Item is a typed report written by Professor C.V. Douglas and N.R. Goodman from the Department of Geology at Dalhousie University based on field work carried out in 1940.
File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.
Item is a collection of transcribed sea chanties, as sung aboard vessels out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the 1870's, 1880's, and 1890's, and recalled in whole or part by William H. Smith, of Liverpool, N.S. (born 1867). The words were taken down and prepared in typescript by his son T. Brenton Smith, in the year 1940. Includes the following chanties: "The Loss of the Emma-Jane," "Lay Out, Tack Sheets and Haul," "Bound to Rio," "Blow the Man Down," "Old Hoss," "Screwing in Song," "Way Down in Tennessee," "The City of Baltimore," "Around the World and Home Again," "Old Mother Head's," "Sauer Kraut," "Arriving back at Liverpool," "The Mary," "Brigantine Scrocco," "The Big Five Gallon Jar," "Shiloh Brown," "Shanadore [Shenandoah]," "What You Going to do with a Drunken Sailor," "Goodbye, Fare Ye Well," "Say Old Man," "Harbour Grace," "Liverpool Packet," "Fire in the Foretop," "Sailor's Burial at Sea," "On the Banks of the Sacremento," "Rolling Home to Merry England," "Then Turn out You Jolly Tars," "Whiskey for my Johnnie," "The Banks of Newfoundland," "Hangman Johnnie," "On the Plains of Mexico," "We'll Pay Paddy Doyle for his Boots," "Isle of Fugi," "Old England's Gained the Day," and "Walking in de Middle of de Road." Includes annotations about the chanties, some of which are handwritten and by Thomas H. Raddall.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, delivered November 9, 1933, under the title "Change or Decay?" The speech discusses the notion of fundamental social ideas that are consistent across the country, the difficulties faced under parliamentary governments to ensure such consistency, and the problems inherent in the present economic system.
This speech later appeared in an amended form in the January 1934 number of the Dalhousie Review.
Item consists of a facsimile of a clipping (likely from the Chronicle Herald of February 22, 1967) titled "Centre Parking for Hospital Zone?" related to rezoning proposals around Dalhousie University.
Item consists of a copy of "Catalogue of the Cogswell Library", housed at the Halifax Medical College Building, and published by T.C. Allen & Co., Printers & Stationers, no earlier than 1901. Includes a list of titles held in the Cogswell Collection, as well subscribed journals.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's editorial submission to the Halifax Herald -- "but not published to date" -- dated October 13, 1933, discussing the most recent issue of the Dalhousie Review.
Item consists of a typescript copy of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley to the North British Society on November 30, 1931. Includes discussions related to free speech, independence, and personal security in Canada.
Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley about the creation of a new junior high school in Kentville, Nova Scotia, dated January 12, 1934, and submitted for inclusion in the January 25, 1934 issue of the Kentville Advertiser.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Mail, dated October 17, 1932, discussing the fire-resistant nature of the new Dalhousie gymnasium construction. Also includes discussions of facilities and club use.
Item consists of a typescript copy of an article submitted to the Halifax Herald by Carleton Stanley about Pictou County interests in Dalhousie scholarships. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a press release prepared by Carleton Stanley and submitted to the Halifax Herald and Halifax Chronicle on January 23, 1933, outlining the Carnegie Corporation's creation of a $125,000 endowment for Geology at Dalhousie, following up on several previous substantial monetary donations.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle, dated October 16, 1933, outlining the completion of the registration process at Dalhousie University for the 1933-34 session, and a rejection of the rumours of a substantial drop in student registration. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's short submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated September 22, 1933, welcoming incoming students to Dalhousie University.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated November 25, 1933, discussing the passing of Mr. W.H. Chase, one of Dalhousie's Board of Governors.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the October 7th, 1933 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette, outlining the creation of a new Book Club.
Item consists of an annotated typescript of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated November 29, 1932, praising students for their increased and sustained use of library facilities in response to forthcoming funding from the Carnegie Corporation. Also includes discussions around the use of the new gymnasium.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record, prepared in December 1933, discussing the importance of taking a "long-sighted view" of Cape Breton's economic future, rather than using "any temporary upturn in business conditions" as an indicator. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, dated December 20, 1933, addressing the perilous international political and economic situations after the cessation of payment of War Debts and the impending collapse of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Canada getting its economic house in order. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, prepared in December 1933. Item discusses the up-and-down economic welfare of the Maritime Provinces in the years since 1929, and the economic potential of the region's forest lands. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's greeting to incoming students, submitted to the 1933 Dalhousie Freshman Handbook, dated September 23, 1933. Item also contains related correspondence between the President's Office and Howard C. Oxley.
Item consists of a typescript copy of a short submission drafted by Carleton Stanley to the Dalhousie graduating class, submitted for the 1933 Dalhousie Year Book, dated February 28, 1933.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1932 Dalhousie Year Book, dated March 5, 1932, about graduation being "little more than a mile-post" on ever "Dalhousie Pilgrim's" journey.
Item consists of the text of a submission drafted by Carleton Stanley about the state of education in Nova Scotia, submitted to the Halifax Herald for their 1932 New Year Edition. Item also includes related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley discussing the "disgracefully large proportion of Halifax houses [that] may be called 'slum dwellings'" and the general poor state of "housing conditions in Halifax", stating that "Halifax [...] would seem to have had very little town planning" and condemning city contractors for their construction of subpar "so-called houses". The piece was submitted to Mr. Gaul of the Halifax Chronicle.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's 1933 Munro Day remarks, thanking the graduating class for the "thoughtfulness of [...] choosing a scholarship as the form of their gift to the University".
Item consists of a typescript of Carleton Stanley's remarks during a Carnegie Corporation Advisory Committee meeting at the Library Building on November 11, 1932, discussing the impact of changes to the number of obligatory subjects to be taken by undergraduate students.
Item consists of a typescript copy of a press release prepared by Carleton Stanley and submitted to "all newspapers in N.S., N.B., P.E.I., and Nfld.", outlining the awarding of two special scholarships in both the Classics and Mathematics disciplines, incoming male freshman students.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's short submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated, September 13, 1932, addressed to the incoming freshman class.
Item consists of two drafts of a short submission on the history of Dalhousie University, prepared by Carleton Stanley for submission to a Nova Scotia Bureau of Information booklet. Item includes related correspondence with A.J. Campbell.
Item consists of a short commentary written by Carleton Stanley in response to a $9,000 donation from the Carnegie Corporation to the Dalhousie Library in October 1932, "solely for the purchase of books and current periodicals for general undergraduate reading in liberal arts".
Item consists of a typescript of an article written by Carleton Stanley on November 30, 1932 about the benefactors to Dalhousie University; particularly, Dougald Macgillivray, who had recently donated a bust of George Ramsay, Ninth Earl of Dalhousie (created by Massey Rhind), for the lobby of the Macdonald Memorial Library Building. Item was submitted to the Halifax Herald and the Halifax Chronicle.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal, dated December 9, 1931, discussing the importance of the humanities in education. Item also includes related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald, about educational reform in Nova Scotia's public schools. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of an article submitted by Carleton Stanley for the New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, discussing the tumultuous economic situation in the years since the Treaty of Versailles. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript of an article submitted by Carleton Stanley for the Special Edition of the Sydney Post over the 1932 holidays, discussing Stanley's first six months as Dalhousie University President. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submission for the Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph Journal, dated December 6, 1932, discussing the rapid changes to Dalhousie's campus and culture in the years since the end of the First World War. Item also contains related correspondence.