Archives Catalogue

PC2, Box 92, Folder 54
File
August 1923

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man wearing lapel pin and one woman; bust

Robert (Bob) William Maclellan's correspondence with his parents and sister

MS-2-762, SF Box 111, Folder 7
File
1925 - 1940

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall with Alfred McCoy and Roy Gordon wearing snowshoes and carrying rifles for a rabbit hunt

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
[ca. February 1925]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is Alfred McCoy on the left, Raddall in the middle, and Roy Gordon on the right. The three men set off from the Macleod Pulp Mill office, Rapid Falls, and the mill's tail-race is visible in the background.

Fraser, Don

PC2, Box 320, Folder 460
File
July 1927

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man; bust. Print from Nitrate Negative: 27-163

Cameron, Alvin - daughters of

PC2, Box 320, Folder 848
File
October 1928

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young girl holding a ball, Catherine Muriel Cameron (b. June 24, 1926), seated on a small chair, and one older girl, Georgina Susan Cameron (b. August 8, 1924); full pose.

Cameron, J. Archie, Mrs. - daughters of

PC2, Box 336, Folder 50
File
October 1928

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of Irene Elizabeth Cameron (b. September 2, 1925), seated on chair, and Helen Arlene Cameron (b. October 30, 1923), seated on side table, daughters of J. Archie Cameron. They are wearing identical dresses.

Recording marriages, birth and death in Liverpool Township in the 1760's and Ye election of 1761 Notice

MS-2-201, SF Box 115, Folder 30
File
[1930's?]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

Newspaper articles related to the history of the Liverpool area

MS-2-201, OS Box 21, Folder 64
File
[1930's?]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

The history of the vessel, Sweat : manuscript

MS-2-201, SF Box 115, Folder 19
Item
[1930's?]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

This item relates to the two guns in the town Milton, Nova Scotia.

Ye New Chatham : manuscript

MS-2-201, SF Box 115, Folder 20
Item
[1930's?]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

The history of the political parties in Liverpool, Nova Scotia : manuscript

MS-2-201, SF Box 115, Folder 16
Item
[1930>]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

Articles of descendants of families from Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-201, OS Box 21, Folder 65
Item
[1930's]

Part of Francis Freeman Tupper fonds

Fraser, Elemer, Mrs. - daughter of

PC2, Box 322, Folder 351
File
June 1930

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One young girl standing on, and looking over the arm of a chair; full pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 30-154

Fraser, Donald

PC2, Box 336, Folder 229
File
September 1931

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man wearing a decoration in his lapel, looking to the side; bust

McLean, Florence

PC2, Box 338, Folder 95
File
September 1932

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses of one woman, in one of which she is looking to the side, and in the other facing to the side; bust

History of Brooklyn / by L.D. Dexter

MS-2-354, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1934

Part of Lucius Dill Dexter fonds

File contains a printed and softbound copy of History of Brooklyn, with no publishing information.

Jordan, Bert, Mrs. - children of

PC2, Box 340, Folder 112
File
September 1934

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One boy seated cross-legged between two younger girls on cushions on a fur throw; full pose. The boy is holding open a booklet

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall digging in a shell midden at Port Joli, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1935

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

McIntosh, John A.

PC2, Box 341, Folder 150
File
May 1935

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Copy photo of one man and one woman seated; full pose

Hattie, Homer

PC2, Box 342, Folder 117
File
June 1936

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One man; bust

Boyle, Colin F., Mr. & Mrs. & friends

PC2, Box 342, Folder 30
File
November 1936

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Two poses; 3/4 pose. One is of one woman wearing a hat and one man seated; the other is of the same man and woman seated, with one man wearing glasses and one woman wearing a hat, standing behind them

McIntosh, D. P. - baby of

PC2, Box 323, Folder 137
File
December 1937

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

One baby girl, seated on a table, facing to the side; full pose. Print from Nitrate Negative: 37-196

Map of Cherry Hill Mutual Telephone Company's telephone line

MS-4-180, Box 172, Folder 47
File
March 21, 1938

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

"Chanties and Other Songs of the Sea" : [manuscript]

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 11
Item
1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.

Correspondence from Janet Mullins, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
March 5, 1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Janet Mullins to Thomas H. Raddall, regarding the Irwin and Bartling families of Queens County, Nova Scotia.

