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Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1900-1969]
The fonds consists of records accumulated by Annabel (Siteman) Ells during the course of her research on the area of Ship Harbour and the families who lived there as well as personal records created and accumulated throughout her lifetime. The fonds includes a wide variety of records such as land related documents, wills, Loyalist petitions, census information, court papers, church registers and vital statistics including marriage, birth, and death records; school papers, genealogies, clippings and notes taken from various newspapers and periodicals, photographs and negatives, correspondence, postcards, and diaries. The records within the fonds shed light on the history of Ship Harbour and its families, the work of Annabel Ells, her personal life from a young girl growing up on the Eastern Shore to travelling as a young woman and attending school, entering into various careers, living as an independent woman in the early 20th century, her marriage later in life and her lifelong interest in her Ship Harbour home. http://www.heritagevillage.ca/LCASresources/Annabel_%28Siteman%29_Ells_fonds_Inventory.pdf Accession number 2013.066
Chegoggin School fonds
Fonds · 1869-1882
Fonds consists of one book used to record minutes, taxes assessed and accounts of the Trustees.
Fonds · 1911-1998
Consists of records created and accumulated by Grace Edith Forsythe primarily during her career as an educator and as a result of her involvement with the Marine Highway Historical Society, including records related to her teaching career, photographs, and material related to local history. Also included are publications produced by the Marine Highway Historical Society as well as layouts and preliminary copies. Contents also include scrapbooks, correspondence, advertisements, recipes, and material related to the Red Cross Society. In addition, fonds includes records acquired by Grace Forsythe and related to her aunt and uncle Cora (Harpell) and Sandy Myers, who owned the Salmon River House and with whom Grace lived for a time. Accession number 2010.032
Fonds · 1903-1970, predominant 1963-1970
Collection consists of records regarding the closing of the school, a reunion, old clippings, photographs and original school records such as census and collector's rolls. MG 11- 6.
Fonds · 1860-1982; predominant 1940-1982
Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, enrollment and registration material, and financial records pertaining to the administration of schools and the educational systems at the municipal level within the Municipality. Records are arranged chronologically, either according to school years, which begins in August and ends in July, or according to fiscal year. In some instances, the records are also alphabetically arranged within the year according to the names of committees, teachers, schools or school sections.
North Kempt School fonds
Fonds · 1896-1910
Fonds consists of minutes of annual meetings of school ratepayers, which includes appointment of trustees, secretary and auditors; awarding an annual contract for the heating of the school and any other contracts; and yearly accounts kept by the secretary. Accounts include expenses and taxes received.
Overton School fonds
Fonds · 1865-1875
Fonds consists of ratepayers' minute book of the Overton school and a deed. The minute book records the accounts of the original building of the school, the annual assessment rolls of taxpayers, minutes of meetings of ratepayers, inventory of school property and accounts of expenses. The deed gives land for the schoolhouse to the School Trustees of Section No. 5.
Pictou Academy fonds
Fonds · 1820-1930, predominant 1899-1930
Fonds consists of the charter incorporating the trustees of the Academy; copies of The Academy, the students' magazine, which includes lists of school staff; school catalogues contains information on courses; petitions; and Christmas Souvenirs. MG 6