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Robert A. Logan fonds

  • MS-2-580
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1907-1995
Fonds consists of materials related to Logan’s career (1912-1985), fiction and philosophy manuscripts (1925-1983), published articles (1922-1969), his wide-ranging correspondence (1942-1991), his studies concerning Cree and other languages (1932-1969), autobiographical and biographical works (1929-1982), genealogical studies of his family and others (1955-1984), certificates he received throughout his life (1906-1992), the indices he created for his documents (1949-1986), , his diaries (1930-1980), the journals, fieldbooks, and logbooks he wrote (1907-1960), images he took or collected (1909-1992), and other miscellaneous materials(1934-1983). All textual materials relate to his life, his far-reaching research studies, or his writings.

Logan, Robert A., 1892-1992

Prisoner's Pie = L'Assiette sans Beurre

Item is an issue of Prisoner's Pie (Number 3, October 1916), a prison camp magazine inscribed on the cover page with "R.A. Logan / Capt. R.F.C / Prisoner of War Camp Krefeld / Germany / May / 1917."

The Lokhan System of speech-sound symbols for use in printing / by Robert A. Logan

File contains draft versions of the pamphlet by Robert Logan entitled The Lokhan System of speech-sound symbols for use in printing. The Lokhan system was created by Robert Logan and is similar to the Pitman style of shorthand. He named it the Lokhan as this would how the original Gaelic sounds of his clan surname could be best represented.

The Cree Review

File includes a Cree calendar from 1952 and a government poster in Inuktitut.

German conversation-grammar : a practical method of learning the German language / by Emil Otto, PhD

Item is a book used by Robert Logan while he was a prisoner of war in Germany. Karlsruhe is stamped on title page and on the inside cover is listed the camps he was held in: Karlsruhe (April 8, 1917); Heidelberg; Krefeld; Schwalmstadt (Ziegenhain prison); Holtzminden (Offizier Gefangenenlager); and Schweidnitz (December 25, 1918).

Lists of publications by Robert A. Logan

File contains the contents of a red, three-ringed binder that held lists of publications by Robert A. Logan, photocopies of excerpts of each publication, and some related correspondence. Logan compiled the list and sent it to Clarke, Irwin, and Company in an effort to gauge the company's interest in publishing a book based on his work.

Articles on manganese : / by (Robert) Archibald Logan : [draft manuscripts, reports, research material and correspondence]

Folder includes "discovery of rare concretions of manganese"; "rare manganese concretions discovered in Nova Scotia"; "notes on manganese concentrations at Lake Charlotte, Halifax Co., N.S." and "biogeochemistry of manganese concretions (a progress report)". The folder also includes notes from Logan's 1961 diary; research material written by E.M. Kindle and correspondence between Robert Logan and Dr. W.R. Trost, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University.

Various forewords written by Robert A. Logan

Folder contains forewords for "Greenland"; "a glassless reading glass"; "treasure hunter's luck"; "woodless railroad"; "monkey tricks" "Rhodesian curves"; "Indian language syllabics not Cree" and "southern sirens".

Articles on surveying / by Robert A. Logan : [draft manuscripts and correspondence]

Folder includes articles written about the topic of surveying: "notes on surveys of crown lands of Nova Scotia"; "men and meridian and "the location hunters - one hundred years of DLS achievements". Folder also includes a copy of an address given by Logan at the annual banquet of the association of provincial land surveyors of Nova Scotia on December 13, 1954.
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