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James Simon Macdonald Fonds (2008-050 and 2009-048) Nova Scotia Archives Finding Aid - James Simon Macdonald fonds (2008-050 and 2009-048) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.1 Printed: June 30, 2017 Language of description: English Nova Scotia Archives 6016 University Ave. Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 1W4 Telephone: (902) 424-6060 Fax: (902) 424-0628 Email: [email protected] http://archives.novascotia.ca/ https://memoryns.ca/index.php/james-simon-macdonald-fonds James Simon Macdonald fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Physical condition ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 4 - Page 2 - 2008-050 and 2009-048 James Simon Macdonald fonds Summary information Repository: Nova Scotia Archives Title: James Simon Macdonald fonds ID: 2008-050 and 2009-048 Date: 1859-1913 (date of creation) Physical description: 24 cm of textual records and other materials Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note James Simon Macdonald was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 7 May 1837, the son of Robert Macdonald of Dornoch, Scotland. He was educated at Dalhousie College School. He married Grace Thomson of Halifax on 7 June 1864. He joined the North British Society in 1861 and served as President in 1873 and 1882. He was elected historian of the Society in 1896 and compiled and issued the first volume of its Annals in 1868; second volume, 1893; and the third volume, 1905. He died on 24 October 1914 and was buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. Scope and content Fonds consists of correspondence, original manuscripts, notes, photographs, lithographs, and publications principally by the North British Society. The contents of the fonds document the work that Mr. Macdonald undertook as the historian of the North British Society and outline the drafting process that he used. Many of the papers included in the fonds were presented before the Nova Scotia Historical Society. Notes Title notes Physical condition One of the scrapbooks has brittle paper and is beginning to fall apart. Nova Scotia Archives Page 3 2008-050 and 2009-048 James Simon Macdonald fonds Immediate source of acquisition The first accession, 2008-050, was purchased in 2008 from Upper Level Antiques, Burnham, Maine and the second accession, 2009-048, was purchased from Schooner Books in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Finding aids "Item list is attached.":https://novascotia.ca/archives/lists/james-simon-macdonald-fonds.pdf Related material MG 1 _ Vols. 3180-3183 - James S. Macdonald fonds (Accession 1989-421) / MG 9 _ Vol. 171 - James S. Macdonald scrapbook / MG20 _ Vol. 703 _ No. 21 - North British Society fonds / MG100 _ Vol. 13 _ Nos. 41, 44-50 - James S. Macdonald documents / MG100 _ Vol. 123 _ No. 37 - Index to the scrapbooks of James S. Macdonald / MG100 _ Vol. 182 _ No. 18A - Biographical sketch of James S. Macdonald Other notes • Publication status: Published Series descriptions Ref code Title Dates Access status Container 2008-050/001-01 Item - Western Union telegram 15 March 1907 authorizing the train conductor to bill the Halifax Herald for Mr. McDonald's passage from Bridgewater 2008-050/001-02 Item - Letter from Wensley B. MacCoy 16 August 1909 to James S. Macdonald re: the Home for Aged Men 2008-050/001-03 Item - Letter from G.E. Vanbuskirk to 17 October Mr. Macdonald. 1910 2008-050/001-04 Item - Letter from A. Eccles of the 30 September Halifax Herald Ltd. to J.S. Macdonald 1913 2008-050/001-05 Item - Recollections of a traveler - mail 19-- card 2008-050/001-06 Item - Oration by Hon. William Garvie - 15 August 1871 Sir Walter Scott Centenary (North British Society celebration) 2008-050/001-07 Item - Salmon fishing on the Restigouche 188-? 2008-050/001-08 Item - History of Halifax, Nova Scotia / 1890 Henry Pope Macdonald 2008-050/001-09 Item - Canadian scribbling diary used [189-?] to contain a history of the founding of Halifax, Nova Scotia 2008-050/001-10 Item - Program from the Festival of St. 30 November Andrew by the North British Society 1894 Nova Scotia Archives Page 4 2008-050 and 2009-048 James Simon Macdonald fonds 2008-050/001-11 Item - Memoir of Hon. Edward 1898 Cornwallis - founder of Halifax, Nova Scotia (1713-1776) 2008-050/001-12 Item - Superfine linen record notepad 1899 with a paper entitled "Halifax 1749-1899 - 150 years of social, political, and commercial colonial life" 2008-050/001-13 Item - The Halifax Herald (Vol. XXV, 1 June 1899 No. 154) featuring an article entitled "Hon