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School yearbooks
Subseries · 1948-1965
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of school activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of yearbooks from schools where Helen Jennex was a teacher or principal, including the Oyster Pond School yearbook for 1955-1956, the Musquodoboit Harbour Consolidated School yearbook for 1956-57 entitled Marine Whispers, and the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School yearbooks for 1958-1959 through to 1964-65, also entitled Marine Whispers. Sub-series also includes Oyster Pond School newspapers from 1956-57 and 1947-48, and a Robert Jamison Memorial school newspaper from 1959. 2009.039
Drawings
Series · ca. 1970-2003
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of one original drawing of the Thomas Stevens House in Musquodoboit Harbour, by Joan Flewwelling. The house was originally owned by Robert Stevens, the village blacksmith, who had it built circa 1890. It housed the first post office in the area and was later owned by a Mr. Parker, Gerald Graham, Cyril and Kaye Young, and Henry and Elizabeth Boutilier. The drawing was owned by Kim Stevens. He had requested that Joan Flewwelling draw it and she agreed and later sent it to him. The drawing was done from an old photograph of the house as it was ca. the 1850s. 2013.026
Lena Ferguson fonds
Fonds · 1974-2001
Fonds consists of approximately 137 hours of oral history interviews conducted by Lena Ferguson. Most interviewees were residents of the Eastern Shore region of Halifax County, particularly the Chezzetcook area. Interview topics include genealogy, local industries, occupations, music, shipping, community life, traditions, and folklore. In addition to interviews, the creator recorded school reunions, concerts, weddings, and church anniversaries. Several paper transcripts are included as well as scrapbooks featuring articles written by Lena and other newspaper articles regarding the Chezzetcook area. 2019.014
Series · 2005
Part of Eastern Shore Archives map collection
Series forms part of the Eastern Shore Archives map collection and consists of one enlarged map of the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, from about Musquodoboit Harbour to Ship Harbour. The map was given to Thea Wilson-Hammond by an employee of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It was thought that the map could be used during community meetings for presentations given to residents, allowing them to see the area depicted on a larger scale. Accession number: 2013.044
Collection · [ca. 1972-2002]
Collection consists of copies and transcriptions of records from various churches and parishes that were located on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia or which were used by Eastern Shore residents. The collection contains baptismal, marriage, burial, and confirmation records along with other church records, dating from 1752 to 1982. Some records are on microfilm or have been copied from microfilm, while others are typed or handwritten transcriptions of records. 2003.010, 2004.008, 2011.024
Financial records
Series · 1920-1959
Part of William Ansell Gaetz family fonds
Series consists of life insurance papers and related correspondence, documents concerning the estate of the late Josephine Gaetz in 1956, and tax records including school assessment receipts and municipal tax receipts. Series also consists of records related to Gaetz’s occupation as a section man with the railway and includes an application for a Sixth Victory Loan Bonds payroll deduction plan through the Canadian National Railway Company in the name of William Gaetz dated April 21, 1944 for one bond in the amount of fifty dollars. Series also includes correspondence and a receipt concerning William Gaetz’s payment of dues to the Canadian National Eastern Lines System Federation Brothers of Maintenance of Way Employees dated 1959. There are also five additional receipts for dues paid to the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees lodge by William Gaetz in 1937 and 1938. Also included in the series are tax assessment rolls for the Municipality of Halifax, District 37, from 1934 listing names of taxable persons, their occupations, residences, property values, exemptions, age, school sections, etc. In addition there are assessment rolls of real property of non-residents and of persons unknown in the Municipality of Halifax, district 18 for 1946. These records lists the names of taxable persons, number of acres, descriptions of the lots, property values, occupations, school section numbers, and addresses.
Military records
Series · 1917-1941
Part of William Ansell Gaetz family fonds
Series forms part of the William Ansell Gaetz family fonds and consists of records related to Mr. Gaetz’s service during the First World War, correspondence with soldiers during World War II, and Mrs. Gaetz’s involvement with the Red Cross Society in 1940. William Gaetz enlisted in the military in 1916 and served as a private with the 246th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He served in England, France, and Belgium and with [the Canadian Forestry Corps (CFC)], sustaining an injury during his service for which he received a pension for a short period of time following his discharge from the army in April of 1919. His military records include a leave cheque and two leave passes, an attendance certificate for bayonet fighting and physical training, an army form to certify that he had the proper equipment, clothing, and necessaries prior to embarking for service overseas; a ration booklet, pension related papers, a dispersal certificate, and a discharge certificate. The correspondence from WWII consists of one letter to Mr. Gaetz dated March 4, 1941 from a soldier named Norman in England who came from the Eastern Shore as well as a letter to Mr. Gaetz and family dated February 10, 1941, Epsom, England, from a soldier named Sam who was from Musquodoboit Harbour. The series also includes a Red Cross Society National War Appeal and pin belonging to Josephine Gaetz from 1940.
Financial records
Subseries · 1910-1965
Part of William Ansell Gaetz family fonds
Subseries consists of financial records generated by the Musquodboit Harbour United Church and by William Gaetz who served as treasurer. Records include financial correspondence, account books, reports, funding information and lists of subscribers, receipts and invoices, lists of expenditures, assessments and tax receipts, and insurance records.
Local history
Series · 1922-1994
Part of Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
Series is part of the Katherine L. Stoddard fonds and consists of various articles and excerpts pertaining to different aspects of life and culture on the Eastern Shore including Musquodoboit Harbour, Petpeswick, and Ostrea Lake. Series includes recollections of life, events, and activities in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and poems describing local scenes. Series includes an excerpt from the Evening Mail in 1922 containing stories of the Greenoughs of Petpeswick and memories, recollections, facts, and stories from Musquodoboit Harbour, Ostrea Lake and Point Pleasant, both about places themselves and the people, including one mention of R.J. Stoddard. Articles included describe sealing adventures in which Eastern Shore residents participated, hijackers on the Old Guysborough Road in the 1890s, and the history of the Ritcey family. There is also a copy of a poem about Petpeswick Harbour written by Verna MacDonald and an excerpt of an article describing the buildings that used to make up the village centre of Musquodoboit Harbour as well as an article about Robsons who moved from Clam Harbour to Estmere in Cape Breton and lived there from 1901 to 1909. Accession number: 2013.008