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Dr. George B. Dexter fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1824-1837, 1844

Fonds consists of one account book of Dr. Dexter with index. Entries record nature of visit and charges. Dexter also performed some dental work. Fonds also contains one letter to Capt. G.K. Cheatham regarding the death of his son, Richard Dexter.

Jeanette Yates fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1945-1965

Fonds consists of black and white photographs which have been coloured by Yates. Images consist mainly of portraits of local children, weddings, graduations and adult portraits.

Lizzie Waters fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1863-1875

Fonds consists of photographs of Waters' family and friends.

Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway Company fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1894

Fonds consists of one deed conveying the Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway Co. to the Windsor and Annapolis Railway Co. Ltd. The deed also contains plans filed by the Company for the purchase of land to construct the railway. The plans include lot numbers, acreage, name of owner, type of land or buildings on land and is organized by community.

Benjamin Dodge fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1777-1832

Fonds consists of one day book used to record daily transactions. Dodge sold mainly timber, but also wheat, bricks, molasses and various sundry items.

Dr. J.B. Gilpin fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1846-1873

Fonds consists of numerous letters written by Charlotte Smith to Dr. Gilpin while he was working in Halifax, Annapolis Royal and Pictou, prior to their 1849 marriage. Also included are 3 letters from Gilpin's father, John Bernard Gilpin, including one humourous letter where Gilpin writes to his son, posing as the family dog. Fonds also includes a daguerrotype of Charlotte as a young girl and 18 watercolours, 16 of which Gilpin painted while he was visiting Sable Island awaiting the delivery of the lighthouse keeper's baby. Subjects include wrecked vessels, ponies, wildlife, and the Island's landscape.

William S. Gilpin fonds

  • Fonds

Fonds consists of one album containing post cards and photographs of friends and family. Not all images are identified. Also contains the some accounts of his estate, his passport and a notebook kept by Gilpin while bird watching (contains pencil sketches). Also one photograph of William and his wife Mary.

Rawding and Potter fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1903-1956

Fonds consists of 17 day books and receipts (which have been pasted into the Clementsport Post Office record of register letters book).

Myrtle House fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1894-1895

Fonds consists of one book used to register guests. Futher in the ledger, the name Myrtle House is crossed out, and Clifton Terrace is written in.

Mary (Waters) Gilpin fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1859-1872

Fonds consists of photographs of Waters and Gilpin families and friends.

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