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Thomas Head Raddall fonds
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Thomas Head Raddall photograph album (1917-1927)

Subseries consists of an album and loose photographs taken between 1917-1927 by Raddall and others. Some of the loose photographs were removed from the album for preservation and others are duplicates or reproductions of materials in the album. The subseries title is taken from a previous finding aid. Subjects include images of Raddall's career as a wireless officer from locations across the Atlantic provinces with various ships, crew members, and waterways; Raddall's friends and family; vacations and hunting and fishing trips; and T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s W.W.I leave in England prior to his death in 1918.

Thomas Head Raddall photograph album (1929-1941)

Subseries consists of an album and loose photographs taken between 1929 and 1941 by Raddall and others. Some of the loose photographs were removed from the album for preservation and others are duplicates or reproductions of materials in the album. The subseries title is taken from a previous finding aid. Subjects include images of Raddall hunting and fishing; vacations with friends and family to Porters Lake, Eagle Lake, and Elba Beach, Bermuda; Edith Raddall and her children, Tommy and Frances; and historical recreations, including a 4-pound cannon from the 18th century, and the uniform of a mid-19th century Nova Scotia militiaman.

Thomas Head Raddall photograph album [between 1940 and 1959]

Subseries consists of an album of historic photograph and photographs taken between approximately 1940 and 1959 by Raddall and others. Subjects include historic 18th and 19th century Liverpool; the restoration of and subsequent opening of the Simeon Perkins House and Museum in 1957; and the capture of the German submarine U-889 near Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1945.

Other honours and tributes

Sub-series contains two folders of clippings, invitations, flyers, and other material regarding honours and tributes given to Thomas Head Raddall. Materials document the opening of the Thomas Raddall Provincial Park, the Thomas Raddall Library, and events to celebrate Raddall's literary career.

Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs

Subseries consists of loose photographs taken between 1870 and 1987 by Raddall and others. Some of the photographs are reproductions of originals, and some are either duplicates from, or related to the materials contained in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The subseries title is taken from a previous finding aid. Subjects include images of Raddall in his career as a wireless operator and media productions based on his authorial work; Raddall and others on hunting and fishing trips; Raddall's family and friends; postcards from family and friends; a vacation through Europe; highlights from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s military career and legacy across Canada, Europe, and Asia; historical artifacts collected by Raddall or used for his manuscripts, including photographs of Grey Owl; historic moments from the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett including the yacht race for the America Cup in the New York Harbour and offering relief efforts in the wake of the Titanic accident; historic locations around Nova Scotia, including Liverpool and the Simeon Perkins House Museum, Milton, Fort Beausejour, the Fortress of Louisbourg, and the gold mines at Molega, as well as locations in Newfoundland, New Hampshire, and Europe.
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