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Women's Institute fonds
Fonds · 1914 - 2018
Fonds consist of records documenting the work and operation of seven Women’s Institute branches in the western region of Guysborough County: Denver-Newtown (1914-2012), Aspen-Glenelg (1914-1998), Sherbrooke (1914-1924), Port Hilford (1955-2000), Sonora (1931-1975), Seal Harbour-Drumhead (1968-1982), Port Bickerton (1949-2018). Also included are records of the wider Guysborough District of the Women’s Institute of Nova Scotia (1964-1998). The fonds include 51 books consisting of minutes of meetings, financial accounts, reports, membership lists, lists of directors and officers, and records of attendance. Interleaved within the books are miscellaneous receipts and correspondence. One photograph album with captions showing day-to-day life in the communities of Denver and Newtown (circa 1955), and “A History of the Village of Sherbrooke and Vicinity” (1947), created as part of the Tweedsmuir Village Books national competition. By 1914, Women’s Institute branches had formed in the communities of Newtown, Aspen-Glenelg, and Sherbrooke in Guysborough County following a visit by Miss Jennie Fraser, Superintendent of the Women's Institutes of Nova Scotia. The Women’s Institute branches represented in the fonds were formed on the following dates: Newtown (later Denver-Newtown) –– 31 August 1914. Still active.Aspen-Glenelg –– 29 August 1914. Dissolved 1996.Sherbrooke –– 27 August 1914. Still active.Port Hilford –– 10 December 1948. Still active.Sonora -- 26 November 1931. Still active.Seal Harbour-Drumhead –– ca. 1937. Dissolved 1982.Port Bickerton -- 20 July 1949. Dissolved 7 May 2018. The Guysborough District of the Women’s Institutes of Nova Scotia established educational programs for local women, held regular meetings and events, and convened district rallies. Early work of the Newtown (later Denver-Newtown), Aspen-Glenelg and Sherbrooke Women’s Institute branches centered on war relief and supporting the Red Cross through knitting socks and wristlets and making handkerchiefs and cheesecloth bandages. On 6 April 1917 the Sherbrooke branch resolved to support women’s right to vote. Meetings were often centered on themes concerning home economics, agriculture, health and welfare, readings and recitations. Lunches were frequently served at meetings, and institute picnics and banquets were popular. The branches evolved over the years in terms of activity and membership, with later members supporting graduating high school students through bursaries. 2014.005; 2016.003; 2018.001; 2018.016
Wine Harbour
folder · 1946- 1996
Part of Lomas family fonds
Hand-written notes on Wine Harbour and its Gold District (written by Aleah Lomas Anderson), Timeline of events in Wine Harbour History (1811-1895), maps, history notes, text of public talk on Wine Harbour, historic news clippings, photographs including aerial images from the Maritime Resource, Department of Public Works report on Wine Harbour Gold District (1927), list of inhabitants in the 1860s, Department of Municipal Affairs Land Information Centre report on property owners in Wine Harbour, pages from 1881 Census of Guysborough County, “Wine Harbour Library” by Judge Asa J. Crockett (1946), Guide to Elderhostel visit to Wine Harbour (1996) with driving instructions for tour of the area, and five different hand-written essays on gold mining in the region written by Alton Anderson Lomas. 2022.006, Ser. 8, #4
Item · 1978
Part of Lomas family fonds
Wallace MacDonald being interviewed probably by Kathy Kuusisto concerning goldmining. Her report on gold mining (Gold Mining and Milling in the Sherbrooke Gold District 1861-1906) thanks him and was published soon after. 32:06 + 24:02 min. 2022.006, Ser. 21, #2
Volunteer Involvement
Series · 2001-2006
Part of Country Harbour Loyalist Society
Correspondence requesting financial support, quote for purchase of wood, hand-written planning notes, page of municipal concerns that would impact the Walking Trail. 2021.029, Ser 9
VHS cassette tapes
Series · 1982- 2000
Part of Lomas family fonds
This series consists of three Video Home System (VHS) tapes recorded by the Lomas family to capture interesting events in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, and the personal thoughts of Alton Anderson Lomas on a collection of his family photographs. 2022.006, Ser. 22
folder · c. 1945?
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds 14 black and white photographs showing clerks cleaning up a vandalized store. Two men may be police detectives. Accompanying the photographs is the “Who’s Who in Canada” listing for Alton I. Lomas that mentions his time working as managing director for Henry Birks & Sons, Ltd. in Halifax. These photographs may have been taken after the Halifax VE Day Riot in May 1945 damaged the Halifax location of Birks. 2022.006, Ser. 16, #3
Sub-series · 1933-1934
Part of Lester D. MacKeen fonds
Sub-series consists of Unemployment Relief food orders for the Municipality of St. Mary's, 1933-1934. Records enumerate groceries ordered by relief recipient, and indicates name of grocer and name of recipient and their community of residence. Grocers include A. Anderson & Son, R.D. Burns & Son, Empire Chain Store, R. & F. Turner, Wm. Snow, D.S. MacKenzie, R. & F. Turner, Jas. Hemlow & Son, S.R. Giffin & Son, A.B. Bezanson, Athol Hattie, McNaughton & Sinclair, J.J. McQuarrie, among others. Sub-series is arranged in seven files.