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Charles H. Mercer fonds

  • MS-2-659
  • Fonds
  • 1911, 1928-1936
Fonds consists of published material, correspondence, pamphlets, off-prints on foreign language broadcasting around the world; correspondence and literature on the League of Nations Society in Canada; and correspondence with the Canadian Prisoners’ Welfare Association, the Penal Association of Canada and the Prisoners’ Aid and Welfare Association.

Mercer, Charles, H.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, written between April 1912 and August 1912, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, as well as a few back order forms. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.F. Allen & Co. (Yarmouth), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), G.E. Barbour Company (Saint John), Brayley Drug Copmany Limited (Saint John), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Saint John), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Coté, Boivin & Cie (Chicoutimi, QC), H.H. Crosby Company Limited (Hebron, NS), Davis & Lawrence Co. (Montreal), Dominion Corset Company (Quebec), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. Limited (Truro), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Saint John), Thomas A. Edison Incorporated (Orange, NJ), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), F.L. Estabrooks (Sackville, NB), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Jed Frye & Co. (New York), James Goldie Co. Limited (Guelph, ON), Gourock Ropework Export Co. Limited (West Montreal), Gunn & Co. (Halifax), Gunns Limited (Toronto), Halifax Cold Storage Company, G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Harlow & Kempton (Milton, NS), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Hutchings & Co. (Saint John), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada (Montreal), Thomas Laughlin Co. (Portland, ME), R.J. Lovell (Montreal), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), McLeod Milling Co. (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Mann, Byars & Co. (Glasgow), I.H. Mathers (Halifax), Matthews, Towers & Co. (Montreal), Meeker & Company, coal (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug & Chemical Co. (Halifax), Nova Canneries Limited (Halifax), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Pierce, Austin-Caswell, LIvermore Co. (Boston), Reindeer Limited (Truro), Robin, James & Whitman (Lunenburg/Halifax), Sackville Hay & Feed Co. Limited (Sackville, NB), H.S. Scott (Saint John), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), F.K. Warren (Halifax), Wilson, Lytle & Badgerow (Toronto), Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Toronto), among others

Correspondence from Julie Opp Faversham

File contains a letter from Julie Opp Faversham (1871–1921), an American stage actress, thanking John Daniel Logan for a poem and his comments about a production of Julius Caesar that she acted in with her husband, William Faversham.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, written between August 1912 and December 1912, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, as well as a few back order forms. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.F. Allen & Co. (Yarmouth), Henry Birks & Sons (Montreal), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Coleman Baking Powder Co. (Brockville, ON), H.H. Crosby Company Limited (Hebron, NS), Davis Bros (Gloucester, MA), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. Limited (Truro), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Saint John), Thomas A. Edison Incorporated (Orange, NJ), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks, Red Rose (Saint John), Frank Fales (Saint John), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Harlow & Kempton (Milton, NS), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne), J.J. Hughes (Souris, PEI), Ladies' Wear Limited (Toronto), Liverpool Cooperage, R.J. Lovell (Toronto), C.V. MacIntosh (Liverpool), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Meeker & Company (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J.G. Morton & Co. (Milton, NS), Nova Canneries Limited (Halifax), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Payzant & King (Halifax), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), Sackville Hay & Feed Co. Limited (Sackville, NB), S. Norman Sancton (Saint John), H.S. Scott (Saint John), Scovil Bros Limited, clothing (Saint John), R.B. Seeton & Co. (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Tower Canada Limited (Toronto), Waldron, Drouin Company (Montreal/Shelburne), among others.

Correspondence from Percy Haswell

File contains a letter from the American actress Percy Haswell thanking John Daniel Logan for his newspaper articles on her. The letter is written on letterhead from the R.M.S. Royal Edward.

Correspondence with family and other materials

File contains correspondence with Barkhouse's sister and Margaret Atwood, some letters without names, several newspaper clippings about Port Williams, Ed Gould, and the annual meeting of the Canadian Mental Health Association, a notice for the FPTT Awards honoring biologist Ian Barkhouse, and a bookmark for the Centre for Canadian Children and Books.

