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Newspaper clippings, notes and souvenirs regarding Charles Bruce's London-Arnhem flight during World War Two

File contains newspaper clippings regarding Bruce's disappearance after the crash of the Arnhem flight; a clipping from The Canadian Press News that contains that story and a description of the Battle of Boulogne; censored papers about Bruce's story, Supply in the Sky; Bruce's Air Ministry Pass as a Canadian Press representative; a list of killed or missing RCAF officers; and two small books on the history of the Hotel Cour St-Georges in Ghent, Belgium, and the history and origin of the Manneken-Pis statue in Belgium.

Photographic negatives of a Bob Chancery cartoon, Thomas Head Raddall in radio interviews, a commemorative scroll dedicated to T.H. Raddall, Sr., the surrender of the German submarine U-889, Thomas Head Raddall receiving the T.H. Raddall prize plaque, and standing with the Cadet Corps and headmaster of King's Collegiate School, and the Highland dancers of Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Items, negatives, are related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959], and to MS-2-202, Oversized 8, Folder 13 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 12, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Items are duplicate to MS-2-202, Oversized Box 8 Folder 13 and materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums 1941-1953 and 1944-1961.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon touring the West Point museum with cadets

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon touring the West Point Military Academy, where she performed as a guest soloist with their symphonic band. Pictured with her are cadets, R.B. Dean, Jr. of Forest Hills, New York; Gordon Gould, Jr. of Mobile, Atlanta; and J.A. Martell of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon with West Point Military Academy cadets

Item is a press photograph of Ellen Ballon with three cadets from the West Point Military Academy, where she performed as a guest soloist with their symphonic band. Pictured with her are R.B. Dean, Jr. of Forest Hills, New York; Gordon Gould, Jr. of Mobile, Atlanta; and J.A. Martell of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Robert Charles (Charlie) Murray Interview Collection

  • MS-10-13
  • Fonds
  • 1978 - 1980
Collection contains 20 interviews conducted by John Bell and John Hennigar-Shuh with Charles Murray concerning his life with the labour unions, internment camps in Canada and the Labour Progressive Party in Nova Scotia.

Photograph of Richard Roome, Major-General Edward Plow, and other senior officers from 5th Infantry Division Artillery, in Halifax

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner among senior officers of the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, held in Halifax, likely in 1950. Eighteen officers are pictured. Front row is of Richard Roome and Major-General Edward Plow; back row identified include George Richardson (1), Captain E.H. MacDonald (3), D.U. Rainnie (6), W.C. Waterfield (8), and M.E. Blue (10).

Minute books of the Dalhousie Co-vettes

  • UA-60, SF Box 112 , Folder 1
  • File
  • 1946 - 1963
File contains five notebooks containing meeting minutes and financial records of the Dalhousie Co-vettes. A sixth is labeled "Refreshment Book" and doubled as an address book, containing members' contact information as well a spreadsheet indicating the names of those who provided sweets, sandwiches, squares, cookies etc. each month in 1957 and 1958.

Dalhousie Co-vettes

Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces near Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959] and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.
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