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MS-2-248, SF Box 48, Folder 19
Item
1872-1893

Item contains a ledger listing A.P. Shand's investments in sailing vessels and local companies, dividends received (1873-1893), and a list of assets (1883-1893).

Shand, A.P.

Certificates of Discharge from the barques Sylvia and R. Morrow

MS-2-267, SF Box 35, Folder 6
Item
1880-1886

Certificates of discharge (1880-1888) indicate Herbert MacDougall's rise in status from serving as an O.S. (Ordinary Seaman) at age 18, to Mate at age 26.

MacDougall, Herbert

The journal of Henry Jonathan Lovett on his journey from Portsmouth to the Cape of Good Hope on board the Malabar

MS-2-39, SF Box 16, Folder 9
Item
1796

Item is the first book of Lovett's journal, written during his 1796 journey from Portsmouth to the Cape of Good Hope on board the Malabar.

Lovett, Jonathan Henry, 1779-1805

Logbook of the schooner Vincent A. White

MS-2-107, SF Box 23, Folder 7
Item
1923 - 1924

Item is the logbook of the tern schooner Vincent A. White on two voyages: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to Glasgow, Scotland, from 26 June-7 November 1923; and Lunenburg to Havana, Cuba, from 14 February -2 April 1924.

Vincent A. White (schooner)

Photograph of the yachts Shamrock and Columbia competing for the America Cup

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 14, Item 7
Item
October 1899

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Sir Thomas Lipton's first attempt to take the America Cup with his first Shamrock. The cable-ship Mackay-Bennett is visible in the offing on the left.

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 a yacht on the basin near Digby, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 13, Item 2
Item
[18-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of dinghies racing in the Halifax Harbour

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 13, Item 3
Item
[18-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Drawing of a ship with a detail of the gaff

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 6, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a section of a drawing of an unidentified ship, probably the Bluenose II. The ship is shown from above and from the side. The drawing also includes a detail of the gaff. All of the parts of the ship are labelled. The drawing is a reproduction and parts of the original are cut off.

Bluenose II proposed modification to propulsion shafting

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 2, Item 2
Item
September 23, 1965

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item consists of two copies of a drawing of the propulsion shafting of the Bluenose II. The drawing includes a plan view of the existing shafting and a detail of the proposed modification, showing the installation of a twin disc coupling. The drawing was completed by G. T. Nelson from the Halifax Shipyards Drawing Office on September 23rd, 1965. The drawing is labelled "DRG. No. MX-625." Both copies of the drawing are stamped and dated by Halifax Shipyards. One copy has a stamp of approval from the Canada Department of Transport, which is dated October 4th, 1965.

Proposed schematic diagram of electrical distribution 230 V.-115 V. A.C. & 115 V. D.C.

MS-4-135, Oversize Folder 2, Item 3
Item
January 29, 1965

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item consists of two copies of proposed schematic diagram of the electrical distribution of the Bluenose II. The drawing is labelled "Sketch No H.S.L.-BL/EL-18." The drawing was completed on January 29th, 1965 for Halifax Shipyards. One copy of the drawing includes a table of estimated sea loads that is not present on the other copy

Sketch of a sandwich board sign for the Bluenose II

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a drawing of a sandwich board sign for advertising the Bluenose II. The drawing is not to scale.

Suggested exhibit signs : Bluenose II

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 4
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a list of suggested exhibit signs for the Bluenose II. The list includes signs to place on the wharf, on the deck, and on other places on the ship.

Suggested exhibit signs : Bluenose II

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 7
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a list of suggested exhibit signs for the Bluenose II. The list includes signs to place on the wharf, on the deck, and on other places on the ship.

Drawing of the Bluenose II

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 3, Item 8
Item
[196-?]

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a drawing of a side view of the Bluenose II. The drawing includes measurements for the masts, boom, and other parts.

List of vessels taken at Machias and Penobscot

MS-2-222, SF Box 31, Folder 17
Item
1814

Item is a list of vessels taken at Machias and and Penobscot, listed by name and type. The Penobscot Expedition was a 26-day raid led by Sir John Sherbrooke on Hampden, Bangor and Machias, resulting in the British occupation of Castine for the remainder of the War of 1812. The tariff duties obtained there, called the Castine Fund, was used to establish Dalhousie University.

Photograph of sailors on board the Hopedale in Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-130, ox 15, Folder 5, Item 20
Item
1961

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Photograph of a schooner from St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 99
Item
1961

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Photograph of a schooner in heavy weather off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador

MS-2-130, Box 15, Folder 5, Item 100
Item
1961

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Photograph of three Head Chiefs of north of Santo with Rev. Watt and Rev. Goodwill

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 17
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing three Head Chiefs of north of Santo with Rev. Watt and Rev. Goodwill on the deck of the 'Dayspring.' Also contains an enlarged black-and-white photograph copy of the original stereoscope.

Photograph of three Indigenous people on board the Dayspring

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 18
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified Indigenous people from the New Hebrides standing on the deck of the Dayspring.

Photograph of a sketch of the Dayspring, Brigantine, which was built in 1863 in New Glasgow, by J.W. Carmichael

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 15
Item
[19--]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a photograph of a sketch of the brigantine Dayspring, built by J.W. Carmichael in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1863. This is the ship that the Geddie family traveled on to the South Pacific.

Photograph of missionary families on the deck of the "Dayspring"

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 16
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a steroscope photograph of eight people from several families, lounging on the deck of the "Dayspring" on its voyage to the South Pacific from Sydney. Pictured are, Rev. J.G. Paton and his wife, Rev. J. Niven and his wife, Mrs. Ella and a boy, and Mrs. Fraser and a boy.

Existing electrical arrangement of Bluenose IInd 32 volt D.C. & 115 volt A.C.

MS-4-135, Oversized Folder 2, Item 1
Item
July 19, 1965

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a technical drawing of the existing electrical arrangement of the Bluenose II. The drawing was prepared on July 19th, 1965 for the Halifax Shipyards as is labelled "Sketch No H.S.L.-BL/EL-2." The sketch is overlaid with proposals for expansions or changes to the arrangement, which are printed in red.

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