Scott Paper Company fonds

  • MS-4-68
  • Fonds
  • 1913-1972
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial documents, journals and ledgers, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, and reports. This material spans almost 60 years and gives insight into a company which changed hands several times, and also represented an important part of Nova Scotia industry. Through the material one is able to get a complete picture of the process of manufacturing pulp, from acquiring timber and land to machinery and labour used, to exporting the end product; it also demonstrates how business was conducted. Fonds demonstrates the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Scott Paper company, and provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia in the 20th century.

Scott Paper Company.

Correspondence from Edouard Hesselberg

File contains an announcement from the Russian pianist, composer, and teacher Edouard Hesselberg sent to John Daniel Logan as the Musical Critic of The Star (in Toronto). The announcement concerns his recent appointment as editor and contributor to the staff of the "International Music and Musicians." The letter was sent in an envelope from The Hambourg Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Hesselberg, Edouard

Correspondence from Edward Broome

File contains a letter from Edward Broome. His letter includes information about the activities and performances of the Toronto Oratorio Society and was sent to Logan to be published in the Toronto News.

Broome, Edward

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between February 1913 and April 1913, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, as well as a few back order forms. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Amherst Boot & Shoe, G.E. Barbour (Saint John), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), F.S. Burns (Halifax), J.H. Charlton (Middleton, NS), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Robert S. Eakins (Yarmouth), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. Limited (Truro), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Saint John), Thomas A. Edison Incorporated (Orange, NJ), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), Gandy & Allison (Saint John), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), J.C. Grimm (Springfield, NS), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Lillie & James Harlow (Sable River), Harris Abattoir Company (Toronto), Hyslop Brothers Limited, automobiles, bicycles and accessories (Toronto), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Lincoln, Willey & Co. (Boston), Liverpool Cooperage, Lord Bros (Portland, ME), John Lyons (Crowell, NS), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Mann, Byars & Co. (Glasgow), Meeker & Company (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J.L. Morton (Lower Argyle, NS), D.C. Mulhall (Liverpool), John N. Murley (Pleasant River, NS), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Payzant & King (Halifax), Pierce, Austin-Caswell, Frank Powers (Lunenburg), L.C. Prime (Saint John), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), Livermore Co. (Boston), H.S. Scott (Saint John), Scovil Bros (Saint John), R.B. Seeton & Co. (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Willett Martin Co. (New York), Alfred Winsor & Son (Boston), A.E. Wry (Sackville, NB), Yarmouth Creamery, among others.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a couple written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between October 1913 and May 1914, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, as well as several credit note forms for businesses dealing with McMillan. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: W.C.M. Ackhurst (Halifax), Edward M. Alden (Boston), Allith Manufacturing (Hamilton, ON), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Amherst Boot & Shoe Co., Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), Bowker Fertilizer Co. (Boston), Brandram-Henderson (Halifax), Bridgetown Hay and Feed Company, W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Saint John), Canadian Kodak Co. Limited (Toronto), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Carritte-Paterson Man'f'g. Co. (Halifax), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Craven & Speeding Bros. (Sunderland, UK; via Sancton), W.J. Crouse (Italy Cross, NS), Davis & Lawrence Co. (Montreal), Robert D. Doane (Barrington, NS), Eastern Supply and Paper Company (Halifax), Emerson & Fisher Ltd (Saint John), T.H. Estabrooks, Red Rose Tea (Saint John), Frank Fales (Saint John), D.M. Ferry & Co, (Windsor, ON), C.H. Flewwelling (Saint John), Flexible Conduit Co. (Guelph, ON), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Gault Brothers (Montreal), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gordon, Mackay & Co. (Toronto), J.W. Grant & Co. (Halifax), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), J.C. Grimm (Springfield, NS), Halifax News Company Ltd., G.J. Hamilton & Sons, Hancock Mfg. Co. (Halifax), S.L. Hardy (Allendale, NS), Harris Abattoir Company (Toronto), W.F. Hatheway Co. (Saint John), Hewson Pure Wool Textiles (Amherst), Joseph A. Hipson (Barrington), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Hood Rubber Company (Watertown, MA; related to Amherst Boot & Shoe), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada (Montreal), Lincoln, Willey & Co. (Boston), J.H. Lyons (Barrington), T. McAvity & Sons LImited (Saint John), McCormick Manufacturing (London, ON), A. McKim Limited (Montreal), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), McMillan Co. Limited (Jacquet River, NB), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Meeker & Company (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), Monarch Paint Co. (Cleveland, OH), J.G. Morton & Son (Milton, NS), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), Northern-Electric (Halifax), Oliver Typewriter Company (Chicago), Parker-Eatkins Co. (Yarmouth), T.S. Pattillo (Truro), Percival & Graveline (Montreal), Proctor Bros & CO. (Halifax; for British Colonial Fire Insurance), W.G. Robertson (Halifax), Frank W. Robinson (Toronto), Rock City Tobacco Co. (Quebec), Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Company (New York), S. Norman Sancton (Saint John), Saxe Clothing Co. (Montreal), W.H. Schwartz & Sons (Halifax), H.S. Scott (Saint John), A.W. Shaw Company Publishers (Chicago), Sherwin-Williams Co. (Montreal), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), W.C. Smith & Co. (Lunenburg), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), Southern Salvage Company Limited (Liverpool, NS), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), Henry A. Tarr (Gloucester, MA), Tarr's Structural and Marine Paint Co. (Boston), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Warwick Bros & Rutter (Toronto), Willett Martin Co. (New York), Windsor Furniture Co. (Windsor, NS), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), among others/

