File contains correspondence about the establishment of an International Ocean Institute (IOI) operating centre in Qatar. File includes a memo titled "Question of the Establishment of an International Ocean Institute Operational Centre in Qatar." Some of the material refers to the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
File contains correspondence with, and documents sent to the International Ocean Institute's Board of Governors. Includes meeting agendas and minutes; a programme of IOI activities for 1992; interim report on IOI activities; a report from CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency); IOI statutes; reports from the IOI's Executive Director; IOI's articles of incorporation; CVs of potential Board members; lists of Board members; and a position paper by Mann Borgese ("Ocean Governance and the Social Summit"). Many of the topics of correspondence include funding, board membership, and board meetings.
File contains a piece of correspondence to Elisabeth Mann Borgese from the Malta Oceanographic Commission. Includes a copy of a newspaper article about Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XV.
File contains correspondence with the Administration personnel, concerning participation in an International Ocean Institute (IOI) training course, and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project. File also includes a brochure (for the International Year of the Oceans), background information, and a project proposal.
File contains correspondence with various employees of the Ocean Resources Management Programme (including Hugh Williamson). Includes a copy of "Report of a Consultancy on a Proposal to Establish a Regional Programme of Courses in Ocean Resource Management" by Caroline "Fox" Vanderbilt.
File contains correspondence with the Saudi-Sudanese Red Sea Joint Commission, concerning the International Ocean Institute (IOI)’s nomination for the Tyler Prize, and a special IOI programme for Arab nations.
File contains correspondence with and documents from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Correspondence concerns training programmes, Pacem in Maribus convocation, ratifications of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), and a nomination for the 1998 King Baudouin Prize. Includes Elisabeth Mann Borgese's notes for an International Ocean Institute (IOI) presentation at an UNCTAD meeting in Geneva, September 21, 1987; IOI's application for status with UNCTAD; a brochure; reports (mainly from UNCTAD committees); an activity brief for an IOI course ("Management and Conservation of Marine Resources"); notices; and meeting agenda.
File contains an application form from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) section of the United Nations (UN) regarding International Ocean Institute (IOI) being granted consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and information regarding UN NGO criteria.
File contains correspondence, largely concerning International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects, such as the “Ocean Yearbook,” and Pacem in Maribus (PIM). Also includes “UNITAR Activities Relating to Ocean Problems.”
File contains a letter with the United States Consul in Halifax regarding Elisabeth Mann Borgese's adoption of Canadian citizenship, and a letter with the Department of State, sent with a CV, and articles by Mann Borgese.
File contains correspondence with Sherman of the Liberian Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy. Some correspondence concerns Pacem in Maribus (PIM), PrepCom (the Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority), and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). File includes a copy of a magazine interview with Sherman.
File contains correspondence with several Canadian governmental departments. Includes correspondence with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), concerning funding for International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects (Pacem in Maribus (PIM) conferences, and training programmes), and the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) project. The Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, concerning ocean mining. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, concerning an Open-University series of books and films on the ocean. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Pierre Elliott Trudeau regarding the common heritage principle, disarmament, and an IOI training programme. Also includes correspondence to the PMO and Trudeau from third parties (former Member of Parliament Andrew Brewin, with a document entitled “Canadian Foreign Policy in the 1980s”), Gilbert Winham, and Gordon E. Beanlands. Also includes correspondence with Scotiabank, regarding funding.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and various government officials. Includes correspondence regarding a Canadian visit of Italian author Alberto Moravia, a performance of Franco Mannino’s “Ocean Concert” in Rotterdam during Pacem in Maribus (PIM), and the training programme.
File contains a form letter, listing publications relating to Pacem in Maribus (PIM), as well as publications by Mann Borgese, and Arvid Pardo, which was sent to a number of libraries. Also contains a mailing list of libraries.
File contains correspondence with government and university representatives regarding the Training Programme and the establishment of marine technology centres.
File contains correspondence with Dr. Pravdić, of the Rudjer Bošković Institute in Croatia. Topics of discussion include personal matters, Pacem in Maribus (PIM), the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), training programmes and the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD).
File contains correspondence with Maltese lawyer and politician Victor Ragonesi, some of which concerns the establishment of a Mediterranean Centre for Research and Development in Marine Industrial Technology. Includes a copy of a letter from Maltese Prime Minister Edward Fenech Adami to the Secretary General of the United Nations on the concept.
File contains correspondence regarding International Ocean Institute (IOI) participation in a conference on Caribbean and Gulf Development and Impact on Marine Environment.
File contains correspondence with various World Economic Forum (WEF) officials, much of which concerns "Trustees 21." Other topics of conversation include the Club of Rome, and Pacem in Maribus. The file also includes a copy of the WEF's mission statement.
File contains correspondence with various ambassadors, and students from Yugoslavia. Correspondence concerns the political situation Yugoslavia, Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s appointment as Honourary Consul for the Yugoslavian Consulate in Halifax, some personal correspondence, and related two articles on Yugoslavia. Also includes correspondence with between the Yugoslavian ambassadors and several Nova Scotian politicians (John Savage and John Buchanan).
File contains correspondence with Joe Clark (then Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs). Topics include an invitation to attend Pacem in Maribus (PIM) XVI, and encouraging Canadian ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III), and how it would impact recent events (Arcitc disputes, the Gulf War, etc.).
