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Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1972]-[ca. 2002]
Fonds consists of records of the activities of Robert Kim Stevens. Records were created and accumulated between about 1972 and 2003. Fonds is arranged into five series: correspondence, research material and publications, family files,maps, and drawings. Accession number 2003.010.
Series · 1978-1996
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series consists of records related to historical and genealogical research conducted by Stevens. Series includes publications, copies of publications, publisher catalogues, finding aids from Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (then known as the Public Archives of Nova Scotia) and other archives and brochures. Series also includes copies of historical records including the June 5, 1784 muster roll of the Royal Garrison Battalion at Sheet Harbour, 1871 census records possibly taken at the Halifax Poor House, and the February 1779 General Monthly Return of the German Troops in Canada. 2003.010
Maps
Series · ca. 1740-1780
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of one early Italian map of Acadia, Ile Royale and the surrounding area including Ile St. Jean. The map was likely drawn by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin, a French-born hydrographer and geographer who produced many maps of Canada and other French territories in North America and was chief cartographer of the French Navy in 1721 and later Official Hydrographer of the King. 2013.026
Family files
Series · [ca. 1972]-[ca. 2002]
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of records related to genealogical research into Eastern Shore families undertaken by Stevens. Series includes copies of censuses, obituaries, and vital statistics. Series also includes correspondence with other researchers, and printouts of genealogical material from other researchers. Records are in files arranged alphabetically by family name. 2003.010
Drawings
Series · ca. 1970-2003
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of one original drawing of the Thomas Stevens House in Musquodoboit Harbour, by Joan Flewwelling. The house was originally owned by Robert Stevens, the village blacksmith, who had it built circa 1890. It housed the first post office in the area and was later owned by a Mr. Parker, Gerald Graham, Cyril and Kaye Young, and Henry and Elizabeth Boutilier. The drawing was owned by Kim Stevens. He had requested that Joan Flewwelling draw it and she agreed and later sent it to him. The drawing was done from an old photograph of the house as it was ca. the 1850s. 2013.026
Correspondence
Series · 1974-1999
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of correspondence to Stevens from Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (then known as the Public Archives of Nova Scotia), other institutions, and other researchers. Series also includes newsletters, copies of publications and historical records, finding aids possibly from PANS, calendar indexes, and other material. 2003.010