Archives Catalogue

Prisoner of war camp during World War I in Schweidnitz, Germany

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4
File
1917

Five flying aces from the Richthofen fighter squadron [die funf erfolgreichsten flieger der jagdstaffel Richthofen]

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
1917

Pilots identified as from left to right: Vizefeldwebal (Vice Sergeant) Festner; Leutnant Schafer; Leutnant Frhr. von Richthofen; Rittmeister Frhr. von Richthofen; Leutnant Walff. Leutnant Schafer is credited with shooting down the British plane piloted by Captain R. A. Logan on Easter Sunday, April 8, 1917 near Cambrai, France.

Hauptmann Boelcke (Captain)

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Edgar Burke of St. Johns, Nfld.

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 6
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

R. J. Whitney

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 7
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Captain W. S. R. Bloomfield, R. A. F. (New Zealand)

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Trevor W. White

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 10
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Lt. C. H. Iriobz (sp), AIF-RAF

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

The reverse of the photograph "C.H.F.N. Officer, "Moria" Norfolk Island via Sydney, North South West Australia - a descendant of the "mutineers of the Bounty".

Material relating to the 5th Canadian Mounted RIfles Battalion during World War I

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 7
File
1917

Part of William Rhoades fonds

File contains the document titled - 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (Eastern Townships Regiment) - Strength of Battalion ; and a list of causalities for the Battalion, October 30-31, 1917.

In Flanders Fields : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 5
Item
1917

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of "In Flanders Fields" by Edith J. Archibald, which sets the words of the poem of the same name by Colonel John McCrae. The piece is for solo voice and piano in F Major and was written at Archibald's home on Inglis Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The piece is 5 pages long with extra blank pages.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Business correspondence to William McMillan, Lockeport, regarding confirmation to ship goods, and receipt of shipments

MS-4-177, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1917

Part of Lockeport Historical Collection

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a couple written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between January 1917 and April 1917, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas.

File also contains a typed letter signed by R.B. Bennett, then Director General of National Service Canada, dated February 15th, 1917, proposing McMillan's participation in an "occupational survey [...] for National purposes only [...] to enable both after-the-war and present-day problems to be dealt with intelligently and efficiently".

File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence and balance orders from the following brokers:
Acadia Gas Engine Co. (Bridgewater), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Ben's Limited (Halifax), Bridgetown Hay and Feed Company, W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Canada Cement Company (Montreal), Canadian Carbon Co. (Toronto), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Saint John), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company (Saint John), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Canadian Underskirt Co. (Toronto), Canadian Wood-Working Co. (Yarmouth), Carritte-Paterson Man'f'g Co. (Halifax), Chronicle Publishing Co. (Halifax), Clare Bros. & Co (Preston, ON), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Consumers Cordage Company (Halifax), J.S. Creed (Halifax), H.C. Davis Jr. & Co. (Norfolk, VA), S. Davis & Sons (Montreal), Henry d'Entremont (Lower West Pubnico), Landrie d'Entremon (West Pubnico), Dickson & Eddy, coal (New York), Andrew Doane (Ingomar, Shelburne Co., NS), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Hat & Cap Manufacturing Co. (Truro), Eastern Shirts (Truro), Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Orange, NJ), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Empire Garage and Motor Co. (Yarmouth), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks (Saint John), Frank Fales (Saint John), Fleischmann Co. (Halifax), Frasier, Thornton & Co. (Cookshire, QC), Gilmartin & Trundy (New York), Go. Goodfellow (Montreal), Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (Toronto), Gordon and Keith (Halifax), Grant Bros. Ltd. (Halifax), Gurney-Massey Company (Montreal), Chas. Hagar (Roseway), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Pictou), Ida Harlow (Sable River West), R.L. Hartman (North East Harbour), G. Hines (Pubnico), G.W. Hodge (Fredericton), Hutchings Company Ltd. (Saint John), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan), Knox Hat Company (New York), Thomas J. Lipton (Toronto), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), London & Petrolia Barrel Co. (London, ON), J.L. Lovitt (Yarmouth), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), McClearn Company Limited (Liverpool), A. & W. MacKinlay Limited (Halifax), J.F. MacMullen & Son (Barrington), J.C. Mackintosh & Co. (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison Limited (Saint John), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), Meeker & Company (New York), John Millen & Son (Montreal), W. & C.H. Mitchell Limited (Halifax), Moirs Limited (Halifax), Charles Mueller Company (Waterloo, ON), Murray Shoe Company (London), Northern Electric Company (Montreal), Northrop & Lyman Co. (Toronto), Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company (New Glasgow), Nova Scotia Underwear Co. (Windsor), A.D. Oakes & Son (Hebbs Cross, NS), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Payzant & King (Halifax), Wm. Presser (Yarmouth), Quaker Oats Company (Halifax), Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (Windsor, ON), Ritcey Bros. (Riverport), Wm. Robertson (Halifax), Robin Hood Mills Limited (Montreal), Robin, Jones & Whitman (Halifax), Rothon & Co. Limited (London), Saint John Milling Company (West Saint John), William Sawler (Birchtown), R.B. Seeton (Halifax), Shives Lumber Company (Campbellton, NB), Sylvanus Smith & Co. (Gloucester, MA), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfield's (Truro), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax), Swift Canadian Co. (Toronto), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), Robert Taylor (Halifax), J.H. Thorburn (Sandy Point), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others.

