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Charcoal drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of an unidentified Canadian naval ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 110
Item
[194-]

Item consists of a charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing the fore starboard side of an unidentified Canadian naval ship, close to an unidentified shore.

Charcoal study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a naval officer holding binoculars

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 114
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing a naval officer in cold weather gear looking through binoculars.

Charcoal study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of deck equipment from an unidentified Canadian naval ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 108
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing deck equipment aboard an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Charcoal study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of naval shipboard scenes

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 78
Item
February 1944

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay in February 1944 showing shipboard scenes on an unidentified Canadian naval ship (likely HMCS New Waterford).

Charcoal study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors carrying duffel bags up a gangway onto a transport ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 21
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing a line of sailors carrying duffel bags boarding a four-funneled troop ship.

Charcoal study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing a street scene

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 45
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal and pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s depicting the beginnings of a street scene, with two completed buildings and the outlines of several others. Possibly a wartime Halifax street scene.

Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 1, 1979

MS-10-13, Box 1, Item 7
Item
1979

Part of Robert Charles (Charlie) Murray Interview Collection

Item consists of a sound recording of Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 1, 1979. He talks about his time at the internment camp in Petawawa, Ontario and World War II. This is side A of the original audio cassette.

Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 1, 1979

MS-10-13, Box 1, Item 8
Item
1979

Part of Robert Charles (Charlie) Murray Interview Collection

Item consists of a sound recording of Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 1, 1979. He talks about being arrested, his time at the internment camp in Petawawa, Ontario, organizing unions and World War II. This is side B of the original audio cassette.

Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 2, 1979

MS-10-13, Box 1, Item 9
Item
1979

Part of Robert Charles (Charlie) Murray Interview Collection

Item consists of a sound recording of Charlie Murray being interviewed on March 2, 1979. He talks about being sent to the internment camp in Petawawa, Ontario, people he met there and World War II. This is side A of the original audio cassette.

Confidential CAFE AA trials up to September 1944

MS-2-511, Box 34, Folder 3
Item
31 December 1944

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is Captain Henry Hicks' copy of a vinyl bound report.

Convocation address at Mount St. Vincent University

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 71
Item
[194-]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript copy of a convocation address delivered by MacDonald at Mount Saint Vincent University in the early 1940s.

Eight small charcoal sketches by Donald Cameron Mackay of naval deck maintenance duties

Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of eight small charcoal drawings by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, showing sailors engaging in deck and equipment maintenance duties on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Facsimile of a pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an officer angered by a sailor

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 39
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a pencil sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s of an officer dressing down an insubordinate sailor. The perspective appears to be from the corner of George Street and Brunswick Street in Halifax. An accompanying caption reads: "Like he said -- / 'Never salute an officer / with a cig in your mouth"

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.

Facsimile of correspondence sent to Richard Roome regarding his promotion

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
April 4 1942

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of Canadian Army Overseas correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, dated April 4, 1942, sent by "Austin" to Richard Roome, giving a "very hearty congratulations on [his] recent 'upping'."

Five charcoal and pencil study sketches by Donald Cameron Mackay

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 121
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of five small pencil and charcoal sketches by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s. The first three sketches show equipment on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship in convoy formation; the middle sketch shows a focus of legs in motion; the sketch on the right-hand side shows a Canadian sailor walking.

Four charcoal study sketches by Donald Cameron Mackay of naval ships in port

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 124
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of four small charcoal study sketches by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, showing naval ships in port. The larger of the four sketches also includes a host of sailors standing on a dock in front of three ships.

Ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors carrying duffel bags down a gangway of a docked ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 33
Item
November 1939

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of an ink drawing signed by D.C. Mackay dated "Nov 1939" showing several sailors carrying duffel bags down a covered gangway of a docked ship.

Lecture notes for first paper, part 1 examination

MS-2-511, Box 36, Folder 1
Item
1940

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is Henry Hicks' copy of a supplementary training manual.

Letter written by Kenneth Leslie regarding the threat posed by fascism and antisemitism in the United States

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 8
Item
1942

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".

Manual of anti-aircraft defence (Army Units), vol.1 (part 1 - gunnery)

MS-2-511, Box 35, Folder 14
Item
1937

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a manual issued by the British War Office with Hicks' initials on the inside cover along with the handwritten words "SAAD (wireless wing), copy 16."

Military notebook kept by Henry D. Hicks during World War II

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 13
Item
1944

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a course syllabus and notebook containing Hicks' notes on gunnery, etc. taken during his training at SAA, Manorbier.

