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A Discussion Paper on the Report on the Royal Commission on Post-Secondary Education

MS-1-Ref, Box 14, Folder 18, Item 2
Item
23 April 1986

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of a paper drafted by Dalhousie University responding to the findings of the Royal Commission on Post Secondary Education, drafted in April 1986

Address on education by Carleton Stanley

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 43
Item
1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is manuscript copy of an address given by Carleton Stanley to teachers in Guysborough on September 26/27, 1935 and again in Bridgetown on October 25, 1935.

American state universities

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
November 2, 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a transcript of an address made by Carleton Stanley to a meeting of American state university presidents in Washington, DC.

An appeal to the heads of the Maritime colleges

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 68
Item
December 29/30, 1936

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of an appeal made to the heads of the Maritime colleges to pay heed to the 1921 Learned-Sills Report, which called for a merger of Maritime universities at Halifax. A handwritten note on the first page indicates that the appeal "resulted in unanimous support of [sending?] an appeal to local governments [and] Med/Dental schools."

Andrew's tree and Two weeks, twice a year

MS-3-1, OS Folder 310
File
August 1990

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains set designs for Neptune Theatre's lunchtime productions of "Andrew's Tree" and "Two Weeks, Twice a Year," designed by J. Cooke. The file includes some original drawings and copies of the set designs for "Andrew's Tree."

Cooke, Jennifer

Breaking barriers : report of the task force on access for Black and Native People

UA-22, Box 406, Folder 10
Item
1989

Part of Maritime School of Social Work fonds

File contains a report presented to Howard C. Clark. The report led to the formation of the Indigenous Blacks & Mi'kmaq (IB&M) Initiative at the Schulich School of Law in 1989. The initiative was launched to increase representation of Indigenous Blacks and Mi'kmaq in the legal profession in order to reduce discrimination.

Brief to the Royal Commission on Post Secondary Education / W. Andrew MacKay

MS-1-Ref, Box 14, Folder 18, Item 1
Item
November 1983

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of Dalhousie University's "Brief to the Royal Commission on Post Secondary Education", submitted in NOvember 1983 by W. Andrew MacKay.

Carleton Stanley's address at the 1932 Haliburton Club Dinner, King's College

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 21
Item
3 May 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Haliburton Club at King's College on May 3, 1932, discussing what makes Dalhousie's education different.

Carleton Stanley's address at the closing of the 1932 session at Halifax Academy

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 27
Item
24 June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address delivered at the closing session of the 1931-32 school year at Halifax Academy discussing the growth of civilization throughout history and the role of the younger generations and the varied ways of learning (beyond books).

Carleton Stanley's address at the Normal College, Truro

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 26
Item
March 1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of an address made by Carleton Stanley at the Normal College in Truro, on March 22, 1935. The focus of his address is on the value of teaching poetry to children.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 51
Item
18 April 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Teachers' Institute, Fredericton, N.B.

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 24
Item
29 June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley to the Teachers' Institute in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on June 29, 1932, about the relation between secondary schools and colleges.

Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 39
Item
1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald, about educational reform in Nova Scotia's public schools. Item also contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's letter to the Halifax Herald regarding the state of Halifax schools

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
[193?]

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a handwritten draft of a letter or article intended for the Halifax Herald about the dire state of Halifax public schools.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Kentville Advertiser about the establishment of a new junior high school

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 74
Item
12 January 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley about the creation of a new junior high school in Kentville, Nova Scotia, dated January 12, 1934, and submitted for inclusion in the January 25, 1934 issue of the Kentville Advertiser.

Correspondence between Jessie Lawson and Carleton Stanley about the New Brunswick Teachers Association meeting

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 25
Item
June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Jessie I. Lawson (of the Educational Review) and Carleton Stanley about Stanley's attendance at the New Brunswick Teachers' Association meeting in Fredericton in June 1932.

Correspondence related to Law in Contemporary China

MS-2-615, Box 98, Folder 5, Item 13
Item
1990-1992

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of grouped correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald, Wang Tieya, Bai Gui-mei, and Ying-han Shi, related to Law in Contemporary China.

