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Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, February 7, 1905

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, February 7, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 4
Item
February 7, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 7, 1905 while at Oxford University under a Rhodes Scholarship, discussing poor depictions of Oxford in Massachusetts paper and responding to accusations that America should annex Canada. He also discusses vacationing in Paris, extracurricular activities at Oxford, and visits with friends.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 5
Item
November 2, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.

Christs, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christs, Cambridge, United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 2
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom

River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 3
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Peter's Chapel, Peterhouse, United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 8
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Charging Cross, London United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 9
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

View from the suspension bridge in Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland

View from the suspension bridge in Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 12
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Logbook of the schooner Vincent A. White

MS-2-107, SF Box 23, Folder 7
Item
1923 - 1924

Item is the logbook of the tern schooner Vincent A. White on two voyages: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Glasgow, Scotland, from 26 June-7 November 1923; and Lunenburg to Havana, Cuba, from 14 February -2 April 1924.

Vincent A. White (schooner)

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
Item
1941

Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941

Portrait of John Raddall of Fleardon Farm, Cornwall, England

Portrait of John Raddall of Fleardon Farm, Cornwall, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1870]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. aged about 2 years old

Portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. aged about 2 years old

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1879]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Portrait of the British Army shooting team with two trophies, in uniform and carrying rifles, tak...

Portrait of the British Army shooting team with two trophies, in uniform and carrying rifles, taken at Bisley

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes T.H. Raddall, Sr., who is designated with an "x" over his head.

Photograph of the ship Narcissus taken at Glasgow

Photograph of the ship Narcissus taken at Glasgow

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 4 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The ship Narcissus carried 1270 tons and was built in 1876.

Photograph of four men, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., wearing aprons outside a grocery store

Photograph of four men, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., wearing aprons outside a grocery store

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform with clans of officers carrying rifles at the Reach Fi...

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform with clans of officers carrying rifles at the Reach Field shooting range in Hythe, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 16, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is reltaed to material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of two officers in uniform standing outside of the officers' quarters at Hythe, England

Photograph of two officers in uniform standing outside of the officers' quarters at Hythe, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 17, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of four officers in uniform standing on a lawn at Hythe, England

Photograph of four officers in uniform standing on a lawn at Hythe, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken at an undetermined location. Speculation on the reverse side suggests that it is near the Lecture Room looking towards the old Married Quarters.

Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album. The photographs are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Items 5-6, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 5421 Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photographs on the left and right were likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence in England.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a non-uniformed man

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a non-uniformed man

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 6, and related to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs and is related to materials in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

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

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

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

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.

Letter written by Augustus Churchill regarding medical books

MS-13-7, SF Box 57, Folder 5
Item
1886

Churchill, Augustus, Dr.

Photograph of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University

Photograph of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University

MS-2-43, PB Box 23, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
1905

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item is a photograph of A. S. MacKenzie studying the magnetic deflection of x-rays in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University.

Autobiography of Herbert Leslie Stewart, MA (Oxon) PhD, FRSC, FRSA

Autobiography of Herbert Leslie Stewart, MA (Oxon) PhD, FRSC, FRSA

MS-2-45, Box 43, Folder 25
Item
1953

Part of Herbert Leslie Stewart fonds

Item is a photocopy of an unpublished typed manuscript, containing the following hand-printed text on the extant front page, beneath the table of contents: "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF / HERBERT LESLIE STEWART / MA (Oxon), PhD, FRSC, FRSA / FIRST DRAFT / – INCOMPLETE and UNPOLISHED / at the time of his death in 1953."

Arthur H. Whitman's diary of a trip to England

Arthur H. Whitman's diary of a trip to England

MS-2-487, SF Box 11, Folder 28
Item
1888-1889

Item is a diary kept by Arthur H. Whitman that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid.

Whitman, Arthur Hanfield

Photograph of Jean Bailey

Photograph of Jean Bailey

PC2, Box 373, Folder 130
Item
November 1944

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a portrait photograph of Jean Bailey. Jean was one of many guest children who came to Canada from England during WW2. Jean and her Brother Brian stayed with Mr. E.G. Irish and his family in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The children Brian (age 13) and Jean (age 15) returned to England in July of 1945 after spending five years with the Irish family.

Keep on hopin' : [sheet music]

MS-5-2, Box 3, Folder 32, Item 1
Item
1915

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains the sheet music for "Keep on Hopin'" with words by Frank Stanton and piano music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell. The score is inscribed to Ellen Ballon and dated June 18, 1935. The score was published in three keys, C Major, E-flat Major, and F-Major. This version is in E-flat Major.

Heron-Maxwell, Kathleen

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

Publicity photograph of Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[c. 1930 - 1939]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photo of Ellen Ballon taken by Pearl Freeman for publication in the Daily and Sunday Press newspapers in London, England.

