Archives Catalogue

Preliminary survey of the natural history of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 10
File
1966

File contains the draft manuscript compiled staff of the Nova Scotia Museum, the Nova Scotia Bird Society, the Dalhousie Biology Club, and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation, and used by Freedman.

Photographs of the Arrow oil spill, Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 15, Folder 8
File
[1970]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 6 photographs taken by Roger Belanger (and collected by Bill Freedman), likely in 1970. Photographs show clean-up efforts after the oil spill after the SS Arrow ran aground during a gale, in Chedabucto Bay, February 4, 1970.

Effects of harvesting biomass for energy on the nutrient status and long-term productivity of selected forest sites in the Maritimes : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folders 4-5
File
1979-1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains three draft manuscript reports compiled by Freedman, with U. Prager, P.N. Duinker, R. Morash, A.J. Hanson, and J.G. Ogden, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File includes the annual reports for 1979-80, 1980-81, and 1984. File also contains correspondence, charts, and revision notes.

Photographs of forestry, biomass, hydrology, and clear-cutting scenes

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 17
File
1980-1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 215 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at a variety of locations, including Aylesford Lake, NS, and Halifax County, between 1980 and 1995. Photographs show experimental and conventional clear-cutting examples at Aylesford Lake, Nova Scotia; advanced regeneration after a burn near Herring Cove, Nova Scotia; views of Pebbleloggitch Lake, Kejimkujik National Park; different rates of growth of trees of different ages; felling, bucking and sorting of Acer saccharum, and examples of throughfall and stemflow. Also includes examples of herbicide efforts.

Biomass and nutrient removals by conventional and whole-tree clear-cutting of a red spruce - balsam fir stand in central Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 7
File
1980-1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with R. Morash and A.J. Hanson, for the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, volume 11, number 2. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Renewable energy potential of Nova Scotia's hardwoods : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 6
File
1980-1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with G. Henry and A.J. Hanson, for Biomass, volume 2. File also includes a copy of a related article by Hardy: "Residential heating in Nova Scotia: wood vs oil".

Effects of harvesting biomass for energy on the nutrient status and long-term productivity of forest stands in Nova Scotia : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 3
File
[1980-1981]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains two draft manuscripts written by Freedman, with P.N. Duinker, R. Morash, U. Prager, and A.J. Hanson, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies.

Environmental impacts associated with increased harvesting and burning of wood for energy purposes in Nova Scotia : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 10
File
[early 1980s]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains two undated draft manuscripts written and annotated by Freedman, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File also includes a couple of pages of handwritten revision notes.

Survey of aquatic macrophytes in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : 1980 progress report : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 7
File
1980

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report written by Freedman, C. Stewart, and J. Dale, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File also contains a bound manuscript.

Proposal for a study on the increased use of wood as an energy source in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 5
File
1980-1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft proposal written by Freedman and others for ADI Limited, in association with the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies and Gardner Pinfold, for the Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy. File also contains handwritten interview summaries, and relevant cited materials.

Standing crops of biomass and nutrients in a variety of forest stands in central Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 11
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman with R. Morash, P.N. Duinker, and U. Prager, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies, dealing with sites in Annapolis, Kings, and Hants counties.

Biomass and nutrient standing crop equations for ten tree species in central Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 12
File
[1981-1982]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman with P.N. Duinker, R. Morash, U. Prager, and H. Barclay, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File also contains correspondence.

Forestry management practices and populations of breeding birds in a hardwood forest in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 11
File
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with C. Beauchamp, I.A. McLaren, and S.I. Tingley, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 95, number 3. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Survey of aquatic macrophytes in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : 1981 progress report : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 6
File
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report written by Freedman and C. Stewart, for the Canadian Wildlife Service via the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies and the Department of Biology, Dalhousie.

Photographs of the flora, fauna, and buildings on Sable Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 10
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 77 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, over several visits between 1981 and 1982. Photographs show vegetation, brackish ponds, aerial surveys, wild horses, as well as some of the researchers. File also includes 3 transparencies.

Comparison of measurements of the standing crops of biomass and nutrients in a conifer stand in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 8
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with P.N. Duinker, R. Morash, and U. Prager, for the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, volume 12, number 3. File also contains correspondence, reviewer comments, and hand-drawn tables.

Preliminary observations of breeding birds and vegetation in a post-clearcutting secondary succession in a hardwood forest in Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 12
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript by Freedman, with K. Morgan, M. Crowell, C. Beauchamp, and A. Greene, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File also includes field notes and correspondence.

Sources and consequences of acid rain in Nova Scotia : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 12
File
1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with J.G. Ogden III, prepared for the Nova Scotia Resources Council with the assistance of the Nova Scotia Environmental Control Council.

Macrophyte communities in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 8
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains twp draft manuscripts (one typed and one handwritten with many revisions) by Freedman and Colin C. Stewart, for the Kejimkujuk Calibrated Catchments Program, the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Report of the Proceedings, November 18, 1981, edited by J. Kerekes, June 1982, sponsored by Atlantic Region LRTAP Monitering and Effects Working Group. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings. Manuscript covers Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, and Kejimkujik lakes.

Pollution by arsenic in a gold-mining district in Nova Scotia : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 10
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of the article written by Freedman, R.R. Brooks, J.E. Fergusson, J. Holzbecher, D.E. Ryan, H.F. Zhang, and J.M. Dale, for Environmental Pollution: an International Journal, Series B, volume 4.

