Archives Catalogue

Photograph of Helen Wilson Beveridge in Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) uniform

MS-2-831.2022-016, PB Box 29, Folder 33
Item
[ca. 1943]

Field portrait of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery, ca. 1917

MS-2-827, OS Box 17, Folder 5, item 2
Item
[ca. 1917]

Part of Photographs of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery

Item is a photograph of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery, including cadets and drummer boys, standing to attention in a field, with a cemetery and farmhouses in the background.

Team portrait of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery Football Team, 1917

MS-2-827, OS Box 17, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1917

Part of Photographs of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery

Item is a group portrait of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery football team, 1917 Champions of Eastern Canada, featuring: Gr. Walker, W.; Sergt. Shand, E.B.; Gr. McDonald, A.; Cpl. Logan, H.A.; Cpl. Colquhoun, D.A.Y.; Bdr. Logan, J.F.; B.S.M. Fultz, S.L.; Bdr. Sharpe, F.; Gr. Shurman; Gr. Mahon, W.H.; Capt. Palmer, F.H.; Lieut. McNair, J.B.; Cpl. Richardson, R.B.; Gr. McInnis, W.; Bdr. Kuhn, W.E.; R.Q.M.S. Holmes, G.R.; Gr. McClafferty, R.K.; Gr. Smith, W.B.; Bdr. Taylor, G.; and Gr. Fisher, C.

Photograph of a group of unidentified workers in the Dalhousie Unit at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 56, Item 5
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh, likely in 1918, of an unidentified group of seventeen workers in the Dalhousie unit of the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital.

Photograph of a group of medical and military officers, likely at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 56, Item 3
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing thirteen unidentified medical and military officers likely stationed or housed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital. One of the seated medical officers holds a plaque stating "When we get our civy cloths on, oh, how happy shall we be".

Photograph of the military wards at an unidentified military hospital in France prior to the completion of hut construction, First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 5
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing the front of several ward buildings at an unidentified military hospital in France, prior to the completion of hut construction by German prisoners.

Photograph of a group of German prisoners constructing huts at an unidentified military hospital in France, First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 4
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing a group of German prisoners resting on a stack of wooden slats, after having constructed huts at an unidentified military hospital in France.

Photograph of several buildings at an unidentified military hospital in France, First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 3
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing several buildings at an unidentified military hospital in France. Buildings include the exterior of an operating theatre, a Red Cross hut, a hospital ward building, and an admitting hut.

Photograph of a backroad and hot house near an unidentified military hospital in France during the First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 2
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918, showing areas near an unidentified military hospital in France. Photograph includes a stand of birch trees bordering the hospital's back road, as well as a hot house.

Photograph of unidentified hospital wards in France during the First World War

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 55, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken (and hand-coloured) by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918 of two unidentified hospital ward buildings in France.

Photographs of the No.1 Canadian General Personnel Lines after an air raid on May 19th, 1918, Étaples, France

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 54
Item
May 1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of two copies of the same photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh on May 19th, 1918, depicting the after-effects of a German air raid on the No. 1 Canadian General Personnel lines near Étaples, France (30km south of Calais). During that attack fifty eight people (including three nursing sisters) were killed and fifty wounded in the Hospital, while there were 1200 other casualties in the area.

Photograph of departure of the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital from the Evacuation Zone, April 14, 1918

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 52
Item
April 1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh on April 14, 1918, showing the departure of elements of the Dalhousie No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital from the Evacuation Zone, Belgian-French border regions. Photograph shows several ambulances departing from in front of ward buildings.

Photograph of Sister Lorinda MacAulay and Sister Elizabeth Ann Cooke standing in front of a damaged chateau and flour mill

PG-2-94, PB Box 29 Folder 49
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh, likely in early 1918, showing Sister MacAulay and Sister Cooke standing in front of an unidentified damaged French chateau and flour mill. The photo has had portions faintly painted in watercolour.

Photograph of servicemen and women walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 9
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of dispersing crowds and detritus on Hollis Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 8
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors looting beer through a broken window at Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters carting cases of beer outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors carrying looted goods past the Capitol Theatre on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 5
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors, Wrens, officers, and civilians drinking beer in a Halifax park on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 38
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval officer and two men in civilian dress walking up a set of outside stairs

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 37
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of serviceman and civilians walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 36
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two sailors examining looted goods, including a feather duster and fur vest, on VE-Day in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 35
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of RCAF men drinking beer and browsing though a ransacked shop during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 34
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day in a Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 33
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted beer in a Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 32
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors with beer and looted good outside the Carleton Hotel during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 31
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two sailors carrying armfuls of looted clothes during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 23
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen drinking looted Keith's beer in front of Government House during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 22
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two Women's Army Auxiliary Corps women carrying an American flag and a box of looted wine during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 21
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters and bystanders outside Offman's Jewellers on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen riding in the back of a truck in a convoy of marching military personnel down Barrington Street on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 17
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph taken before the rioting and looting began on Barrington Street, as evidenced by the intact shop windows and clean streets.

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted Keith's beer in a downtown Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 15
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 14
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a sailor and a Wren drinking beer on the grass in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 13
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a serviceman and an older women with military decorations on her lapel dancing on Barrington Street during VE-Day in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 12
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval reserve lieutenant drinking from a bottle in downtown Halifax in the aftermath of the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 11
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Royal Canadian Navy sailors and officers and members of the Canadian Women's Army Core drinking beer in downtown Halifax on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, October 11, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 9
Item
October 11, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated October 11, 1916, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing training and work with his battalion, chiefly at Bramshott Camp near London.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, November 18, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 8
Item
November 18, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 18, 1915, in Montreal, Quebec, discussing the difficult decision to enlist in the war effort, and his training for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion. He then discusses military exploits of mutual friends.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 28, 1919

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 12
Item
January 28, 1919

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 28, 1919, in Hoeylaert, Belgium, expressing relief at the cessation of hostilities and anxious anticipation upon returning home, and of Grenadier post-war life billeted in a village near Brussels.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

Photograph of military officers at the Radio Direction Finding School, Barriefield, Ontario

MS-2-511, OS Box 23, Folder 5
Item
July 1943

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a photograph of officers on staff at the Radio Direction Finding (R.D.F.) School at Barriefield, Ontario.

Lecture notes for first paper, part 1 examination

MS-2-511, Box 36, Folder 1
Item
1940

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is Henry Hicks' copy of a supplementary training manual.

The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League constitution

MS-2-511, Box 35, Folder 12
Item
1944

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a booklet published by Dominion Command that includes amendments authorized by the Tenth Dominion Convention, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, June 4-7, 1944.

Military notebook kept by Henry D. Hicks during World War II

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 13
Item
1944

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a course syllabus and notebook containing Hicks' notes on gunnery, etc. taken during his training at SAA, Manorbier.

Text of an address given by Henry D. Hicks, QC, MLA, to the Bridgetown branch of the Canadian legion

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 36
Item
1959

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a Remembrance Day address.

Clearing : the tale of the first Canadian casualty clearing station B.E.F., 1914-1919

MS-2-432, SF Box 44, Folder 1
Item
1940

Item is a bound typescript of "Clearing, the Tale of the First Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, B.E.F., 1914-1919" written by Thomas Brenton Smith. The typescript is inscribed by Smith to R. Robart, V.D.

Smith, Thomas Brenton, 1893-1955