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The item consists of a group of prisoners of war from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia, posed in a human pyramid. There are three gentlemen in suits included in the photograph.
The item consists of a photograph of a group of prisoners of war at the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia lined up next to a sign "Kruft-Heill" (cheers).
Item consists of a postcard photograph produced by Cox Bros., Halifax, N.S., of Clyde Blakeney (who left Sable Island to enlist in the armed forces in the fall of 1917), dressed in military uniform standing atop Citadel Hill.
File contains two copies of a photograph of the officers, nursing sisters, N.C.Os and men of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital C.E.F., Dalhousie Unit. The photograph shows the soldiers and nursing sisters sitting or standing in four rows with snow on the ground and buildings in the background. Some names are written in pencil on one of the copies.
Item, a photograph, is likely to have been taken in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment Museum & Archives. The curator is likely Max Abrams.
File contains 2 copies of the photograph of the 185 Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The photograph shows the battalion standing in a field with white tents in the background. The Officer in charge was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Parker Day. Photographed by H.O. Dodge in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1916.
Item is a photograph of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital medical and nursing staff with some family members, which suggests that picture was taken in Halifax some time before they left for France.
File is a photograph of Lt. Col. J. Stewart and Officers of No. 7 Stationery Hospital (Dalhousie Unit). Officers named in legend below photograph. Back Row: Capt. F.V. Woodbury; Capt. J. Rankin; Capt. S.J. MacLennan; Capt. D.A. MacLeod; Lieut. Taylor(Quartermaster); Capt. K.A. MacKenzie; Lieut. K.F. Woodbury; Capt. E.K. MacLellan; Capt. J.A. Murray; Major E.V. Hogan; Lt-Col. J. Stewart, O.C.; Major L.M. Murray; Capt. V.N. MacKay.
Item is a photograph of Howard C. Dawson. The photograph is a military portrait of Dawson. There is a crest of the 106th Overseas Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) under the photograph.
Item is a photographic portrait of an unidentified woman (possibly Lela Donovan) in a Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform. The photograph was taken by Harry J. Moss, Halifax, and is mounted on card in a folding cardboard frame.
Item is a photograph of a memorial in honour of engineers from the Nova Scotia Technical College who gave their lives in World War I. The memorial is a metal plaque engraved with the names of all of the causalities. The memorial was erected by the school's alumni association.
Item, a photograph, is likely to have been in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment Museum & Archives. T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s military medals are on display on the top shelf of the cabinet on the left hand side.
Item is a manuscript of "In Flanders Fields" by Edith J. Archibald, which sets the words of the poem of the same name by Colonel John McCrae. The piece is for solo voice and piano in F Major and was written at Archibald's home on Inglis Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The piece is 5 pages long with extra blank pages.
File contains a brochure with a brief history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital, a nominal role of its staff, transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.
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.
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.
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.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.
File contains a brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital. The brochure includes a brief history of the hospital and a nominal role of staff that worked with the hospital. The brochure also includes transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.
File contains a newspaper clipping and letters to Edith J. Archibald concerning her song "Britain Calls," which was written for the Royal Canadian Regiment during World War One. The newspaper clipping includes the text, but not the music, of the song. The letters are from G.A. LeCain, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Commanding 25th Battalion; George Murray, Provincial Secretary; and Evelyn Starr, professional violinist of New York City. An inscription by Edith J. Archibald at the top of the letters reads, "This song, dedicated to the Royal Canadian Regt. has made their 'marchpost' and I am told by an officer of that Regt. that is was played and sung daily during the war. He himself said it had keeped [sic] the men when on the tramp, 'over many a weary mile.'"
Item is a poster promoting military enlistment, with No. 26 printed on the bottom left corner and the designer's name, Dorothy Whitcomb, on the bottom right.