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Musquodoboit Harbour (Halifax County, N.S.) Series
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Correspondence
Series · ca. 1940-1950
Part of Ronald Slade family fonds
Series forms part of the Ronald Slade family fonds and consists of a Christmas card to Hattie from Annie and correspondence related to rural mail delivery and application for a mail box. Accession number 2013.027
Employment and financial records
Series · 1940-1951
Part of Ronald Slade family fonds
Series forms part of the Ronald Slade family fonds and consists of forms, invoices, and pamphlets related to Ronald Slade’s occupation as a truck driver, a vacation stamp booklet from 1942, records concerning his big game license, and a receipt from T. Eaton Co. Budget Plan Office. Accession number 2013.027
History and heritage activities
Series · [ca. 1910]-[1984?]
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as an historical researcher, collector of historical items, and member of the Eastern Shore heritage and museum community. Series is arranged into six sub-series, including illustrations, church drawings, publication layouts, community research, photographs, and publications. Accession number 2009.039
Local history
Series · c.1767-1810, 1852-1988
Part of Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection
Series forms part of the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection and consists of research and photocopies of material related to various industries and services along the Eastern Shore. Includes an excerpt of a paper written by Mrs. Grace Forsythe on November 20, 1975 regarding the pulpwood industry in the 1930s and transcripts from the Nova Scotian, October, 1852, regarding the postal service on the Eastern Shore and the mail run carried out by William Anderson between Musquodoboit and Halifax. Series also contains photocopies of excerpts of a thesis written by George R. Evans in 1938 regarding gold mining in Nova Scotia in the nineteenth century. Also included is general research about local history of the Eastern Shore and a copy of an article written by Walter Bayer that was published in the Dartmouth Free Press in 1980 and entitled, Musquodoboit Harbour at the Turn of the Century. Series also consists of a document that refers to the heritage Houses of Anderson Road, including the Bayer-Anderson House, John Bayer V House, James Locker House, Georges Bayer VI House, John Mosher House, and Dan Dauphinee House. Also included is a copy of a drawing of the Ben Power House circa 1810 by Joan E. Flewelling in 1979. Series also contains two genealogy charts. The first is that of the Bayer family featuring the descendants of Hans George Bayer I and Eva Catherine Rouche and the second features the John Anderson family of Musquodoboit Harbour showing the connection with the Rowlings family, drawn by Joan Flewelling in 1983. Accession number: 2012.001
Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department
Series · 1961-1978
Part of William Ansell Gaetz family fonds
Series forms part of the William Ansell Gaetz family fonds and consists of a chronological list of volunteer fire department officers from 1961 to 1978, including names and positions. The Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department began as District 18 Volunteer Fire Department in 1961.
Photographs
Series · ca. 1890-1960
Part of Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection
Series forms part of the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society collection and consists of school photographs of students from Musquodoboit Harbour School, grades primary to six. Also included is a group photograph of students in West Jeddore in 1914. In addition, series contains various photographs related to Musquodoboit Harbour, the railway, and local residents. Accession numbers: 2012.001, 2013.068
Photographs
Series · ca. 1855-1940
Part of Ronald Slade family fonds
Series forms part of the Ronald Slade family fonds and consists of one black and white photograph of an unidentified child on a blanket outside and one photograph of a couple identified as “Dolly and Jack.”. Also included are fifteen tintypes of unidentified people, presumably members of the Slade family. Accession number 2013.027
Religious records
Series · 1921
Part of Ronald Slade family fonds
Series forms part of the Ronald Slade family fonds and consists of a child’s picture prayer book that belonged to Annie Murley in 1921. Accession number 2013.027
School activities
Series · 1948-[ca. 2004], predominant 1956-1965
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as a teacher and principal at various schools on the Eastern Shore, including the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School, Oyster Pond School, and Musquodoboit Harbour Consolidated School. Series is divided into three sub-series, including school photographs, school yearbooks, and school exercises. Accession number 2009.039
Vital statistics
Series · 1818-1959
Part of Ronald Slade family fonds
Series forms part of the Ronald Slade family fonds and consists of pages from the Slade family bible recording births, deaths, and marriages, including Charles Slade, Mary Jane (Crawford) Brown, and their children: Charles Duncan and Alexander Crawford. Also included are records of Mary Jane’s first husband, James Brown, and their children: Archibald, Isabella, James, Henry, Mary Ann, Frances, Ronald, and Edward. In addition, records for Duncan (Charles Duncan) Slade and Sarah Day, Alexander C. Slade and Hattie F. Gaetz and their children: Elliott, Gertrude, Charles, and Ronald are included together with records of Gertrude Marie Myers and James W. Myers. Series also includes the obituary of Mrs. Alexander Slade (Hattie Florence Gaetz), a certificate of Martha Frances Abbott, the marriage certificate of Ronald Mitchell Slade and Annie Marie Murley, and two marriage certificates of Alexander C. Slade and Hattie F. Gaetz. In addition, series contains clippings of the obituary of Mrs. Alexander Slade, an advertisement requesting information about Slades posted by Ida Slade, and two obituaries of Ronald M. Slade. Accession number 2013.027