Fonds consists of records relating to Renton's personal life as well as his acting and teaching careers. The personal papers include files on specific actors, athletics, clippings and publications, festivals and workshops, financial records, Portus Theatre Productions (the production company he founded), school-related theatrical education materials, committee work, unions, associations, and a variety of other subjects. Correspondence includes letters to, from, and about Renton and are primarily theatre-related. The scripts were accumulated by Renton throughout his career as an actor, director, and producer. The fonds also includes photographs and slides of numerous theatrical productions.
Series contains programs, advertisements, and reviews for concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers, sometimes in collaboration with other musicians and ensembles.
File contains records related to Panto at the OK Corral, by Jim Sperinck, directed by Angela Butler with musical direction by Bunny Shore, and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between November 27-December 13, 2014. Records include a program and small poster.
Item is a program for Order in the House, by Nicholas Jupp, a staged reading directed by Jocelyn LeBlanc and stage managed by Katie Allen. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between June September 28-30, 2017.
Item is a watercolour, pastel, and pencil sketch of a costume and set design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of The Possibilities. The sketch is for a scene (probably scene 2 or 11), "Only Some Can Take the Strain." The sketch shows one figure with a feathered cap and clear visor, another male figure pulling a cart, and a third female figure with spiky hair.
Item is a program for a piano recital held in 2010 by Bunny Shore (music director for many TAG pantomimes) as a thanksgiving for a return to health after a serious illness. Donations were used to purchase a keyboard for Pond Playhouse.
File contain records related to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Michele Gaudet. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from February 18-March 7, 2009. Records include a producer's report; program; and newspaper review.
File includes records related to Office Hours by Norm Foster, directed by Bill VanGorder and produced by Ann Miller. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from April 26-May 12, 2007. Records include a program; two newspaper reviews; photographs of the cast and crew; and a DVD video recording.
Series contains records related to Novacon, a science fiction convention that took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Record types include programs, pamphlets and registration forms.
File contains programs for the 1978 and 1979 Nova Scotia Theatre Festival, in which Theatre Arts Guild entered with The Homecoming, by Harold Pinter, and Vanities, by Jack Heifner.
File contains planning materials for the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's Big Gay Wedding Anniversary Gala Dinner, held on September 24th, 2005. Materials include one event program, one list of silent auction donors, one business cards for silent auction donors, correspondence regarding event planning, ticket invoices, and notes.
The fonds contains copies of programs for operas performed or hosted by the Nova Scotia Opera Association, as well as draft copies of those programs. It also contains business correspondence, annual reports and its notice of incorporation.
File contains three pages of notes about costume designs for Dalhousie Theatre's 1990 production of Shakespeare's Women. The notes are written on lined notebook paper. There are several small triangular fabric swatches taped to the notes. The notes are taped inside the cover of a pad of paper which contains all of Doyle's costume sketches from the production.
File contains records related to Noel and Gertie, by Sheridan Morley, with the words and music of Noel Coward, directed and produced by the Gratwick Partnership. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from October 7-23, 1999. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; a small poster; and four photographs of the cast.
File includes records related to two one-act plays by Harold Pinter, directed by Rebecca Humphreys and Eric Rountree. The plays were performed at Pond Playhouse from June 21-July 7, 2007. Records include a program; reviews; and a montage of images from the productions.
Fonds consists of records that document every aspect of Neptune Theatre as an organization, including various textual records and graphic and audio-visual material pertaining to productions, events, personnel, and the administration of the Theatre. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and newsletters, financial records, box office records, applications, licenses, contracts, scripts, posters, newspaper clippings, production notes, programs, press kits, videocassettes, audiocassettes, negatives, contact sheets, slides, photographs, and other materials.
File contains records related to Mrs. Walford: A Month in Halsey Street, by Brenda Tyedmers, directed by Cheryl Theriault and produced by Geraldine McDonald. The play was performed from October 21-23, 2021 at Pond Playhouse and was the Theatre Arts Guild's first in-person post-COVID production. Records include a producer's report; program; press release; small poster; photographs by Josh Law; and a recording of the play on a USB flash drive.
File contains programs for Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests held In Halifax and Moncton between 2001-2005. File includes one copy of the 2001 contest program, three copies of the 2002 contest program, two copies of the 2003 contest program, three copies of the 2004 contest program, and three copies of the 2005 contest program.
File contains seven programs from Mr. & Mrs. Atlantic Canada Leather from 2001-2005. File also contains one poster for MACLeather 2005. See PB Box 3, Folder 28 for related photographs.
File contains three program inserts from the Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] 2006 contest, held in 2005. Inserts wish luck to the contestants, and contain business information for Radical Leathers, a leather goods business that operated out of the Radical Concepts store in Dartmouth until 2009.
