Archives Catalogue

MS-2-598, SF Boxes 80-82
Fonds
1898-1954

Fonds consists of diaries and notebooks; printed programmes, books, and newspaper clippings regarding Col. William Rhoades or the regiments with which he served, including the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Fonds also contains miscellaneous papers related to his career.

The diaries and notebooks document Rhoades’ activities while posted in the Yukon, South Africa, and Europe during World War I. Some of the notebooks also contain hand drawn maps of battle fields.

Rhoades, William, 1874-1955

John Stewart fonds

MS-13-39
Fonds
1812 - 1943

Fonds consists of notebooks, correspondence, books, articles, a photograph, and artifacts.

Stewart, John, Lt. Col. Dr.

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
Item
1941

Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941

Clearing : the tale of the first Canadian casualty clearing station B.E.F., 1914-1919

MS-2-432, SF Box 44, Folder 1
Item
1940

Item is a bound typescript of "Clearing, the Tale of the First Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, B.E.F., 1914-1919" written by Thomas Brenton Smith. The typescript is inscribed by Smith to R. Robart, V.D.

Smith, Thomas Brenton, 1893-1955

Brochure, by-laws, and greeting card from the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14
File
[ca. 1916-1937]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

File contains a booklet on the history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital; a booklet of No. 7 Stationary Hospital Benevolent Association by-laws; and a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart of the stationary hospital.

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

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

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 between Owen Bell Jones and Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85
File
1915-1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

File consists of 24 letters sent from Owen Bell ("Toby") Jones to Archibald MacMechan, between 1915 and 1931. Much of the correspondence includes frank depictions of mental and physical struggles as a result of experiences in the First World War.

Photograph of two women standing on the side of the road along Hospital Wood, looking north towards Caix, France

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 10
Item
1930

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. The photograph was taken near the headquarters of the 8th Battalion of the 90th Winnipeg Rifles during the First World War. The headquarters was located near the corner o the woods at the left of the picture. The 8th Battalion had to cover the open ground to the right under heavy machine gun fire where the Germans had occupied an old trench. Thomas Head Raddall's father, Col. Raddall, Sr., personally directed the 8th Battalion's attack. He crossed the road in the photograph and was killed about a quarter-mile past in the open ground to the right.

Report on the war claim for the reparation for the loss of the fishing trawler "S.T. Triumph"

MS-4-122, SF Box 84, Folder 5
File
1928

Part of National Fish Company Limited

Folder contains correspondence from the lawyers and the report "Decision 1459" regarding the loss of the fishing trawler "S.T. Triumph" when it was captured by enemy submarine 60 miles south west of Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, August 20, 1918.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 7, 1923

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 12
Item
March 7, 1923

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 7, 1923, from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, frankly discussing his struggles with his recovery amid fears he is "slowly becoming a wreck; [often] feeling useless and frightened" and angered by not being told his poor prognosis and difficulty of recovery back in 1917.

Laura Hubley's papers and correspondence re. Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 5
File
1915-1920

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Folder contains papers and correspondence relating to the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital, including a reunion dinner menu, a company Christmas card, a Christmas card from Laura Hubley to Harold Dunlap (?) of the 85th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders), a message from Lt. Col. John Stewart to Laura Hubley, a letter from L.D. Holland to Laura Hubley, and a set of daily orders for the Stationary Hospital.

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart standing beside field hospital ward

PC1, Box 63, Folder 36
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart with some of his officers

PC1, Box 63, Folder 40
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

MS-2-839
Fonds
1914 - 1919

Photographs of the World War I Amherst Internment Camp and a photograph from the Merchant Navy Protest

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart with tanks

PC1, Box 63, Folder 39
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Press stories of the Great War : daily from various newspapers : from the date of the ultimatum to Serbia July, 1914 to the signing of the Treaty of Peace June 30, 1919

MS-2-83
Collection
1914-1919

Longley, Charles Frederick, 1870-1945

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - clearing the forest

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1919]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital brochure

MS-13-2, SF Box 56, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

File contains a brochure with a brief history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital, a nominal role of its staff, transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Photograph of an unidentified soldier

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 29, Item 3
Item
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified soldier who served in the first world war.

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart and company of military hospital

PC1, Box 63, Folder 34
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is a photograph of Dr. John Stewart and group of military and hospital staff in front of field hospital tents.

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart and officer in front of officer tents

PC1, Box 63, Folder 35
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is a photograph of Dr. John Stewart seated with officer to the right.

Photograph of nursing sisters in front of matrons tent at the Dalhousie No.7 Stationary Hospital

PC1, Box 63, Folder 37
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Captain Donovan and nursing staff

PC1, Box 63, Folder 41
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

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

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

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

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

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

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

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.

Prisoner of war camp during World War I in Schweidnitz, Germany

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 16
Item
1917 - 1918

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

On the reverse of the photograph it states that Robert Logan left this camp December 25, 1917.

Army orders by General Sir H. S. Rawlinson, France, October 13, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 5
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades fonds

This document contains a list of awards rewarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.

Distinguished Service Order issued to Major Wiliam Rhoades, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles on June 3, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 6
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades fonds

This document contains a list of awards rewarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.

Ralph Kane's collection of postcards sent from his uncle, Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1915-1918

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is an album containing mounted postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane, while Tupper was serving overseas during World War One. The postcards feature images including a photograph of Tupper,war propaganda, holiday greetings, cartoons, photographs England and children. Some are made of embroidered fabric or vellum and all have messages written by Tupper on the reverse.

Photographs of soldiers and nurses from the No. 7 Hospital Unit

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1914]-1918

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains four photographs of soldiers and nurses who served at Number 7 Stationary Hospital.

Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album. The photographs are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Items 5-6, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 5421 Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photographs on the left and right were likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence in England.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a non-uniformed man

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 6, and related to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs and is related to materials in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of the Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 1
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of the Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 4
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people on horseback crossing a bridge

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 6
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people on horseback crossing a bridge. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers and people

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 9
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and people. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers crossing bridge with cart and donkeys

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 14
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers crossing a bridge with a cart and donkeys. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people outside of a home

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 19
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people outside of a home. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers and an artillery tractor

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 21
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and an artillery tractor. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers raising flag

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 26
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers raising a flag. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 28
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers. Soldiers on horseback appear to be pulling rope while other soldiers look on. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of Maude Bridge

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 34
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of Maude Bridge named after British army officer Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of a section of the Ishtar Gate

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 36
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a section of the Ishtar Gate at its original site in Babylon. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of three pelicans on a building

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Item 43
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of three pelicans on a building. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of a group of people

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 46
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a group of people. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of a group of people in a rowboat

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 47
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of a group of people in a rowboat. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people in a field

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 52
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people in a field. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people in a field

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 54
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people in a field. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people with horses

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 55
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people with horses. The horses appear to be pulling farming equipment. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

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