow Coal Co., Pictou Mining Co., Vale Coal Iron & Mfg Co., and Mitchell & Barton's area. Undated, but research revealed Montreal & New Glasgow Colliery opened at Coal Brook and operated for one year only - 1868, therefore its inclusion on this map seems to date it closely to this time period. See novascotia.ca/archives/meninmines/timeline. Drawn by George Hattie, Land Surveyor. Printed by Barlan Desbarats Litho. Company, Montreal. 2019.5.1
Malcolm MacDonald fonds
Fonds · 1858-[ca.1895], predominant 1858-1865
Fonds consists of one account book of Malcom MacDonald. The first several pages of the ledger have been used as a scrapbook for recipes.
Joseph Simpson Harris fonds
Fonds · 1886-1912
Fonds consists of oaths, bonds, letters, and a public auction announcement all relating to the work of the High Sherriff.
John W. Harris fonds
Fonds · 1841-1848
Fonds consists of letters relating to the business of the High Sheriff.
Frank Fulton Collection
Collection · 1896 - 1973
The fonds consists of materials related to the history of Truro and Colchester County, NS that were collected by Frank Fulton throughout his lifetime, including directories, scrapbooks, books. The collection of 118 photographs show the Fulton family's activities during World War II, including images taken overseas. They also show the family spending time at Spencer's Point, NS; Big Cove Camp and Melmerby Beach, Pictou County, NS; businesses around Truro, NS during the 1970s; Frank's ironworks collection; and several postcards of scenes around Truro. 2012.6.1 - 46
Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1900-1969]
The fonds consists of records accumulated by Annabel (Siteman) Ells during the course of her research on the area of Ship Harbour and the families who lived there as well as personal records created and accumulated throughout her lifetime. The fonds includes a wide variety of records such as land related documents, wills, Loyalist petitions, census information, court papers, church registers and vital statistics including marriage, birth, and death records; school papers, genealogies, clippings and notes taken from various newspapers and periodicals, photographs and negatives, correspondence, postcards, and diaries. The records within the fonds shed light on the history of Ship Harbour and its families, the work of Annabel Ells, her personal life from a young girl growing up on the Eastern Shore to travelling as a young woman and attending school, entering into various careers, living as an independent woman in the early 20th century, her marriage later in life and her lifelong interest in her Ship Harbour home. http://www.heritagevillage.ca/LCASresources/Annabel_%28Siteman%29_Ells_fonds_Inventory.pdf Accession number 2013.066