Archives Catalogue

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 9
File
[1965?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and datasets tracking demographic, social, and psychiatric statistics from Yoruba and Stirling Country respondents. Also contains notes on and memos regarding HOS coding for studying the role of women. Includes analysis cards for Stirling and Yoruba social and psychiatric data and master lists for sample coordination.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (RIDIT calculations)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts comparing datasets and statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County. Also includes note on the 1961 to 1963 Nova Scotia re-survey sample and a memo regarding RIDITs for 1952 to 1962.

Uses of psychophysiological measures in cross-cultural psychiatric surveys / by Warren B. Miller

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 4
File
1962 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a draft of Warren Miller's study and several pages of related research notes. Also contains a memo regarding comments and proposed edits to the draft, and a letter to Miller from Laurel Hodgden regarding the study "Psychiatric disorder among the Yoruba."

The Seoul Declaration

MS-2-744, Box 29, Folder 9
File
1972 - 1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File also includes document about The Club of Rome Budapest conference in 1983; a list of the organization's maint meetings and dates; and a copy of "The Club of Rome: Agenda for the End of the Century," an unfinished manifesto by Aureli Aurelio Peccei.

The Indiana 101 simulator for psychiatric symptoms and social factors analysis

MS-13-86, Box 6, Folder 11
File
1964 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains documents relating to the attemped Indiana IBM 101 simulator project for analyzing psychiatric symptoms and social factors. Includes communications between Jane Murphy, Veronica Shaw, and Grafton Trout of the Indiana University International Development Centre. Also includes IBM simulator dataset printouts and notes and memoranda regarding data migration processes. The project was never used.

The Charter Project : implications for the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall Prosecution / Richard Apostle

MS-2-681, Box 18, Folder 9
File
1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a memorandum drafted to initiate discussion with the four project leaders regarding further analysis; notes and tables.

The Charter Project : implications for the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall Prosecution / Richard Apostle

MS-2-681, Box 19, Folder 1
File
1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Item includes a memorandum "drafted for the benefit of the four project leaders to initiate discussion of further analysis we can do with the Charter data"; 28 pages of Charter data; and a letter from Joe Fletcher containing a key to the data.

Strategic bombing surveys and morale questionnaires

MS-13-86, Box 98, Folder 13
File
1945

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains information and outlines for the morale division of the strategic bombing survey. Also includes speech scripts, lists of variables and hypotheses, survey result analysis, group interview proposals, memoranda, and schedules.

Stirling report #27 - Memorandum: range of researchable categories of conflict in Stirling county

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 14
File
1951

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a memorandum outlining sources of stress and conflict among respondents in Stirling County.

Speakers bureau materials

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 22, Folder 4
File
1987-1992

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains materials related to the activities of the AIDS Nova Scotia speakers bureau. Includes speakers bureau updates, agendas and minutes, internal reports, pamphlets, reference and training materials for speakers, memos, and correspondence.

Social and cultural aspects of fertility among the Yoruba women of Nigeria / by Grafton Trout

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1964 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research proposal, progress report/speech, and several drafts of Trout's study on Yoruba fertility. File also includes a memo regarding Trout's summary of reliability for the 1961 Cornell-Aro study and several copies of the summary.

Seminar in Technological Change, file 3

MS-13-86, Box 70, Folder 12
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos and lecture materials for the Seminar in Technological Change.

Seminar in Technological Change, file 2

MS-13-86, Box 70, Folder 11
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos and lecture materials for the Seminar in Technological Change.

Seminar in Technological Change, file 1

MS-13-86, Box 70, Folder 10
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos, minutes, and lecture materials for the Seminar in Technological Change.

Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution, volume 52

MS-2-681, Box 22, Folder 5
File
1971, 1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a court transcript of the testimony of William Urquhart; handwritten notes by Richard Apostle regarding the Sydney police witnesses; a memorandum by Richard Apostle summarizing the relevant information from testimony before the Commission about the Sydney Police Force in 1971; and a memo to Richard Apostle from John E.S. Briggs outlining a "roadmap" to the testimony of Sydney Police witnesses.

Reliability of data on literacy in Yoruba among men

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 9
File
1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a memo from Jane Murphy to Cornell staff regarding an analysis of the reliability of literacy data among male Yoruba study subjects and its effects on future analysis.

Reliability between psychiatric and social data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 9
File
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a summary of reliability tests made by comparing psychiatric and social data protocols of the Cornell-Aro study. Also includes a memo regarding Jane Murphy's study on literacy, sociocultural chance, and mental illness in rural Yorubans.

