Fonds primarily consists of records documenting Roome's military career and research interest. The records span World War One and World War Two and include correspondence (1918-1919 and 1942-1946); war diaries (1915-1918 and 1940-1944); addresses and lectures (1928-1949); ca. 165 black and white photographs, mostly of Mesopotamia during World War I and of training exercises during World War II in Debert and Tracadie, Nova Scotia; photographs and postcards of Dalhousie; maps of England, France, and Mesopotamia from World War I; print materials which include newspaper clippings and copies of Canadian military magazines; research notes on the American Civil War; papers while Deputy Adjutant General (1943-1945) regarding awards, transfers, discharges, etc.; and miscellaneous other papers.
Roome, Richard Edward Graham, Brigadier, 1892-1985
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an unidentified soldier climbing a palm tree. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers crossing a bridge with a cart and donkeys. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers on horseback in water. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and an ox drawn cart. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and an artillery tractor. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of an unidentified soldier and a group of people. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and horses near camp. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and horses next to a hill. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers with carts in the desert. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers raising a flag. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers. Soldiers on horseback appear to be pulling rope while other soldiers look on. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a group of people. Three of the people are each holding a card with a large number 2 on it. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people outside of unidentified buildings. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of Maude Bridge named after British army officer Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a section of the Ishtar Gate at its original site in Babylon. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people crossing a pontoon bridge over the Tigris River. "Old Bridge Baghdad" is written on the photograph. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a boat next to unidentified buildings. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of boats in water. There are unidentified buildings in the background as well as people on a walkway next to the water. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of the Dhul Kifl Shrine. Today the shrine is part of the An-Nukhailah Mosque. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people sitting on a riverfront next to a rowboat in the water. A couple of people are in the rowboat and appear to be leading a camel onto shore. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a group of people in a field with horses. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.
Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people with horses. The horses appear to be pulling farming equipment. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.