Series No. 3
Published material [textual record]. -- [191-?]-[19-?]. -- 13 cm of textual records
Scope and content: This series contains published copies of Roberts's prose and poetry which appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers. It also contains a copy of his booklet, "Loyalist", which was published in 1937, as well as galley proofs of several articles about Commander Arthur Currie. Two published copies of works, one each by Charles G. D. Roberts and Lloyd Roberts, are also included.
Title based on contents of the series
File arrangement is chronological by date of publication
Published copies of Theodore Goodridge Roberts's work are also located in MG L10 Sir Charles G. D. Roberts fonds and MG L5 Lloyd Roberts fonds
A published copy of Thirty Canadian V.C.s: 23rd April 1915 to 30th March 1918 is located in MG L3 Dorothy Roberts and August R. Leisner fonds
Files:
BOX NO. 4
1. Prose, [191-?]
- Like a falling star : twilight picture at the front / by staff officer [Theodore Goodridge Roberts?], [191-?]
2. Prose, 1929
- Under the sun / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Telegraph Journal, [1929]
- Note: Includes columns in this series
3. Prose, 1930
- The charivari / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Acadie, Vol. 1, No. 2; 1 May 1930
- Two poems / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts and The men of my heart's desire / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Acadie, Vol. 1, No. 4; 1 June 1930
- A blue nose Ulysses / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Acadie, Vol. 1, No. 5; July 1930
- Ice runner / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Acadie, Vol. 1, No. 7; 1930
4. Prose, 1932
- Battle of the barnacles : a rousing tale of days when the black flag flew on the Spanish Main / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Magazine, February 1932
- The Newfoundlander / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Citizen [Halifax], 21 October 1932
- Pitiful shadows / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Citizen [Halifax], 28 October 1932
- Wolf! Wolf! / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Citizen [Halifax], 4 November 1932. - 2 copies
- Harvesters of perilous coasts / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Citizen [Halifax], 11 November 1932
- Beaverbook : a portrait in ink -- diluted ink, at that / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Citizen [Halifax], 18 November 1932
- Our general / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Citizen [Halifax], 2 December 1932
5. Poetry, 1932
- The mad sailor / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Magazine, May 1932
- The shark / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - [The Citizen?, Halifax]. - October 1932
- To the unknown soldier / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Citizen [Halifax], 4 November 1932. - 2 copies
- Secret river / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Citizen [Halifax], 18 November 1932
- Night on the barrens / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - [The Citizen?, Halifax], 25 November 1932
6. Prose, 1933
- Beating the stars : a sprightly tale of many cruises / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The National Home Monthly, March 1933
- What price military glory? / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Bookman, Vol. XV, No. 3; March 1933
- The loup-garou : a romantic story of the lakes and forests of the north / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Buffalo Times, 19 March 1933
- First robin / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Saturday Night, 22 April 1933
- Apple blossoms in a land of scenic beauty / [by Theodore Goodridge Roberts] and Rambling through apple towns of Acadie / [by Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Advertiser [Kentvlle, N.S.], Vol. LVI, No. 20; 18 May 1933
- The writing of the "red wolf" / by T. G. R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Canadian Bookman, Vol. XV, No. 8; August 1933
7. Poetry, 1933
- Golden river / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Bookman, Vol. XV, No. 9; September 1933
8. Prose, 1934
- Twenty lashes / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Maclean's Magazine, 1 June 1934
- Easter child / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Magazine, June 1934
- Idyll of New Brunswick / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Saturday Night, 27 October 1934
9. Prose, 1935
- Small town stuff / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - National Home Monthly, August 1935
10. Prose, 1936
- Mrs. Ffolliat's husband / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Magazine, January 1936
- The pistol / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - National Home Monthly, August 1936
- The grand mystery / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Onward, Vol. XLVI, No. 45; 7 November 1936
11. Prose, 1937
- Charivari / by T. G. R.; He never drank at sea / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; and The ballad of a fore-and-after / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; - Swizzles, Vol. 1, No. 1; 16 October 1937
- "That's how I know" / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Swizzles, Vol. 1, No. 2; 30 October 1937. - 2 copies
- At Joseph Conrad's grave / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; Two chess players / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; and His excellency / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Swizzles, Vol. 1, No. 3; 13 November 1937
- Of Canadian poetry / by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts. - Swizzles, Vol. 1, No. 3; 13 November 1937
- Swinging tree / by Lloyd Roberts. - Swizzles, Vol. 1, No. 3; 13 November 1937
12. Loyalists : a compilation of histories, biographies and genealogies
of United Empire Loyalists and their descendants / by Theodore Goodridge
Roberts. - Toronto : published in parts by T. Goodridge Roberts; 1937
Note: Includes articles about the Street-Wetmore
duel, British American regiments, Loyalists at the head of the lake, the
Queen's Rangers, Dr. Nathan Smith of Saint John, John Kennedy of Middleport,
as well as notes on the rebellion of 1837, the Swayze family, DeLancey's
Brigade, Lieutenant Stephen Jarvis Robert and Phoebe Land, the widow Mary
Gage, and Captain Caleb Jones.
