Antoft family (part 1)

Description
The Antoft family, consisting of Otto Hugo, his wife Asta Sigrid (née Rump), and their three sons, Otto Hjalmar, Finn, and Kell, emigrated from Denmark to Canada in 1930. They first lived in Winnipeg, MB where Hugo worked for the Colonization Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but by 1933 they had moved to Lakeville, Kings County, NS where the family established a poultry farm and pork curing business. When Hugo died in 1954, Asta wound up the business and in order to support herself, started a nursery that eventually became widely-known and well-respected as Mrs. Antoft's Gardens.

Records for Hugo, Asta, Otto, Finn, and Kell, as well as one for the records of the Andresen family and another for the Viking Air Service are included in the collection, although many have not been digitized.

Many records in the collection are written in Danish.
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Antoft family (part 1)

Dates: 1824 to 1985
Collection: Antoft family (part 1), Archival Catalogue
Description: Finding aid for the Antoft family fonds.
Type: finding aid

A memo to sub-agents re: trucking rates

Dates: 1940
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: A circular memo to the sub-agents of the Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd, in Kentville Nova Scotia, regarding trucking rates. Includes a list of miles and prices.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/003
Creator: Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd.

Address, "Agriculture in Nova Scotia"

Dates: unspecified year in 194X
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: An address written by Kell Antoft entitled "Agriculture in Nova Scotia" regarding the problems with farming in Nova Scotia during WW2. [Possibly written for a political debate at Dalhousie University.]
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/002
Creator: Antoft, Kell
Type: textual record

Agreement with Nova Scotia apple producers during WW2

Dates: 1940
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: An unsigned copy of an agreement between the Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd and the Ministry of Agriculture. It states the terms of agreement with Nova Scotia apple producers during World War Two under the War Measures Act. The final page is a schedule of apple prices which includes a list of varieties, sizes, and varieties not guaranteed.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/003
Creator: Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd.

Antoft farm

Dates: unspecified decade in 19XX
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Otto Hugo and Asta Antoft's farm house in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. Two views.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/012
Type: photograph

Antoft farm

Dates: all of the dates: 1934, 1937
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Nine photographs from the Antoft farm in Lakeville, Nova Scotia. Includes photos of farm buildings, farm house, cats, poultry, gardens and a person on a horse.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/011
Type: photograph

Apple price, size and variety list

Dates: 1940
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: An apple price list compiled by the Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd, in Kentville Nova Scotia. Includes list of varieties, sizes and prices.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/003
Creator: Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd.
Type: textual record

Articles of association

Dates: 1939
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Articles of Association of the Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board, Limited. Includes regulations of business, borrowing powers, meetings, voting and election of directors. Also includes descriptions of the powers and roles of directors and membership. Final page includes names, addresses, and occupations of subscribers in 1939.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/003
Creator: Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd.
Type: textual record

Biography, "A Hobby Turned into a Successful Enterprise"

Dates: unspecified decade in 19XX
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: A short personal biography written by Mrs. O.H. Antoft (Asta) entitled "A Hobby Turned into a Successful Enterprise." Essay describes her love for horticulture and how she and why she founded Acadia Nurseries in Lakeville, N.S. Includes memories of her immigration to Canada from Denmark in 1930, her childhood, her family's move to Nova Scotia from Winnipeg, life and family in Nova… more
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/1/4
Creator: Antoft, Asta Sigrid (Rump)
Type: textual record

Correspondence re: termination of employment with CPR

Dates: 1932
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Letter to C.A. Van Scoy, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Immigration and Colonization for CPR in Montreal from O.H. Antoft regarding the Anfoft's family move to Lakeville, Nova Scotia from Winnipeg to raise poultry and garden. Second letter is a response from Van Scoy.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/1/2/017
Creator: Antoft, Otto Hugo, Van Scoy, C.A.
Type: textual record

Dana poultry farm, summer '37

Dates: 1937
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: The Dana Poultry Farm in Lakeville, Nova Scotia in the summer of 1937.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/3/4/2/008
Type: photograph

Disposition of apples affected by frost

Dates: 1940
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: A circular memo to the sub-agents of the Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd, in Kentville Nova Scotia, regarding the disposition of apples affected by frost.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/003
Creator: Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd.
Type: textual record

Frosted apples

Dates: 1940
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: A circular memo to the sub-agents of the Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd, in Kentville Nova Scotia, regarding frosted apples, by R.J. Leslie.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/4/2/003
Creator: Nova Scotia Apple Marketing Board Ltd.
Type: textual record

House and barns

Dates: unspecified decade in 19XX
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: House and barn that belonged to Otto Hugo and Asta Atoft of Lakeville, Nova Scotia.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/010
Type: photograph

Kell Antoft and Asta Antoft

Dates: unspecified decade in 19XX
Collection: Antoft family (part 1)
Description: Asta Antoft and her son Kell Antoft. Asta is wearing a long skirt and matching hat. Kell is wearing a Royal Canadian Air Force uniform and has a pipe in his mouth.
Accession Number: 1900.182-ANT/2/7/027
Type: photograph