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Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) File
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Alex Colville : a retrospective

File consists of records related to an exhibition entitled "Alex Colville : A Retrospective," organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and curated by David Burnett. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from April 17 to May 27, 1984.

Records are divided into 17 folders (Titles transcribed from original folder labels.):
Folder 1 - School tours
Folder 2 - Petro Canada (funding application and correspondence)
Folder 3 - Guest book
Folder 4 - Schedule of events
Folder 5 - Volunteers, April 1984
Folder 6 - Colville Correspondence
Folder 7 - Film (Colville documentary film invitation and tour)
Folder 8 - AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) correspondence
Folder 9 - Staff schedules
Folder 10 - Publicity (clippings, news releases, and promotional materials created by AGO)
Folder 11 - Norcen (Energy Resources Limited. correspondence re. supplementary funding)
Folder 12 - General correspondence (with other galleries and schools)
Folder 13 - List of works in exhibition
Folder 14 - Invitation list
Folder 15 - Financial documents
Folder 16 - Visual materials (including ca. 80 slides, exhibition leaflets and invitations)
Folder 17 - Photographs (ca. 60 prints, 8 film strips and contact sheets)

Ben Shahn : photograhs

File consists of records relating to the exhibition Ben Shahn photographs, organized by the Art Gallery of the University of Southern Maine and circulated by the New England Foundation for the Arts. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from August 23 - September 30, 1984

Records consist mainly of correspondence, condition reports, loan agreement form, insurance files, a publicity draft and a exhibition leaflet.

Gustav Mahler

File consists of records relating to the Gustav Mahler exhibition, organized and circulated by the Austrian Embassy in Ottawa. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from March 12 to April 15, 1984.

Records consist mainly of correspondence with the Austrian Embassy and Confederation Centre of the Arts. The file also contains biographical flyers.

Promotional materials for poetry readings

File contains two undated promotional leaflets (likely from the late 1930s or early 1940s, promoting Kenneth Leslie poetry readings and discussions. The earliest of the two leaflets, on off-white paper, is entitled "Kenneth Leslie / Poetry Readings -- Discussions / Mr. Leslie / Reads His Own Poetry / Discusses Contemporary Poetry / Helps you Develop Your Poetry" and contains a small portrait of a youthful Leslie wearing a fedora. It contains testimonials from Charles G.D. Roberts, Robert Norwood, and Lawrence H. Conrad on the verso. The second leaflet, printed on yellow paper, also undated, but after 1938, is entitled "Kenneth Leslie : Singer-Composer / Poet", contains a portrait of Leslie to the upper left corner, with a short bibliography (ending in "By Stubborn Stars". The front contains words promoting Leslie's talent from 'Voices', 'London Times', Sir Charles Roberts, 'N.Y. Herald Tribune', 'Halifax Chronicle', Reverend Sister Maura, 'Charlottetown Guardian', and Shaemas O'Sheel, while the verso has further testimonials under the heading "What they say of Kenneth Leslie's poetry...." with the sub-headings "In London, England", "In Toronto", "In New York", and "In Charlottetown".

Selection from the permanent collection: Early Impressions of Nova Scotia

File contains two exhibition single-fold brochures for Permanent Collection 82-8, Early Impressions of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Landscapes in the Permanent Collection, held at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from June 24 to September 5, 1982. Aslo includes Journal of Education article (incomplete) written by Alex S. Mowat (February 1952) about the earliest drawing of the city of Halifax around 1750.