Dalhousie University program details

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 40
Item
1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript, plus correspondence, for an informational article outlining Dalhousie's programs of study, including costs and duration, for publication in New Brunswick's The Educational Review.

Directory of graduates and former students of the University : corrected to September, 1937

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 19
File
September 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains 2 copies of a directory of graduates and former students of Dalhousie University published in September 1937. The directory is an update of a similar directory published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association in 1925.

Dalhousie Alumni Association

Draft releases on the opening of the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University

MS-1-Ref, Box 97, Folder 13, Item 4
Item
1963-1965

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of two drafts of an announcement about the opening of the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University, beginning September 3, 1963; as well as a handwritten sheet outlining the experience of Arthur Shears, first director of the School.

Education : an address delivered over CBC on Sunday, September 29th, 1946

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1946 September 29

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered on C.B.C. by President Alexander Enoch Kerr on Sunday, September 29th, 1946, discussing the importance of making available post-secondary education opportunities for service men and women returning from the Second World War.

Excerpts from Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 52
Item
April 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript abridgement of the key points in Carleton Stanley's speech before the Ontario Educational Association, April 1933.

Faculty of Health Professions Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 2001

MS-1-Ref, Box 96, Folder 15
Item
2001

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Fall 2001 issue of the Faculty of Health Professions newsletter, updating developments within the faculty over the previous several months. Includes an editorial by Jutta Dayle titled "What To Be Or What Not To Be: The Future of the Health Professions in the Faculty of Health Professions", among other regular departmental updates.

Faculty of Health Professions Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 2002

MS-1-Ref, Box 96, Folder 14
Item
2002

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Fall 2002 issue of the Faculty of Health Professions newsletter, updating developments within the faculty over the previous several months. Includes a message from the Dean, obituaries for Dr. Margaret Clagg and Dr. Robert Weil, and other regular departmental updates.

Faculty of Health Professions Newsletter, Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 2003

MS-1-Ref, Box 96, Folder 16, Item 1
Item
2003

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Spring 2003 issue of the Faculty of Health Professions newsletter, updating developments within the faculty over the previous several months. Includes a message from the Dean, Lynn McIntyre, a piece by George Turnbull titled "Moving Towards A Research Intensive Faculty", a piece of Louise Ghiz titled "The Challenge of Sustaining Canada's Most Successful Social Work Continuing Education Program", a memorial of Rosemary Brown, and other regular departmental updates.

Faculty of Health Professions Newsletter, Volume 13, Number 2, Fall 2003

MS-1-Ref, Box 96, Folder 16, Item 2
Item
2003

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Fall 2003 issue of the Faculty of Health Professions newsletter, updating developments within the faculty over the previous several months. Includes an update from Dean Lynn McIntyre, a piece by George Turnbull titled "Reality Following A Successful Grant Application", a piece by Josephine Etowa titled "Increasing Racial Diversity in the Health Professions: A Call for a Comprehensive Minority Recruitment and Retention Program", a memorial for Prof. Mary Lou Ellerton, an other regular departmental updates.

Faculty of Health Professions Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2004

MS-1-Ref, Box 96, Folder 17
Item
2004

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Spring 2004 issue of the Faculty of Health Professions newsletter, updating developments within the faculty over the previous several months. Includes an update from Dean Lynn McIntyre, a message from George Turnbull, a piece by David Divine titled "Relevance, Resonance, Credibility and Results", among other regular departmental updates.

As per page 39, "this will be the last edition of the newsletter in this format."

Honor courses : their basis and development

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 27
Item
April 1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at an honor convocation at the University of Colorado granting a LittD on April 3, 1935.

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
March 23, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
October 26, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from James Baxter to Dalhousie's President MacKenzie

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 15
Item
November 2, 1917

Part of James Baxter fonds

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.

Letter from James Ross certifying that James Baxter attended a chemistry class

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 12
Item
April 12, 1862

Part of James Baxter fonds

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.

