Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, delivered November 9, 1933, under the title "Change or Decay?" The speech discusses the notion of fundamental social ideas that are consistent across the country, the difficulties faced under parliamentary governments to ensure such consistency, and the problems inherent in the present economic system.
This speech later appeared in an amended form in the January 1934 number of the Dalhousie Review.
Item is a collection of transcribed sea chanties, as sung aboard vessels out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the 1870's, 1880's, and 1890's, and recalled in whole or part by William H. Smith, of Liverpool, N.S. (born 1867). The words were taken down and prepared in typescript by his son T. Brenton Smith, in the year 1940. Includes the following chanties: "The Loss of the Emma-Jane," "Lay Out, Tack Sheets and Haul," "Bound to Rio," "Blow the Man Down," "Old Hoss," "Screwing in Song," "Way Down in Tennessee," "The City of Baltimore," "Around the World and Home Again," "Old Mother Head's," "Sauer Kraut," "Arriving back at Liverpool," "The Mary," "Brigantine Scrocco," "The Big Five Gallon Jar," "Shiloh Brown," "Shanadore [Shenandoah]," "What You Going to do with a Drunken Sailor," "Goodbye, Fare Ye Well," "Say Old Man," "Harbour Grace," "Liverpool Packet," "Fire in the Foretop," "Sailor's Burial at Sea," "On the Banks of the Sacremento," "Rolling Home to Merry England," "Then Turn out You Jolly Tars," "Whiskey for my Johnnie," "The Banks of Newfoundland," "Hangman Johnnie," "On the Plains of Mexico," "We'll Pay Paddy Doyle for his Boots," "Isle of Fugi," "Old England's Gained the Day," and "Walking in de Middle of de Road." Includes annotations about the chanties, some of which are handwritten and by Thomas H. Raddall.
File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.
File contains handwritten drafts of chapters from Elisabeth Mann Borgese's book, "The Future of the Oceans: A Report to the Club of Rome." Includes pages from Chapter II ("The Marine Revolution"), Chapter IV ("The Consitution of the Oceans"), and Chapter VI ("The Philosophy of the Common Heritage").
Item consists of a partially colored charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing a line of sailors carrying duffel bags boarding a four-funneled troop ship.
Item consists of a charcoal and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from 1944, showing a sailor standing on the deck of a pilot boat manoeuvring towards a docked Canadian naval ship under a crane.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely in 1943, showing three members of the gun crew of an unidentified Corvette performing cleaning work on the ports of an Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely in 1940, showing a busy port scene at Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Scene includes tugs and naval vessels, as well as two sailors carrying duffel bags.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing an unidentified sailor wearing cold weather gear reaching above to perform rope work.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay dated December 15, 1943, showing a Canadian sailor performing sentry duty on Jetty #4 on the Halifax waterfront.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely in early 1944, showing a sailor wearing cold weather gear holding binoculars, standing in front of "Y" turret on the deck of HMCS Iroquois.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from early 1944, showing a sailor holding binoculars on the deck of the HMCS Iroquois in front of "Y" turret.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, dated April 26, 1943, showing four sailors clearing a tow line from the starboard side of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay dated February 1940 showing an officer wearing cold weather gear on board the Restigouche, peering through binoculars.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s of two officers making navigational observations while on convoy duty aboard HMCS Restigouche. One person is holding a pair of binoculars, while another uses navigational equipment. Mackay identifies the two men as HN (Hospitalman) Layard, and Lt. Rowland, of the Restigouche.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing a group of sailors loading naval artillery rounds while on convoy duty aboard an unidentified ship (likely HMCS Restigouche).
Item consists of a completed charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, showing three sailors wearing cold weather gear, operating a deck gun in heavy seas in convoy formation on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing several sailors performing deck cleaning maintenance work on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay sometime in the early-1940s showing three sailors performing maintenance work on deck while in convoy formation.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing three sailors cleaning and maintaining the aft gun on board HMS Restigouche.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from March 1944, showing the 4.7 inch turret guns on the deck of Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Iroquois.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. MacKay sometime in the early-1940s showing a portside view of the HMS Valiant, as well as an unidentified convoy formation including the Skeena, the Empress of Britain, the Empress of Australia, and several other vessels.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing three sailors performing deck cleaning maintenance work on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a small pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, showing two Canadian sailors operating navigation and signalling equipment while in convoy formation, on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely in February 1944, showing two sailors wearing cold weather gear cracking ice off the side of the frigate HMCS New Waterford.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing two sailors performing navigational observations while on convoy duty. One sailor uses a sextant to aid in navigation while another observes.
Item consists of a completed pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s, showing two sailors wearing wet weather gear performing navigational and signalling duties while in convoy formation on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in early 1940 showing two Canadian sailors using observation and signalling equipment aboard the destroyer HMCS Restigouche, serving as a convoy escort. One sailor is holding binoculars while another is operating a signal projector.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay in February 1944 showing a sailor wearing cold weather gear chopping ice off the side of an unidentified ship (likely the HMCS New Waterford) with an ax.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from February 1944, showing a sailor wearing cold weather gear chopping ice off the side of an unidentified ship (likely the HMCS New Waterford) with an ax.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, likely from February 1944, showing a sailor wearing cold weather gear chopping ice buildup off the deck of an unidentified ship (likely the HMCS New Waterford) with an ax.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay in April 1943 showing a sailor raising flags near the bridge funnel of an unidentified Canadian naval vessels.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing a sailor raising maritime signal flags on an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing a sailor raising maritime signal flags on an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early-1940s showing a starboard side view of the examination ship HMCS Andree Dupre.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing equipment on the starboard deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay sometime in the early-1940s showing engine and ventilation components on board an unidentified naval ship in convoy formation in rough seas.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing three naval officers resting. One lounges in a chair reading, while two others sitting writing at a table.