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Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital Reunion dinner menus

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1912, 1922, 1965

File contains five menu brochures and broadsides for reunions of the "No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Dalhousie University".

Circulars - Canadian Government Railways

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1914-1915

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains copies of Canadian Government Railway Circulars No. 16 (October 30, 1914) and No. 26 (November 8, 1915), pertaining to leave taking of enlisted employees.

Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital memorabilia

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1917-1918

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains Stationery, Officer's Pass (Josie Cameron), list of officers and committees for dance.

Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital Correspondence

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Unidentified group photograph

MS-2-128, Oversized Box 8, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[between 1900 and 1910]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified group. The photograph shows the group sitting or standing on the front steps of a building.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Composite photograph of Faculty of Medicine, Faculty & Class of 1907

MS-2-128, Oversized Box 8, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1907

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a composite photograph of the 1907 Dalhousie University Medical Faculty and Class. The photograph consists of portraits of G. M. Campbell; D. A. Campbell; A. W. H. Lindsay; N. F. Cunningham; L. M. Silver; M. Chisholm; M. A. Curry; W. H. Hattie; N. E. MacKay; H. D. Chisholm; P. McF. Carter; J. MacDonald; B. A. LeBlanc; and R. O. Shatford arranged around photographs of exteriors of the Forrest Building and two other buildings.

Notman Studio

Photograph of Dalhousie Class of 1911

MS-2-128. Oversized Box 8, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
1911

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of the Dalhousie University Class of 1911. The photograph shows class members, including M. MacLeod, sitting or standing in six rows.

Notman Studio

Question to House - National Harbours Board Act

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding expenditures associated with the National Harbours Board Act, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Speech to House of Parliament

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1956

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a speech (and drafts) given to Parliament in 1956 by Samuel Balcom, regarding pensions and disability allowances for veterans, as well as increasing funding from the National Harbours Board for the Port of Halifax.

Canadian Pharmaceutical Association

MS-2-128, Oversized Box 8, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
1939

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph from the 27th convention of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association which took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from August 6th to August 9th, 1939. The photograph is a group picture of the attendees of this convention.

Climo's Studio

Dinner Invitations

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1909-1963

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Forms and Stationery, Red Hat Snow Shoe Club

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[19--?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains blank forms associated with the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club.

Correspondence, Red Cap Snow Shoe Club

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1959-1966

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

List of Members, Potential Members

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 1
File
1959

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains membership lists and mailing addresses for members of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club, 1959.

Red Cap Snow Shoe Club By-Laws

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1912-1969

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains by-laws, rules, and race-winners, 1921, 1969. Activities program for 1949-1950 season.

Red Cap Snow Shoe Club Minutes

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1960-1965

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains minutes of the 85th, 87th, and 90th annual meetings of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club, captained by S.R. Balcom (and later H.A. Barnes).

Photograph of Red Cap Snow Shoe Club

MS-2-128, Oversized Box 8, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
[19--]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Circulars - National Defence HQ

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 4
File
1943-1944

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains documents and forms mostly pertaining to stock keeping.

Photograph of Dalhousie Football Team, 1903

MS-2-128, Oversized Box 8, Folder 7, Item 1
Item
1903

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of the 1903 Dalhousie Football Team. Photograph shows members of the team, including Jack Campbell, sitting or standing in three rows.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of Dalhousie Football Team, 1899

MS-2-128, Oversized Box 8, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1899

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of the 1899 Dalhousie Football Team. The photograph shows J. McKenzie; E. H. Faulkner; A. M. Lindsay; E. B. Roach; J. L. Cock; L. H. Cumming; T. C. Hebb; H. Hawboldt; J. Malcolm; D. Jardine; A. H. S. Murray; J. L. Potter; L. B. McKenzie; W. L. Hall; J. H. Crocker; N. J. Lockhart; A. G. Young; and R. T. Mcllreith sitting or standing in three rows with a football, a stool, and a baby doll.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Question to House - Family Allowances to Nova Scotians

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains a copy of a question submitted to the House of Commons by Samuel Balcom, M.P., in May 1955, regarding family allowances to Nova Scotians. File also contains Parliamentary debates.

Question to House - N.S. Coal Used in Ontario Government Buildings

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Nova Scotia coal used in Ontario Government Buildings, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Question to House - Payments to Nova Scotia by the Federal Government

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Payments to Nova Scotia by the Federal Government, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Question to House - Government Income and Expenses

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Government Income and Expenses, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Question to House - Grants for Vocational Training

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the contributions to Vocational Training in the fiscal year 1953-54 by the Federal Government, as well as a reply to the question from the Honorable Milton F. Gregg.

Question to House - Immigrants to Canada, 1954

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Question to House - Traffic Through the Port of Halifax.

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 12
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Traffic Through the Port of Halifax, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Question to House - Lobster Catch

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding the total lobster catch for the four Atlantic Provinces, as well as the House of Commons Notice of Motion with the reply.

Question to House - Hospital Grants to Nova Scotia

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 13
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Hospital Grants to Nova Scotia, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Port Dufferin Wharf

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 18
File
1956-1957

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the original petition for new wharf in Port Dufferin, and correspondence on the project.

Question to House - Mackerel and Herring Catches, 1954

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains the text of a question posted by Samuel Balcom (when he was a member of Parliament) regarding Mackerel and Herring Catches in1954, as well as Parliamentary minutes.

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 19
File
1942

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the Central Medical Stores, Department of Munitions & Supply. Original file split between files 2-19 and 2-20.

Red Cap Snow Shoe Club Newspaper Clippings

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1960-1963

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains Newspaper Clippings of the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club.

Correspondence - Central Medical Supplies

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 20
File
1942

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

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.

Tents in Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 2
Item
[1917?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph of tent hospital at Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 8
Item
[1917?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a photograph of the tent hospital at Arques, France, ca. 1917. A canal is in the background and officer tents can be seen through the trees. The hospital was later replaced by nissen huts.

Emma J. Walters

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Sadie MacLeod, Josie and unidentified soldier

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nurse Jean Mitchell and Jack Scott at their wedding

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sister Lorinda MacAulay

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
ca. 1917

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Cemetery in France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1914 - 1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Members of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital "Dalhousie" in Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 9
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph contains Captain Kenneth A. MacKenzie; Lieutenant-Colonel John Stewart; Nursing Matron Laura May Hubley; Nursing Sister Catherine S. Smith; possibly John Baker and other members of the No. 7.

Members of the Dental and Dispensary staff on the Dispensary step

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 8
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph includes Mr. Samuel R. Balcom; Captain Karl Woodbury; Nursing Matron Laura May Hubley; Non-Commissioned Officers and members of the Dental and Dispensary Staff.

Group shot outside of a building

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 5
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Two soldiers on a step

Ms-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 4
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Australians visiting the nursing sisters

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 3
Item
ca 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Three officers in the garden

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 2
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters in front of tent

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
ca. 1914-1919

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Nursing Sisters have been identified from left to right: Sadie McLeod; J. A. Davidson; M. M. E. Chisholm; Laura May Hubley; J. M.Mitchell; rest of the women are unidentified.
Note on back of photograph " Outside my office having morning lunch. I am cutting the bread, Sisters nearly all have their gowns on."