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Correspondence related to a vessel designed by W.J. Roué for Pearson McCurdy

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1936-1937

File contains correspondence from multiple shipbuilders and a legal agreement with Shelburne's Eastern Shipbuilding Corp. to construct Roue's design no. 123.

Correspondence related to the construction of Morley G. Taylor's ketch designed by W.J. Roué.

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 11
File
1955-1961

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains a legal agreement, brochures and correspondence with companies connected to Roue's design no. 201.

Correspondence, questionnaire, official racing rules, and 1936 conditions for the Bermuda Ocean Race

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 5
File
1936-1948

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design Hull No. 510 — docking plan of the SS Dartmouth, designed by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co.

MS-4-39, OS Folder 7
Item
1934

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 143 — construction plans for a double-end ferry for the Caribou-Wood Island route

MS-4-39, OS Folder 2
File
1939

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains construction plans for a proposed Caribou-Woods Island auto ferry; a plan for the officers and crew quarters with galley lay out; and plate III.

Design No. 146 — detail of removable cast for a bronze skeg used on ferries the George H. Murray and John Cabot

MS-4-39, OS Box 21, Folder 20
Item
1946

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 161 — construction plan for a 16' LWL sloop designed for use in Nova Scotia harbours

MS-4-39, OS Folder 9
Item
[ca. 1950s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Item is a plan for plate No. II.

Design No. 17 — keel profile and table of offsets for the Bluenose I

MS-4-39, OS Folder 1
File
1920

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 170 — sketches for the Highland Lass, a pilot boat built in Englishtown, NS

MS-4-39, OS Folder 3
File
1951

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains a sketch showing changes in the deck layout and a sketch showing construction of the cockpit at Station no. 9.

Design No. 171 — detail plan of lead keel for a Kinley sloop, the Gypsy

MS-4-39, OS Folder 11
Item
[ca. 1950s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 183 — cabin design for a yawl, the Flying Spray II, for W.W. Slocum, Newark, NJ

MS-4-39, OS Folder 4
Item
1951

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 205 — sketch showing construction materials for a work boat for the Department of Public Works, Newfoundland

MS-4-39, OS Folder 13
Item
1956

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains a plan of plate No. III and a list of fittings for design no. 205.

Design No. 208 — drawing for a Cape Island ferry in Mahone Bay, NS

MS-4-39, OS Folder 6
Item
1958

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Item is a plan lifted by Roué from a half-model made by Maurice Robar, Industrial,Shipping Ltd.

Design No. 219 — drawings for the L.W.L Yawl, designed by Henry M. Devereux, City Island, New York

MS-4-39, OS Folder 12
File
1938

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 27 — plans for a 14' sailing dinghy

MS-4-39, OS Folder 8
Item
[ca. 1930s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No. 69 — detail drawing of davits for the Nova Scotia auto ferry, the Breton

MS-4-39, Box 2, Folder 37
File
1949

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Design No.186-2 — layout of the main deck cabin for the Placentia Gut ferry, Dept of Public Works, Newfoundland

MS-4-39, OS Folder 5
Item
1952

Part of William J. Roué fonds

I.R. Woodburn's business card

MS-4-39, PB Box 17, Folder 11
Item
[1900?]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Long-liner construction section drawing by W.C. MacKay & Sons, Shelburne, NS

MS-4-39, OS Folder 10
Item
[ca. 1950s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 8
File
1919-1948

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence, a 1919 bicentennial brochure, announcements, house rules and 1950 annual meeting minutes, for the Royal Yacht Squadron, to which Roue belonged.

Naval architecture magazine articles about power boats

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 42
File
[1930's-1940's]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Naval architecture magazine articles about schooners

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 40
File
[1930s-1940s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Naval architecture magazine articles about yawls and ketches

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 41
File
[1930's-1940's]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Newspaper articles related to Roue's designs

MS-4-39, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1927-1949

Part of William J. Roué fonds

These articles were photocopied by the Archives.

On the wave principle applied to the longitudinal disposition of immerse volume / by Colin Archer

MS-4- 39, Box 2, Folder 36
File
1926

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photograph of an engine in Halifax

MS-4-39, PB Box 17, Folder 10
Item
[1920?]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photograph of Bluenose I

MS-4-39, PB Box 17, Folder 7
Item
1921

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photograph of the Esperanto

MS-4-39, PB Box 17, Folder 8
Item
[1920?]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Item is a photograph of the ship that won the trophy the year prior to the Bluenose's win.

Photograph of the Gulf Ranger, owned by G. Roy McWilliam

MS-4-39, PB Box 17, Folder 12
Item
1940

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photograph of the Pinions

MS-4-39, PB Box 17, Folder 9
Item
[1920?]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photograph of William Roué

MS-4-39, PB Box 29, Folder 29
Item
[ca.1960s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photographs collected by W.J. Roué

MS-4-39
Series
1930-1940

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Series comprises photographs related to ships and shipbuilding.

