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Beaver study diary

Item is a diary kept by Alexander Leighton between October 1935 and March 1936 describing the behaviour and feeding habits of a pair of beavers kept by Alex and James (Jimmy Hutchins?) for observation.

"Diary Notes"

Item contains excerpts from Raddall's diary, covering the period of February 17, 1933 to September 9, 1939.

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

Item consists of Thomas H. Raddall's typed research notes (with handwritten annotations) related to Irish emigration to Queens County, likely compiled in the early-1950s.

Memo on Harry Reid Croker's residences

Item consists of typed notes, likely compiled by Roy Laurence in 1937, related to Harry Reid Croker's residences in England at the start of the twentieth century. Item is "Enclosure 4" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Notes regarding Harry Reid Croker's marriage

Item consists of handwritten notes likely drafted by Roy Laurence in 1937, about findings related to Harry Croker's marriage. Item is "Enclosure 3" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

"Old Wall-paper in Nova Scotia"

File contains an adaptation of an article of the same title written by Blodwen Davies, printed in the Halifax Herald, May 27,1929, with handwritten notes by Raddall. File also contains an associated article "They Play House with Antiquity" by Claire Van Wart.

Research notes from an interview with "Loon Doon Abbott"

Item consists of handwritten notes drafted by Roy Laurence on January 9, 1936, during an interview with Lorna Doone (marked "Loon Doon") Abbott, daughter of Sarah Croker. Item is "Enclosure 5" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Research notes on "The Sarah Croker Case"

Item consists of annotated typescript notes compiled by Thomas Raddall from multiple sources (including Roy Laurence's testimony), around the death of Sarah Croker Giberson, in preparation for a chapter on Sadie Davenport in his publication "Footsteps on Old Floors", published in 1968.

From title page: "Sources: personal conversations with Halifax lawyer (later Judge) M.B.Archibald, who represented the Salvation Army in the case: personal conversations and complete copies of the court documents supplied by lawyer Roy A. Lawrence
of Annapolis, who represented Blanchard Giberson in the case."

Research notes regarding Sarah Croker's marriages

Item consists of typed research notes, likely drafted by Roy Laurence in 1937, about Sarah Croker's marriages to Harry Croker and Blanchard Giberson. Item is "Enclosure 6" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Transparency showing biomass measurements for an ENFOR study of standing crops and fluxes at Site H8, a stand of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), red maple (Acer rubrum), and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) at an unidentified central Nova Scotian location

Includes measurements related to tree counts, level of ground vegetation, forest floor soils, throughfall, stemflow, litterfall, precipitation, weathering, dinitrogen fixation, and net flux.