Fonds contains material relating to the personal life and professional career of Bill Freedman (1950-2015), an environmental scientist based at Dalhousie University. Fonds includes research data, teaching materials, publications, manuscripts and draft manuscripts, correspondence, committee and meeting minutes, electronic records, analogue and digital photographs, thousands of 35 mm slides, video cassettes, and appointments and awards.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, correspondence, agreements and data sets relating to the article Plant Communities of Selected Urbanized Areas of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
File contains manuscripts, correspondence, reviewer comments and research data relating to the article Tree Species Composition, Structure, and Carbon Storage in Stands of Urban Forest of Varying Character is Halifax, Nova Scotia.
File contains manuscript, reviewer comments and correspondence relating to the article Comparative Catch Efficiency of Amphibian Sampling Methods in Terrestrial Habitats in Southern New Brunswick.
File contains draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence and research data relating to the article Effects of Forest Clearcutting on the Water Quality and Riparian Vegetation of Streams Ecosystems in Southeast New Brunswick.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, review comments, correspondence, data sets and figures relating to the article Effects of Timber Harvesting and Plantation Development on Cavity-nesting Birds in New Brunswick. Correspondence with Woodley.
File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and M. Crowell, for the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, volume 24. File also includes data sets related to Twinspan and Decorana runs, correspondence, and reviewers comments. Manuscript was originally titled "Vegetation development across a post-disturbance chronosequence of hardwood-forest in Nova Scotia".
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts, reviewer comments, correspondence and data sets relating to the article Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, and Biota of Three Oligotrophic Lakes in Queens and Annapolis Counties, Nova Scotia.
File contains manuscripts, draft manuscripts and correspondence relating to the article Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Three Acidic Oligotrophic Lakes and Their Watersheds in Kejmkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
File contains 21 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, in 1979 and 1980. Photographs show Arctic fox pups, as well as Arctic fox den sites.
File contains 22 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Alexandra Fiord and Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island, taken over two summers in 1979 and 1981. Photographs show Baird's sandpiper nesting sites.
File contains 10 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Smoking Hills (near Cape Bathurst), Northwest Territories, in 1975. Photographs show Rough-legged hawk chicks, Northern pharalope, and Whistling swan, and Arctic loon.
File contains 170 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in 2003, at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesemere Island. The photographs show nesting habits of Parasitic jaeger, eider, bunting, and other species, as well as showing scenery and flora of the area in late-June, early July.
File contains 56 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, on three occasion, between 1974 and 1981. Photographs show Old squad nesting sites.
File contains 85 photographs (and 1 transparency) taken by Bill Freedman between 1980 and 1982. Photographs show flora of Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, taken during two separate visits. Photos also include an impromptu volleyball match between researchers.
File contains 28 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island, in 1979. Photographs show groups of Musk-ox travelling across the tundra.
File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman from locations around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, between 1973 and 1986. Photographs show plants of the region.
File contains 24 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, from 1979 to 1982. Photographs show the glacial corridor at the head of Alexandra Fiord, as well as evidence of glacial retreat. There are also photographs of some of the researchers on the team.
File contains 73 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at the sites of small, controlled, experimental oil spills near Tuktoyaktuk (Pingo, Point, Meadow, Lupin), predominantly from 1973 and 1974. Also includes some photos from similar experiments at Cape Parry. Photographs document experimentation of regrowth of vegetation in response to small-scale oil spills.