Aperçu avant impression Fermer

Affichage de 56949 résultats

Description archivistique
Fonds
Aperçu avant impression Affichage :

138 résultats avec objets numériques Afficher les résultats avec des objets numériques

Henry Youle Hind fonds

  • NSHP MG 1, vol. 470-471; MG 9, no. 189; MG 100 vol. 164 no. 13-13g
  • Fonds
  • 1870-1905, predominant 1877

Fonds consists of draft chapters of a manuscript entitled "Fisheries of British North America", 1877, including some related correspondence and research notes. Also includes two files of notes concerning the early townships of Falmouth, Horton, Cornwallis and Newport, and Indians of Nova Scotia; scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by Hind which include several printed letters he wrote to Nova Scotian newspapers, 1870-1871, mostly regarding King's College, Windsor. There are also some printed letters on the same subject from professors Henry How, F.C. Sumichrast, and others, and a few clippings pertaining to Hind's investigation of the Laurentian system of rocks in Nova Scotia; seven miscellaneous letters to and from Hind, 1877-1905, which include mention of his works, geological theories, early land grants in Windsor, and the proposed railway in Nova Scotia, 1870s; and two letters from his brother, painter William G.R. Hind, 1870.

Sans titre

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia fonds

  • NSHP MG 30 series A-V; Graphic: 32.2.4, 1982-560 at 32.3.6.
  • Fonds
  • 1885, 1959-1986

Fonds consists of minutes of the Heritage Trust's board of trustees, 1965-1986, and executive meetings, 1962-1982; constitution and by-laws, 1959-1977; president's files, 1959-1980; general office files, 1959-[1978]; annual reports, meeting minutes and financial statements, 1964-1986; membership records, 1963-1978; program committee and publication committee files, 1963-1986, including photographs used in the trust's publications; newsletters, 1963-1986; published material; and research notes, briefs, surveys, and other miscellaneous material concerning urban planning and development, heritage buildings and property in Nova Scotia, the Canadian Inventory of Historic Buildings, and Richmond Hill Farm (MacDonald House), Windsor. Also included are photographs printed in <i>Founded Upon a Rock</i>, a few aerial views of Historic Properties complex, Halifax, and Gorsebrook estate, and a photograph of the 2nd Batt. West Riding Regiment taken by Notman, 1885. Additional photographs and contact sheets are found within the textual records.

Sans titre

Ellen Wainwright fonds

  • NSHP Accession 1996-101
  • Fonds
  • 1916-[ca. 1940], predominant 1916-[ca. 1921]

Fonds consists of two photograph albums compiled by Ellen O'Brien Wainwright, one containing photographs depicting scenes of Edgehill School for Girls, Windsor, including students, school activities and sports events, 1916-1917. The other album depicts military personnel during World War I, celebrations including the Dominion Day parade, 1918, house decorated for Armistice Day, 1919, military camp at Fort Edward, Windsor, 1918, sports and recreation at Edgehill, Windsor, and Evangeline Beach, Kings County, and other scenes in Hants County. Also includes a photograph of three soldiers, one of which is Evan Wainwright, of the 85th Batallion, Nova Scotia Highlanders.

Sans titre

Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council fonds

  • NSHP MG 20, vol. 720-733, 880-889, 948, 1265-1277, 1644-1653, 1700-1712, 3023-3029
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1986, predominant 1976-1984

Fonds consists of records documenting the council's development and promotion of craft in Nova Scotia. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, administrative files, minutes, financial records, reports, notes, newsletters, pamphlets, programmes, press releases, membership lists, and other items. Graphic materials including some photographs and posters are found among the textual records.

Sans titre

Wilkie Grant fonds

  • NSHP MG 1, vol. 3395-3456
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1897]-1986, predominant [ca. 1950]-1986

Fonds consists of records documenting Grant's law practice in Guysborough and includes both client files and firm administrative records (chiefly financial). The bulk of the client files relate to the settlement of estates, land transactions, the administration of trusts and adoptions. Fonds also contains court case files and personal records such as correspondence and other material relating to Grant's legal studies at Dalhousie Law School.

