Dates: 1919-1991, March-April 1994
Extent: 90 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
The majority of the diaries were regularly kept, usually with several entries per week. There are infrequently gaps of a month or more. In his early diaries, Raddall records observations about daily events aboard ship, the weather, and places visited. After he settled in Milton and Liverpool, he comments on the weather, local interest issues, the pulp and paper business in Nova Scotia, recreational activities, personal matters, and financial issues (both personal and business-related). When Raddall turned to writing full-time, his diaries continued to note observations about the weather, local politics, family matters, and personal finances, but he also wrote more frequently about international affairs (including World War II and the Korean War), about his dealings with publishers, and his attendance of (or invitations to attend) various literary and historical gatherings. The diaries do not usually refer to his current writing projects.
Access Restrictions
Boxes 1 through 6 are closed until 2019.
| 1.1 | May 29, 1919-May 15, 1923 |
| 1.2 | May 15, 1923-September 23, 1932 |
| 1.3 | September 23, 1932-April 19, 1936 |
| 1.4 | April 22, 1936-May 11, 1940 |
| 1.5 | May 11, 1940-December 23, 1941 |
| 1.6 | December 23, 1941-May 1, 1943 |
| 1.7 | May 1, 1943-October 31, 1943 |
| 2.1 | October 31, 1943-May 23, 1944 |
| 2.2 | May 24, 1944-September 18, 1944 |
| 2.3 | September 19, 1944-February 15, 1945 |
| 2.4 | February 15, 1945-June 5, 1945 |
| 2.5 | June 6, 1945-November 14, 1945 |
| 2.6 | November 15, 1945-May 8, 1946 |
| 2.7 | May 8, 1946-September 7, 1946 |
| 2.8 | September 7, 1946-January 12, 1947 |
| 2.9 | January 14, 1947-August 12, 1947 |
| 2.10 | August 3, 1947-May 28, 1948 |
| 3.1 | May 28, 1948-December 18, 1948 |
| 3.2 | December 18, 1948-June 4, 1949 |
| 3.3 | June 4, 1949-December 21, 1949 |
| 3.4 | December 22, 1949-August 4, 1951 |
| 3.5 | June 26, 1951-July 24, 1951 - Cabin Notes |
| 3.6 | August 5, 1951-March 8, 1953 |
| 3.7 | March 9, 1953-May 11, 1954 |
| 3.8 | May 11, 1954-August 22, 1955 |
| 3.9 | August 23, 1955-October 30, 1956 |
| 4.1 | October 30, 1956-December 28, 1957 |
| 4.2 | December 28, 1957-May 19, 1959 |
| 4.3 | May 20, 1959-September 2, 1960 |
| 4.4 | September 2, 1960-November 2, 1961 |
| 4.5 | November 2, 1961-May 16, 1962 |
| 4.6 | May 17, 1962-April 9, 1963 |
| 4.7 | April 9, 1963-May 23, 1964 |
| 5.1 | May 23, 1964-September 7, 1965 |
| 5.2 | September 8, 1965-July 19, 1967 |
| 5.3 | July 19, 1967-September 30, 1968 |
| 5.4 | October1, 1968-February 26, 1970 |
| 5.5 | February 27, 1970-July 25, 1971 |
| 5.6 | July 25, 1971-February 27, 1973 |
| 5.7 | June 29, 1972-July 4, 1972 - Fishing Trip |
| 6.1 | February 27, 1973-August 9, 1975 |
| 6.2 | August 10, 1975-February 28, 1978 |
| 6.3 | February 28, 1978-June 6, 1980 |
| 6.4 | June 7, 1980-September 19, 1985 |
| 6.5 | September 19, 1985-February 20, 1991 |
| 6.6 | March 10, 1994-April 1, 1994 - Nursing Notes |