Thomas Head Raddall fonds

  • MS-2-202
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1913-1994
The fonds includes manuscripts of most of his published works—novels, short stories, articles, radio broadcasts and plays, and forewords for other works—from 1929 to 1976; research notes and general historical studies; sound recordings; correspondence covering the years 1914 to 1994 (including letters with other authors and his publishers, among others); diaries (closed at the author's request until 2019); photographs; memorabilia; material related to his father who fought and died in World War I; and several scrapbooks containing reviews of his books, clippings, and other research material.

Raddall, Thomas H., 1903-1994

Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

  • MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4
  • File
  • 1913-1928
File consists of correspondence to Harvey from Dr. A. MacMechan and his wife, a recommendation letter from MacMechan to Edwin Laftus, and a letter from George W. Robinson to Dr. MacMechan.

Harvey, Daniel Cobb, Dr.

Correspondence from Charles F. Towle

File contains an advertisement and pamphlet on the plays presented by the Stratford-upon-Avon Players at the Princess Theatre in Toronto as part of their first American Tour. Charles F. Towle was the business director of the tour.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between July 1913 and October 1913, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, as well as a few back order forms. File contains correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Robert Allan & Co. (Montreal), W.N. Allan (Yarmouth), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour (Saint John), Henry Birks & Sons (Montreal), Brandram-Henderson Limited (Halifax), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), P. Campbell & Co. (Saint John), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), A. & R. Cogswell (Halifax), J.F. Creaser Co. (La Have, NS), W.J. Crouse (Italy Cross, NS), Crown Pants (Montreal), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Dustbane Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Ottawa), Eastern Hat & Cap Mfg. Co. Limited (Truro), Eastern Hay & Feed (Sackville, NB), Eastern Shirts (Truro), Thomas A. Edison Incorporated (Orange, NJ), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks, Red Rose tea (Saint John), Frank Fales (Saint John), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), S.R. Giffin & Sons (Goldboro, NS), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), Hamilton Whip Co., Harris Abattoir Company (Ottawa), Holzapfels (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Ideal Bedding Company (Toronto), Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, McMillan Co. Ltd. (Jacquet River, NB), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), J.H. McGill (Yarmouth), J.G. Mackintosh (Halifax), McMillan Co. Ltd. (Jacquet River, NB), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Markland Waterproofs (Truro), Matthew & McLean Limited (Souris East, PEI), Meeker & Company (New York), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J.G. Morton (Milton, NS), National Drug and Chemical Company (Halifax), New York Net and Twine (Moodus, CT), Northern-Electric (Montreal), Oliver Typewriter Company (Chicago), Owen Sound Furniture Company, Peabody's Overalls (Walkerville, ON), William H. Perkins (Louisburg, NS), Frank Powers (Lunenburg), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), S. Norman Sancton (Saint John), H.S. Scott (Saint John), R.B. Seeton (Halifax), I.B. Shaffner (Halifax), George E. Smith & Co. (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), W.H. Thorne (Saint John), F.K. Warren (Halifax), among others.

Correspondence from Julia Marlowe Sothern

File contains a letter from the English-born American actress Julia Marlowe Sothern thanking John Daniel Logan for sending her and her husband (E. H. Sothern) some of his poetry and inviting Logan to visit them backstage at one of their performances.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between June 1914 and October 1914, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence. File also contains the beginnings of some merchants' concerns regarding shortages stemming from the outbreak of the Great War.

File contains correspondence regarding wartime concerns from the following receivers and brokers: W.R. Brock Company (Montreal; regarding French-made #80 DMC in cordenette white), Boston Varnish Company (regarding war-time price uncertainty), Brandram-Henderson (Halifax, regarding "import[ing certain goods] from countries where it is now impossible to obtain further supplies"), Chronicle Publishing Co. (Halifax, regarding the sale of "a history of the great conflict now raging in Europe" for two months at this stage), Greenshields Limited (Montreal, regarding a "good season for dress goods" despite the "war-time dullness of many lines" and the fact that "French goods are cut off entirely [and that some] raw materials such as dyestuffs come from Germany and Austria exclusively"), Holzapfels Limited (Newcastle-on-Tyne, reassuring clients that their company is "absolutely and entirely British"), J.L. Lovitt (Yarmouth, regarding the "feverish state of the wheat market" and reduced supplies), J.E. Morse & Co. (Halifax, about wartime demands having "completely exhausted [the supplies of] the popular selling teas"), Nova Scotia Belgian Relief Fund (Halifax; from Arthur Barnstead), Patterson Candy Company (Toronto, reassuring that they "have been strongly opposed to making any advance in price unless positively forced to it", and slamming those "who would delight in getting more for his product on account of the abnormal condition"), Oxford Manufacturing Company (Oxford, NS, "we are facing a famine in dyestuffs"), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough, re: "extreme scarcity of cash oats [...compelling] us to put further advances into effect), W.H. Schwartz & Sons (Halifax, about the withdrawal of a printed list of supplies based on "the very uncertain conditions surrounding the spice business brought about by the war"), R.B. Seeton (Halifax, "we do not know from one day to another what the price will be"), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth, regarding "the [appalling] effect of this horrible war on commercial conditions throughout the world"), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax, assuring customers that "all prices will be based on ruling market price ONLY"), W.H. Thorne (Saint John, regarding the purchase of "patriotic selections" of records), Willett Martin (New York, anticipating that "stove coal will be very scarce during the Fall and Winter months"), Warwick Bros & Rutter (Toronto, about installing "patriotic windows").

File contains other standard business correspondence from: Acadia Gas Engine Co. (Bridgewater), Edward M. Alden (Boston), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour (Saint John), Sidney R. Baxter (Boston), A.M. Bell & Co. (Halifax), Geo. C. Boudreau (Meteghan Station, NS), Brookfield Bros. (Halifax), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Canadian Cereal and Flour Mills (Galt, ON), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Oil Companies (Toronto), Canadian Poster Company (Montreal, regarding a Stanfields promotion), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth (Boston), McCormick & Stronach (Clementsport, NS), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), Davis & Lawrence (Montreal), Eagle Oil & Supply Co. (Boston), Eastern Shirts Limited (Truro), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry (Sackville, NB), Frank Fales (Saint John), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham (Halifax), John Forsyth Company (Berlin, ON), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal, via Glasgow), Gunns Limited (West Toronto), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), Ida Harlow (Sable River West), Hawboldt & Evans (Chester), Hilford Fur Farm (Port Hilford, NS), N. Hingley & Sons (Dudley, UK), Ideal Bedding (Toronto), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Co. (Saint John), Maritime Cap Limited (Moncton), Meeker & Company (New York), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), J.L. Morton (Lower Argyle), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), Neville Canneries (Port Mouton, NS), M.A. Nickerson (Clark's Harbour), Northern-Electric (Halifax), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Payzant & King (Halifax), Redmond Company Limited (Montreal), W.G. Robertson (Halifax), Salada Ceylon Tea (Montreal), W.E. Sanford (Hamilton, ON), Scovil Bros. (Saint John), I.B. Shaffner (Halifax), Shives Lumber Company (Campbellton, NB), Southern Salvage Company (Liverpool), H.D. Starratt (Paradise, NS), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Trojan Waist Co. (Philadelphia), Viscol Company (Boston), Waldron Drouin Co. (Montreal), Welsford L. Watt (Halifax), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others.

Correspondence from Louis Keene

File contains a letter from the artist Louis Keene (1888-1972) thanking John Daniel Logan for a notice that he put in the Montreal Herald advertising his upcoming exhibition.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between September 1914 and March 1915, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence.

File contains other standard business correspondence from the following receivers and brokers: Acadia Gas Engine Company (Bridgewater), Wm. Allan (Yarmouth), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), Allith Manufacturing (Hamilton, ON), American Ever Ready Works (New York), Ames Holden McCready (Saint John), Bauld Bros. (Halifax), Sidney R. Baxter & Co. (Boston), Black & Flinn (Halifax), Bridgetown Hay and Feed Company, W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Calder, Fraser Co. Ltd. (Dartmouth), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co., Canadian Oil Companies (Halifax), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Chronicle Publishing Co. (Halifax), Craven & Speeding Bros (Sunderland), W.J. Crouse (Italy Cross, NS), Geo. W. DeLong (Barss' Corner, NS), Davis & Fraser (Halifax), W.S. Dexter (Shelburne, regarding the liquidation of Waldron Drouin Co.), Donald Manufacturing Company (Toronto), Thomas A. Edison Inc. (Orange, NJ, regarding shipment delays following a factory fire), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Emerson Fisher (Saint John), Enterprise Foundry Co (Sackville, NB), Flintkote Manufacturing Company (Boston), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), General Refining Co. (Cleveland), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Halifax Seed Co., Harris Abattoir Company (Toronto), Hewson Pure Wool Textiles (Amherst), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), Charles W. Lane (Lunenburg), Lincoln, Willey & Co. (Boston), Liverpool Cooperage, London & Petrolia Barrel Co. (London, ON), J.L. Lovitt (Yarmouth), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester, Robertson, Allison (Saint John), Maritime Forward Movement (Amherst), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), J. & M. Murphy (Halifax), R.E. Mutch & Co. (Charlottetown, PEI), National Drug and Chemical Company (Halifax), M.A. Nickerson (Clark's Harbour, NS), Northern Aluminum Company LImited (Toronto), Northern-Electric (Montreal), Nova Scotia Underwear Co. (Eureka, NS), C.W. Outhit (Halifax), Peabodys Overalls (Walkerville, ON), J. Henry Peters (Toronto), Phillips Candy Co. (Hebron, NS), Platt & Washburn Refining Company (New York), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), Record Foundry & Machine Co. (Moncton), Redmond Company (Montreal), John Reid & Co., naval architects (Montreal), Reinhardt Bros. (LaHave, NS), Wm. Robertson & Son (Halifax), Robin Hood Mills Limited (Moose Jaw, SK), Wm. C. Robinson & Son Co. (Halifax), S. Norman Sancton (Saint John), H.S. Scott (Saint John), Scovil Bros (Saint John), R.B. Seeton (Halifax), T.S. Simms & Company (Fairville, NB), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), Smith Brokerage Co. (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmoth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), James H. Tarr (Gloucester, MA), Thomas Brothers (St. Thomas, ON, liquidation sale), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), Tower Canadian Limited (Toronto), Leonard A. Treat (East Boston), Walker Bros (Milton, NS), Arthur N. Whitman (Halifax), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others

Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

  • MS-13-2
  • Collection
  • 1915 - 1977
Collection consists of a booklet about the history of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital, correspondence of nursing matron Laura Hubley, a book of signatures of the unit's members, and correspondence and a small album containing postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper (who worked with the unit in 1916 and 1917) to his nephew, Ralph Kane.

Canada. Canadian Army Medical Corps. Canadian Stationary Hospital, no. 7

Henry Davies Hicks fonds

  • MS-2-511
  • Fonds
  • 1915 - 1990, predominant 1937-1986
Fonds comprises records documenting Henry Hicks' political career and tenure as president of Dalhousie University, as well as his earlier studies at Oxford University and his military service in World War II. There are also records regarding his stamp collecting hobby, his community service, and his long involvement with associations such as the Rhodes Scholarship Committee. Record types include diaries and appointment books, correspondence, manuscripts, philatelic records, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Hicks, Henry D.

Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

  • MS-2-771
  • Collection
  • 1915-1919
Collection primarily comprises letters from Captain Graham Roome to his future wife Annie Belle Hollett, written during his overseas service in World War One. There is also a series of letters written to Annie Belle Hollett by various friends and family members.

Roome (née Hollett), Annie Belle

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to William McMillan, Lockeport, between October 1915 and February 1916, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, from the following brokers: Acadia Gas Engine Co. (Bridgewater), W.N. Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour Co. (Saint John), J. & T. Bell (Montreal), Black & Flinn (Halifax), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Brookfield Bros (Halifax), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Calder, Fraser & Co. (Dartmouth), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Merchandise Company (Yarmouth), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Carritte-Paterson Man'f'g. Co. (Saint John), Castine Line & Twine (Boston), Chevrolet Motor Company of Canada (Toronto), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth (Boston), Consumers Cordage Company (Halifax), Creighton & Marshall stationers (Halifax), Robert D. Doane (Barrington, NS), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Hat & Cap Manufacturing Co. (Truro), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Company (Montreal), Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Orange, NJ), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Emerson & Fisher (Saint John), Empire Garage & Motor Co. (Yarmouth, regarding a meeting with Ehrgott and the purchase of a car), Enterprise Foundry Co. (Sackville, NB), T.H. Estabrooks, Red Rose Tea (Saint John,regarding the resignation of B.M. Armstrong), Fleischmann Co. (Halifax), Arthur Fordham & Co. (Halifax), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gordon, Mackay & Co. (Toronto), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal), M.W. Graves (Bridgetown), Greenshields Limited (Montreal), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay, NS), Hawboldt & Evans (Chester), Sadie Hayden (Cambridge), W.H. Hayward Co. (Saint John), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan, NS), LaHave Creamery Company (Bridgewater), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), J.L Lovitt (Yarmouth), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), J.F. MacMullen & Son (Barrington), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Maple Leaf Milling Company (Toronto), Marine Hardware-Equipment Co. (South Portland, ME), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), W. & C.H. Mitchell (Halifax), J.G. Morton (Milton, NS), National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada (Halifax), New York Net & Twine, (Moodus, CT), M.A. Nickerson (Clark's Harbour), Northern Aluminum Company (Toronto), Northern Electric Company (Montreal), Nova Canneries (Port Mouton), Nova Scotia Furnishing Company (Halifax), P.C. Parkhurst (Gloucester, MA), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Peabody (Walkerville, ON), Pedlar People Limited (Montreal), J. Henry Peters (Toronto), Pierce, Austin-Caswell, Livermore Company (Boston), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), G.N. Reagh (Middleton), William Redding (Yarmouth), Wm. Robertson & Son (Halifax), Robin, Jones & Whitman (Halifax), Saint John Milling Company, R.B. Seeton (Halifax), A. & W. Smith (Halifax), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), Smith & Proctor (Halifax), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (Halifax), Stanfields Limited (Truro), John Starr, Son & Co. (Halifax, regarding a sales rep coming down with "La Grippe" -- Spanish flu -- on a business trip), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John, regarding a large fire to their facilities), F.K. Warren (Halifax), Windsor Furniture Co. Limited, Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), among others.

