May 11, 2021 | Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives, Region 15 Announcements, Region 15 Archives
As an archivist, I come across a lot of bad handwriting (disclaimer: my handwriting is not great either)! That’s why I get so excited when I find a document with really nice handwriting. Perhaps there are a few others out there who would also share in my...
Apr 21, 2021 | Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives, Region 15 Announcements, Region 15 Archives
It may not come as a surprise that the Archives does not have many landscape photographs in the vault. However, I did stumble across these wonderful photographs of The Ovens Natural Park in Nova Scotia, most likely taken in the winter of 1955. Funnily enough, the...
Apr 6, 2021 | Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives, Region 15 Announcements, Region 15 Archives
Exams are coming up for university students all across the country and it was no exception for students at the Presbyterian College in Halifax (Pine Hill) in 1904. Interestingly enough, the exam questions from the previous year were posted in the back of the College...
Mar 23, 2021 | Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives, Region 15 Announcements, Region 15 Archives
After this week of beautiful weather, summer seems tantalizingly close. As an ode to the upcoming summer, here is a photograph from Berwick Camp. The photograph did not have a date written on it but it’s possibly from the 1890s. Three of the people in the...
Mar 16, 2021 | Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives, Region 15 Announcements, Region 15 Archives, Records and History Committee
It’s probably rather cruel to post recipes of candy during Lent but how can one pass by the mention of ice cream candy without giving it some sort of recognition? The following recipes were taken from The Helping Hands Cookbook compiled by the ladies of St. Paul’s...
Mar 2, 2021 | Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives, Region 15 Announcements, Region 15 Archives
Less than 20 days until the official first day of spring! It’s been a long winter so I thought it might be nice to showcase these beautiful spring-themed cards. The homemade cards were given to Mrs. Nicholson on the occasion of her and her husband Rev. Nicholson...
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