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 Department of Indian Affairs correspondence, invitations to tender, and an account book.
Series consists of miscellaneous textual records found in Morrison's Home Hardware store during the 2001 acquisition.
Series consists of administrative records, including financial accounts, store inventories, correspondence and tax forms.
File consists of correspondence from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. Topics include housing and construction, material and monetary relief, band membership, employment, Indian Day Schools and teacher applications, child care, medical care and road repair.
File consists of three types of provincial voter lists for the Richmond County electoral district.
Sub-series consists of political records relating to Alex A. Morrison's involvement as the Richmond County Secretary for the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and pertaining to the 1956 Nova Scotia general election.
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.
Sub-series consists of employee and business tax forms for Morrison's Store.
File consists of two customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
- Sept. 1939 - June 1942
- Jan. 1946 - Jan. 1947
File consists of eight customer purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. June 1883 - July 1895
B. July 1899 - May 1907
C. July 1903 - Dec. 1904 (Oversized)
D. Dec. 1903 - Nov. 1904
E. Jan. 1905 - March 1906 (Oversized)
F. Feb. 1905 - Feb. 1908
G. June 1907 - Feb. 1908 (Oversized)
H. Oct. 1909
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 five payroll account ledgers from Morrison's Store. A file list is available below.
A. Jan. 1961 - Dec. 1962
B. Dec. 1962 - Aug. 1964
C. Jan. 1966 - June 1967
D. Jan. 1967 - Dec. 1968
E. Nov. 1968 - April 1970
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 four books noting the store stock from 1981. A file list is available below.
A. 1981 - Summary and Totals
B. 1981 - Hardware
C. 1981 - Groceries
D. 1981 - Jan. 1982 - Dry Goods
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
File consists of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
Sub-series consists of 13 files of Department of Indian Affairs Invitation to Tender forms for material goods generating from Morrison's Store.
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 a single letter dated March 14, 1921, from the records of Indian Affairs Superintendent, A.J. Boyd. It includes discussion on the appointment of an Indian Agent for the Yarmouth band as well as concerns regarding the condition of the reserve from potentially unauthorized excavations. The letter also contains mention of widespread poverty in Kings County and finishes with a discussion of the position of an Indian Agent in Kings County.
File consists of miscellaneous textual records.
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 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 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 the Autumn and Winter 1932-1933 catalogue from Tip Top Tailors, Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
File consists of the pamphlet, "Proceedings of the 1943 Annual Meeting, Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Richmond, Nova Scotia."
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 miscellaneous personal correspondence pertaining to A.A. Morrison, W.D. Morrison and Alex Morrison.
File consists of provincial voter lists for the Richmond County electoral district, as distributed at the provincial level.
File consists of business tax forms for Morrison's Store.
File consists of miscellaneous textual records relating to the administrative operations of Morrison's Store and D.Y. Stewart & Son in St. Peter's.
Sub-series consists of ledgers detailing company and customer purchases for Morrison's Store.
Sub-subseries consists of ledgers detailing customer purchases 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 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 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 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
Sub-subseries consists of ledgers detailing company purchases for 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 three company purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. Feb. 1949 - Jan. 1951
B. May 1949 - Oct. 1951
C. Sept. 1951 - Oct. 1953
File consists of four company purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. March 1936 - Jan. 1944
B. May 1940 - Dec. 1951
C. Feb. 1943 - Aug. 1946
D. June 1946 - June 1949
File consists of two company purchase ledgers. A file list is available below.
A. July 1891 - Dec. 1899
B. 1910 - 1980
Subseries consists of payroll account ledgers from Morrison's Store.
File consists of six payroll account ledgers from Morrison's Store. A file list is available below.
A. Jan. 1951 - Sept. 1952
B. Jan. 1954 - Feb. 1955
C. Feb. 1955 - Aug. 1956
D. Feb. 1956 - Dec. 1957
E. Feb. 1958 - Aug. 1959
F. Sept. 1959 - April 1961
Subseries consists of inventories taken of Morrison's Store stock.
File consists of correspondence relating to the administrative operations of Morrison's General Store in St. Peter's.
Subseries consists of company accounts, customer accounts, bank accounts and account journals.
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 Morrison's Store cheque journals. A file list is available below.
A. 1981 - Jan. 1982
B. 1983 - Jan. 1984
Sub-subseries consists of cash, cheque, and bank journals relating to financial transactions for Morrison's Store.
File consists of Morrison's Store cash journals. A file list is available below.
A. 1944 - 1947 (Oversized)
B. 1947 - 1952 (Oversized)
C. 1952 - 1980 (Oversized)
D. May 1953 - Jan.1980
E. 1979 - 1981 (Oversized)
F. Feb. 1981 - Jan. 1982
G. Feb. 1982 - Jan. 1983
H. Jan. 1982 - Jan. 1983
I. Feb. 1983 - Jan. 1984
J. Feb. 1984 - Jan. 1985
K. Feb. 1985 - Jan. 1986
L. Feb.1986 - Jan. 1987
M. Feb. 1987 - Jan. 1988
N. Feb. 1988 - Jan. 1989
O. Feb. 1989 - Jan. 1990
P. Feb. 1990 - Jan. 1991
Q. Feb. 1991 - Jan. 1992
R. Jan. 1993 - Feb. 1994
S. Jan. 1994 - Feb. 1995