Archives Catalogue

From J. M. Ottley, Chase, British Columbia, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
May 14, 1969

Item is two pages of correspondence from J. M. Ottley to Thomas H. Raddall dated May 14, 1969 contain a short description of Ottley's experience with a plane.

From H. Earl Thompson, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
June 10, 1970 - June 12, 1970

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes several pages of correspondence including a one-page letter from H. Earl Thompson to Thomas H. Raddall dated June 12, 1970 and a copy of a letter dated June 10, 1970 from R. W. Goodwin to Mr. Earl Thompson.

"Notes re Telegraph System. Nova Scotia, circa 1795"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 5
Item
[190-?]-[199-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is two pages of typescript titled "Notes re. Telegraph system. Nova Scotia, circa 1795". This has been corrected to "1799". Pages contain handwritten notes on the back.

"A Treatise upon the Semaphoric System of Telegraphs"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 5
Item
[190-?]-[199-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is nine pages of a copy of a booklet titled "A Treatise upon the Semaphoric System of Telegraphs" written by John R. Barker.

Drawings of Signal Codes

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 5
Item
[190-?]-[199-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is several pages of hand-drawn signal codes using cone, ball, and drums, flags and balls, and lanterns.

"Telegraph Systems - 18th Century"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 5
Item
[190-?] - [199-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is two pages of typescript labelled "Telegraph Systems 18th Century".

"Documents in the Case of the King vs. Seth Huskins, Liverpool, N.S. 1816-17"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 6
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is eleven pages of documents used in the case of the Kind vs. Daniel Hurley, Liverpool N.S., 1816-1817. A note on the front page reads "Copied from the original documents in the possession of William Shepherd, former Prothonotary of Queens County. They were copied for the Canadian Archives at Ottawa by Charles Warman in 1918, according to pencil notes on each document. In 1960 Shepherd turned the originals over to Jones & Milford, lawyers, Liverpool."

"Documents used by Crown Prosecutor 1775-1783. Nova Scotia"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 6
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is eleven pages of documents used by the Crown Prosecutor from 1775-1783 in Nova Scotia.

"Documents in the case of the King vs. Daniel Hurley, Liverpool, N.S. 1816-17"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 6
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is eight pages of documents used in the case of the Kind vs. Daniel Hurley, Liverpool N.S., 1816-1817. A note on the front page reads "Copied from the original documents in the possession of William Shepherd, former Prothonotary of Queens County. They were copied for the Canadian Archives at Ottawa by Charles Warman in 1918, according to pencil notes on each document. In 1960 Shepherd turned the documents over to Jones & Milford, lawyers, Liverpool."

"The King Versus Harry Dauphinee"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 6
Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is thirteen pages of notes on a trial in the Queens County Courthouse, June term 1938.

"Fred Herman's Story"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
1957

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is two pages of a story titled "Fred Herman's Story".

"Notes for a talk on Nova Scotia Humour"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is thirteen pages titled "Notes for a talk on Nova Scotia Humour" containing notes on humour in Nova Scotia as well as short anecdotes.

"Cape Breton Yarns"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is four pages of short anecdotes titled "Cape Breton Yarns".

"Milton in the 1860's"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1953]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is two pages of a story titled "Milton in the 1860's".

"Lunenburg County Yarns"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is five pages of short anecdotes and stories titled "Lunenburg County Yarns".

"Jerry B. Nickerson's Story"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[1950?] - [1963?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one page of a story titled "Jerry B. Nickerson's story".

"Nova Scotia Humour. Tales that are told, plain, and ribald, mainly Queens County yarns"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is twenty-seven pages of tales and stories attached in a booklet with brass fasteners. Item has one loose page and one newspaper clipping.

"The Wonderful Geography, a tale of Frank Strum's"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a two-page story titled "The Wonderful Geography".

"The Hall of Fame"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 7
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one page of a story titled "The Hall of Fame" with a note that reads "told to me by Colonel Mingo, of Halifax, N.S. in 1945".

Annual Report of the Explosives Division of the Department of Mines for the Calendar year 1935

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 8
Item
1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a booklet consisting of twenty-six pages titled "Annual Report of the Explosives Division of the Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1935".

Map of Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 8
Item
1954

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a ninety-nine page booklet of maps which includes interleafed at page 23 notes (2 pp.) by Thomas Head Raddall on Nova Scotia place names.

Canada Mines and Technical Surveys: Transportation Facilities - 1958: Northwestern Canada

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 8
Item
1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one map.

Clipping of "Corvette" by E. C. Russell, The Crowsnest 17 (March-April 1965): 17-20.

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 9
Item
March-April 1965

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a two page pamphlet titled "Corvette" by E. C. Russell, Naval Historian.

Souvenir entitled "The Three Musketeers"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 9
Item
May 1965

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a souvenir of the presentation of an Inscription placed in the Navy Room, Town Hall, Liverpool Nova Scotia.

"Canadian Corvette Sunk in Collision; 23 Lost," clipping.

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 9
Item
December 10, 1941`

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is two pages of a copied newspaper article from December 10, 1941 titled "Canadian Corvette Sunk in Collision; 23 Lost".

"Visit aboard S/S Markland March 1941"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 9
Item
1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is four pages titled "Visit aboard S/S Markland March 1941".

"Corvette"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 9
Item
[ca. 1941]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes a labelled sketch.

"The Three Musketeers"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 9
Item
[ca. 1941]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 1
Item
1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook containing various notes.

"Notebook No. 1"

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 10
Item
[194-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook titled "Historical Miscellany Nova Scotiana, British Army, Navy, etc."

"Notebook No. 2"

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 11
Item
[194-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item contains miscellaneous topics and information on Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

"Legends and Superstitions and Anecdotes"

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 12
Item
[194-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook with notes titled "Legends and Superstitions and Anecdotes".

"Swordfishing in NS; Nova Scotia Cooking Recipes"

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 13
Item
1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes correspondence dated May 27, 1941 from A. H. Leim to Thomas Head Raddall and an 8 page enclosure entitled "Swordfish".

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 14
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is thirty-six pages of a notebook containing dates of birthdays , cocktail recipes, and other notes.

"Tall Tales"

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 15
Item
[ca. 1945]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook titled "Tall Tales".

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 16
Item
1948

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook containing various notes.

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 17
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook containing various notes.

"Quotations"

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 18
Item
[194-]-[195-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook titled "Quotations".

"Quotations" - 1950s-1970s

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 19
Item
[195-]-[197-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook titled "Quotations".

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 2
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one notebook containing notes about roads, Winslow Papers, and War Office Papers.

College/Marriage expenses for Tom and Francie

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 20
Item
1953-1956

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one unbound notebook containing a expenses for Thomas Jr.'s and Frances' education.

Indian Gardens, Milton Cemetery

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 21
Item
[ca. 1959]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one unbound notebook containing notes on Indian Garden and Milton Cemetery.

Miscellaneous notebook

MS-2-202, Box 32, Folder 3
Item
1938-[194-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes "Nature Notes & Walks; Tuna Fishing; Grand Pre; Gull Islands; Hooked Mats; Gaelic; Railway Ties; Tarleton's Legion; "A Treatise of Military Discipline" by Humphrey Bland; Railroading; Guy Minard's Memoirs of Lumbering; Murray's Rock; "Colonel A," Sir. A. Currie, Sir Archie MacDonell, and Enos Collins by Col. F.; Timber Cruising in Nfld., Women's Suffrage in N.S.; RCMP".