World War, 1939-1945

Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence

MS-2-771
Collection
1915-1919

Collection primarily comprises letters from Captain Graham Roome to his future wife Annie Belle Hollett, written during his overseas service in World War One. There is also a series of letters written to Annie Belle Hollett by various friends and family members.

Roome (née Hollett), Annie Belle

Charcoal and pencil drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of a sailor on sentry duty on the Halifax waterfront

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 63
Item
December 15, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay dated December 15, 1943, showing a Canadian sailor performing sentry duty on Jetty #4 on the Halifax waterfront.

Charcoal and pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a wartime downtown Halifax street scene

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 9
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s depicting a downtown Halifax street scene. Possibly looking from near Province House, corner of Prince and Granville Streets.

Convocation address at Mount St. Vincent University

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 71
Item
[194-]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript copy of a convocation address delivered by MacDonald at Mount Saint Vincent University in the early 1940s.

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 manuscript describing his trajectory experience in the Canadian army

MS-2-762, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1940 - 1945

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

File also included official army documentation.

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

David Kirkpatrick Stewart Maclellan's World War Two newspaper clipping

MS-2-762, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1942 - 1944

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family fonds

File also contains two 1943 issues of a weekly magazine and two brochures about Italy.

Elrid Gordon Young fonds

MS-13-4
Fonds
1940-1950

Fonds consists of Eldrid Young's records regarding his chemical warfare research, including correspondence, reports, notebooks, articles, and manuals. There is also his unpublished manuscript "Adventures of a Chemist in Search of Poisons," in which he recount his 25-year career as a forensic chemist.

Young, Elrid Gordon

Eulogy for Georges P. Vanier written by Hugh Kemp

MS-2-615, Box 130, Folder 19
File
1967

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Facsimile of a pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an officer angered by a sailor

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 39
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a pencil sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s of an officer dressing down an insubordinate sailor. The perspective appears to be from the corner of George Street and Brunswick Street in Halifax. An accompanying caption reads: "Like he said -- / 'Never salute an officer / with a cig in your mouth"

Facsimile of correspondence sent to Richard Roome from former colleagues stationed in Halifax

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
November 24 1941

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of correspondence, reproduced from microfilm, sent to Richard Roome on November 24, 1941, from members of the "Roome Group" stationed in Halifax, sending "Season's Greetings" and mentioning shenanigans on the home front.

Herbert Leslie Stewart fonds

MS-2-45
Fonds
1860-1953

Fonds consists of records primarily originating from Herbert L. Stewart's work as a philosopher, professor, and political commentator. Records include manuscripts and typescripts, notes, scrapbooks, diaries, offprints, reports, and correspondence. One series comprises Stewart's collection of his father's sermons, notes, and correspondence.

Stewart, Herbert Leslie

In remembrance : a program of commemorative music and readings : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 14
File
November 13, 1999

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Matthew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The concert accompanied a special exhibition of drawings by prisoners of the Terezin Concentration Camp.

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

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

Newspaper obituaries of Robert (Bob) William Maclellan

MS-2-762, SF Box 111, Folder 5
File
1941

Part of William Edward Maclellan and family 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

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, port side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 46
Item
November 3, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay on November 3, 1943, showing the destroyer HMCS Iroquois docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. Drawing shows the ship's port side.

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, starboard side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 47
Item
November 3, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and ink drawing by D.C. Mackay on November 3, 1943, of the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. This drawing shows the ship's starboard side.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Helen Wilson Beveridge in Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) uniform

MS-2-831.2022-016, PB Box 29, Folder 33
Item
[ca. 1943]

Part of Helen Wilson Beveridge fonds

Photograph of looters and bystanders outside Offman's Jewellers on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters carrying shoe boxes up Blower's Street past Silverman's and Edwards Fur Company during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 25
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters carting cases of beer outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of men carrying looted shoes on the corner of Blowers Street and Granville Street during the VE-Day riots in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 18
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of RCAF men drinking beer and browsing though a ransacked shop during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 34
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Richard Roome arriving at an event at Royal Artillery Park

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Richard Roome, Admiral Rollo Mainguy, Major-General Edward Plow, and two other officers

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
[1955?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Item consists of a photograph from a reunion of artillery officers, in Halifax, sometime in the early 1950s. Pictured include Rollo Mainguy, Richard Roome, Edward Plow, and two others (Ross and Oland).

Photograph of Richard Roome, an unidentified officer, and three unidentified Halifax-based cadets examining surveying equipment

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

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

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 8
Item
[1950?]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

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).

Photograph of Royal Canadian Navy sailors and officers and members of the Canadian Women's Army Core drinking beer in downtown Halifax on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

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