Archives Catalogue

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 7
Item
1861 and 1868

Item is a certificate of registry for the Brigantine Amazon on June 10, 1861, at the port of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.

MS-2-518
Collection
1862 - 1974

Collection consists of documents, photographs, correspondence and manuscripts relating to Irving Deale's research on the Mary Celeste.

Deale, Irving Thomas

Copies of historic documents regarding the Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Items 1 - 13
File
1862-1889

Part of Irving Deale collection

File contains copies of the Amazon bill of lading (1862); Windsor Insurance Company policy for Albert Dewis (1865); Attorney General's Office petition regarding Amazon (1867); the Amazon account of crew changes (1866); the Amazon shipping certificate (1868); information from Lloyd's List (1872); Gibraltar letter from Solly Flood (1873); a Gibraltar report from Dr. J. Patron (1873); shipping records for Amazon (1874; 1887; 1889) and Mary Celeste (1873-1877) with abbreviations; and a charted course for Mary Celeste (undated).

Copy of petition of Alexander McBain to lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
1867

Part of Irving Deale collection

The item consists of handwritten and typed correspondence regarding Alexander McBain's petition to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, written on October 14, 1867.

Copy of reply by attorney general to petition of Alexander McBain

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
1867

Part of Irving Deale collection

The item consists of handwritten and typed correspondence from the attorney general regarding Alexander McBain's petition, written on October 15, 1867.

Wreck of the S.S. Atlantic : evidence given at the trial, Halifax, April 5-8, 1873

MS-2-84, SF Box 88, Folder 1
Item
April 5-8, 1873

Item is an account of evidence given at the trial of the wreck of S.S. Atlantic. The trial took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from April 5-8, 1873. Evidence was given by the members of the crew.

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding ships & shipping companies

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 18
File
[19--] - [ca. 1968]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding the Cunard Steamship Co.

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 24
File
[19--] - 1957

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Ronald Justin Inness' notes on shipwrecks

MS-2-600, SF Box 56, Folder 13
File
[19--]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

File also contains a map with annotations possibly written by Ronald Justin Inness.

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding maritime disasters

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 20
File
[ca. 1968]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Ronald Justin Inness' newspaper and magazine clippings

Series
[19--] - 1968

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Series consists of Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding ships and shipping companies, maritime disasters and shipswrecks.

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding the American merchant brigantine Mary Celeste

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 19
File
[19--] - [ca. 1968]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding shipwrecks

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 23
File
[19--] - [ca. 1968]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Ronald Justin Inness' records regarding shipping company histories

Series
[19--]

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Series consists published pamphlets, booklets, manuscripts and other textual records.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

Account of the wreck of the schooner Annie B. Anderson

MS-2-600, SF Box 63, Folder 15
File
1920

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

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.

Research material related to shipwrecks

MS-2-82, Box 43, Folder 57
File
[1927?]

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This file consists of illustrations, correspondence and a map.

The Mary Celeste : The odyssey of an abandoned ship

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[ca.1942]

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item is a booklet titled "The Mary Celeste: The odyssey of an abandoned ship," published by The Atlantic Companies in 1942.

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 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

Manuscripts about the Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1950-1973

Part of Irving Deale collection

File contains manuscripts by Robert Lester Dewis (1950, 1953); Alphonse Deveau (1968); George S. Bryan (undated); and Irving Deale's manuscript titled "A personal account of an interesting story, or a funny thing happened on the way to an antique shop " (1973).

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.

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding the Bounty

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 22
File
1960

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding the schooner Bluenose

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 21
File
1968

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

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.

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 oil covered rocks, SS Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of an unidentified person walking along oil-soaked coastline after SS Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photographs of the Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8
File
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 6 photographs taken by Roger Belanger (and collected by Bill Freedman), likely in 1970. Photographs show clean-up efforts after the oil spill after the SS Arrow ran aground during a gale, in Chedabucto Bay, February 4, 1970.