Sherbrooke Village Restoration audio-visual collection

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Sherbrooke Village Restoration audio-visual collection

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  • Moving images
  • Sound recording
  • Moving images (electronic)
  • Sound recording (electronic)

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  • ca. 1980s - 1990s (Creation)
    Creator
    Sherbrooke Village Restoration
    Place
    Municipality of the District of St. Mary's

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2 boxes

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(1969 - present)

Administrative history

Sherbrooke Village Restoration grew from a citizens’ movement to preserve the historic streetscape of the village of Sherbrooke in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia in the mid-1960s. In 1969, the Sherbrooke Restoration Act was passed in the Nova Scotia Legislature, which appointed the Sherbrooke Restoration Commission as the body responsible for administering regulations on the orderly development and restoration of a large area within the village of Sherbrooke, creating a living history museum. The Commission became the body responsible for making decisions on any and all development issues in the historic area. Their decisions, based on the powers provided by the Sherbrooke Restoration Commission Act, supersede any provincial or municipal law within the designated area. Sherbrooke Village Restoration is administered by the Sherbrooke Restoration Commission under the direction of the Nova Scotia Museum, part of the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture, and Heritage. In 1970, restoration of buildings began and the first visitors were welcomed in 1971.

Custodial history

Audio-visual materials were recorded as part of the public history programming and research initiatives of Sherbrooke Village Restoration in the 1980s and 1990s. These materials were in the possession of Sherbrooke Village Restoration before transfer to the St. Mary's Genealogy Research Centre in 2020.

Scope and content

Collection consists of audio-visual materials relating to the history, culture, and natural landscape of the St. Mary's River region, as well as the activities of Sherbrooke Village Restoration. Most audio-visual materials in the collection were recorded as part of the research and programming activities of Sherbrooke Village Restoration and its staff members in the 1980s and 1990s, including oral history interviews, public presentations at Sherbrooke Village as part of staff training or other programming activities, and broadcast, educational, and/or promotional media relating to the Sherbrooke area or Sherbrooke Village Restoration.

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      Most audio-visual materials in the collection have been digitized.

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      Finding aid available. Audio logs available for some recordings. Contact archivist for finding aid and logs.

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