Archives Catalogue

British ocean liners / H.M. Le Fleming

MS-2-600, Box 2, Folder 37
File
1961

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Bound for Brazil / James E. Pearce

MS-2-600, Box 2, Folder 24
File
[ca. 1986]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet written by James E. Pearce.

Bluenose II proposed modification to propulsion shafting

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 2, Item 2
Item
September 23, 1965

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item consists of two copies of a drawing of the propulsion shafting of the Bluenose II. The drawing includes a plan view of the existing shafting and a detail of the proposed modification, showing the installation of a twin disc coupling. The drawing was completed by G. T. Nelson from the Halifax Shipyards Drawing Office on September 23rd, 1965. The drawing is labelled "DRG. No. MX-625." Both copies of the drawing are stamped and dated by Halifax Shipyards. One copy has a stamp of approval from the Canada Department of Transport, which is dated October 4th, 1965.

Bluenose II (built by Smith & Rhuland Lt.-Lunenburg) cross curves of stability : [graph]

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 7, Item 1
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a graph of the cross curves of stability of the Bluenose II. The graph drawn by J. Rey Mauriz from the Halifax Shipyards drawing office.

Bluenose II (built by Smith & Rhuland Ltd.-Lunbrg) hydrostatic curves : [graph]

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 7, Item 2
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a graph of the hydrostatic curves of the Bluenose II. The graph was drawn by J. Rey Mauriz from the Halifax Shipyards drawing office.

Bigelow family fonds

MS-4-92
Fonds
1865-1976

Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family's shipbuilding activities as well as the genealogical interests of John Robert Bigelow.

Bigelow Family

Augustus Lantz fonds

MS-4-238
Fonds
1881-1885

Cargo book of the schooner Beth, March 22, 1881 - September 4, 1885

Lantz, Augustus

"August, 1926", "Lief Erickson" photographs

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 11
Item
August 1926

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of photographs and research notes related to a visit by the ship Lief Erickson to Shelburne in 1926.

Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. : 1878 to 1963 / W.A. Laxon

MS-2-600, Box 2, Folder 25
File
[1963?]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet written by W.A. Laxon.

As I remember it : [manuscript]

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 17
File
[ca. 1980]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a manuscript written by Ronald Justis Inness regarding vessels, coasters, rum runners, tugboats, things, places and people.

Article regarding the trajectory of the ship Marco Polo

MS-2-600, SF Box 45, Folder 52
File
1981

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains the articles the beginning: at Saint John", "the great voyage: to Australia", and "the end: off Cavendish, P.E.I".

Article regarding the Danish motor vessel Princesse Margrethe

MS-2-600, SF Box 45, Folder 47
File
1956

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Amazon shipping certificate

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 7
Item
1861 and 1868

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item is a certificate of registry for the Brigantine Amazon on June 10, 1861, at the port of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.

Account of the wreck of the schooner Annie B. Anderson

MS-2-600, SF Box 63, Folder 15
File
1920

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Account books and correspondence regarding barques captained by Martin Leslie Forbes

MS-2-400, SF Box 42, Folder 5
File
1877-1886

File contains pages from an account book for the barque Aspototgan and some loose accounts and correspondence regarding the barque Nellie Moody.

Forbes, Martin Leslie, 1843-1919

A short history of the Union-Castle Line

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 27
File
1951

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet produced by Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd.

A short history and fleet list of the Canadian Pacific steamships : 1891 to 1956 / George Musk

MS-2-600, Box 2, Folder 19
File
[1956?]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File contains a booklet produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the World Ship Society.

A personal account of an interesting story, or, A funny thing happened on the way to the antique shop

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 2
Item
1973

Part of Irving Deale collection

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.

A journal of the proceedings on board the sloop 'Dart,' privateer of St. John, New Brunswick

MS-6, Box 2, Folder 3
Item
1813-1815

Part of William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection

Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage on the sloop 'Dart,' commencing May 22, 1813. Harris also used the journal during two 1815 voyages on other vessels. He recorded occurrences on board the boat 'Prince Regent' during a trip from Annapolis towards Halifax in August 1815. He also recorded occurrences on board the schooner 'Laurence' during a trip from Annapolis towards Barbados in 1815.

Harris, John

A hundred year history of the P&O departure from Southampton of S.S. Hindostan to open Indian Mail Service : 1837 to 1937 / Boyd Cable