Archives Catalogue

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 7
File
[1940 - 1965]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Somerset Maugham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 19
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Schuman : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 13
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

William Howard Taft : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 14
File
1917

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a copy of a portrait of President Taft of the United States (1909-1913) with an inscription below to D.H. Ballon (Dr. David H. Ballon) of Montreal and his sister, Ellen Ballon.

Wilhelm Backhaus : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1926

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Wilfrid Pelletier : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 1
File
1933

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Canadian conductor, (Joseph Louis) Wilfrid Pelletier.

Wide-angle photograph of five unidentified persons standing on the rocks near Peggys Cove Lighthouse

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 2, Item 19
Item
2003

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Virgil Thomson : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the American composer Virgil Thomson, addressed to Ellen Ballon, "my doctor and friend."

Unidentified group of people including Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 10
File
[195-? - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a group of people congregated in someone's home in front of a piano. "Helmut Blume" is inscribed on the reverse side of the photograph in pencil. Helmut Blume taught piano at McGill University from 1946 and became dean of the Faculty of Music in 1964.

Transparency showing the area severely infested by the spruce budworm 1909-1981 (in millions of hectares)

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 24, Item 36
Item
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Toti Dal Monte : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 26
File
1936

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of the Italian soprano Toti Dal Monte (1893-1975), inscribed to Ellen Ballon.

Title page of West Port Murders; or an authentic account of the atrocious murders committed by Burke and his associates : [1829]

PC1, Box 30, Folder 5, Item 4
Item
[1829]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is an engraving from book West Port Murders. Inscription reads: West Port Muders; or an authentic account of the atrocious murders committed by Burke and his associates; containing a full account of all the extraordinary circumstances connected with them. Also, a report of the trial of Burke and McDougal. With a description of the execution of Burke, his confessions, and memoirs of his accomplices, including the proceedings against Hare, &co. Illustrated by portraits and views. "O horror! horror! horror! tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!" Macbeth. Edinburgh: published by Thomas Ireland, Junior, 57, South Bridge Street. 1829.

Thomas Head Raddall photograph album 4

MS-2-202, Box 53, Folder 3
Item
1944-1961

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph album containing 48 photographs taken between 1944 and 1961 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall participating in CBC radio press media in Halifax; Raddall filming an interview with CBC; Raddall meeting with significant figures in Toronto including Mayor Robert Hood Saunders, Jim Scott with CBC, and author Nicholas Monsarrat; Raddall receiving a silver tray from the West Nova Scotia Regiment at Camp Aldershot; Raddall exploring Moose Harbour after a forest fire, Tanners Pass at Lunenburg, and the W.C. MacKay & Sons shipyard at Shelburne, Nova Scotia; Raddall fishing at Lake Falls, Mersey River; portraits of Raddall and press images of Raddall with his wife Edith; Tom Raddall, Jr. participating in a dissection lab at Dalhousie University; and Tom Raddall, Jr. with his daughter Deborah.

Thomas Head Raddall photograph album 3

MS-2-202, Box 53, Folder 2
Item
1941-1953

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is an album containing 327 photographs taken between 1941 and 1953 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall and engagements regarding his work, including presenting the address at a club meeting, and meeting with CBC personnel in Toronto, Ontario; Raddall, and his family and friends; the rescue and medical care of surviving crew members from the S/S Empire Seal and S/S Empire Sun, both of which were attacked near Liverpool, Nova Scotia by German U-boats during W.W.II; Raddall's time as an orderly officer at Camp Aldershot in 1942; hunting and fishing trips and vacations with friends and family across the province of Nova Scotia; the last of the navy at Liverpool near the close of W.W.II; urban scenes from Liverpool in winter and the destruction of the Broad River bridge; scenes and local histories from Tancook Island, Seal Island, Cape Breton, and Glode Island; and important figures including Helen Creighton working on Devil's Island, and Raddall meeting photographer Youssef Karsh and McClean's writer Ian Sclanders in Lunenburg. «

Thomas Head Raddall photograph album 2

MS-2-202, Box 53, Folder 1
Item
1929-1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is an album with 206 photographs taken between 1929 and 1941 by Raddall and others. Subjects include Raddall and friends and family; Raddall and Edith's vacation to Bermuda; Raddall and friends boating, and taking camping, hunting and fishing trips across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; historical artifacts including a -pound canon; images from a 1933 performance of "Three Live Ghosts" put on in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and in which Raddall acted; and Edith Raddall with her children, Tommy and Frances.

Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 8
File
[195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

The three graces by Whitney Gertrude : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 11
File
[1931]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of the sculpture "The Three Graces" by Gertrude Whitney. The sculpture was installed at McGill University in 1931.

The McGill News : Ellen Ballon and Pauline Donalda receiving honorary doctorates from McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a framed reproduction of the front cover of The McGill News (Winter 1954), featuring Ellen Ballon and the Canadian operatic soprano Pauline Donalda receiving their honorary doctorates. The photograph is in black and white but the banner for the magazine is in colour.

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.

