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Series · 1902-1918, 1932-1945
Part of Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
Series forms part of Anna Barbara Webber family fonds and consists of certificates issued to Webber family members including marriage certificates, a confirmation certificate, a school certificate, and a Canada Registration Board certificate. Series also includes wedding invitations and marriage and death announcements. In addition, series includes a Canadian passport issued to Frances Webber in 1941 and an autograph book owned by Frances Webber containing messages from friends and family written between 1932 and 1941. Accession number: 2010.009
Series · [ca. 1965]-2003
Part of Robert M. Ritcey fonds
Series forms part of the Robert M. Ritcey fonds and consists of the contents of two binders, each comprising volumes of a work entitled “Memories and family: collections by Robert M. Ritcey” (also entitled “Memories, family, and collections of Robert Milton Ritcey Sr.”). The work is a collection of research material related to the Ritcey family of Nova Scotia, as well as other families connected to the Ritceys, including the Newman, Williams, Bayers, and Gaetz families. The work comprises material created by Ritcey or collected from other sources, and includes text; family trees; excerpts and transcriptions from publications; records such as certificates and forms; correspondence; maps; drawings; and other material. All of the material from the binders is photocopied, with occasional annotations in pencil. Included in the work are drafts of Ritcey’s memoirs “The Place” and “The People”. Also included in the work are colour copies of photographs of Martinique Beach and Dun’s Beach. Ritcey began collating the material in 1986, although he had begun creating some of it in 1972 or earlier, and had been accumulating it for many years before then. Series also includes a letter to the Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society related to the upcoming publication of part of his work, along with an annotated copy of an introduction to be included in the publication, and a copy of a map of the area around Martinique Beach in around 1937, hand drawn by Ritcey. Accession number 2010.004
Certificates
Series · 1950-1951
Part of Hosking's Garage fonds
Series forms part of the Hosking’s Garage fonds and includes a certificate of qualification for motor vehicle repair for 1950 issued by the Province of Nova Scotia. Included with the certificate is an application for a 1951 renewal which would have been attached to the certificate.
L - Certificats et honneurs
Series · 19-?
Part of Fonds Père Clarence d'Entremont
La série est constituée de 25 dossiers : France Acadie - prix littéraire; La Pléiade 1987 - certificat – médaille; FANE 1988 – certificat - marqueur historique; Prix André Larendeau – 1988 – médaille; Doctorat Sainte-Anne – 1978 – certificat; Doctorat Moncton – 1987 – certificat – pèlerine; 50 ans de prêtrise [3 chemises] – 1986 – certificat; Proclamation du drapeau canadien –1965 – certificat; Proclamation de la ville de Lafayette – 1979 – certificat; Dr. Phyllis R. Blakeley – 1991 – certificat; Dr. Phyllis R. Blakeley – 1992 – certificat; Knights of Columbus – certificat – ruban – épingles; 125th. Anniversary of the Confederation – certificat; Le Conseil de la vie française en Amérique – 1985 – certificat; Ordre des francophones d’Amérique – 1991 – certificat – médaille; Voyage-échange Acadie-Louisiane – 1977 – certificat; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts – 1986 – certificat; La Société historique acadienne - 1990 – certificat; Ordre du Canada – certificat – médaille; XIIième congrès internationaux des archives – médaille; Confédération – 1867 – 1992 – médaille; Bicentennial – American Revolution 1776 – 1976 – médaille; Église St-Pierre – 100ième anniversaire – médaille; FANE, 1984 - marqueur historique; Les Muise de Terre-Neuve – 1976 – marqueur historique. 1998.3-f11
Religious records
Series · 1902-1925
Part of Laura F. Stoddard family fonds
Series forms part of the Laura F. Stoddard family fonds and consists of a blank pledge card for a Members Associate Pledge likely for the Christian Endeavour Society as well as a certificate stating that William E. Stoddard enlisted in the White Ribbon Army of the N.S.S.S. Association in 1902 at the Sabbath School of the Union Church in Owl’s Head and pledged to abstain from alcohol, tobacco, and profanity. There is also a certificate presented to Robert Burns Williams by the Presbyterian Church of Canada for the memorizing of scripture in 1914 and one presented to Florence Etta Stoddard for reciting the catechism in 1907. Series also includes the communion roll of the Presbyterian Church at Clam Harbour which lists the names of both male and female voters, a pamphlet on the method of taking the vote on church union, and a number of used voter ballots from the vote on church union. There is also one bulletin from the First Baptist Church in Chanston Illinois which mentions a Miss Helen Fisher who attended the Nova Scotia Provincial Normal College. Accession number: 2013.010
School papers
Series · [ca.1815-1887], [copied 1949-1960]
Part of Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds
Series forms part of the Annabel (Siteman) Ells fonds and consists of correspondence regarding the establishment of a school at Ship Harbour, school trustee documents, school returns and registers for Ship Harbour school. Also includes correspondence from Clam Harbour school section, a memorial of the inhabitants of Egmont Harbour, Jeddore regarding the establishment of a school and church and aid to support a teacher. Also consists of school papers from Pictou County, particularly Toney River, and other school records gathered by Annabel Ells during the course of her research. In addition, series includes original high school certificates, teacher’s licenses and diplomas of Annabel Siteman as well as examination papers for various clerk positions. Accession number: 2013.066
Certificates
Series · 1888-1950
Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of four certificates including two presented to William Hosking, one given to Garth Hosking, and a voter registration certificate belonging to Mildred Hosking. Accession number 2003.011
Invoices and receipts
Series · 1891-1909, 1922-1977
Part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds
Series forms part of Garth M. Hosking General Store fonds and consists of supplier invoices requesting payment for goods purchased by the store. Series also contains receipts for goods purchased in person from local or travelling suppliers. Shipping slips generated when goods were sent by vessel (1890-1920s), train (1930s), and transport truck (1940s and 1950s) are also included. Occasionally other records of a personal nature (some doctor's bills) are filed with invoices as per original order. Series reflects the change in the nature of business over the decades, from personalized letters acknowledging receipt of payment or goods, to daily order and monthly statements. Invoices list goods purchased on a regular basis, their quantity and price. Envelopes that the invoices were sent in reflect the accounting practice of Willy O Mitchell.Series also includes four receipt books for goods sold to local individuals dated between 1971 and 1977 as well as a certificate of inspection of the store’s weights and measures, dated to 1897. Also includes cheque receipts from 1974-1975. Accession numbers: 2003.011, 2010.008
Certificates
Series · 1914-1915
Part of Roy Wilson Webber fonds
Series consists of two certificates; one to certify that Roy Wilson Webber passed the grade nine in 1914 and one to certify that he passed the grade ten provincial examination in Halifax in 1915. Accession number: 2008.004