Archives Catalogue

The intangibles in war : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 65
Item
[194-]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a set of typed notes for a lecture given at the Halifax Rotary Club sometime during the Second World War.

Convocation address at Mount St. Vincent University

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 71
Item
[194-]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript copy of a convocation address delivered by MacDonald at Mount Saint Vincent University in the early 1940s.

Photographic negatives of a Bob Chancery cartoon, Thomas Head Raddall in radio interviews, a commemorative scroll dedicated to T.H. Raddall, Sr., the surrender of the German submarine U-889, Thomas Head Raddall receiving the T.H. Raddall prize plaque, and standing with the Cadet Corps and headmaster of King's Collegiate School, and the Highland dancers of Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 8
Item
[19-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Items, negatives, are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959], and to MS-2-202, Oversized 8, Folder 13 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 12, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Items are duplicate to MS-2-202, Oversized Box 8 Folder 13 and materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums 1941-1953 and 1944-1961.

Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces near Shelburne, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 5, Item 3
Item
13 May 1945

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959] and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.

Photograph of three unidentified soldiers conducting sledge training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers cooking during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 10
Item
1942

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified Canadian Seaforth Highlanders cooking during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 11
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier packing up camp during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 12
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier, with skis, conducting winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Corporal G.F. Morton engaging in winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier, with skis, pointing a rifle during winter infantry training in Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of two unidentified soldiers engaging in winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 5
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of two unidentified soldiers sheltering in a small cabin during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 6
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier carrying a bayonet outside a small cabin during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 7
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers sleeping rough during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of four unidentified soldiers cooking during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 9
Item
1942

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a reunion dinner of the families of officers of the 5th Artillery Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950

Photograph of a meeting of Artillery HQ officers from the 5th Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[1951?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Richard Roome, Admiral Rollo Mainguy, Major-General Edward Plow, and two other officers

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
[1955?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph from a reunion of artillery officers, in Halifax, sometime in the early 1950s. Pictured include Rollo Mainguy, Richard Roome, Edward Plow, and two others (Ross and Oland).

Photograph of Brigade Major Faulkner presenting a clock to Brigadier Richard Roome

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1951

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph from a dinner at the Royal Artillery Park Officers' Mess in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner in the Officers' Mess of Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, likely in 1950. Pictured include Richard Roome, Rollo Mainguy, George Foster, and seven others (names mentioned include Kinley, Simmonds, and King; four others remain unidentified).

Photograph of Richard Roome arriving at an event at Royal Artillery Park

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a meeting of senior officers of the 5th Division, Artillery, in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.

Photograph of Richard Roome, Major-General Edward Plow, and other senior officers from 5th Infantry Division Artillery, in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 8
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner among senior officers of the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, held in Halifax, likely in 1950. Eighteen officers are pictured. Front row is of Richard Roome and Major-General Edward Plow; back row identified include George Richardson (1), Captain E.H. MacDonald (3), D.U. Rainnie (6), W.C. Waterfield (8), and M.E. Blue (10).

Facsimile of correspondence sent to Richard Roome from former colleagues stationed in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
November 24 1941

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, sent to Richard Roome on November 24, 1941, from members of the "Roome Group" stationed in Halifax, sending "Season's Greetings" and mentioning shenanigans on the home front.

Photograph of Richard Roome, an unidentified officer, and three unidentified Halifax-based cadets examining surveying equipment

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Richard Roome and three unidentified officers of the No. 7 Operational Training Unit, Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 3
Item
[1943 or 1944]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Facsimile of a pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an officer angered by a sailor

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 39
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a pencil sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s of an officer dressing down an insubordinate sailor. The perspective appears to be from the corner of George Street and Brunswick Street in Halifax. An accompanying caption reads: "Like he said -- / 'Never salute an officer / with a cig in your mouth"

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, port side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 46
Item
November 3, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay on November 3, 1943, showing the destroyer HMCS Iroquois docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. Drawing shows the ship's port side.

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, starboard side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 47
Item
November 3, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay on November 3, 1943, of the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. This drawing shows the ship's starboard side.

Charcoal and pencil drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of a sailor on sentry duty on the Halifax waterfront

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 63
Item
December 15, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay dated December 15, 1943, showing a Canadian sailor performing sentry duty on Jetty #4 on the Halifax waterfront.

Charcoal and pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a wartime downtown Halifax street scene

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 9
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s depicting a downtown Halifax street scene. Possibly looking from near Province House, corner of Prince and Granville Streets.