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Allan James Chapman fonds
Fonds · [after 1853] - 1997
Fonds consists of Allan James Chapman's family history, including an account of the Halifax Explosion written by his mother Annie Marguerite (Daisy) Chapman, and his grandfather Herbert Eugene Greenough's poems and essays about working on the Nova Scotia railways. MS-2-709
Canadian National Railway (CNR) Truro Yard, 1950
Item · 1950
Blueprint copy of map showing CNR Truro Yard, including rail lines, streets, buildings, Round House, some property owner names. Area covers east to Gasper Lane, west to King Street as well as some of downtown, Esplanande St., Victoria St., East Prince St., Salmon River, plus insert showing continuation of Mulgrave Subdivision. Produced by CNR Government Railways, Atlantic Division, Engineers Office, Halifax, June 6, 1950. 2017.48.1
G. Cecil Day fonds
Fonds
Fonds comprises letters to Day in his capacity as newspaper editor, two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to Ireland, and an unsigned typescript article about the Halifax & South Western Railway Company. MS-2-355, SF Box 41, Folders 2-4
Helen M. (Begin) Slauenwhite fonds
Fonds · 1907
Fonds consists of an original photograph portraying a train wreck at the Mahone Bay train station in February 1907. MBMS-18
James E. Dickie and Company fonds
Fonds
This fonds consists of documents illustrating the diverse interests of James Edward Dickie and his family. While nearly all of the records date from the ownership of the Stewiacke general store by James E. Dickie and his son Edwin, the fonds does contain one letter-book from 1924, when James R. Fulton managed the store. This fonds consists of documents which fall into three main categories: business records related to the companies owned by the Dickies; correspondence which contains a mixture of both personal and business records; as well as the personal records of the Dickie family. The fonds contains the following series: General Store (J.E. Dickie and Company; J.E. Dickie and Son; Edwin Dickie); Lumber Company (Dickie and Company); Nova Scotia Telephone Company; Stewiacke Valley and Lansdowne Railroad; Letters and Communications; James Edward Dickie; Harriet Tupper (Mrs. James E. Dickie); Edwin Dickie; Rev. Dr. Henry Dickie; and Rachel Dickie (Upham? – lodger in 1901 census). MS-4-63
Ruth Agnes Wright fonds
Fonds · 1942-1961
Fonds consists of a series of deeds tracing the ownership of a tract of land in Mahone Bay that had previously formed part of the right of way of a wye track abandoned by the Halifax and South Western Railway Company in 1942. MBMS-36
Sir Sandford Fleming fonds
Fonds · [18--?]
Fonds consists of reports and correspondence regarding Sir Sandford Fleming's activities relating to railways in Canada. Other records include reports on the Toronto Harbour and the Garrison Reserve. MS-2-658
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees & Railway Shop Labourers Local 396
File
This file contains a letter to the members of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees & Railway Shop Labourers Local 396 written by the President Allan Barker in 1919. As well this file includes the wage agreement for The Railway Association of Canada, a working card for the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees & Railway Shop Labourers, and a income tax return slip. MS-9-10, SF Box 52, Folder 25