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St. Mary's Genealogy Research Centre at Sherbrooke Village With digital objects
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St. Mary's Rebekah Lodge fonds
St. Mary's Rebekah Lodge fonds
Fonds · 1945-1957
Fonds consists of two meeting minute books of the St. Mary's Rebekah Lodge (1945-1956) and a photocopy of agreement between the Queen's Masonic Lodge No. 34, Sherbrooke and the Marimon (International Order of Odd Fellows) and St. Mary's Rebekah Lodges concerning rental of the Queen's Lodge building for meetings (1957). 2020.004
Lester D. MacKeen fonds
Lester D. MacKeen fonds
Fonds · 1928-1969
Fonds consists of four series: 1) Blacksmith and Heating Business Records, 2) Personal Files, Statements, and Correspondence, 3) Municipal Files and Correspondence, 4) Blacksmith and Heating Business Receipt Books (1938-1969), and 5) Blacksmith and Heating Business Ledgers. Fonds consist of records documenting the day-to-day business operations of Lester D. MacKeen's blacksmithing and heating business; files, statements, and correspondence relating to the personal life and daily activities of Lester D. MacKeen; records and correspondence relating to municipal roles performed by Lester D. MacKeen as secretary of the Unemployment Relief Central Committee (also known as the Overseers of the Poor) for the Municipality of St. Mary's between 1933 and 1934 and as Deputy Sheriff for Guysborough County. 2014.008
Fraser family fonds
Fraser family fonds
Fonds · 1927-1936
Fonds consists of one register for the Crows Nest House, an inn near Waternish, Guysborough County that was operated by Maggie Fraser Smith after 1927 through to the late 1930s, mainly accommodating sportsmen. Register lists names of guests and their residence. 2020.003
Ian Cameron collection
Ian Cameron collection
Collection · ca. 1920s; 2002-2004
Collection consists of two discs of digital audio recordings of oral history interviews of Frank Jordan, conducted by Ian Cameron between December 2002 and 2004. Contents of the recordings include: Disc 1 (recorded December 2002): Trunk 7 early 1920s; apple picking in Annapolis Valley; Sherbrooke Garage and Livery Stable; Postmistress; Dr. Monahan; Dr. Stone; James Burns and the Silver Inn; 1937 Silver Inn fire; Frank working at the Power Station; 1960s Flood of St. Mary's River. Disc 2 (recorded 2003 and 2004): 1884 Steel Bridge at Sherbrooke; Belle Baker; gas stations in Sherbrooke; Wilson's Cove; Harpellville; Liscomb Mills; Hen MacLean story; Ned Cluny named Gallbush Hill; Ned Cluny and Bruce MacDonald's uncle; Johnny MacLean's Store; Park Jordan moves the Hollingsworth and Whitney store with a horse and pulleys. Also included in the collection are negatives and prints of 50 b&w photographs taken by Tom Chisholm (b. 1901) while he was employed by the Sonora Timber Co. Images illustrate landscape and activities in the communities of Sonora and Fisher's Mills in the St. Mary's region of Guysborough County throughout the 1920s. 2017.004; 2018.008
Mountain Glen I.O.G.T. Lodge fonds
Mountain Glen I.O.G.T. Lodge fonds
Fonds · 1911-1920s
Fonds consist of two meeting minute books of the Mountain Glen Temperance Lodge, Glenelg (1911-1919), two song sheets from the International Order of Good Templars [I.O.G.T.], a blank application membership to the I.O.G.T. (known as "taking the pledge") (192?). 2020.001
Murdoch family fonds
Murdoch family fonds
Fonds · 1909
Fonds consist of one log book from the S.S. Dufferin, September 1909 - December 1909. The log entries were made by Capt. William Murdoch and minimally describe weather, wind, course, and daily activities. Pasted within the inside cover and first 4 pages are newspaper clippings related to household tips, a clipping of A.A. Gunn (possibly Alexander Angus Gunn of East River St. Mary's, part owner of Sherbrooke's Scotia Lumber & Shipping Company), and a clipping about a car accident in Sherbrooke titled "Vehicle Plunges Down Bank But Lands In Shallow Water" (1937). 2020.034
R.R. Sinclair fonds
R.R. Sinclair fonds
Fonds · 1905-1915
Fonds consists of one accounts ledger for R.R. Sinclair, General Merchant, Sherbrooke (1905-1913). Ledger lists local and non-local account names (both individuals and companies), goods purchased, and payments made, both cash and in-kind. Back of the ledger lists additional accounts. Interleaved within the ledger is the pamphlet "Speech of Hon. J. Anderson in the Legislative Council on Tuesday, June 1st, Dealing with the Affairs of the Commercial Bank of Newfoundland" (ca. 1915) and a printed tag from Sinclair's store located between pages 163 and 164 of the ledger. 2020.003
Samuel Burton Sweet fonds
Samuel Burton Sweet fonds
Fonds · ca. 1903
Fonds consists of one account book listing the stock estate of S. Burton Sweet, including personal and store property. Lists valuation of stock in barn, animals, real estate, furniture in house, harness, wagons, and sleighs, cash on hand etc. and provides a comprehensive inventory of stock in general store as well as store debts. Inventory was taken by E.S. Sweet, brother of S. Burton Sweet. 2020.026
Crows Nest Mining Co. fonds
Crows Nest Mining Co. fonds
Fonds · 1898-1902
Fonds consists of one accounts book for the Crows Nest Mining Co. which details accounts for multiple enterprises engaged in at the Crows Nest mine site, including: mine, plant, boarding house, stables, mill, house, hotel. Also included are accounts for lumber, fuel, wages, and various suppliers from Sherbrooke, Antigonish, and Halifax. Accounts book lists the names of many people and businesses local to the St. Mary's region. 2020.053
Florence M. MacDonald fonds
Florence M. MacDonald fonds
Fonds · ca. 1890s-1980s
Fonds consist of records created and accumulated by Florence M. MacDonald relating to her personal life and three generations of the Donald MacDonald family of Sherbrooke, Guysborough County. Included are a Gaelic language Bible (1867) belonging to Donald MacDonald; a cookbook (1879) interleaved with handwritten family recipes and recipe clippings belonging to Mrs. Donald MacDonald; and records relating to James Wm. MacDonald, Murray MacDonald, and John Geddie MacDonald. Also included are MacDonald family portraits and two photograph albums, one of Florence MacDonald and friends in Sherbrooke and Halifax, and another of lumbering, hunting, and fishing along the St. Mary's River; Province of Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Domestic Science Bulletin No. 1, Women's Institute Division, The Cooking and Canning of Vegetables (1916); community newspaper clippings and obituaries; personal files and correspondence; and genealogy research and correspondence relating to the MacDonald and Sutherland families of St. Mary's. Also included are originals and copied b&w photographs and negatives used or considered as part of Florence MacDonald's book "Sherbrooke as I Remember It," published in 1987. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Genealogy and Family History, 2) Newspaper Clippings and Obituaries, 3) Photographs, 4) Personal Correspondence, Files, and Certificates, and 5) Sherbrooke As I Remember It Files and Photographs 2020.009