Item consists of a photograph of a dinner among senior officers of the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, held in Halifax, likely in 1950. Eighteen officers are pictured. Front row is of Richard Roome and Major-General Edward Plow; back row identified include George Richardson (1), Captain E.H. MacDonald (3), D.U. Rainnie (6), W.C. Waterfield (8), and M.E. Blue (10).
Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.
Item consists of a photograph of a dinner in the Officers' Mess of Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, likely in 1950. Pictured include Richard Roome, Rollo Mainguy, George Foster, and seven others (names mentioned include Kinley, Simmonds, and King; four others remain unidentified).
Item consists of a photograph from a reunion of artillery officers, in Halifax, sometime in the early 1950s. Pictured include Rollo Mainguy, Richard Roome, Edward Plow, and two others (Ross and Oland).
Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950
Item consists of correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, sent to Richard Roome on November 24, 1941, from members of the "Roome Group" stationed in Halifax, sending "Season's Greetings" and mentioning shenanigans on the home front.
Item is a 1921 presentation drawing of the Dalhousie Arts Building, annotated with a note indicating that it was F.D.'s (Frank Darling's) favourite version of the keystone design.
The item consists of a group of prisoners of war from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia, posed in a human pyramid. There are three gentlemen in suits included in the photograph.
The item consists of a photograph of a group of prisoners of war at the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia lined up next to a sign "Kruft-Heill" (cheers).
Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing his design for a circlet of mayflowers that carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The mayflowers symbolize the province and the "flowering new civilization therein which led to the establishment of the university."
Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing his design for the five-rayed coronet carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and other notes written in pencil. The coronet is included in the mace "in recognition of the University founder, the 9th Earl of Dalhousie." This part of the mace was carved into a piece of oak cut from the estate of the Earl of Dalhousie.
Item is a pencil drawing by Saunders showing his design for the sterling silver Celtic cross that decorates the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and other notes written in pencil. The Celtic cross is set atop the cap of the coronet that forms the uppermost part of the mace's head.
Item is a pencil drawing by Saunders showing his design for the sterling silver Celtic cross that decorates the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and notes written in pencil. The Celtic cross is set atop the cap of the coronet that forms the uppermost part of the mace head. This drawing shows the University motto "Ora et Labora" and the five points of the coronet surrounding the cross.
Item is a page with two drawings of the fish that adorns the base of the mace, an orthographic projection and bird's-eye view. The fish was a symbol employed to recognize the significance of fishing and the fisheries to Nova Scotia. The bird's-eye view has a seashell between the fish tails that was not incorporated into the mace carved by A.H. MacMillan.
Item is a pencil drawing by R.L. de C.H. Saunders showing a conical projection of maple leaves carved into the head of the Dalhousie University mace. The drawing includes measurements and other notes written in pencil.