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.
File contains correspondence to and from Samuel Balcom in 1939 and 1940. Correspondence is to Rebecca Cohn, Angus L. Macdonald, Carleton Stanley, Gordon B. Isnor, Colonel J.D.G. Campbell, Captain G.R. Forbes, Major L.L. Henshaw, Captain Carl Trask, Captain A.D. Grayson, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Maxwell, and A.S. MacMillan, among others.
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.
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.
Fonds contains records documenting the activities, organizations and associations in which Balcom was involved, including the Red Cap Snowshoe Club and the No. 7 Stationary Hospital. Record types include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia and parliamentary papers.