Records regarding CARAS survey of churches and faith groups

MS-15-9.2020-011, Box 36, Folder 24
File
1991 - 1992

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains materials regarding a CARAS survey of churches and religious groups to identify attitudes towards individuals with HIV/AIDS and faith groups' involvement with CARAS or other HIV/AIDS support programs. Materials include the survey report, correspondence, memos, minutes, and notes.

Radar reports, radar officers' address and gradation lists, travel accounts and memos

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 14
File
1944-1945

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Psychological evaluation abstracts for the role of women

MS-13-86, Box 6, Folder 5
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains evaluation abstracts for some female respondents. Respondents' answers to health and background questions are listed, followed by interviewers' comments. File also includes notes on randomizing questionnaires and evaluations, and a memorandum report of the summarizing process.

Psychiatric symptom patterns and disorders

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 15
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda on psychiatric statistics and analyses and a guidebook for symptom evaluation information card coding. File also includes notes on psychiatric findings.

Promotional process for the police forces of the Province of Nova Scotia

MS-2-681, Box 10, Folder 9
File
1986-1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File also includes memos to Sydney police officers; an agreement between the Board of Police Commissioners and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 758 (Police Department); newspaper clippings; a memorandum summarizing Richard Apostle's report on the Sydney Police Force, 1971; and research notes.

Project proposal, resource lists, event invitations, correspondence, and needs assessment results

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 24, Folder 9
File
1990-1992

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains one proposal submitted by MACAIDS to the Secretary of State, resource lists compiled by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS, memos and correspondence, press releases, event invitations, one copy of AIDS educators' meeting needs assessment results, and a schedule for the 4th annual AIDS Educator's Conference

Project memos, list of current porjects, meeting minutes and agendas

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 12
File
1977 - 1982

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes a December 1981 list of working papers, conference papers, research reports and publications of the Marginal Work World Research Program; a memorandum regarding computer usage and data storage; and research group meeting agendas, minutes and reports.

Police organization, training standards and practices in Nova Scotia : analytic statement, research design and budget / Richard Apostle

MS-2-681, Box 19, Folder 4
File
1987

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes related correspondence and memos regarding Richard Apostle's police study in connection with the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution; the Opening Statement by Chief Justice T. Alexander Hickman; policing and population data; a handwritten agenda for a meeting between Briggs, Clairmont and Stenning; and several page of notes and questions.

Outline of memos on Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 3
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains index of memos published on the Cornell-Aro study, listed by topic.

Organizational development materials

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 25, Folder 9
File
1990-1992

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contain materials documenting organizational development at AIDS Nova Scotia. Materials include evaluation criteria, evaluation workshop agendas and materials, and related memos and correspondence; current program summaries, goals, and objectives; strategic consultation background information, staff submissions, and summaries; one copy of the final edition of the Strategies for the 90s strategic plan; and funding application guidelines.

Occupation data for rural Yoruba sample

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 11
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and lists of Cornell-Aro study respondents' occupations. Also includes memoranda and notes on coding categories for occupational data and relevant ethnographic background information.

Notes on data sampling considerations in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1959 - 1960

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains guidelines and suggestions for selecting diverse and unbiased data samples and determining the value of data collected.

Nigerian photographic information

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 19
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a memo discussing the inventory, categories, and filing processes of photographs taken during the 1961 Cornell-Aro Nigerian study.

Nigerian movie

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 18
File
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Files contains documents relating to the film "Mental Health Research in Nigeria" that was filmed during the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Included are memos discussing the film's production and release, notes on filming scenes, a brochure for Cornell's program in social psychiatry, film production and narration notes, comments from researchers, and letters between researchers, librarians, and contacts in the Nigerian government. File also includes a publication called "African film bibliography 1965" by the Committee of Fine Arts and the Humanities of the African Studies Association.

National Institute of Mental Health

MS-13-86, Box 97, Folder 6
File
1965 - 1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains budget documents, memoranda, notes, and correspondence regarding grant applications to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Morphology Project follow-up

MS-2-681, Box 5, Folder 6
File
1981

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File includes Lars Osberg, "The Aims and Costs of a Follow-up Survey to the General Segmentation Survey or, The Costs and Benefits of Even More Data"; "Morphology Establishment Follow up"; handwritten notes; and a memorandum from Don Clairmont to members of the MWW Research Group with the subject line: "Follow-up Survey (big bang)."

Method memos on sampling, data gathering, evaluations for 1961 - 1963 comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 1
File
1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a 22-page memo from Jane Murphy regarding research methods, sampling, and analysis of data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

Men Who Have Sex With Men Project materials

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 21, Folder 8
File
1991-1993

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, a joint research project organized by the Canadian AIDS Society, supported by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and the Atlantic AIDS Network. Materials include reports, recommendations, correspondence, memos, job descriptions and submissions, notes, press releases, strategic plans, and reference materials.

