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Fonds · 1841- 1982
Collection consists of 7 reels of microfilm; 1 PDF file. Microfilm reels:Liscomb Parish: NS Archives reels # 11612, 11613 (Baptisms 1852 – 1920; Marriages 1852 – 1958); Port Dufferin Parish: NS Archives reels # 11778, 11779 (church records 1847 – 1961); Ship Harbour Parish: NS Archives reels # 11874, 11876 (church records 1841 – 1982); Ecum Secum Parish: NS Archives reels # 11352, 11353 (church records 1910 – 1967; account books and vestry minutes (1937 – 1964). Records are incomplete. PDF document:Liscomb Burial Register (1868 – 1959). Prior to 1843 the Municipality of St. Mary’s did not have a Church of England / Anglican clergyman assigned to the area. Visiting missionaries, ministers, and even a bishop occasionally travelled through the area beginning as early as 1822. The first permanent clergyman, Joseph Alexander, arrived on the Eastern Shore as an itinerant catechist in 1843. Alexander, a native of Yorkshire, England, ministered approximately from Beaver Harbour, Halifax County, to Torbay, Guysborough County. Consequently early records pertaining to the Municipality of St. Mary’s are incomplete and scattered. Churches were established as follows: St. James’, Sherbrooke, 1840; St. Thomas’, Indian Harbour Lake, 1854; St. Luke’s, Liscomb, 1857; St. John’s / St. Mary’s, St. Mary’s River, original begun ca 1846 – ca 1927; replaced by new building ca 1927 and consecrated 22 September 1932 as St. John’s (deconsecrated in 2012 and subsequently sold and moved to a nearby site for use as a private dwelling); St. Paul’s, Port Bickerton, 1891; St. Barnabas, Ecum Secum, opened 1887, consecrated 12 May 1889; St. Matthew’s, Marie Joseph, original “English Church” at Fancy’s Point consecrated 13 July 1858, replaced by new church, St. Matthew’s Anglican, Marie Joseph in 1906, deconsecrated 8 December 2004. 2017.007
Crows Nest Mining Co. fonds
Fonds · 1898-1902
Fonds consists of one accounts book for the Crows Nest Mining Co. which details accounts for multiple enterprises engaged in at the Crows Nest mine site, including: mine, plant, boarding house, stables, mill, house, hotel. Also included are accounts for lumber, fuel, wages, and various suppliers from Sherbrooke, Antigonish, and Halifax. Accounts book lists the names of many people and businesses local to the St. Mary's region. 2020.053
Cumminger Bros. fonds
Fonds · ca. 1877
Fonds consist of four invoices for goods purchased from suppliers for sale in Cumminger Bros. general store, including Edward Albro & Co., cut nail manufacturers and importers of iron, hardware, chains, anchors &c.; Gordon & Keith, furniture manufacturers and general house furnisher; A. & W. MacKinlay, publishers, booksellers, and stationers; and another unknown firm from which fabrics, gloves, and purses were purchased. Also included is a photocopy of a business card for "Cumminger Brothers, Importers of British & Foreign Merchandise, Sherbrooke, N.S." 2020.028
Edith MacInnis collection
Collection · 1913-1973
Collection consists of materials accumulated by Edith MacInnis including Dr. MacDonald's Almanac, published by J. MacDonald, M.D., Binghamton, N.Y. (1913); T. Eaton Co. Maritimes Limited wallpaper sample book (ca. 1950s); EMAC Times, vol. 1, Grade 9-A school paper from St. Mary's Rural High (1973); The Canso Breeze, vol. 49, no. 29 (October 4, 1968); one minute book for the Melrose School Club (ca. 1952-1953); and one topographical map of Liscomb (1975). 2016.002
Fonds · ca. 1882-1910
Fonds consist of one meeting minutes book for Eldorado Lodge No. 32 A.F. & A.M., located in Wine Harbour, Guysborough County (ca. 1892-1910). 2020.043
Fonds · 1911-1920s
Fonds consist of two meeting minute books of the Mountain Glen Temperance Lodge, Glenelg (1911-1919), two song sheets from the International Order of Good Templars [I.O.G.T.], a blank application membership to the I.O.G.T. (known as "taking the pledge") (192?). 2020.001
Murdoch family fonds
Fonds · 1909
Fonds consist of one log book from the S.S. Dufferin, September 1909 - December 1909. The log entries were made by Capt. William Murdoch and minimally describe weather, wind, course, and daily activities. Pasted within the inside cover and first 4 pages are newspaper clippings related to household tips, a clipping of A.A. Gunn (possibly Alexander Angus Gunn of East River St. Mary's, part owner of Sherbrooke's Scotia Lumber & Shipping Company), and a clipping about a car accident in Sherbrooke titled "Vehicle Plunges Down Bank But Lands In Shallow Water" (1937). 2020.034
Paula Faulkner collection
Collection · 1948-2003
Collection primarily consists of ephemera relating to schools and education in the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's, including school newspapers from St. Mary's Rural High, Sherbrooke (ca. 1977-1982); St. Mary's Rural High history and memory books (1988 and 2003); and a St. Mary's Rural High Official Opening program (1953); report cards, school certificates, and an autograph book belonging to Margaret Carroll Sears, a student at Sherbrooke schools, which describe subjects taught and lists local teachers and students (ca. 1948-1960s). Also included are two miscellaneous ephemera items, the Schooner Song Book and a booklet for the Christening Ceremonies, CCGC Bickerton, Transport Canada Coast Guard. 2019.009
Collection · 2018-
Collection consists of diverse records pertaining to schools and schooling within the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's, accumulated by the St. Mary's Genealogy Research Centre at Sherbrooke Village. Included are record books summarizing free school books issued to pupils within St. Mary's Municipal School Board sections including Caledonia, Upper Caledonia, Sherbrooke, Stillwater, and Port Hilford; school tax rolls; teachers agreements; school registers and attendance records; secretary record books; correspondence; meeting minutes; reports and periodicals; one book describing the boundaries of school sections within the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's; one Guysborough County District School Board Policy Manual (ca. 1980s). Some items are photocopies. Collection is arranged in the following series:Series 1 - CaledoniaSeries 2 - Upper CaledoniaSeries 3 - SherbrookeSeries 4 - Port HilfordSeries 5 - GoldenvilleSeries 6 - Marie JosephSeries 7- NewtownSeries 8- StillwaterSeries 9- Miscellaneous 2020.018; 2020.019; 2020.020; 2020.027; 2020.030; 2020.042; 2020.050; 2020.051; 2020.052
Samuel Burton Sweet fonds
Fonds · ca. 1903
Fonds consists of one account book listing the stock estate of S. Burton Sweet, including personal and store property. Lists valuation of stock in barn, animals, real estate, furniture in house, harness, wagons, and sleighs, cash on hand etc. and provides a comprehensive inventory of stock in general store as well as store debts. Inventory was taken by E.S. Sweet, brother of S. Burton Sweet. 2020.026