Item is a journal kept by Captain John Harris (c. 1775-1825) during a voyage on the sloop 'Dart,' commencing May 22, 1813. Harris also used the journal during two 1815 voyages on other vessels. He recorded occurrences on board the boat 'Prince Regent' during a trip from Annapolis towards Halifax in August 1815. He also recorded occurrences on board the schooner 'Laurence' during a trip from Annapolis towards Barbados in 1815.
Item consists of a facsimile of the original December 18, 1872 court document regarding the mystery of the Mary Celeste, undertaken at the Vice Admiralty Court of Gibraltar, before Sir James Cochrane Knight, Judge and Commissary, and collected in the 1970s by Irving Deale.
Item is Pictou County Notary Public John McLeod's register of protests documenting declarations by ships' masters of circumstances beyond their control which may have given rise to loss or damages.
Item is a charter party between T. S. Drisko and Charles T. White. The charter details the terms of a shipment of cargo from Apple River, Nova Scotia to New York, New York. The charter was brokered by James L. Sullivan.
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).
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.
Item consists of typed correspondence sent from the Registrar of General Shipping, London, likely to Roy Laurence, dated January 23, 1937, discussing the death of Harry Croker. Item also includes ship discharge information. Item is "Enclosure 7" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.
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.
File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.
Item consists of typed research notes about the Mary Celeste and the Dewis family, written by Robert Dewis, transcribed in 1950 by R.L. Dewis, and collected by Irving Deale. Dewis was the son of Joshua Dewis, owner of the Mary Celeste.
Item consists of a facsimile of handwritten research notes drafted in 1953 by R.L. Dewis (and collected by Irving Deale), about the early history of the Mary Celeste (then known as the Amazon).
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds describing a group of children playing in a water hole; sounds of children playing; Barbara Hinds talking about her visit with Keith Crow in George River; Keith Crow playing the guitar; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Keith Crow about shipping fish.
Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Captain Doug Creaser, the area superintendent in charge of the department of transportation's sea lift. Creaser is from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Creaser talks about shipping in the north.
Item consists of a facsimile of a passage from J. Alphonse Deveau's 1968 book "La ville francaise" related to the mystery of the Mary Celeste, with an accompanying English translation (likely undertaken by Irving Deale).
Item consists of typed research notes collected by Irving Deale, and written by unknown persons likely in the 1960s, giving a brief outline on the history of the Mary Celeste.
Item consists of selections from a transcript of a discussion between Irving Deale and Stephen Orr (of Rexton, NB) on October 28, 1973, related to the Mary Celeste.
Item is an aerial photograph of Point Pleasant Park and the south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia taken on July 25, 1992. The photograph shows the campus of Saint Mary's University and the South End Container Terminal.
Item is an aerial photograph of the Halifax peninsula taken on July 25, 1992. The photograph shows downtown Halifax, the Halifax Container Piers, Halifax Harbour, and Georges Island.
Item is an aerial photograph of the Halifax peninsula taken on July 25, 1992. The photograph shows downtown Halifax, the Halifax Common, the Halifax Citadel, and the Container Pier. The campus of Saint Mary's University is featured in the southern side of the photograph.
Item is a photograph of five ship captains: Captain Everett MacDougall, Capt. Henry Nickerson, Capt. Crosby, Capt. Franum Varne Doty, and Capt. Oscar Hilmer Henderson. Verso contains information about each man, which ship they captained, and other biographical information.
![Amazon, better known as the Mary Celeste, 1860-1861 : [research notes]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/8/1/c/81c29037128375ac55682a6c0459d7c634af528cdd92e7e85dc99a4e9dc43b57/71b91a26-4f7c-4c8e-be81-97d95213c434-MS-2-518_1_1_2_142.jpg)
![The mystery of the Marie Celeste : [manuscript]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/3/4/4/3442403189e7f311e841417d583ba96eaa356fb4b5e5b96db1ac6a890e822b4e/8dc3af35-411b-4351-8964-91996270852b-MS-2-518_1_1_3_142.jpg)
![The famous mystery ship, Mary Celeste : [research notes]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/3/4/b/34ba5916e69fdccaf460cf99f4bb99cbc1bca06a64459e8c65173618e7a71a53/d73dfa9c-4fd0-4d2e-aada-bf3c39ad8660-MS-2-518_1_1_4_142.jpg)
