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Lake Charlotte (N.S.) Series
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Correspondence
Series · 1907-1940
Part of Lydia Webber fonds
Series forms part of the Lydia Webber fonds and consists of several letters to Lydia Webber from her sons Harvey and Roy. Series also contains one letter from James Peter Webber (Lydia’s brother) which is addressed to Catherine (Dooks) Webber (Lydia’s mother). Series also consists of postcards, Christmas cards, and other greeting cards accumulated or created by Lydia Webber. Most of the cards are addressed to Lydia Webber and are from a variety of senders including her sons Odous, Harvey, and Roy. Some cards are also from her husband Albert, who sent them from Anticosti Island, Quebec and Souris, Prince Edward Island, possibly during fishing expeditions. Series also includes cards addressed to Albert Webber, sent by Lydia or other family members. In addition, three cards are addressed to Miss Ada Webber and one is addressed to “Harvie Webber” from “Aunt Ada”. Series also contains blank and unidentified postcards and greeting cards, as well as a number of calling cards from family members, relatives, and friends. Accession number: 2008.009
Marketing
Series · 1995-2006
Part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds
Series forms part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds and consists of records related to the society’s marketing and public relations efforts. Series includes records related to the establishment of Memory Lane Heritage Village’s emblem and visual identity, and its use of advertisements, brochures, and signage. Series also includes records related to market research performed and commissioned by the society. In addition, series includes records related to the society’s targeting of specific markets, including bus tours, schools, cruise ships, and seniors. Series also includes records related to the society’s involvement in tourism and heritage networks and associations. Series contains correspondence, contact lists, layouts and proofs, brochures, posters, forms, press releases, meeting minutes, newsletters, notes, menus, clippings, publications, questionnaires, reports, promotional videos, and other material. Series also contains reproductions of promotional illustrations of the village, including a high-quality photographic reproduction. Accession numbers: 2010.014, 2012.017
Books and guides
Series · ca. 1943-1962
Part of Ford Webber fonds
Series forms part of the Ford Webber fonds and consists of books that may have been used by Ford as a child, including three books (or sections of books) of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Also included is a copy of an Italian sentence book for soldiers from 1943, which translates common words and sentences from English to Italian, and lastly a planting guide put out by Sears, Robuck, and Co. Accession numbers: 2010.017, 2013.023
Photographs
Series · [ca. 1880]-[ca. 1940]
Part of Lydia Webber fonds
Series forms part of the Lydia Webber fonds and consists of black and white photographs accumulated by Lydia Webber, including portraits and other images of people. Six photographs are identified, including pictures of Maud Webber in 1902, Buford Webber, Marguerite “Babe” Webber, Nelson Webber; Ruth, Kenneth and Lloyd Webber; and Lydia's brother Hudson Webber with their niece Myrtle Webber, daughter of Amos. Five photographs identified with the names ‘Nancy’, ‘Mildred’, ‘Edna’, and ‘Floss’ (with husband ‘Leslie’) are possibly of Nancy Ann Webber and her daughters Mildred, Edna and Flossy or Nancy Mary Webber, sister of Lydia. Accession number: 2009.040
Financial and legal records
Series · 1956-1961
Part of Eastern Shore Board of Trade, District 19 fonds
Series forms part of the Eastern Shore Board of Trade, District 19 fonds and consists of records of the financial transactions of the board, including receipts, financial statements and other material. Series also includes a ledger book listing names of board members and payment of membership dues. In addition, series includes a legal document related to the board’s purchase of a property in Lake Charlotte to be used as a recreation center. Series also includes drafts of a petition, a resolution, and a list of signers related to requests for road and bridge repairs. Accession number: 2009.037
Account books
Series · 1908-1948
Part of Union Church (Lake Charlotte, N.S.) fonds
Series forms part of the Union Church fonds and consists of an account book detailing the annual list of individuals who contributed to the church, along with the amount paid to the minister. Cash disbursements and cash received are logged at the back of the book. Accession number 2004.015
Minute books
Series · 1896-1994, 1961-1999
Part of Union Church (Lake Charlotte, N.S.) fonds
Series forms part of the Union Church fonds and contains a minute book recording the annual meetings of the Lake Charlotte United Church from 1961 to 1995. Book records the names of officials and other individuals, the activities of the Church, financial reports including mission and service reports, Sunday school reports, and treasurers’ reports. The back of the book also contains financial statements from various years. The majority of the book was kept by Mrs. Gertrude Turple, who served as secretary from 1966 to 1987, and Olga J. Kidson who served as secretary and treasurer from 1988 to 1999. Other secretaries and acting secretaries included Mrs. Reg Webber, Marguerite A. Webber, Mavis Turple, and Clara Kidson. Series also contains reproductions of three books of minutes of meetings of the church beginning with the first meeting in 1896. The books also record accounts of the church, including cash disbursements and cash received. Also included with the books are reproductions of receipts and sheets of paper recording subscriptions for repairs to the church building, accounts, and other information. Accession numbers 2009.044, 2013.040
Board and committee records
Series · 1995-2007
Part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds
Series forms part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds and consists of records related to meetings and other activities of the society’s board of directors and various committees, including the management committee. Series also includes records related to meetings such as the society’s annual general meetings. In addition, series includes records related to the incorporation of the society and of Memory Lane Heritage Village, records related to the village’s designation as a heritage site, as well as other legal and financial records. Series contains meeting minutes, policies, resolutions, correspondence, reports, plans, financial statements, proposals, announcements, organizational charts, insurance policies, agreements, the society’s memorandum of association and bylaws, and other material. Accession number: 2010.014
Institutional funding
Series · 1998-2005
Part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds
Series forms part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds and consists of records related to funding from various government institutions and agencies which the society received and/or applied for. Series also includes records related to requests for funding from corporations and other private bodies. Series contains forms, contracts, agreements, reports, correspondence, and other material. Accession number: 2010.014
Research and interpretation
Series · 1994-2005
Part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds
Series forms part of Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds and consists of records related to research undertaken into Memory Lane Heritage Village’s historical setting, background, and artefacts. Series also includes records related to village interpretation, animation and programming, including the training of interpreters and animators as well as audio material consisting of 1940s radio program excerpts meant to enhance the experience of visitors. In addition, series includes records and drawings related to the construction of the village’s replica clam factory in 2005. Series also includes records related to a request from the Acadian House Museum for the society’s help in relocating an historical building. Society member Gordon Hammond, who had been involved in the relocation of buildings for Memory Lane Heritage Village, lent his experience and expertise for the relocation. Series contains notes, texts, clippings, drawings (including plans and other architectural drawings), program descriptions, training documents, inventories of artefacts, visitor guides, a recipe book, audio discs, packaging and instructions for original building materials including Insul-bric and Murray Shingles, as well as other material. Accession numbers: 2010.014, 2012.017