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Series · c.1911-1942
Part of Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
Series forms part of the Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds and consists of records related to Alexander ‘Sandy’ and Cora (Harpell) Myers, who was the sister of Grace’s mother. Cora was born on January 26, 1896 in West Jeddore and became a teacher in the early 1900s. She and her husband Sandy (1893-1957) owned the Salmon River House where Grace lived for several years following her retirement. A note found among the records indicates that they were used by Grace to help create the publications produced by the Marine Highway Historical Society. The series includes a photograph of Cora Harpell’s class at Ostrea Lake School in 1915 with the names of the students; a scrapbook containing clippings of songs; stories; and the prize winners of a matrimonial letter contest featuring Cora’s entry, No Fake Gentleman. Also included are various clippings regarding her school in Ostrea Lake; her graduating class from the Provincial Normal College in 1914; as well as handwritten poems and stories. Series also includes the lyrics to the Normal College school song, an application for a teacher’s license in 1912 that was rejected because she was too young, and a teacher’s license issued in 1914, as well as an earlier letter from a friend in1911. Cora died in Musquodoboit Harbour on February 24, 1995 at the age of 99. Series also contains receipts including postal and remitters’ receipts, invoices, ration forms and coupons, product labels, local business letterhead and advertisements, coupons, tax assessments, a tax notice, and enumeration records. Also included is correspondence to Sandy Myers from people coming to Salmon River House, a Christmas card from Arnold Logan, a Guide’s License, and an order form for a vest. Accession number: 2010.032
Wartime and naval records
Series · [ca.1940-1947]
Part of Ivan R. Kent family fonds
Series forms part of the Ivan R. Kent family fonds and consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a scrapbook. The series includes a journal kept by Donald A. Kent while he was a seaman on the Canadian National Steamship Chomedy from December of 1935 to September of 1936, recording his daily activities, ports, visits to relatives and friends in Halifax including Thelma Baker (possibly Thelma F. (Baker) Slade. Thelma Baker is also mentioned in a letter to his aunt in Jan. 1943), Thelma Kent, and Sam Kent as well as a visit home for Christmas and an entry written to Don from his father, Arch Kent. Also included are three photographs; two of Donald A. Kent by himself in uniform on ship and one with his shipmates gathered around a hawk. In addition, the series includes two letters regarding Donald A. Kent dated May, 1943; one from the Office of the High Commissioner of Canada congratulating him on his decoration and one from the Admiralty informing him that he has received the Distinguished Service Medal for his role in the sinking of a U-Boat by H.M.C.S. Ville de Quebec. Also included is a naval message that appears to be from the BBC news reporting that the British fleet has sunk two enemy submarines and an enemy destroyer in the North Atlantic. It also reports that two enemy supply ships and a submarine have been sunk (presumably by the HMCS Ville de Quebec and HMS Enchantress) as well as other updates, although it appears that part of the report has been censored. In addition, the series contains Vol. 1, No. 4 Easter edition of Corvette, dated March-April, 1943 and featuring HMCS Ville de Quebec on its cover. The series also includes a scrapbook that contains letters from the Kent brothers who were serving in the Navy to their Aunts Jessie and Florence Garrison, as well as souvenirs sent to the aunts and newspaper clippings (including vital statistics) related to the family of Arch and Phebe Kent and other relatives of the Garrisons. Jessie (b.1886) and Florence (b.1895) Garrison were the sisters of Phebe Gertrude (Garrison) Kent.
