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Photograph of damage from the Halifax Explosion in a residential area

PC1, Box 35, Folder 18, Item 8
Item
December 1917

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photographs taken by NY Underwood & Underwood.

Underwood & Underwood, NY

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart standing beside field hospital ward

PC1, Box 63, Folder 36
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Dr. John Stewart with some of his officers

PC1, Box 63, Folder 40
File
[between 1915 and 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Howard's photographs from World War 1

MS-2-656, PB Box 26, Folder 73
File
[1918]-[1919]

Part of Catherine Creighton and family fonds

Item originally filed in Box 7, Folder 42.

An issue of the Dalhousie Gazette found in the trenches in France

MS-2-82, OS Box 18, Folder 32
Item
November 17, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This issue of the Gazette was sent to MacMechan by Owen Bell Jones from the trenches during the First World War. Mud is most pronounced on pages 4 and 5.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 5
Item
November 2, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

Correspondence between Robert Logan and Walter V. Powell, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Slippery Rock University concerning Logan's experiences during World War I

MS-2-580, Box 18, Folder 8
File
1984 - 1985

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Unser erfolgreicher Kampfflieger Leutnant Udet (Our successful fighter pilot lieutenant)

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

Robert A. Logan and George Abott, photograph taken at the house where they boarded while learning to fly at the Curtiss Aviation School

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
1915

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

On photograph reverse: On left Robert A. Logan, later pilot in Royal Flying Corps of the British Army, ended as Captain; on right George Abbott, later pilot in the British Royal naval Air Service. Both learned to fly and flew an active service in the first World War.

Prisoner of war camp during World War I in Schweidnitz, Germany

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 16
Item
1917 - 1918

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

On the reverse of the photograph it states that Robert Logan left this camp December 25, 1917.

Prisoner number 59 at the prisoner of war camp during World War I in Schweidnitz, Germany

MS-2-580.1994-014, Box 3, Folder 4, Item 17
Item
1917

Part of Robert A. Logan fonds

On the reverse of the photograph "Became Prisoner of War on April 8 / 1917. Shot down in air battle with the "Red Baron".

John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

MS-2-306
File
1974, 1976

File comprises a transcript of an interview with F.C. Wightman and notes from George D. Noiles on Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One.

Transcript of John Bell's interview with F.C. Wightman about Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One.

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Richard Orme Allen fonds

MS-2-474
Fonds
[c. 1917]-1980

Fonds consists of a manuscript about Allen's experiences with one of his superiors during his service on Sable Island, a Department of Marine Notice from 1919, and 60 photographs of Sable Island and its inhabitants.

Allen, Richard Orme

William Stanley Croft fonds

MS-2-496, SF Box 27, Folder 22
Fonds
1902, 1916

Fonds comprises two letters written to William Croft. The first refers to work in the gold mines, while the second is a request for Croft's permission to allow his sixteen-year-old son to go overseas with the Canadian Forces. There is also a note from James Heyson to John Croft containing a medicinal recipe.

Croft, William Stanley, 1867-1944

William Rhoades fonds

MS-2-598, SF Boxes 80-82
Fonds
1898-1954

Fonds consists of diaries and notebooks; printed programmes, books, and newspaper clippings regarding Col. William Rhoades or the regiments with which he served, including the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Fonds also contains miscellaneous papers related to his career.

The diaries and notebooks document Rhoades’ activities while posted in the Yukon, South Africa, and Europe during World War I. Some of the notebooks also contain hand drawn maps of battle fields.

Rhoades, William, 1874-1955

Army orders by General Sir H. S. Rawlinson, France, October 13, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 5
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades fonds

This document contains a list of awards rewarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.

Distinguished Service Order issued to Major Wiliam Rhoades, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles on June 3, 1918

MS-2-598, SF Box 80, Folder 6
Item
1918

Part of William Rhoades fonds

This document contains a list of awards rewarded for gallantry and devotion to duty in action.

Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

MS-13-2
Collection
1915 - 1977

Collection consists of a booklet about the history of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital, correspondence of nursing matron Laura Hubley, a book of signatures of the unit's members, and correspondence and a small album containing postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper (who worked with the unit in 1916 and 1917) to his nephew, Ralph Kane.

Canada. Canadian Army Medical Corps. Canadian Stationary Hospital, no. 7

Ralph Kane's collection of postcards sent from his uncle, Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
1915-1918

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is an album containing mounted postcards sent by Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane, while Tupper was serving overseas during World War One. The postcards feature images including a photograph of Tupper,war propaganda, holiday greetings, cartoons, photographs England and children. Some are made of embroidered fabric or vellum and all have messages written by Tupper on the reverse.

