File contains letters and cards from students at St. Theresa's School (St. John's, Newfoundland), correspondence with illustrator Brenda Clark, and correspondence and copies of photographs from Budge Wilson's visit to Donagh School (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island).
Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".
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.
Item is a letter written by Thomas McCulloch to certify that James Baxter attended Latin classes at the seminary in Truro during the past three sessions. The letter was written at Dalhousie College, Halifax, on March 3, 1864.
Item is a typed copy of a letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch concerning students, likely Cunard's sons, John, Henry and Thomas, which Cunard sent to McCulloch in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended senior Greek and Latin classes during the 1862-1863 session. The letter was written in Halifax on December 18, 1863.
Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended a senior Latin class during the 1860-1861 session. The letter was written in Truro.
Item is a letter written by Prof. James Ross to certify that James Baxter attended a chemistry class at the Presbyterian College. The letter was written in Truro, Nova Scotia on April 12, 1862.
Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.
Item is a letter sent to an unidentified person (possibly Arthur Stanley MacKenzie) by James Baxter. The letter was written in Chatham on November 2, 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to photographs of early Dalhousie professors and students sent along with the letter and names the people in the photographs.
Series contains materials regarding Brian Hall's lectures and class notes. Written materials include handwritten and typed notes, lecture outlines, annotated articles, crib sheets for tests, and overhead slides with figures.
File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on late 19th century biology for Biology 3040 with John Farley. Materials include typed and handwritten notes.
Item is an interview transcript from Katherine McLaren's MEd thesis, The proper education for all classes: compulsory schooling and reform in Nova Scotia, 1890-1930.
File contains a photograph of a young boy, "Anton H.," playing the piano, helped by his teacher, Josef Hoffman. The photograph was taken in 1930 by Albert Peterson.
Fonds consists of information and material relating to courses taught by Hennigar-Shuh and his involvement at Dalhousie University, as well as correspondence, personal writings, and magazine articles relating to his life and work.
Fonds contains records created and collected by Jerome Barkow in the course of his research and teaching at Dalhousie University. Records types include course materials in anthropology, biology and sociology; university and departmental records, including meeting minutes, correspondence and reports; editorial correspondence and manuscript drafts of published papers; lecture and presentation manuscripts and slides.
This fonds consists of records that document the administrative and operational activities of IBEW Local 625. As the union which represents inside electrical workers across mainland Nova Scotia, Local 625 engages in a variety of activities which are represented in this fonds; these include employer negotiation, grievance administration, dues remittance, pension fund administration, labour advocacy, workers' training and education, strike coordination, recreational events, and membership advocacy. The records in this fonds were created by the union's office staff, business managers, executive board, elected officials, Board of Trustees, membership, and business associates.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 625 (Halifax).
File contains a computer printout dataset of frequency distribution comparison between Jane Murphy's and Alex Inkeles' data. Also includes copies of several of Inkeles' published articles: "The fate of personal adjustment in the process of modernization," "The OM scale: a comparative socio-psychological measure of individual modernity," "Some social psychological effects and noneffects of literacy in a new nation," "The modernization of man," and "Making men modern: on the causes and consequences of individual change in six developing countries."
File contains notes, charts, and datasets tracking the occupations and education levels of the husbands of female study respondents. File also includes correspondence between researchers and Aro Hospital regarding education and migration statistics.
File contains charts, calculations, datasets, and graphs tracking education and age. File also includes notes on the relationship between education level and mental health.
Fonds comprises an early teaching contract (1878), handwritten notes on Nova Scotia high school curriculum revisions, and a published pamphlet of opinions on proposed provincial curriculum reform (ca. 1906).