Janet Kitz Fonds (1992-359 and 2007-066)

Finding Aid - Janet Kitz fonds (1992-359 and 2007-066)

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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/janet-kitz-fonds Janet Kitz fonds

Table of contents

Summary information ...... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch ...... 3 Scope and content ...... 3 Arrangement ...... 4 Notes ...... 3 Series descriptions ...... 4

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Summary information

Repository: Nova Scotia Archives Title: Janet Kitz fonds ID: 1992-359 and 2007-066 Date: 1918-1921, 1977-2005 (date of creation) Physical description: 57 cm of textual records and other material Dates of creation, revision and deletion:

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Note Janet Kitz came originally from Camwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia and married Leonard Kitz in 1971. Since 1980 she has conducted research on the Halifax Explosion. In 1987 she helped to mount an exhibit on the disaster, A Moment in Time, at Halifax's Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, where she was working as a research associate. She is the author of a number of books on the Halifax Explosion.

Scope and content

Fonds consists of material created and accumulated by Janet Kitz in preparation for the publcation of her books on the Halifax Harbour Explosion of 1917. Includes photographs by Gauvin and Gentzell of the north end of Halifax after the explosion, as well as research material relating to survivors of the explosion. The research materials consist of tape recorded interviews of survivors of the event, interview transcripts and photographs and slides of those who were interviewed.

Notes

Title notes

Immediate source of acquisition Donated by Janet Kitz in 1992 and 2007.

Nova Scotia Archives Page 3 1992-359 and 2007-066 Janet Kitz fonds Arrangement The arrangement of the Gauvin & Gentzell photographs is chronological while the research materials are arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the person being interviewed.

Finding aids "Item list is attached.":https://novascotia.ca/archives/lists/janet-kitz-fonds.pdf

Other notes • Publication status: Published

Series descriptions

Ref code Title Dates Access status Container 1992-359/001-01 Item - Unidentified building interior - 1918 Alexander MacKay School? / Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-02 Item - Unidentified building interior - 1918 Alexander MacKay School? / Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-03 Item - Unidentified building interior - 1918 Alexander MacKay School? / Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-04 Item - (Grounds of the Alexander 1918 MacKay School - Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS / Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-05 Item - Devastated area - Halifax, NS - 1918 index to photographs 1992-359/001-06 Item - T.P. (Town planning) no.1 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-07 Item - T.P. (Town planning) no.2 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-08 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.3 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-09 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.4 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-10 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.5 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-11 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.6 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-12 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.7 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-13 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.8 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-14 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.9 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-15 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.10 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell

Nova Scotia Archives Page 4 1992-359 and 2007-066 Janet Kitz fonds 1992-359/001-16 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.11 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-17 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.12 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-18 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.12 / 19 June 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-19 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.13 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-20 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.14 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-21 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.15 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-22 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.16 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-23 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.17 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-24 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.18 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-25 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.19 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-26 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.20 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-27 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.21 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-28 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.22 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-29 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.23 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-30 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.24 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-31 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.25 / 17 July 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-32 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.19 / 23 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-33 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.13 / 24 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-34 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.14 / 24 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-35 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.15 / 24 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-36 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.17 / 24 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-37 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.18 / 24 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-38 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.2 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-39 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.3 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-40 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.4 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-41 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.5 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-42 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.6 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell

Nova Scotia Archives Page 5 1992-359 and 2007-066 Janet Kitz fonds 1992-359/001-43 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.7 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-44 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.8 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-45 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.9 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-46 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.10 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-47 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.11 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-48 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.11 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-49 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.12 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-50 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.13 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-51 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.14 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-52 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.15 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-53 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.16 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-54 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.17 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-55 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.18 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-56 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.19 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-57 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.20 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-58 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.21 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-59 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.22 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-60 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.23 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-61 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.24 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-62 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.25 / 7 October 1918 Gauvin & Gentzell 1992-359/001-63 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.13 / 24 October Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-64 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.14 / 24 October Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-65 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.15 / 24 October Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-66 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.17 / 24 October Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-67 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.18 / 24 October Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-68 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.19 / 24 October Gauvin & Gentzell 1918 1992-359/001-69 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.3 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921