Photograph of an undefeated military baseball team, likely at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 56, Item 2
Item
August 1917

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken in August 1917 of an undefeated military baseball team, likely stationed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, France. The team won all ten games it played. Pictured include G. Ruse, Sgt. E. Noseworthy, P. Shaw, S. McKinnon, B.H. Windsor, P.R. Tingley, Cpl. C. Schurman, Cpl. A. MacKintosh, E. Clay, G. Hier, W. Hodgins, Major T.S. Robinson, H.B. Titus, D. Strachan, Christie, and Kimber.

Christmas card from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to Ralph Kane

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
[between 1917 and 1918]

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a Christmas card sent by Sgt. A Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane, while Tupper was serving overseas in France during World War One. The front of the card features the crest of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital and is held together with black and gold ribbons. The inside of the card features engravings of tents and buildings in France.

Tents in Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
[1917?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph of Chateau d'Arques, Pas de Calais, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of three soldiers standing in front of the Chateau d'Arques in Pas de Calais, France. Left to right: Dan MacLeod, Major Frank Woodbury, and Col. John Stewart.

Photograph of tent hospital at Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 8
Item
[1917?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, Sr. on leave

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 4, Item 10
Item
1917

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Captain Robert A. Logan, Royal Flying Corps in German prisoner of war Camp Schweidnitz

MS-2-580, Box 4, Folder 12
File
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

This folder contains 2 copies of the photograph, date of copy unknown.

Officers at the prisoner of war camp during World War I in Schweidnitz, Germany

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Robert Logan is identified in the middle of the front row.

Oberleutnant Immelmann (first lieutenant)

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

A. M MacBend, "Montgomery Lodge" Prestwich, Ayrchire, Scotland

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Portrait of Major T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform for the 8th Battalion C.E.F.

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
1917

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of a negative found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 6 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Unidentified prisoner of war

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 12
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Postcard photograph of Clyde Blakeney in military uniform

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 37, Item 10
Item
1917

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a postcard photograph produced by Cox Bros., Halifax, N.S., of Clyde Blakeney (who left Sable Island to enlist in the armed forces in the fall of 1917), dressed in military uniform standing atop Citadel Hill.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 11, 1917

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 7
Item
January 11, 1917

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 11, 1917 from the I.O.D.E. Hosptial for Officers in London, updating his recovery, outlining recent pleasure reading, and discussing a chance visit with a friend from Halifax whose discussions reminded Jones that "Victoria Road is after all just around the corner."

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Army orders by General Sir H. S. Rawlinson, France, October 13, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 5
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades fonds

This document contains a list of awards rewarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.

Distinguished Service Order issued to Major Wiliam Rhoades, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles on June 3, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 6
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades fonds

This document contains a list of awards rewarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.

Photograph of Sister Lorinda MacAulay and Sister Elizabeth Ann Cooke standing in front of a damaged chateau and flour mill

PG-2-94, PB Box 29 Folder 49
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh, likely in early 1918, showing Sister MacAulay and Sister Cooke standing in front of an unidentified damaged French chateau and flour mill. The photo has had portions faintly painted in watercolour.

