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Colonial Fertilizer Company

Collection: Dykes and Common Fields

Description: An advertisement for 'Farm Food,' made in Windsor, N.S., by the Colonial Fertilizer Company in 1930.

Accession Number: 1900.018-DCF/005/002

Creator: Colonial Fertilizer Company (Windsor, Hants Co., NS)

Type: textual record

Inventory of estate

Collection: Palmeter family

Description: Inventory of the real estate, goods, chattels, and credits of David Palmeter of Medford, Nova Scotia from 1877. Inventory also includes the worth of the real estate and goods listed.

Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/016

Type: textual record

Deed

Collection: Palmeter family

Description: A 1865 deed in which David Palmeter of sold property to David Jess of Cornwallis County, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/010

Type: textual record

Deed

Collection: Palmeter family

Description: Indenture from 1866 involving William and Elisa Rogers, Robert Newcomb, James Palmeter, William Hicks of Cornwallis County.

Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/011

Type: textual record

Memorandum of agreement

Collection: Palmeter family

Description: A property agreement between David Palmeter and George William Witt.

Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/007

Type: textual record

Daily accounts of David Palmeter

Collection: Palmeter family

Description: David Palmeter's daily account of farm business and events in Kings County, Nova Scotia from April 1858 to July 1875.

Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/013

Type: textual record

Ledger page

Collection: Palmeter family

Description: A farm balance sheet belonging to James Palmeter of Kingsport, Nova Scotia, listing farm products and their values for the year 1880.

Accession Number: 1977.002-PAL/019

Type: textual record

Description: Farm account book from January to December 1901 kept by Rebecca Ells. Includes lists and prices of monthly expenditures, cash on hand and monies received for market produce, butter, poultry, eggs and fruit sold by the Ells family from their farm in Upper Canard, Nova Scotia.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/008

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from June 1905 to December 1905. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church, women's groups.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/007

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from January 1902 to May 1902. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church and women's groups.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/005

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from January 1901 to April 1901. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church, women's groups.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/002

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from January 1896 to October 1900. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church, women's groups. Also includes farm accounts of expenditures, the amount of butter produced and sold…

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/001

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from April 1901 to September 1901. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church, women's groups.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/003

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from September 1901 to December 1901. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church, women's groups.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/004

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Diary of Rebecca Ells

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Diary of Rebecca Chase Kinsman Ells of Upper Canard from January 1904 to December 1904. Includes descriptions of weather, a recipe, anniversaries, deaths, births, baptisms, trips to market, daily farm activities, interactions with family, friends, neighbours and community groups such as church, women's groups. Includes a chart of amount of [butter?] made and sold in 1904.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/006

Creator: Ells, Rebecca, 1856-1928

Type: textual record

Farm journal

Collection: Rebecca Ells family

Description: Farm journal, entitled "His Journal" kept from May 1901 to April 1902 by Manning Ells. Includes instructions for farm animal care, planting and harvesting of crops, the hauling and spreading of manure, attendance to the hay fields and the planting, production and marketing of apple and potato crops. As well, it includes a daily log of farm activities and chores.

Accession Number: 1986.004-ELL/009

Creator: Ells, Manning, b.1880

Type: textual record

Articles of association

Collection: Kings County Agricultural Society

Description: Included in the first record book, these 15 articles and mandate form articles of incorporation for the Kings County Agricultural Society. Includes signatures for members who voted on the articles.

Accession Number: 1900.119-KAS/001

Type: textual record

Manuscript

Collection: Kings County Agricultural Society

Description: Manuscript of a speech given by Minister of Agriculture at 150th anniversary of Society and outlining the history of the Society. Although the manuscript does not indicate the name of the Minister, it is likely the speech given by John Alexander McDonald, who was the NS Minister of Agriculture from 1933 to 1945 and whose constituency was Kings County, NS.

Accession Number: 1900.119-KAS/006

Creator: McDonald, John Alexander, 1889-1962

Type: textual record

Meeting minutes with Concerned Citizens of the Wolfville Area (1995 July 19)

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: Minutes of a meeting with Concerned Citizens of the Wolfville Area regarding the Grand Pre and Bishop-Beckwith marshlands in July of 1995. Included is attendance, a brief overview of the court case with the Town of Wolfville by Peter Elderkin, a community discussion on the situation and the vision that the citizens had for the marshlands. Global ecology and agriculture is discussed. Suggestions…

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029A

Type: textual record

Correspondence concerning land use regulations

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: Letter to Ron Gourley, chairman of the Marshland Reclamation Commission, from the Bishop-Beckwith, Grand Pre and Wellington Marsh Bodies regarding land-use regulations.

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/028B

Type: finding aid

Press release concerning Marshlands, land-use regulations, public walking trails, the sewage treatment plant, and boundaries

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: News release for the May 9th edition of The Advertiser from the Bishop-Beckwith Marsh Body and the Grand Pre Marsh Body regarding the jurisdiction over the marshlands, land-use regulations, public walking trails on the dykes, the sewage treatment plant, and the boundaries of the Town of Wolfville and the Marsh Bodies.

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029A

Type: textual record

Presentation concerning the history of the events leading to dispute with the Town of Wolfville

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: A presentation given at a public meeting by Ruth Conrad in June of 1995. Conrad explains the history of the events that led the Marsh Body into talks with the Town of Wolfville over the development of marshlands for non-agricultural purposes. Conrad also explains the Marsh Body's stance on the issue.

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029A

Type: textual record

Presentation concerning a proposed Open Space Park and a tourist brochure

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: A presentation given by Ruth Conrad, of the Joint Executive Committee of the Grand Pre and Bishop-Beckwith Marsh Bodies, to the Wolfville Town Council in April of 1994 regarding the proposed Open Space Park and a tourist brochure that designates roads on the Wickwire and Bishop-Beckwith Marshlands as walking trails.

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029A

Type: textual record

Petition concerning "Dykeland Open Space Park"

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: Copy of an unsigned petition against the Wolfville Buisness Development Corporations's proposed "Dykeland Open Space Park."

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029

Type: textual record

Presentation concerning the Wolfville Harbour front and West Dykelands

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: A presentation to the Wolfville Business Development Corp. Ltd. by the Bishop-Beckwith and the Grand Pre Marsh Bodies regarding the Wolfville Harbour front and West Dykelands.

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029A

Type: textual record

Press release concerning disagreement over the jurisdiction of the marshlands

Collection: Grand Pre Marsh Body

Description: A news release from the Joint Committee of the Grand Pre and Bishop-Beckwith Marsh Bodies for the May 9th edition of The Advertiser regarding the meetings between The Town of Wolfville and the Marsh Bodies over the disagreement of the jurisdiction of the marshlands.

Accession Number: 2007.032-GMB/029A

Type: textual record

Orchardist's notebook

Collection: Orchardist's Notebook

Description: Notebook of an orchardist who visited various orchards around Nova Scotia and documented the condition and productivity of the orchards. Includes notes on soil condition, blossoms, work done to maintain the orchard and varieties of fruit and vegetables grown. 43 pages. It is possible that the writer worked for an earlier version of the Nova Scotia Agricultural Extension Service or did research…

Accession Number: 1900.084-ORC/001

Type: textual record

Diary of Alice Ilsley

Collection: Alice Amelia Ilsley

Description: Diary of 13 year old Alice Illsley of Bay View Farm in Halls Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1906-1907. Includes daily weather descriptions, amount of eggs collected daily and descriptions of friends, family, school, church and farm life in Halls Harbour.

Accession Number: 2000.011-ILS/1

Type: textual record