"Origin of the Irwin and Bartling Families in Queens County, N.S."

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
March 1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a transcribed copy of a letter from Janet Mullins to Thomas H. Raddall on the history of the Irwin and Bartling families of Queens County, Nova Scotia.

Financial books and wedding record of Joyce Barkhouse

MS-2-646.2018-013, Box 20, Folder 11
File
1942-1959

Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains three books: a personal expenses ledger, including insurance payments and income cheques for Joyce Barkhouse (1948-1952); an inventory of household furniture and personal effects (January 23, 1959); and a wedding record with notes about her wedding to Milton Joseph Barkhouse (September 16, 1942). The wedding record also includes invitations and cards in the back.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall sitting in his study in the morning

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
October 1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Raddall in the morning, wearing his pyjamas and dressing gown. Raddall habitually worked like this until the mid-morning. This photograph was taken by flying officer BIll Burke R.C.A.F. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 4.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and the Liverpool Naval Athletic Association

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 16
File
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and the Liverpool Naval Athletic Association dating from 1944.

Photograph of three H.M.C.S. ships docked at Thompson Bros. Machinery Company Ltd. at Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 8, Item 4
Item
November 1945

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of three docked corvettes taken at the conclusion of Second World War. Some of the corvettes were taking their final journeys as naval ships.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall aboard the yacht Ripple

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
1946

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1941-1953. A second duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 8. The photograph was taken while Raddall was on a local cruise from Liverpool, Nova Scotia to Port Mouton Bay during the summer of 1946. The yacht, Ripple, was owned by Reverend John ("Sailor John") Wilson of Trinity Church, Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall at a banquet to war veterans in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
31 May 1946

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the Simeon Perkins house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia before restoration

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
1947

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Items 1-8, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Correspondence from Thomas Head Raddall, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Eleanor C. Armstrong

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
January 20, 1947

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Mrs. Armstrong and Thomas H. Raddall about the history of Irish people in Queens County.

Photograph of the Simeon Perkins house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia prior to its restoration

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to Nova Scotia Film Bureau on the reverse side.

Photograph of the covered fireplace with framed photographs and pieces of art on the mantel and walls in the chief upstairs bedroom in the Simeon Perkins house prior to its restoration

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side.

Photograph of a window in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, framed by art pieces on the walls

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 4
Item
[ca, 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side, and was taken by Hedley Doty.

Photograph of a mantel in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, with a cupboard overhead, a framed piece of artwork on the wall, and a wooden bust on the table beside

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side. The wooden bust on the left was carved by Milton-based woodcarver, George Crouse, whose work was prominent in the 1850's and 60's. Crouse carved figureheads and bow devices for many newly built Liverpool (Nova Scotia) ships. The bust in the photograph is a childhood likeness of Captain Samuel Kempton who also hailed from Milton. Kempton was the skipper of a packet schooner for many years that ran the Halifax - Liverpool - Boston route.

Photograph of an empty room with a fireplace, patterned linoleum floor, and pictures pasted on the walls in the Simeon Perkins house prior to its restoration

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall standing in his garden

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
1948

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph that was taken by an American visitor, Domiter.

Photograph of a mantel in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, with a framed photograph and flags on the mantelpiece, a mirror and a framed piece of art on the wall, and a teapot on a pedestal beside the fireplace

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on the reverse side.

Photograph of a collection of chairs in the restored kitchen of the Simeon Perkins house

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of a mantel in the Simeon Perkins house before its restoration, with several framed photographs and knickknacks on the mantelpiece, and three framed pieces of artwork on the wall

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 34, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959], MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 3, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 41, Item 1, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 16 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Nova Scotia Bureau of Information on its reverse side.

Photograph of the Elmwood Hotel in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 5
Item
[before 1949]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Elmwood Hotel, which was originally a mansion built by Joshua Newton, who was the son-in-law of Simeon Perkins. The Perkins house is on the left, though it is not visible. In about 1942, the hotel was purchased by the Canadian Navy, and was used during WWII as a living quarters and offices for naval personnel whose ships were undergoing refit at the Thompson Machinery Co. Ltd. plant. After the war ended in 1949, the hotel was torn down, and the site became the lawn in front of the artillery training quarters.

Photograph of the Shelburne River looking downstream from the "Low Bridge"

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the Liverpool singing quartet The Privateers dressed as pirates

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
20 June 1950

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.