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'A Vision of Regeneration'

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Personal Narratives and other materials

Five first-hand survivor accounts of the Explosion, ranging from a letter written on 10 December 1917 by a Halifax housewife, to the reminiscences of an elderly woman in 1985, looking back to the events of 6 December when she was six years old and at Chebucto School.
 
'Personal Narrative' given by Andrew Cobb, 20 June 1918 to Archibald MacMechan, Director, Halifax Disaster Record Office
Reference: Archibald MacMechan NSARM MG 1 vol. 2124 no. 131
 
Campbell Road (later Barrington Street) looking north from Rector Street after the explosion
Reference: Gauvin & Gentzel NSARM Photo / negative number N-201
 
I.C.R. Station and King Edward Hotel, Halifax, N.S.
Reference: Annabel Siteman Ells NSARM no. 55 / negative number N-9125
 
9. Halifax Railway Station, in which 60 persons were killed by falling roof
Reference: NSARM Photo Drawer - Places - Halifax - Explosion, 1917 - Postcards / negative number N-822
 
'Personal Narrative' given by Dr. M.J. Burris, Dartmouth to Archibald MacMechan, Director, Halifax Disaster Record Office
Reference: Archibald MacMechan NSARM MG 1 vol. 2124 no. 122
 
North End grocery store occupied by Robt. Dares, corner of Windmill Road and Jamison street
Reference: NSARM Library F 107 H13 EX7 no. 9
 
Showing the devastation and havoc wrought in north end of Dartmouth
Reference: NSARM Library F 107 H13 EX7 no. 9
 
'Personal Narrative' given by Rev. H.W. Cunningham, Rector of St. George's Anglican Church, Halifax to Archibald MacMechan, Director, Halifax Disaster Record Office
Reference: Archibald MacMechan NSARM MG 1 vol. 2124 no. 138
 
''Rev. Canon Henry Ward Cunningham, D.D., Rector, St. George’s Rectory…''
Reference: NSARM Photo Drawer - Interior Decoration - St. George’s Rectory no. 2
 
Hattie Young, Halifax, to Mrs. Young, 10 December 1917
Reference: Halifax Explosion Collection NSARM MG 27 vol. 9 no. 9
 
Halifax from Elevator, Looking Northwest
Reference: Halifax, Nova Scotia, and its attractions. [Halifax, N.S.] : Howard & Kutsche, [1902]. NSARM Library F 107 H13 H83
 
'Halifax Explosion' reminiscence of Jean Holder 6 December 1985
Reference: Halifax Explosion Collection NSARM MG 27 vol. 9 no. 4
 






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