Archives Catalogue

Photograph of a dory departing the Erie at Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 5
Item
1912

Item consists of a copy of a photograph taken in 1912 showing a dory rowing ashore after departing the steam schooner Erie, which was stranded on the South Side of Sable Island in August 1912.

Papers of the SS Corfu Island

MS-4-231, SF Box 21, Folder 19
File
1953-1962

File contains papers of the SS Corfu Island, including a survey of the vessel from March 4, 1953, a list of crew members from July 11, 1957 to May 14, 1960, and miscellaneous papers from 1956, 1961, and 1962.

SS Corfu Island.

Notes of Mrs. Gordon Cowan on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia

MS-2-173, SF Box 14, Folder 7
File
[1966]-[1967]

File consists of genealogical notes on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a particular focus on Captain Alexander Rose Rettie and the wreck of his vessel "Forest Chief." Also included are a family tree, photocopies of research correspondence, and historical newspaper accounts.

Cowan, Mrs. Gordon

Manuscripts about the Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1950-1973

Part of Irving Deale collection

File contains manuscripts by Robert Lester Dewis (1950, 1953); Alphonse Deveau (1968); George S. Bryan (undated); and Irving Deale's manuscript titled "A personal account of an interesting story, or a funny thing happened on the way to an antique shop " (1973).

Letter from Irving Deale to the Canadian Department of Transportation

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1969

Part of Irving Deale collection

File a letter Irving Deale wrote to the Canadian Department of Transportation regarding the Mary Celeste. File also includes Deale's notes in response to the letter.

Irving Deale collection

MS-2-518
Collection
1862 - 1974

Collection consists of documents, photographs, correspondence and manuscripts relating to Irving Deale's research on the Mary Celeste.

Deale, Irving Thomas

Copy of reply by attorney general to petition of Alexander McBain

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
1867

Part of Irving Deale collection

The item consists of handwritten and typed correspondence from the attorney general regarding Alexander McBain's petition, written on October 15, 1867.

Copy of petition of Alexander McBain to lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
1867

Part of Irving Deale collection

The item consists of handwritten and typed correspondence regarding Alexander McBain's petition to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, written on October 14, 1867.

Copies of historic documents regarding the Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Items 1 - 13
File
1862-1889

Part of Irving Deale collection

File contains copies of the Amazon bill of lading (1862); Windsor Insurance Company policy for Albert Dewis (1865); Attorney General's Office petition regarding Amazon (1867); the Amazon account of crew changes (1866); the Amazon shipping certificate (1868); information from Lloyd's List (1872); Gibraltar letter from Solly Flood (1873); a Gibraltar report from Dr. J. Patron (1873); shipping records for Amazon (1874; 1887; 1889) and Mary Celeste (1873-1877) with abbreviations; and a charted course for Mary Celeste (undated).

Articles about the Mary Celeste transcribed and annotated by Irving Deale