File includes transcripts of Ronald St. John Macdonald's convocation addresses given on different occasions and institutions, including at McGill University, Dalhousie University, and Carleton University.
This file contains two copies of the programs for the Spring 2021 Convocation and one copy of the honorary degree celebration program, June 23, 2021. Honorary degree recipients include: Dr. Guy Berthiaume; The Honourable John Buchanan; Mary Deacon, CM; Dr. Steven Strogatz; Dr. Rachel Thibeault. Historical information about Dalhousie's New Dawn Staff is included. File also contains two copies of the Fall 2021 Convocation.
File contains programs from Dalhousie University convocations in 1974. The programs include two copies of a program from a special convocation for the opening of the Dalhousie Life Sciences Centre on April 19, 1974; and a program from Dalhousie convocation ceremonies on May 16, 1974 and May 17, 1974.
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
File contains invitations to convocation ceremonies for Dalhousie University on October 27, 1885; April 28, 1886; April 27, 1887; October 18, 1887; April 26, 1888; April 23, 1891; September 21, 1892; April 23, 1895; April 26, 1898; and May 13, 1919. The file contains some duplicates.
File contains programs and itineraries for the Order of Nova Scotia, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Mount Saint Vincent University convocation ceremonies.
File contains handwritten notes, an annotated draft of Ronald St. John Macdonald's paper "the United Nations decade of international law", annotated typescripts, and other materials.
File contains 46 photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, principals, student life, buildings and campus. The photographs include the NSAC hockey team, Aggies hockey team, horses, faculty, basketball team, classrooms, residence construction, farms and barns, convocation, campus buildings, NSAC principals.
File contains a photograph from a fall convocation at Dalhousie University in 1979. The photograph shows Maurice Van Vliet, Henry Hicks, Lieutenant governor Shaffner, Joyce Robinson, and Hugh Noble standing together. Four of them are wearing academic dress.
File contains a photograph of a procession of graduates walking across Dalhousie University's Studley campus. The Macdonald Library (Macdonald Building) and Science Building (Chemistry Building) are visible in the background.
File contains a photograph of a procession of graduates during a convocation ceremony at Dalhousie in 1928. The photograph shows A.M. Olive; Mabel A. Borden; Muriel C. Donahue; Kathleen A. Hagen; Gladys A. King; Marion Thompson; W.G. Dustan; J.A. Dorbes; M.L. Keating; H.B. Ross; Anna M. Wilson; D. Cooper; and John C. Hall lined up outside a stone building.
File contains a photograph taken at a convocation tea at Dalhousie University in 1969. The photograph shows an unidentified person serving tea to two other people. One person is wearing academic dress. The photograph was taken by Steve Zwerling Photography.
Item is a panoramic photograph of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law convocation in 1952. The photograph was used by Ansul in their "First Special Issue." The photograph is a smaller copy of print: PC1 34.67.13 (A96).
File contains a photograph of Donald MacInnis, Donald MacLeod, and Henry Hicks at a convocation ceremony at Dalhousie University in 1978. MacLeod received an honorary degree.
Item is a photograph of Dr. Henry D. Hicks at a convocation ceremony at Dalhousie University in 1975. Hicks is wearing academic dress. The photograph is covered by a piece of translucent paper with measurements written on it.
Item is a photograph of Jean Margaret Laurence being presented an honorary doctorate of laws by Dalhousie University president Dr. Henry Hicks. The photograph was taken at a convocation ceremony on May 12, 1972.
File contains a photograph of Marshall Tito, President of Yugoslavia, receiving an honourary degree from Dalhousie University in November 1971. Photograph includes (left to right): Fitzroy MacLean; Harold Uhlman (Registrar); Marshall Tito; Victor de Bedia Oland (Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia); and Henry Hicks (President, Dalhousie University). The photograph was published in "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 293).
File contains photographs and lists of students enrolled at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1948. Depicted are classes for first year degree classes, second year degree classes, the groups were divided into those from Nova Scotia and those from the Maritimes, and those outside the Maritimes. Photos are numbered #1-#5, coordinating with pages #5-15 (some duplicates)
