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Family land records
Series · 1834, [197-?]
Part of Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
Series forms part of Anna Barbara Webber family fonds and consists of an 1834 grant issued to James Peter Webber and Andrew Webber for a 100-acre piece of land along Mary’s River near Clam Harbour. Series also includes a sheet of notes, probably written by Frances Robson, describing the history of ownership of William Wilson Webber’s Upper Lakeville property. Accession number: 2010.009
Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
Fonds · 1834, [ca. 1890]-1974, [199-?]
Fonds consists of records of the family of Anna Barbara Webber, created and/or accumulated by Anna Barbara Webber and later her daughter Frances Robson. Records include photographs, family land records and research, certificates, announcements, and wartime records. Accession numbers 2010.009, 2010.010
Eastern Shore District High School fonds
Eastern Shore District High School fonds
Fonds · 1966-1980
The first three series of the fonds consist of essays and research written and compiled by Mr. Patrick Milligan and Mr. D. Engram’s grade ten students at Eastern Shore District High School between 1973 and 1980 as part of a class project on local history. The essays include information about various aspects of the history of the Eastern Shore such as industries and occupations, activities, cemeteries, churches, individuals, houses, education, and family and community history. Selected essays from Mr. Milligan’s local history course, 1974-1975, were compiled into a school publication called The Shore Thing, a preliminary copy of which is included in the fonds. The purpose of the book was to introduce students to their own area and familiarize them with the history of local communities along the Eastern Shore. It was placed in the school library for the benefit of all students. The fonds also consists of yearbooks and a newspaper published by the school during the first ten years of its operation. Accession numbers 2006.003, 2012.001
Clam Harbour Ladies Sewing Circle minute book
Clam Harbour Ladies Sewing Circle minute book
Item · 1950-1952
Item consists of one book containing handwritten minutes of the Clam Harbour Ladies Sewing Circle recorded by secretary, Muriel Stevens from 1950 to 1952. Opening pages seem to suggest that the sewing circle was just being formed on March 15, 1950. Minutes record where the meetings were held, members in attendance, election of officials, plans for and outcomes of fundraisers, records of donations, and work done for the Church and Manse both by the Sewing Circle independently and in collaboration with other groups such as the Musquodoboit Harbour Ladies Aid Society. The book also contains an attendance list in the back that includes the names of all the Sewing Circle members. Accession number: 2013.034
Local history
Series · ca. 1960-1985
Part of Burris Russell fonds
Series forms part of the Burris Russell fonds and consists of a brief handwritten history of Clam Harbour in the 1940s and 1950s. The source is noted as being Wallace Russell. Thomas ‘Wallace’ Murray Russell and Burris ‘Bub’ Russell were second cousins twice removed. Accession number: 2013.017
Photographs
Series · ca.1930-1965
Part of Burris Russell fonds
Series forms part of the Burris Russell fonds and consists of two small black and white photographs of the clam factory in Clam Harbour. Accession number: 2013.017
Financial records
Series · 1962-1970
Part of Burris Russell fonds
Series forms part of the Burris Russell fonds and consists of an unemployment insurance commission book from 1969-1970 that belonged to Burris Russell. Series also contains a bill of sale dated April 7, 1962 for a fishing boat sold to Wallace Russell by Burris Russell for two hundred and fifty dollars. Thomas ‘Wallace’ Murray Russell and Burris ‘Bub’ Russell were second cousins twice removed. Accession number: 2013.017
Burris Russell fonds
Burris Russell fonds
Fonds · ca. 1930-1985
Fonds consists of records that belonged to or were created by Bub Russell and includes photographs, financial records, and local history. Accession number: 2013.017
Receipts and licenses
Series · 1944-1953
Part of Wallace Russell fonds
Series consists of eight receipts belonging to Wallace Russell that include purchases made at Parker’s General Store in Owl’s Head and John M. Homans General Store in Clam Harbour between 1944 and 1953. Also includes three receipts for product (likely lobster) sold on account of Wallace Russell by Nickerson and Hyde Commission Merchants in Boston in 1944. Two of the latter receipts have letters written on the back from Maurice Nickerson to Wallace Russell regarding lobster sales. Series also includes one private receiving station license from the Department of Transport—Telecommunications Division for Wallace Russell dated 1951-1952. S1