Archives Catalogue

Brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1919]

File contains a brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital. The brochure includes a brief history of the hospital and a nominal role of staff that worked with the hospital. The brochure also includes transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Dalhousie University. No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, November 18, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
November 18, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 11, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 9
Item
October 11, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.

Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital brochure

MS-13-2, SF Box 56, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

File contains a brochure with a brief history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital, a nominal role of its staff, transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Facsimile of correspondence sent to Richard Roome from former colleagues stationed in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
November 24 1941

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, sent to Richard Roome on November 24, 1941, from members of the "Roome Group" stationed in Halifax, sending "Season's Greetings" and mentioning shenanigans on the home front.

Field portrait of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery, ca. 1917

MS-2-827, OS Box 17, Folder 5, item 2
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Photographs of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery

Item is a photograph of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery, including cadets and drummer boys, standing to attention in a field, with a cemetery and farmhouses in the background.

"Nova Scotia Militia Period 1865" sketches

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[19--]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of labelled hand-drawn sketches of militia uniforms. One is of Kirby Stevens' uniform (of the Volunteer Rifle Company).

Photograph from a dinner at the Royal Artillery Park Officers' Mess in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner in the Officers' Mess of Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, likely in 1950. Pictured include Richard Roome, Rollo Mainguy, George Foster, and seven others (names mentioned include Kinley, Simmonds, and King; four others remain unidentified).

Photograph of a 7th Division Artillery Maintenance crew, Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 8
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a meeting of Artillery HQ officers from the 5th Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[1951?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a meeting of senior officers of the 5th Division, Artillery, in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.

Photograph of a naval officer and two men in civilian dress walking up a set of outside stairs

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 37
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval reserve lieutenant drinking from a bottle in downtown Halifax in the aftermath of the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 11
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a QF 25-pounder howitzer convoy, Leclerc Bridge, near Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 7
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a reunion dinner of the families of officers of the 5th Artillery Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950

Photograph of a sailor and a Wren drinking beer on the grass in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 13
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a serviceman and an older women with military decorations on her lapel dancing on Barrington Street during VE-Day in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 12
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of an unidentified camouflaged soldier crouching in brush, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 6
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier carrying a bayonet outside a small cabin during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 7
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier packing up camp during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 12
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier, with skis, conducting winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier, with skis, pointing a rifle during winter infantry training in Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of battery commanders and sergeants from the 5th regiment, stationed at Petawawa in May, 1940

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 8
Item
May 1940

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Brigade Major Faulkner presenting a clock to Brigadier Richard Roome

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1951

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Brigadier Roome and Major Keen holding their catches after a fishing expedition near Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 11
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Brigadier Roome saluting soldiers marching on a church parade, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 15
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Colonel Halle, 7th Division Artillery, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 14
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Corporal G.F. Morton engaging in winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of dispersing crowds and detritus on Hollis Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 8
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of five officers of the 7th Division Royal Canadian Artillery, during a church parade, Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 13
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph includes Brigadier Roome in the foreground, with Major Keen, Captain MacMaster, Captain Merritt, and one other unidentified officer.

Photograph of five unidentified soldiers conducting maintenance on a 25-pound howitzer at Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 10
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified Canadian Seaforth Highlanders cooking during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 11
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers cooking during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 9
Item
1942

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers cooking during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 10
Item
1942

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers marching to church, saluted by Brigadier Roome and Major Keen, at Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 12
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers sleeping rough during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel John Stewart and Officers of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital (Dalhousie Unit)

PC1, Box 63, Folder 52
File
1915

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is a photograph of Lt. Col. J. Stewart and Officers of No. 7 Stationery Hospital (Dalhousie Unit). Officers named in legend below photograph. Back Row: Capt. F.V. Woodbury; Capt. J. Rankin; Capt. S.J. MacLennan; Capt. D.A. MacLeod; Lieut. Taylor(Quartermaster); Capt. K.A. MacKenzie; Lieut. K.F. Woodbury; Capt. E.K. MacLellan; Capt. J.A. Murray; Major E.V. Hogan; Lt-Col. J. Stewart, O.C.; Major L.M. Murray; Capt. V.N. MacKay.

Photograph of Lieutenant John Stewart and officers of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital (Dalhousie Unit)

PC1, Box 23, Folder 31
File
1915

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters and bystanders outside Offman's Jewellers on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters carting cases of beer outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of maintenance on a QF 25-pounder howitzer, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 4
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Major General John Carl Murchie and his aide-de-camp at Tracadie Camp

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 9
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of members of the 5th Regiment, stationed at Petawawa in August 1940

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 4
Item
August 1940

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Those identified from the front row include, left to right, RSM McNeil, Padre R. Sneyd, RQM Hudson, Pay. K. Jenks, Major Steyn, Lt. Col. Roome, Major Hague, Capt. Hooper, an unidentified Lieut., Dr. McDougall, and an unidentified RQMS.