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Dalhousie University Archives Samuel R. Balcom fonds
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Question to House - Immigrants to Canada, 1954

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the number of Immigrants entering Canada in 1954 and from what countries. Also in the file is a list of Immigrants and countries of origin for 1954, provided by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.

Communiqué

"Underwater Excavation of the 18th Century French Supply Vessel to Resume in Gaspe's Baie des Chaleurs." and "Historic RCMP Schooner St. Roch will be Restored."

Dinner Invitations

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.

School run by Brothers

2 b/w images, 13"x9". on back of one print: "Rev. Father Alphonse Donahoe, Rev. Father George Courtney"

Laura May Hubley

On back of print: "Sitting at my table in my tent office quite Indian like. Will always want to live in a tent after this. I am trying to work the Quarter Master - so I can get this one to take home with me. Lovely sleeping out a hot night." On back of print: "To the Mission Stewart - South Street. In front of my tent office having one morning lunch I am cutting the bread. Sister Mitchell is just in the act of taking a piece of bread when snapped."

Balcom Park

Remarks on the dedication of Balcom park, and letters of congratulations.

Question to House - Educational Grants to Nova Scotia

File contains documents related to questions about federal funding for higher education asked by Samuel Balcom in the Canadian House of Parliament in 1955 when Balcom was a member of Parliament. Balcom asked a series of questions about educational grants to Nova Scotia institutions and received information about the distribution of funding across Canada. The file contains published accounts of parliamentary proceedings in March 1955 and associated correspondence between Balcom and other persons, such as J.D., McLean, Dean of the Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry, and Watson Kirkconnell, President of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Scrapbook

Press clippings pertaining to Balcom's work in parliament. Includes index.

Red Cap Snow Shoe Club

mounted b/w image, 9"x7". Several members identified around margins of image. On reverse is written "1975, 20 at least of this picture dead" and "Wm Brown's father was only original member. Bill died 1973."

Photograph of Red Cap Snow Shoe Club

Item is a photograph of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club. The photograph shows C. C. Morton; Jack Symonds; Hub King; Will Leverman; A. MacKinlay; Jack MacLeod; Hen Pugh; Bob McLearn; Tom Sadlier; I. H. Crowell; A. Brown; Steve Sircom; Bob Murray; Fred Kaizer; Frank West; Billie Brown; Charlie MacKinlay; J. Allen; Wall Symonds; Bucky Northop; Low MacDonald; Tup Anderson; Will Lithgow; Mac Patterson; H. B. Clarke; Ned Twining; and Fred Freeman standing or sitting in front of a house, a fence, and trees.

Correspondence 1939-1940

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.
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