Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
Series comprises correspondence regarding Macdonald's professional and academic involvement with institutions including Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series also contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and individuals including Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Paul E. Martin, Jean Chrétien, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Wang Tieya, A. Donat Pharand, and others.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with Dalhousie University as a professor and dean of Dalhousie University Law School. Subseries include records related to Dalhousie Faculty Association's strike in 1988, records related to Dalhousie University Law School centenary, records related to Dalhousie University Law School fire, records related to Ronald St. John Macdonald's lectures, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, offprints, periodicals, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's photographs collected throughout his life. Subseries contains photographs of Ronald St. John Macdonald and different individuals, such as Wang Tieya, on different occasions, including at Dalhousie University, conferences, and trips not related to his work.
Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his professional activities, including his involvement with different organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series contains meeting agendas, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and other records.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's research and publication records, including subject files, book reviews, meeting minutes, clippings, reports, offprints, interview transcripts, periodicals and newsletters.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Eli Whitney Debevoise, John Lawrence Hargrove, W.H. Montgomery, Bryan F. MacPherson, Tad Daley, Michael P. Scharf, and others. File includes the American Society of International Law letter to members from 1961 to 1962, and 1971, a notice of proposed amendments to the constitution of the society, a photocopy of the American Society of International Law newsletter of May to July 1986, an issue of the American Society of International Law interest group on the United Nations decade of international law newsletter of December 1992, February 1993, and March 1995, an issue of the American Society of International Law newsletter of January to February 1995, a World Association for World Federation special report of November 1989.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Edward McWhinney, Robert Jennings, Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo, H.G. Schermers, Christian Dominice, Emile K.M. Yakpo, Frank B. Vischer, Pierre Lalive, Jaroslav Zourek, Shabtai Rosenne, Suzanne Bastid, Florentine P. Felicano, Hector Gros Espiell, John King Gamble, and others. File includes two Council of Europe reports from 1996 and 1997. File includes handwritten notes, meeting minutes, reports, and other materials related to the subject.
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Howard N. Meyer, M. LeSueur Stewart, Frank A. Bauman, William R. Slomanson, Burns H. Weston, Gordon A. Christenson, Charlotte Ku, Rudolf Bernhardt, Shabtai Rosenne, and others. File includes handwritten notes, typescripts, and other materials related to the subject. File includes an annotated draft of Ronald St. John Macdonald's article "the United Nations Decade of International Law".
File contains correspondence with different individuals, including John H. Proctor, Carl-Goran Heden, Frances Van Sant, Alexander King, Richard W. Palmer, and others. File includes the World Academy of Art and Science News of June 1988 and other materials related to the subject.
File contains reports, correspondence, bulletins, handwritten notes, lists, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the subject. File includes three issues of the American Society of International Law newsletter from the period between 1975 to 1978.
File includes Ronald St. John Macdonald's article "protecting human rights in emergency situations: making article 15 work", a Council of Europe committee of experts for the improvement of procedures for the protection of human rights meeting report, and other materials related to the subject.
File contains records related to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights, Dalhousie University, and Canada's constitution revision. File includes photographs of a group of unidentified individuals and letters between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Paul Martin.
File consists of materials for SIM orientation week complied by the 2006 orientation committee, including a schedule of events, volunteer list, promotion flyer for a book swap, acronym list, scavenger hunt planning materials, and an email buddy (cyber-pal initiative) list. Also includes a list of names and email addresses of the 2008-2009 orientation committee members and the orientation schedule for fall 2008.
File consists of SIMSA executive position job descriptions (2009), co-chair guide (2007-2008), and instructions for SLISSA financial information spreadsheet.
Fonds comprises The Leonard Foundation records regarding scholarships granted to Dalhousie University students between the 1940s and 1990s. Records include correspondence between the University Registrar's Office and The Leonard Foundation, application forms, committee reports and meeting minutes.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the United Nations. Subseries contains reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, press releases, and other materials.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the World Academy of Art and Science. Subseries contains printed materials, news releases, administrative records, and other materials.
File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his association with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, in particular as interim coordinator and as a writer-in-community in 1983. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.