Archives Catalogue

MS-2-69, SF Box 18, Folder 22
Item
1823

Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.

Smith, W., fl. 1823

Photograph of the ridge at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing southwest.

Photograph of a pavilion at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing northeast from the north bastion at Fort Beausejour.

Photograph of the inner moat between the town and King's bastion at the Fortress of Lousibourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph showing the foundation of the fort's barracks. The ruined casements visible in the background show the original height of the ramparts.

Photograph of Flat Point, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the site of the New Englander's landing in 1745, and later, in 1758, the landing of Amherst with his artillery stores. The birds visible in The Barachois on the left are cormorants.

Photograph of Kennington Cove, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, shows the small niche among the rocks in the foreground where James Wolfe's men landed.

Photograph looking west from Kennington Cove's nid-de-pie position

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 10
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the beach where James Wolfe's attempt to land was beaten off by the French troops entrenched along the cliff-edge.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall holding a book and speaking with CBC interviewer Lloyd MacInnis in the Simeon Perkins house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 12, Item 4
Item
1959

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken in the kitchen of the Simeon Perkins house. The interview was presented on the Maritime television program, "Gazette," on February 1, 1960. Two duplicates of this item can be found in MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 12.

Photographic print of a negative of the corner of Hollis and George Streets

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." The Governor's House is visible in the middle of the print, as is St. Mather's Meeting House - later St. Matthew's Church - on the left, and Citadel Hill on the right.

Photographic print of a negative looking down George Street towards Halifax Harbour and Dartmouth

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 6
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North."

Photograph of the 185th Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade.

MS-2-288, Oversize Folder 1
Item
1916

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains 2 copies of the photograph of the 185 Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The photograph shows the battalion standing in a field with white tents in the background. The Officer in charge was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Parker Day. Photographed by H.O. Dodge in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1916.

Dodge, H. O.

Letter from Edith MacMechan to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
[191--?]

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is one sheet of paper. The item is folded to create two additional pages, with only the right page having any text. The letter is from Edith MacMechan, Archibald MacMechan's wife, to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey.

Minute book of the Medical Relief Committee of Dartmouth

MS-13-49, SF Box 69, Folder 18
Item
1918, 1944

Item is a minute book kept during the meetings of the Medical Relief Committee of Dartmouth. The committee met regularly in late 1917-1918 to discuss the care of Dartmouth patients following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The book, which was kept by Dr. M.G. Burris, details meetings and efforts to coordinate with the relief activities with the Medical Relief Committee of Halifax. Burris added two pages of notes in June 1944 with information about committee members, the Dartmouth hospitals managed by the committee, and remunerations paid to physicians by the Medical Relief Committee.

Halifax Medical Commission Relief Committees

Photograph from Fort Beausejour facing east-southeast taken from the southeast bastion

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken from Fort Beausejour. Fort Lawrence is visible on the left, and to the right is Île de la Vallière.

Photograph of a flag at Fort Beausejour looking southwest towards Westcock

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 4
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, features the mouth of the Tantramar River on the left.

Photograph of the interior of Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken facing north from the southeast bastion.

Photograph of the King's Bastion at the Fortress of Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph that shows the foundation of the fort's barracks in the right foreground, and the ruins of casements in the centre left.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall, holding a book and wearing dark glasses, listening to interviewer Lloyd MacInnis

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
1959

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has development damage with discoloration. It was taken during a television interview in the Simeon Perkins house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Photograph of a woman in contemporary dress conferring with actor David Murray, in period costume portraying Simeon Perkins at his desk

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 9, Item 18
Item
1961

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph of an actor in costume, is related to subseries Photographs of CBC's television production of Thomas Head Raddall's "The Wings of Night."

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
June 14, 1801 - June 18, 1801

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Lucy Cameron : [edit]

Part of Manuscript of Mary Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription by Pilar Cuder

Item is one page from the unpublished novel Lucy Cameron that has written edits.

Transcription of Lucy Cameron by Pilar Cuder

Part of Manuscript of Mary Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription by Pilar Cuder

Item is a transcription of Mary E. Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron by Pilar Cuder.

Wreck of the S.S. Atlantic : evidence given at the trial, Halifax, April 5-8, 1873

MS-2-84, SF Box 88, Folder 1
Item
April 5-8, 1873

Item is an account of evidence given at the trial of the wreck of S.S. Atlantic. The trial took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from April 5-8, 1873. Evidence was given by the members of the crew.

