World War II, 1939-1945

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              Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
              Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
              Fonds · 1834, [ca. 1890]-1974, [199-?]
              Fonds consists of records of the family of Anna Barbara Webber, created and/or accumulated by Anna Barbara Webber and later her daughter Frances Robson. Records include photographs, family land records and research, certificates, announcements, and wartime records. Accession numbers 2010.009, 2010.010
              Mahone Bay Museum Photograph Collection
              Collection · 1880 - 1970
              The collection consists primarily of photographs documenting the history of the town of Mahone Bay and the immediate surrounding areas in Lunenburg County. The collection, which includes original photographs, copy prints, and postcards (real photos and halftones), depicts many different facets of the lives of the people of the Mahone Bay community: bands; buildings and street views; celebrations and events; cemeteries; churches; the First World War; the Masonic Lodge; people; photo albums; school photos; the Second World War; shipbuilding; street views; and town views. There are also a number of stereoviews (original photographs and printed halftones) that portray a wide variety of non-local subjects, including the operations of the T. Eaton Company, various Canadian views, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Russo-Japanese War, the Holy Land, and various scenes of rural life and domestic comedy, including the impact of the “New Woman.” MBMS-14
              Spry Bay store ledger and scrapbook
              Spry Bay store ledger and scrapbook
              Item · ca.1890-1896
              The item was originally a ledger from a store in Spry Bay c. 1896, in which accounts and retail transactions were recorded. The store may have been owned by the Leslie family. Later, around the time of the First World War, Bessie (Gerrard) Hilchey began using the ledger as a scrapbook and pasting newspaper clippings onto the pages, thereby covering most of the original ledger information. The scrapbook dates between about 1905 to 1953 and includes poems, newspaper articles, obituaries, marriage and engagement notices, graduation notices, clippings related to World War I and some small clippings about World War II, articles about horticulture, etiquette, single women and wives, bachelors and husbands, society columns, and articles about notable disasters or accidents including shipwrecks and fires. There are also handwritten notes mainly referring to the weather on the inside of the first page. These notes also record dates that buildings were constructed as well as the Halifax Explosion. Pages 195 to 285 have not been scrapbooked and remain purely accounts of retail transactions made at the store in Spry Bay, including the names of customers. Accession number: 2013.011
              Warren H.G. Hirtle fonds
              Fonds · 1901-1960
              Fonds consists of financial records relating to Hirtle’s activities as a merchant as well as his involvement with the Park Cemetery Corporation; a scrapbook compiled by Hirtle documenting the service of Mahone Bay’s First and Second World War military volunteers; a photocopy of Hirtle’s diary for the period from July 19, 1908 to January 25, 1909; and a letter from his brother, Wallace Hirtle. MBMS-27
              Ivan R. Kent family fonds
              Ivan R. Kent family fonds
              Fonds · 1903-1999
              Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the Kent family primarily during their time spent as lighthouse keepers on Kent Island. There are also records relating to Kent family history and the family’s involvement in the Pleasant Point United Church. In addition, there are records and photographs relating to the sons of Phebe and Arch Kent who served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Accession number 2013.021
              William Ansell Gaetz family fonds
              William Ansell Gaetz family fonds
              Fonds · 1910-1978
              Fonds consists of financial records belonging to William Gaetz including insurance papers, receipts, correspondence, documents related to the estate of Josephine Gaetz, and military pension information. Also included are records related to Gaetz’s time spent serving in WWI, correspondence with soldiers during WWII, records related to Gaetz’s membership in the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Musquodoboit Harbour United Church for which Gaetz acted as treasurer. Church records include financial papers and correspondence, account books, receipts, religious education material, meeting minutes, photographs, insurance documents, and other material. Fonds also includes records pertaining to electoral districts and voters as Gaetz was one of the revisors of the voter lists for his district. In addition, fonds includes lists of officers of the Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department and other material. Accession number 2012.001
              Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
              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, photographs, and material related to local history. Also included are publications produced by the Marine Highway Historical Society as well as layouts and preliminary copies. Contents also include scrapbooks, correspondence, advertisements, recipes, and material related to the Red Cross Society. In addition, fonds includes records acquired by Grace Forsythe and related to her aunt and uncle Cora (Harpell) and Sandy Myers, who owned the Salmon River House and with whom Grace lived for a time. Accession number 2010.032
              Wartime records
              Series · [1914-1918], [1943?]-1944
              Part of Anna Barbara Webber family fonds
              Series forms part of Anna Barbara Webber family fonds and consists of records related to Blois Webber’s military service during the Second World War from 1943 to 1945. Blois was a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Regina Rifle Regiment, trained at Camp Borden, Ontario, and was wounded in action in Belgium on February 18, 1945. Series includes letters from Blois to his sister Frances Robson and one letter to Frances’ husband Doug Robson, including one letter to Frances written a week after he was wounded. Series also includes two telegrams from Ottawa to Frances informing her of Blois’ injuries. In addition are two pay books and a wartime devotional book possessed by Blois Webber. Inserted into the pages of the devotional book is a slip of paper containing information about Blois’ rank and training company. Series also includes a five franc note with the date October 11, 1944 written on it, which was originally housed in a billfold and was probably acquired by Blois in Europe as a souvenir. Series also includes a letter from Leonard Stanley Webber to his cousin Emma, written sometime during the First World War while Leonard was in active service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Accession number: 2010.009
              Wartime records
              Series · 1918-1919, 1944-1945
              Part of Hilchie family fonds
              Series forms part of Hilchie family fonds and consists of military records, photographs and medals of Everett Hilchie and Donald Hilchie, picture postcards, and a Remembrance Day program. Accession number: 2017.059
              Alvin James Allen fonds
              Fonds · 1922-1955
              Fonds consists of records pertaining to Alvin Allen's career in the Merchant Marines and consists of 2 series: World War II records and Master's papers.