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Anniversaries in Geneva, 1959

Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.

Brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

File contains a brochure on the history of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital. The brochure includes a brief history of the hospital and a nominal role of staff that worked with the hospital. The brochure also includes transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Dalhousie University. No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

Christmas card from Lt. Col. John Stewart

Item is a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart. The card was printed by the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital while it was stationed in France. The card is printed in gold and black ink and features the Dalhousie crest.

"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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 the 90th Rifles of Winnipeg, 8th Battalion on a parade at Stonehenge, Salisbury Plains, England printed on a postcard

Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. There is a note to Ellen Raddall from her husband, T.H. Raddall, Sr., on the reverse side. Raddall, Sr. marked his position in the parade on the front with an x: he is the fifth from the left in the foremost line, wearing a long, dark overcoat that nearly reaches his ankles.

Notebook of George Renny Young

  • MS-2-212, SF Box 32, Folder 4
  • Item
  • 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

Photograph of the Matheson Grave on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of a group of unidentified Indigenous people sitting in front of John W. Matheson's grave at the mission house in Maré, Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]. Matheson, of Pictou County, traveled with John Paton to the South Pacific in 1858, and passed away in 1862.

Notebook of Samuel J. Holland

  • MS-2-33, SF Box 16, Folder 1
  • Item
  • 1747-1748
Item is a 150-page notebook that Samuel J. Holland used in 1747 when he was serving as an artillery officer in the Dutch army. The notebook is bound in vellum and contains tables, memoranda, mathematical calculations, diagrams, recipes for making gun powder, and assorted notes.

Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

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.

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

Copy of the Mary Celeste 1872 salvage hearing in Gibraltar

Item consists of a facsimile of the original December 18, 1872 court document regarding the mystery of the Mary Celeste, undertaken at the Vice Admiralty Court of Gibraltar, before Sir James Cochrane Knight, Judge and Commissary, and collected in the 1970s by Irving Deale.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 28, 1919

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 28, 1919, in Hoeylaert, Belgium, expressing relief at the cessation of hostilities and anxious anticipation upon returning home, and of Grenadier post-war life billeted in a village near Brussels.

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

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 Edith MacMechan, July 24, 1905

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Edith MacMechan, dated July 24, 1905 in Neuchatel, Switzerland, discussing learning French and traipsing through mountains while on vacation in western Switzerland, visits to exhibitions in urban England, and catching up with friends at Oxford and beyond.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1905

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1905 in Dijon, France, addressing the rejection of typewriters, meetings with mutual friends, and travels in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland and eastern France. Stairs finishes with discussing his studies in the new semester at Oxford.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 9, 1928

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 9, 1928 from Paris, lamenting having just undergone his 28th operation, reminiscences of a recent car crash, and in response to prompts from MacMechan, sharing rich details of the characters sitting with him in a cafe.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 5, 1930

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 5, 1930 from Paris, lamenting the passing of Howard Murray, his convalescence after another illness, the discovery of shrapnel behind his ear nearly fourteen years' removed from active duty, and his contemplating pursuing a Ph.D at Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 8, 1931

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, showing appreciation for MacMechan sending Jones his sonnets and a copy of his thesis, and discussions on the European geopolitical climate, as well as discussions with Lord Beaverbrook about an International Athletic Union.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 25, 1916

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Christmas Day 1916 from the I.O.D.E. Hospital for Officers in London, wishing MacMechan a "jolly old-time Christmas", and providing further updates on his recovery from wounds suffered in combat.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 11, 1917

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 11, 1917 from the I.O.D.E. Hosptial for Officers in London, updating his recovery, outlining recent pleasure reading, and discussing a chance visit with a friend from Halifax whose discussions reminded Jones that "Victoria Road is after all just around the corner."
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