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Archibald MacMechan fonds
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Letter from Sara Jeannette Cotes to Archibald MacMechan

Item consists of a letter to Archibald MacMechan from Sara Jeannette Cotes [Duncan] dated April 26 [1905], covering such topics as Sara's reception as an author among Canadian readers, and a meeting with Rudyard Kipling discussing Wilfrid Laurier's policies.

Four letters from David Soloan to Archibald MacMechan

File contains four letters written between 1911-1929 by David Soloan, principal of the Provincial Normal School (later the Nova Scotia Teachers College): three in response to an appeal made by MacMechan for Soloan to contribute an article about Dalhousie to be used in a fundraising campaign, and the fourth to congratulate MacMechan on his 40 years of teaching.

Correspondence related to the Dalhousie University Marine Museum

File contains correspondence to MacMechan from G.P. Baker, T. Cantley, C. Crichton, A. Fuller, W. Marshall, D.S. McCurdy, Adams McDougall, Everett MacDougall, C.E. MacKenzie, J.E. Mullins, D.E. North, Harold Putnam, P.W. Redden, Salter, B.S. Sulis, W.T. Townsend, Francis T. Tupper, J.H. Waddell, W. Watt, H.J. Wyman. It also includes illustrations.

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

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 9, 1928

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, March 7, 1923

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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