4.7A. Preliminary rule

4.7A1. Scope

See 1.7A1.

4.7A2. Punctuation

Precede each element of description with a full stop, space, dash, space or start a new paragraph for each element of description.
Separate the introductory wording of an element of description from the content of a note by a colon followed but not preceded by a space.

4.7A3. Form of presentation of information

Follow the instructions set out in 1.7A4.

4.7A4. Citations in the archival description area

Follow the instructions set out in 1.7A5.

4.7B. Administrative history / Biographical sketch

4.7B1. Administrative history.

Give a concise administrative history as instructed in 1.7B1.

The Still Photography section of the Nova Scotia Information Service traces its origins to 1933 when the Provincial Bureau of Information included an expenditure for photographs and slides within the tourism budget of the Dept. of Highways. In 1942, the Bureau of Information became part of the Dept. of Industry and Publicity, and in 1945 a Film Branch was established. On 1 February 1946 the Still Photography Branch of the Dept. was created within the Bureau of Information, a darkroom built and equipped, and a numbered, indexed picture file established. Since that time, the Still Photography section has continued to exist, with slight variations in name, reporting to a succession of government departments. In November 1987 the Nova Scotia Information Service, of which the Still Photography section formed a part, was separated from the Dept. of Government Services and became autonomous. According to its annual report for 1987-88, the aim of the Nova Scotia Information Service is to facilitate “the flow of communication between the government and the Nova Scotia public,” and Still Photography is one of seven sections working cooperatively to achieve this goal. The role of the Still Photography section is to provide photographs for a wide variety of uses including slide shows, public relations, publications and government identification cards

4.7B2. Biographical sketch.

Give a concise biographical sketch as instructed in 1.7B2.

Amos Lawson Hardy, professional photographer, was born at Allendale, Shelburne Co., N.S., on October 4, 1860, the fourth son in a farming and fishing family of Loyalist descent. He worked as a cooper, then a merchant, and opened a photographic studio in Kentville in 1892. He became well-known as a landscape photographer, taking souvenir views throughout Nova Scotia. A number of his photographs were published in booklets for the Dominion Atlantic Railway. From about 1914 until his death on October 2, 1935, Hardy concentrated mainly on local and studio work and on the sale of prints from earlier scenic negatives, which remained popular until well into the twentieth century

4.7C. Custodial history.

Give the custodial history as instructed in 1.7C.

One box of Sydney Payne’s negatives was found in the attic of his house in Annapolis Royal by a later owner and donated to the Historical Restoration Society of Annapolis County. The remainder were left in the Dominion Entomological Laboratory after it moved to Kentville and were later rescued from destruction by Historical Restoration Society member Marguerite Wagner, while she was working in a library in the former Laboratory building. She transferred them to the Historical Restoration Society Museum and later arranged for the transfer of all of Payne’s negatives to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia

4.7D. Scope and content.

Give information about the scope and the internal structure or arrangement of the records and about the contents of the unit being described as instructed in 1.7D.

Fonds consists almost entirely of negatives taken by Georgia H. Cunningham for clients who patronized her commercial studio, although it also includes a few glass plate negatives which may have been taken by previous commercial studio owners Joseph Rice or Edith Crosskill, as well as negatives and prints left with her for photofinishing or given to her by others. The geographic area represented by the photographs is almost exclusively Bridgetown, N.S. and its environs. Cunningham’s work is primarily portraiture, although from 1942 onwards there are a number of photographs of school groups and societies, including the Bridgetown Salvation Army Citadel. Approximately five percent of the photographs are views of Bridgetown, including buildings, street scenes, storefronts, and special events

Series consists of photographs, slides, and transparencies produced by the Still Photography section. These photographs, created for use by the media, advertisers, and in publications about Nova Scotia, cover many aspects of Nova Scotia life, including its peoples, communities, industries, and scenery. Many of the photographs were used to promote the Nova Scotia tourist industry. The series also includes a substantial number of photographs of the activities of various departments and agencies of the Nova Scotia government taken for publicity purposes or for inclusion in government publications

Subseries consists of official war photographs of Canadian internment camps for enemy aliens and prisoners of war

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