Included in the photograph are Lt. Col. John Stewart; Major E.V. Hogan; Sister F. A. Rice; Sister M.M.E. Chisholm; Sister A.M. Johnston; The Matron, L.M. Hubley and Captain. Kenneth A. MacKenzie
Included in the photograph are Lt. Col. John Stewart; Major E.V. Hogan; Sister F. A. Rice; Sister M.M.E. Chisholm; Sister A.M. Johnston; The Matron, L.M. Hubley and Captain. Kenneth A. MacKenzie
File contains a selection of dinner invitations for events hosted by the Red Hat Snow Shoe Club. Includes the 35th, 37th, 75th, 80th, and 88th anniversaries.
The Dalhousie University No. 7 "Overseas" Stationary Hospital was established in response to the need for qualified medical personnel required to serve in the First World War. It was first mobilized on November 9, 1915 at Dalhousie Medical College in Halifax. Balcom was involved as pharmacist and stock keeper for the second half of the war. In later years he was an active force in keeping the survivors in touch and organising reunion events.
Pamphlet with history and details of unit, published for the 1967 reunion. File includes letter from Irene Spicer regarding photos donated for the event.
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.
File contains copies of letters of reference for former railway dining car workers who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, served in the First World War with the (Dalhousie) No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital. The correspondence contained herein discusses disagreements over the promises of wages granted to enlisted men from railway companies as a result of two different circulars being signed in relatively short order.
File contains correspondence from Samuel Balcom and Hylton Olthouse to members of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club, about honorary memberships, reminders of upcoming meetings and committee obligations, and potential donations of books (in lieu of flowers) as requested by deceased members, to All Saints Cathedral, and the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children.
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.
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.
