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Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locations around Nova Scotia

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The top left and right photographs are duplicates, and were taken in North Sydney in January 1920. The top middle photograph is a duplicate, and was taken aboard the MMB in March 1920. The bottom right photograph is a duplicate, and was taken in Pictou in March 1920. The bottom centre and left photographs are not identified, though both likely feature Raddall.

Notebook of George Renny Young

  • MS-2-212, SF Box 32, Folder 4
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  • 1838
Item is a notebook belonging to George Young containing a report on emigration from Germany and personal journal entries.

Young, George Renny, 1802-1853

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Photograph of a drawing of Reverend Thomas McCulloch

Item is a glass plate of a drawing of Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D.D. The drawing by Arthur Lismer itself is based on a painting of McCulloch by Daniel Munro. The drawing was commissioned and used for history books on Dalhousie University, like One hundred years of Dalhousie 1818-1918 (1920), and Daniel Cobb Harvey's, An introduction to the history of Dalhousie (1938).

Letter from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith

  • MS-2-69, SF Box 18, Folder 22
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  • 1823
Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.

Smith, W., fl. 1823

Rest Christian calmly : [choral score]

Item is the manuscript for a hymn "Rest Christian Calmly," with words by Jessie P. MacKay and music by Addie MacKay. The music is for four-part chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and is in F Major with four verses.

Reproduction of a pastel drawing of Thomas McCulloch

Item is a reproduction of a pastel drawing of Thomas McCulloch, the first president of Dalhousie University. The drawing was produced by Munro of Pictou, Nova Scotia. The original drawing was created by Daniel Munro in 1850, after an older drawing hanging in Wellington Presbyterian Church in Glasgow, Scotland. The drawing was given to Dalhousie as a centennial gift by Isabella McCulloch in 1939.
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