Equipment & correspondence
Series · [ca. 1935-1959]
Part of Robert A. Logan fonds
Series forms part of the Robert A. Logan fonds and consists primarily of catalogues, pamphlets, brochures, and instruction manuals as well as correspondence related to various equipment that Logan was interested in purchasing or had purchased. Also included are invoices, receipts, and notes. The equipment was likely for use in Logan's mining operations. Also included are maps, copies of newspaper clippings related to Logan searching for treasure, lists of supplies needed to feed eight men during a ten week expedition, and other materials. 2010.006
Education
Series · 1932-1962
Part of Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
Series forms part of the Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds and consists of the minute book of the West Jeddore School trustees from 1944 to 1959, scripts of pageants that may have been performed in schools, and a periodical entitled The Canadian Red Cross Junior, Vol. XXIII, No. 10 dated 1944, which reflects Grace Forsythe’s involvement with the Red Cross Society and her efforts to establish Junior Red Cross Societies in her schools. Series also contains three books created by Grace’s students including a scrapbook of clippings of famous people created by a grade seven class in 1953, a book of stories and drawings entitled Our Story Book created by students in 1961, and a book of stories of rescue created by grade six students in 1962. Also included is a book of lesson plans written by Grace in summer school in Truro in 1942 and an article containing the autobiographical account of Dr. G. G. Sedgewick entitled, A Secret Chapter in the History of Education, which recounts the trials of a new teacher in Oyster Pond in 1900. In addition, series contains a typed copy of Grace Forsythe’s memoirs of her teaching career together with a scrapbook of photographs of students from 1932-1957, illustrating her story, and two certificates recording her completion of grades nine and ten which also list subjects studied and grades received. Accession number: 2010.032
Local research
Series · [ca. 1955], 1962-1963, 1969-1970
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 relating to research undertaken by board members on local events and other topics of interest to the board. Series contains clippings and other material, and includes newspaper articles and advertisements promoting tourism on the Eastern Shore. Also included in the series are clippings, a government publication, correspondence and other material related to the proposal for a Ship Harbour National Park. In addition, series includes newspaper clippings reporting on board activities. Accession number: 2009.037
Correspondence
Series · 1954-1965, predominant 1954-1964
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 correspondence of the board and its members. Included is correspondence with government officials related to requests for speed zones on Highway 7, the demolition of a derelict wharf in Oyster Pond, the construction of a jetty in DeBaie's Cove, improvement of snow removal services, general road improvements and repairs, and the creation of an RCMP detachment in Lake Charlotte. Series also includes correspondence related to tourism promotion, banquets and other events which the board hosted or participated in, as well as correspondence with other organizations in which the board held membership including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade, and the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council. In addition, series includes reports of board sub-committees, receipts, clippings, and other material. Accession numbers: 2009.037, 2010.019
Family papers & genealogy
Series · 1638-1966, 1770-1860 predominant [copied 1949-1966]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of records related to various Eastern Shore families and individuals including Duncan Johnson, Hal de Ganges, Ross C. Graves, Joan Scott, Agatha Palmer Ganong, and the Siteman, Dewey, Eisan, Ells, Gerrard, Hartling, Henderson, Johnson, Hilchie, Hill, McCarthy, Beaver, Jamieson, O’ Bryan, Palmer, Peitzch, Richardson, Robson, Shellnutt, Twining, Webber, Smith, Mitchell, Moser, Newcombe, and Stoddard families as well as other Eastern Shore and Pictou County families. Records include lists of settlers, wills, Loyalist claims, vital records, genealogies, petitions, muster rolls, obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, newspaper clippings, school papers, voter lists, correspondence, land records, and other documents. Accession number: 2013.066
Series · [1783], [ca. 1915-1969]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of excerpts and clippings from various newspapers including the Family Herald, notes from Pictou County newspapers, and stories taken from various magazines. The majority of the clippings and notes refer to various Eastern Shore families but also include clippings about locations like Halifax and Dartmouth as well as schools, poems, recipes, church and local history, and notes on vessels that shipped along the Eastern Shore. Also includes vital records. In addition, series contains a German pamphlet from 1923 entitled Das Hakenkreuz, a copy of the statement of Fred Gerhardt regarding the destruction of the Potentate by German submarine in 1918, petitions, and correspondence including one love letter to a young Annabel from Dewey McElmon in 1915 which still contains a lock of hair. Accession number: 2013.066
Research material
Series forms part of Association for Preservation of the Eastern Shore fonds and consists of records which are not directly related to Association activities, and generally not created by Association members, but which pertain to topics of interest to the Association. Series includes correspondence, publications, speech notes, a film transcript, Senate debates, bills, and proceedings, additional material related to Byways and Special Places, a variety of research on National Parks and other background information. Series also includes material, mainly clippings, related to the conflict surrounding expropriation of land at Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick. In addition, series contains a comprehensive study of District 18, Halifax County in 1972 conducted by local residents following Hurricane Beth which caused damage to the pulp mill in Sheet Harbour, resulting in the need to establish a new industry in the area. The goal of the study was to determine what industries were feasible for the area with the resources that were available.
Series · 1969-1981, predominant 1972-1973
Part of Association for Preservation of the Eastern Shore fonds
Series forms part of Association for Preservation of the Eastern Shore fonds and consists of records related to the Association’s involvement in the opposition to the federal and provincial governments’ proposal for a Ship Harbour National Park. Most of the Association’s activities from its formation around October 1972 until late 1973 were related to this opposition. Series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, briefs, reports, clippings, notes, newsletters, notices, memorandums, and other material. Series also includes petitions opposing the National Park which were circulated by members of the Committee to Prevent the Proposed Park in October 1972. In addition, series includes a copy of a petition opposing the National Park which was circulated by Aubrey Siteman in 1969.