A brief description of the four seasons
- MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder G2
- Item
- [ca. 1793]
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Item is a manuscript in which Dinwiddie describes changes in weather and flora and fauna between seasons.
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A preliminary survey of the natural history of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia
- MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 54
- Item
- November 1966
Part of Barbara Hinds fonds
Item is a booklet titled "A Preliminary Survey of the Natural History of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia." The survey was prepared by the staff of the Nova Scotia Museum with the cooperation of the Nova Scotia Bird Society, the Dalhousie Biology Club, and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation. The survey outlines the geology, vegetation, and animal life on McNab's Island, with accompanying maps of the island. The booklet contains some handwritten notes.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 7
- Item
- April 16, 1968
Part of President’s Office fonds
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.
- MS-2-186, Box 16, Folder 1
- File
- 2000-2001
Part of Susan Sherwin fonds
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 2
- Item
- 1916
Part of President’s Office fonds
Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President A. Stanley MacKenzie, Dr Leonard Sanford, C.J. Burchell, and Henry Fairfield Osborn, regarding Dalhousie's holding of extinct Labrador duck specimens in the Thomas McCulloch Museum.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 3
- Item
- 1933, 1943
Part of President’s Office fonds
Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Carleton Stanley's office, as well as Robie Tufts and Burlingham Schurr, regarding Dalhousie's holding of two Labrador duck specimens at the Thomas McCulloch Museum.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 4
- Item
- 1964-1968
Part of President’s Office fonds
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.
Correspondence with Natural Heritage/Natural History Incorporated, and other materials
- MS-2-646, Box 9, Folder 24
- File
- 1992-1998
Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 6
- Item
- March 25, 1968
Part of President’s Office fonds
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.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 5
- Item
- February 29, 1968
Part of President’s Office fonds
Item consists of a facsimile draft of an agreement -- dated February 29, 1968 -- between the Dalhousie Board of Governors and Her Majesty the Queen (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.
- MS-2-159
- Fonds
- 1854-1895
Fonds contains off-prints of Lawson's papers (1854-1894), a handwritten catalogue of Lawson's library, handwritten botanical observations (1891), a published program of a course of botany lectures, published testimonials (1874), and an obituary (1895).
Lawson, George
- 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.
- Series
- 1776-1813
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Series contains notebooks kept by James Dinwiddie in which he made notes and observations about topics in natural philosophy and politics, recorded meteorological and chronological observations, catalogued his books, and wrote about his and others' experiments.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 1
- Item
- 1887
Part of President’s Office fonds
Item consists of a handwritten Memorandum of Agreement between the Reverend William McCulloch of Truro, Doctor of Divinity, of the one part, and The Board of Governors of Dalhousie College and University, of the other part, October 1st, 1887, as well as a typed transcription of the handwritten document. The Agreement outlines Dr McCulloch's aiding in establishing a natural history museum at Dalhousie College in the name of Thomas McCulloch.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8
- File
- 1887-1968
Part of President’s Office fonds
File contains correspondence and contracts related to the loaning of Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada.
- Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C19
- File
- [ca. 1793]
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 focus on natural history.
Natural History and Natural Philosophy
- Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C49
- File
- June 1, 1807
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie on June 1, 1807 focus on natural history and natural philosophy. Dinwiddie begins the notes by discussing man's superiority to other animals and goes on to discuss planetary motion.
Natural History, No. 2,3; Chemistry, No. 1-4; Metallurgy, No. 1-3
- Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C20
- File
- [ca. 1793]
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 focus on natural history, chemistry, and metallurgy. He mentions several topics including agriculture, physical properties of water, and mineralogy.
Newsletters for the Underwater Archaeology Society of Nova Scotia
- MS-3-18, Box 35, Folder 19
- File
- 1981 - 1982
Part of Robert Doyle fonds
Folder consists of information on the UASNS's Terence Bay excavation project in newsletter issues 81-02 and 82-01 and the report "The Terence Bay Wreck: a project of the Underwater Archaeology Society of Nova Scotia. It also contains information on the "Tribute" project concerning locating the remains of the frigate la Tribute.
- UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 8
- Item
- 1968
Part of President’s Office fonds
Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.
Publicity and readers' correspondence regarding Sahara: A Natural History
- MS-2-825, Box 1, Folder 7
- File
- 2004 - 2007
Part of Marq de Villiers fonds
Queries and hints, vol. 3 new series or 21st old / J. Dinwiddie, LLD
- MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D17
- Item
- 1797
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Item is volume 3 of the "new series" (or volume 21 of the "old series") of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 171-471 and was written in Calcutta.
Reviews and press releases for Sahara: A Natural History
- MS-2-825, Box 1, Folder 6
- File
- 2002 - 2203
Part of Marq de Villiers fonds
File includes correspondence from MacClelland & Stewart reporting on the publicity campaign.
- MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E10
- Item
- April 21, 1810 - May 26, 1811
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures at the Royal Institution (April 21, 1810 - May 26, 1811). Dinwiddie notes that he did not attend the first two lectures.
- Fonds
- 2018-2020
Fonds contains a selection of documents, drawings, material samples, and images collected by D'Arcy Wilson and Lisa Bouraly during a two-year research project focused on Thomas McCulloch and Andrew Downs. The fonds is part of an exhibition, the "Impossible Museum," curated by Lisa Bouraly and featuring works by D'Arcy Wilson and Amy Malbeuf. The exhibition is presented by Eyelevel Gallery in the Thomas McCulloch Museum in the Dalhousie University Life Sciences Centre from March 5 to April 30, 2020.
Material includes a selection of texts and notes tracing Bouraly's research while preparing the exhibition. These documents were selected by Wilson from Bouraly's collection. Fonds also includes an encapsulated drawing of Thomas McCulloch, material swatches linked to one of the works in the exhibition, scraps and drawings left over from a collage, photographs of works in progress, a copy of the exhibition essay, and other material related to the exhibition. Fonds also includes photocopies of several nineteenth century texts reviewed by Bouraly during her research.
The file box includes a pair of white gloves and a list of materials in the box.
Wilson, D'Arcy
- MS-2-41
- Fonds
- 1824-1865
Fonds consists of Thomas McCulloch Jr.'s correspondence with various persons and organizations, manuscripts, and documents from McCulloch's visit(s) to France.
McCulloch, Thomas, Jr.
- MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D14
- Item
- 1792-1793
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Item is volume 16 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2252-2360 and subject headings including navigation and natural history.
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- MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D15
- Item
- 1793
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Item is volume 17 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2361-2455 and was created when Dinwiddie was in China.
![Vol. 18 [Queries and Hints]](/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/8/8/3/88375944bca5f96f76c99aa56387289f13067f4615fa15810fdf80ffd97aee67/MS-2-726_14_D16_142.jpg)
- MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D16
- Item
- 1794
Part of James Dinwiddie fonds
Item is volume 18 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2457-2508 and was created when Dinwiddie was in China.