Letter from Mary Goldie, private secretary to Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

Letter from Mary Goldie, private secretary to Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
September 21, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter from Mary Goldie, Princess Alice's private secretary, asking Ellen Ballon to forward an enclosed letter to Frank Cyril James in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Recording of an interview with Victor Marmin

Recording of an interview with Victor Marmin

MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Victor Marmin, a lecturer at a college in England. Marmin talks about his theories about how pigeons find their way home.

Recording of Barbara Hinds commenting on the British as animal lovers

Recording of Barbara Hinds commenting on the British as animal lovers

MS-2-130, Box 12, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds commenting on the British as animal lovers. She talks about how British people are concerned about animal welfare and how they love their pets. The recording is preceded by a short clip of people applauding.

Photograph of Margaret G. Bondfield, British Minister of Labour

Photograph of Margaret G. Bondfield, British Minister of Labour

MS-2-785, Oversized Box 7, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
[between 1923 and 1935]

Part of Dougald MacGillivray's photographic portrait collection

Item is a photograph of Rt. Hon. Margaret G. Bondfield, J. P., M. P., L. L. D., Minister of Labour in second Labour Cabinet, first woman Cabinet Minister and Privy Councillor, appointed Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.

Letter from London Missionary Society's Clark Bentom and John Mitchell to Rev. John Eyre reporting on their missionary activities

MS-2-676, SF Box 31, Folder 32
Item
1800

File contains a copy and transcript of a letter written while John Mitchell and Clark Bentom were aboard the ship Ephron.

Bentom, Clark

Recording of an unidentified man talking about the lives of earthworms and other recordings

Recording of an unidentified man talking about the lives of earthworms and other recordings

MS-2-130, Box 12, Folder 9, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a series of short recordings which all appear to have been recorded in England. The recordings include and unidentified man talking about the life span of earthworms; sounds from a train station; sounds from a sporting event, possibly a horse race; and a brass band playing God Save the Queen.

Printed matter : jury print show : [exhibition catalogue]

UA-36, Box 6, Folder 22
Item
[1975?]

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

Items are catalogues for a juried exhibition of printed matter from an selection of international artists, organized by the Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in April and May 1975.

Catalogues contain images of work in the exhibition, an introduction by Christopher Youngs (Director, Owens Art Gallery), and short biographies for artists included in the show.

John Alexander Nixon's correspondence with the editor of the British Medical Journal

MS-13-29, SF Box 65, Folder 11
Item
1925

Nixon, John Alexander

Photographic negative of a photograph of the ship Narcissus

Photographic negative of a photograph of the ship Narcissus

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a negative, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of four men, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., wearing aprons and standing outside a grocer...

Photograph of four men, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., wearing aprons and standing outside a grocery store printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 6 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15. The photograph was taken outside of Raddall, Sr.'s uncle Frank's shop in East Dulwich while Raddall, Sr. was on holiday. Frank is second from the left.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr., with another uniformed officer on or near Reach Field in Hythe, ...

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr., with another uniformed officer on or near Reach Field in Hythe, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 16, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England standing with a gentleman in...

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England standing with a gentleman in plainclothes

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 6
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9, and is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence.

Portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform printed on a postcard

Portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 3
Item
December 1914

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. A message on the reverse side is addressed from Raddall, Sr. to his brother, written at Salisbury Plain.

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

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.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, Sr. at W.E. Firmstone residence

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, Sr. at W.E. Firmstone residence

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1917

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The photograph was taken while Raddall, Sr. was on leave at the Little House, Cooden Drive, Bexhill.

Correspondence from the General Register Office, London, England, to Roy Laurence, February 26, 1937

Correspondence from the General Register Office, London, England, to Roy Laurence, February 26, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
26 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Roy Laurence by the General Register Office, London, dated February 26, 1937, discussing Henry Croker's marriage to Florence Hughes. Item is "Enclosure 2" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom

River Cam, Cambridge, United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 1
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Abbotsford, United Kingdom

Abbotsford, United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 5
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 15
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Popery condemned by the scripture and the fathers

MS-2-40, Reel 1
Item
1808

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book "Popery condemned by the scripture and the fathers : being a refutation of the principal popish doctrines and assertions maintained in the remarks on the Rev. Mr. Stanser's examination of the Rev. Mr. Burke's letters of instruction to the Catholic missionaries of Nova Scotia and in the reply to Rev. Mr. Cochran's fifth and last letter to Mr. Burke, etc."

Popery again condemned by scripture and the fathers

MS-2-40, Reel 2
Item
1810

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book, "Popery again condemned by scripture and the fathers : being a reply to a part of the popish doctrines and assertions contained on the refutation, and in the review of Dr. Cochran's letters, by the Rev. Edmund Burke, V.G. Que."

Photograph of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University

Photograph of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University

MS-2-43, PB Box 23, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
July 26, 1905

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie taking notes in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University.

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