Showing 85 results

Archival description
Nova Scotia Archives Fonds
Print preview
Card view Table view
Nan Geizer
Fonds · 1910-2001
Consists of photographs, six of them in postcard format and one under glass with gouache, original documents, and correspondence, as well as research notes, reminiscences, anecdotes, and biographical information about Nan Geizer and her ancestors. The contents document Nan Geizer's interest in family history, and her career and activities as a teacher, amateur historian, traveler, and member of the Canadian military during the Second World War. 1980-329
Barbara Keddy
Fonds · 1982-1992
Fonds consists of oral history interviews conducted by Keddy in the course of her research. Recordings contain interviews with over eighty women and cover topics including the social history of nursing in Nova Scotia in the 1930s, the lives of working women in the 1920s and 1930s, retired nurse leaders, and experiences of Black women in the nursing profession. The interviews have served as research data for papers and articles written and/or published by Keddy. 1983-017
Malcolm and Marial Mosher
Fonds · [1939]-[194-]
Consists of film footage of Marial Mosher dancing and with her friends in the Canadian Women's Army Corps, of the 1939 Royal Visit to Halifax, and a Guide's Meet at Lake Williams (near Bridgewater, Nova Scotia). The one film which was not made by Malcolm Mosher is of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which was shot by Marial Mosher and a friend. The footage of Marial Mosher's dance recital is significant, since it provides insight into the work of Madame Hylda's School of Dancing. Madame Hylda won national recognition for her work as a dance instructor, and has earned a place in the Dance Hall of Fame in Toronto. 1986-29
Georgia H. Cunningham
Fonds · 1900-1969
Consists of negatives taken by Georgia H. Cunningham for clients who patronized her commercial studio. The geographic area represented is almost exclusively Bridgetown and surrounding area. Cunningham's work is primarily portraiture although from 1942 onwards there are a number of photographs of school classes and societies as well as the Bridgetown Salvation Army Citadel. Approximately five percent of the photographs include views of shopfronts, buildings, churches, streets, scenery and special events such as the visit of the Bishop of Nova Scotia to St. James Anglican Church in 1946. Also includes a few glass plate negatives which may have been taken by previous commercial studio owners Joseph Rice or Edith Crosskill, as well as negatives and prints left with her by clients for processing or given to her by others. Also contains a photograph and three letters concerning Dr. Otto Srasser (1898-1974) a Nazi exile who lived in Paradise, Nova Scotia for fifteen years. 1989-433
Janet Kitz
Fonds · 1918-1921, 1977-2005
Consists of material created and accumulated by Janet Kitz in preparation for the publication of her books on the Halifax Harbour Explosion of 1917. Includes photographs by Gauvin and Gentzell of the north end of Halifax after the explosion, as well as research material relating to survivors of the explosion. The research materials consist of tape recorded interviews of survivors of the event, interview transcripts and photographs and slides of those who were interviewed. 1992-359
Karen Oxley
Fonds · 1961-1982, predominant 1963-1974
Consists of material relating to Oxley's professional musical career. Includes production, rehearsal, and dubbed audio reel recordings of programs such as Singalong Jubilee, as well as Music Hop - Frank's Bandstand, Let's Go, and an episode of Birt's Bandstand, 1961. Other recordings accumulated by Oxley feature the Hants East Regional High School band, Les Troubadours, The Sable Island Chorale, Anne Murray and others in concert in Charlottetown, J. Chalmers Doane of the Halifax District School Board, transcriptions done for CBC, and interviews with, or about, Karen Oxley. Also contains b&w and colour photographs of Oxley on various sets, singers including John Allan Cameron, Anne Murray with John Lennon and others, the musical group Chicago, and a Christimas party with cast members of Singalong Jubilee. 1994-10
Ellen Wainwright
Fonds · 1916-[ca. 1940], predominant 1916-[ca. 1921]
Consists of two photograph albums compiled by Ellen (O'Brien) Wainwright, one containing photographs depicting scenes of Edgehill School for Girls, Windsor, including students, school activities and sports events (1916-1917). The other album depicts military personnel during World War I, celebrations including the Dominion Day parade (1918), house decorated for Armistice Day (1919), military camp at Fort Edward, Windsor (1918), sports and recreation at Edgehill, Windsor, and Evangeline Beach, Kings County, and other scenes in Hants County. Also includes a photograph of three soldiers, one of which is Evan Wainwright, of the 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders. 1996-101
Linda Mason
Fonds · 1977-1995
Consists of photographs of people, scenes, and events in the Annapolis Valley and on the South Shore of Nova Scotia as well as photographs of travels in Europe, North America and South America. Includes negatives of Ross Farm, New Ross; former Lieutenant-Governor Lloyd R. Crouse; author Dr. Thomas Raddall; the Nova Scotia Fisheries Exhibition; The South Shore Exhibition; the Caledonia Exhibition; and Spring Fling. 1996-325
Mairi Macdonald
Fonds · [ca.1920]-2008
Consists of journals, draft manuscripts, correspondence, family records and photographs, and documentation from associations with which Dr. Macdonald was involved. The contents document her professional career in education and community work, her private life, and varied community involvements. The journals document her childhood and young adulthood at Egnaig Farm, Baileys Brook, Pictou County and her life thereafter. 1998-107
Francene Cosman
Fonds · 1959-1999
Consists of five series based on the positions she had held: Mayor of Bedford records, President of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women records, Nova Scotia Liberal Association records, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bedford-Fall River District records, and Halifax County Councillor records. 1999-018