Nova Scotia Archives Page 6 1992-359 and 2007-066 Janet Kitz fonds 1992-359/001-70 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.5 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-71 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.6 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-72 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.8 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-73 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.11 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-74 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.12 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-75 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.17 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-76 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.18 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-77 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.20 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 1992-359/001-78 Item - T.P.(Town planning) no.23 / 20 September Gauvin & Gentzell 1921 2007-066/001-01 Item - Research files: Baker, Wallace 2005 Simon 2007-066/001-02 Item - Research files: Burford, Frank 1982 (KT18 & KT19) 2007-066/001-03 Item - Research files: Davidson, Eric 2007-066/001-04 Item - Research files: Dillman, Leighton 19 January 1981 (KT15) 2007-066/001-05 Item - Research files: Driscoll, Al and 1983-1984 Noble (KT12) 2007-066/001-06 Item - Research files: Fowlie (KT6) April 6, 1981 2007-066/001-07 Item - Research files: Glube, Joe & 28 March 1981 Mildred (KT22) 2007-066/001-08 Item - Research files: Gowen, Jim (KT17 31 March 1981 & KT17B) 2007-066/001-09 Item - Research files: Hartnett, Edith 9 January 1985 (KT8) 2007-066/001-10 Item - Research files: Hunter, Jean (KT5) 18 September 1984 2007-066/001-11 Item - Research files: Jarvis, Margaret (Wallace) - (KT21) 2007-066/001-12 Item - Research files: Lawrence, Evelyn 2 February 1989 (KT4) 2007-066/001-13 Item - Research files: MacLennan, 5 April 1980 Frances oral history (KT13 & KT13B) 2007-066/001-14 Item - Research files: McGrath, Percy 11 January 1984 (KT2) 2007-066/001-15 Item - Research files: Mitchell, George 26 March 1980 (KT3) 2007-066/001-16 Item - Research files: Murphy, Walter 15 April 1983 (KT7) 2007-066/001-17 Item - Research files: Norris 22 October 1982 2007-066/001-18 Item - Research files: Pattison, James 9 July 1984 (KT9) 2007-066/001-19 Item - Research files: Rasley, Reginald 3 May 1988 L. (KT14)

Nova Scotia Archives Page 7 1992-359 and 2007-066 Janet Kitz fonds 2007-066/001-20 Item - Research files: Ryan, Eileen 1988 (KT23) 2007-066/001-21 Item - Research files: Swetnam (KT16) 1977 2007-066/001-22 Item - Research files: Swindells, 12 June 1986 Millicent (Upham) 2007-066/001-23 Item - Research files: Tappen, Jack 18 December (KT1) 1987 2007-066/001-24 Item - Research files: Thompson, 1984-1992 Barbara (Orr) 2007-066/001-25 Item - Research files: Upham, Archie March 16, 1984 (KT10) 2007-066/001-26 Item - Research files: Welsh, Annie 198-? (Liggins) 2007-066/001-27 Item - Research files: Image of Halifax from Dartmouth at the Narrows 2007-066/001-28 Item - Research files: 1917 Halifax ca. 1987 Explosion interview inventory 2007-066/002 Ac 3636 Item - Beck 18 July 1990 2007-066/002 Ac 3637 Item - Brown (KT20) 3 January 1980 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Burford, Frank (KT18 & KT19) 1982 3638-3639 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Dillman, Leighton (KT15) 19 January 1981 3640-3641 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Driscoll, Al and Noble (KT12) 1983-1984 3642-3643 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Fowlie (KT6) 6 April 1981 3644-3645 2007-066/002 Ac 3646 Item - Goldberg, Barbara 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Gowen, Jim (KT17 & KT17B) 31 March 1981 3647-3648 2007-066/002 Ac 3649 Item - Hartnett, Edith (KT8) 9 January 1985 2007-066/002 Ac 3650 Item - Hunter, Jean (KT5) 18 September 1984 2007-066/002 Ac 3651 Item - Innes, Madeleine 7 October 1994 2007-066/002 Ac 3652 Item - Lawrence, Evelyn (KT4) 2 February 1989 2007-066/002 Ac Item - MacLennan, Frances oral history 5 April 1980 3653-3654 (KT13 & KT13B) 2007-066/002 Ac 3655 Item - McGrath, Percy (KT2) 11 January 1984 2007-066/002 Ac 3656 Item - Mitchell, George (KT3) 26 March 1980 2007-066/002 Ac 3657 Item - Murphy, Walter (KT7) 15 April 1983 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Norris 22 October 3658-3659 1982 2007-066/002 Ac 3660 Item - Pattison, James (KT9) 9 July 1984 2007-066/002 Ac 3661 Item - Rasley, Reginald L. (KT14) 3 May 1988 2007-066/002 Ac 3662 Item - Swetnam (KT16) 1977 2007-066/002 Ac 3663 Item - Swindells, Millicent (Upham) 12 June 1986 (KT11) 2007-066/002 Ac Item - Tappen, Jack (KT1) 18 December 3664-3665 1987 2007-066/002 Ac 3666 Item - Thompson, Barbara (Orr) 1984-1992 2007-066/002 Ac 3667 Item - Upham, Archie (KT10) 16 March 1984

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