Item is a newspaper clipping from the Truro Daily News of closing and tearing down of Longley House in 1957. This residence was on the Blanchard property when it was purchased by the College in 1886.
Item, a newspaper clipping, is related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 21.
Item is a photograph of Dr. Robert MacGregor Dawson demonstrating how to use the leather-covered balls to spread the ink on the hand press to an unidentified adult. The replica of a 17th century wooden hand press was housed in the Dawson Room of the Killam Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The replica press was built by two professors: Robert MacGregor Dawson of the Department of English and Fred J. Matthews of the Library School. It is based on blueprints of a press, dating from around 1625, from the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. As far as possible the ancient traditions have been followed: the frame is entirely of oak and maple, the joints are all mortised and tenoned and held together with glue and pegs. Screws have been kept to a minimum. Old leather-covered balls are used for spreading ink. The 18 by 25-inch bed of the press is a slab of marble.