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Community activities
Series · 1976-2008
Part of Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds
Series forms part of the Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds and consists of records relating to activities and events which the Society and its members organized or participated in, including public displays of historical artifacts, society parties, the dedication of a local war memorial, and the Chezzetcook Acadian celebrations of 2004. Series contains guest books, photographs of events, programs, brochures, correspondence, notes, an article, a newsletter, a videocassette, and other material. Series also contains entries in two competitions organized by the society for local grade six and seven students; one for a design for the Society’s seal and one for a 500-word essay on a local historical topic. In addition, series includes correspondence, clippings and other material related to society members’ involvement in an early 1980s movement to prevent the government from running Highway 107 through the Chezzetcook Marshes.
Cora (Harpell) and Sandy Myers
Series · c.1911-1942
Part of Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
Series forms part of the Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds and consists of records related to Alexander ‘Sandy’ and Cora (Harpell) Myers, who was the sister of Grace’s mother. Cora was born on January 26, 1896 in West Jeddore and became a teacher in the early 1900s. She and her husband Sandy (1893-1957) owned the Salmon River House where Grace lived for several years following her retirement. A note found among the records indicates that they were used by Grace to help create the publications produced by the Marine Highway Historical Society. The series includes a photograph of Cora Harpell’s class at Ostrea Lake School in 1915 with the names of the students; a scrapbook containing clippings of songs; stories; and the prize winners of a matrimonial letter contest featuring Cora’s entry, No Fake Gentleman. Also included are various clippings regarding her school in Ostrea Lake; her graduating class from the Provincial Normal College in 1914; as well as handwritten poems and stories. Series also includes the lyrics to the Normal College school song, an application for a teacher’s license in 1912 that was rejected because she was too young, and a teacher’s license issued in 1914, as well as an earlier letter from a friend in1911. Cora died in Musquodoboit Harbour on February 24, 1995 at the age of 99. Series also contains receipts including postal and remitters’ receipts, invoices, ration forms and coupons, product labels, local business letterhead and advertisements, coupons, tax assessments, a tax notice, and enumeration records. Also included is correspondence to Sandy Myers from people coming to Salmon River House, a Christmas card from Arnold Logan, a Guide’s License, and an order form for a vest. Accession number: 2010.032
Correspondence
Series · 1954-1965, predominant 1954-1964
Part of Eastern Shore Board of Trade, District 19 fonds
Series forms part of the Eastern Shore Board of Trade, District 19 fonds and consists of correspondence of the board and its members. Included is correspondence with government officials related to requests for speed zones on Highway 7, the demolition of a derelict wharf in Oyster Pond, the construction of a jetty in DeBaie's Cove, improvement of snow removal services, general road improvements and repairs, and the creation of an RCMP detachment in Lake Charlotte. Series also includes correspondence related to tourism promotion, banquets and other events which the board hosted or participated in, as well as correspondence with other organizations in which the board held membership including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade, and the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council. In addition, series includes reports of board sub-committees, receipts, clippings, and other material. Accession numbers: 2009.037, 2010.019
David Renton
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This accession consists of miscellaneous records relating to David Renton's acting and directing career, including publicity and performance photographs, correspondepence, contracts, and appointment calendars and diaries. There are also publicity photographs of Karine Renton`s father announcing the CHNS radio program Now it Can Be Told. MS-3-23.2014-003
Education
Series · 1932-1962
Part of Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
Series forms part of the Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds and consists of the minute book of the West Jeddore School trustees from 1944 to 1959, scripts of pageants that may have been performed in schools, and a periodical entitled The Canadian Red Cross Junior, Vol. XXIII, No. 10 dated 1944, which reflects Grace Forsythe’s involvement with the Red Cross Society and her efforts to establish Junior Red Cross Societies in her schools. Series also contains three books created by Grace’s students including a scrapbook of clippings of famous people created by a grade seven class in 1953, a book of stories and drawings entitled Our Story Book created by students in 1961, and a book of stories of rescue created by grade six students in 1962. Also included is a book of lesson plans written by Grace in summer school in Truro in 1942 and an article containing the autobiographical account of Dr. G. G. Sedgewick entitled, A Secret Chapter in the History of Education, which recounts the trials of a new teacher in Oyster Pond in 1900. In addition, series contains a typed copy of Grace Forsythe’s memoirs of her teaching career together with a scrapbook of photographs of students from 1932-1957, illustrating her story, and two certificates recording her completion of grades nine and ten which also list subjects studied and grades received. Accession number: 2010.032
Equipment & correspondence
Series · [ca. 1935-1959]
Part of Robert A. Logan fonds
Series forms part of the Robert A. Logan fonds and consists primarily of catalogues, pamphlets, brochures, and instruction manuals as well as correspondence related to various equipment that Logan was interested in purchasing or had purchased. Also included are invoices, receipts, and notes. The equipment was likely for use in Logan's mining operations. Also included are maps, copies of newspaper clippings related to Logan searching for treasure, lists of supplies needed to feed eight men during a ten week expedition, and other materials. 2010.006
Family history
Series · [ca. 1936-1999]
Part of Ivan R. Kent family fonds
Series forms part of the Ivan R. Kent family fonds and consists of records created and accumulated by members of the Kent family. Included is The History of Pioneer Settling on Kent Island written by E. M. Kent c. 1936 as told to her by her father-in-law, Robert Lloyd Kent around the time of his death in 1896. E. M. Kent was Elizabeth May (Thompson) who married Joseph G. Kent, son of Robert Lloyd Kent and nephew of John Kent. The manuscript was given to Mrs. Phebe G. Kent by E. M. Kent. The series also contains a copy of the autobiography of Captain W. Gerald Kent, given to Ivan and Mildred Kent by W. Gerald Kent. William Gerald ‘Cappy’ Kent was born in 1903 and was the son of Horace Arthur Kent, who was the nephew of Joseph G. and Elizabeth M. Kent. William Gerald was a WWII, Royal Canadian Navy veteran, was married to Carmen Hubley, and died in 1995. Also included are loose photocopies of newspaper clippings related to members of the Kent family and other Eastern Shore families.
Family papers & genealogy
Series · 1638-1966, 1770-1860 predominant [copied 1949-1966]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of records related to various Eastern Shore families and individuals including Duncan Johnson, Hal de Ganges, Ross C. Graves, Joan Scott, Agatha Palmer Ganong, and the Siteman, Dewey, Eisan, Ells, Gerrard, Hartling, Henderson, Johnson, Hilchie, Hill, McCarthy, Beaver, Jamieson, O’ Bryan, Palmer, Peitzch, Richardson, Robson, Shellnutt, Twining, Webber, Smith, Mitchell, Moser, Newcombe, and Stoddard families as well as other Eastern Shore and Pictou County families. Records include lists of settlers, wills, Loyalist claims, vital records, genealogies, petitions, muster rolls, obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, newspaper clippings, school papers, voter lists, correspondence, land records, and other documents. Accession number: 2013.066
Family records
Series · 1865-1915, 1982-2011
Part of Hilchie family fonds
Series forms part of the Hilchie family fonds and consists of family genealogy, copies of marriage registers, legal documents, personal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a diary, school work, certificates, poems, a prayer book, and a family bible. Accession number: 2017.059
History
Series · 1945-1960, [ca.1984-1999]
Part of Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital fonds
Series forms part of the Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital fonds and consists of one sheet of handwritten notes regarding the history of the hospital and two copies of newspaper clippings related to the hospital fair and a levy for the hospital’s deficit around the time when the Red Cross ceased to provide assistance to the hospital in 1958. Also included is a typed history of the hospital. Accession number 2013.065