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              Lydia Webber fonds
              Fonds · [ca.1880]- 1940
              Fonds consists of postcards, photographs, correspondence and other material created and accumulated by Lydia Webber. Accession numbers 2008.009, 2009.040
              Minute books
              Series · 1896-1994, 1961-1999
              Part of Union Church (Lake Charlotte, N.S.) fonds
              Series forms part of the Union Church fonds and contains a minute book recording the annual meetings of the Lake Charlotte United Church from 1961 to 1995. Book records the names of officials and other individuals, the activities of the Church, financial reports including mission and service reports, Sunday school reports, and treasurers’ reports. The back of the book also contains financial statements from various years. The majority of the book was kept by Mrs. Gertrude Turple, who served as secretary from 1966 to 1987, and Olga J. Kidson who served as secretary and treasurer from 1988 to 1999. Other secretaries and acting secretaries included Mrs. Reg Webber, Marguerite A. Webber, Mavis Turple, and Clara Kidson. Series also contains reproductions of three books of minutes of meetings of the church beginning with the first meeting in 1896. The books also record accounts of the church, including cash disbursements and cash received. Also included with the books are reproductions of receipts and sheets of paper recording subscriptions for repairs to the church building, accounts, and other information. Accession numbers 2009.044, 2013.040
              Correspondence
              Series · 1907-1940
              Part of Lydia Webber fonds
              Series forms part of the Lydia Webber fonds and consists of several letters to Lydia Webber from her sons Harvey and Roy. Series also contains one letter from James Peter Webber (Lydia’s brother) which is addressed to Catherine (Dooks) Webber (Lydia’s mother). Series also consists of postcards, Christmas cards, and other greeting cards accumulated or created by Lydia Webber. Most of the cards are addressed to Lydia Webber and are from a variety of senders including her sons Odous, Harvey, and Roy. Some cards are also from her husband Albert, who sent them from Anticosti Island, Quebec and Souris, Prince Edward Island, possibly during fishing expeditions. Series also includes cards addressed to Albert Webber, sent by Lydia or other family members. In addition, three cards are addressed to Miss Ada Webber and one is addressed to “Harvie Webber” from “Aunt Ada”. Series also contains blank and unidentified postcards and greeting cards, as well as a number of calling cards from family members, relatives, and friends. Accession number: 2008.009
              Account books
              Series · 1908-1948
              Part of Union Church (Lake Charlotte, N.S.) fonds
              Series forms part of the Union Church fonds and consists of an account book detailing the annual list of individuals who contributed to the church, along with the amount paid to the minister. Cash disbursements and cash received are logged at the back of the book. Accession number 2004.015
              Fonds · 1896-1966, [2009]
              Fonds consists of records of the Union Church of Lake Charlotte, Halifax County, Nova Scotia and include account books and other financial records and minutes of meetings. Included is an original account book detailing the annual list of individuals who contributed to the church, along with the amount paid to the minister. Cash disbursements and cash received are logged at the back of the book. Fonds also contains reproductions of three books containing the meeting minutes of the church dating from the first meeting in 1896 up until 1987. The books also record financial accounts of the church from 1896 to 1994, including cash disbursements and cash received. Also included with the books are reproductions of receipts and sheets of paper recording subscriptions for repairs to the church building, accounts, and other information. Accession numbers 2004.015, 2009.044, and 2013.040
              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 form from 1931. Accession number: 2008.004
              Photographs and postcards
              Series · [ca.1915-1990]
              Part of Katherine L. Stoddard family fonds
              Series forms part of the Katherine L. Stoddard fonds and consists of one postcard featuring a picture of the motel in Lake Charlotte c. 1970s. Also includes one copy of a photograph of Emily Usher Ritcey c. 1915. Emily Margaret Usher was born March 27, 1891 and was the daughter of William Philip Usher and Emily Anderson Mack of Musquodoboit Harbour. She married Herbert Simon Ritcey on January 26, 1915. They lived in Dartmouth and she died March 1, 1974. Herbert Simon Ritcey was born August 24, 1874 in West Petpeswick and was the son of Simon (ship captain) and Susanna Elizabeth (Gaetz) Ritcey. He was the brother of Katherine L. Stoddard’s paternal grandmother, Harriet “Edith” Ritcey Stoddard, making Emily Usher Ritcey her sister-in-law. Accession number: 2013.008
              Robert A. Logan fonds
              Fonds · 1919, 1934-1959, [1962]
              Fonds consists of records related or possibly related to Robert A. Logan’s activities as a gold prospector in the area around Lake Charlotte, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. During the 1930s, Logan was Vice-President and manager of Prospectors Associated Activities Limited (sometimes abbreviated to PRASAC), a prospecting and mining company based in Lake Charlotte (then known as Ship Harbour Lake). Although he ceased his involvement with PRASAC in the 1940s, Logan may have continued prospecting in the area. The records are primarily related to the purchase of mining and ore-processing equipment and include correspondence, brochures, catalogues, instructions, invoices, receipts, and notes. Accompanying one letter from a manufacturer is a photo of an offered piece of equipment (a concentrating table). Also included are a handwritten table of supplies needed to feed eight men on a 10-week expedition, a typed summary of gold mining operations for the years 1935-1936 and the first quarter of 1937, drafts and instructions for a letterhead design for PRASAC, and a copy of a hand-drawn map sketching shipping routes between PRASAC’s headquarters and major cities in Atlantic Canada, Eastern Canada, and the Northeastern United States. Although most mining-related records are from the 1930s, some date to the 1940s, and one product brochure dates to 1919. Fonds also includes records related to Logan’s life and other activities in the Lake Charlotte area, including correspondence, instructions and brochures related to equipment which Logan bought for his home or personal use. Some instructions are prepared by Logan himself, including a set of handwritten notes and diagrams which details his repairs and installation of a well pump, as well as giving instructions for its use. In addition, fonds includes copies of a plan showing the lands of Lawrence Webber, Upper Lakeville, to be leased by the estate of J. Edward Webber, Lake Charlotte, dated August 8, 1967. Fonds also includes a photograph of Robert A. Logan and his wife Daisy (Barrett) Logan taken in May of 1962. Accession number 2010.006.
              Collection · 1931-1945
              Collection consists of forty monochrome aerial photographs of the Eastern Shore taken between 1931 and 1945. Also includes seven corresponding flight maps. Photographs illustrate the landscapes and coastlines of various locations along the Eastern Shore as they were in 1931-1945. Areas covered by the aerial photographs within this collection include Owl's Head, Little Harbour, Clam Harbour, Burnt Point, Clam Bay, Lake Charlotte, Ship Harbour, Upper Lakeville, Oyster Pond, and the Jeddores. Accession number 2013.039
              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