Photograph of war damage to Dadizele Basilica, southern Belgium

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 51
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, of the heavily-damaged Dadizele Basilica, southern Belgium (about 10 kilometres east of Ypres).

Photograph of unidentified hospital wards in France during the First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918 of two unidentified hospital ward buildings in France.

Photograph of several buildings at an unidentified military hospital in France, First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 3
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing several buildings at an unidentified military hospital in France. Buildings include the exterior of an operating theatre, a Red Cross hut, a hospital ward building, and an admitting hut.

Photograph of a group of German prisoners constructing huts at an unidentified military hospital in France, First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 4
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing a group of German prisoners resting on a stack of wooden slats, after having constructed huts at an unidentified military hospital in France.

Photograph taken on a walk along the Canal d'Aire, northern France

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 57, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh, likely in early 1918, while on a walk on a tree-lined path along the shore of the Canal d'Aire, northern France. The path is between a bathhouse and living quarters for workers of an unidentified military hospital.

World War One American war effort posters

MS-2-840
Collection
[ca. 1918]

Collection comprises eight posters encouraging Americans to support the war effort, including giving blood, purchasing victory bonds and preventing food wastage.

Be ready — "keep him smiling!" : [poster]

MS-2-840, OS Folder 1, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of World War One American war effort posters

Item is a poster promoting a United War Work Campaign week.

Honor button — Liberty Loan : [poster]

MS-2-840, OS Folder 1, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of World War One American war effort posters

Item is a poster promoting Victory Liberty Loans, designed by Heywood, Strasser and Voigt Litho Co, NY

America calls — join to-day : [poster]

MS-2-840, OS Folder 1, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of World War One American war effort posters

Item is a poster promoting military enlistment, with No. 26 printed on the bottom left corner and the designer's name, Dorothy Whitcomb, on the bottom right.

Row camp at the prisoner of war camp during World War I in Schweidnitz, Germany

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 15
Item
1918

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

"Four years ago we heard a lot about Christianity having failed"

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
[1918]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of an edited handwritten untitled manuscript by Florence Jessie Murray about Christianity's recovery after society's emergence out of the First World War.

Photograph of departure of the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital from the Evacuation Zone, April 14, 1918

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 52
Item
April 1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh on April 14, 1918, showing the departure of elements of the Dalhousie No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital from the Evacuation Zone, Belgian-French border regions. Photograph shows several ambulances departing from in front of ward buildings.

Photograph of a chateau and a church in an unidentified French village

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 53
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing a chateau and a small church in an unidentified French village. The photograph has been embellished with some faint watercolour work.

Photograph of a backroad and hot house near an unidentified military hospital in France during the First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 2
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing areas near an unidentified military hospital in France. Photograph includes a stand of birch trees bordering the hospital's back road, as well as a hot house.

Photograph of a General Duty Squad at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 56, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918 of a "General Duty Squad", likely housed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, who had just finished erecting tents. Includes A.S. Gearey, P. MacCallum, R.R. MacLaughlin, H. Barrett, M.S. MacKinnon, G.H. Power, P. Holbrow, G. Shaw, Sibley, R. Neill, S.S. Murray, R. Milliet, and two others.

A bond for every star : [poster]

MS-2-840, Folder OS 1, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1918]

Part of World War One American war effort posters

Item is a poster promoting Liberty bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan, issued by the Labour Bureau of the Liberty Loan Committee, 7 Liberty Street, New York City.

Photograph of a memorial in honour of engineers who died in WWI

PC1, Box 36, Folder 8
File
[after 1918]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a memorial in honour of engineers from the Nova Scotia Technical College who gave their lives in World War I. The memorial is a metal plaque engraved with the names of all of the causalities. The memorial was erected by the school's alumni association.

Photographs of the No.1 Canadian General Personnel Lines after an air raid on May 19th, 1918, Étaples, France

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 54
Item
May 1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of two copies of the same photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh on May 19th, 1918, depicting the after-effects of a German air raid on the No. 1 Canadian General Personnel lines near Étaples, France (30km south of Calais). During that attack fifty eight people (including three nursing sisters) were killed and fifty wounded in the Hospital, while there were 1200 other casualties in the area.

Photographs of hospital barracks in France