Fonds consists of administrative, personal, and miscellaneous papers from Morrison's General Store Ltd. in St. Peter's, Richmond County, Nova Scotia. The majority of the records are administrative and include operational purchase ledgers, payroll and inventory books. The materials also reflect store owner Alex A. Morrison's political activities such as voters' lists, election records and correspondence related to local politicians. Papers also include records related to the Department of Indian Affairs; it is possible that either Morrison's General Store or the D.Y. Stewart & Sons store served as a depot for agents who worked for Indian Affairs. A series of correspondence from A.J. Boyd as well as other Indian Agents in Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia are included in the records
Morrison's General StoreSeries consists of miscellaneous textual records found in Morrison's Home Hardware store during the 2001 acquisition.
Series consists of personal miscellaneous correspondence and records pertaining to Alex A. Morrison's political involvement with the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party and the 1956 Nova Scotia general election.
File consists of provincial voter lists for the Richmond County electoral district, as drawn up by the district revising officer.
Series consists of administrative records, including financial accounts, store inventories, correspondence and tax forms.
File consists of handwritten provincial voter lists for the Richmond County electoral district.
Series consists of Department of Indian Affairs correspondence, invitations to tender, and an account book.
File consists of provincial voter lists for the Richmond County electoral district, as distributed at the provincial level.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include child care, material and monetary relief, Indian Day Schools, dog bylaws and tax, medical care, farming, and supply requests.
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include child care, monetary and material relief, supply requests, medical care, land rights and trespass, and band membership.
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
File consists of miscellaneous textual records.
File consists of eight customer purchase ledgers (A-H). Individual ledgers do not have a discernible date.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include medical care, house repair, monetary and material relief, child care and family affairs, land inheritance and sale, and various concerns regarding Indian Day Schools.
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
Sub-series consists of employee and business tax forms for Morrison's Store.
File consists of five customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. Aug. 1984 - Feb. 1986
B. Feb. 1986 - June 1987
C. March 1988 - Nov. 1989
D. Nov. 1989 - Sept. 1991
E. Sept. 1991 - Jan. 1996
File consists of a single account book ledger, relating to the activities of the Trustees of the MacDougall School Section, St. Peter's. Includes some loose correspondence, some of which are job applications.
File consists of correspondence relating to the administrative operations of Morrison's General Store in St. Peter's.
File consists of miscellaneous textual records relating to the administrative operations of Morrison's Store and D.Y. Stewart & Son in St. Peter's.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include monetary and material relief, school repairs, medical care, purchasing of supplies, a letter regarding the Soldier Settlement Act, and a report on the families living on the Sydney Reserve.
File consists of two file parts of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include monetary relief, road repair, house repair and medical care.
File consists of correspondence relating to the administrative operations of Morrison's General Store in St. Peter's.
File consists of seven customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. April 1976 - July 1977
B. July 1977 - Oct. 1978
C. Jan. 1978
D. Oct. 1978 - Dec. 1980
E. 1979
F. Dec. 1980 - June 1982
G. June 1982 - Aug. 1984
File consists of three file parts of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store
Sub-series consists of ledgers detailing company and customer purchases for Morrison's Store.
File consists of school memorandums for the Trustees of the MacDougall School Section, River Bourgeois. It is likely that D.Y. Stewart was a trustee for MacDougall School.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include funds given by the Department to band members, a report on Indian Schools in Nova Scotia, the care of children, requisition and purchasing of supplies, road repair, and a letter regarding the election of Gabriel Silliboy of Whycocomagh Reserve as "tribal chief," succeeding the late John Denny of Eskasoni Reserve.
File consists of five customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. Dec. 1965 - July 1967
B. July 1967 - April 1973
C. Feb. 1970 - May 1971
D. April 1973 - May 1974
E. May 1974 - March 1976
File consists of correspondence relating to the administrative operations of Morrison's General Store in St. Peter's.
Subseries consists of payroll account ledgers from Morrison's Store.
File consists of two large company purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. 1911 - 1919
B. 1926 - 1936
File consists of various runs of Dun's Bulletin, a commercial periodical for the Atlantic Provinces. A file list is available below.
A - March 6 and Sept. 18, 1935, and Jan. - Dec. 1936
B - Jan. - Dec. 1937
C - Jan. - Dec. 1938
D - Jan. - Dec. 1939
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
Sub-subseries consists of cash, cheque, and bank journals relating to financial transactions for Morrison's Store.
File consists of two book noting the store stock. A file list is available below.
A. Miscellaneous Inventory - n.d.
B. Dry Goods - n.d.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include farming, medical care, family affairs and child care, material and monetary relief, and Indian Day Schools.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include monetary and material relief, medical care, housing, land leasing, and Indian Day Schools.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include monetary and material relief, housing, medical care, land leasing, and farming.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include monetary and material relief, employment, child care, medical care, and housing.
File contains 5 letters of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include a requisition for office supplies, monetary relief, school goods, and transportation expenses.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include material and monetary relief, Indian Day Schools, road repair, housing, and medical care.
File consists of correspondence regarding requests for services and supplies from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd.
File consists of six customer account ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. 1926 - 1959 (Fragile)
B. Feb. 1930 - March 1958
C. Feb. 1940 - Jan. 1979
D. July 1956 - June 1962
E. Jan. 1963 - Jan. 1967
F. 1968 - 1977
File consists of Morrison's Store bank journals. A file list is available below.
A. 1984 - 1985
B. 1985 - 1986
C. 1986 - 1987
D. 1987 - 1988
E. 1988 - 1989
F. 1989 - 1990
G. 1991 - 1992
H. 1993
File consists of five payroll account ledgers from Morrison's Store. A file list is available below.
A. May 1970 - Oct. 1971
B. Oct. 1971 - Feb. 1973
C. Feb. 1973 - Dec. 1975
D. Jan. 1976 - Dec. 1977
E. Jan. 1980 - Dec. 1981
File consists of miscellaneous provincial election papers, including candidate pamphlets, an agent's handbook, a poll worker's guide, a Conservative campaign diary, a scrutineers' manual, the results of the 1953 Nova Scotia general election, and a radio speech by G.I. Smith.
File consists of six customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. April 1954 - Jan. 1956
B. Jan. 1956 - Sept. 1957
C. Oct. 1957 - Dec. 1958
D. Jan. 1959 - May 1960
E. May 1960 - Nov. 1961
F. Nov. 1961 - July 1963
File consists of one ledger detailing accounts between Morrison's Store and the Department of Indian Affairs. Ledger also contains loose correspondence.