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Sherbrooke Village 1
folder · 1974- 1992
Part of Lomas family fonds
This file holds a promotional leaflet, Sherbrooke Village Development Plan 1975-1980, Sherbrooke Planning Area Regulations (1974), Sherbrooke Village Square Program 1988-1992 that covers historical perspective and current context, community assets, recommendations for future development, Tourism, Business Development, Future of the Sherbrooke bid committee, Implementation and phasing. 2022.006, Ser. 20, #1
folder · 1973- 1990
Part of Lomas family fonds
Consists of the complete Numbered Chapter Outline for the Lomas’ History of St. Mary’s, the original query letter to the Municipality of St. Mary’s proposing that Alton Anderson Lomas write the region’s history along with an explanation of his plans and his budget (1990), typed notes on the General Background of St. Mary’s, divided in the chapter outline into a) the geography, b) natural history, c) relationships to the outside world, a hand-written essay by Alton Anderson Lomas defending history as a worthwhile subject to pursue, essay on voyages to North America before John Cabot, and magazine article on “Canada’s Ocean Playground” (1973). 2022.006, Ser. 2, #1
Heritage Planning Books
folder · 1972- 1989
Part of Lomas family fonds
Contains four Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia publications “Historic Buildings in Halifax Urban Design part 1 Downtown” (1972), “Brunswick Street” (1972), “Resource Library Catalogue” (1989), “Preservation for Use” (1972), as well as “Registering Provincial and Municipal Heritage Properties" publication from Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness (1986). 2022.006, Ser. 9, #4
Sherbrooke Village 2
folder · 1972- 2003
Part of Lomas family fonds
This file holds a promotional leaflet, receipt, Nova Scotia Museum newsletter (1972), notes on Sherbrooke Village Restoration, copy of Sherbrooke Restoration Commission Act (1973), proposal for talk on “Sherbrooke Then and Now” (2003), excerpt from “The History and Development of Sherbrooke in Guysborough County” by Phyllis Blakely (1969), land agreement for Sherbrooke Village (1973), correspondence regarding funding, and a news clipping (1974). 2022.006, Ser. 20, #2
Council of Maritime Premiers
folder · 1972-1977
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder collects copies of Alton Anderson Lomas poem “Farewell Ode to the Council of Maritime Premiers”, a news clipping about his work as Secretary to the Council (The 4th Estate, 3 February, 1977), news clipping from his appointment to the position of Secretary to the Council of Maritime Premiers, four booklets printing out two essays written for the 24th Annual Conference of the Institute of Public Administration in Canada, held in Fredericton NB 1972: “The Council of Maritime Premiers: a report and evaluation after five years” by Alton Lomas (2 copies), and “The move toward Maritime integration and the role of the Council of Maritime Premiers” by Alexander B. Campbell, Gerald A. Regan, Richard B. Hatfield, the three Premiers of the region (2 copies). 2022.006, Ser. 27, #3
Collected Histories 2
folder · 1971
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds a hand-written early history of Sherbrooke (c. 1607-1655), Tragedies of Sherbrooke and Stillwater, Eastern Chronicle article Historical Sketch by schoolgirl Ethel Anderson (1898), Population of Guysborough County and St. Mary’s (1966, 1971), hand-written Heritage Day write-up with history of Sherbrooke area naming its early families, communities, and buildings, chart documenting the division of NS into counties (1759), news on election returns in St. Mary’s (1882), typed history of Mounted Police and Veinotte’s Funeral Home in the format of Al Lomas’ history notes. 2022.006, Ser. 1, #10
folder · 1971-1978
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder collects documents gathered by Alton Lomas himself to record his employment in the years 1971-1978, shortly before he was posted in Beijing, China. The Lomas family spent these years primarily in Nova Scotia, and several letters in this file articulate the passionate belief that he could best serve his country by working in the Maritimes. 2022.006, Ser. 27, #1
folder · 1971- 1992
Part of Lomas family fonds
Collects news clippings and magazine articles about gold mining in Nova Scotia, including copy of The Sherbrooke Oracle (5 December 1864), “Goldenville Boom: gold mining heydays” (The Shopping News, 16 February 1983), “The Lady Prospectors of the Last Century” covering 1886-1890 in c. 1990 clipping, “Gold Fields of Eastern Nova Scotia” by David E. Stephens (1971), booklet on Miner’s Safety Lamps, data on Nova Scotia mining, typed memories of prospector and miner Matthew McGrath, article “Our Gold Fields”, “Invisible Gold” and other clippings from the New Yorker magazine (1987), “Gold’s Eternal Allure” (1988), “Contributions of the Geological Survey of Canada to the Canadian Mining Industry, 1842-1942 (1992), Nova Scotia Business Journal (1987). 2022.006, Ser. 8, #5
Sherbrooke, early history
folder · 1971 - 1993
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds an overview of the history of Fort Sainte-Marie 1669-1907, essay about Nicolas Denys visits to NS in 1600s (written c.1971), hand-written notes on early Sherbrooke history (notes briefly touch on native people). 2022.006, Ser. 1, #1