File contains photographs of John Ready (items 75-77) and Warwick Kimmins (items 75, 77). - "John Ready and Prof. Warwick Kimmins check the root-stock activity of the bean plant in the growth chnmber. The roots are immersed in the piping where nutrient solution is continuously flushed through." John Ready, Honours Biology student.
File contains photographs of Dr. R. J. Miller. - "Build a better crab trap. That's what Dr. R. J. Miller of the Newfoundland Biological Station of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in St. John's was attempting to do when he utilized the pool tank of the Aquatron Laboratory last spring.".
File is a textbook entitled “Land plants : a survey” by Gary Hicks. The textbook was published in 1997 for Biology 3220B, a course offered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The textbook was designed by Rick Janson and includes original text and botanical drawings by Gary Hicks. Textbook contains the course syllabus, lecture and lab schedule, and fifteen chapters on land plants. The chapters include information on different divisions and classes of plants, including clubmosses, spikemosses, horsetails, ferns, and seeds.
File is a lab manual written by Gary Hicks in 1994 for the course Biology 3220B at Dalhousie University. Manual contains a lab schedule and quiz dates, a list of lab materials, and a policy on missed labs. Manual contains labs on mosses, club mosses, horsetails, whisk ferns, and ferns. Each lab includes an introduction, background reading, related terms, exercises, and original sketches by Gary Hicks.
File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures for his Biology 3050A class. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as lecture outlines.
File contains transparencies for Introduction to Ecology course taught by Ransom Myers. File also contains photocopy of annotated folder from which the records were removed.
File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures for his Biology 1000 class. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as lecture outlines.
File is loosely organized into two sections: Nova Scotia beaver and Norway beaver. Both sections contain correspondence to and from government officials, biologists, academics, and industry consultants regarding research for and publication of Alexander Leighton's study on beaver mental characteristics. The Norway section also contains excerpts from Norwegian newspapers. There is also a set of handwritten notes titled "Outline for study of the Beaver: D. Cross & A.H. Leighton."
File contains documents relating to Hall's lecture titled Balfour, Garstang, and de Beer: The first century of Evolutionary Embryology. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as figures.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "B". These include John de Bavay of the University of New England, Marion Blute of the University of Toronto, Bill Beresford, Christopher Barnes of the University of Victoria, Walter Bock at Columbia University, and more.
File contains documents relating to awards received by Hall from 2009 - 2010. Materials include awards, invitations, and letters of congratulations. The awards Hall received during this time include the Killam Prize and the induction into the Discovery Centre's Science Hall of Fame. Materials also include one invitation from the University of Calgary received at a later date.
File contains correspondence regarding Hall's writing on atavisms, including for his manuscript "Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Atavisms". The materials also include handwritten notes and file cards.
File contains documents relating to Hall's appointments for adjunct professor and visiting distinguished professor at Arizona State University in the Center for Biology and Society. Materials include correspondence and offer letters including job details.
Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee, Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). The Arctic Ocean Diversity project was designed to catalogue animal species and microbes found in the Arctic region—on, in and under the sea ice, in deep basins and along the continental shelves. The project was led by American scientists Bodil Bluhm, Rolf Gradinger and Russ Hopcroft, who sought to document the northward extensions of ranges of Arctic fish and invertebrates.
File contains documents relating to the APICS Young Scientists Award, won by Hall in 1974. Materials include correspondence regarding Hall's win, as well as information about and invitations to future ceremonies.
Series contains: 21st Annual Cameron Conference for Biology and Marine Biology Honours Students, February 10, 2007; 23rd Annual Cameron Conference for Biology and Marine Biology Honours Students, February 14, 2009; 24th Annual Cameron Conference for Biology and Marine Biology Honours Students February 13, 2010; and 26th Annual Cameron Conference for Biology and Marine Biology Honours Students, February 11, 2012.
