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.

Lena Ferguson fonds

• Fonds
• 1974-2001

Fonds consists of approximately 137 hours of oral history interviews conducted by Lena Ferguson. Most interviewees were residents of the Eastern Shore region of Halifax County, particularly the Chezzetcook area. Interview topics include genealogy,...

Eastern Shore District High School fonds

• Fonds
• 1966-1980

The first three series of the fonds consist of essays and research written and compiled by Mr. Patrick Milligan and Mr. D. Engram’s grade ten students at Eastern Shore District High School between 1973 and 1980 as part of a class project on local ...

Jeddore Oyster Pond Home & School treasurer's book

• Item
• 1943-1958

Item consists of a treasurer's book of the Home & School Association of Jeddore Oyster Pond, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, covering the period from 1943 to 1958. Recorded in the book are receipts from the Association’s various income sources, a...

Ford Webber fonds

• Fonds
• 1940-1951, 1962, 1982-1998, 1943-1962 predominant

Fonds consists of local news leaflets entitled, Webbers Shore News, published by Ford Webber, school books and scribblers, and other books belonging to Ford Webber from the 1940s.

Fraser Marks fonds

• Fonds
• 1935

Fonds consists of a number of taxidermy lessons from the North West school of Taxidermy and reflects the style of a correspondence course at this time.

Owl's Head School memorabilia fonds

• Fonds
• 1932-1953

Consists of two handmade and handwritten books entitled, The Owlet and The Work of the Owl, which were created by the students of the Owl’s Head Harbour School. The Owlet was a magazine that the students created for exhibition in Halifax with the ...

Roy Wilson Webber fonds

• Fonds
• 1914-1931

Fonds consists of two school certificates of graduation; 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. Also included is a poll tax for...

Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds

• 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, photogr...

Chezzetcook Historical Society fonds

• 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 mater...