Series consists of several sub-series and contains financial records, meeting minutes, sponsorship documents, bylaws, posters, programs, ephemera, promotional material, and contest notes from Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather].
File consists of records for the 1993-1994 concert season of the Halifax Camerata Singers, including proposed programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings about performances, member lists, the Camerata newsletter, financial statements, reports, and minutes of Board meetings.
File contains a program for a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia, the Halifax Camerata Singers and the Cantabile Singers of Truro, conducted by Georg Tintner with Jeff Joudrey as the choral director. The file also contains a newspaper clipping of a review of the concert.
File contains administrative records relating to the operations of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include invitation and program from the wedding of Norma Christine Cameron and Margot Whynot on February 17, 2001; meeting minutes and agendas dated 2010-2011; financial report and budgets dated 2010-2011; correspondence dated 2011; and 1 copy Board of Directors Training Manual for Churches Under 75.
File contains programs and itineraries for the Order of Nova Scotia, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Mount Saint Vincent University convocation ceremonies.
Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of The Good Woman of Setzuan (also known as The Good Person of Setzuan). The sketch is a diagram showing how the mask for Mr. Lin To, a carpenter, is constructed.
Fonds consists of Marjorie Stone's records illustrating her professional involvement with the Dalhousie University English Department, Dalhousie University Graduate Faculty Review Committee, Dalhousie Women Faculty Organization, and the Women's Action Coalition of Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, meeting minutes and reports.
File contains records related to Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, written by Joel Gross and directed by Nick Jupp. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from June 25-July 5, 2009. Records include a program; newspaper review; and DVD video recording. File also contains a program for Theatre Arts Guild's annual variety night, held May 23, 2009.
File contains records related to Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, written by Constance Cox, based on a short story by Oscar Wilde, and directed by Phil Reid. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 24-May 10, 2008. Records include a program; newspaper reviews; DVD video recording; and a photograph of the cast and crew.
Collection contains duplicate materials from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in collection include posters; programs, flyers, and promotional materials; pamphlets and outreach materials; and wearable ephemera including buttons and pins, badges, medals, clothing, and other regalia. Materials in series relate to Halifax Pride and other pride celebrations, political demonstrations, Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] operations and events, Halifax Fetish Ball and Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather events, Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] meetings and operations, events held at Rumours bar, LGBT films, and other LGBT causes and events.
Series consists of Leslie E. Haley's materials regarding his involvement with the Science Council of Canada. Series includes meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and other textual records.
Series consists of Leslie E. Haley's materials regarding his involvement in the Gambia project, Dalhousie University's Gambia College Development Program. Series includes a financial statement, legal release forms, event programmes, correspondence, and other textual records.
Fonds consists of Leslie E. Haley's materials regarding his professional activities, researches, and involvement with the Science Council of Canada, the Gambia project, Nova Scotia Department of Education's Biology Task Force, and the Summer Science Institute. Fonds includes reports, correspondence, financial records, booklets, and other textual records.
File contains records related Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star, both written by James McLure, directed by Elaine Casey and Bill VanGorder and Renee Hartlieb. The plays were performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 23-July 9, 2011. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; newspaper review and two photographs.
File contains records related to A.R. Gurney's Later Life, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Hugh Vincent. The play was performed at Neptune Studio Theatre from June 9-13, 2004. Records include a program and three newspaper reviews.
Fonds consists of Peter O'Hearn's records regarding his professional activities and studies in criminal and family law. Record types include meeting minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, booklet, typescripts, and other textual records.
Fonds contains music manuscripts and published scores, photographs, and autograph letters written by well-known composers such as Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, and John Philip Sousa. Through his work as a music critic and journalist in Toronto and Halifax, Logan communicated with many prominent Canadian musicians in the early twentieth century. Many of the scores, photographs, and autographs included in this collection are a result of his contributions to music criticism. The music and theatre programs are frequently annotated with comments for reviews, and most of his correspondence with musicians and actors relates to his work as a music and theatre critic. Some of the scores were given to Logan as gifts from performers while others were sent to him for review or publication in newspapers. There are several manuscripts of songs by Edith Jessie Archibald, a prominent social activist and suffragist in Halifax. Letters sent to Logan also concern his poetic contributions, and there is a manuscript draft of one of his books, Preludes: Sonnets and other Verses (1906).
Series consists of Joan Orenstein's materials regarding her professional activities, including photographs, programs, flyers, postcards, correspondence and other materials. Fonds includes several photographs of Joan Orenstein acting in "Stone Angel," "La Sagouine," "William Schwenck and Arthur Who" or "Shades of G&S," "Wood Demon" and other productions.
