File contains correspondence with various individuals. Correspondents include Najeeb Al Nuimi (Legal Advisor to the Crown Prince on Qatar), which discuss Pacem in Maribus XXI, and the Secretary-General's consultations on the Law of the Sea, and attached is a paper by Mann Borgese: "Making the Convention 'Universally Accepatble';" Lennox Ballah of the Institute of Marine Affairs (attached is a copy of the Nonpaper); W. Balzan (personal assistant to Guido De Marco); Paul Berenger, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mauritius; Martin Blakeway (who wrote to the Prince of Tonga about raitification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea); United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, which advocate turing the Preparatory Commission into an Interim Authority, in light of the "boat paper; and Salvino Busuttil on Malta's failure to announce ratification of the convention.
File includes correspondence relating to ICOD audits, comments about course descriptions, and information about scholarships to the summer programme, as well as correspondence with the University of Newfoundland, Dalhousie, and the Office of the Minister of External Relations and the Canadian International Development Agency. Correspondents include Carol Amaratunga; Kim N.I. Bell; Linda Brown; Trevor Chandler; Aldo Chircop; Garry Comber; and Gilles Dery. File contains a CV that has not been digitized.
File contains a memo is from the Federal Republic of Germany, Singapore, Nepal, and Zambia to Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, the Chairman of the Second Committee of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III) on the concept of an economic zone. The file also contains handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File includes correspondence to/from: M.E. Arie (UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), S. Andersen (UNDP - United Nations Development Programme), and M.O. Adio (Delegation of Nigeria, UNCLOS - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).
File contains correspondence with American Bibliographical Center (ABC) - Clio Press, George Abi Saab, and A.A. Archer. Topics of discussion includes edits to a paper written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and royalty reports. File also includes royalty statements.
File contains a project proposal prepared by the International Ocean Institute (IOI) for participants in the Twelfth (12th) Session of the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean.
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the July 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 2), dated May 29th, 1857, discussing life as a medical student in London.
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 3), dated July 2nd, 1857, discussing orthopaedic surgery studies.
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the January 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 8), dated November 25th, 1857, discussing clinical teaching methods in medical education.
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the February 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 9), dated January 4, 1858, discussing qualifications for McGill medical students interested in pursuing the Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) (L.R.C.S.E.).
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the March 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 10), dated February 1st, 1858, discussing treatment of an otherwise healthy young man who is "[an] almost unique [case of being] deficient of a sternum".
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 11), dated March, 1858, discussing the differences between medical schools in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh.
File contains three issues of the International Ocean Institute (IOI)'s newsletter "Across the Oceans." Includes the following issues: volume 1, issue 1 (January 1982); volume 1, issue 2 (July 1982); and volume 2, issues 1, 2 (January, July 1983).
File contains an "IOI Report," from Pacem in Maribus (PIM) V. The report discusses recent PIM conferences, and projects of interest to the International Ocean Institute (IOI).
Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.
File contains an appendix to an unknown document. The appendix is titled "Soviet answer to the question: What must be done to ensure that the achievements of science are put to work in the economy without delay and on a broad scale?"
Item is a diary kept by Arthur H. Whitman that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid.
File contains two copies of an op-ed article written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for the Christian Science Monitor (one is an edited (abbreviated) version).The articles deal with the forthcoming Seventh Session of the Law of the Sea Conference.
Item is a photocopy of an unpublished typed manuscript, containing the following hand-printed text on the extant front page, beneath the table of contents: "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF / HERBERT LESLIE STEWART / MA (Oxon), PhD, FRSC, FRSA / FIRST DRAFT / – INCOMPLETE and UNPOLISHED / at the time of his death in 1953."
File includes correspondence and agreements with publishers and magazines. Correspondents include Basic Books; Duke University Press; Future; GEO magazine; Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (regarding Borgese's "Mediterranean Project").
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Alfredo Boucher, A. Bos, Nancy Barron, Robert Ballard, and Jeffrey Barton ("San Diego Law Review").
File contains background materials used at mettings of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) with the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, and with the UN (United Nations) University for Peace on the development of a Virtual University for the Ocean. The package includes a "Proposal for the Establishment of the IOI Virtual University" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, along with letters of support for the venture, syllabi, and other reports and summaries.
File contains a background paper written by the International Ocean Institute (IOI). The physical file includes a 3.5 inch diskette with a Word Perfect 5.1 version of the file. Also included is a letter from Krishan Saigal explaining the contents of the disk.
