Archives Catalogue

Two men in a hay field

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 71, Item 10
Item
ca. 1910

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Five boys in a field

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 71, Item 14
Item
ca. 1910

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Budget Speech

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 4
File
1954

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Question to House - Family Allowances to Nova Scotians

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains a copy of a question submitted to the House of Commons by Samuel Balcom, M.P., in May 1955, regarding family allowances to Nova Scotians. File also contains Parliamentary debates.

Question to House - National Harbours Board Act

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding expenditures associated with the National Harbours Board Act, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Question to House - Payments to Nova Scotia by the Federal Government

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Payments to Nova Scotia by the Federal Government, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Some of the Members of Parliament from Atlantic Canada, 1956

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 40, Item 2
Item
1956

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Standing up from Left to Right: Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk (Yarmouth); William Murdoch (Bill) Buchanan (Cape Breton); Jack Lusky (Halifax Herald Reporter); Wesley Stuart (St. Andrews, N.B.); John Dickey (Halifax); James Augustine (Jim) Power (St. John's, NFLD); Azel Randolph Lusby (Cumberland); Samuel R. Balcom (Halifax)
Sitting: J. Ralph Kirk (Antigonish); Henry Byron McCulloch (Pictou); Gordon Purdy (Colchester)

Port Dufferin Wharf

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 18
File
1956-1957

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the original petition for new wharf in Port Dufferin, and correspondence on the project.

Pharmacy

Series
1920-1961

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

The records in this subseries all relate to Balcom's career pharmacist whether pertaining to the operations of his pharmacy or the professional pharmacy organisations to which he belonged.

Balcom and Chittick Drugs - Exterior on Spring Garden and Robie

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
ca. 1950s

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

E. M. MacLeod and the South End Pharmacy

MS-2-128, PB Box 5, Folder 70, Item 2
Item
ca. 1920s

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

The Red Cap Snowshoe Club

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 43, Item 1
Item
ca. 1930s

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

The Red Cap Snowshoe Club last meeting on their 100th anniversary

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 43, Item 2
Item
1974

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

The Red Cap Snowshoe Club last meeting on their 100th anniversary giving a toast

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 43, Item 3
Item
1974

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Red Cap Snow Shoe Club Minutes

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1960-1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains minutes of the 85th, 87th, and 90th annual meetings of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club, captained by S.R. Balcom (and later H.A. Barnes).

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains correspondence from Balcom's time as Officer Commanding, Medical Stores, and Chief Medical Stores Inspection Officer during World War II. Original file split between files 2-19 and 2-20.

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 19
File
1942

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the Central Medical Stores, Department of Munitions & Supply. Original file split between files 2-19 and 2-20.

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 6, Folder 2
File
1942-1943

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Letter of thanks from Henry Hicks to Samuel Balcom for his $300 contribution to close out the Benevolent Fund of the World War One No. 7 Stationary Hospital Unit

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 4
Item
1975

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter from Henry Hicks to Samuel Balcom.

Letter of congratulations to Samuel Balcom from Robie Tufts regarding the City of Halifax's designating a park as Balcom Square

MS-2-218, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
1979

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter referring to a park named in Balcom's honour by the City of Halifax; a plaque bearing Samuel Balcom's name still marks the small triangle of lawn at the corner of Robie Street and Spring Garden Road.

Photograph of Capt. Kenneth MacKenzie & Col. John Stewart with a group of soldiers and nurses at a hospital camp

MS-2-128,PB Box 21, Folder 19
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of unidentified soldiers and nurses at a hospital camp base. Includes a photocopy of print.

Sister W.I. Thompson's Ward of German Prisoner's with Dr. Ells in Charge.

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph includes Nursing Sister W. I. Thompson on the right ; Nursing Sister S. Churchill; Nursing Sister J. A. Davidson; Nursing Sister S.A. Archard ; Nursing Sister C. S. Smith; Dr. Ells (located behind Sister Archard) and Dr. Banting (located behind Sister Thompson)who were both visiting the unit. Also included, Ned Clay, who took a lot of the photographs for the unit, he is located in front of the tent with a cigarette.

Back of photograph includes names and a note "Dr. Ells was with us that time as a transfer from Line Duty, formerly from Sheffields Mills, NS. Dr. Banting was visiting the unit."

Our first convoy of wounded Germans

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

The whole unit with the German prisoners of war in Argues, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Scrapbook

MS-2-128, Box 4, Folder 1
File
1917-1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

"Record of Post-Graduate Scholarship Holders for the 20 Years of the First War Memorial" used as scrapbook. Mostly clippings, and ephemera pertaining to those who served at the Stationary Hospital.

Correspondence

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1918-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains seven pieces of typed correspondence addressing S.R. Balcom, regarding events at the Bramshott Camp, Hants., the No. 9 Canadian Stationary Hospital, and the No. 12 Canadian Stationary Hospital, during and shortly after the First World War. Correspondence sent from Major S.G. Chown, Colonel H.M. Robertson, and Lt.-Col. H.E. Randall.

Sydney Cadet Camp 1921

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 12
File
1921

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

On back of print: "Souvenir of Sydney Cadet Camp 1921. From C.J. Gallant, Capt." The photograph has 2 officers, a nursing sister and an unidentified man sitting on a set of wooden stairs.

Letter from Herbert G. Smith

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 9
File
1935

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Requesting assistance with Smith's claim for injuries sustained during the war.

Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital Correspondence

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains typed and handwritten correspondence related to the 1965 reunion dinner of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital. File includes correspondence from Samuel Balcom, Thomas Whelpley, Thomas Dickson, S.B. Murray, E.C. "Army" Armstrong, George Morrison, Alice Proudfoot, M.S. MacKinnon, J. Mitchell Scott, Margaret MacDonald, and Marty O'Toole.

Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital History

MS-2-128, Box 5, Folder 20
File
1967

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Pamphlet with history and details of unit, published for the 1967 reunion. File includes letter from Irene Spicer regarding photos donated for the event.