Minutes of the Maple Leaf Division of the British War Relief Society of the United States of America

MS-2-233, SF Box 33, Folder 27 ; SF Box 34, Folder 1
Item
1941-1945

Two minute books (Volumes 2 and 3) of the Executive Committee, which include financial transactions, memoranda, disbursements and the deed of lease of the Canadian (Maple Leaf) Fund Incorporated. The original name of the organization was the British War Relief Society of the United States of America Canadian Maple Leaf Fund Incorporated.

British War Relief Society (U.S.).

Monthly report on the Colorado River War Relocation Center for evacuated Japanese / by A.H. Leighton, Lt. (MC) USNR

Item
April 14, 1943

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a copt of a restricted report that Dorothea sent to his mother, Gertrude, at Alexander's request.

Opinions on constitutional law, no. 1 : the validity of war-time controls during the war and after / Vincent C. MacDonald, KC

MS-2-171, Box 2, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
June 1944

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript.

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, port side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 46
Item
November 3, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay on November 3, 1943, showing the destroyer HMCS Iroquois docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. Drawing shows the ship's port side.

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, starboard side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 47
Item
November 3, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay on November 3, 1943, of the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. This drawing shows the ship's starboard side.

Pencil and ink silhouettes by Donald Cameron Mackay of seven allied ships

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 50
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of seven small pencil and ink silhouette ship drawings by D.C. Mackay on India paper in the early 1940s. Ships depicted include RMS Aquitania, RMS Monarch of Bermuda/Queen of Bermuda, RMS Empress of Britain, RMS Empress of Australia, HMS Malaya, HMS Valiant, and HMS Enterprise. Includes tonnage and dimensions information.

Pencil and ink sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing naval tactical movements

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 24
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s outlining unidentified naval tactical movements.

Pencil and ink study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a "Victory" signal flags on a Canadian naval ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 132
Item
[1945]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink study sketch by D.C. Mackay, likely from 1945, showing signal flags on an unidentified Canadian naval ship, spelling out "VICTORY".

Pencil and watercolour painting by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors working a winch

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 37
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and watercolour painting by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing two sailors in cold-weather gear performing rope and winch work on an unidentified naval vessel.

Pencil drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of a detailed container pier crane

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 117
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a detailed pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from 1944, showing a container pier crane (#3), likely in Halifax Harbour.

Pencil drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors disembarking in port

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 135
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing a dock scene Canadian sailors disembarking their ship while in port.

Pencil silhouttes and notes by Donald Cameron Mackay

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 13
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a note sheet by D.C. Mackay, which includes four penciled ship silhouettes: Niobe, Rainbow, a patrol boat, and two submarines.

Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a group of sailors carrying duffel bags

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 12
Item
[1939]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely made in October or November of 1939, showing a group of Canadian sailors carrying duffel bags over their shoulders while exiting a covered gangway.

Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of aft ship anatomy on an unidentified Canadian naval vessel

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 30
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a penciled anatomical layout of the aft deck of an unidentified Canadian naval vessel, drawn by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s.

Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of ship silhouettes

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 125
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a series of pencil silhouette sketches by D.C. Mackay, likely in the early 1940s. Sketch includes HMCS Saskatoon, USS Kaweah [misidentified as Keweah], and Fort Amherst, as well as four other unidentified ships, in convoy formation.

Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing four sailors pushing a cart

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 34
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely in the early 1940s, showing four sailors (two in front and two behind) moving a heavily laden cart.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a large naval ship in port

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 119
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, of the outline of a large unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a naval officer performing navigation duties

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 122
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, of circular composition placement lines and outlines of a naval officer performing navigational observations on an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an elevated perspective town scene

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 136
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing the beginnings of a wartime harbour town scene from a hillside perspective.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors pulling up signal flags

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 133
Item
[1945]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay, likely from 1945, showing two sailors pulling up signal flags on an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of the bridge of an unidentified Canadian naval ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 107
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing the bridge cabin of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of two sailors resting below deck

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 70
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch drawn by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing one sailor laying on a bench resting while another sits writing at a desk.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing a sailor carrying a duffelbag

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 15
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a penciled study sketch by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing a sailor carrying a duffel bag.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing equipment on the deck of a Canadian naval ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 134
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing equipment on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing sailor standing on deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 131
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a small pencil study sketch by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, showing sailors standing on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.

Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing sailors carrying duffelbags boarding a ship

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 14
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a penciled study sketch by D.C. Mackay made in the early 1940s showing a group of Canadian sailors carrying duffel bags on their shoulders, boarding an unidentified naval vessel.

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 12 Canadian Army Medical Corps officers

MS-13-11, PB Box 2, Folder 189
Item
[194-?]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is group picture with Oscar Donovan in the centre, between two men in regimental Highlander dress (kilts and sporran) and other officers wearing Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform.

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