Fonds consist of records created and accumulated by the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society (NSWHS) including financial reports, budgets, meeting agendas and minutes, by-laws, member lists, media releases, correspondence, and grant applications, as well as slides, photographs, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets pertaining to NSWHS initiatives. Materials came from Janet Guildford and Sharon MacDonald, two founding members and first two chairs of the society.

Fonds also consist of records relating to the planning and installation of the WOW [Woman on the Waterfront] project (2013-2017) including artist agreements, technical drawings, budgets, promotional brochures, fundraising activities, correspondence, and historical research compiled by NSWHS members.

Series consists of financial records belonging to the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society (NSWHS). The series contains financial statements (2013-2019), financial reports (2013-2020) including membership donations, general ledgers, and revenue reports from fundraising activities. Series also includes budgets, invoices, insurance files (2017-2018), and correspondence with CRA officers (2018-2020) as well as a CRA registered charity forms book (2018).

Series consists of administrative records created by the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society (NSWHS) including meeting agendas, minutes from board meetings (2012-2017) and from Annual General Meetings (2013-2020), NSWHS’ by-laws, codes of conduct (2018), membership lists (2014-2015), newsletter drafts (2018), and logo designs. Series also includes correspondence between NSWHS members, with other Nova Scotia organizations, and with members of the public.

Series consists of research materials compiled by members of the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society (NSWHS). Contents include primary sources documenting Halifax activities during World War II and the 1917 explosion, notes on Canadian census records in Halifax from 1921-1999, photographic slides and prints of Halifax during the twentieth century, and notes on African Nova Scotian community members (predominantly teachers) in Truro including Martha Jones (b. 1877-1914).

Series consists of records relating to the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society’s (NSWHS) Woman on the Waterfront (WOW) project (2013-2017) which involved planning and installing a monument on the Halifax waterfront honouring the volunteer work and labour of women during World War II.

Series includes Annual General Meeting notes referring to the WOW project (2015-2017), budgets for the commission and installation of the monument, the project’s Request for Proposal, records documenting the formation of the artist committee (2014-2017), notes from the committee’s jury deliberations and selection process of the successful candidate (2014-2017), and Marlene Hilton Moore’s maquette of the monument.

Series also includes promotional brochures, cards, pamphlets, media releases, and newspaper clippings referring to the design and unveiling of the monument (2013-2017), records relating to fundraising events and initiatives including “100 Women Donors” and “We’ll Meet Again: North End Services Canteen Re-enactment and Fundraiser,” and primary source research and notes compiled by NSWHS members on women’s volunteer activities during World War II and on art and statues in Canada.

Series also consists of donor agreements and correspondence, CN’s donation pledge, correspondence and agreements with the Halifax Port Authority, as well as grant applications and agreements, including those from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Halifax Regional Municipality.

This fonds contains honorary degrees, awards, and correspondence related to the career of Dr. Dorothy Wills

This series contains awards presented to Dr. Dorothy Wills.

Viola Desmond Faculty Award presented to Dorothy Wills from Ryerson University. Framed letter.

This series contains correspondence and acknowledgements sent to Dr. Dorothy Wills regarding appointments, awards and service.

This fonds contains records created and accumulated by Dr. Kenneth Dewar during the course of his career as a professor of History. The fonds consists of four main series: Teaching activities, Committee work, Frank H. Underhill research and Charles Clarke research.

The Teaching activities series includes course outlines, readings, lecture and discussion notes for various courses that were taught by Dr. Dewar. These include courses at Mount Saint Vincent University, University of Toronto, University of Victoria and Wilfred Laurier University.

The Committee work series includes minutes, memoranda and reports from various committees on which Dr. Dewar participated in during his time at Mount Saint Vincent University. These include Department of History Committee, Committee on Academic Policy and Planning, Library Committee, and the Arts and Science Promotion Committee.

The fonds also contains Dr. Dewar’s research files, notably his work on Frank H. Underhill and Charles Clarke. In these series, types of records that can be found include photocopies of primary and secondary source documents that were consulted, notes, bibliography, publisher correspondence, and reviews.