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.
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.
Item is a photograph of Sir Thomas Lipton's first attempt to take the America Cup with his first Shamrock. The cable-ship Mackay-Bennett is visible in the offing on the left.
Item, a photograph, shows the wireless telegraph machine that was installed in the Mackay-Bennett in New York in order to cover the international race for the America Cup for the New York Herald. Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht, Shamrock, challenged but lost to the defending champion, Columbia.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959]. The photograph was taken at the site of the Cobb house, which is not visible, but was built in 1760.
Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959]. The church served as a village hall between 1925-1947, hosting social events such as dances, until it was torn down in ca. 1950.
Item is a photograph of the residence "Craigievar". It was built in 1897, and was the first house to be built on Park Street, in Liverpool. It was destroyed by fire in April 1921. It stood on the site of of present lots 21 and 25, and the grounds included the site of the Liverpool Tennis Club's courts. "Craigievar" was the residence of Judge F.G. Forbes, who was a lawyer native to Liverpool and practiced in Halifax. He was a sitting federal member for Queens-Lunenberg in 1896. Judge Forbes retired to provide W. S. Fielding with a seat, which resulted in his judgeship.
Item is a photograph of three docked ships: the Dunbar Castle, which weighed 925 tons, and was built in Sunderland, England in 1864; the Borden Chief, which weighed 1011 tons, and was built in South Shields in 1870; and the Duke of Sutherlans, which weighed 1047 tons and was built in Aberdeen in 1865.
The fonds includes manuscripts of most of his published works—novels, short stories, articles, radio broadcasts and plays, and forewords for other works—from 1929 to 1976; research notes and general historical studies; sound recordings; correspondence covering the years 1914 to 1994 (including letters with other authors and his publishers, among others); diaries (closed at the author's request until 2019); photographs; memorabilia; material related to his father who fought and died in World War I; and several scrapbooks containing reviews of his books, clippings, and other research material.
