Dates: 1941-1976
Extent: Approx. 11 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
This series includes the published copies, and in many cases the manuscript versions, of the majority of Raddall's non-fiction articles appearing in periodicals. Also included are reviews by Raddall, mostly of books on Nova Scotia historical subjects. In some instances additional records such as correspondence or research materials are also available.
Access Restrictions
None.
| 23.1 | "Swordin'" - Maclean's Magazine - August 15, 1941 |
| "They Were Prepared" - Maclean's Magazine - April 15, 1942 | |
| "Navy Base" - Maclean's Magazine - March 15, 1942 | |
| "My Home Town" - Maclean's Magazine - September 1, 1944 | |
| 22.2 | "Tancook" - Maclean's Magazine - 1945 - Manuscript - 9 pp. and hand-drawn/traced map |
| Guest Editorial - The Mohawk Beam - March, 1945 | |
| "The Writer and the War" - Canadian Author and Bookman - March, 1945 - Manuscript - 3 pp. and offprint | |
| "Tales of Life" - Globe and Mail - June 29, 1946 - Manuscript - 3 pp.; Published copy | |
| 23.2 | "Happy Island" - Maclean's Magazine - November 1, 1946 |
| "The Old House" - The Maritime Quarterly - 1947 - 2 off-prints; Whole issue (one of the offprints is tucked inside) | |
| "Nova Scotia's First Telegraph System" - The Dalhousie Review - July 1947 | |
| 23.3 | "Island For Sale" - Saturday Evening Post - November 6, 1948 - Typescript, 11 pp.; Revised copy, 5 pp.; Published copy |
| "The Haunted Bog" - The Advertiser (Kentville, NS) - 1949? - 6 pp.; Correspondence (1949) - 1 p. | |
| "Swashbuckling Port" - The Standard Magazine - June 4, 1949 | |
| 22.3 | "'Herman Melville, A Critical Study', by Richard Chase (Macmillan. $5.75)" [Review] - 1949 - Typescript - 2 pp. |
| "Royal Halifax (Article One)" and "Royal Halifax (Article Two)" - Halifax Chronicle Herald - 1951 - Typescript - 4 pp. each | |
| "Citadel Hill (Article One)," "Citadel Hill (Article Two)," and "Citadel Hill (Article Three)," Halifax Chronicle Herald - 1951 - Typescript - 5 pp. each | |
| "Book Window Overseas" - W.H. Smith and Sons Trade Circular - 1951 - Typescript - 3 pp. | |
| "Kitpu Lodge" - The Haliburton - circa 1951 - Typescript - 7 pp. | |
| "Joe Howe: Maritimes Gadfly" - Saturday Night - December 8, 1951 - Typescript - 6 pp. and Photocopy of published version | |
| "My First Book" - Canadian Author and Bookman - July, 1952 - Typescript - 7 pp.; Published copy | |
| "Sword and Pen in Kent 1903-1913 - The Dalhousie Review - Autumn, 1952 - Typescript - 10 pp.; Photocopy of published version | |
| "DeWolfe Memorial Library" - Liverpool Advance - February, 1953 - Typescript - 8 pp. | |
| "Look North!" - House and Garden - March 1954 - Typescript - 7 pp.; Published version | |
| "Looking Back" - Mersey Quarterly - November 27, 1954 | |
| "A Fine Seaman Passes" - Liverpool Advance - circa 1955 - Typescript - 4 pp. | |
| 22.4 | "The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada by Wilson D. and Ruth S. Wallis. University of Minnesota Press (Thomas Allen Limited, Toronto)." [Review] The Dalhousie Review - Summer, 1955 - Typescript - 2 pp. |
| "The Widow Dexter's Tavern" - Halifax Chronicle Herald - August 1955 - Typescript - 3 pp. -- See also Research Notes Series, Box 31, Folder 2 | |
| "The Simeon Perkins Diary" - Halifax Chronicle Herald - August 1955 - Typescript - 2 pp. | |
| "Thomas Brenton Smith" - Liverpool Advance - December 1, 1955 - Typescript - 3 pp. | |
| "John William Turner" [Obituary] - Liverpool Advance - 1956 - Typescript - 2 pp. | |
| "Canada's 'Maritimes'" - Bowaters Magazine - 1957 - Typescript - 10 pp. | |
| "A Dinner in the Dust of Disaster" - Maclean's Magazine - March 16, 1957 - Clipping - 1 pp. | |
| How George Washington Lost Canada - Maclean's Magazine - 70 (September 14, 1957) - (From The Path of Destiny) - Photocopy of published copy - 10 pp. | |
| 23.4 | "Barrington" - Maclean's Magazine - June 7, 1958 - Research Notes - 7 pp.; Typescript - 16 pp.; Published copy - 72 pp. |
| 22.5 | "Two Centuries at Ogomkegeak" - The Atlantic Advocate - August 1959 - Typescript - 10 pp.; Published copy |
| "Diary of Simeon Perkins 1780-89, Harvey and Fergusson, Published by The Champlain Society" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - 1959 - Typescript - 5 pp. | |
| "Departure" - Weekend Magazine - 1960s - Typescript - 8 pp. | |
| "The Diary of Simeon Perkins, Printed by The Champlain Society" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - 1962 - Typescript - 3 pp. | |
| "To a Young Writer" - The Atlantic Advocate - August, 1965 - Typescript - 6 pp.; Published copy | |
| "A Nova Scotian Looks at Confederation in 1967" - Toronto Star - 1966 - Typescript - 4 pp. | |
| "The Atlantic Provinces by W. S. MacNutt" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - 1967 - Typescript - 6 pp. | |
| "Maine Rubicon by John Howard Ahlin" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - 1967 - Typescript - 2 pp. -- See also Correspondence Series, The Dalhousie Review, Box 39, Folder 32 | |
| 23.5 | "Halifax: Where Ships and Much History Meet" - Century 1867-1967: The Canadian Saga - Week of February 13, 1967 - Memorandum of Agreement (photocopy); Published copy |
| 22.6 | "A Century in Queens County 1867-1967" - Mersey Quarterly - July 1, 1967 - Typescript - 10 pp.; Published copy |
| "A Bluenose View of the Centennial" - Montreal Star - October 14, 1967; Publisher correspondence (1967); Typescript - 3 pp. | |
| "Yankees at Louisbourg by G.A. Rawlyk, University of Maine Studies. Series 2. No. 85 - Price $2.50" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - 1968 - Typescript - 2 pp. | |
| "The Diary of Simeon Perkins" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - Summer 1968; Publisher correspondence (1968); Typescript - 3 pp.; Research Material | |
| "Canada: The War of the Conquest by Guy Fregault, Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1969" [Review] - The Dalhousie Review - 1969-1970 - Typescript - 3 pp.; Research Material -- See also Correspondence Series, The Dalhousie Review, Box 39, Folder 32 | |
| "The Festival of Saint Aspenquid of Agementicus" - The Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly - March, 1971 - Typescript - 8 pp.; Photocopy of published copy | |
| "Pioneers and Privateers" - Nova Scotia Magazine - December 1971 | |
| "Groundwork and Guesswork" - Social Studies Review - June, 1974 - Typescript - 11 pp. | |
| "The Original Canadian Legion in Queens County" - Liverpool Advance - June, 1976 - Typescript - 3 pp. |