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In the Probate Court. In re Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Halifax, Thursday, June 18, 1936, 10.30am, before the Registrar, Robert F. Yeoman, KC

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
18 June 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Thursday, June 18, 1936, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Blanchard Giberson, W. Turney Giberson, and Carolyn A. Bishop as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Province of Nova Scotia. In the Court of Probate Halifax. In the estate of Sarah Giberson (Croker) deceased. Index to hearing held on September 11, 1936

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
11 September 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted September 11, 1936, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes [Lorna Doone] Abbott, [Blanchard] Giberson, and [Melissa] Green [sic, Greene] recalled as witnesses, plus further argument of Counsel. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and S. Kip Farrington on a tuna fishing trip

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
August 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. Raddall is on the left, and Farrington is on the right.

Photograph of an unidentified man with his tuna catch

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
[ca. August 1936]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Joe Penny and S. Kip Farrington with their tuna catch

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
[ca. August 1936]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the south gate of the dockyard in Halifax

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 5
Item
June 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.

In the Probate Court. In the estate of Sarah C. Giberson, deceased. Halifax, Monday, January 18, 1937, 10am, before Robert F. Yeoman, KC, Registrar

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 13
Item
18 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Monday, January 18, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Major T.H. Mundy, Reginald V. Harris, Almon E. Hilchey, and Walter A. Stech as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Correspondence from Eugene T. Parker to Mr. M. B. Archibald, February 13, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
13 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed correspondence sent from Eugene Parker to Mr M.B. Archibald, February 13, 1937, discussing Sarah Croker's will. Item is "Enclosure 1" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Correspondence from the General Register Office, London, England, to Roy Laurence, February 26, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
26 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Roy Laurence by the General Register Office, London, dated February 26, 1937, discussing Henry Croker's marriage to Florence Hughes. Item is "Enclosure 2" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Notes regarding Harry Reid Croker's marriage

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
[1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of handwritten notes likely drafted by Roy Laurence in 1937, about findings related to Harry Croker's marriage. Item is "Enclosure 3" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Memo on Harry Reid Croker's residences

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
[1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed notes, likely compiled by Roy Laurence in 1937, related to Harry Reid Croker's residences in England at the start of the twentieth century. Item is "Enclosure 4" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Correspondence from Registrar General of Shipping to Roy Laurence, January 27, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
27 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed correspondence sent from the Registrar of General Shipping, London, likely to Roy Laurence, dated January 23, 1937, discussing the death of Harry Croker. Item also includes ship discharge information. Item is "Enclosure 7" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Court of Probate. In the Estate of Sarah Croker Giberson, deceased. Minutes of Evidence, January 25th, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
25 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted [Monday], January 25, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes discussions among the various legal teams, Mr M.B. Archibald (for T.H. Mundy), Mr. T.C. Doyle, Mr. J.F. Shaw (for Mrs. Lorna D. Abbott), and Mr. Roy Lawrence [sic, Laurence] (for Blanchard Giberson). Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Research notes regarding Sarah Croker's marriages

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 7
Item
[1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed research notes, likely drafted by Roy Laurence in 1937, about Sarah Croker's marriages to Harry Croker and Blanchard Giberson. Item is "Enclosure 6" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

In the Probate Court. In the estate of Sarah C. Giberson, deceased. Halifax, Wednesday, January 13, 1937, 10am, before Robert F. Yeoman, KC, Registrar

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 12
Item
13 January 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Halifax Probate Court transcripts, drafted Wednesday, January 13, 1937, regarding the estate of Sarah Croker Giberson. Includes Almon E. Hilchey, Major T.H. Mundy, and Harry Croker as witnesses. Item is part of "Enclosure 8" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Photograph of three men at Geetpoo Lodge in winter

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
[1936 or 1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941.

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 1
Item
1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook containing various notes.

Photograph of Grey Owl with Jack Miner and two unnamed women holding birds at Miner's bird sanctuary in Kingsville, Ontario

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 6
Item
March 1938

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Portrait of N. Frank and Dorothy (Cheyne) Loomer

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 33, Item 3
Item
1938

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Hilda, Ellen, Edith, and Tommy Raddall, Jr. sitting at a picnic, taken near Porters Lake, Halifax County

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 10
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Hilda Raddall on the far left, Ellen Raddall second from the left, Edith Raddall second from the right, and Edith's son, Tommy Raddall, Jr. on the far right.

Photograph of Tommy Raddall, Jr. and Edith Raddall beside a river, taken near Porters Lake, Halifax County

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 11
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 4
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes "Schooner 'Fieldwood,' Turks I's Salt, Lequille NS, Hythe, etc."

"The King Versus Harry Dauphinee"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 6
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is thirteen pages of notes on a trial in the Queens County Courthouse, June term 1938.