Photograph of Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
December 1916

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a photograph of Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper, who served with Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital during during World War One. The photograph shows Tupper standing in uniform by the front steps of a building. The envelope in which the photograph was stored is addressed to Master Ralph W. Kane, 91 Coburg Road, Halifax, and contains a censor's stamp.

Letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to Ralph Kane

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
December 13, 1916

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The letter was sent from La Havre, France, on December 13, 1916, while Tupper was serving overseas.

Tupper, A. Fraser, Sgt.

Photograph of the officers, nursing sisters, non-commissioned officers and men of the Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital

MS-13-2, Oversize Folder 1
Item
1915

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

File contains two copies of a photograph of the officers, nursing sisters, N.C.Os and men of the No. 7 Stationary Hospital C.E.F., Dalhousie Unit. The photograph shows the soldiers and nursing sisters sitting or standing in four rows with snow on the ground and buildings in the background. Some names are written in pencil on one of the copies.

Brochure, by-laws, and greeting card from the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14
File
[ca. 1916-1937]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

File contains a booklet on the history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital; a booklet of No. 7 Stationary Hospital Benevolent Association by-laws; and a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart of the stationary hospital.

Autographed photograph of Gladys E. Hutt

MS-13-11, PB Box 2, Folder 193
Item
1917

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is a photographic portrait of Gladys E. Hutt in military uniform, printed on a postcard. She served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1014, Army Postal Office, Section 38, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), in France. The photograph is signed and dated 18 June 1917.

Photograph of an unidentified Canadian Army Medical Corps nurse

MS-13-11, PB Box 4, Folder 32
Item
[after 1912?]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is a photographic portrait of an unidentified woman (possibly Lela Donovan) in a Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform. The photograph was taken by Harry J. Moss, Halifax, and is mounted on card in a folding cardboard frame.

Tent in Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[1917?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Photograph of garden and greenhouse in Arques, France

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
[1917?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a hand coloured black and white photograph of a garden and greenhouse in Arques, France, ca. 1917. Photograph was taken and tinted by Ned Clay.

Dalhousie #7 Stationary Hospital - J. Stewart - Staff References

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 2
File
1920

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains copies of letters of reference for former railway dining car workers who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, served in the First World War with the (Dalhousie) No. 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital. The correspondence contained herein discusses disagreements over the promises of wages granted to enlisted men from railway companies as a result of two different circulars being signed in relatively short order.

Photographs of soldiers and nurses from the No. 7 Hospital Unit

MS-2-128, PB Box 21, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1914]-1918

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains four photographs of soldiers and nurses who served at Number 7 Stationary Hospital.

Photographs of the 66th Field Artillery unit

MS-2-135.2019-081, Box 86, Folder 12
File
c.1915

Part of Oland family fonds

1 photograph is an outdoors picture of the unit, Sidney C. Oland in 7th from the left in the front row. 1 photograph is the group on a ship name the CPASC Armstrong.

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
Item
1941

Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941

Portrait of the British Army shooting team with two trophies, in uniform and carrying rifles, taken at Bisley

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes T.H. Raddall, Sr., who is designated with an "x" over his head.

Portrait of Captain T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1916

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 7 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in his Winnipeg Rifles uniform as a captain after recovering from being wounded at Ypres in 1915. He was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

Photograph of flowers laid at Lieutenant Colonel T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s grave in the Manitoba Cemetery near Caix, France

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 39, Item 2
Item
1987

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s headstone in a row of headstones along a stone wall

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 39, Item 5
Item
1987

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of two rows of headstones in the Manitoba Cemetery near Caix, France

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 39, Item 6
Item
1987

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, features Hatchet Wood in the background.

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall at his father's grave in the Manitoba Cemetery, Amiens Battlefield, France

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 43, Item 2
Item
April 1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.

Scrapbook page with photographs from T.H. Raddall, Sr.'s leave in England

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item may have been a page in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album. The photographs are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927, to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Items 5-6, and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 5421 Item 17 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photographs on the left and right were likely taken at the W.E. Firmstone residence in England.

Photograph of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform while on leave in England with a non-uniformed man

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21, Item 17
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 6, and related to MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 19, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 20, Item 9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs and is related to materials in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927.

Photograph of the Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 1
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of the Mausoleum of Umar Suhrawardi. The photograph was taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 4
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people on horseback crossing a bridge

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 6
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people on horseback crossing a bridge. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers and people

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 9
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and people. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers crossing bridge with cart and donkeys

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 14
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers crossing a bridge with a cart and donkeys. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of people outside of a home

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 19
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of people outside of a home. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

Photograph of unidentified soldiers and an artillery tractor

MS-2-252, PB Box 6, Folder 21
Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item is a glass plate lantern slide of unidentified soldiers and an artillery tractor. The photograph was likely taken in present-day Iraq between 1914 and 1918.

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