Archives Catalogue

Thomas Cantley's report on the attitude of the British people toward the war

MS-2-755, Box 2, Folder 20
Item
1916

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

First Presbyterian Church program for a Great War memorial service

MS-2-755, Box 2, Folder 26
Item
[after 1918]

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

Photographs of the 66th Field Artillery unit

MS-2-135.2019-081, Box 86, Folder 12
File
c.1915

Part of Oland family fonds

1 photograph is an outdoors picture of the unit, Sidney C. Oland in 7th from the left in the front row. 1 photograph is the group on a ship name the CPASC Armstrong.

Photograph of reunions of the 66th Battery CEF - CFA in Montreal on October 27, 1956

MS-2-135.2019-081, Box 86, Folder 11
File
1956

Part of Oland family fonds

Lt. Colonel Sidney Oland is 5th from left in the front row. Lt. Colonel Oland commanded the 66th Field Artillery unit in WW1. The photograph was taken by Victor Trower, Montreal.

Transcript of John Bell's interview with F.C. Wightman about Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One.

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Letter to John Bell from George D. Noiles regarding Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One. regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Canada in flanders / Max Aitken : [book]

MS-2-615, Box 131, Folder 2
File
1915 - 1915

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Eulogy for Georges P. Vanier written by Hugh Kemp

MS-2-615, Box 130, Folder 19
File
1967

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Correspondence between Violet E.D. Birchall and A. MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 4, Folder 86
File
1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This file includes a photograph of Arthur Percival Birchall and a supplement to the Upton St. Leonard's Parish Magazine, commemorating Birchall killed in action in 1915.

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 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.

An issue of the Dalhousie Gazette found in the trenches in France

MS-2-82, OS Box 18, Folder 32
Item
November 17, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This issue of the Gazette was sent to MacMechan by Owen Bell Jones from the trenches during the First World War. Mud is most pronounced on pages 4 and 5.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, November 18, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
November 18, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 11, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 9
Item
October 11, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.

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.

Correspondence between Owen Bell Jones and Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85
File
1915-1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

File consists of 24 letters sent from Owen Bell ("Toby") Jones to Archibald MacMechan, between 1915 and 1931. Much of the correspondence includes frank depictions of mental and physical struggles as a result of experiences in the First World War.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 5
Item
November 2, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 20, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 4
Item
December 20, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 20, 1915, discussing the discovery of a muddy copy of the Dalhousie Gazette in a trench in France during the First World War.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, September 16, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 3
Item
September 16, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 16, 1915, at Valcartier Camp (Quebec City), thanking MacMechan for further outfitting of the Camp's library, general anxiousness around Camp, and the hopes of the Battalion soon being deployed to England.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 25, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 6
Item
December 25, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Christmas Day 1916 from the I.O.D.E. Hospital for Officers in London, wishing MacMechan a "jolly old-time Christmas", and providing further updates on his recovery from wounds suffered in combat.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, August 26, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 2
Item
August 26, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated August 26, 1915, thanking MacMechan for his gift of books and that it is very popular among Jones's fellow officers at Valcartier Camp.

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 Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

William Rhoades fonds

MS-2-598, SF Boxes 80-82
Fonds
1898-1954

Fonds consists of diaries and notebooks; printed programmes, books, and newspaper clippings regarding Col. William Rhoades or the regiments with which he served, including the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Fonds also contains miscellaneous papers related to his career.

The diaries and notebooks document Rhoades’ activities while posted in the Yukon, South Africa, and Europe during World War I. Some of the notebooks also contain hand drawn maps of battle fields.

Rhoades, William, 1874-1955

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.

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.

Diagram of the Gooman Tunnel

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 8
Item
N.D.

Part of William Rhoades fonds

Announcement for the dedication of the War Memorial built in Mons France, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 4
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades 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.

G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

MS-2-839
Fonds
1914 - 1919

Photographs of the World War I Amherst Internment Camp and a photograph from the Merchant Navy Protest

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 164

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of a group of Prisoners of War standing around a building.

Prisoners of War at the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia dressed as cooks

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 13, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia with musical instruments

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 29

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War standing with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 28

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the group of Prisoners of War standing with musical instruments.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 21

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Naval Prisoners of War at the Internment Camp, Amherst, Nova Scotia

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - up after clearing the land of forest

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 3

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 7, item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of prisoners of war dressed in costumes for a drama group.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 26

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 7, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of prisoners in costumes for a drama group.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 43

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

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).

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 45

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

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.

Prisoners of War at the Amherst Internment camp, No. 33

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 -1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

The item consists of the fencing club for the group of prisoners of war from the Internment Camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - clearing the forest

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1919]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

Prisoners of War at experimental farm at Nappan, Nova Scotia - harvesting corn

MS-2-839, PB Box 31, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1914 - 1918]

Part of G.P. Hennesey Photograph Collection

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.

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.

Ring me again : third liberty loan - buy US government bonds : [poster]

MS-2-840, OS Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of World War One American war effort posters

Item is a poster advertising US Government bonds.

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