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Item · 1877-1881
3 receipts (proof of payment) First a) dating may 26 1878 crediting money to Wm. H. Banks. Dr., Printer for Annapolis weekly journal from July 9 1878, amount $1.50. some hand writing is at the bottom of slip. Writing is done in fancy black lettering, with outer trim. A brown stain is located on back. b) same as other trim is now plainer, dates April 18, 1879 created to Feb 8, 1878- Feb 8 1879. c) Paper is thicker with a glaze finish. Some design + plain border as b. Dates April 14, 1880, credited to Feb 8 1880 - Feb 1881. Each one is signed by Dr.Banks "Wm H. Banks." at bottom. 018.91
Item · 1882
Hard cover book with black lettering. Stamp on the first page says F. Johnson Books, fancy books, pictures, frames, Annapolis. Published/compiled by Chas D. Blake and Chas A. White in Boston on January27, 1882. Has 176 pages. Several sections have been paper-clipped together. 018.40
Item · Oct. 21, 1884
A deed between Christopher Gilliatt and his wife Josiah Ruggles. Dated October 21, 1884. a is the first section, b is the second half. 018.352 a-b
Item · 1889
Hard cover book titled "School Geography of the World". Published by T. Nelson and Sons, and A&W Mackinlay. Preface consists of pages III-IV, body of text consists of pages 1-176. Written on the inside front page is: "Maggie Orde, Annapolis, Nova Scotia" 018.31
Fonds · 1884-1891
Fonds consists of correspondence and invoices regarding shipping and a log book for the barque Lancefield. Some pages in the log book have been reused as a scrapbook.
Item · 1891
Hardcover, burgandy/green bookwith gold lettering. 1644 pages. Guide for every aspect of household management. "Entirely new edition". Published in 1891 by Want, Lock, and Boudert Co. London, New York, and Melbourne. 018.64
Item · 1894
Brown bound. Mrs. Gillaitt, Granville Ferry written in blue ink. Flossie H. Chute, Clarence N.S. Christmas 1908 written in black ink. Several names written on back of title page. Several clergy, their locations. On the back is written "36A Springvale Ave. Fairview Halifax Co. Princess cove Rd". Inside is printed: "Oxford: Printed at the University Press, for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 146, Queen Victoria Street, London". Date is given in Roman Numerals as "MDCCCXCIV" (1894). 018.36
Item · 1893 - 1894
Hard cover-Victoria Beach Reg. There is typed info on the front and back inside covers: "Courses of Study for the Public Schools of Nova Scotia". Inside are paper forms-registers of the attendance, studies, and general standing of the pupils and statistics of the school in Victoria Beach section #7. District of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. 018.7
Item · 1895
A teaching License for Arthor Gordon Ruggles. Signed Nov. 7, 1985. Grants a license of the first class. The red marking at the bottom is torn, Stored in a plastic cover. 018.348
Fred Harris fonds
Fonds · 1897-1900
Frederick Wheelock Harris (1869–1941) was the son of Augustus and Mary Eliza (Wheelock) Harris. A lawyer, town clerk and amateur photographer, he grew up in the family homestead on the Dugway Road and later had a home in town. The fonds consist of 228 prints and 221 slides. They depict late Victorian life c. 1900 in Annapolis Royal area as well as Bridgetown, Bear River, Bridgewater and Halifax, Nova Scotia. It includes photographs of families, men, women, children, animals, vessels, events, cemeteries, a dentist's office, homes and a wide variety of streetscapes.