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This folder consists of a newspaper clippings, partial log of the ship Scrapper III, September 1921, and correspondence. This file also contains a copy of Janet MacDonald - A story of St. Margaret's Day by Mary Logan Cooke.

Correspondence relating to A Relic of Barbarism at Canadian Colleges written by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 29, Folder 7
File
1932-1933

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

The article a Relic of Barbarism at Canadian Colleges was published in Saturday Night, December, 1932.

Correspondence related to DeMille, The Man and the Writer written by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 28, Folder 9
File
1889-1890

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This article was published in Canadian Magazine, September, 1906. This article resulted from research undertaken when MacMechan hoped to prepare a full-scale biography of De Mille entitled James De Mille, A Study.

Correspondence related to the The Red Snow at Grand Pre by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 25, Folder 2
File
1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This file consists of correspondence from the managing editor of the Halifax Herald and Joseph C. Cope.

Correspondence related to the The Red Snow at Grand Pre by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 25, Folder 1
File
1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

General correspondence related to There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 24, Folder 5
File
1928-1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to The Lunenburg Way chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 24, Folder 4
File
1923-1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to The Wave chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 24, Folder 3
File
1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to The Captain's Wife chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 24, Folder 2
File
1923-1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to the Red Snow at Grand Pre by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 24, Folder 16
File
1929-1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to The Shell chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 24, Folder 1
File
1925

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to A Vision of the Night chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 22, Folder 21
File
1925-1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to The First Mate chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 22, Folder 20
File
1924-1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to The Great Ship chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 22, Folder 19
File
1924-1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to A Master Mariner chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 22, Folder 18
File
1919-1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This file contains correspondence from J.B. Marsh.

Correspondence related to A Beacon Light chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 22, Folder 17
File
1925-1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence related to Samuel Cunard

MS-2-82, Box 21, Folder 9
File
1929-1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This file consists of correspondence from D.C. Harvey, Blanche Hume, D. MacGillivray, Warren Publicover and William Otis Sawtelle.

Correspondence related to the Book of Ultima Thule by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 21, Folder 15
File
1927-1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence relating to the Headwaters of Canadian Literature

MS-2-82, Box 21, Folder 1
File
1924

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This file consists of correspondence from Andrew MacPhail and John W. Garvin.

Correspondence between Hantsford and A. MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 9
File
1927

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, June 20, 1921

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 9
Item
June 20, 1921

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated June 20, 1921 from Windsor, Nova Scotia, discussing the difficult transition from a military life to legal life: the "realization that I was studying law and not deciphering code messages from Prime Minister [Viktor] Pepelaev."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 27, 1919

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 8
Item
March 27, 1919

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 27, 1919 while on duty with the British Mission in Vladivostok, Siberia.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 11, 1917

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 7
Item
January 11, 1917

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 11, 1917 from the I.O.D.E. Hosptial for Officers in London, updating his recovery, outlining recent pleasure reading, and discussing a chance visit with a friend from Halifax whose discussions reminded Jones that "Victoria Road is after all just around the corner."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 25, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 6
Item
December 25, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Christmas Day 1916 from the I.O.D.E. Hospital for Officers in London, wishing MacMechan a "jolly old-time Christmas", and providing further updates on his recovery from wounds suffered in combat.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 5
Item
November 2, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 20, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 4
Item
December 20, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 20, 1915, discussing the discovery of a muddy copy of the Dalhousie Gazette in a trench in France during the First World War.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, September 16, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 3
Item
September 16, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 16, 1915, at Valcartier Camp (Quebec City), thanking MacMechan for further outfitting of the Camp's library, general anxiousness around Camp, and the hopes of the Battalion soon being deployed to England.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, February 9, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 23
Item
February 8, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, warning of Jones's potentially incendiary correspondence sent to Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 8, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 22
Item
January 8, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, showing appreciation for MacMechan sending Jones his sonnets and a copy of his thesis, and discussions on the European geopolitical climate, as well as discussions with Lord Beaverbrook about an International Athletic Union.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 5, 1930

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 21
Item
December 5, 1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 5, 1930 from Paris, lamenting the passing of Howard Murray, his convalescence after another illness, the discovery of shrapnel behind his ear nearly fourteen years' removed from active duty, and his contemplating pursuing a Ph.D at Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 14, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 20
Item
December 14, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 14, 1928 from Paris, outlining his disdain for those running the "new Dalhousie" and why he has distanced himself from the institution.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, August 26, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 2
Item
August 26, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated August 26, 1915, thanking MacMechan for his gift of books and that it is very popular among Jones's fellow officers at Valcartier Camp.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, February 5, 1929

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 19
Item
February 5, 1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 5, 1929 from Paris, discussing Jones's frustrations at having had to undergo two more operations recently.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 21, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 18
Item
November 21, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 21, 1928 from Paris, sharing his emotion regarding the passing of a friend.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 9, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 17
Item
March 9, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 9, 1928 from Paris, lamenting having just undergone his 28th operation, reminiscences of a recent car crash, and in response to prompts from MacMechan, sharing rich details of the characters sitting with him in a cafe.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 30, 1927

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 16
Item
December 30, 1927

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, sent December 30, 1927 from Paris, praising MacMechan's "Book of Ultima Thule", lamenting lack of connections to Halifax, and the continued mental health struggles related to his recovery.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, May 12, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 15
Item
May 12, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated May 12, 1923 from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, discussing the return of Jones's voracious reading habits, as well as opinions on the League of Nations.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, April 3, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 14
Item
April 3, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated April 3, 1923 from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, discussing Jones's thoughts upon finishing reading Arthur Schnitzler's "The Road to the Open".

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 30, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 13
Item
March 30, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Good Friday, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, outlining Jones's continued recovery, "chaotic" reading habits, and discussions around French politics.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 7, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 12
Item
March 7, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 7, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, frankly discussing his struggles with his recovery amid fears he is "slowly becoming a wreck; [often] feeling useless and frightened" and angered by not being told his poor prognosis and difficulty of recovery back in 1917.

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