Fonds MS-2-474 - Richard Orme Allen fonds

Photograph of engine components inside the Sable Island Main Station Photograph of engine components inside the Sable Island Main Station Composite photograph of engine components inside the Sable Island Main Station Dominion of Canada, Notice to Mariners #4 of 1919 (Atlantic No. 4) Photograph of seals on the north shore of Sable Island Photograph of supply ship CS Lady Laurier from the west end beach, Sable Island Photograph of the Sable Island west end beach from supply ship CS Lady Laurier Photograph of a pond located east of the Sable Island wireless station Photograph of the north shore of Sable Island Photograph of the 1905 wreck of the Skidby Photograph of the 1915 wreck of the Silver Wings Photograph of the hulk of the Skidby aground on Sable Island Photograph of the bow of the wrecked Skidby Photograph of a dory departing the Erie at Sable Island Photograph of the Sable Island supply ship CS Lady Laurier Photograph of a dory approaching Sable Island from an unidentified fishing boat Photograph of three dories ashore on Sable Island Photograph of a person aboard a barrel raft in a moderate swell off Sable Island Photograph of the wireless station on Sable Island before 1918 extension Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island Photograph of West Light, Sable Island, prior to its decommissioning Photograph of Station Number 2 on Sable Island Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island Photograph of the Main Station on Sable Island Photograph of the wireless station on Sable Island before its extension in 1918 Photograph of three people examining sections for the stack of the new west lighthouse on Sable I... Photograph of the new west lighthouse on Sable Island Aerial photograph of the station building at the new west lighthouse on Sable Island Photograph of a person standing in front of the Sable Island wireless station after construction ... Photograph of the first well at the extended wireless station on Sable Island Photograph of the old schoolhouse on Sable Island Photograph of two unidentified people on horseback in front of the refuge house near the eastern ... Photograph of one of the stack sections for new west lighthouse on Sable Island Oddball : [manuscript regarding Sable Island Coastal Station experience] Photograph of wild horses on Sable Island Photograph of two unidentified people leading cows on Sable Island Photograph of a wireless operator and petting a dog outside the wireless station on Sable Island Photograph of the wild horse "Ottawa" on Sable Island Photograph of three wild horses on standing in shallow water near the wireless station on Sable I... Photograph of the wild horse Louise and her colt on Sable Island Photograph of wild horses in winter on Sable Island Photograph of Frank Penney, wireless operator on Sable Island Photograph of Frank Penney, wireless operator on Sable Island Photograph of David W. Rosebrugh, wireless operator on Sable Island Photograph of David W. Rosebrugh, wireless operator on Sable Island Photograph of Frank Penney, wireless operator and Muriel Blakeney on Sable Island Photograph of Fred and Joe Blakeney on Sable Island Photograph of Fred or Joe Blakeney with his sister Muriel on Sable Island Photograph of the Blakeney family on horseback on Sable Island
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Richard Orme Allen fonds

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MS-2-474

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  • [c. 1917]-1980 (Creation)

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10 pages. - 60 photographs

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Allen, Richard Orme

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Richard Orme Allen was the sixth and youngest child of the Rev. James Allen and Emma Jane Peters. He was raised primarily in Toronto and educated at Victoria College, University of Toronto. In May 1916 he enlisted in the Canadian Navy as a wireless operator and served until 1918. He was trained in Halifax and stationed at Point Riche in Newfoundland and then on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. After the war he returned to Toronto, where he worked as a civil servant and bookkeeper. He kept in touch with people he had known in the Navy, especially those who had been with him on Sable Island. After reading Thomas Raddall's The Nymph and the Lamp (1950), he established a correspondence with the novelist, wrote several brief accounts of his experiences in the Navy, and visited Raddall at his home in Nova Scotia on at least one occasion.

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Records donated by Allen in 1982.

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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.

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  • English

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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.

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Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.

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richard-orme-allen-fonds.pdf

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Correspondence between R.O. Allen and Thomas Raddall may be found in the Raddall fonds, MS-2-202, Box 37, Folder 6.

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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Richard Orme Allen fonds, MS-2-474, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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