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

File contains business correspondence addressed to (and a few written by) William McMillan, Lockeport, between December 1915 and April 1916, regarding receipt of shipment of goods to be sold in his general store, or confirmation of goods to be sent overseas. File contains both typed and handwritten correspondence, from the following brokers: Acadia Gas Engine Co. (Bridgewater), W.N. Allan (Yarmouth), Edward M. Alden (Boston), Edward Allen (Yarmouth), G.E. Barbour Co. (Saint John), J. & T. Bell (Montreal), Ben's Limited (Halifax), Bolinders Swedish Steel & Importing Co. (Montreal, regarding the "scarcity of tonnage for transoceanic and coastwise transportation"), Borden Milk Company (Truro), W.R. Brock Company (Montreal), Burrell-Johnson Iron Company (Yarmouth), Calder, Fraser Co. (Dartmouth), Cameron & Co. (Ottawa), Campbell Flour Mills Company (Toronto), Campbell, Smibert & Co. (Montreal), Canadian Carbon Co. (Toronto), Canadian Cement Company (Montreal), Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company (Halifax), Canadian Drug Co. (Saint John), Canadian Oil Companies Limited (Halifax), Castine Line & Twine Co. (Boston), Chisholm Co. Limited (Halifax), Clayton & Sons (Halifax), Lemuel Clow (Shelburne), Cochran, Burns & Farnsworth Co. (Boston), Cohen Bros. (Clark's Harbour), Frank Colwell military equipment (Halifax), Consumers Cordage Company (Halifax), W.J. Crouse (Italy Cross, NS), R.H. Davis & Company (Yarmouth)< S. Davis & Sons (Montreal), Dominion Molasses Company (Halifax), Eastern Canada Fisheries Limited (Montreal), Edinburgh Roperie & Sailcloth Co., Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Orange, NJ), J. Furman Ehrgott (Yarmouth), Fleischmann Co. (Halifax), Alexander Gibb (Montreal), Gibson Bros. (Halifax), Gilmartin & Trundy (New York), Gordon Mackay & Co. (Toronto), Gourock Ropework Export Co. (Montreal, regarding the loss of a shipment due to a Halifax wharf fire), S. Greenwood (Round Bay, NS), J.C. Grimm & Son (Springfield, NS), Trueman Hagar (Round Bay, NS), G.J. Hamilton & Sons (Halifax), W.F. Hatheway Co. (Saint John), G.M. Hines (Pubnico, NS), Holland Window Shade Co. (Halifax), Ideal Bedding Co. (Toronto), Imperial Oil Company (Halifax), J.B. Jones (East Jordan, NS), Killam Brothers (Yarmouth), LaHave Concrete Co. (West LaHave, NS), Lockett & Messenger (Bridgetown), John H. Lyons (Crowell, NS), T. McAvity & Sons (Saint John), A. & W. MacKinlay (Halifax), Manchester Robertson Allison (Saint John), Martin-Senour Co. (Halifax), G.P. Mitchell & Sons (Halifax), L.C. Murphy (Pubnico, NS), New York Net & Twine, Nordby Fisheries Supply Co. (Seattle, WA), Northern Electric (Montreal), Parrish, Phillips & Co. (New York), Quaker Oats Company (Peterborough), T.W. Quinn (Liverpool), J.C. Robertson (Shelburne), James Robinson (Montreal), R.B. Seeton (Halifax), Shives Lumber Company Limited (Campbellton, NB), H.R. Silver (Halifax), Geo. E. Smith & Co. (Halifax, regarding the passing of the company owner and "sole member of the firm"), J. Willard Smith (Saint John), E.K. Spinney (Yarmouth), Wm. Stairs, Son & Morrow (regarding the "No. 2" Halifax pier fire, March 1916), Stanfields Limited (Truro), Robert Taylor Co. (Halifax), W.H. Thorne & Company (Saint John), John Tobin & Co. (Halifax), Thomas Wagner (Port Mouton), Walker Bros. (Milton, NS), Western Assurance Company (Toronto), Wolverton Milling Co. (Saint John), B.C. Thomas Wood & Company (Boston), Woodworth (Halifax), Zwicker & Co. (Lunenburg), among others.

Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

  • MS-2-252
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1957
Fonds primarily consists of records documenting Roome's military career and research interest. The records span World War One and World War Two and include correspondence (1918-1919 and 1942-1946); war diaries (1915-1918 and 1940-1944); addresses and lectures (1928-1949); ca. 165 black and white photographs, mostly of Mesopotamia during World War I and of training exercises during World War II in Debert and Tracadie, Nova Scotia; photographs and postcards of Dalhousie; maps of England, France, and Mesopotamia from World War I; print materials which include newspaper clippings and copies of Canadian military magazines; research notes on the American Civil War; papers while Deputy Adjutant General (1943-1945) regarding awards, transfers, discharges, etc.; and miscellaneous other papers.

Roome, Richard Edward Graham, Brigadier, 1892-1985

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

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

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.
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