Archives Catalogue

Christmas card from Lt. Col. John Stewart

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14, Item 3
Item
1916

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.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 11

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
May 18, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on May 18, 1916.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 49, Issue 1

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
November 15, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on November 15, 1916. The feature article is a memorial one regarding the growing list of Dalhousie student casualties in The Great War (World War, 1914-1918).

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 49, Issue 3

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
December 20, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 20, 1916.

Portrait of the battalion commanders and adjutants of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th battallions, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., all in uniform

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
1916

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the 2nd Brigade and Canadian 1st Division. Brigadier Lipsett can be seen in the centre, with Major Prower, the commander of the 8th battalion, to his right. Captain T.H. Raddall, Sr. is standing at the right of the photograph, and is the adjutant of the 8th battalion.

Portrait of Sgt Watkins and his machine gunners

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
June 1916

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Resignation letter from Jack London to members of the Socialist Party

MS-10-1, Box 2, Folder 9
Item
March 7, 1916

Part of Roscoe Alfred Fillmore fonds

Item is a typed, signed resignation letter sent by Jack London to members of the Socialist Party. The letter was written from his ranch in Glen Ellen, California, and reveals his dissatisfaction with trends of socialism in the United States. He also announces the resignation of his wife, Charmain K. London.

Letter Captain Graham Roome to Annie Belle Hollett sent from Stellarton, Nova Scotia

MS-2-771, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1916

Part of Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 11, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 9
Item
October 11, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.

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

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 6
Item
December 25, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

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 between A. Stanley MacKenzie, Leonard Sanford, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
1916

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President A. Stanley MacKenzie, Dr Leonard Sanford, C.J. Burchell, and Henry Fairfield Osborn, regarding Dalhousie's holding of extinct Labrador duck specimens in the Thomas McCulloch Museum.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 5

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
January 14, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on January 14, 1916.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 10

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
April 5, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on April 5, 1916.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 49, Issue 2

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
December 1, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 1, 1916.

Portrait of the 8th battalion taken at Abeele, including T.H. Raddall, Sr.

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 6
Item
July 1916

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the company and officers of the 8th battalion after the retaking of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. T.H. Raddall, Sr. is in the middle row, 4th from the right.

Letter from Captain Graham Roome to Annie Belle Hollett sent from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

MS-2-771, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1916

Part of Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

Simpson, William - Sinclair and Stewart

MS-4-61, Box 101, Folder 3
File
1899-1916

Part of Dominion Chair Company fonds

File contains letters and invoices from individuals and businesses including: William Simpson (Carr's Brook, NS); Peter Sinclair (Isaacs Harbour, NS); Sinclair and Stewart (Summerside, PEI).

Letter from John Bigelow

MS-4-92, Box 4, Folder 15
Item
1916

Part of Bigelow family fonds

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 9

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
March 27, 1916

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on March 27, 1916.

An issue of the Dalhousie Gazette found in the trenches in France

MS-2-82, OS Box 18, Folder 32
Item
November 17, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This issue of the Gazette was sent to MacMechan by Owen Bell Jones from the trenches during the First World War. Mud is most pronounced on pages 4 and 5.

Commercial Club of Halifax luncheon : [address]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 10
Item
July 29, 1915

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the Commercial Club of Halifax luncheon on July 28, 1915.

Daily orders (part II) for the No. 7 "Overseas" Stationary Hospital

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 5, Item 6
Item
November 18, 1915

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a set of daily orders for the No. 7 "Overseas" Stationary Hospital that includes information on the unit's strength and appointment of new members, including Pte. M.H. Dawson, Nursing Matron L.M. Hubley and Captain F.V. Woodbury.

Calendar of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia : 1915-1916

MS-1-Ref, Box 246, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1915

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the academic calendar for the 1915-16 session of Dalhousie University. The course of instruction, important academic dates, examination papers, degree requirements, fees, and scholarship opportunities are outlined for the Faculties of Arts and Science, Engineering, Dentistry, Medicine, and Law. The calendar lists the members of the University's Senate and Board of Governors as well as the academic staff and students.

Letter from Captain Graham Roome to Annie Belle Hollett, sent from Chatham, New Brunswick

MS-2-771, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1915

Part of Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 11

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
April 5, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on April 5, 1915.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 1

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
October 27, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on October 27, 1915.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 3

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
December 4, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 4, 1915. The issue contains an article about money that the late George Stairs left to Dalhousie in his will.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 20, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 4
Item
December 20, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 20, 1915, discussing the discovery of a muddy copy of the Dalhousie Gazette in a trench in France during the First World War.

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

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 11
Item
January 1915

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.

Letter from Captain Graham Roome to Annie Belle Hollett sent from Shelburne, Nova Scotia

MS-2-771, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1915

Part of Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

Letter from Captain Graham Roome to Annie Belle Hollett sent from Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-771, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1915

Part of Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, November 18, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
November 18, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 1
Item
[1915?]

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, likely in the spring of 1915, about apologies for not meeting up before Jones's overseas departure.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, September 16, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 3
Item
September 16, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 16, 1915, at Valcartier Camp (Quebec City), thanking MacMechan for further outfitting of the Camp's library, general anxiousness around Camp, and the hopes of the Battalion soon being deployed to England.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 7

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
January 22, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on January 22, 1915.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 8

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
February 6, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on February 6, 1915.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 10

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
March 5, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on March 5, 1915.

Photograph of the "Little Black Devils" 90th Rifles of Winnipeg, 8th Battalion in a church parade on Salisbury Plain, England printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 10
Item
1915

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Letter from Captain Graham Roome to Annie Belle Hollett sent from Lockeport, Nova Scotia

MS-2-771, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1915

Part of Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, August 26, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 2
Item
August 26, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated August 26, 1915, thanking MacMechan for his gift of books and that it is very popular among Jones's fellow officers at Valcartier Camp.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 9

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
February 19, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on February 19, 1915.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 2

MS-1-Ref, Box 18 ; Box 160
Item
November 17, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on November 17, 1915. Feature article regarding the first Dalhousie student, George W. Stairs, killed in The Great War (World War, 1914-1918). Also included in this issue is a report on the death of Sir Charles Tupper.

The Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 48, Issue 4

MS-1-Ref, Box 160 ; Box 18
Item
December 21, 1915

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 21, 1915.

A petition, signed by the student in 1880-81, to the Governors of Dalhousie College to commemorate the generosity of George Munro

UA-23, OS Folder 20
Item
1880-1881; 1915

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File consists of the petition to the Governors of Dalhousie in appreciation of gifts to the College supplied by George Munro, plus correspondence to Stanley MacKenzie.

Preliminary editorial report on Haliburton's works November 1915 (copy 1)

MS-2-35, SF Box 16, Folder 7, Item 1
Item
1915-11-?

Part of Charles William Jefferys fonds

Item is the first of 2 copies of a preliminary report on Haliburton's works from November 1915.

Preliminary editorial report on Haliburton's works November 2, 1915 (copy 2)

MS-2-35, SF Box 16, Folder 7, Item 2
Item
1915-11-22

Part of Charles William Jefferys fonds

Item is the second copy of 2 of a preliminary editorial report on Haliburton's work in November 1915.

Letter from Robert Glasgow, president and managing director, The Publishers Association

MS-2-35, SF Box 16, Folder 7, Item 10
Item
1915-10-29

Part of Charles William Jefferys fonds

Item is a letter from Robert Glasgow to C.W. Jefferys outlining the agreement of editorial and illustration work undertaken by Jefferys on a multi-volume series of the works of Haliburton.

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
March 30, 1915

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar