Oyster Pond (N.S)

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              Series · [ca. 1910]-[1984?]
              Part of Helen Jennex fonds
              Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as an historical researcher, collector of historical items, and member of the Eastern Shore heritage and museum community. Series is arranged into six sub-series, including illustrations, church drawings, publication layouts, community research, photographs, and publications. Accession number 2009.039
              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
              School activities
              Series · 1948-[ca. 2004], predominant 1956-1965
              Part of Helen Jennex fonds
              Series forms part of Helen Jennex fonds and consists of material documenting Jennex’s activities as a teacher and principal at various schools on the Eastern Shore, including the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School, Oyster Pond School, and Musquodoboit Harbour Consolidated School. Series is divided into three sub-series, including school photographs, school yearbooks, and school exercises. Accession number 2009.039
              School photographs
              Subseries · 1958-1972, [ca. 2004]
              Part of Helen Jennex fonds
              Sub-series forms part of school activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of black-and-white photographs from schools where Helen Jennex was a teacher or principal. Most are from the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School, and include photographs of classes, clubs, and other groups related to the school. Series also includes two modern reproductions of Oyster Pond School photographs, one from around the 1940s which includes Helen Jennex, and another from 1944 which includes Mildred Hosking, who also taught at the school. Also included is a modern reproduction of a May 13, 1915 school photograph located at Oyster Pond. Series also includes two colour class photographs from the Jeddore Lakeville Elementary School which include Jennex. Series also contains a portrait photograph possibly of Helen Jennex’s son Otis Jr. In addition, series includes some original page layouts for year books and other publications, consisting of photographs, text and other material pasted on to pieces of paper. 2009.039
              School yearbooks
              Subseries · 1948-1965
              Part of Helen Jennex fonds
              Sub-series forms part of school activities series of the Helen Jennex fonds and consists of yearbooks from schools where Helen Jennex was a teacher or principal, including the Oyster Pond School yearbook for 1955-1956, the Musquodoboit Harbour Consolidated School yearbook for 1956-57 entitled Marine Whispers, and the Robert Jamison Memorial Consolidated High School yearbooks for 1958-1959 through to 1964-65, also entitled Marine Whispers. Sub-series also includes Oyster Pond School newspapers from 1956-57 and 1947-48, and a Robert Jamison Memorial school newspaper from 1959. 2009.039
              Financial records
              Series · 1834
              Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
              Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of personal receipts, invoices, bills, lists of expenditures, and policies mostly belonging to the Hosking and Mitchell families, as well as one receipt from the store of G. L. Monk in Ship Harbour for lumber. Series also includes one land grant, two land indentures, two maps and one bill of sale.The land grant is dated August 12, 1834 and in it the Crown grants Colin Mitchell Sr. two hundred acres of land in Oyster Pond adjacent to a lot of land granted to Edward Hare. The document discusses the boundaries of the property and includes a map of the Oyster Pond area, clearly showing Colin Mitchell’s land grant as well as that of Edward Hares, and land near Navy Pool surveyed for W. Myers. The land grant is signed by Lieutenant Governor, Major General Sir Colin Campbell. The second map in the series is of a land grant map of Halifax County from the Department of Lands and Forests dated 1932.The land indentures include one transaction between Samuel Mitchell and John D. Mitchell dated April 7, 1873. In it, Samuel Mitchell gives John D. Mitchell a parcel of land at the head of Jeddore harbour, in the area of Oyster Pond, for the sum of forty dollars. The document is witnessed by Timothy Archibald John Cribby. The second indenture is between Hibbert, Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, and Archibald Prest and dated 1883. In the indenture, Prest buys a parcel of land in Mooseland for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. The bill of sale is dated November 25, 1874 and transfers sixty-four shares in the ship P.C. Hill to John Mitchell. Series also includes records regarding the settlement of the estate and outstanding debts of the late Philip Mitchell. The estate was settled by his nephew, John Duncan Mitchell. Accession numbers 2003.011, 2010.013
              Photographs
              Series · [ca. 1880]-[ca. 1975], [1995?]
              Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
              Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of photographs accumulated by the Mitchell and Hosking families. Photographs are of people and places along the Eastern Shore, some of which are identified, including Mitchell and Hosking family members as well as pictures of the Garth M. Hosking General Store and Hosking’s Garage. Also includes a photograph of Mrs. Flora Mitchell. One picture, taken significantly later than the others, depicts Mildred Hosking and two other people in front of an historical display of the Hosking Store, probably around 1995. Accession numbers 2003.011, 2006.001, 2010.011
              Correspondence
              Series · 1903-1969
              Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
              Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of three letters including one handwritten letter addressed to Mildred and Garth Hosking, one handwritten letter addressed to Roxie Mitchell Hosking from Jemima (possibly Jemima Catherine Mitchell, m. Nelson Havelock Mitchell), and two typed letters to Garth Hosking from Atlantic Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Ltd. Also includes one military related post card and other material. Accession number 2003.011
              Eastern Shore tourism
              Series · c. 1960-1994
              Part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds
              Series forms part of F. Mitchell, Hosking family fonds and consists of brochures and correspondence belonging to Garth Hosking regarding tourism on the Eastern Shore. Accession number 2003.011