North America

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.

Undated poster regarding the Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[19--?]

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item is an undated poster regarding the Mary Celeste from Walter De Wolfe's Craft Shop.

The Mary Celeste : the odyssey of an abandoned ship

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 11, Items 1 and 2
File
[19--]

Part of Irving Deale collection

File contains a booklet titled "The Mary Celeste : The odyssey of an abandoned ship" published by The Atlantic Companies in 1942. File also contains an undated poster regarding the Mary Celeste from Walter De Wolfe's Craft Shop.

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.

Shipping registers and research cards of Trevor Bebb

MS-4-177.2013-053
Collection
[19--]-[ca. 2013]

The accession contains index cards originally stored in 10 small plastic boxes and 1 long cardboard box. The cards were created by Trevor Bebb and contain entries from various shipping registers. The cards describe vessels, captains, and sailors. The accession also contains two oversized ledgers from the nineteenth century and several manuscript sheets of poetry. One plastic box was empty when it entered the archives.

Bebb, James Trevor

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.

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' 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 fonds

MS-2-600
Fonds
[19--]

Fonds consists of materials collected by Ronald Justin Inness about ships and shipping companies, including pamphlets, manuscripts, clippings, and correspondence. Fonds also contains manuscripts written by Ronald Justin Inness about the Innes' genealogy.

Inness, Ronald Justin

Ronald Justin Inness' clippings regarding the schooner Bluenose

MS-2-600, Box 1, Folder 21
File
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' 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 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' 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 maritime disasters

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

Part of Ronald Justin Inness fonds

Photographs relating to Mary Celeste

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 3
File
[18--] - [19--]

Part of Irving Deale collection

File includes photographs of Joshua Dewis at Refugee Cove; a 1967 Mary Celeste stamp; Captain Robert W. McLellan's gravestone; Joshua Dewis' gravestone; Sarah Briggs' harmonium; and Mary Celeste plaque at Spencer's Island.

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.

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

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.

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 oil pooling along coastline from SS Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

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

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8, Item 4
Item
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Photograph of oil covered rocks with size reference, SS Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

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 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

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 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.

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.

Notes of Mrs. Gordon Cowan on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia

MS-2-173, SF Box 14, Folder 7
File
[1966]-[1967]

File consists of genealogical notes on the Rettie family of Truro, Nova Scotia, with a particular focus on Captain Alexander Rose Rettie and the wreck of his vessel "Forest Chief." Also included are a family tree, photocopies of research correspondence, and historical newspaper accounts.

Cowan, Mrs. Gordon

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.

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.