Fonds consists of materials collected by Ronald Justin Inness about ships and shipping companies, including pamphlets, manuscripts, clippings, and correspondence. Fonds also contains manuscripts written by Ronald Justin Inness about the Innes' genealogy.
Series consists of correspondence between Ronald Justin Inness and different individuals, including Noel R.P. Bonsor, Ernest D. Brown, W. Kayke Lamb of the Public Archives of Canad, and others, regarding ships and shipping companies.
Item consists of two copies of proposed schematic diagram of the electrical distribution of the Bluenose II. The drawing is labelled "Sketch No H.S.L.-BL/EL-18." The drawing was completed on January 29th, 1965 for Halifax Shipyards. One copy of the drawing includes a table of estimated sea loads that is not present on the other copy
Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." Citadel Hill is visible in the middle background. St. Paul's Church is on the middle right, and St. Matthew's Church is on the middle left along the shoreline.
Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." The photograph looks north towards Bedford Basin, with the town of Halifax and Citadel Hill is visible on the left.
Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The trawler Fabia was from Boston, and was equipped with diving and salvage gear. In the summer of 1921, the Fabia was financed by the Boston Post to raise the schooner Esperanto in order to defend the latter's title to the Herald Cup. The efforts to put the schooner back into service ultimately failed.
Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The Gloucester fishing schooner Esperanto won the Herald Cup at the first international fisherman's races in 1920, which was held off Halifax.
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.
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.
