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Newspaper clippings
Series forms part of Association for Preservation of the Eastern Shore fonds and consists of various newspapers and clippings related to the Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore and articles related to the proposed National Park. S9
Photographs
Series forms part of Association for Preservation of the Eastern Shore fonds and consists of photographs related to the Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore including photographs of Gordon Hammond and participants in a protest march. S8
Scrapbooks
Series · 1976-1983
Part of Lena Ferguson fonds
Series consists of one microfilm reel containing Lena Ferguson’s scrapbooks. These scrapbooks include numerous articles written by Mrs. Ferguson regarding the Chezzetcook area and were printed by the Dartmouth Free Press. Also includes other newspaper items pertaining to Chezzetcook. S3
World War I records
Series · 1918
Part of Claude L. Webber family fonds
Series forms part of the Claude L. Webber family fonds and consists of two discharge certificates for Leonard Webber in 1918. He served with the 63rd Regiment of the Halifax Rifles. He was discharged upon joining the 1st (Depot) Battalion Nova Scotia Regiment C.E.F. S3
Transcripts
Series · 1974- 1984
Part of Lena Ferguson fonds
Series consists of typed transcripts of excerpts from some interview recordings that Lena Ferguson conducted. Includes a transcript of the first thirty minutes of her interview with Mary Antoinette “Nettie” Bellefontaine and an excerpt of her interview with Lillian Bellefontaine regarding a whale oil lamp. Also includes transcripts of Lena’s interviews with Vera Bellefontaine-Doutez, transcripts of Lena reading from a scrapbook belonging to Phyllis Bellefontaine Graham’s parents which contains clippings from as early as 1922 regarding the history of West Chezzetcook and Grand Desert. Also includes transcripts from an interview with Aurele Bellefontaine. In addition there is a transcript of a speech by Helen Creighton to the Folklore Association of Canada. This audio recording has not been digitized. Transcripts of interviews with Edward and Sophie Lapierre and Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rowlings are also included as well as an address given to the Chezzetcook Historical Society by Ray Blakney regarding the history of Chezzetcook and the Eastern Shore and an interview with Herbert Fillis of Grand Desert by Ray Blakney, neither of which are digitized. Also included in this series are records from the Nova Scotia Archives regarding the content and extent of the recordings done by Lena Ferguson. S2
Invoices and receipts
Series · 1926-1947
Part of Claude L. Webber family fonds
Series forms part of the Claude L. Webber family fonds and consists of invoices and receipts in various names for various goods and services. These include receipts made out to the Ladies Sewing Guild and Mrs. Alex Webber. S2
Boat plans
Series · ca. 1930-1955
Part of Wallace Russell fonds
Series consists of photocopies of boat plans found in the home of Wallace Russell. The original plans were donated to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. These drawings, together with measurements taken of another locally owned Wallace Russell built boat, were used to design the plans for the “Memory Lane Boat” at Memory Lane Heritage Village. S2
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
Collection · [ca. 1971-2012]
Collection consists of records donated to and accumulated by the Musquodoboit Harbour Heritage Society, relating to the history of communities and inhabitants along the Eastern Shore. The records consist of interview tapes and transcripts, photographs, land records, and information pertaining to the history of industries and services on the Eastern Shore as well as heritage houses. The records consist of both original and photocopied materials. Accession numbers: 2012.001, 2013.068
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