Photograph of Fort Beausejour from an old trench leading to the outworks

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken facing southwest.

Photograph of the interior of a stone curtain at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of a stone curtain in Fort Beausejour that is loopholed to form the southwest curtain covering the powder magazine and parade ground. From the interior shown in the photograph, the firing step and stone drain are visible. The northwest bastion is also visible in the background.

Portrait of Arthur White holding a rifle and dressed as a Nova Scotia militiaman of 1865

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White dressed as a 19th-century militiaman. The costume he wears belonged to the P.C. Historical Society; the rifle is a Snider-Enfield that belonged to Thomas Head Raddall.

Photograph of Arthur White holding a rifle and dressed in period uniform as a private for the Nova Scotia militia in 1865

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White dressed in period uniform, though the gold braid on his shoulder straps should be plain red cloth in order to correctly portray a private ranking. He is holding an Enfield musket that has been converted by Snider's patent, as used by the character, "Kirby Stevens," in Raddall's story.

Photograph of Arthur White standing in profile, dressed in period uniform, and holding a rifle and bayonet

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, depicts a facsimile of an 1865 period Nova Scotia militia private's uniform, though the shoulder straps should be plain red cloth, the trousers should be dark blue with a red stripe on the seam, and the uniform should be worn with heavy, black boots with thick soles such as that made by a country cobbler. The rifle is an authentic musket with an attached bayonet that was used by the Nova Scotia militia between 1865-67.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall rabbit hunting in the snow, wearing snowshoes and carrying a rifle

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 14
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Fort Beausejour observed from a pavilion

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, faces south, tracing a mown path that leads towards the fort.

Photograph of Fort Beausejour taken from one of the flanking trenches

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken from a flanking trench that was dug by Robert Monckton after the capture of 1755. The trench communicates with a deep fosse that is dug across the ridge, about 400 yards from the moat, on the fort's vulnerable side. The photograph is taken facing southwest.

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall reading

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1939

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a portrait of Thomas Head Raddall that was taken for the jacket of "The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek", though it was never actually used for the intended purpose. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1.

Photograph of the sundial and mast house at the H.M. dockyard, Halifax

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 4
Item
[before 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side. The photograph was taken inside the south gate of the dockyard.

Photograph of the ridge at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing southwest.

Photograph of a pavilion at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing northeast from the north bastion at Fort Beausejour.

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall aged 35

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1939

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph that was used on the jacket of his first published set of short stories, "The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek". The book was published by Blackwood. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1.

Photograph of Arthur White dressed in period uniform as an officer for the Nova Scotia militia in 1865

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White in period costume, which is described as a bright scarlet tunic; dark blue trousers with a red stripe on the outside seam; a white belt; and a sword in a black leather scabbard. Raddall's characters "Charlie Carson" and "James Rand" wore uniforms similar to this demonstration.

Photograph of Arthur White standing in profile, dressed in period uniform, and displaying his sword

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Arthur White dressed in the period uniform of the Nova Scotia militia in 1865.

Photograph from Fort Beausejour facing east-southeast taken from the southeast bastion

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken from Fort Beausejour. Fort Lawrence is visible on the left, and to the right is Île de la Vallière.

Photograph of a flag at Fort Beausejour looking southwest towards Westcock

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, features the mouth of the Tantramar River on the left.

Photograph of the interior of Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken facing north from the southeast bastion.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and the Mahone Bay Legion

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 67
Item
1940-10-09

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Thomas H. Raddall by the Mahone Bay Legion in October 1940 inviting Raddall to deliver a lecture.

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall wearing a dark suit and tie

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is addressed to Mrs. R.N. Murray on the reverse side.

"Notes for a talk on Nova Scotia Humour"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is thirteen pages titled "Notes for a talk on Nova Scotia Humour" containing notes on humour in Nova Scotia as well as short anecdotes.

Photograph of Edith Raddall with her children beside her husband's car, taken at Summerville

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes a 1936 Chevrolet.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall fishing at Eagle Lake

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 15
Item
April 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Alice Loomer

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 22
Item
1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a 1940 letter from Alice Loomer to Thomas H. Raddall, praising Raddall's stories "Bald Eagle 'Iggins" and "Blind McNair".

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall holding a rifle in the winter at Eagle Lake

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7, Item 13
Item
January 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a copy of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 7.

Photograph of Henry Chaney standing in a garden

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1, Item 3
Item
1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Diary, April 22, 1936-May 11, 1940

MS-2-202, Box 1, Folder 4
Item
April 22, 1936-May 11, 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one volume of a diary of Thomas H. Raddall dating from April 22, 1936 to May 11, 1940 with accounts of war news and day-to-day happenings and life events.

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