Sans titre

Nathan Green fonds

  • NSHP MG 1, vol. 3539-3575
  • Fonds
  • 1918-1971, predominant 1936-1969

Fonds consists of records documenting Green's legal career, the majority of which are client files relating to company incorporation, divorces, adoptions, debt collection, probate of wills and administration of estates, and defending criminal prosecutions for driving under the influence of alcohol. Fonds also contains certificates and lecture notes kept while studying at Dalhousie Law School, court case files, miscellaneous legal records concerning lands, printed material, and records relating to his brother, Allan Green.

Sans titre

Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts fonds

  • NSHP MG 20, vol. 207-210, 463-464
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1962

Fonds consists of minute books of the museum's executive, general and annual meetings, 1908-1962, which also contain correspondence and treasurer's reports; scrapbook compiled by curator Elizabeth Nutt containing lists of paintings belonging to the museum, newspaper clippings, and memoranda, 1936-1957; general files arranged in chronological order, containing correspondence, day books, financial records, and pamphlets concerning the arrangement of events, exhibitions, acquisitions, repair and restoration of paintings, and the Maritime Art Association, 1937-1953; proposal for the building of a museum of fine arts in Halifax; and an inventory of paintings and other works owned by the museum which includes name of artist, physical description of art work, and estimated value.

Sans titre

John George Marshall fonds

  • NSHP MG 1, vol. 1282-1285, 1455-1456, 1548
  • Fonds
  • 1791-1963, predominant 1825-1868

Fonds consists of correspondence and other records relating to John George Marshall's professional career and his personal activities. Correspondence includes letters written to and from Marshall pertaining to his career in law and public office, particuarly the court of chancery, as well as his research, publishing matters, temperance and religious discussions, and family and personal news. Correspondents include Sir James Kempt, William Young, and daughter Mary (Marshall) Black, wife of William Lang Black. Fonds also contains commissions, appointments, petitions, notes, essays, manuscripts, sermons, newspaper clippings, deeds and other legal documents, financial records, sheet music, and a few poems. Records concern Confederation, temperance, religion, Cape Breton roads, and the Court of Chancery, notably the case of Bown vs Bown. Also included are genealogical notes and biographical information on John George Marshall and the Marshall family, a few items, 1930s-1963, added later by relatives.

Sans titre

Public Utilities Board fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1909-1982

Fonds consists of records documenting at a high level the statutory functions of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities. Includes annual reports in manuscript, 1911-1954; commissioned preliminary study re Halifax municipal amalgamation, 1965; correspondence with Premier case files, 1933-1977; case files relating to individual commissioners, ca 1935-1968; Royal Commission on the Price Structure of Gasoline and Diesel Oil case file, 1966-1973; Gasoline Licensing Act, 1934 case file; regulation case files, 1951-1966; commissioners' meeting journals, 1915, 1920-1922, 1924-1926; hearing minutes, 1909-1944; hearing minutes and decisions (miscellaneous), ca 1954-1979; Order in Council case files, ca 1935-1980; audited financial statements, 1937-1982; Rules of practice and procedure case files, ca 1912-1949.

Sans titre

Kings County Court of General Sessions of the Peace fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1760-1890

proceedings books in which the clerk of the peace recorded the actions of the court between 1760 and 1880, and in which the minutes of the elected municipal council were recorded until 1890. The final three volumes, after 1812, not only record the proceedings of the court but also index them and contain plans indicating roads and property divisions. Additional files consist of assessment returns to the Provincial Secretary (1842, 1861), material relating to the appointment of justices of the peace (1842-1879), similar documents regarding sheriffs and sheriff's fees (1829-1878), and returns of fees collected by local officials in relation to court proceedings which include some information on the disposition of individual cases (1837-1852).

Sans titre

Résultats 31 à 40 sur 56949