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Genealogy 10: Landesberg
folder · 1996
Part of Lomas family fonds
Comb-bound “The Descendants of Dr. John George Landesberg Abt. 1783 - Abt. 1858” Compiled by A. Ross MacKay (January 1996), with copy of notes on Landesburg family and Landsburg Road in Bedford, NS. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #10
Genealogy 11: McLane
folder · 1976
Part of Lomas family fonds
Tape-bound McLane Genealogy compiled by George R. Nye (June 1976), inscribed to Mac and Jennie Cruickshank with thanks and appreciation. 2022.006, Ser. 7, #11
Goldenville Photographs
folder · 1990
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder contains index cards and notes explaining the images for the presentation “Grade Six, St. Mary’s Elementary School SLIDE SHOW VISIT TO GOLDENVILLE, Guysborough County” (slides included in Series 18 of this fonds) (1990), historic photographs of Goldenville, NS (1898, 1910, 1940), with accompanying text, along with seven strips of negatives in flap envelopes that appear to mix a few Lomas family photographs with contemporary Goldenville landscapes (c. 1955). 2022.006, Ser. 8, #1
General Nova Scotia Mining
folder · 1996- 2001
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds Chronicle Herald news clipping “Mining areas may be future historic sites” (2001), “Nova Scotia: We’re Worth Exploring” promotional folder for mineral exploration (1996) with additional news clippings on mining in Nova Scotia. 2022.006, Ser. 8, #3
Wine Harbour
folder · 1946- 1996
Part of Lomas family fonds
Hand-written notes on Wine Harbour and its Gold District (written by Aleah Lomas Anderson), Timeline of events in Wine Harbour History (1811-1895), maps, history notes, text of public talk on Wine Harbour, historic news clippings, photographs including aerial images from the Maritime Resource, Department of Public Works report on Wine Harbour Gold District (1927), list of inhabitants in the 1860s, Department of Municipal Affairs Land Information Centre report on property owners in Wine Harbour, pages from 1881 Census of Guysborough County, “Wine Harbour Library” by Judge Asa J. Crockett (1946), Guide to Elderhostel visit to Wine Harbour (1996) with driving instructions for tour of the area, and five different hand-written essays on gold mining in the region written by Alton Anderson Lomas. 2022.006, Ser. 8, #4
Maps
folder · 1990
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds maps of Goldenville (Ambrose Church, 1876) with hand-written transcription of names, population numbers, Mines and Minerals of Nova Scotia (1903), Gold Districts of St. Mary’s (Stormont) Region, “A Guide to Mineral Exploration Legislation in Nova Scotia” (1990), notes on price of gold, Discovery Dates for mines of Eastern District, driving instructions for a tour of Nova Scotia’s Golden Road, Nova Scotia gold statistics from Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, text of “Gold Mining and Goldenville” paper presented to the St. Mary’s Historical Society by Mrs. H. F. Mason 28 October 1977, typed notes on gold mining and John Hugh MacDonald (1862-1951), hand-written general notes on Goldenville from Aunt Emma Anderson (November 1977, writing by Alton Anderson Lomas), notes from 1871 and 1881 census, Nova Scotia Museum article “Sherbrooke Goes for Gold” (1996), and a map of Wine Harbour with pencilled owners for marked lots of land (1999). 2022.006, Ser. 8, #2
News Clippings and Other Published Material 1
folder · 1971- 1992
Part of Lomas family fonds
Collects news clippings and magazine articles about gold mining in Nova Scotia, including copy of The Sherbrooke Oracle (5 December 1864), “Goldenville Boom: gold mining heydays” (The Shopping News, 16 February 1983), “The Lady Prospectors of the Last Century” covering 1886-1890 in c. 1990 clipping, “Gold Fields of Eastern Nova Scotia” by David E. Stephens (1971), booklet on Miner’s Safety Lamps, data on Nova Scotia mining, typed memories of prospector and miner Matthew McGrath, article “Our Gold Fields”, “Invisible Gold” and other clippings from the New Yorker magazine (1987), “Gold’s Eternal Allure” (1988), “Contributions of the Geological Survey of Canada to the Canadian Mining Industry, 1842-1942 (1992), Nova Scotia Business Journal (1987). 2022.006, Ser. 8, #5
News Clippings and Other Published Material 2
folder · 1962- 1989
Part of Lomas family fonds
This folder holds a “Nova Scotia Gold” pamphlet (1989), “Nova Scotia’s Golden Past” (c. 1979), Goldenville map (Ambrose Church, 1876), “Plan and Section of Goldenville Gold District, Guysborough County, NS” geological survey by E. R. Faribault that names gold companies, Christmas dinner menu from 1934 prepared by Blanche Jordan for Guysboro Mines Ltd. of Goldenville, postcard of gold mining scene in Goldenville, photograph postcard of gold bricks from Goldenville, Eastern Chronicle news clippings on Goldenvile (1862-1891), Letter to the editors of The Eastern Shore Sandpiper discussing Goldenville history (1990), flyer for Women’s Institutes of Nova Scotia talk on Gold Properties, photograph of mine at Goldenville, and “Thousands Flocked to Seek Their Fortunes in Guysboro County During 19th Century Gold Rush” (The Evening News, New Glasgow, 16 November 1962). 2022.006, Ser. 8, #6