Series contains manuscripts of unpublished writings by Thomas Head Raddall. Materials include fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Series also contains a file of contracts between Thomas Head Raddall and Doubleday.
In addition to his fictional and poetical writing, Raddall also wrote screenplays on historical subjects for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board. This series contains records (including research materials and notes, cardboard models, correspondence, discussion notes, and expense receipts) relating to five productions: one television film about Admiralty House in Halifax, radio and television productions for the CBC on the Halifax Explosion and Halifax history, and one film about Nova Scotia privateers.
Two of the scrapbooks--those relating to his publications--were compiled in the offices of McClelland and Stewart; three others were compiled by Raddall himself; and the sixth was presented to Raddall after the opening of a public library branch in Halifax named in his honour. The scrapbooks include clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs.
This series contains notes, memoirs, obituaries, and reminiscences by Raddall about many individuals; some excerpts make their way into his novels as anecdotes. Also included here are correspondence, sketches, photographs, notes, and research materials on a wide variety of topics of interest to THR including Sable Island, shipping, pulp operations, gold mining, Queen's County local history, Mi'kmaq culture, Nova Scotia aviation history, telegraph systems, trials, and Nova Scotia humour.
Series contains records relating to the research, publication, and reception of Thomas Head Raddall's non-fiction works. Typical materials include publishing contracts; originals, proofs, and/or plates of book illustrations; research materials, notes, and correspondence; manuscripts and in some cases printer's proofs; notices and reviews.
This series contains records relating to the research, publication, and reception of THR's fictional works. Typical materials include publishing contracts and correspondence; copyright certificates; research materials, notes, and research-related correspondence; manuscripts and in some cases printer's proofs; notices and reviews. Most of the correspondence regarding film options and rights to Raddall's books is also identified here.
Series comprises photographs that document Raddall's life, including his homes and holidays, friends and family members. Some of the images were used by him in his research.
This series includes the published copies, and in many cases the manuscript versions, of the majority of Raddall's non-fiction articles appearing in periodicals. Also included are reviews by Raddall, mostly of books on Nova Scotia historical subjects. In some instances additional records such as correspondence or research materials are also available.
This series contains published copies, and in some case manuscript versions and copies of reprints, of more than 70 of Raddall's fictional works appearing in periodical publications. As well, the series includes a tiny amount of publisher correspondence as well as dramatic adaptations by others of two short stories, "Swan Dance" and "Blind MacNair."
Some contracts and copyright notices appear in the Correspondence Series files (cross-references are noted below).
One of the notebooks, a military notebook with a bullet hole through it, belonged to THR's father. The other twenty-four contain information recorded by THR and pertain to a variety of subjects, including the Mackay-Bennett, pulp mill shipments, people, places, folklore, financial accounts, and recreational interests.
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.
Income tax returns spanning fifty years and account books covering approximately forty years comprise the bulk of the financial records. House-related expenditures as well as income from publishing and investments are also well-documented in this series.
The majority of the diaries were regularly kept, usually with several entries per week. There are infrequently gaps of a month or more. In his early diaries, Raddall records observations about daily events aboard ship, the weather, and places visited. After he settled in Milton and Liverpool, he comments on the weather, local interest issues, the pulp and paper business in Nova Scotia, recreational activities, personal matters, and financial issues (both personal and business-related). When Raddall turned to writing full-time, his diaries continued to note observations about the weather, local politics, family matters, and personal finances, but he also wrote more frequently about international affairs (including World War II and the Korean War), about his dealings with publishers, and his attendance of (or invitations to attend) various literary and historical gatherings. The diaries do not usually refer to his current writing projects.
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.
Item consists of an album with 19 photographs, some historic and others taken between 1940 and 1959 by Raddall and others. Subjects include historic Liverpool in the late 19th century and local buildings from as late as the mid-18th century; the restoration and subsequent opening of the Simeon Perkins House and Museum in 1957; and documenting the 1945 surrender of the German submarine U-889 near Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photograph album containing 48 photographs taken between 1944 and 1961 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall participating in CBC radio press media in Halifax; Raddall filming an interview with CBC; Raddall meeting with significant figures in Toronto including Mayor Robert Hood Saunders, Jim Scott with CBC, and author Nicholas Monsarrat; Raddall receiving a silver tray from the West Nova Scotia Regiment at Camp Aldershot; Raddall exploring Moose Harbour after a forest fire, Tanners Pass at Lunenburg, and the W.C. MacKay & Sons shipyard at Shelburne, Nova Scotia; Raddall fishing at Lake Falls, Mersey River; portraits of Raddall and press images of Raddall with his wife Edith; Tom Raddall, Jr. participating in a dissection lab at Dalhousie University; and Tom Raddall, Jr. with his daughter Deborah.
Item is an album containing 327 photographs taken between 1941 and 1953 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall and engagements regarding his work, including presenting the address at a club meeting, and meeting with CBC personnel in Toronto, Ontario; Raddall, and his family and friends; the rescue and medical care of surviving crew members from the S/S Empire Seal and S/S Empire Sun, both of which were attacked near Liverpool, Nova Scotia by German U-boats during W.W.II; Raddall's time as an orderly officer at Camp Aldershot in 1942; hunting and fishing trips and vacations with friends and family across the province of Nova Scotia; the last of the navy at Liverpool near the close of W.W.II; urban scenes from Liverpool in winter and the destruction of the Broad River bridge; scenes and local histories from Tancook Island, Seal Island, Cape Breton, and Glode Island; and important figures including Helen Creighton working on Devil's Island, and Raddall meeting photographer Youssef Karsh and McClean's writer Ian Sclanders in Lunenburg. «
Item is an album with 206 photographs taken between 1929 and 1941 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall and friends and family; Raddall and Edith's vacation to Bermuda; Raddall and friends boating, and taking camping, hunting and fishing trips across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; historical artifacts including a -pound canon; images from a 1933 performance of "Three Live Ghosts" put on in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and in which Raddall acted; and Edith Raddall with her children, Tommy and Frances.
Subseries consists of an album and loose photographs taken between 1944 and 1961 by Raddall and others. Some of the loose photographs were removed from the album for preservation and others are duplicates or reproductions of originals in the album. The subseries title is taken from a previous finding aid. Subjects include images of Raddall with friends and family; public media of Raddall in interviews, portraits of Raddall, or press images of Raddall and Edith Raddall in their daily life; Raddall exploring Moose Harbour after it was struck with a forest fire; Raddall fishing at Lake Falls, Mersey River; Tom Raddall, Jr. studying at Acadia University and participating in a lab at Dalhousie University; Tom Raddall, Jr. and his daughter Deborah; still images from a CBC production of Raddall's works; H.B. Jefferson at the Digby railway station yard; and a Harold W. Higginson painting.
Subseries consists of an album and loose photographs taken between 1941 and 1953 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 and friends and family; Raddall working as an orderly officer; hunting trips to Eagle Lake with friends; trips with friends and family across the province of Nova Scotia; and urban scenes from the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
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.
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.
Item consists of an album with 401 photographs taken between 1917 and 1927 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall's family and friends; the Halifax explosion, T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s death in W.W.I; Raddall's career as a wireless operator with various ships, crew members, and waterways; the fauna on Sable Island; Raddall's marriage to Edith Freeman; and vacations, hunting, and fishing trips with friends and family across the province of Nova Scotia.
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.