13. Prose, 1938
- Fruits of defeat / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - National Home Monthly, April 1938
- To spite her face / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Canadian Magazine, May 1938
14. Prose, 1939
- Perfect lady / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Chatelaine, February 1939
- He never went back to the peevy again / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Advertiser, [1939?]
15. Prose, 1940
- The great war is close-up / [by Theodore Goodridge Roberts?]. - The Ottawa Journal, 5 April 1940
- I remember Currie / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Ottawa Journal, 6 April 1940
- I remember Currie : going over the top / by Thedore Goodridge Roberts. - The Ottawa Journal, 11 April 1940
- Beaverbrook in two wars / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Saturday Night, 19 October 1940
16. Prose, 1942
- Robin Hood's barn/ by Benjamin Hook. - Halifax Daily Star, 1942 Note: Includes 7 columns in this series
- Halifax revisited / byTheodore Goodridge Roberts. - Halifax Daily Star, 15 September 1942
- The crooked portrait / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - [The Halifax Chronicle?], 2 October 1942
- Disaster off Herring Cove / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Halifax Daily Star, 17 October 1942
- Pieces of eight / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Halifax Daily Star, 7 November 1942
- Crown jewels or pirate gold? / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Halifax Chronicle, 16 November 1942
- FDR -- treasure hunter / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - [Halifax Daily Star?], 1942
17. Poetry, 1942
- In an old graveyard on Barrington Street / by T.G.R. [Theodore Goodridge Roberts]. - The Halifax Chronicle, 15 October 1942
18. Prose, 1943
- Black American refugees / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - [The Halifax Chronicle?], 4 January 1943
- Coat of destiny / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Collier's, 24 April 1943
- Home is the sailor / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - National Home Monthly, September 1943
19. Prose, 1944
- He sets the horns ablowing / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Collier's, 1 April 1944
20. Prose, 1946
- The night before Waterloo / [by Theodore Goodridge Roberts?]. - Maclean's Magazine, 15 February 1946
21. Prose, 1947
- Young wings unfurled / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Blue Book Magazine, Vol. 85, No. 6; October 1947
22. Prose, 1951
- Sir Dinadan and the giant Taulurd / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Blue Book Magazine, Vol. 92, No. 6; April 1951
23. Prose, undated, [19-?]
- Philanthropic body played active role before dying natural death / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - Halifax Daily Star, 5 December [19-?]
- Mystery veiled Enos Collins during decades as leading Halifax citizen / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts.. - [Halifax Daily Star?], 31 October [19-?]
- Marine heroism / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts, [19-?]
- Government House, Halifax's third, mansion of distinguished lineage / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts, [Halifax Daily Star?], [19-?]
- The star of Blomidon - a Micmac legend / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; Early Acadia College built without funds / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; Port Williams - inland port of the valley / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; and The greatest Maritimer / [by] Theodore G. Roberts. - The Advertiser [Kentville, N.S.], [19-?]-[19-?]
24. Poetry, undated, [19-?]
- The dying pirate's prayer / by Theodore Goodridge Roberts. - The Citizen, January [19-?]
25. Galley proofs for several stories about First World War Commander Arthur
Currie
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