Fonds comprises records regarding Jessica Scott Kerrin's work as a children's author, including printed and electronic manuscripts; editorial correspondence; book reviews; style and writing guides; learning resource materials; digital photographs; and correspondence from readers, primarily school children.
Fonds consists of: the correspondence and comments relating to Peter B. Waite's books "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 1 & 2", includes financial information relating to the publication; the interviews, analogues and correspondence relating to Peter B. Waite's book "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol.2" ; the research material for Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol.1.", including notes from the Dalhousie Gazette, President's reports, yearbooks, President's Office and departmental files and the private manuscripts of professors and administrators; photographs relating to Peter B. Waite's books "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vols. 1 & 2"; the manuscripts of Peter B. Waite's "Lives of Dalhousie University, Volume Two, 1925-1980" , including the table of contents, preface and introduction; Chapters 1-12; and the appendices; general correspondence of Peter B. Waite, covering the period 1949 to 1980. Includes a few clippings; academic files of Peter B. Waite, including correspondence; reports; examination questions; Dalhousie University Faculty Council meeting documents and various committee documents.; Peter B. Waite's book manuscript for "CANADA 1874-1896: ARDUOUS DISTINY"; photographs of Dalhousie University; and a personal diaries collection for the period 1925-1963, thought to be his mothers.
Item is a glass plate of a drawing of Rev. Thomas McCulloch, D.D. The drawing by Arthur Lismer itself is based on a painting of McCulloch by Daniel Munro. The drawing was commissioned and used for history books on Dalhousie University, like One hundred years of Dalhousie 1818-1918 (1920), and Daniel Cobb Harvey's, An introduction to the history of Dalhousie (1938).
Collection contains both original records and reproductions of materials related to Reverend Thomas McCulloch. Items include a glass plate etching of McCulloch, microfilm copies of his books, a sample of his shorthand, a ticket to a lecture given by McCulloch, and correspondence. The collection also includes a microform copy of a thesis written by a Dalhousie student about McCulloch.
Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the National Film Board on the reverse side.
Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to Canadian Bookseller on the reverse side. The autographing party took place in the book department of Simpson's in Toronto, where Raddall met the two women who were either married or working in Toronto.
Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1941-1953. A second duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 8. The photograph was taken while Raddall was on a local cruise from Liverpool, Nova Scotia to Port Mouton Bay during the summer of 1946. The yacht, Ripple, was owned by Reverend John ("Sailor John") Wilson of Trinity Church, Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photograph of Raddall in the morning, wearing his pyjamas and dressing gown. Raddall habitually worked like this until the mid-morning. This photograph was taken by flying officer BIll Burke R.C.A.F. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 4.
Item, a negative, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961, and to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5, Items 2-9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a duplicate of the print photograph MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a negative, is a duplicate of a print photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5, Item 9, and related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5, Items 2-8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is taken at Mersey Lodge. Raddall is pictured with T.H. Raddall Prize judges: Robert F. Weary, left, President and General Manager of the Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited; Margaret Hennigar, second from the left, publisher for Lighthouse Publishing Limited; Dr. James Perkin, right, President and Vice-Chancellor at Acadia University and Chairman of the Judging Committee. Missing from the photograph are judges Honourable John G. Leefe, M.L.A., Queens County, and Minister of Fisheries; and Louis R. Comeau, President, Nova Scotia Power Corporation.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961, and to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 30, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken at a dinner hosted in the Officers' Mess at Camp Aldershot given to honour Raddall. The silver tray Raddall received was presented by Lieutenant Colonel Tom Powers on behalf of the West Nova Scotia Regiments.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961, and to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 30, Item 3. The photograph includes Lieutenant Colonel Simmonds of the Princess Louise Fusiliers in the tuxedo on the left. Lieutenant Colonel Powers of the West Nova Scotia Regiment is in the tuxedo in the middle of the photograph. Major Ted Bent of the West Nova Scotia Regiment is in uniform to the left of Edith Raddall. Finally, Mrs. Bent is seated to Thomas Raddall's right.
Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4, and related MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a duplicate to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 5, and a second duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5.
Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961, and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Items 4-5 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5.
Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5, and duplicate to materials in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.
Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to commercial photographer Bob Brooks on the reverse side. Raddall's return address in Liverpool, Nova Scotia is also written on the reverse.
Item, a photograph, was taken by Robin Williams. The painting of "Scabby Lou" is an illustration from one of Raddall's earliest short stories, "Tit for Tat."
Item, a photograph, includes President Alexander Enoch Kerr; Colonel K.C. Laurie, the Chairman of the Board; Raddall; Dr. J.H.L. Johnstone, the Secretary of the Senate; and Reverend Harvey Denton.
Item is a photograph of Chancellor Norman Gosse; Raddall, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law; Archbishop W.W. Davis; President Graham Morgan; Reverend Harry R. Cooper, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity; and L.P. Edwards, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law.
Item, a photograph, has a duplicate copy that can be found in MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 32. The photograph was taken after Raddall was presented with the Medal of Service, Order of Canada. The former head of the C.B.C., Mr Arnold Davidson Dunton, is standing to the left of Raddall, and behind Mrs. Michener is the Secretary of the Order of Canada, Mr Esmond Butler.