Archives Catalogue

MS-8-Ref
Collection
[ca. 1880]-[ca. 1970]

The Shipping Reference Collection incorporates virtually all miscellanous shipping records and reference material that were accessioned as part of "MS-8-Ref." A large portion of the collection consists of reference files on various vessels and shipping lines. A card-catalogue index known as "Master and Mates" provides references to microfilmed vessel papers, trade records, registers, and other related materials. The collection also includes photographs, slides, and published materials such as the Lloyd's Register of Ships.

The collection contains four series:

Microfilm

Shipping Line reference files

Vessel reference files

Published materials

Armour, Charles

Papers of the SS Corfu Island

MS-4-231, SF Box 21, Folder 19
File
1953-1962

File contains papers of the SS Corfu Island, including a survey of the vessel from March 4, 1953, a list of crew members from July 11, 1957 to May 14, 1960, and miscellaneous papers from 1956, 1961, and 1962.

SS Corfu Island.

Shipping registers and research cards of Trevor Bebb

MS-4-177.2013-053
Collection
[19--]-[ca. 2013]

The accession contains index cards originally stored in 10 small plastic boxes and 1 long cardboard box. The cards were created by Trevor Bebb and contain entries from various shipping registers. The cards describe vessels, captains, and sailors. The accession also contains two oversized ledgers from the nineteenth century and several manuscript sheets of poetry. One plastic box was empty when it entered the archives.

Bebb, James Trevor

Notes of Mrs. Gordon Cowan on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia

MS-2-173, SF Box 14, Folder 7
File
[1966]-[1967]

File consists of genealogical notes on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a particular focus on Captain Alexander Rose Rettie and the wreck of his vessel "Forest Chief." Also included are a family tree, photocopies of research correspondence, and historical newspaper accounts.

Cowan, Mrs. Gordon

Photograph of crew members from the Mackay-Bennet examining a lifeboat from the Titanic at sea

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 5
Item
1912

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 4 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 11 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a reproduction of the original photograph. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18.

Photograph of bodies recovered from the Titanic prepared for burial at sea

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 3
Item
1912

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 2 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 10 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a reproduction of the original photograph. Two duplicate copies can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18.

Photograph of five men in a lifeboat from the Mackay-Bennet examining an overturned lifeboat from the Titanic

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 4
Item
April 1912

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 11 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18.

Photograph of bodies recovered from the Titanic prepared for burial at sea on the forecastle of the Mackay-Bennet

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 2
Item
April 1912

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 3 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 10 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. There are two duplicate copies that can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18.

Photograph of cable technician H.W. Higginson with victims of the Titanic

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 18, Item 1
Item
1912

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a reproduction of the original photograph, and is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of an oak timber pierced with a copper bolt pulled from the bottom of Bedford Basin

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
[ca. 1970]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of a ship relic recovered near Rockingham by scuba divers in 1970. It is possible that the timber and bolt came from the French ships of the D'Anville fleet after they were found unseaworthy in 1746 and burned in the Bedford Basin.

Photograph of lobstermen salvaging a sunken boat at Seal Island, off Cape Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
1948

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of two men pulling a salvaged boat ashore at Seal Island, off Cape Sable Island

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 10, Item 4
Item
1948

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal Island with a small crowd of people amassed to observe

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 10, Item 5
Item
1948

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of a salvaged boat. The hole in its keel was sustained by striking a piece of steel. An American ship went aground between Seal Island and Blonde Rock during World War II, and steel cargo was thrown overboard in an effort to lighten the vessel for subsequent salvage operations. The ejected steel remains a menace to fishing boats in those waters, where the tide rises and falls with a large margin.

Photograph of the 1905 wreck of the Skidby

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 1
Item
[1917?]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a copy of a photograph of the wreck of the Skidby, originally taken in 1905, initially grounded 1.5 miles SE of West Light, Sable Island.

Photograph of the 1915 wreck of the Silver Wings

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
1915

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a shipwreck off the coast of Sable Island, likely the British steam schooner Silver Wings, lost in August 1915.

Photograph of the hulk of the Skidby aground on Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 3
Item
[1917?]

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a photograph, likely taken around 1917, of the hulk of the British steam schooner Skidby, which ran aground off West Light, Sable Island, in 1905.

Photograph of the bow of the wrecked Skidby

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 4
Item
1918

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of the bow of the grounded Skidby, taken in 1918 by Richard Orme Allen.

Photograph of a dory departing the Erie at Sable Island

MS-2-474, PB Box 3, Folder 33, Item 5
Item
1912

Part of Richard Orme Allen fonds

Item consists of a copy of a photograph taken in 1912 showing a dory rowing ashore after departing the steam schooner Erie, which was stranded on the South Side of Sable Island in August 1912.

Photographs relating to Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 3
File
[18--] - [19--]

Part of Irving Deale collection

File includes photographs of Joshua Dewis at Refugee Cove; a 1967 Mary Celeste stamp; Captain Robert W. McLellan's gravestone; Joshua Dewis' gravestone; Sarah Briggs' harmonium; and Mary Celeste plaque at Spencer's Island.

Letter from Irving Deale to the Canadian Department of Transportation

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1969

Part of Irving Deale collection

File a letter Irving Deale wrote to the Canadian Department of Transportation regarding the Mary Celeste. File also includes Deale's notes in response to the letter.

Articles about the Mary Celeste transcribed and annotated by Irving Deale

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1924-1974

Part of Irving Deale collection

File contains transcriptions of articles and book chapters, and a translation.

Photograph of four unidentified people spraying oil-covered rocks on the Brittany coast after the Amoco Cadiz spill

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
1978

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