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Fonds · 2000-2014
Consists of applications from new or existing organizations for one of the two main fund-matching grants managed by the Department of Inclusive and Economic Growth. These two grants were the Nova Scotia Business Development Program (NSBDP) and the Manufacturing and Processing Credit (MPIC). The bulk of this material are the applications themselves, correspondence with the department, photocopies of receipts and cheques issued and a final timeline report if applicant was successful. The NSBDP was a grant that usually did not exceed more then ten thousand dollars in funding, the majority of these were requested for website development, auditing purposes, feasibility studies and succession planning. The funds had to be matched by the applicant, and funds were dispersed over a period provided applicants submitted staggered updates. The MPIC grants were much larger, most exceeding several hundred thousand dollars, with a cap of no more then one million dollars. The purpose of the grant was to allow business access to funds to make one-time purchases of newer equipment. The companies had to provide paperwork proving how the purchase would create better work processes or hire more people. Also includes meeting minutes of committees on employment and sustainability, some Minister and Deputy Minister’s correspondence, and a few other examples less prominent grants. There are also some materials from the early 2000’s when the department was still know as the Department of Business. 2023-016
African Nova Scotian Affairs
Fonds · 2003-2011
Fonds documents the creation and mandated activities of the Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs in Halifax, NS and one of its regional offices in Sydney through the records of its Minister and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Records include the Minister’s and CEO’s incoming and outgoing correspondence (2003-2010); Minister’s and CEO’s speeches to community groups, conferences, and those of the Minister to the Legislature (2003-2010); annual accountability reports and business plans (2005-2011); and briefing notes to the Minister (Barry Barnett, Percy Paris), to Executive Council and to the Premier (Darryl Dexter) as well as other departments in government such as Justice, Health and Education (2004-2012). Some subjects covered in the files include Africville memorial museum, Lincolnville community protests regarding the landfill site (dump) for Guysborough County, and addressing anti-black racism. Fonds also includes African Heritage Month programming development files (2006-2009); the U.N. declaration of 2010 as the International Year for People of African Descent; departmental policy and program advice files (2003-2008); a few research reports (2005-2007); and materials related to the governance renewal and re-visioning of the Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia (2004-2009). Also includes a CD of digital photographs of speakers at a health conference organized by ANSA in 2007. 2013-019
Robinson family fonds
Fonds · 2003
Fonds consists of the oral history of the Robinson and Wournell families’ experiences of the Halifax Explosion, the subsequent recovery of survivors in hospital and the long term effects on family members, especially Hazel. The family stories were told for decades and eventually written down by Hazel’s daughter Margaret L. (Haydon) Busche in 2003, based on a speech Margaret gave to family and friends on the occasion of Hazel’s 90th birthday in 1995. Also includes a photocopy of a 1995 newspaper article about Hazel and other Explosion survivors. 2016-028
Collection · 2003
Collection was created during 8 field trips and consists of black and white photographic negatives and contact sheets of 60 post-Deportation (after 1764) Acadian cemeteries, supplemented with colour prints of the oldest surviving cemetery at St. Pierre Catholic Church in Chéticamp on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and a typed inventory describing each negative. This is not a comprehensive collection of all Acadian grave markers. Rather, the photographs represent a sampling of grave stones and monuments dating from 1817 (earliest found) to 2002, selected by Dr. Ross for their physical characteristics, French language inscriptions and historical significance. Examples in wood, stone, concrete and metal are depicted, as well as representative family names and at least one World War I or World War II veterans’ grave marker from each parish community. The layout and geographical site of each cemetery is also captured. Dr. Ross organized the photographs by community and within each community, by church cemetery. She also created a written inventory describing each photograph including the French inscription with English translations, a provincial map showing cemetery locations and a final report to the funder outlining her cultural analysis. The photographs were taken by Deborah Trask. This Collection shows the influence of French culture, and in particular the longevity of the French language, in Nova Scotia’s Acadian-founded communities through an examination of cemeteries as cultural artifacts over time. 2013-032
Fonds · 2004-2006
As the Inquiry was looking at the actions of a young offender and how they interacted with the justice system some of the evidence heard by the Commission would ultimately be materials to which legislative access restriction apply under the Young Offender’s Act. The transferred materials are almost entirely related to the public hearings and meetings of the Commission of Inquiry. These materials are : transcripts and CD audio recordings of the Commission’s public sessions; books of documents entered as exhibits before the Commission including separate books of documents produced for disclosure to all parties prior to the Commission’s hearings; and the final submissions and arguments of parties.
Lesbian History Project
Fonds · 2004-2008
Consists of records documenting the Lesbian History Project, including planning documents, minutes, recorded memories of participants, details about the coordination of a one day oral history event, the Lesbian Memory Keepers Workshop, digital images from the workshop, and a final report, "We dreamed of another way of being." The contents record the history of the lesbian community in Nova Scotia from the 1970s to 1990. 2008-057
W.C. Dunlop collection
Fonds · [ca. 1900]
Collection consists of 48 photographs documenting a fishing expedition in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, circa 1900. The photographs show H.M. Rosenberg, Principal of the Victoria School of Art and Design in Halifax, Martin Rosenberg, Harry Russell, Frank Russell, Robert Finn and unidentified people camping, fishing, cooking and hunting. Interior and exterior views of log cabins, houses and camping sites are included. Accession no. 1992-398.
R.V. Harris fonds
Fonds · [187-]-1968, predominant 1910-1967
Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Harris in the course of his research, including correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, articles, genealogies, scrapbooks, draft manuscripts, notebooks, sheet music, drawings, photographs, maps, and card files on early Masonic lodge members. A considerable portion of the material relates to the production of his book, Oak Island Mystery. Other subjects include various aspects of Nova Scotia history, such as military regiments, industries, communities, Halifax civic affairs and civic revival, chief justices and Supreme Court judges, Annapolis County families, Harris family and related families, and other individuals. Fonds also contains correspondence, minutes, and other material relating to Harris and his involvement with the Board of Halifax School Commissioners, Halifax City Council, Anglican Church Synod, Halifax Branch of the Overseas League, and Freemasons, as well as material concerning his sister Claire Harris MacIntosh and nephew Captain Ian MacIntosh. Fonds also contains photograph prints, negatives, and albums depicting Harris' Freemasonry activities, portraits of family members and friends, and portraits of Chief Justice R.E. Harris. Additional graphic and cartographic materials used in his research are found within the textual records. MG 1 vol. 337-390; 1542; microfilm reels 12188
Alfred C. Fuller
Fonds · [1890?]-1974, predominant 1923-[196-]
Fonds consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, product manuals, publications, inventories, and ledgers documenting the activities of the Fuller Brush Company, particularly in the area of advertising. Also includes newspaper clippings, articles, certificates, biographical notes, addresses, correspondence, and printed ephemera relating to Alfred C. Fuller and his career; draft manuscript and correspondence pertaining to his biography, A Foot in the Door; and notes and charts on Fuller family geneaology and related families. Fonds also contains photographs of the Fuller Brush Company plant and products, Alfred C. Fuller, family members, celebrities, and social and promotional events, some of which were published in Foot in the Door. There are also drawings of Fuller, miscellaneous prints, and sound recordings and films featuring interviews with Fuller, company training and recruitment, and scenes of a trip to Connecticut by the Nova Scotia Apple Blossom Festival queen in 1960. MG 1 volume 1233-1251