Item consists of a signed agreement -- dated April 16, 1968 -- between the Dalhousie Board of Governors and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (via the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees the National Museum of Canada) regarding the loaning and preservation of Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada.
Item consists of an update and an announcement in response to the betrayal by the President's office of the agreement made during April 13th movement, after the occupation of President Henry Hicks's office by members of the DNDY (Dalhousie New Democratic Youth) in protest against the Senate's adoption of the George Report, which contained procedures for the appointment of presidents, vice-presidents, deans, and associate deans.
Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Henry Hicks and several other stakeholders between 1964 and 1968, regarding the potential loaning of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada. Includes correspondence between President Hicks and L.B. Macpherson, Eric Mercer, A.W.F. Banfield, Waldemar Fries, Sylvia Fullerton, John E. McInerny, R.A. Cluney, T.A. Russell, J. Lynton Martin, Elisabeth A. Christian, D.H. McNeill, K.E. von Maltzhan, and W. Earl Godfrey.
Item consists of a facsimile draft of an agreement -- dated March 25, 1968 -- between the Dalhousie Board of Governors and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (via the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees the National Museum of Canada) regarding the loaning and preservation of Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada.
Item consists of a statement released by Dalhousie New Democratic Youth (DNDY) about 75 students taking control of President Henry Hicks's office in response to the desire to table the George Report (on university government structure) until September 1970, "so that all interested members of the university community could express their views".
Item consists of a brief released by the Dalhousie Student Union early on April 13, 1970, outlining the Dalhousie New Democratic Youth (DNDY) position on the powers and responsibilities of the Dalhousie Campus Police, released on the afternoon prior to a sit-in o President Henry Hicks's office undertaken by 75 Dalhousie students later that evening.
Item is a copy of The Alumni News (Volume 20, Number 1, published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article by Prof. W.A. MacKay about the law school and an announcement about Henry Hicks' appointment as Dalhousie's new president.
