Archives Catalogue

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 12
Item
[1960]

Item consists of typewritten transcriptions of [Simeon] Perkins' diary, from the years 1766-1812 relating to Port Medway, Queens County.

Correspondence from W. J. Wintensky, Ottawa, Ontario, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 3
Item
April 3, 1940

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one page of correspondence between Thomas Raddall and the Canada Department of Mines and Resources discussing projectile points.

From W. L. Fillmore, Amherst, Nova Scotia, to Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
March 3, 1969

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is seven pages of correspondence. Includes a four-page letter dated March 3, 1969 from W. L. Fillmore to Thomas H. Raddall, a six page letter dated March 3, 1969 from W. L. Fillmore to John MacQuarrie (contains annotations), and one card dated December 1968 from H.O. Maddens to W. L. Fillmore.

From Thomas Head Raddall, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to J. M. Ottley

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
[ca. April 15, 1969]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one page of correspondence from Thomas H. Raddall to James M. Ottley regarding a local man named Maynard Colp who flew in Nova Scotia 1920 - 1930.

From Thomas Head Raddall, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to J. M. Ottley

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
May 30, 1969

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is one page of correspondence from Thomas H. Raddall to J. M. Ottley requesting photographs of the Halifax Flying Club.

From Thomas Head Raddall, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to J. Alex Inglis

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
March 13, 1970

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is two pages of correspondence from Thomas H. Raddall to J. Alex Inglis dated March 13, 1970 and included an enclosed photograph of Jim Ottley's Home Built Airplane (enclosure missing).

"From Biplanes to Jets, Pioneer Knew Them All," Clipping Halifax Chronicle Herald (January 1970) and "Donald W. Saunders," Dalhousie Alumni News (March 1970)

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 4
Item
January and March, 1970

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a two-page copy of a newspaper article title "From biplanes to jets, pioneer knew them all" dated January 8, 1970 from the Halifax Chronicle Herald and a short obituary for Donald W. Saunders from Dalhousie Alumni News dated March 1970.

"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 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."

"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".

Special Gift for Liverpool Author : [clipping]

MS-2-202, Box 49, Folder 29
Item
November 23, 1949

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a clipping of an article published in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald on November 23, 1949.

Photograph of the Liverpool-Milton train leaving Main Street at the corner of School Street heading towards the waterfront

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
1898

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, [between 1940 and 1959].

Photograph of the packet schooner Daisy Vaughan sailing

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 12, Item 5
Item
1898

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the Liverpool Academy, which was later destroyed by fire

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 13, Item 2
Item
1898

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Corporal T.H. Raddall, Sr. of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, holding a rifle while on consulate guard in Seoul, Korea

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 14, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1899]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 14, Item 2 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of the cable-ship Mackay-Bennet near Sandy Hook lightship in the New York Harbor

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 14, Item 5
Item
October 1899

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was taken for the occasion of the races for the America Cup.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. at a rifle range in Hythe, England with officers, all in uniform

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 16, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a group of uniformed officers standing outside their quarters in Hythe, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of two officers in uniform conferring on the lawn at Hythe, England

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph taken of the hedge and lawn opposite the officers' quarters.

Portrait of George Smith, Eric Wallingford, and Cyril Smith with a bicycle printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph, and its description is taken in part from a previous archivist's finding aid.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a gentleman in plainclothes smoking a pipe

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 29, Item 5, MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence.

Portrait of the battalion commanders and adjutants of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th battallions, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., all in uniform

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
1916

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the 2nd Brigade and Canadian 1st Division. Brigadier Lipsett can be seen in the centre, with Major Prower, the commander of the 8th battalion, to his right. Captain T.H. Raddall, Sr. is standing at the right of the photograph, and is the adjutant of the 8th battalion.

Portrait of Sgt Watkins and his machine gunners

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
June 1916

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a Navy hydroplane landing at Fort Point printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 23, Item 2
Item
2 November 1918

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the first aircraft to be seen at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The craft was colloquially called a "flying boat".

Photogrpah of Church Street to Union Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 24, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, looks west down Church Street from the vicinity of the Baptist cemetery. The house at the far end stands on Union Street.

Photograph of Fort Point Park, Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 25, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the post office in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 4
Item
[before 1955]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the post office, which was built in 1897. The building was demolished in 1955, and replaced with the federal government building in 1956.

Photograph of the Elmwood Hotel in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 26, Item 5
Item
[before 1949]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Elmwood Hotel, which was originally a mansion built by Joshua Newton, who was the son-in-law of Simeon Perkins. The Perkins house is on the left, though it is not visible. In about 1942, the hotel was purchased by the Canadian Navy, and was used during WWII as a living quarters and offices for naval personnel whose ships were undergoing refit at the Thompson Machinery Co. Ltd. plant. After the war ended in 1949, the hotel was torn down, and the site became the lawn in front of the artillery training quarters.

Photograph of a house in winter in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 27, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the Mersey Hotel on Main Street in Liverpool, Nova Scotia printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 27, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the Mersey Hotel taken from the lawn beside the house built by Dr. Farish. The same house was the home of Dr. John C. Wickwire in 1967.

Photograph of a pair of oxen pulling a cart full of hay near Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 27, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Archibald ("Grey Owl") Belaney holding a drum with James Espaniel and Gordon Longevin, all wearing Indigenous costume

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 28, Item 1
Item
1920

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Province of Ontario Department of Lands & Forests on the reverse side. Grey Owl stands in the middle of the photograph, with James Espaniel on his left, and Gordon Longevin on his right. The date indicates this was near the beginning of Grey Owl's "Indian masquerade".

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 28, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of the sundial and mast house at the H.M. dockyard, Halifax

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 30, Item 4
Item
[before 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side. The photograph was taken inside the south gate of the dockyard.

Photograph of the ridge at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing southwest.

Photograph of a pavilion at Fort Beausejour

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 31, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1939]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is taken facing northeast from the north bastion at Fort Beausejour.

Portrait of Thomas Head Raddall aged 35

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1939

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph that was used on the jacket of his first published set of short stories, "The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek". The book was published by Blackwood. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 1.

Photographic negative of Thomas Head Raddall in his reserve uniform standing in his garden printed on reversal film

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
1942

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a positive transparency of a photograph of Raddall on reserve for the West Nova Scotia Regiment, where he held the rank of second-lieutenant.

Photograph of Hilda Bayer's wedding

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
1943

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes Thomas Head Raddall on the far left side. Hilda Bayer is Raddall's sister.

Photograph of the inner moat between the town and King's bastion at the Fortress of Lousibourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph showing the foundation of the fort's barracks. The ruined casements visible in the background show the original height of the ramparts.

Photograph looking east from Flat Point Cove, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes White Point, which is the long, low spit in the background. The small point in the middle distance is shown on old maps as Gull Point.

Photograph of Flat Point, Louisbourg

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
1944

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of the site of the New Englander's landing in 1745, and later, in 1758, the landing of Amherst with his artillery stores. The birds visible in The Barachois on the left are cormorants.