Item is a photograph of Alexander E. Kerr, the sixth president of Dalhousie University, giving an invocation at a convocation ceremony or some other event. Kerr is wearing academic dress and speaking into a microphone.
Item is a photograph taken at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows Sir Edward Appleton presenting some books to President A. E. Kerr.
Item is a photograph of speakers at the sod-turning ceremony for the Sir James Dunn Science Building in 1957. Photograph shows (from left to right) an unidentified man; C.D. Howe, Dalhousie Chancellor; A.E. Kerr, President of Dalhousie; and Lady Dunn (Beaverbrook).
Item is a photograph of speakers at the sod-turning ceremony for the Sir James Dunn Science Building in 1957. Photograph shows (from left to right) an unidentified man; C.D. Howe, Dalhousie Chancellor; A.E. Kerr, President of Dalhousie; and Lady Dunn (Beaverbrook).
Item is a photograph taken during the cornerstone laying ceremony for Howe hall at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows A. E. Kerr, C. D. Howe, and two other men standing next to the cornerstone.
Item is a photograph of members of the Dalhousie University faculty of 1948. The photograph shows H. Churchill-Smith (Commerce); L.G. Stephens-Newsham (Biophysics); J.A. McCarter (Biochemistry); J. W. Dobson (Dentistry); Paul Chavy (Modern Languages); M.O. Morgan (Classics); C. G. MacKinnon (Dentistry); A. MacL. Fraser (Pharmacology); H.L. Scammell (Registrar); Donald Mitton (History); C.A. Reilly (Chemistry); President Kerr; W.R. Trost (Chemistry); J.H. Fodden (Pathology); D.J. McNeill (Business Manager); A. F. Chisholm (Engineering); and Donald Rowat (Political Science) standing on a stage.
Item, a photograph, includes President Alexander Enoch Kerr; Colonel K.C. Laurie, the Chairman of the Board; Raddall; Dr. J.H.L. Johnstone, the Secretary of the Senate; and Reverend Harvey Denton.
Item is a photograph of older, unidentified people (likely scientists, guests or honorary degree recipients) in robes on stage. Most are holding pieces of paper. Dr. A. E. Kerr is visible to the far right of the photograph.
Item is a photograph of Dalhousie President A.E. Kerr (centre) presenting an honorary degree to Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada (far right). The ceremony took place on May 13, 1947 at Dalhousie.
File contains photographs taken during a royal visit to Dalhousie University. The photographs show Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh being greeted by President A. E. Kerr and Colonel K. C. Laurie and taken to the Morse Room in the Macdonald Memorial Library, where they viewed the University Mace and other items.
File contains photographs taken during the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University, which took place on October 29, 1958. The photographs show A. E. Kerr; C. D. Howe; Lady Dunn; E. C. Plow; Robert L. Stanfield; Lord Beaverbrook; G. A. Currie; Edward Appleton; Lord Adrian; W. J. Archibald; and others involved in the ceremony. The file also includes a photograph of the trowel used by Lady Dunn to lay the cornerstone.
File contains photographs of Alexander Kerr, president of Dalhousie University from 1945 to 1963. The photographs include two prints of portraits of Kerr, and three photocopies of photographs of Kerr. The originals of the photocopies are not included in the folders.
File contains photographs of honorary presidents of the Dalhousie Alumni Association. One photograph shows five honorary presidents who were installed as life members: Dr. A. E. Kerr; C. L. Bennet; Prof. J. H. L. Johnstone; Samuel R. Balcom; and Dr. Horace E. Read. The other photograph shows Mrs. J. R. Longard presenting a floral arrangement to Mrs. F. R. MacAloney, the new honorary president.
File contains photographs taken during the opening ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building. The file also includes one photograph taken during the cornerstone laying ceremony of Howe Hall.
This fonds consists of photographs; audiovisual materials; newspaper clippings; pamphlets and posters; Dalhousie publications and other printed material; student and personnel files; correspondence; manuscripts; reports created by or reviewed by senior administration; financial materials including accounts payable and receivable documents, budgets, and ledgers; legal documents, including deeds and leases; diaries; scrapbooks; meeting minutes and agendas; academic plans; speeches; and other documents related to the senior administration’s sphere of responsibility.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a lecture delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to students of the Faculty of Law on November 12, 1962.
Item is a copy of The Alumni News (Volume 19, Number 4), a quarterly publication of the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article about President Kerr's retirement.
Item consists of an offprint from Volume 30, Number 2 of the Dalhousie Review (1950), containing the text of the first Samuel Napier Robertson Memorial Lecture, delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr.
Item consists of a programme of events celebrating the inauguration of Alexander Enoch Kerr as the new President of Dalhousie University, November 13, 1945. Includes the text of speeches by D.L. Sutherland (President of the Council of the Students), Dean Vincent C. MacDonald (University Senate), George J. Trueman (Chairmain for the Central Advisory Committee on Education in the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland), Lieutenant-Colonel K.C. Laurie (Chairman of the Board of Governors), and Alexander Kerr's inaugural address. Also includes a list of delegates from other institutions.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.