Archives Catalogue

Photograph of the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett at sea, taken from the deck of the U.S.S. Yorktown printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 4
Item
[19-?]

Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. A quote from singer Byron G. Harlan is written on the back: "Where the sunset turns the ocean's blue to gold."

Portrait of the children and teacher of Class III printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 18
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Canterbury Cathedral and the Gate of Dark Entry in Canterbury, England printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was sent to Thomas Head Raddall in Halifax, with a message from his father on the reverse side.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence with Wang Fu Sun

MS-2-615, Box 37, Folder 31
File
1982-1984

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains correspondence with Wang Fu Sun of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China regarding Chinese students at Dalhousie University.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Donald C. MacKay

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 41
File
1946-1953, 1970

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.

Fundraising postcard showing a patient at a leprosy clinic transporting supplies by bicycle

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
[196-?]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of a postcard collected by Florence Murray from the MIssion leprosy clinic promoting donations to the Mission.

Fundraising postcard showing housing that leprosy patients had previous resided in

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
[196-?]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of a postcard collected by Florence Murray from the Mission leprosy clinic showing what donations can do to raise living standards of the Mission's patients.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and D. H. Mahon

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 66
File
1959

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.

Photograph of the Walbach Tower ruins in New Castle, New Hampshire printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1958]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the ruins of a Martello-type tower that was built at the entrance to Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the War of 1812.

Photograph of the Wentworth-by-the-Sea hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire taken aerially and printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1958]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Wentworth-by-the-Sea hotel taken while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Little Harbor and the Piscatagua River are visible in the rear behind the building.

Photograph of Angelo the courier, Thomas Head and Edith Raddall, and Bleach at the Staat Keller restaurant in Lucerne, Switzerland printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 43, Item 19
Item
1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A note on the reverse side indicates that the restaurant featured a 'sing-song'. The gentleman on the right is identified as Bleach, from South Africa.

Photograph of Thomas Head and Edith Raddall riding a gondola in Venice, Italy printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 43, Item 16
Item
1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken at dusk when the Raddalls were on their way to their hotel. The Raddalls can be found on the left side of the boat.

Photograph of the post office in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 4
Item
[before 1955]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the post office, which was built in 1897. The building was demolished in 1955, and replaced with the federal government building in 1956.

Photograph of the Elmwood Hotel in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 5
Item
[before 1949]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Elmwood Hotel, which was originally a mansion built by Joshua Newton, who was the son-in-law of Simeon Perkins. The Perkins house is on the left, though it is not visible. In about 1942, the hotel was purchased by the Canadian Navy, and was used during WWII as a living quarters and offices for naval personnel whose ships were undergoing refit at the Thompson Machinery Co. Ltd. plant. After the war ended in 1949, the hotel was torn down, and the site became the lawn in front of the artillery training quarters.

Correspondence to Andrew Merkel from Molly Beresford

MS-2-326, Box 2, Folder 36
File
1922-1936

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

File contains seventy-one handwritten letters between poet Molly Beresford and her Song Fishermen colleague Andrew Merkel, between 1922 and 1936 (predominantly late 1920s). File also includes four of Beresford's poems: "The Philosophy of a Would-Be Poet," "Moon Shadows," "To a Fair Lady on returning to her a Pair of Rubber Shoes," and another untitled poem. File also includes three postcards and one Christmas card.

Photograph of Norwegian artist Hans Dahl standing between whale jawbones in Balestrand, Norway printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 3
Item
1935

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a postcard, has an inscription addressed to Mr. Donald Bellew from the artist, Hans Dahl. A further inscription presents the postcard to Thomas Head Raddall from Captain Bellew, V.C. The whale jawbones that Dahl is standing under were given to him by Dr. Nansen the Explorer, who was a Viking descendant.

Portrait of Jean Coles printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 8
Item
5 September 1923

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a brief and unaddressed inscription from Jean Coles on the reverse side.

Photograph of Cowie Pond printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the pond on the Cowie tan-yard, which is located on the west road from Liverpool to Milton near the railway bridge.

Photograph of Main Street West, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken near Fort Point, looking west. The homes on the left belonged to Thomas Barting and William Barting.

Photograph of Main Street East, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 24, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph looking east on Main Street, Liverpool. The house on the right was the home of George S. McClearn, who was a lumber merchant. W.S.K. Jones, M.P.P. lived there in 1967.

Photograph of the Wharf Rocks at Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 24, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the Perkins House, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 10, Item 1, MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Items 1-8, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a photograph of the home of Miss Letitia Agnew in the early 1920's.

Photograph of Fort Point Park, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 25, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a house in winter in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 27, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the Mersey Hotel on Main Street in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 27, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Mersey Hotel taken from the lawn beside the house built by Dr. Farish. The same house was the home of Dr. John C. Wickwire in 1967.

Photograph of Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 25, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is erroneously labeled as facing south. It is actually taken outside of the Mersey Hotel and faces east. The house on the left was built by Dr. Farish, and, as of 1967, was owned by Dr. John C. Wickwire.

Photograph of Main Street looking east, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph that was likely taken in the early 1920's. The Perkins House is on the right side of the photograph, though it is not visible. The turreted house on the left was the home of Dr. Theodore R. Ford.

Photograph of Main Street on the lower corner of School Street in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 27, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph looking east on Main Street. The house on the left is on the lower corner of School Street, and was the home of John D. McClearn in 1967.

Photograph of Ecclesbourne Cliff, Hastings, East Sussex, England printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
13 October 1920

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a note to Ellen Raddall from her mother on the reverse side.

Portrait of Miss Bridget "Bridie" Maloney, printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
1919

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a postcard with an address and message to Thomas Head Raddall on the reverse side.

Ralph Kane's collection of postcards sent from his uncle, Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1915-1918

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is an album containing mounted postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane, while Tupper was serving overseas during World War One. The postcards feature images including a photograph of Tupper,war propaganda, holiday greetings, cartoons, photographs England and children. Some are made of embroidered fabric or vellum and all have messages written by Tupper on the reverse.

Postcard of the Les Marguerites, the house next to Weldon Morash's billet in Rixensart, Belgium

MS-2-804, SF Box 90, Folder 7, Item 2
Item
1918

Part of Weldon Guy Morash fonds

Colour postcard of a painting depicting le derniere charge de Wellington (Battle of Waterloo)

MS-2-804, SF Box 90, Folder 7, Item 4
Item
1918

Part of Weldon Guy Morash fonds

Postcard of the Tower of London

MS-2-804, SF Box 90, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of Weldon Guy Morash fonds

Postcard of the City Hall, Belfast

MS-2-804, SF Box 90, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
1918

Part of Weldon Guy Morash fonds

Photograph of two hydroplanes docked at Fort Point, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 23, Item 4
Item
2 November 1918

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of two Canadian-built hydroplanes. They stopped at Fort Point on their tour of the South Shore as part of a publicity act for the new Victory Loan.