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The War Effort in Two World Wars
folder · 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds the Royal Canadian Legion “In Memorium 1914-1918” list of men lost in WWI, typed notes on Women of the Home Front, The Reserve Army at Sherbrooke, World War I (with detailed list of lives lost), In Loving Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives During Second World War From Sherbrooke, N.S. (with detailed notes on lives lost), Youth in the Armed Forces, copied scraps of news reports on casualties from both world wars, and a hand-written list of soldiers from the St. Mary’s District, NS who served in both world wars. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #19
Recreation and Organizations
folder · 1988- 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of typed notes on Badminton, Fraternal Organizations, Riverside Rifle Club, Sherbrooke Amateur Athletic Association, Trotting Club (1906), Hockey, Board of Trade, History of the Local Women’s Institute, the Down East Fire Fighters Association, Ice Skating and Hockey, Swimming and Water Safety. as well as a news clipping, autographed photograph, and art exhibition program all focused on popular local athlete and coach Don Loney (1988). 2022.006, Ser. 2, #18
Health Care
folder · 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of list of medical doctors in Sherbrooke from 1840 (Dr. Henry Elliott) to 1920 (Dr. Stella Pearson), essays Who Were the Doctors in Sherbrooke from 1840-1920, Doctors Who Have Practised in Sherbrooke (1899-1940), St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital, and Public Health Nursing, along with “Notes on Some Old Time Practitioners” essay on history of healthcare in Nova Scotia. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #17
Commerce & Banking
folder · 1999
Part of Lomas family fonds
The proposed Table of Contents for the Lomas history lists Chapter 16: Commerce & Banking. Only one news clipping “Commercial Development of foxberries” (1999) is marked with this number. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #16
Communications & Energy
folder · 1989- 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Essays on communications and energy divided in the table of contents by a) Postal Service, b) Telegraph and telephone, c) Newspapers, d) Electricity, e) Radio & Television. Specifically, it consists of typed notes entitled Bank, Telegraph, Telephone, Post Office, Customs Office, and Electric Power, as well as two news clippings on Charlton Heston filming “The Little Kidnappers” in Sherbrooke Village (1989), hand-written notes on “Postal Delivery” 1829-1920. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #15
Transportation
folder · 1956- 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Essays on transportation divided in the proposed table of contents into: a) By sea and river, b) By land- the never-ending road problem, c) The Railroad that never quite was. Specifically, it contains a small hand-written note on railways, Eastern Chronicle news on steam ship “Commerce” (1864), Eastern Chronicle news on how roads were much required in Guysborough County (1864), call for bridge building tenders and announcement that it was awarded to John MacIntosh of Stellarton, as well as essays entitled Bronze Plaque, Sherbrooke Main Street Paved, Bridge Collapsed, Bridges Across the St. Mary’s River, Footbridge, January Flood 1956, 1971 Floods, Transportation 2022.006, Ser. 2, #14
Politics and Government
folder · 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds typed notes about Politics and Government in the region. It includes notes about County Boundaries in Nova Scotia, the text of a speech about municipal history that mentions the schools and municipal clerks (c. 1977), a hand-written list of past councillors and wardens, Eastern Chronicle notes on elected Member of Parliament Stewart Campbell’s eviction from a municipal meeting (1869), Eastern Chronicle listing of town officers for the township of Maxwelton (1846), election returns (1882,1867), list of Commissioners in the County of Guysborough (1845), essays entitled District of St. Mary’s, Municipality of St. Mary’s, The Township of St. Mary’s, History of Municipal Government St. Mary’s, Court House and Court Doings, as well as a copied Letter to the Editor from 1867 decrying the bad behaviour surrounding the issue of Confederation (“pistols, rowdies, and rum”). 2022.006, Ser. 2, #13
Education
folder · 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Collects writing on Education in the St. Mary’s area with essays entitled Schools, St. Mary’s Rural High School, and Library. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #12
Churches and other Institutions
folder · 1955- 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of typed essay on Churches, St. James Anglican Church, and St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, as well as copied page of Church Society records (1863), Dedication Service program from St. James Presbyterian Church (1955) attached to news clipping “Church 162 Years Old” and letter to Mary from Jenny (likely Jenny Cruickshank) on behalf of the Ladies’ Aid, news clipping “St. Mary’s Anglican Church, St. Mary’s River”, Eastern Chronicle reports on church news (1883) and local news crediting Henry Elliot of Stillwater with designing and constructing the Presbyterian Church in Sherbrooke, NS. 2022.006, Ser. 2, #11
Occupations
folder · 1890- 1983
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds notes on occupations in the region, divided in the Table of Contents into a) Forestry, lumbering, and shipbuilding, b) Fishing/ seafaring, c) Farming, d) Mining [see Chapter 6: Gold], e) Householding, f) Business and other services, g) Tourism. Specifically, there are essays on ship building, hunting, lumbering, fishing, hotels and motels, Municipal Clerks, Imperial Oil, Farms - Stillwater, along with a “Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore & Antigonish Town and County Visitors’ Guide”, “Nova Scotia Tourism Industry Facts” (1995), page about Henry Wolsey Bayfield who surveyed the east coast in 1855, “Principal Salmon Pools of the Saint Mary’s River” map, and essay “Cape Breton and the Western Harvest Excursions 1890-1928” by A. A. MacKenzie (c. 1983). 2022.006, Ser. 2, #10