Daily diary of Edward D.T. Davison, Jr.

MS-2-109, SF Box 23, Folder 18
Item
1902

Item is a daily diary (January-May 1902) containing Davison's notes about work meetings, travel, the weather, oxen, and various mishaps. The final entry of the journal occurs on May 13, 1902.

Davison, Edward, D.T.

The early Scotch settlers of Cape Breton : [manuscript]

MS-2-165, SF Box 25, Folder 37
Item
1931

Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is his letter to Mr. McIntosh, requesting the manuscript's return and the reader's spelling corrections of Gaelic words.

Morrison, Murdoch Daniel

Photograph of Fort Beausejour from an old trench leading to the outworks

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken facing southwest.

Photograph of the interior of a stone curtain at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 9
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of a stone curtain in Fort Beausejour that is loopholed to form the southwest curtain covering the powder magazine and parade ground. From the interior shown in the photograph, the firing step and stone drain are visible. The northwest bastion is also visible in the background.

Photograph of Lighthouse Point from across the Louisbourg harbour

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken from the roof of a casement in King's Bastion. The foundation of the fort's barracks are visible in the foreground, the ruins of more casements are visible in the right foreground, and beyond the casements are the roofs of the museum and caretaker's house.

Photograph of Edith and Thomas Head Raddall discussing ancient arrowheads found at the Indian Gardens, Mersey River

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the National Film Board on the reverse side.

Photograph of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing Thomas Head Raddall, who is holding a book and wearing dark glasses

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
1959

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has development damage with discoloration. The interview was for television and took place in the Simeon Perkins house in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Photograph of militiamen of 133rd Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery in costume as the King's Orange Rangers at Fort Point, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
22 July 1967

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, exhibits the costume that was worn by the King's Orange Rangers, who garrisoned Fort Lawrence in 1780.

Photographic print of a negative of part of the town of Halifax looking down Prince Street to the harbour where the Eastern Battery, George, and Cornwallis Islands are visible

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 3
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North."

Photographic index of photographs from an album entitled "The Big Four," exhibiting the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia before it was struck by fire at the end of the 19th century

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
[18-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall digging in a shell midden at Port Joli, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1935

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a drawing of Reverend Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a glass plate of a drawing of Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D.D. The drawing by Arthur Lismer itself is based on a painting of McCulloch by Daniel Munro. The drawing was commissioned and used for history books on Dalhousie University, like One hundred years of Dalhousie 1818-1918 (1920), and Daniel Cobb Harvey's, An introduction to the history of Dalhousie (1938).

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
March 30, 1915

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Lucy Cameron : [manuscript]

Part of Manuscript of Mary Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription by Pilar Cuder

Item is the unpublished novel "Lucy Cameron" written by Mary E. Herbert.

Photograph of Fort Beausejour observed from a pavilion

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, faces south, tracing a mown path that leads towards the fort.

Photograph of Fort Beausejour taken from one of the flanking trenches

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken from a flanking trench that was dug by Robert Monckton after the capture of 1755. The trench communicates with a deep fosse that is dug across the ridge, about 400 yards from the moat, on the fort's vulnerable side. The photograph is taken facing southwest.

Photograph of Lloyd MacInnis interviewing Thomas Head Raddall, who is holding a book and wearing dark glasses, at the hearth in the Simeon Perkins House in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
1959

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has development damage with discoloration. The interview was to be aired on television, and Raddall wore dark glasses to ease the glare of the Klieg lights.

Photographic print of a negative of the Church of Saint Paul in Halifax, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North."

Photographic print of a negative of Halifax and the harbour viewed from George Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 4
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." The photograph looks north towards Bedford Basin, with the town of Halifax and Citadel Hill is visible on the left.

Photographic print of a negative of Halifax and the harbour viewed opposite from Dartmouth

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 15, Item 5
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a negative of a piece of art that was used in Thomas Head Raddall's book, "Halifax: Warden of the North." Citadel Hill is visible in the middle background. St. Paul's Church is on the middle right, and St. Matthew's Church is on the middle left along the shoreline.

Letter from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
April 3, 1928

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is one sheet of paper. Sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter, sent from Halifax, is Archibald McKellar MacMechan's congratulating Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey for his recent successes and completion of his apprenticeship.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

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