Archives Catalogue

Man and Woman sitting outside

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 71, Item 4
Item
ca. 1910

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Man and woman standing together outside

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 71, Item 5
Item
ca. 1910

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Man holding a horse attached to a cart

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 27, Item 3
Item
ca. 1914

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph is of a man holding on to a horse and cart and a young girl with a woman in the background; there is a man driving the cart.

Man walking on a dirt road

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 71, Item 2
Item
ca. 1910

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Margaret Hall Wheeler

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 45, Item 5
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Margaret Hall Wheeler photograph side b

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 45, Item 5b
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Maritime School of Social Work Expansion Fund Appeal

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 23
File
n.d.

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Appeal letter from chairman (Balcom) and brochure.

Medical equipment

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
1914 - 1918

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Members of the #7 Stationary Hospital at the Cenotaph

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 38, Item 2
Item
ca. 1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Members of the Benevolent Society at Annual Dinner

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 42, Item 4
Item
ca. 1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Members of the Benevolent Society having afternoon tea

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 42, Item 3
Item
ca. 1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Members of the Dental and Dispensary staff on the Dispensary step

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 8
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph includes Mr. Samuel R. Balcom; Captain Karl Woodbury; Nursing Matron Laura May Hubley; Non-Commissioned Officers and members of the Dental and Dispensary Staff.

Members of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital "Dalhousie" in Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 9
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph contains Captain Kenneth A. MacKenzie; Lieutenant-Colonel John Stewart; Nursing Matron Laura May Hubley; Nursing Sister Catherine S. Smith; possibly John Baker and other members of the No. 7.

Membership Lists

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 8
File
1919-1977

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains membership lists from Priory of Canada (1977), Halifax Rotary Club (1969) and Commercial Club of Halifax (1919).

Memorabilia

Series
1830-1980

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Balcom kept a wide variety of items that indicated his involvement in associations and society generally. This series includes newspaper clippings, association lists that list Balcom on their boards, and keepsakes that do not otherwise fit into the other series.

Monarchist League

MS-2-128, Box 6, Folder 3
File
1971

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Receipt of membership payment, and pamphlets from org.

Mrs. Emma Tucker handing the gavel to Ron Bedgood, Zone Commander

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 39, Item 1
Item
1963

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Mrs. Emma Tucker standing behind the podium

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 39, Item 2
Item
1963

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph of Samuel R. Balcom; Mrs. Emma Tucker; Ron Goodbed.

MS - History of the Council of Social Agencies (Halifax) - Section

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 3
File
1962

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Portion of ms. Includes letter from Gwendolyn Shand requesting input on content from Balcom.

Nurse Jean Mitchell and Jack Scott at their wedding

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sister Lorinda MacAulay

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters in a wagon, unidentified men on the ground

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 36, Item 5
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters in front of a tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 22, Items 15
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters identified from left to right: Sadie McLeod; J. A. Davidson; M. M. E. Chisholm; Laura May Hubley; J. M.Mitchell; rest of the women are unidentified.

Nursing Sisters in front of a tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 22, Item 17
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters identified from left to right: Sadie McLeod; J. A. Davidson; M. M. E. Chisholm; Laura May Hubley; J. M.Mitchell; rest of the women are unidentified.

Nursing Sisters in front of a tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 22, Item 16
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters identified from left to right: Sadie McLeod; J. A. Davidson; M. M. E. Chisholm; Laura May Hubley; J. M.Mitchell; rest of the women are unidentified.
Note on back of photograph "To the Misses Stewarts South Street - In front of my tent office having our morning lunch I am cutting the bread. Sister Mitchell is just in the act of taking a piece of bread when snapped."

Nursing Sisters in front of a tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 22, Item 18
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters identified from left to right: Sadie McLeod; J. A. Davidson; M. M. E. Chisholm; Laura May Hubley; J. M.Mitchell; rest of the women are unidentified.

Nursing Sisters in front of tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters have been identified from left to right: Sadie McLeod; J. A. Davidson; M. M. E. Chisholm; Laura May Hubley; J. M.Mitchell; rest of the women are unidentified.
Note on back of photograph " Outside my office having morning lunch. I am cutting the bread, Sisters nearly all have their gowns on."

Nursing Sisters on a ferry

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 36, Item 4
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters, Reunion

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 25
File
ca. 1920s

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Also included in the file is a Christmas card from 1918.

Officer reading inside of a tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 28, Item 7
Item
1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Officer sitting in front of his tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 28, Item 3
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Officers outside tents at Arles, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 28
File
ca. 1914-1918

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Officers, Variously identified

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 34
File
ca. 1916

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

It is thought that the officers were: Capt. Karl F. Woodbury; Capt. Dan. Angus MacLeod; Col. John Stewart; Father MacQuillian; Major Col. E. V. Hogan; Lt. S. R. Balcom; Capt. Jason Murray.

On a glacier

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 66, Item 6
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

On the boat to Europe

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 69
File
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

On the glacier in Jungfrau, Switzerland

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 66, Item 7
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Our first convoy of wounded Germans

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 14, Item 9
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Our first convoy of wounded Germans

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Outside the National Gallery in London

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 11
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Oxford Circus, London United Kingdom

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 67, Item 10
Item
1925

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Page from "family bible'

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 22
File
1830s

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Cut out frontpiece (presumably) from a family bible listing deaths of John Saunders (1828) and Mary Saunders (1838). Originally housed with contents of file 3-5.

Parish of Port Dufferin

MS-2-128, Box 6, Folder 6
File
1974-1977

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Newsletter and financial report.

Parliamentary Memorabilia

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 21
File
1956

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Christmas card, poem in homage to Balcom, public letter to voters.

Parliamentary papers

Series
1955-1957

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Balcom represented Halifax on Parliament Hill from 1950 until 1957. This series contains his records pertaining to his work in government including the speeches made in parliament, and questions raised in the House.

Parliamentary Seating Plans