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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.

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.

Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces near Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959] and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall aboard the yacht Ripple

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1941-1953. A second duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 8. The photograph was taken while Raddall was on a local cruise from Liverpool, Nova Scotia to Port Mouton Bay during the summer of 1946. The yacht, Ripple, was owned by Reverend John ("Sailor John") Wilson of Trinity Church, Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal Island with a small crowd of people amassed to observe

Item is a photograph of a salvaged boat. The hole in its keel was sustained by striking a piece of steel. An American ship went aground between Seal Island and Blonde Rock during World War II, and steel cargo was thrown overboard in an effort to lighten the vessel for subsequent salvage operations. The ejected steel remains a menace to fishing boats in those waters, where the tide rises and falls with a large margin.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall sitting at his desk in his study with a bookshelf and decorative ship behind him

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a duplicate to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 5, and a second duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5.

Davies, Frances

Photograph of the remains of a substantial home built at the Molega gold mines in the 1880's

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The home was built during the gold rush days. A couple of stone steps from the house are visible in the foreground, while the well and an apple tree from the yard are visible in the background.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and two other recipients of an honorary doctorate with the chancellor, archbishop, and president of University of King's College at Encaenia

Item is a photograph of Chancellor Norman Gosse; Raddall, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law; Archbishop W.W. Davis; President Graham Morgan; Reverend Harry R. Cooper, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity; and L.P. Edwards, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law.

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 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 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 Mrs. Murray Chipman, Mrs. Napier Moore, Murray Chipman, and an unidentified gentleman on a veranda near the waterfront in Chester, Nova Scotia

Item is related to MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 51 of the Thomas Head Raddall Correspondence series, in the Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Maclean's Magazine file. The man on the far right is speculated by Napier Moore to be Thomas Head Raddall, but there is a chance that he had identified the wrong photograph of visitors to the Chester residence, "Driftwood".
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