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Chris Majka has worked extensively in the art community over the past 30 years as a production manager, publicist, event manager, education coordinator and an administrator. Majka is a founding member of the Nova Scotia Cultural Action Network and was an advocate for the establishment of Arts Nova Scotia. Majka became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2001 because their video recording “Live Art PSAs” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

William Azor Major was born in Halifax on 12 March 1860 to Charles and Eliza (Stevens) Major. In 1886 he married Mary E. Jost. Major worked as an insurance broker and was an avid curler and a member of the Halifax Curling Club as early as 1882, serving variously as treasurer, vice president and president from 1901-1906. He remained a senior skip until his death in 1926. He was buried at Camp Hill cemetery.

Anita Mal became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1998 because their video recording "Snakes and Ladders" became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Royal Charlotte was launched in 1789 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company. The ship was built by Thomas Pitcher and launched on November 2, 1789. Josiah Pryce was captain on two journeys to China. In 1795, the Admiralty of Britain purchased the Royal Charlotte and renamed it HMS Malabar. Thomas Parr was captain. The ship foundered in October 1976 while escorting a convoy in the North Atlantic. The crew was rescued by the merchant brig Martha.

The Malagash Salt Miners Union was one of the earliest unions formed in Nova Scotia. It was formed in 1937.

Rita Malik became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 1999 because their video recording “On Being Brown” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Doug Mallory is a recording artist known to have created sound recordings at Solar Audio in the 1990's.

Sunny Marche was born in Winnipeg in 1948, attended the Royal Military College, and completed his PhD at the London School of Economics at the age of 38 after a career path switch. When he arrived at Dalhousie, Dr. Marche quickly became a highly respected member of the Faculty of Management. An inspiring teacher, he was the inaugural winner of Dalhousie’s A. Gordon Archibald Award for Teaching Excellence, received three MBA Professor of the Year Awards (2002, 2003, 2005) and also won the Teaching Excellence Award in Management Education, the Faculty of Management’s top teaching award, in 2007. Marche also served as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies in 2011. He died in 2012.

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian inventor known as the father of long-distance radio transmission, and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Often credited as the inventor of radio, he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy. As an entrepreneur, businessman and founder of the The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in Britain in 1897, Marconi succeeded in making a commercial success of radio by innovating and building on the work of previous experimenters and physicists.

The ship "Marianne" departed on an expedition along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick situated on the Bay of Fundy, July 19, 1684 - September 14, 1684. The ship was accompanied at first by another ship, the "St. Louis." The owner of the boats, who also organized the expedition was M. Bergier. The crew consisted of Abraham Boudrot (or Goudrot - Captain), Guillame Guertin (pilot), Jean de Callais, Jean Lestidou, Jacque Petitpas Matelot, Julien Garson, and M. Challe.