Letter from Mr. Lyall certifying that James Baxter attended a Latin class

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
April 10, 1861

Part of James Baxter fonds

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.

Letter from Mr. Lyall certifying that James Baxter attended Greek and Latin classes

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 13
Item
December 18, 1863

Part of James Baxter fonds

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.

Letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 11
Item
September 7, 1815

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

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.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch certifying that James Baxter attended Latin classes

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
March 3, 1864

Part of James Baxter fonds

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.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

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.

Manuscript about Dalhousie's role in training thinkers and leaders

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript written by Carleton Stanley for publication in The Saint John Telegraph-Journal, along with related correspondence.

Manuscript copy of a closing exercises address at Netherwood School for Girls

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 73
Item
1937

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is an address given by Carleton Stanley at the 1937 closing ceremonies of the Netherwood School for Girls in Rothesay, New Brunswick.

Manuscript copy of an untitled newspaper article about adult education at Dalhousie

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 65
Item
1936

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript outlining Dalhousie's efforts in adult or continuing education, including the establishment of the Institute of Public Affairs. Attached is an enclosure letter from Carleton Stanley's secretary to the editor of the Glace Bay Gazette, which published the article.

Manuscript lecture on the nature and purpose of study and schooling

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 74
Item
[19--]

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of a speech probably delivered to secondary school students in Montreal.

MicMac woman struggles to maintain voice and truth : [newspaper clipping]

MS-3-35, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
January 1991

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a clipping of an article by Patricia Doyle about being a Mi'kmaw woman in the education system. The article appeared on page 7 of the January 1991 issue of "Pandora." An Eye Level Gallery advertisement for the exhibition "I loved the piece with the large type on the grass" and an advertisement for Swaha! Bodywork also appear on the page.

Notebook from lectures on logic delivered by Prof. Ross

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1860-1861

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a notebook used by James Baxter to take notes during lectures on logic delivered by Professor Ross. The lectures took place at the theological seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia between October 15, 1860 and April 10, 1861. The back of the notebook contains the signatures of people who attended the seminary and notes about them added by Baxter.

Notes used by president [at] Guysboro Teachers' Institute and Sherbrooke — Sept. 26 and 27

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 41
Item
1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of notes used by Carleton Stanley in his addresses to teachers in Gusyboro and Sherbrooke in September 1935.

President's address to Halifax teachers

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 19
Item
1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of address by Carleton Stanley given at the Lord Nelson Hotel on January 21, 1935 in which he speaks about the importance of teaching poetry to children.

President's remarks at meeting of the NS Union of Municipalities

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 62
Item
1936

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of a speech given by Carleton Stanley in Digby, Nova Scotia, on September 2, 1936. His address focuses on the intersection between municipal government and the universities, including the need for professional education.

Question to House - Educational Grants to Nova Scotia

MS-2-128, Box 2, Folder 17
File
1955

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains documents related to questions about federal funding for higher education asked by Samuel Balcom in the Canadian House of Parliament in 1955 when Balcom was a member of Parliament. Balcom asked a series of questions about educational grants to Nova Scotia institutions and received information about the distribution of funding across Canada. The file contains published accounts of parliamentary proceedings in March 1955 and associated correspondence between Balcom and other persons, such as J.D., McLean, Dean of the Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry, and Watson Kirkconnell, President of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence with Wang Tieya

MS-2-615, Box 40, Folder 8
File
1982-1989

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Includes handwritten and typed correspondence largely between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Wang Tieya, ranging from 1982-1989, related to the visit of Visit of Wang Tieya, Liu Hunghui, and Chen An to Dalhousie. Also includes correspondence to Innis Christie, W.H. Charles, Dick Evans, and others.

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
June 14, 1801 - June 18, 1801

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Speech to Senate Caucus of Conservative Party

UA-3, Box 508, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
September 9, 1997

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a copy of a speech about universities and jobs given by Tom Traves to the Conservative Party Senate Caucus.

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