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Alexander L. Hay fonds
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3 cm of textual records
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Alexander Lauder Hay was born in Scotland, circa 1887. He emigrated to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1900. For several years Hay worked in local coal mines, before enrolling in a Pittsburg institute where he earned a degree in mining engineering. Hay returned to Nova Scotia and worked as a mining engineer for the British Empire Steel Corporation and Dominion Steel and Coal Company. He also wrote several books on mining. Hay died in 1939.
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Records were donated by Hay's daughter, Alice Townsend of Sydney.
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Fonds consists of speeches on coal mining, mine safety, and the Fortress of Louisbourg.
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A file list is available: <a href="http://beaton.cbu.ca/ATOM/MGS/12/MG12.81.pdf" target="_blank">MG 12.81</a>
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- British Empire Steel and Coal Company (BESCO) (Subject)
- Dominion Steel and Coal Company (DOSCO) (Subject)
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