Archives Catalogue

Robert (Bob) William Maclellan's records

Subseries
1915 - 1941

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Subseries consists of Robert (Bob) William Maclellan's correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, birth certificate and death notice.

Photograph of Richard Roome, an unidentified officer, and three unidentified Halifax-based cadets examining surveying equipment

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of looters and bystanders outside Offman's Jewellers on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of crowds outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 3
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of dispersing crowds and detritus on Hollis Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 8
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a serviceman and an older women with military decorations on her lapel dancing on Barrington Street during VE-Day in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 12
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a ransacked shop after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 27
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph showing a man picking up a broken drawer from a looted shop.

Photograph of civilian looters carrying stacks of clothing past the smashed shop windows during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 29
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of crowds behind Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 30
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of serviceman and civilians walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 36
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a police van set afire and nearly run off the waterfront dock during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 10
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a sailor and a Wren drinking beer on the grass in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 13
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a fire-scorched hotplate underneath a sink

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 16
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph possibly taken as evidence of attempted incendiarism during the Halifax VE-Day riots.

Photograph of men carrying looted shoes on the corner of Blowers Street and Granville Street during the VE-Day riots in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 18
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of civilian looters outside the smashed windows of Kay's Department Store on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 20
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two sailors carrying armfuls of looted clothes during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 23
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of RCAF men drinking beer and browsing though a ransacked shop during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 34
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two sailors examining looted goods, including a feather duster and fur vest, on VE-Day in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 35
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Royal Canadian Navy sailors and officers and members of the Canadian Women's Army Core drinking beer in downtown Halifax on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two sailors and a woman embracing a looted shop mannequin wrapped in a Union Jack flag during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 4
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors carrying looted goods past the Capitol Theatre on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 5
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 9
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 14
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen riding in the back of a truck in a convoy of marching military personnel down Barrington Street on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 17
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph taken before the rioting and looting began on Barrington Street, as evidenced by the intact shop windows and clean streets.

Photograph of two Women's Army Auxiliary Corps women carrying an American flag and a box of looted wine during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 21
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of the ransacked interior of Henry Birks & Sons on Barrington Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 24
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters carrying shoe boxes up Blower's Street past Silverman's and Edwards Fur Company during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 25
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of civilians and servicemen standing outside of smashed shop windows on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 26
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted beer in a Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 32
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day in a Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 33
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors, Wrens, officers, and civilians drinking beer in a Halifax park on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 38
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photographs of VE-Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22
File
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains 38 photographs taken in downtown Halifax during and after riots that took place on VE Day in 1945. Photographs show servicemen and women as well as civilians, street celebrations and ransacked stores. Item 25 was taken by Roy Tidman and Item 37 is a Royal Canadian Navy photograph.

Photograph of looters carting cases of beer outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors looting beer through a broken window at Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval reserve lieutenant drinking from a bottle in downtown Halifax in the aftermath of the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 11
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted Keith's beer in a downtown Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 15
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two women carrying looted goods, while others watch events on the street during the VE-Day riots in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 19
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen drinking looted Keith's beer in front of Government House during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 22
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a ransacked shop interior in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 28
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors with beer and looted good outside the Carleton Hotel during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 31
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval officer and two men in civilian dress walking up a set of outside stairs

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 37
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a meeting of senior officers of the 5th Division, Artillery, in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.

Photograph of a reunion dinner of the families of officers of the 5th Artillery Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950

Photograph of Richard Roome arriving at an event at Royal Artillery Park

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph from a dinner at the Royal Artillery Park Officers' Mess in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner in the Officers' Mess of Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, likely in 1950. Pictured include Richard Roome, Rollo Mainguy, George Foster, and seven others (names mentioned include Kinley, Simmonds, and King; four others remain unidentified).

Photograph of Richard Roome, Major-General Edward Plow, and other senior officers from 5th Infantry Division Artillery, in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 8
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner among senior officers of the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, held in Halifax, likely in 1950. Eighteen officers are pictured. Front row is of Richard Roome and Major-General Edward Plow; back row identified include George Richardson (1), Captain E.H. MacDonald (3), D.U. Rainnie (6), W.C. Waterfield (8), and M.E. Blue (10).

Photograph of Brigade Major Faulkner presenting a clock to Brigadier Richard Roome

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1951

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a meeting of Artillery HQ officers from the 5th Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[1951?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Richard Roome, Admiral Rollo Mainguy, Major-General Edward Plow, and two other officers

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
[1955?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph from a reunion of artillery officers, in Halifax, sometime in the early 1950s. Pictured include Rollo Mainguy, Richard Roome, Edward Plow, and two others (Ross and Oland).

Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

MS-2-252
Fonds
1915-1957

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

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