Team portrait of the Halifax Wanderers Club, 1916

MS-2-826.2021-017, OS Box 17, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
1916

Part of Team portraits of the Halifax Wanderers Club

Item is a group portrait of the Halifax Wanderers' football team in 1913: Dr. J.S. Carruthers; A. Ryan; H.W. Mahon; W. L. Fluck; D. Johnson; J. E. Monaghan; Dr. D. Douglas; H. J. Gray; E. R. Goreham; E. J. Hallett; W. Rogers; A. Gladwin; R. F. Studd; R. O. Schaefer; C. Wood; C. D. Shreve; J. B Hunter; L. N. Seaman

Team portrait of the Halifax Wanderers Club, 1913

MS-2-826.2021-017, OS Box 17, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
1913

Part of Team portraits of the Halifax Wanderers Club

Item is a group portrait of the Halifax Wanderers' football team in 1913: Dr. J.S. Carruthers; A. Ryan; H.W. Mahon; W. L. Fluck; D. Johnson; J. E. Monaghan; Dr. D. Douglas; H. J. Gray; E. R. Goreham; E. J. Hallett; W. Rogers; A. Gladwin; R. F. Studd; R. O. Schaefer; C. Wood; C. D. Shreve; J. B Hunter; L. N. Seaman

Sydney Dalton : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 16
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sir William C. MacDonald : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 11
File
[1900-1917]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sir Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 8
File
[195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sheep on Gull Island (off Wedgeport, NS)

MS-14-22, PB Box 3, Folder 14, Item 6
Item
1996

Part of Edith Zillig sheep and wool collection

Item is a typed description of the sheep on Gull Island, in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, including information on the breed of sheep, the holding pen, movement on the island, and the work site on Gull Island, from 1996.

Seldom Inn Geo. Smith, Propritor

MS-2-671, SF Box 99, Folder 2, Item 12
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Alexander Sutherland Murray fonds

Item is a caricature created by Alexander Sutherland Murray. The caricature depicts a student that attended Pine Hill Divinity Hall ca. 1920.

Scrapbook page with three photographs and portraits of women

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums.

Scrapbook page with photographs of women and children posing in a doorway and a garden, with a cat, and feeding a cow

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 4
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums.

Scrapbook page with photographs of women and children near a house and with a cow

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 3
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums.

Scrapbook page with photographs of women and children dressed for church and posing on porches or among trees

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 5
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums.

Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locations around Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 12
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The top left and right photographs are duplicates, and were taken in North Sydney in January 1920. The top middle photograph is a duplicate, and was taken aboard the MMB in March 1920. The bottom right photograph is a duplicate, and was taken in Pictou in March 1920. The bottom centre and left photographs are not identified, though both likely feature Raddall.

Scrapbook page with photographs of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with a rifle division, and Thomas Head Raddall working aboard ships

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 18, Item 11
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. Two of the photographs are duplicates from Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The bottom middle and bottom right pictures were taken aboard the S.S. Watuka, while the bottom left may have been taken on the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett.

Scrapbook page with photographs of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in military uniform and standing with other officers in his rifle division

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 8
Item
[191-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are an assortment from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s military career. The top photograph appears to be related to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 16, Item 2 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs, and was likely taken at the Reach Field shooting range in Hythe, Kent, England. The photograph on the bottom left is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 2 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs, and was taken at Valcartier Camp, Quebec.

Scrapbook page with photographs of men in military uniform, sports awards, a house, and women wearing overcoats

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 6
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photograph on the bottom centre of the reverse side is related to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 18, and the photograph on the left, reverse side is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 13 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Scrapbook page with photographs of a soldier in uniform who might be Lieutenant J.E. Hetherington, and a grave inscribed with the same

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 7
Item
[ca. 1916]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums.

Scrapbook page with photographs of a house and its interior, and a military division in uniform

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 13
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photograph on the bottom centre is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 6 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Scrapbook page with photographs of a family and children, a woman and her cat, and a group of boys picnicking with an older gentleman

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs on the reverse side are related to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album. The photographs are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Items 5-6, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 5421 Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photographs on the left and right were likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence in England.

Scrapbook page with a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with the Canadian School Musketry in Ottawa, Ontario and photographs of Thomas Head Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 6
Item
[between 1913-1920]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. T.H. Raddall, Sr. appears to be the fifth from the right in the front row of the Musketry group. On the reverse side, the photograph of Thomas Head Raddall on the left is a duplicate and was taken in St. John's aboard the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett in 1920. The photograph on the right is a duplicate and features Thomas Head Raddall with his cousin Renee at the Ware Farm in England in 1920.

Scrapbook page with a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with his rifle division, the R.C.R.I. Rifle Team at the Coate's Match, Rockcliffe Range in Ottawa, Ontario, and photographs of Thomas Head Raddall around Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
[between 1913 and 1921]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. T.H. Raddall, Sr. can be found holding the telescope in the middle of the front row in the portrait of the rifle division. On the reverse side of the scrapbook page, the photographs on the left and right of Thomas Head Raddall are duplicates from the aforementioned album. The photograph on the left was taken in North Sydney in 1920, and the photograph on the right was taken in Point Pleasant Park in 1921. The photograph in the bottom middle may have been taken at Sable Island.

Scrapbook page with a portrait of Sergeant William A. Alldritt, and a photograph of a group of young men in uniform

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 20
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums.

Sally Ryan : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 9
File
[194-? - 195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Rubin Goldmark : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 9
File
1907

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Roscoe Fillmore family photograph

MS-10-1, Box 2, Folder 13, Item 2
Item
ca. 1960s

Part of Roscoe Alfred Fillmore fonds

Richard Nevill : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 30
File
1927

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains one signed photograph of Richard Nevill of Tunbridge Wells, signed May 1927.

Rev. Bill Forsythe

MS-2-671, SF Box 99, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1920]

Part of Alexander Sutherland Murray fonds

Item is a caricature created by Alexander Sutherland Murray. The caricature depicts a student that attended Pine Hill Divinity Hall ca. 1920.

Reproduction of a photograph from the NS Agricultural reports of Nova Scotia Agricultural College students in a 1931 Home Economics short course "Class in cookery"

UA-43, PB Box 40, Folder 14
Item
February 4-24, 1931

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Raoul Pugno : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 6
File
January 16, 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the French pianist Raoul Pugno (1852-1915), addressed to Ellen Ballon. The photograph was taken by an indecipherable studio in New York.