Item consists of a typed manuscript, likely written in 1973 by Irving Deale, about coming across a painting of the Mary Celeste (originally, the Amazon), at a Halifax antique shop, and discussions with Rhodes Dewis and Niels Jannasch about acquiring it.
File contains manuscripts by Robert Lester Dewis (1950, 1953); Alphonse Deveau (1968); George S. Bryan (undated); and Irving Deale's manuscript titled "A personal account of an interesting story, or a funny thing happened on the way to an antique shop " (1973).
Item consists of typed research notes about the Mary Celeste and the Dewis family, written by Robert Dewis, transcribed in 1950 by R.L. Dewis, and collected by Irving Deale. Dewis was the son of Joshua Dewis, owner of the Mary Celeste.
Item consists of typed research notes collected by Irving Deale, and written by unknown persons likely in the 1960s, giving a brief outline on the history of the Mary Celeste.
Item consists of a facsimile of a passage from J. Alphonse Deveau's 1968 book "La ville francaise" related to the mystery of the Mary Celeste, with an accompanying English translation (likely undertaken by Irving Deale).
Item consists of a short handwritten manuscript about swords aboard the Mary Celeste, written on vellum by Stephen Orr, and collected by Irving Deale in 1973.
![The famous mystery ship, Mary Celeste : [research notes]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/3/4/b/34ba5916e69fdccaf460cf99f4bb99cbc1bca06a64459e8c65173618e7a71a53/d73dfa9c-4fd0-4d2e-aada-bf3c39ad8660-MS-2-518_1_1_4_142.jpg)
![The mystery of the Marie Celeste : [manuscript]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/3/4/4/3442403189e7f311e841417d583ba96eaa356fb4b5e5b96db1ac6a890e822b4e/8dc3af35-411b-4351-8964-91996270852b-MS-2-518_1_1_3_142.jpg)