Men Who Have Sex With Men Project materials

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 24, Folder 4
File
1993-1996

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains materials related to the Men Who Have Sex With Men Project, including memos and correspondence, project proposals, progress reports, pamphlets, and reference materials.

Memos regarding psychiatric data coding

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 16
File
1963 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos regarding the psychiatric data questionnaire and methods for coding resulting data.

Memos on the organization and filing of data for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of two memos containing an index of Nigerian research materials and suggestions for their organization and storage.

Memos on RIDIT analysis of 1961 data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 16
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of memos discussing data analysis and RIDIT values for the Nigerian sample.

Memos and correspondence regarding emergency fund

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 25, Folder 7
File
1992-1993

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains memos and correspondence regarding a proposed AIDS Nova Scotia emergency fund.

Memorandum, partial application and list of groups supporting the Ad Hoc Committee Concerned with Women and Work

MS-2-681, Box 4, Folder 9
File
1979 - 1980

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

File contains a memo and project outline written by Martha MacDonald and Alexa McDonough. Also in the file is a list of publications, conference papers, projects, reports and outlines produced by the Marginal Work Worlds Program from September 1975 to September 1980.

McConnell, John "Jack"

MS-13-86, Box 49, Folder 23
File
1951

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondence with or about John "Jack" McConnell. Also contains a memorandum titled "Special temporary field training scholarships in Cornell University."

Marginal frequencies of social data from psychiatric questionnaires

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1961 - 1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda regarding updates to marginal frequencies in the Cornell-Aro study, based on the 415 respondents.

Lobbying materials, press releases, and correspondence

MS-15-9.2020-015, Box 29, Folder 6
File
1990

Part of Larry Baxter fonds

File contains regarding correspondence, memos, press releases, and lobbying materials regarding AIDS education, advocacy, and the proposed inclusion of protections based on sexual orientation to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code.

List of individuals sampled and not interviewed

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 8
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda regarding the numbers of sampled and interviewed respondents for the Cornell-Aro study. Totals are listed and respondents are organized by village.

Lectures 1963-64

UA-36, Box 1, Folder 19
File
1963-1964

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of records related to the planning of guest lectures for the 1963-1964 academic period connected to the Dalhousie art Gallery.

Records consist of correspondence between Dr. Mirko Usmiani (Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Jean-Paul Morriset (Eastern Representative, National Gallery of Canada) regarding having Morisset give a lecture at the gallery, a memo from the Maritime Art Association to all member groups regarding a lecture tour by Morisset, an itinerary for Mr. Lee Johnson, and a letter from A.S Mowat (Professor of Education, Dalhousie University; prior Chairman of the Dalhousie arts Committee) to Usmiami regarding a lecture series presented by Mowat.

Information for the selection of villages to study in the Egba area

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and information on villages in the Egba region of Nigeria. Also includes memos from Charles C. Hughes containing travel observations and village statistics.

Henry Davies Hicks' Royal Canadian Artillery insignia and buttons

MS-2-511, Box 37, Folder 15
File
[ca. 1941-1945]

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes two West Nova Scotia Regiment Canada flashes (badges); two West Nova Scotia Regiment bronze collar dogs; one Royal Canadian Artillery cap badge; two rank epaulet sleeves (slip-ons) with felt rank badges for captain; six loose felt rank badges, enough for the rank of captain; six loose metal rank badges, enough for the rank of captain; nine 2.5 cm (1 inch) Royal Canadian Artillery buttons; two 1.75 cm (3/4 inch) Royal Canadian Artillery buttons; ten 1.5 cm (5/8 inch) Royal Canadian Artillery buttons; 1 bronze flaming grenade pin; two ribbons for medals (War medal, 1939-1945, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar); two 1 cm maple leaves for Canadian Volunteer Service Medal augmentation; three red felt patches used as pads for cap badges; two Canada flashes (badges); two black RCA flashes (badges); four blue RCA flashes (badges): and, one 9 x 18 cm cotton bag used to hold all of the military insignia.

Harvard School of Public Health staff meetings

MS-13-86, Box 100, Folder 13
File
1966 - 1975

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of memoranda for and notes from staff meetings of the Harvard School of Public Health's science department.

Harvard School of Public Health department development

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 7
File
1966 - 1971

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda, reports, and proposals related to the development of the Behavioral Science Department of the Harvard School of Public Health.

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