Archives Catalogue

Critica prounouncing dictionary and expository of the English language .... / by John Walker

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H2
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a volume published in Dublin in 1794.

Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital brochure

MS-13-2, SF Box 56, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1919]

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

File contains a brochure with a brief history of the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital, a nominal role of its staff, transcriptions of letters and lists of staff transferred in and out of the hospital.

Description of a planetarium, or astronomical machine : which exhibits the most remarkable phaenomena, motions, and revolutions of the universe

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H1
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a volume published in London in 1791.

Deuxième impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 11
Item
1838-1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first edition of Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu pour le Piano Forte, Op. 36, published in 1840 by Breitkopf & Hartel.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Excerpts of comments received from participants in RomCoR

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 7, Item 6
Item
September 18, 1978

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is identified as "annex 1" and contains comments on the Rome meeting from Thor Heyerdah, Alexander King, Sam Nilsson, Dan Tolkowsky, Victor Urquidi, and John Alexander-Sinclair.

Exiled : a Serbian lament : [manuscript vocal score]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 8
Item
August 1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in C Major entitled "Exiled: A Serbian Lament." A separate author for the lyrics is not indicated, so they are likely also written by Archibald.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Guidelines for the future (draft)

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
17 September 1977

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a draft statement from Aurelio Peccei.

Impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 8
Item
1837

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first-edition publication of Chopin's first Impromptu, published by Maurice Schlesinger in Paris, a subsidiary company to A.M. Schlesinger of Berlin. The composition was dedicated to Caroline de Lobau.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Ireland Drogheda journal, vol. 4th, 1780

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B6
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 1-24, 1780.

Ireland journal, 1780, vol. 9th, Cork, Kilkenny, Dublin

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B11
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from September 10 - December 31, 1780.

Ireland journal, Belfast, vol. 1st, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B3
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 18 - August 19, 1779.

Ireland journal, Dublin and Cork, vol. 8

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B10
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from June 2 - September 6, 1780.

Ireland journal, vol. 2, Belfast, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B5
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from September 6 -14, 1779.

Ireland journal, vol. 3, Belfast - Lisburn and Newry, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B4
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 20 - December 20, 1779.

Ireland journal, vol. #5, Drogheda and Dublin, 1780

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B7
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 25 - March 25, 1780.

Ireland journal, vol. 6th, Dublin, 1780

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B8
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from March 26 - April 24, 1780.

Ireland, Dublin, 1780, vol. 7

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B9
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from April 25 - June 1, 1780.

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Thomas H. Raddall's typed research notes (with handwritten annotations) related to Irish emigration to Queens County, likely compiled in the early-1950s.

James Dinwiddie's notebook

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder F1
Item
1774 - 1841

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal containing lists of materials, expenses and books, and well as miscellaneous notes and diary entries, including copies made by W.J. Proudfoot in 1841 of earlier pencilled notes by Dinwiddie, and a loose letter from Mr Ashton requesting the loan of a book.

Journal kept by Dinwiddie in Paris

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B12
Item
1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie possibly during a stay in Paris, containing a few dated entries from September 1787 as well as lists, queries and observations.

Journal, 1807, Edinburgh, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B74
Item
1807 - 1808

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 10, 1807 - February 12, 1808.

Journal, 1808, 13th Feb'y, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B75
Item
1808

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from February 13 - August 15, 1808, in which he records events in London, Dumfries and Edinburgh.

Journal, 1808, 16 August, Edinburgh

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B76
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 16, 1808 - January 10, 1809.

Journal, 1809, 11th January, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B77
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 11 - June 17, 1809.

Journal, 1809, 18th June, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B78
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from June 18 - December 31, 1809.

Journal, 1810, 1st Jan'y, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B79
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 1 - June 31, 1810.

Journal, 1810, 1st July, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B80
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 1 - November 21, 1810.

Journal, 1810, 22 November, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B81
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from November 22, 1810 - May 22, 1811.

Journal, 1811, 23rd May, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B82
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from May 23 - September 21, 1811.

Journal, 1836

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 11
Item
1836

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is the beginning of W.J. Proudfoot's journal of the first part of his journey to America, with entries from June 1-6, 1836, in which he describes his days in Liverpool waiting for the Corinthian to sail.

Journal, 23 September 1811, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B83
Item
1811 - 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by Dinwiddie from September 23, 1811 to January 17, 1812, during which time he lived in London. The first page is inscribed "land log book as formerly," and the entries are dominated by details about the weather.

Le Club de Rome a-t-il changé? / Jean Claude Lamberti

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 7, Item 7
Item
1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is an article published in the July-September 1984 issue of France Forum.

Letter from Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
August 5, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter from Princess Alice concerning a concert that Ellen Ballon gave, including pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Letter from Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
June 4, 1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Edvard Grieg

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 5
Item
February 10, 1902

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a letter from Edvard Grieg to an unidentifed person. Grieg wrote the letter at his Troldhaugen residence in Bergen Norway on February 10, 1902. It reads: "Dear Sir! Permit me, in bad English, to thank you for your songs & for your essay on my musical work. Both has [sic] given me much pleasure. I also congratulate you to your reputation in America as teacher and composer and beg you kindly to receive from me and my wife our best compliments. Yours faithfully, Edvard Grieg."

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Edward Deorient

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 1
Item
January 28, 1834

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Professor Hildebrand

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 2
Item
April 18, 1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Franz Liszt

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
November 21, 1842

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter written by Franz Liszt to an unidentified person, addressing the publication of some of his songs by Schott, and his cousin, Mlle. Liszt.

Letter from Gunter Pauli to Elisabeth Borgese requesting that she write the environment report for the Aurelio Peccei Tagung

MS-2-744, Box 19, Folder 36
Item
April 3, 1985

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a letter regarding the October 1985 meeting in Salzburg.

Letter from Gustav Mahler

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 4
Item
September 24, 1899

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Mahler, Gustav

Letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
July 26, 1947

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a handwritten letter from Heitor and Arminda Villa-Lobos to Ellen Ballon written on July 26, 1947. The letter details Villa-Lobos itinerary on a European tour and comments on Ballon's performances of Villa-Lobos' compositions. Item is accompanied by the stamped air mail envelope in which Ballon received the letter. One French postage stamp is affixed to the envelope.

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Letter from James Proudfoot to Dr. Dinwiddie

MS-2-726, Box 1, Folder 33
Item
May 7, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a letter from James Proudfoot to James Dinwiddie regarding procuring furnishings for his rooms at Cambridge.

Letter from Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
November 1, 1898

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from K. Wheare, Rector, Exeter College, Oxford

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 43
Item
3 May 1961

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter thanking Justice MacDonald for sharing a copy of his lectures on legislative power and the Supreme Court in the fifties.

Letter from Mary Goldie, private secretary to Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
September 21, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter from Mary Goldie, Princess Alice's private secretary, asking Ellen Ballon to forward an enclosed letter to Frank Cyril James in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Letter from Maurice Ravel

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 27, Item 6
Item
December 13, 1921

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ravel, Maurice

Letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to Ralph Kane

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
December 13, 1916

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The letter was sent from La Havre, France, on December 13, 1916, while Tupper was serving overseas.

Tupper, A. Fraser, Sgt.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.