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"Chanties and Other Songs of the Sea" : [manuscript]

Item is a collection of transcribed sea chanties, as sung aboard vessels out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the 1870's, 1880's, and 1890's, and recalled in whole or part by William H. Smith, of Liverpool, N.S. (born 1867). The words were taken down and prepared in typescript by his son T. Brenton Smith, in the year 1940. Includes the following chanties: "The Loss of the Emma-Jane," "Lay Out, Tack Sheets and Haul," "Bound to Rio," "Blow the Man Down," "Old Hoss," "Screwing in Song," "Way Down in Tennessee," "The City of Baltimore," "Around the World and Home Again," "Old Mother Head's," "Sauer Kraut," "Arriving back at Liverpool," "The Mary," "Brigantine Scrocco," "The Big Five Gallon Jar," "Shiloh Brown," "Shanadore [Shenandoah]," "What You Going to do with a Drunken Sailor," "Goodbye, Fare Ye Well," "Say Old Man," "Harbour Grace," "Liverpool Packet," "Fire in the Foretop," "Sailor's Burial at Sea," "On the Banks of the Sacremento," "Rolling Home to Merry England," "Then Turn out You Jolly Tars," "Whiskey for my Johnnie," "The Banks of Newfoundland," "Hangman Johnnie," "On the Plains of Mexico," "We'll Pay Paddy Doyle for his Boots," "Isle of Fugi," "Old England's Gained the Day," and "Walking in de Middle of de Road." Includes annotations about the chanties, some of which are handwritten and by Thomas H. Raddall.

Correspondence from E. F. Street to Thomas Head Raddall

Item consists of typed correspondence from E.F. Street, of the Committee on Camp Hill Cemetery, to Thomas Raddall, regarding the location of Sarah Croker's burial. The letter is annotated with inked additions, with a crude map marked to verso.

Diary, June 29, 1972-July 4, 1972 : Fishing Trip

Item is one volume of a diary of Thomas H. Raddall, dating from June 29, 1972 - July 4, 1972 with accounts of a fishing trip to Moncton with a group of others. Entries include a bear sighting, salmon size, and the camp.

In the Court of Probate. In the Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson, deceased. Minutes of a hearing held September 10th, [1937]

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted September 10, [1936], regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Thomas H. Mondy, Hope Rockwell, Blanchard Giberson, Lorna D. Abbott, Melissa Greene, Fred Purchase, and A.F. McIsaac as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Court of Probate. In the Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson, deceased. Minutes of Evidence, January 25th, 1937

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted [Monday], January 25, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes discussions among the various legal teams, Mr M.B. Archibald (for T.H. Mundy), Mr. T.C. Doyle, Mr. J.F. Shaw (for Mrs. Lorna D. Abbott), and Mr. Roy Lawrence [sic, Laurence] (for Blanchard Giberson). Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In re Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Halifax, Thursday, June 18, 1936, 10.30am, before the Registrar, Robert F. Yeoman, KC

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Thursday, June 18, 1936, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Blanchard Giberson, W. Turney Giberson, and Carolyn A. Bishop as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In the estate of Sarah C. Giberson, deceased. Halifax, Monday, January 18, 1937, 10am, before Robert F. Yeoman, KC, Registrar

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Monday, January 18, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Major T.H. Mundy, Reginald V. Harris, Almon E. Hilchey, and Walter A. Stech as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In the estate of Sarah C. Giberson, deceased. Halifax, Wednesday, January 13, 1937, 10am, before Robert F. Yeoman, KC, Registrar

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Wednesday, January 13, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Almon E. Hilchey, Major T.H. Mundy, and Harry Croker as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Province of Nova Scotia. In the Court of Probate Halifax. In the estate of Sarah Giberson (Croker) deceased. Index to hearing held on September 11, 1936

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted September 11, 1936, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes [Lorna Doone] Abbott, [Blanchard] Giberson, and [Melissa] Green [sic, Greene] recalled as witnesses, plus further argument of Counsel. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

Item consists of Thomas H. Raddall's typed research notes (with handwritten annotations) related to Irish emigration to Queens County, likely compiled in the early-1950s.

"Old Sailor's Ballads, Collected by the Late Capt. Fenwick Hatt of Liverpool, N.S."

File contains a transcription of ballads. Includes: "The Frozen Girl," "On the Banks of Newfoundland," "The Worn-Out Sailor," "The Rose of Britons Isle," "The Banks of Brandywine," "The Pride of Glenco," "Sweet Jinny on the Moor," [Untitled], "The Blind Sailor," "The Ship Lady Sherbrooke," "The Cabin Boy," "The Braes of Balquhidder," "The Ramblin' Irishman," "The Desolate Widow," "The Bounty Jumper," "Our Fifer Boy," "The Ghostly Sailors," "The Cumberland," and "Bold Jack Donahue." Includes handwritten annotations by Raddall

Photograph of a mantel in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, with a cupboard overhead, a framed piece of artwork on the wall, and a wooden bust on the table beside

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side. The wooden bust on the left was carved by Milton-based woodcarver, George Crouse, whose work was prominent in the 1850's and 60's. Crouse carved figureheads and bow devices for many newly built Liverpool (Nova Scotia) ships. The bust in the photograph is a childhood likeness of Captain Samuel Kempton who also hailed from Milton. Kempton was the skipper of a packet schooner for many years that ran the Halifax - Liverpool - Boston route.

Photograph of a mantel in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, with a framed photograph and flags on the mantelpiece, a mirror and a framed piece of art on the wall, and a teapot on a pedestal beside the fireplace

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side.

Photograph of a mantel in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, with several framed photographs and knickknacks on the mantelpiece, and three framed pieces of artwork on the wall

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on its reverse side.

Photograph of a window in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, framed by art pieces on the walls

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side, and was taken by Hedley Doty.

Photograph of an empty room with a fireplace, patterned linoleum floor, and pictures pasted on the walls in the Simeon Perkins house prior to its restoration

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side.

Photograph of Archibald ("Grey Owl") Belaney holding a drum with James Espaniel and Gordon Longevin, all wearing Indigenous costume

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Province of Ontario Department of Lands & Forests on the reverse side. Grey Owl stands in the middle of the photograph, with James Espaniel on his left, and Gordon Longevin on his right. The date indicates this was near the beginning of Grey Owl's "Indian masquerade".

Photograph of Harold W. Higginson and coloured sketch of a tombstone

Item is a photograph of Higginson outside his home in Pleasantville, New York. Higginson was the chief electrical officer on the cable-ship Mackay-Bennet based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1911-1921 and was part of the cable-ship's recovery of over 300 bodies from the Titanic disaster in April 1912. Thomas Head Raddall served as a wireless operator on the same ship from 1920-1921.
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