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Series · 1917-1938
Part of Pleasant Point School trustees fonds
Series forms part of the Pleasant Point School trustees fonds and consists of teachers’ agreements between 1917 and 1938, school census forms, surveys, a publication entitled The Public Schools of Nova Scotia, advisories from the Inspector of Schools, and an act to amend the Education Act dated 1923. Accession number 2013.022
Fonds · 1834, [ca. 1890]-1974, [199-?]
Fonds consists of records of the family of Anna Barbara Webber, created and/or accumulated by Anna Barbara Webber and later her daughter Frances Robson. Records include photographs, family land records and research, certificates, announcements, and wartime records. Accession numbers 2010.009, 2010.010
Fonds · [ca. 1900]-2008, predominant 1974-2004
Fonds consists of records of the Chezzetcook Historical Society and its members. Textual records were created between about 1900- 1930, 1950- 1955, 1965, and 1974- 2008, but the majority date to between 1974 and 2004. Fonds includes research material, genealogical information, publications, society records regarding its operation, inventories, maps, and photographs. Accession number 2009.018.
Church drawings
Subseries · 1975
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of drawings of Eastern Shore churches which were collected by Helen Jennex. Also included are drawings of houses in Oyster Pond and of the Clam Bay School house. Some drawings are originals, while others are photocopies. The drawings are signed “Kay Dwyer” or “SW”. Sub-series also includes an original drawing of Owl’s Head Harbour signed “HS”. In addition, sub-series includes a photocopy of illustrations of water birds. Accession number 2009.039
Clam Bay School memoir
Item · 2007
Item consists of a handwritten account written by Brenda Baker about the history of the school, those who taught there during her time as a student, and the day that the schoolhouse burned down. Accession number: 2013.057
Community research
Subseries · 1954, 1967-1978
Part of Helen Jennex fonds
Sub-series forms part of history and heritage activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of records relating to research undertaken by Helen Jennex and possibly others into local history and events in the Eastern Shore. Sub-series contains two booklets, one describing the history of the Clam Harbour Church and one, written by Jennex, describing the history of the West Jeddore School. Sub-series also contains clippings relating to local events and people. Accession number 2009.039
Community research
Series · [1930?], 1950-1955, 1965, 1974-1990, 2003-2005, predominant 1974-1990
Part of Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds
Series forms part of the Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds and consists of records relating to research undertaken by Society members on topics such the history of local towns, institutions, and businesses (e.g. schools, churches, hotels, telephone companies); activities (e.g. gold mining, road and bridge-building), Acadian history, notable events (e.g. shipwrecks), and folklore. Series contains notes, essays, lecture and speech notes, interview notes and transcripts, copies and transcripts of historical documents (e.g. registers, legal documents, correspondence, deeds), articles and other publications, clippings, term papers, copies of personal scrapbooks, correspondence, and other material. Series also contains questionnaire forms, notes and a brief, handwritten report relating to a survey undertaken in 1975 by Society members in order to identify sources of historical information among the local populace; folklore, and historical artifacts. Also included are some original documents such as a notebook containing a record of government-funded research experiments conducted between 1950 and 1955 at the Chezzetcook Harbour government reserve clam flats; a handwritten document describing how to tan and dye sheepskin, and an annotated copy of the Education Act revised to 1930 which once belonged to the Seaforth School.
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 · 1932-1957
Part of Pleasant Point School trustees fonds
Series forms part of the Pleasant Point School trustees fonds and consists of correspondence sent to school trustees and includes a letter regarding financial and census returns, a letter to Mrs. H. M. Williams from the Deputy Registrar General dated 1957, a letter to the trustees from the Assistant Superintendent of Education from 1932, and a letter to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees from the Provincial Supervisor of Attendance dated 1932. Accession number 2013.022
East Jeddore School fonds
Fonds · 1921-1936
Fonds consists of records of the East Jeddore School and consists of a ledger which records school taxes owed by individual taxpayers for the period of 1930-1936, along with their payment status. Also recorded are teacher salaries, supply costs, insurance fees, and other expenses for the same period. In addition, the ledger book includes minutes of school meetings from 1923-1935. Also includes a sheet of paper which records valuations of taxpayers’ property in East Jeddore and school taxes for 1921. Accession number 2009.039