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Alice M. Hagen fonds
Fonds · 1927 - 2002
Fonds consists of a disassembled scrapbook containing photographs, textual documents, ephemera, and grey literature documenting the artistic career of Alice Hagen. In addition, there are records touching on Hagen’s exhibitions, her study of Native pottery designs, and a Mount Saint Vincent bursary established in her honour. In addition, there is a reference binder, assembled by staff of the Mahone Bay Museum, which includes original photographs, research notes, and photocopies of clippings, articles, exhibition catalogues, and some notes by Hagen. MBMS-43
Anthony Thickpenny fonds
Fonds · 1772
Fonds consists of a survey of islands in Mahone Bay in 1772, identifying the properties of Anthony Thickpenny and Edward Thomas. MBMS-44
Arleen Lenore Spidle fonds
Fonds · 1924
Fonds consists of a letter (with pictorial envelope) from G.W. Mader offering Spidle a position in the kitchen at the Royal Hotel in Mahone Bay. MBMS-54
Ben S. Verburgh fonds
Fonds · 1982-1995
Fonds consists of two line drawings by Ben S. Verburgh of the schooner Oressa Belle and twelve drawings by George H. Smeltzer, relating to several vessels: a Royal Barge, a Mussel Harvester, a Tancook Whaler, and a Coastal Tern Schooner. The Tancook Whaler drawings include lines, a construction sheet, sail plans, and details of the rudder and centerboard. MBMS-45
Burgoyne family fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1969
Fonds consists of correspondence, a legal agreement, school records, notebooks, certificates, and clippings relating primarily to the shipbuilding activities of Frederick Stannage Burgoyne during the 1923-1927 period and to his daughter Enola Burgoyne Macleod’s education during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The photographs largely document members of the Burgoyne family, friends of Enola Burgoyne MacLeod and De Wolf Burgoyne, and some Burgoyne-related shipbuilding activities. MBMS-3
Cienciva family fonds
Fonds · 1891-[1930]
Fonds consists of copy prints of images of Mahone Bay area picnics, the Cienciva home, various town views, the Maritime Manufacturing plant in Mader’s Cove, and Trinity United Church. MBMS-20
Clarence R. Heisler & Son Ltd. fonds
Fonds · c. 1922-2014
The fonds consists of photographs of the vessels built or repaired by the Heisler family as well as clippings, grey literature, and memorabilia documenting their boat-building activities. It also includes a videotape documentary covering the history of the business. MBMS-65
Duncan–Hayes family fonds
Fonds · 1859-1955
Fonds consists of correspondence, diaries, notes, an autograph book, indentures, invoices, financial statements, business records, certificates, grey literature, ephemera, memorabilia, and a photograph documenting the activities of both George and Lucy Hayes Duncan, as well as their three children and Lucy’s brother John Hayes. The fonds has been arranged in six series: George Duncan Records, Lucy Catherine (Hayes) Duncan Records, John Hayes Records, Edith Helen Duncan Records, Jane Dorothea “Dora” Duncan Records, and John Henry Duncan Records. MBMS-2