Photographs of the Flying Spray vessel - no. 67 designed by William Roué

MS-4-39, PB Box 29, Folder 30
File
[ca. 1930s]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Photographs of unidentified vessels designed by William Roué

MS-4-39, PB Box 29, Folder 31
File
[1946?]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Receipts, notes and legal documents kept by James Roué, William Roué's father

MS-4-39, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1885-1887

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Specifications of boats designed by W.J. Roué

MS-4-39
Series
1920-1958

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Series comprises W.J. Roués specifications for his boat designs. Roué's design numbering system is reflected in the file titles.

Statements of W.J. Roué's ferry inspection expenses submitted to the Nova Scotia Department of Highways & Public Works

MS-4-39, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1946-1948; 1952-1954

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Vessel plans

Series
1949-1958

Part of William J. Roué fonds

Series comprises plans and specifications for boats designed by W.J. Roué.

William J. Roué fonds

MS-4-39
Fonds
1885 - 1964

Fonds contains William Roué's correspondence (1919-1964), design specifications and ship plans (1930-1964), photographs and financial records.

Roué, William

W.J. Roué's correspondence from H.D. Langlais, Arthur Langley, Albert Longtin and Ernest F. Lloyd

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 2
File
1939-1949

Part of William J. Roué fonds

W.J. Roué's correspondence from Indiana Mahogany Company and the James and Manchester Company

MS-4-39, Box 2, Folder 30
File
1940

Part of William J. Roué fonds

W.J. Roué's correspondence from National Supply Co., New England Yachtsman and the Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 5
File
1937-1946

Part of William J. Roué fonds

W.J. Roué's correspondence related to a fire on the vessel Thor II

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 44
File
1937

Part of William J. Roué fonds

W.J. Roué's design specifications for no. 17 (Bluenose schooner)

MS-4-39, Box 2, Folder 35
File
[c.1921]

Part of William J. Roué fonds

W.J. Roué's incoming correspondence — "B"

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 15
File
1946-1957

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence from the Bakelite Corp., Lieut. Pat Baldwin, Bank of Nova Scotia, John Barkhouse, Bill Barnes, A.M. Bell, Charles R. Bell, R.P. Bell, Austin P. Bennett, C.L. Bennet, Phyllis Blakely, Fessenden S. Blanchard, William Bliss, G.W. Boudreau, Briggs & Co., C.S. Bruce, D.G Butterfield and Douglas Byers.

This file also contains drawings of boats and a copy of the script of a broadcast on the Schooner Bluenose by C.L. Bennet.

W.J. Roué's incoming correspondence — "C"

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 16
File
1946-1960

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence from Canadian Atlas Diesel Engines Ltd., Canadian Bank of Commerce, Canadian National Exhibition, Canots Cadorette Canoes, Chaudiere Bassin, Casein Company of America, Coleman Machinery Co. Ltd., Roland Cantin, Herbert Cochrane, Carleton S. Cooke, Cooney Sail Co. Inc, Harley Cox, John L. Crowe, Cuprinol Inc., and George H. Cuthbertson.

W.J. Roué's incoming correspondence — "D"

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1944-1952

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence from Daley, Phinney & Outhit, C.R. Daniels Inc., Darling & Darling, Frank A. Dick, Harvey Doane, H.W.L. Doane, Department of National Defence, James Doherty, Dunphy's Ltd., and Michael Dwyer.

W.J. Roué's incoming correspondence — "E"

MS-4-39, Box 3, Folder 18
File
1944-1957

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence from Eastern Insurance Adjusting Co. Ltd., F.G. Eastman, Eldredge-McInnis Inc., Enfield Industrial Engines Ltd., Charles. R. Engel, Erie Machine Products Ltd., Esso Standard Oil Co., and John Etherington Ltd.

W.J. Roué's incoming correspondence — "F"

MS-4-39, Box 2, Folder 29
File
1943-1946

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence from L.W. Ferdinand & Co. Inc., D.L. Flemming, W.F. Fletcher, K.A. Forbes, George F. Foss, Foulis Engineering Sales Ltd. and Foundation Maritime Ltd.

W.J. Roué's incoming correspondence — "G - H"

MS-4-39, Box 4, Folder 1
File
1940-1961

Part of William J. Roué fonds

File contains correspondence from C.Howard Gordon, Edward Gordon, Gourock Ropes & Canvas Ltd., Grant, Oxley & Co. Ltd., Guildfords Ltd., K.O. Harter, the Hughes Owens Co. Ltd., and Victor G. Humphreys.

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