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4 cm of textual records (1 folder)
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Notice biographique
Thomas Brenton Smith was born at Liverpool, N.S. on 4 December 1893, the son of mariner William Henry Smith and Francinia Lavenia (Hicks), and grandson of master mariners Captain Spencer Smith and Captain John Thomas Hicks. Smith served overseas in the casualty clearing station during the First World War. He later became an accountant for the Mersey Paper Company Ltd. He was active in the Canadian Legion and a genealogist by hobby, particuarly interested in families of Queens County. He also wrote a history of his former unit entitled, Clearing, the Tale of The First Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, British Expeditionary Force, 1914-18 (1940). He died at Liverpool on 29 November 1955.
Historique de la conservation
Manuscript was accessioned by the Archives in 1981; custodial history is unknown.
Portée et contenu
File consists of one bound typescript of "Clearing, the Tale of the First Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, B.E.F., 1914-1919," inscribed by Smith to R. Robart, V.D.
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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
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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Éléments associés
Library and Archives Canada holds what may be a duplicate copy of the typescript in addition to photographs of the First Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (see Thomas Brenton Smith Collection, R2346-0-4-E).
Nova Scotia Archives holds the Thomas Brenton Smith fonds, which contains records documenting Smith's genealogical research of Queens County families as well as typed excerpts from the newspaper Liverpool Advance.
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No further accruals are expected.
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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], MS-2-432, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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This file description comes from the Dalhousie University Archives Catalog. The complete, original description is available there.