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Photograph of Dalhousie Class of 1911

Item is a photograph of the Dalhousie University Class of 1911. The photograph shows class members, including M. MacLeod, sitting or standing in six rows.

Notman Studio

Photograph of Dalhousie Football Team, 1899

Item is a photograph of the 1899 Dalhousie Football Team. The photograph shows J. McKenzie; E. H. Faulkner; A. M. Lindsay; E. B. Roach; J. L. Cock; L. H. Cumming; T. C. Hebb; H. Hawboldt; J. Malcolm; D. Jardine; A. H. S. Murray; J. L. Potter; L. B. McKenzie; W. L. Hall; J. H. Crocker; N. J. Lockhart; A. G. Young; and R. T. Mcllreith sitting or standing in three rows with a football, a stool, and a baby doll.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of Red Cap Snow Shoe Club

Item is a photograph of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club. The photograph shows C. C. Morton; Jack Symonds; Hub King; Will Leverman; A. MacKinlay; Jack MacLeod; Hen Pugh; Bob McLearn; Tom Sadlier; I. H. Crowell; A. Brown; Steve Sircom; Bob Murray; Fred Kaizer; Frank West; Billie Brown; Charlie MacKinlay; J. Allen; Wall Symonds; Bucky Northop; Low MacDonald; Tup Anderson; Will Lithgow; Mac Patterson; H. B. Clarke; Ned Twining; and Fred Freeman standing or sitting in front of a house, a fence, and trees.

Photograph of tent hospital at Arques, France

Item is a photograph of the tent hospital at Arques, France, ca. 1917. A canal is in the background and officer tents can be seen through the trees. The hospital was later replaced by nissen huts.

Port Dufferin Wharf

File contains the original petition for new wharf in Port Dufferin, and correspondence on the project.

Question to House - Educational Grants to Nova Scotia

File contains documents related to questions about federal funding for higher education asked by Samuel Balcom in the Canadian House of Parliament in 1955 when Balcom was a member of Parliament. Balcom asked a series of questions about educational grants to Nova Scotia institutions and received information about the distribution of funding across Canada. The file contains published accounts of parliamentary proceedings in March 1955 and associated correspondence between Balcom and other persons, such as J.D., McLean, Dean of the Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry, and Watson Kirkconnell, President of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Question to House - Grants for Vocational Training

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the contributions to Vocational Training in the fiscal year 1953-54 by the Federal Government, as well as a reply to the question from the Honorable Milton F. Gregg.

Question to House - Immigrants to Canada, 1954

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the number of Immigrants entering Canada in 1954 and from what countries. Also in the file is a list of Immigrants and countries of origin for 1954, provided by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.

Question to House - Lobster Catch

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the total lobster catch for the four Atlantic Provinces, as well as the House of Commons Notice of Motion with the reply.

Red Cap Snow Shoe Club Minutes

File contains minutes of the 85th, 87th, and 90th annual meetings of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club, captained by S.R. Balcom (and later H.A. Barnes).

Rev. Mitchell

1 b/w print. On back of print: "Rev Mitchell who came over with us as a private - received his Commission in Eng. Came to France as Padre to our Unit."

Sister W.I. Thompson's Ward of German Prisoner's with Dr. Ells in Charge.

Photograph includes Nursing Sister W. I. Thompson on the right ; Nursing Sister S. Churchill; Nursing Sister J. A. Davidson; Nursing Sister S.A. Archard ; Nursing Sister C. S. Smith; Dr. Ells (located behind Sister Archard) and Dr. Banting (located behind Sister Thompson)who were both visiting the unit. Also included, Ned Clay, who took a lot of the photographs for the unit, he is located in front of the tent with a cigarette.

Back of photograph includes names and a note "Dr. Ells was with us that time as a transfer from Line Duty, formerly from Sheffields Mills, NS. Dr. Banting was visiting the unit."

Some of the Members of Parliament from Atlantic Canada, 1956

Standing up from Left to Right: Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk (Yarmouth); William Murdoch (Bill) Buchanan (Cape Breton); Jack Lusky (Halifax Herald Reporter); Wesley Stuart (St. Andrews, N.B.); John Dickey (Halifax); James Augustine (Jim) Power (St. John's, NFLD); Azel Randolph Lusby (Cumberland); Samuel R. Balcom (Halifax)
Sitting: J. Ralph Kirk (Antigonish); Henry Byron McCulloch (Pictou); Gordon Purdy (Colchester)

Speech to House of Parliament

File contains the text of a speech (and drafts) given to Parliament in 1956 by Samuel Balcom, regarding pensions and disability allowances for veterans, as well as increasing funding from the National Harbours Board for the Port of Halifax.

Stormcliff, England - 1914

On back of print (soldiers in the photo): "SR Balcom, Karl Woodbury, Victor N MacKay, Col John Stewart, Col EV Hogan, Dan A MacLeod, Walter Taylor"

Sydney Cadet Camp 1921

On back of print: "Souvenir of Sydney Cadet Camp 1921. From C.J. Gallant, Capt." The photograph has 2 officers, a nursing sister and an unidentified man sitting on a set of wooden stairs.
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