Archives Catalogue

Final report to Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. on vegetation and soil survey :[ draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 5
File
1991

File contains the draft manuscript report compiled by Freedman and others for the consultancy firm Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. File also contains a large folding facsimile map and annotated tables of flora from sites on McNabs Island.

Foraging behavior and prey selection by ospreys in coastal habitats in Nova Scotia, Canada : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 1
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Erick P. Greene and Anne E. Greene, in "Biology and management of Bald eagles and Osprey", edited by D.M. Bird. File also contains the draft manuscript "Information transfer at Osprey colonies, and associated works by Mr Greene.

Forest biomass and nutrient studies in central Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 6
File
1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with P.N. Duinker, H. Barclay, R. Morash, and U. Prager, for ENFOR (Energy from the Forest) and Environment Canada. The manuscript is written in five parts, contained in four volumes: 1. "Biomass and nutrient standing crop equations for ten tree species in central Nova Scotia"; 2. "Standing crops of biomass and nutrients in a variety of forest stands in central Nova Scotia"; 3. "Ambient bulk deposition, throughfall and stemflow in a variety of forest stands"; 4. "Biomass and nutrients in ground vegetation, forest floor, soils, and litterfall in a variety of forest stands"; and 5. "Summary report: Effects of potential nutrient removals with intensively harvested biomass on continued site productivity". File also contains data sets, transparencies, relevant tables, editorial board reports, and negatives of tables.

Forest floor dynamics in a chronosequence of hardwood stands in central Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 1
File
1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and E.S. Wallace, for the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, volume 16. File also includes correspondence and reviewer comments.

Forestry management practices and populations of breeding birds in a hardwood forest in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 11
File
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with C. Beauchamp, I.A. McLaren, and S.I. Tingley, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 95, number 3. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Herbicide use: the ecological impacts : [draft manuscripts, correspondence and newspaper clipping]

MS-2-789, Box 2, Folder 12
File
1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscripts, correspondence and newspaper clipping relating to the article Herbicide Use: The Ecological Impacts.

Humanity overwhelms ecosystems : [draft manuscripts, correspondence and newspaper clipping]

MS-2-789, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains drafts manuscripts, correspondence and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Humanity overwhelms ecosystems, published in the Chronicle Herald Saturday, April 7, 1990 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

Hunting, trapping in N.S. require sustainable limits : [draft manuscripts and other material]

MS-2-789, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscripts, drafts manuscripts, correspondence, data sets and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Hunting, Trapping in N.S. Require Sustainable Limits, published in the Chronicle Herald Saturday, November 11, 1989 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

Hydrogeochemistry and biophysical status of the Pine Marten Brook Study Area, Kejimkujik National Park : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 4, Folder 6
File
1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript of the report Hydrogeochemistry and Biophysical Status of the Pine Marten Brok Study Area, Kejimkujik National Park. Report published by Environment Canada, Water Resources Directorate Atlantic Region Monitoring and Evaluation Branch.

Influence of water quality on aquatic macrophytes and macroinvertebrates of lakes in the greater Kejimkujik area : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 3, Folder 5
File
[199-?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscript of the article Influence of Water Quality on Aquatic Macrophytes and Macroinvertebrates of Lakes in the Greater Kejimkujik Area.

Initial impacts of silvicultural herbicide spraying on the vegetation of regenerating cleracuts in central Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 2
File
[1985]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscripts of the paper written by Freedman, R. Morash, and C. Stewart, and includes data sets and correspondence.

Inventory of ecological values on Lawlor Island, Halifax County : [manuscripts and other material] ; Inventory of ecological values on George's Island, Halifax County : [manuscripts and other material]

MS-2-789, Box 6, Folder 2
File
1996

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, notes and data sets relating to the report Inventory of Ecological Values on Lawlor Island, Halifax County, and the report Inventory of Ecological Values on George's Island, Halifax County. Reports prepared for Parks Canada.

Inventory of ecological values on McNab's Island, Halifax County : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 1
File
1996

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript compiled by Freedman and others in the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, prepared for Parks Canada.

Ion mass balances and seasonal fluxes from four acidic brown water streams in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1985-1987

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of the article written by Freedman, correspondence about requested revisions, data sets and figures.

Journal and newspaper articles relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folders 2-3
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains facsimiles of newspaper articles relating to the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Otto Wettstein's draft report "On breeding Tetropium fuscum" (for Public Works and Government Services Canada), S. Balazy's draft "The fungus Cephalosporium (Acrostalagmus) lecanii Zimm. as a pathogen of beetle larvae", L.M. Hanks's "Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles", Zenon Capecki's "The occurrence of Tetropium Kirby (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) and their parasites in Poland", J. Sweeney, L. Humble, and E. Allen's "Assessment of the Bruks chipper for phytosanitary production of chips free of live Tetropium spp. and other insects", Christopher Majka and Jan Klimaszewski's "Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species", and other Brown spruce longhorn beetle reports and articles.

