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Dalhousie University Archives Samuel R. Balcom fonds File
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Stormcliff, England - 1914

On back of print (soldiers in the photo): "SR Balcom, Karl Woodbury, Victor N MacKay, Col John Stewart, Col EV Hogan, Dan A MacLeod, Walter Taylor"

Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital - J. Stewart - Staff References

File contains copies of letters of reference for former railway dining car workers who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, served in the First World War with the (Dalhousie) No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital. The correspondence contained herein discusses disagreements over the promises of wages granted to enlisted men from railway companies as a result of two different circulars being signed in relatively short order.

The Orderlies with Col. Stewart - Arles, France

Back Row: Sgt. A. F. Proudfoot, Sgt. W. G. (Tubby) Jenkins, W. J. Parkhill, Patrick (Paddy) Colgan, Harry B. Archibald, Sgt. Tom H. Robinson, James, J. E. Doyle , Frank F. Chute, J. R. Eldridge, D. J. Strachan (?)
Front Row: Sgt. W. J. Martin, ?, Sgt. T. W. Taylor, ?, Joseph Richardson, Sgt. G. T. Brown, Col. Stewart, A. Oatway, A. F. Tupper, Ed. Noseworthy, Daniel McNeil, James (Jimmy) Hilton, Sgt. C. A. Redmond

Page from "family bible'

Cut out frontpiece (presumably) from a family bible listing deaths of John Saunders (1828) and Mary Saunders (1838). Originally housed with contents of file 3-5.

Pennan School Register

Pennan School, District 23, West Halifax District. Register of student attendance. Includes curriculum outline.

Various memorabilia

Balcom's 1952 driver's licence, Halifax Board of Trade dinner program - 1977 (including autographs), Receipt for cleaning services 1919, and other odds and ends.

Snapshots

Print subjects are an adolescent male, and an adolescent female. On back of print: "Robert Graeme French at Miami"; " 'Jackie' Mary French, Xmas 1958"

Dalhorizons

"A Planning Report of Funding Program for Dalhousie Fund Council", 1968. Revitalization plans.

Question to House - Lobster Catch

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the total lobster catch for the four Atlantic Provinces, as well as the House of Commons Notice of Motion with the reply.

Question to House - Immigrants to Canada, 1954

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the number of Immigrants entering Canada in 1954 and from what countries. Also in the file is a list of Immigrants and countries of origin for 1954, provided by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.

Communiqué

"Underwater Excavation of the 18th Century French Supply Vessel to Resume in Gaspe's Baie des Chaleurs." and "Historic RCMP Schooner St. Roch will be Restored."

Dinner Invitations

File contains a selection of dinner invitations for events hosted by the Red Hat Snow Shoe Club. Includes the 35th, 37th, 75th, 80th, and 88th anniversaries.

School run by Brothers

2 b/w images, 13"x9". on back of one print: "Rev. Father Alphonse Donahoe, Rev. Father George Courtney"
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