Edward Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax - paper read by James S. Macdonald, at a meeting of the Nova Scotia Historical Society on June 21, the 150th Anniversary of the settlement of "This city by the sea" 2008-050/001-14 Item - Notepad with memoir of Edward 1899 Cornwallis read at the meeting of the Nova Scotia Historical Society on June 21, 1899 2008-050/001-15 Item - Notebook featuring newspaper June-July 1899 clippings relating to the James S. Macdonald's paper on Edward Cornwallis 2008-050/001-16 Item - Draft copy of the history of ca. 1899 Edward Cornwallis 2008-050/001-17 Item - Medieval parchment notepad with ca. 1899 notes for the memoir of the Hon. Edward Cornwallis - first Governor of Nova Scotia in 1749 2008-050/001-18 Item - Notes re: manuscript of the Hon. ca. 1905-1906 Michael Francklin 2008-050/001-19 Item - Memoir of Lt. Governor Michael 1906 Francklin (1753-1782) 2008-050/001-20 Item - Introduction and memoir of 1 March 1907 Governor John Parr - a paper read before the Nova Scotia Historical Society 2008-050/001-21 Item - Memoir of Lt. Gen. George 1907 Prevost (1767-1816) read before the Nova Scotia Historical Society on December 10, 1907 2008-050/001-22 Item - Pages 248-258 of History of ca. 1907 Halifax documenting Lt. General Sir George Prevost (1767- 1816) 2008-050/001-23 Item - Introduction to the memoir of 1907-1909 Governor John Parr 2008-050/001-24 Item - Annals 1749-1909 - one hundred 1909 and fifty years of official, social and mercantile life in Canada's great Atlantic depot and ocean terminus 2008-050/001-25 Item - Annals of Halifax - carbon copy ca. 1909-1910 2008-050/002-01 Item - Annals 1749-1909 original 1910 manuscript 2008-050/003-01 Item - Image of Charles Geddes, a leading dry goods merchant in Halifax on Granville Street, between 1780-1806 Nova Scotia Archives Page 5 2008-050 and 2009-048 James Simon Macdonald fonds 2008-050/003-02 Item - Image of the Hon. John Halliburton, M.D. of Halifax in 1781 / Notman Studio 2008-050/003-03 Item - Image of Alexander Brymer, founder of the North British Society and its President 1778- 1780 and 1790 / Notman Studio 2008-050/003-04 Item - Image of Rev. Alexander Forester 187-? who joined the North British Society in 1849 / Notman Studio, Halifax, Nova Scotia 2008-050/003-05 Item - Image of Brenton Haliburton / Notman Studio - Chief Justice 2008-050/003-06 Item - Image of the Hon. Michael Wallace / Gauvin & Gentzel 2008-050/003-07 Item - Image of Edward Cornwallis - Governor of Nova Scotia 1749-1752 2008-050/003-08 Item - Image of Isaac Deschamps copied from a miniature in the possession of the Newton family and given to John Halliburton 2008-050/003-09 Item - Image of Rev. Bruin Romkes Comingo ordained in Halifax in 1770 2008-050/003-10 Item - Engraved portrait of James S. Macdonald / engraved by H.B. Hill & Sons - New York 2008-050/003-11 Item - Portrait of Grace (Thomson) 1911 Macdonald (originally taken in 1863) 2008-050/003-12 Item - Engraved print of the portrait of Grace (Morrison) Macdonald 2008-050/003-13 Item - Image of Col. Montague Wilmot - Governor of Nova Scotia (1762-1766) 2008-050/003-14 Item - Image of the Hon. Joshua Mauger 1749-1770 2008-050/003-15 Item - Images of the Hon. Thomas S. 1905 Reid, M.L.C. - Hamilton, Bermuda 2008-050/003-16 Item - Image of Charles J. Macdonald ca 1900 (April 4, 1841-October 12, 1903) - Lt. Col. 66th Regiment 2008-050/003-17 Item - Engraved portrait of J.W. Dawson of Pictou, Nova Scotia / engraved by H.B. Hill & Son of New York. 2008-050/003-18 Item - Engraved portrait of A. Cross / engraved by H.B. Hill & Son of New York. 2008-050/003-19 Item - Engraved portrait of the Marquis of Lorne / engraved by H.B. Hill & Son of New York. 2008-050/003-20 Item - Image of J.S. Macdonald (?) 191-? 2008-050/004-01 O/S Item - Scrapbook concerning the North 1859-1904 British Society 2008-050/005-01 O/S Item - Sir Andrew Snape Hammond - Lt.-Governor of Nova Scotia (1781-1785) Nova Scotia Archives Page 6 2008-050 and 2009-048 James Simon Macdonald fonds 2008-050/005-02 O/S Item - Major Francis Legge - Governor of Nova Scotia (1773-1776) 2008-050/005-03 O/S Item - Michael Francklin - Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia (1766-1776) 2008-050/005-04 O/S Item - Col. Robert Monckton - Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia (1756-1763) 2008-050/005-05 O/S Item - Colonel Paul Mascarene - Governor of Nova Scotia (1740-1749) 2009-048/001-01 Item - Image of J.S. MacDonald and his 10 July 1859 two brothers in formal dress wearing MacDonald tartan sashes / Wellington A. Chase. Nova Scotia Archives Page 7.
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