Lead and zinc contamination of roadside soil and vegetation in Halifax, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 7
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32. File also includes two hand-drawn charts and correspondence.

Macrophyte communities in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 8
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains twp draft manuscripts (one typed and one handwritten with many revisions) by Freedman and Colin C. Stewart, for the Kejimkujuk Calibrated Catchments Program, the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Report of the Proceedings, November 18, 1981, edited by J. Kerekes, June 1982, sponsored by Atlantic Region LRTAP Monitering and Effects Working Group. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings. Manuscript covers Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, and Kejimkujik lakes.

Major macrophyte communities and limiting factors for three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 5
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and Colin Stewart, for the Kejimkujik Calibrated Catchments Program workshop proceedings on the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 26, 1983, edited by J. Kerekes. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings, as well as other drafts.

McNab's Island Christmas bird counts

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 4
File
1995-2012

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains handwritten and typed research notes compiled by Freedman and others, documenting bird counts at McNab's Island, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, between the years 1995 and 2012. File also contains correspondence.

Metro needs an integrated parks system : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 2, Folder 11
File
[198-?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscript of the article Metro Needs an Integrated Parks System.

Mine-boggling decision : Nova Scotia's government said no to development, to save an endangered plant : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 10
File
1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman for Nature Canada, Spring 1992. File also contains drafts, correspondence, and colour photographs of the endangered plant.

Nature as a theme in Canadian literature : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 1, Folder 1
File
2005

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript and correspondence relating to the article Nature as a Theme in Canadian Literature.

Need clear to protect tropical ecosystems : [draft manuscripts, correspondence and newspaper clipping]

MS-2-789, Box 2, Folder 13
File
1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscripts, correspondence and newspaper clipping relating to the article Herbicide Use: The Ecological Impacts.

Notes and transparencies relating to a lecture on radioactive wastes

MS-2-789, Box 9, Folder 1
File
[19--?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains notes and transparencies relating to a lecture on radioactive wastes, prepared for the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University.

Notes on property exploration for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust

MS-2-789, Box 19, Folder 4
File
2012

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains notes written by Bill Freedman in 2012 while undertaking property explorations for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Notes contain a brief survey of each location and potential financial costs involved, for locations at Middle and Outer Pleasant Harbour, Gerard Island, Hemeon's Head, Bougles Isle (?), Pugwash, and a site at Tusket.

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 8
File
[1995]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains handwritten notes regarding biomass equations, and applying the equations to house redesign in Halifax.

Observations of foliar contamination caused by an accidental ash emission from the Tufts Cove generating station July 4, 1990 : [manuscripts and other material]

MS-2-789, Box 5, Folder 7
File
1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript, draft manuscripts, correspondence, handwritten notes, maps, data sets relating to the report Observations of Foliar Contamination Caused by an Accidental Ash Emission From the Tufts Cove Generating Startion July 4, 1990, and a newspaper article about Freedman from the Chronicle Herald July 24.

Observations of plant damage and foliar contamination possibly linked to an accidental emission of acidic particulates from the Tufts Cove generating station : [manuscript, correspondence and data sets]

MS-2-789, Box 5, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript, correspondence and data sets relating to the report Observations of Plant Damange and Foliar Contamination Possibly Linked to an Accidental Emission of Acidic Particulates from the Tufts Cove Generating Station.

Off the beaten path : [draft manuscripts and other material]

MS-2-789, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence and a newspaper clipping relating to the article Off the Beaten Path, published in the Chronicle Herald on Saturday, November 25, 1989 as part of the column Environmentally Speaking, a weekly contribution from the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University.

Other studies on Point Pleasant Park and the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1995-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.

Overview of the environmental impacts of forestry, with particular reference to the Atlantic Provinces : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 9
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of the report written by Freedman, by the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies under a contract from Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, and Fisheries and Oceans Canands [I.R.E.S. Research Report 82-02]. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Patterns and importance of dissolved organic carbon in four acidic brownwater streams in Nova Scotia, Canada

MS_2-789, Box 19, Folder 8
File
1985-1987

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains a copy of the manuscript written by Freedman, with T.A. Clair, for Environment Canada, as well as correspondence, data, and funding information. Written and presented for the Muskoka Brownwater proceedings.

Patterns of water chemistry among twenty-seven oligotrophic lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [manuscripts, draft manuscripts and reviewer comments]

MS-2-789, Box 4, Folder 21
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts and reviewer comments relating to the article Patterns of Water Chemistry Among Twenty-seven Oligotrophic Lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.

Patterns of water chemistry of four drainage basins in central Nova Scotia : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 19, Folder 7
File
1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with C. Stewart and U. Prager for the Inland Waters Directorate, studying the watersheds of Rogers Book, Whiteburn Brook, Moose Pit Brook, and Mersey River.