Post-clearcutting secondary succession in a hardwood forest in central Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 2
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft abstract of a paper presented by Freedman, with K. Morgan, M. Crowell, R. Morash, and D. Swan, at the Fourth Bioenergy Research and Development Seminar, National Research Council of Canada, Winnipeg, March 1982. File also contains correspondence.

Lead and zinc contamination of roadside soil and vegetation in Halifax, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 7
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32. File also includes two hand-drawn charts and correspondence.

Environmental impacts of hardwood forest management in Atlantic Canada : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 5
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman (with penciled notes and revisions), for the Environment Canada publication "Fuel or fiber? Hardwood utilization and marketing opportunities", edited by J.C. Lees.

Overview of the environmental impacts of forestry, with particular reference to the Atlantic Provinces : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 9
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of the report written by Freedman, by the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies under a contract from Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, and Fisheries and Oceans Canands [I.R.E.S. Research Report 82-02]. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Vegetation and phytogeography of Sable Island, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 9
File
1982-1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript by Freedman, with P.M. Catling and Z.Lucas, for Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume 34, parts 3-4. File also contains the draft manuscript entitled "The vegetation of Sable Island", as well as correspondence and photo negatives.

Arsenic pollution associated with tailings at an abandoned gold mine in Halifax County, Nova Scotia : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 9
File
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman and J.M. Dale for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 32, about arsenic pollution near the Montague Gold District, Halifax County. File also contains drafts with reviewer comments.

Effects of harvesting biomass for energy on the nutrient status and long-term productivity of forest stands in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 24, Folder 1
File
1983-1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with R. Morash, U. Prager, P. Duinker, and A.J. Hanson, for the Proceedings, Bioenergy Research and Development Seminar, March 26-28, 1984, Ottawa. File also contains revisions and correspondence.

Status of the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, in Halifax and Lunenburg Counties, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 2
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Erick Greene, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 100, number 4. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Major macrophyte communities and limiting factors for three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 5
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and Colin Stewart, for the Kejimkujik Calibrated Catchments Program workshop proceedings on the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 26, 1983, edited by J. Kerekes. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings, as well as other drafts.

Photographs of recovery from Spruce budworm in Cape Breton Highlands National Park

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 24
File
1983-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 59 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Cape Breton Highlands National Park between 1983 and 1990. Photographs show the aftermath of an infestation of Spruce budworm, efforts at salvage cuts to halt its spread, stored pulpwood, and enlarged photos of the beetle.

Foraging behavior and prey selection by ospreys in coastal habitats in Nova Scotia, Canada : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 1
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Erick P. Greene and Anne E. Greene, in "Biology and management of Bald eagles and Osprey", edited by D.M. Bird. File also contains the draft manuscript "Information transfer at Osprey colonies, and associated works by Mr Greene.

Aquatic plants of acid lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : floristic composition and relation to water chemistry : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 3
File
1983-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with P.M. Catling, C. Stewart, J.J. Kerekes, and L.P. Lefkovitch, for Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 64, number 4. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Photographs of glyphosate and rhodamine spraying and recovery at Antrim, Riverside, and Little River Lake, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 14, Folder 21
File
1983-1990

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains 108 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at three sites in Nova Scotia between 1983 and 1990. Photographs show glyphosate herbicide spraying at Antrim, Halifax County, the "Riverside" site (possibly along the Shubenacadie River, Hants County), and Little RIver Lake, Kings County.

Seedbanks in several recently clear-cut and mature hardwood forests in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 23, Folder 4
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and R. Morash, for the Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, volume 33. File also contains reviewer comments.

Survey of aquatic macrophytes of Spectacle Lake and Jordan Lake, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 4
File
[1983?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and C. Stewart, for the Canadian Wildlife Service, about Utricularia radiata and Potamogeton pulcher in Spectacle Lake. Includes data related to macrophytes in both lakes.

Acidity and associated water chemistry of amphibian habitats in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 4
File
1983-1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript of an article written by Freedman, J.M. Dale, and J. Kerekes, for the Canadian Journal of Zoology, number 63, surveying amphibian larve at more than 150 ditches, bogs, marshes and ponds in Nova Scotia. File also contains reviewer comments and correspondence.

Effects of acidity on Nova Scotia amphibians. First Annual Report : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 20, Folder 5
File
[1983]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript co-authored by Freedman and J.Dale, for the Canadian Wildlife Service. File also contains a few pages of hand-written field notes.

Effects of various hardwood forest management practices on small mammals in central Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 10
File
1983-1985

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with D. Swan and T. Dilworth, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 98, number 3. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments

Breeding bird communities in a hardwood forest succession in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 7
File
1984-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and K. Morgan, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 100, number 4. File also contains correspondence, data sets, and figures.

Comparison of the characteristics of an acidic eutrophic, and an acidic oligotrophic lake near Halifax, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 8
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with J. Kerekes, G. Howell, and P. Clifford, for the Water Pollution Research Journal of Canada, volume 19, number 1. File also includes reviewer comments and data sets. The two lakes surveyed are Drain Lake and Little Springfield Lake.

Silver hairgrass, Aira caryophyllea, new to eastern Canada, and other notable records from Seal Island, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 8
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with P.M. Catling and V.R. Brownell, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 98, number 2. File also contains a draft manuscript and correspondence.