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese, or the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and Rodrigues. Topics of discussion include jobs and references, a Spanish translation of Mann Borgese's "Chairworm and Supershark" (includes a draft), Pacem in Maribus (PIM) convocation, discussion of translations of "Ocean Yearbook" and other documents, IOI training courses. Includes Rodrigues' CV, and "Some Preliminary Thoughts About IOI-Columbia."
File contains correspondence to Jean L. Ripert, the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, which was sent along with a covering letter to Ranaswamy Mani. The correspondence provides a description of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and its projects.
File contains correspondence with Rideau Hall, concerning the Order of Canada, and the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada. Includes correspondence with Rideau Hall staff and Governor General Jeanne Sauvé (informing Mann Borgese of the Order of Canada award), letters of congratulations from Tom Hockin, Alan R. Abraham, Fred Crickard, and Innis Christie, letters of support for other Order of Canada nominees, and correspondence concerning the 125th Anniversary Medal. The file also includes a programme from the November 8, 1988 investiture of the Order of Canada (Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a recipient), a booklet listing Order of Canada members, and a certificate received by Borgese on receipt of the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada in 1992.
File contains correspondence with Otsuka, an employee of Intercom Inc. Correspondence concerns funding, the creation of an International Ocean Institute (IOI) operating centre in Japan, development of a film on the oceans, and Elisabeth Mann Borgese's honourary degree from Yokohama City University. Includes, a concept paper on IOI activities for 1998-2003 (to be submitted to the Nippon Foundation), and "Project Outline for a Contribution of the Non-governmental Sector to the Process of Updating and Upgrading the UNEP Initiated Regional Seas Programme" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File contains correspondence regarding the publication of a series of books (two are mentioned by name “Mediterranean Marine Environment and the Development of the Region,” and “Development of the Caribbean”) for the International Ocean Institute (IOI). Correspondents include Tom Stacey and Ossian Goulding.
Item consists of correspondence sent by Florence Murray to Rev. C.M. Lloyd of The Mission to Lepers, dated September 1964, regarding visits to Mission leprosy colonies in Ho Hei Won and a government leprosarium in Chunju.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent by Fred Wigmore, editor of the Dalhousie Yearbook, to Carleton Stanley discussing the theme of the 1932 Dalhousie Yearbook of "Pilgrim's Progress".
Item consists of two letters sent to Garry Conway from Ron Savage regarding a newspaper advertisement of an Eye Level Gallery show of Newfoundland artwork.
Item is a letter from Dalhousie Alumni Secretary, Helen Balcom, to Bertha Oxner at the University of Saskatchewan regarding the latter's written query about the history of early women graduates of Dalhousie University. Her letter makes reference to recently made lists, which are likely those listed elsewhere in this file (UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Items 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9). Bertha Oxner's letter of response is also included.
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 correspondence between Jessie I. Lawson (of the Educational Review) and Carleton Stanley about Stanley's attendance at the New Brunswick Teachers' Association meeting in Fredericton in June 1932.
File contains letters sent from John Northrup and Sons to Joseph O'Brien. John Northrup and Sons was a merchant based in Halifax, Nova Scotia during the nineteenth century. The company sold flour, fish, groceries, liquors, dry goods, and other materials. The correspondence pertains to business matters of various vessels, including the barques "Janet" and "Lucknow."
File contains correspondence with Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Chairman and Director of Petro-Canada. File also contains a postcard announcing Strong's candidacy for a seat in the Canadian Parliament in the 1979 election.
File contains a series of letters between Arthur Gale and Alexander Leighton regarding his film "Porpoise Oil." The correspondence includes an announcement of its inclusion as an Honorable Mention by Movie Makers staff in the selection of the Ten Best Non-theatrical Films of 1937, as well as letters about an article Gale commissioned from Leighton about the making of his film. There is also correspondence from 1941 with James Moore at The Amateur Cinema League regarding Alexander Leighton's possible submission of his film about Navajo life, "Work for your Own," for a contest in the Special Class.
File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and with various government departments and Nova Scotia politicians (both federal and provincial), including Alexa McDonough, Robert Chisholm, George Moody, and Peter Stoffer. Topics of discussion include the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS), Bill C-27 on highly migratory fish stocks, and invitations to various events. File also includes a discussion paper prepared by Stoffer on fisheries.
Item consists of correspondence sent from D.H.N. Johnson to Ronald St. John Macdonald, consisting of Johnson's responses to Macdonald's questionnaire about the teaching of international law in post-secondary environments.
Item consists of correspondence sent between 1990 and 1999 between Ronald St. John Macdonald, Myres S. McDougal, H. Peter Stern, W.M. Reisman, Anthony Kronman, Sheryl DeFilippo, Rosalyn Higgins, and Andrea McDowell.
Item consists of correspondence between Eye Level Gallery and the Dalhousie University Present, W. Andrew MacKay regarding the proposed closure of the Dalhousie Art Gallery. Michael Fernandes wrote a letter to the Dalhousie President stating the vital role the art gallery has in the "cultural health of this area" and that cutbacks to the gallery's budget "will undoubtedly set a disturbing precedent with discouraging and far-reaching effects on many people; artists and viewers alike." Fernandes' letter was accompanied with four pages of signatures who protested the idea of negative changes to the Dalhousie Art Gallery. MacKay responded acknowledging the concerns, but also states that Dalhousie is facing "severe financial problems, and we are reviewing the whole range of services and programmes other than strictly academic programmes".