Marine Workers Federation Local 1 is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and their office is in Bayers Lake. The local represents approximately 1,000 workers in the Halifax shipyards, plus they also represent the following units: office staff unit in the Halifax shipyards, the offshore services unit in Woodside, Dartmouth with approximately 250 of their members. Local 1 also represents 35 workers at Abco Industries in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia as well as approximately 80 workers at Maritime Steel in Dartmouth. Halifax Graving Dock Company was formed in England and capitalized with $1 million constructed Halifax Graving Dock, which officially opened on September 21, 1889. August 22, 1890 Halifax Graving Dock Company purchased the Chebucto Marine Railway Company Limited located in Dartmouth Cove. The Halifax Shipyards Limited was established in 1918, when a Montreal group purchased the Halifax Graving Dock Company facility, which had been destroyed in the 1917 Explosion. In 1920 the British Empire Steel Corporation acquired control of the shipyard's stock; it was subsequently purchased in 1930 by Dominion Coal and Steel Corporation (DOSCO). During the Second World War the shipyard built the first all Canadian destroyers and repaired more than 7,200 ships damaged in the battle of the Atlantic. Besides ship construction and repair, the shipyard also manufactured various wood and metal products for industry. In 1937 Local 1 had taken charter with the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) under Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America in Camden, New Jersey. In 1941 Local 1 changed over to Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL). In 1941 Local 1 signed first contract with DOSCO. In 1944 Local 1 went on strike and won dues check-off. In 1945 Local 1 became a part of the Maritime Marine Workers Federation. In 1958 A.V. Roe Canada (later Hawker Siddeley Canada) acquired a controlling interest in the shipyard. In 1961 Local 1 went on strike which lasted 9(11) weeks. Main reason was lack of willingness on the company’s side to negotiate. There was one offer “Take it or leave it”. Strike was resolved through the conciliator. From 1964-1968 the shipyard built numerous small ships. In 1968 the offshore oil construction business began, resulting in the shipyard's production of several SEDCO oil drilling rigs and a self-dynamically positioning SEDCO drill ship. In 1976 Local 1 went on strike for a wage increase to be parallel with Trenton Works also owned by Hawker Siddeley. Strike was resolved after 4(?) weeks trough the negotiations. In 1978 Hawker Siddeley was placed in receivership and a consortium, Halifax Industries Limited reached agreement with the Province of Nova Scotia to operate the shipyard. Modernization began in 1979, involving a $7.5 million mill upgrading and replacement program of yard infrastructure, and purchase of a floating dock to complement the existing graving dock. In 1983 a new Panamax floating dock was installed, capable of repairing the largest-sized ships on the eastern seaboard. By 1985 the shipyard had become bankrupt and was purchased by a group of Nova Scotians who renamed the company Halifax-Dartmouth Industries Limited. In 1994 the company was purchased by the Irving-owned Saint John Shipbuilding Limited and renamed Halifax Shipyard Limited. In 1996 at the special convention of MWF resolution is past for whole Federation to join Canadian Auto-Workers union. In 2004 Marine Workers Federation disbanded and Local 1 becomes chartered directly through CAW.

This series contains material for the Maritime College of Pharmacy. Pharmacy classes began September 1911 at the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacy. In 1917 the College became the Maritime College of Pharmacy, with pharmacists from the New Brunswick Pharmaceutical Society joining with pharmacists from the Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society in support of the College's operation. In 1950, the Prince Edward Island Pharmaceutical Association also became affiliated with the College and it became truly a Maritime College of Pharmacy. In 1961, the College was incorporated into Dalhousie University, Faculty of Health Professions, as the Dalhousie College of Pharmacy.

MSEL ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

Alison Markle is a video artist who produced works in the 1990s. Markle became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1990s because his audio recording “Memorandum” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Gary Markle is an Assistant Professor of Textiles/Fashion at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Markle was born in 1963 in British Columbia, but relocated to London, Ontario in the 1970s. His education includes a BFA from the Parson’s School of Design in New York City (1988), and a MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1995).

Phyllis Marsh Jarvis became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in the 1990s because their video recordings became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Jonathan Borden Marsh was born in 1841 in Economy, Nova Scotia to Jacob Marsh and Jennie McLellan. He spent his life at sea, ending up as a Master Mariner. In 1863 he married Christianna Munroe, with whom he had at least one child, William Campbell Marsh. He passed away in Economy in 1934 at the age of ninety-two.

William E. Marshall was born in 1859 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to James Noble Shannon and Adelaide Amelia Allison Marshall. He was educated at the County Academy and Mt. Allison Academy in Sackville, New Brunswick. In September 1876 he entered his father's law office and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He practised law in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, until he was appointed Registrar of Deeds for Lunenburg District in March 1898. Marshall was married in 1883 to Margaret Jane Bingay Campbell, with whom he had one son and one daughter. In January 1909 he published a poetry collection, A Book of Verse. Marshall died in 1923.

Catherine Martin became associated with the Centre for Art Tapes in 2009 because their video recording “The Spirit of Annie Mae” became a part of the centre’s tape collection.

Margaret Martin worked at the Halifax Memorial Library c. 1963.