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on June 24 - 25, 1991. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, statements, reports, and by-laws. Topics discussed include: ICOD Forum seeking sustainable development of the Oceans, selection of candidates for the position of President, Presentation by Mr. Jioji Kotobalavu, president's report, report of the executive committee, report of the audit and evaluation committee, financial report, four (4) project proposals, corporate plan and policy issues, election of committee members, and revisions of ICOD by-laws. File also contains a fax to "The Group of Fifteen" from the International Ocean Institute (IOI) on the implementation and ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for ICOD Board of Directors meeting held on April 17-18, 1986. Supporting documentation includes memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, correspondence, discussion notes, and background material. Topics discussed include salary scales, appointment of international directors, by-laws for the executive committee, signing authority, ICOD scholarship programme, World Maritime University (WMU) training modules, travel insurance, the president's report, the administrative and financial report, an ICOD brochure and commentary, international directors, the advisory committee to ICOD, and nine project proposals
File contains meeting minutes and agenda for Board of Directors meeting held on October 15 - 16, 1986. File includes supporting documentation, such as: memos, financial documents, project proposals and summaries, reports, correspondence, briefing paper, Auditor's report and financial statements, and paper on the origins of ICOD. Topics discussed include: by-laws for the executive committee, signing authority, international directors, west coast representation, evaluation of WMU Training module, staffing, Indian ocean training programme, format for project summaries, Report of executive committee, Canadian directors, report of secretary-treasurer, president's report, corporate plan issues, eleven (11) project proposals, and The World of Ocean Management. File has had duplicate letters removed from digital copy.
File contains a copy of the presentation "Interregional and Cooperative Activities Division Operations Plan," as well as supporting documents, correspondence, and memos.
File contains documents pertaining to Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Includes the Boat Paper, which was a controversial paper, to which the nonpaper (which the International Ocean Institute (IOI) was involved in writing) was a response. File also includes a report from the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.
Item is a signed and sealed bond dated 1760 from the Earl of Halifax (George Montagu-Dunk) to James Wooley for securing an annuity of £100 during the life of the Earl of Halifax.
File contains an informational and promotional brochure for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). Includes reproductions of children's drawings of the ocean. Brochure also contains background information (in French) on the Commission and it's membership, and on the second plenary session to be held in Rio de Janerio (July 1996).
File contains correspondence. Correspondents include Dr. T. Eitel, Member of Parliament Charles Caccia (includes a press release from his office), Richard C. Caruana (on ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), The Right Honourable Joe Clark (Secretary of State for External Affairs), Harlan Cleveland (on the boat paper, and the reasons it must be resisted), law professor Thomas A. Clingan, Professor Umberto Columbo, Guido De Marco (Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs), Indonesian Ambassador Hasjim Djalal (on the non-paper, and the need to establish a sea-bed mining authority immediately), and Akiko Domoto. Also includes a draft paper by the Group of 77 ("Agreement on the Establishment of an Interim Regime from the Coming into Force of the Convention to the Time when Commerical Seabed Mining Becomes Economically and Ecologically Feasible").
File contains correspondence with Paolo Fulci, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, on Elisabeth Mann Borgese's proposal to establish a United Nations Ocean Assembly. File also contains correspondence with Canadian Member of Parliament Charles Caccia, on the "Halifax Declaration" reached at Pacem in Marbius (PIM) XXVI.
File contains correspondence with Alex Comfort, V. Dedijer, Da Capo Press Inc., Encyclopedia of the Sea, Rita Ettl, Fayard Editions, Peter Fricke, FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Donald Gledhill, and Jay Goldburg Cousteau Society.
File contains correspondence with the Commission of the European Communities, Rallph Collier, Consumers Union of US Inc., Centre d'Architecture de la Mer, Jerrgen Claus, Mae Cullin, Rafael Castello-Valdis, Ray Canterbury, Jonathan Charney, CBS, Nigel Calder (on "The Blue Revolution"), Michelle Canterella, and "Conjunctions."
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and the following individuals: Sanjay Chaturvedi; Richard V. Carter; Dr. Hans Corell; Lucien Chabason (on the Regional Seas Programme); Krista Singleton-Cambage; Peter Cramer (concerning Thomas Mann); Pietro Carrigliol; Kevin Coady (concerning the death of one of Mann Borgese's dogs); Christopher Corkett (critiquing one of Mann Borgese's talks); Aldo Chircop; Dr. Edward Carr; Senator Alan Cranston; Christo and Jean Claude (outgoing only, includes prints of various art installations); Liara Covert; Winifred Caponigri; Rideau Hall; Pluto Press; Senator Alan Cranston; Ignacio Perez Caldentey; Fernando Henrique Cardoso (President of Brazil); Sergio D. Claure; Dr. Maria della Costa; Richard V. Carter; Erksine Childers; Professor Jonathan Charney; Judge Maurice Caruana Curran (Chancellor of University of Malta); Arthur H. Campeau; H. Reuben Cohen (Chancellor of Dalhousie); Elisabeth Cyran; Hon. David Coore; Ana Luisa Cortez; Frederick Clairmonte; Ingvar Carlsson (Prime Minister of Sweden); and others. Also includes copies of the following papers: "The Training Programme of the International Ocean Institute" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese; "Professionalization of the Field of Marine Affairs" by Aldo Chircop; "NATO's War of Aggression Against Yugoslavia: An Overview by Michel Chessudovsky. Some correspondence may be personal.
File contains a copy of a brochure written after the Caracas meeting of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and discussing the upcoming Geneva meeting. Includes "A New Strategy" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
Item is a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart. The card was printed by the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital while it was stationed in France. The card is printed in gold and black ink and features the Dalhousie crest.
File contains material (including memo, meeting agenda and minutes, reports, and background material) relating to the June 8, 1988 combination Executive/Audit Committee meeting. Topics discussed were audits, financial statements, and project proposals.
File contains an intervention (statement) by Arvid Pardo in the main committee to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction.