Archives Catalogue

Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

MS-13-86
Fonds
1837-2020, predominant 1904-2008

Fonds contains records created and collected primarily by Alexander H. Leighton, with some by Jane Leighton Murphy. Documents span from Leighton's studies at Princeton, Cambridge, and Johns Hopkins univerities, through his government employment in World War II, and his teaching career at Cornell, Dalhousie, and Harvard. The majority of records are related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women, both based in Nigeria, and the Stirling County Study, based in Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, manuscripts, grant applications, reports, photographs and slides, medical and academic records, method and guidebooks, reviews, offprints and publications, teaching and course materials, and surveys and interview transcripts.

A sous-fonds contains records documenting the migration of Alexander Leighton's parents from Ireland to the United States and their subsequent life in Philadelphia. The sous-fonds contains extensive correspondence between extended family members over the course of a century, as well as photographs, diaries, wills, family trees, memoirs, and Alexander Leighton's personal correspondence.

Murphy, Jane Leighton

Creelman Family fonds

MS-2-775
Fonds
1887-1999

This accession contains photographs, correspondence, postcards and other memorabilia from various members of the Creelman family.

Creelman Family

David Kirkpatrick Stewart Maclellan's records

Series
[ca. 1939] - 1995

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

Series consists of David Kirkpatrick Stewart Maclellan's correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, photograph and other textual records.

Maclellan, David Kirkpatrick Stewart

Henry Davies Hicks fonds

MS-2-511
Fonds
1915 - 1990, predominant 1937-1986

Fonds comprises records documenting Henry Hicks' political career and tenure as president of Dalhousie University, as well as his earlier studies at Oxford University and his military service in World War II. There are also records regarding his stamp collecting hobby, his community service, and his long involvement with associations such as the Rhodes Scholarship Committee. Record types include diaries and appointment books, correspondence, manuscripts, philatelic records, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Hicks, Henry D.

Lloyd Macpherson fonds

MS-13-25
Fonds
[ca. 1941] - 1967

Fonds consists of correspondence, military documentation and memorabilia, clippings, and two photographs of Lloyd Macpherson.

MacPherson, Lloyd

Lot 1540 : photographs of a Side dump-ballast car for United States War Department, Newfoundland Railway

MS-4-106, Box 2, Folder 31
File
May 1942

Part of Trenton Works Ltd. Fonds

File contains 13 photographs of a Side dump-ballast car for United States War Department, Newfoundland Railway manufactured by the Canadian Car and Foundry Company

Miscellaneous photographs taken during World War Two

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1940-1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Oland family fonds

MS-2-135
Fonds
1870 - 2018

Fonds consists of various personal records, including correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, negatives, an artifact, and legal and financial records. Some business records from Oland and Son Limited and its affiliated companies are also included.

Oland Family

Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

MS-13-11
Fonds
1805-1972

Fonds consists of Oscar Donovan's photographs, newspaper clippings, mementos, and correspondence from World War One and World War Two, including records related to Dalhousie No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, with which his wife served.

Donovan, Oscar Glennie

Photograph from a dinner at the Royal Artillery Park Officers' Mess in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a dinner in the Officers' Mess of Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, likely in 1950. Pictured include Richard Roome, Rollo Mainguy, George Foster, and seven others (names mentioned include Kinley, Simmonds, and King; four others remain unidentified).

Photograph of 12 Canadian Army Medical Corps officers

MS-13-11, PB Box 2, Folder 189
Item
[194-?]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is group picture with Oscar Donovan in the centre, between two men in regimental Highlander dress (kilts and sporran) and other officers wearing Canadian Army Medical Corps uniform.

Photograph of a 7th Division Artillery Maintenance crew, Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 8
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a fire-scorched hotplate underneath a sink

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 16
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photograph possibly taken as evidence of attempted incendiarism during the Halifax VE-Day riots.

Photograph of a meeting of Artillery HQ officers from the 5th Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[1951?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a meeting of senior officers of the 5th Division, Artillery, in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.

Photograph of a naval officer and two men in civilian dress walking up a set of outside stairs

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 37
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval reserve lieutenant drinking from a bottle in downtown Halifax in the aftermath of the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 11
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a parade of Canadian Armed Forces and a military band marching down a street in Holland

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
1945

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a parade of Canadian Armed Forces marching down a street in Holland

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
1945

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Photograph of a police van set afire and nearly run off the waterfront dock during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 10
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a QF 25-pounder howitzer convoy, Leclerc Bridge, near Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 7
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a ransacked shop after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 27
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph showing a man picking up a broken drawer from a looted shop.

Photograph of a ransacked shop interior in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 28
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a reunion dinner for the 28th battery of the 5th regiment held in Newcastle

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
November 20 1945

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of a reunion dinner of the families of officers of the 5th Artillery Infantry Division

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950

Photograph of a sailor and a Wren drinking beer on the grass in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 13
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a serviceman and an older women with military decorations on her lapel dancing on Barrington Street during VE-Day in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 12
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of an unidentified camouflaged soldier crouching in brush, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 6
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier carrying a bayonet outside a small cabin during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 7
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier packing up camp during winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 12
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier, with skis, conducting winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of an unidentified soldier, with skis, pointing a rifle during winter infantry training in Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of battery commanders and sergeants from the 5th regiment, stationed at Petawawa in May, 1940

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 8
Item
May 1940

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Brigade Major Faulkner presenting a clock to Brigadier Richard Roome

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
1951

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Brigadier Roome and Major Keen holding their catches after a fishing expedition near Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 11
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Brigadier Roome saluting soldiers marching on a church parade, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 15
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of civilian looters carrying stacks of clothing past the smashed shop windows during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 29
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of civilian looters outside the smashed windows of Kay's Department Store on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 20
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of civilians and servicemen standing outside of smashed shop windows on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 26
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Colonel Halle, 7th Division Artillery, Tracadie, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 14
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Corporal G.F. Morton engaging in winter infantry training at Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
1942 or 1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of crowds behind Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 30
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of crowds outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 3
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of dispersing crowds and detritus on Hollis Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 8
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of eight Canadian Army Medical Corps officers

MS-13-11, PB Box 2, Folder 183
Item
[194-?]

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is a photograph inscribed with "staff" on the reverse. Oscar Donovan is to the far the left on the back row.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon helping with the American Red Cross Blood Donor Service

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 24
Item
[c. 1942 - 1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Photograph of Ellen Ballon touring the West Point museum with cadets

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 25
Item
January 26, 1941

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 26
Item
January 26, 1941

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Photograph of Ellen Ballon, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, and unidentified man in uniform

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 21
Item
[c. 1942 -1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a photograph of Fiorello H. Laguardia, the Mayor of New York (1934-1945) , signing a scroll of greetings from the "Men in New York at the Stage Door Canteen" to the "Men of Canada." The "Men of Canada" refers to the Canadian service-men's center that opened in Ellen Ballon's family home in Montreal.

Photograph of five officers of the 7th Division Royal Canadian Artillery, during a church parade, Tracadie Camp, 1943

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 13
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph includes Brigadier Roome in the foreground, with Major Keen, Captain MacMaster, Captain Merritt, and one other unidentified officer.

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