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Fonds · [ca.1980-2011]
Fonds consists of records of the Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society, including records related to Memory Lane Heritage Villages planning and establishment; board and committee records, marketing, membership and community fundraising, institutional funding, research and interpretation, Memory Lane Heritage Village operation, Eastern Shore Archives, events, bound plans and proposals, oral histories, and audiovisual material. Accession number: 2010.014, 2012.017
Lena Ferguson fonds
Fonds · 1974-2001
Fonds consists of approximately 137 hours of oral history interviews conducted by Lena Ferguson. Most interviewees were residents of the Eastern Shore region of Halifax County, particularly the Chezzetcook area. Interview topics include genealogy, local industries, occupations, music, shipping, community life, traditions, and folklore. In addition to interviews, the creator recorded school reunions, concerts, weddings, and church anniversaries. Several paper transcripts are included as well as scrapbooks featuring articles written by Lena and other newspaper articles regarding the Chezzetcook area. 2019.014
Inventories
Series · 1962-1974
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of four inventories of the store’s stock. Two inventories are dated to 1962, one is dated 1974, and one is undated. Accession number: 2003.011
Catalogues and publications
Series · 1949-1965
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of product catalogues, suggested retail price lists, order forms, and trade catalogues. Supplier catalogues and price lists from Martin-Senour, Bolands, C-V Paint and Varnish, and Sportswear Specialties. Trade magazines include Autobody, General Motors, CIL Oval, Maritime Merchant and Service Garage. Some catalogues and publications are probably related to Hosking’s Garage. Accession number: 2003.011
Account books
Series · 1916-1949
Part of G. J. Leslie General Merchandise fonds
Series forms part of the G. J. Leslie General Merchandise fonds and consists of loose pages from early account books as well as eighteen day books and three large ledger books documenting customer accounts and orders of goods. Some of the large ledger books contain loose receipts and order forms from suppliers and customers from various years. Also included are notes regarding the ledgers, some in correspondence with Robert Kim Stevens in 1998. The notes include personal background information on many of the people listed in the ledgers. Names include: James Andrews, Simon Boutilier, West. Boutilier, Uriah Boutilier, Frank Butler, Alfred R. Boutilier, Henry A. Boutilier, Herbert Gerrard, Samuel Boutilier, David Boutilier, Elias Boutilier, Jeremiah Boutilier, Henry Boutilier, John Power, George H. Connor, Alex Connor, Jamieson (Jim) Connor, Gaspar Hawse, Jack McCarty, Percy and Ruben Prest, Alfred Stewart, Albert White, Jack Josey, Henry Prest, Edward Hennebury, George G. Lawlor, Jonathan (J. R.) Hilchey, Mathew Boutilier, Alfred and Edd Henley, William H. Josey, Gordon Boutilier, Herbert Boutilier, Walter Hawse, Alfred Hubley, William Hawse, Nelson Boutilier, Sidney Patterson, Charles Harnish, Amos Harnish, John D. Boutilier, Davis S. Boutilier, Alfred R. Boutilier, Edward Sturmy, Amos Henley, Thomas Jackson, Alex Bollong, Frank Perry, Harry Cooper, William Hubley, James H. Josey, H. C. Leslie, William McKenzie, Frank Josey, James R. Myers, Alex Hilchie, Herbert Gerrard, Amos Henley, Archibald McCarthy, John Beaver, Archibald Borgal, Burton (Bert) Winters, George W. Josey, Lawrence Josey, Charles A. Power, Arthur Power, Ruben Power, William G. Power, George A. Connor, William Monk, Harry Monk, Isaac Prest, Simon Boutilier, Mary Lawlor, Frank McCarty, James Powell, Zachariah"Dock" Beaver, John Arch Power, Nathan Hubley, Charles W. Josey, Emmanuel Josey, Howard Bradley, Bruce Jackson, Jeremiah Beaver, Willis or Tommie Beaver, Alfred Henley, Robert Gerrard. Accession number: 2008.028
Fonds · 1913-1949
Fonds consists of account books and day books from G. J. Leslie store (and its inheritors) between 1918 and 1949. Fonds also consists of a voters list of Spry Bay in 1928 and transcripts created by Siobhan Nelson of the account books. Accession number: 2008.028
Charles Burnie Family fonds
Fonds · 1907-1954
Fonds consists of store ledgers, purchases and stock lists from Charles Burnie's general store in Litchfield, Nova Scotia. There are also receipts, household accounts, and farm accounts of the Burnie family and school notebooks belonging to the Burnie children.
Series · 1904, [191-], [194-], 1953, 1959
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of correspondence related to the Store, including a letter from a customer to Mildred Hosking, and a letter to Garth Hosking from the Employment Insurance Commission. Series also includes sets of blank letterheads and invoices in W.M.O. Mitchell’s name from the 1910s. Also included in the series is a 1941 license to sell gasoline issued to W.M.O. Mitchell. Series also includes blank letterheads from Hosking’s Garage. In addition, series includes a 1904 list of voters from the number 27 polling district of Halifax County. Accession numbers: 2003.011, 2006.001