The fonds includes manuscripts of most of his published works—novels, short stories, articles, radio broadcasts and plays, and forewords for other works—from 1929 to 1976; research notes and general historical studies; sound recordings; correspondence covering the years 1914 to 1994 (including letters with other authors and his publishers, among others); diaries (closed at the author's request until 2019); photographs; memorabilia; material related to his father who fought and died in World War I; and several scrapbooks containing reviews of his books, clippings, and other research material.
Item consists of correspondence sent by Jessice Ripple and Ginelle MacKinnon to Thomas H. Raddall in February 1993, regarding the dedication of the 1993 Liverpool Regional High School textbook in Raddall's name.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and C.W. "Chuck" MacNeil (on behalf of Hon. John Leefe) from August 1990 regarding naming a provincial park after Raddall outside of Port Joli, Nova Scotia.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Ken Maher from spring 1988 regarding obtaining permissions for reproductions from "At the Tide's Turn".
Item consists of a letter sent by Zoe Lucas to Thomas H. Raddall in 1988 thanking Raddall for a copy of an autobiography gifted to Lucas on Sable Island.
Item consists of correspondence sent by Jim Lotz to Thomas H. Raddall dating from 1983 thanking Raddall for the inspiration his work provided during Lotz's writing.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Little, Brown and Company dating from 1958 to 1981, largely related to "The Nymph and the Lamp". File also includes royalties receipts.
File contains handwritten correspondence sent by Norman MacKenzie to Thomas H. Raddall in 1970 and 1977, praising Raddall's fiction and anticipating Raddall's forthcoming memoir.
File contains handwritten and typed correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Hugh MacLennan dating from 1946 to 1976, detailing responses to the publication of "Pride's Fancy", the Royal Commission on Publications, among other topics.
File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History dating from 1976 regarding several artifacts.
File contains two pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Ronald V. Levy dating from 1971 regarding Raddall's land at Moose Harbour for a mapping project.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and representatives of the Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, from the 1960s. Includes correspondence between Raddall, John Gray, Joyce Elkin, Norma Ridsdill, and Hugh Kane, largely related to usage rights to Raddall stories and excerpts.
File contains correspondence and a postcard sent between Thomas H. Raddall and Donald C. MacKay dating from 1946 to 1953 and 1970. One letter includes a drawing by D.C. MacKay depicting a Sable Island lighthouse keeper on horseback.
File contains four pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and the Town of Liverpool dating from 1949 and 1969, relating to street renovations.
File contains two pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and L. S. Loomer dating from 1969 regarding a copy William Gilmore Simm's "The Life if Francis Marion".
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Frances M. MacLeod, sent between 1966 and 1969. File includes a newspaper clipping of an article about Raddall and "Hangman's Beach".
Item consists of typed correspondence sent by Isabel MacNeill to Thomas H. Raddall in October 1969, thanking him for a copy of a lecture, and discussing reading "Halifax: Warden of the North".
File contains seven pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Longmans Canada Ltd. dating from 1961, 1964, and 1967 regarding the rights to a passage from "The Amulet" for use in a language textbook.
Item consists of typed correspondence from E.F. Street, of the Committee on Camp Hill Cemetery, to Thomas Raddall, regarding the location of Sarah Croker's burial. The letter is annotated with inked additions, with a crude map marked to verso.
File consists of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Kenneth MacKenzie, sent between 1953 and 1964. Topics covered include recent meetings, the passing of Angus L. MacDonald, and the publication of "Halifax: Warden of the North".
File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Charles R. Loban dating from 1964 regarding interview questions as part of research for an oral speech on Canadian Literature of the Twentieth Century.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Maclean's Magazine staff, including Murray Chipman, Robert Fulford, and Gayle Winship, from the early 1960s. Includes topics such as a visit to Nova Scotia, and the release of an issue of Maclean's dedicated to the Constitution of Canada.
File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Dr. Ruth Leipman dating from 1961 regarding potentially publishing "The Nymph and the Lamp" at a discounted price which would reduce royalties.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and representatives of the Macmillan Company of Canada Limited dating from 1956 to 1958, and 1960. Includes correspondence between Raddall and John Gray, Isabel Syme, Winifred Eayrs, Robin Latcham, and Vernon Mould, regarding the publication of "The Rover".
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and D.H. Mahon from 1959 regarding the use of skis and snowshoes by the Indigenous peoples of Nova Scotia.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Maclean's Magazine staff from the 1950s, from Pierre Berton, Ian Sclanders, Janice Tyrwhitt, Ralph Allen, discussing pieces on the history of Barrington Street in Halifax, Grand Banks fishing, Yousuf Karsh, "Halifax: Warden of the North", and other subjects.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Little, Brown and Company dating from 1956 to 1957, relating to film rights for "The Nymph and the Lamp", and remaindering of "The Nymph and the Lamp" and "Tidefall". File also includes royalties receipts.
Item consists of a typed letter sent by Thomas H. Raddall to Sara MacGlashen in 1957, about the influence of the culture and history of the Indigenous peoples of Nova Scotia in the writing his short story "The Amulet".
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Little, Brown and Company dating from 1954 to 1955, related to the publication of "Tidefall" (including reprint renaming and film rights) and royalties receipts related to the publication of "The Nymph and the Lamp".
File contains fourteen pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Liverpool Library Association dating from 1954 to 1955, relating to the DeWolfe Library.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and F.A. Upjohn of the Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, from the early-1950s. Much correspondence discusses the works of Charles Bruce.
File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Frank MacKinnon, regarding several guest lectures at Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown.
File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Murdoch MacDonald dating from 1954 regarding Raddall's short story of the Acadian Expulsion, "The Credit Shall Be Yours".
