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              Fonds · 1914 - 2014
              Fonds consists of administrative and departmental documents pertaining to the Dalhousie University libraries between 1914 and 2014. UA-23
              Eliza Ritchie fonds
              Fonds
              Fonds consists of a printed copy of Ritchie's thesis, completed in 1889 at Cornell University; two essay offprints from The Dalhousie Review; and a hand-bound catalogue of Ritchie's book collection, with her personal bookplate on the endpapers. MS-2-433
              Lomas family fonds
              Fonds · 1866- 2009, predominant 1970- 2000
              Fonds consists of collected research on the history of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s from its earliest records, with a special focus on gold mining and Goldenville, Nova Scotia, as well as the personal archives of the Lomas family recording their decades of public service alongside historical material gathered from their families and the community in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. The historical research begins with the earliest inhabitants of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s, and continues with the arrival of Europeans, reports on the economic development of the area, essays on regional occupations, churches, charitable organizations, schools, government, transportation, communications, energy, banking, health care, recreation, and the war effort in two world wars. It collects research on the communities of Ecum Secum, Marie Joseph, New Chester, The Liscombs, Spanish Ship Bay, Sherbrooke, Sonora, Wine Harbour, Indian Harbour, Port Hilford, Port Bickerton, Harpelville, Fisherman’s Harbour, Jordanville, Stillwater, Waternish, Melrose, Aspen, The Forks, Denver, Glenelg, Smithfield, the Caledonias, Goshen, Argyle, Garden of Eden and the St. Mary’s River. Goldenville, Nova Scotia, is covered extensively with maps, photographs, census reports and other papers. Many histories of the region are collected in this fond, including unpublished memoirs. Papers from the Prince Henry Sinclair Society, St. Mary’s Historical Society, West River Station Restoration Committee, St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Sherbrooke Library, Sherbrooke Village, Canso Historical Society, and the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia are also in this fonds, alongside a generous collection of material generated by the Lomas family themselves. There are records from the foreign service of Alton Anderson Lomas in the United States, Mexico, Belgium, and China, as well as his political work in Ontario and Nova Scotia. There is also an extensive record of the community service done by Al and Aleah Lomas, notably her work as librarian at the Sherbrooke Library, and several awards for volunteer service. In addition to the Lomas family material, this fonds holds genealogy research for many local families, notably the McKean/McKeen, Anderson, Henderson, Landesberg, and McLane families. There are photographs of local people and landscapes dating back to the 1870 opening of the first bridge over the St. Mary’s River at Sherbrooke, up to the 2005 wedding reception of Aleah Lomas Anderson and Murray Anderson, with an emphasis on the Anderson, Lomas, Palmer, and MacDonald families. The fonds also has audio and video recordings of interviews, speeches, and brief reports discussing topics of interest to the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Fonds consists of the following series:Series 1: History of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’sSeries 2: Lomas History of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’sSeries 3: St. Mary’s Historical SocietySeries 4: CemeteriesSeries 5: ChurchesSeries 6: Foreign ServicesSeries 7: GenealogySeries 8: Gold Mining and Heritage Goldenville SocietySeries 9: Heritage / Heritage Inventory ProgramSeries 10: Industry, LocalSeries 11: MapsSeries 12: MemoirsSeries 13: MilitarySeries 14: News ClippingsSeries 15: ObituariesSeries 16: Personal PapersSeries 17: PhotographsSeries 18: Photographic SlidesSeries 19: Sherbrooke LibrarySeries 20: Sherbrooke VillageSeries 21: Audio RecordingsSeries 22: VHS cassette tapesSeries 23: Ships and shippingSeries 24: Books and Periodicals, CollectedSeries 25: MacDonald familySeries 26: Glass negativesSeries 27: Canadian Government ServiceSeries 28: Community Initiatives 2022.006
              Fonds · 1867-1994
              Fonds are arranged in the following series: Series 1 - EphemeraSeries 2 - Visitors' & Members' RegistersSeries 3 - Account BooksSeries 4 - Minute BooksSeries 5 - Miscellaneous Fonds consist of ephemera relating to Queen's Lodge No. 34 and the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, such as histories, constitutions, by-laws, and masonic pamphlets (ca. 1877-1994); registers listing members present at meetings and any visitors from other masonic lodges (1897-1957); account books detailing the expenses of Queen's Lodge as well as membership dues paid, and an inventory of books borrowed and returned from the Lodge library (1867-1957); thirteen meeting minute books detailing the meeting activities of the Queen's Lodge (1867-1979); miscellaneous papers relating to the activities of Queen's Lodge (ca. 1906-1928; 1955). 2014.004; 2020.035; 2020.036
              Fonds · 1994 - 1997
              Fonds comprises employment trends questionnaires created by Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond to generate research data for their book Librarianship and the Information Paradigm (1997). MS-2-712