Photographs of endangered flora and persistent coastal litter at Bon Portage Island, Baccaro and Swaine's Road bogs, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 22
File
1991

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 25 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near Barrington, Nova Scotia, in 1991. Photographs show litter on the coast of Bon Portage Island, as well as vegetation (primarily the rare, insectivorous Drosera filiformis) at Baccaro bog and Swaine's Road bog. Photographs show the endangered plants that would be threatened should a peat-mining operation be opened in the area.

Photographs of family and holidays

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 11
File
1986-1998

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 42 photographs largely taken by Bill Freedman between 1986 and 1998. Photographs show family outings in Halifax (including the Public Gardens) in 1986, and with family at home during the winter holidays in late-1998 and early-1999.

Photographs of forest regrowth in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 2
File
2003

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contain 58 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in 2003. Photographs show aerial surveys of the forests, understory, and invertebrate species of the Tobeatic Wilderness Area in southwestern Nova Scotia as well as the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia in general.

Photographs of forestry, biomass, hydrology, and clear-cutting scenes

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 17
File
1980-1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 215 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at a variety of locations, including Aylesford Lake, NS, and Halifax County, between 1980 and 1995. Photographs show experimental and conventional clear-cutting examples at Aylesford Lake, Nova Scotia; advanced regeneration after a burn near Herring Cove, Nova Scotia; views of Pebbleloggitch Lake, Kejimkujik National Park; different rates of growth of trees of different ages; felling, bucking and sorting of Acer saccharum, and examples of throughfall and stemflow. Also includes examples of herbicide efforts.

Photographs of Gaff Point, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 18
File
2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 45 photographs taken by Bill Freedman on a hiking trip along the Gaff Point trail in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, in 2001. Photographs show trees in the area, as well as coastal scenes.

Photographs of glyphosate and rhodamine spraying and recovery at Antrim, Riverside, and Little River Lake, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 21
File
1983-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 108 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at three sites in Nova Scotia between 1983 and 1990. Photographs show glyphosate herbicide spraying at Antrim, Halifax County, the "Riverside" site (possibly along the Shubenacadie River, Hants County), and Little RIver Lake, Kings County.

Photographs of glyphosate spraying at Brier Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 8
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 40 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Brier Island, Digby County, Nova Scotia, in 1984. Photographs show glyphosate herbicide spraying of forests by helicopter. There are also several photographs of researchers at Northern Light.

Photographs of leaf damage cause by accidental emission of acidic particulates from the Tufts Cove generating station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 28 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near the Tufts Cove Generating Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in August 1989. Photographs show damage to vegetation (Red oak, pumpkin, cucumber, and tomato) potentially caused by the accidental emission of acidic particulates from the generating station.

Photographs of recovery from Spruce budworm in Cape Breton Highlands National Park

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 24
File
1983-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 59 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1983 and 1990. Photographs show the aftermath of an infestation of Spruce budworm, efforts at salvage cuts to halt its spread, stored pulpwood, and enlarged photos of the beetle.

Photographs of the Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8
File
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 6 photographs taken by Roger Belanger (and collected by Bill Freedman), likely in 1970. Photographs show clean-up efforts after the oil spill after the SS Arrow ran aground during a gale, in Chedabucto Bay, February 4, 1970.

Photographs of the destruction caused at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the Brown Spruce longhorn beetle

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 13
File
2000

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 68 photographs taken largely by Bill Freedman (but also by Sweeney) at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2000. Photographs show aerial and up-close examples of the destruction wrought on the urban park by the invasive Brown spruce longhorn beetle, believed to arrive in the city via the nearby port.

Photographs of the flora, fauna, and buildings on Sable Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 77 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, over several visits between 1981 and 1982. Photographs show vegetation, brackish ponds, aerial surveys, wild horses, as well as some of the researchers. File also includes 3 transparencies.

Photographs of urban scenes in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 19
File
1973-2002

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 116 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver between 1973 and 2002 (though predominantly between 1999 and 2002). Photographs show urban streetscapes and buildings in Toronto, Stanley Park in Vancouver, the Public Gardens and Busker festival in Halifax, as well as Mahone Bay and Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.

Photographs of vegetation in barrens and bogs of Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 16, Folder 6
File
1989-2002

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 22 photographs taken by Bill Freedman between 1989 and 2001. Photographs show vegetation at the Murchyville bog (near Moose River, Nova Scotia), a Christmas tree lot in Lunenburg County, the barrens at Polly Cove (Halifax County), and examples of the endangered Geum peckii on Brier Island (Digby County).

Photographs of whale watching at Brier Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 20
File
1990-2003

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 59 photographs taken by Bill Freedman on the waters off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, during three visits from 1990 to 2003. Photographs show humpback whales surfacing and breaching near whale-watching boats.

Physical and chemical characteristics of three acidic oligotrophic lakes and their watersheds in Kejmkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [manuscripts, draft manuscripts and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts and correspondence relating to the article Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Three Acidic Oligotrophic Lakes and Their Watersheds in Kejmkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.

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