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Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and A. R. Lock

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 18
File
1972

File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and A. R. Lock dating from 1972 regarding research on a gull on Sable Island.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Zoe Lucas

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 28
Item
1988

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Zoe Lucas to Thomas H. Raddall in 1988 thanking Raddall for a copy of an autobiography gifted to Lucas on Sable Island.

Correspondence from E. F. Street to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 13, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
December 7, 1965

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed correspondence from E.F. Street, of the Committee on Camp Hill Cemetery, to Thomas Raddall, regarding the location of Sarah Croker's burial. The letter is annotated with inked additions, with a crude map marked to verso.

Correspondence from Eugene T. Parker to Mr. M. B. Archibald, February 13, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
13 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed correspondence sent from Eugene Parker to Mr M.B. Archibald, February 13, 1937, discussing Sarah Croker's will. Item is "Enclosure 1" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

"Halifax Relief Commission Still Spends over $100,000 Annually," The Chronicle-Herald

MS-2-202, Box 9, Folder 6
Item
December 21, 1967

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

In the Court of Probate. In the Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson, deceased. Minutes of a hearing held September 10th, [1937]

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 10
Item
10 September 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted September 10, [1936], regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Thomas H. Mondy, Hope Rockwell, Blanchard Giberson, Lorna D. Abbott, Melissa Greene, Fred Purchase, and A.F. McIsaac as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Court of Probate. In the Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson, deceased. Minutes of Evidence, January 25th, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
25 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted [Monday], January 25, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes discussions among the various legal teams, Mr M.B. Archibald (for T.H. Mundy), Mr. T.C. Doyle, Mr. J.F. Shaw (for Mrs. Lorna D. Abbott), and Mr. Roy Lawrence [sic, Laurence] (for Blanchard Giberson). Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In re Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Halifax, Thursday, June 18, 1936, 10.30am, before the Registrar, Robert F. Yeoman, KC

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
18 June 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Thursday, June 18, 1936, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Blanchard Giberson, W. Turney Giberson, and Carolyn A. Bishop as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In the estate of Sarah C. Giberson, deceased. Halifax, Monday, January 18, 1937, 10am, before Robert F. Yeoman, KC, Registrar

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 13
Item
18 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Monday, January 18, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Major T.H. Mundy, Reginald V. Harris, Almon E. Hilchey, and Walter A. Stech as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In the estate of Sarah C. Giberson, deceased. Halifax, Wednesday, January 13, 1937, 10am, before Robert F. Yeoman, KC, Registrar

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 12
Item
13 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Wednesday, January 13, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Almon E. Hilchey, Major T.H. Mundy, and Harry Croker as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Province of Nova Scotia. In the Court of Probate Halifax. In the estate of Sarah Giberson (Croker) deceased. Index to hearing held on September 11, 1936

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
11 September 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted September 11, 1936, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes [Lorna Doone] Abbott, [Blanchard] Giberson, and [Melissa] Green [sic, Greene] recalled as witnesses, plus further argument of Counsel. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Photograph looking down on Sheet Harbour from the cemetery further up the hill

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 18, Item 5
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a brick hearth found on Sable Island by Donald Patterson

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 25, Item 2
Item
March 1963

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a human bones and a brick hearth as well as other 18th century relics found on Sable Island by Donald Patterson

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 25, Item 3
Item
March 1963

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a man holding a seal on Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1922]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of a scene with the two actors carrying a canoe and oars near the Sheet Harbour river

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 20, Item 1
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken from a scene of the "Wings of Night" production. A note on the reverse side indicates that though the two actors were portraying "Indians" in the production, neither of them were ethnically Indigenous.

Photograph of a seal on Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1922]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of actors and crewmen with a camera in a motor boat and canoe en route to a scene location on the pond of the Sheet Harbour pulp mill

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 19, Item 4
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes the production director, Ronald Weyman, the shirtless man in the main boat.

Photograph of dinghies racing in the Halifax Harbour

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 13, Item 3
Item
[18-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of director Ronald Weyman on the pulp mill sluice at Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 20, Item 2
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Hilda, Ellen, Edith, and Tommy Raddall, Jr. sitting at a picnic, taken near Porters Lake, Halifax County

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 10
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Hilda Raddall on the far left, Ellen Raddall second from the left, Edith Raddall second from the right, and Edith's son, Tommy Raddall, Jr. on the far right.

