Shining stars: The importance of the Starr Family of Kings County, Nova Scotia
LE3 .A278 2012
2012
Moody, Barry
Acadia University
Bachelor of Arts
Honours
History
History & Classics
The Starr Family of Kings County, Nova Scotia is remembered in the community quite well, but they have largely been ignored in regards to academic research. They are quite often considered important to the community of Cornwallis, especially within the context of their own family, but little has been done discussing this. The Starr family fonds has been revealing in the activities of the Starr family and just how they were significant to Cornwallis and the surrounding areas. As an archival thesis, the preface to the thesis discusses the archival process of working with the Starr Family fonds, and follows with the finding aid produced while working with the collection, detailing the records found in the fonds. The format of the finding aid is consistent with RAD (The Rules for Archival Description). The second section of the thesis discusses the importance of the Starr Family in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, using the fonds to supply the main primary sources. The records and secondary research reveal the activities of the Starr Family that resulted in their significance. This section also discusses whether the Starr family truly was important to the community, or if they just viewed themselves in this way and inflated their status. The thesis concludes that the Starr family did, to a certain degree, inflate their status, but they were important to the community as well.
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