Photograph of human bones found near a brick hearth on Sable Island by Donald Patterson

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 25, Item 4
Item
March 1963

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of "Indian Johnnie" (Eric Clavering) and "Neil" (James Doohan) canoeing on the Sheet Harbour river

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 20, Item 3
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of men gathering at the Sheet Harbour pulp mill at the end of the dam

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 19, Item 3
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of "Neil" (James Doohan) carrying the "dead" body of "Steve" (Jeremy Wilkin) near the banks of the river near Sheet Harbour

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of part of the pulp mill in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 19, Item 2
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett's lifeboat man Don Johnson holding a baby seal on Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 7
Item
1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of the caboose of a CNR train sitting at a rail crossing in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 19, Item 1
Item
1962

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the schooner Esperanto after striking a sunken wreck and sinking herself off Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 6
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The Gloucester fishing schooner Esperanto won the Herald Cup at the first international fisherman's races in 1920, which was held off Halifax.

Photograph of the south gate of the dockyard in Halifax

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 5
Item
June 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.

Photograph of the sundial and mast house at the H.M. dockyard, Halifax

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 4
Item
[before 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side. The photograph was taken inside the south gate of the dockyard.

Photograph of the trawler Fabia attempting to salvage the sunken schooner Esperanto at Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of the trawler Fabia trying to get the schooner Esperanto to the surface off Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The trawler Fabia was from Boston, and was equipped with diving and salvage gear. In the summer of 1921, the Fabia was financed by the Boston Post to raise the schooner Esperanto in order to defend the latter's title to the Herald Cup. The efforts to put the schooner back into service ultimately failed.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and two other recipients of an honorary doctorate with the chancellor, archbishop, and president of University of King's College at Encaenia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 32, Item 6
Item
10 May 1972

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Chancellor Norman Gosse; Raddall, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law; Archbishop W.W. Davis; President Graham Morgan; Reverend Harry R. Cooper, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity; and L.P. Edwards, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall giving a speech after receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the special convocation of Dalhousie University on Munro Day

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
4 February 1949

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes President Alexander Enoch Kerr; Colonel K.C. Laurie, the Chairman of the Board; Raddall; Dr. J.H.L. Johnstone, the Secretary of the Senate; and Reverend Harvey Denton.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall holding several cats outside Camperdown wireless station

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 7
Item
July 1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, where the cats are titled the Signal Station Mascots. Camperdown wireless station was at the mouth of Halifax Harbour.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall posing on a beach of Sable Island beside a beached life boat

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 8
Item
1922

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall receiving an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law at the University of King's College's Encaenia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 32, Item 5
Item
10 May 1972

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes Chancellor Norman Gosse on the right.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall standing on Citadel Hill with the Town Clock and Halifax Harbour in the background

MS-2-202, Oversized Box 8, Folder 15
Item
[19--]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Tommy Raddall, Jr. and Edith Raddall beside a river, taken near Porters Lake, Halifax County

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 11
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photographic print of a negative looking down George Street towards Halifax Harbour and Dartmouth

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 6
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North."

Photographic print of a negative of Halifax and the harbour viewed from George Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 4
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." The photograph looks north towards Bedford Basin, with the town of Halifax and Citadel Hill is visible on the left.

Photographic print of a negative of Halifax and the harbour viewed opposite from Dartmouth

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 5
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." Citadel Hill is visible in the middle background. St. Paul's Church is on the middle right, and St. Matthew's Church is on the middle left along the shoreline.

Photographic print of a negative of part of the town of Halifax looking down Prince Street to the harbour where the Eastern Battery, George, and Cornwallis Islands are visible

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 3
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North."

Photographic print of a negative of the Church of Saint Paul in Halifax, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North."

Photographic print of a negative of the corner of Hollis and George Streets

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." The Governor's House is visible in the middle of the print, as is St. Mather's Meeting House - later St. Matthew's Church - on the left, and Citadel Hill on the right.

Scrapbook page with a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with his rifle division, the R.C.R.I. Rifle Team at the Coate's Match, Rockcliffe Range in Ottawa, Ontario, and photographs of Thomas Head Raddall around Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
[between 1913 and 1921]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. T.H. Raddall, Sr. can be found holding the telescope in the middle of the front row in the portrait of the rifle division. On the reverse side of the scrapbook page, the photographs on the left and right of Thomas Head Raddall are duplicates from the aforementioned album. The photograph on the left was taken in North Sydney in 1920, and the photograph on the right was taken in Point Pleasant Park in 1921. The photograph in the bottom middle may have been taken at Sable Island.

Thomas Head Raddall fonds

MS-2-202
Fonds
Bulk, 1913-1994

The fonds includes manuscripts of most of his published works—novels, short stories, articles, radio broadcasts and plays, and forewords for other works—from 1929 to 1976; research notes and general historical studies; sound recordings; correspondence covering the years 1914 to 1994 (including letters with other authors and his publishers, among others); diaries (closed at the author's request until 2019); photographs; memorabilia; material related to his father who fought and died in World War I; and several scrapbooks containing reviews of his books, clippings, and other research material.

Raddall, Thomas H., 1903-1994

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