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Dalhousie University Reference Collection

MS-1-Ref
Collection

Collection contains a wide variety of printed materials created by or related to Dalhousie University, including convocation programs; university calendars; faculty, staff, and biographies; faculty and school histories; newspaper clippings; and many other materials related to the university. Materials span from the mid 19th century to the early 21st century.

Inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille during convocation at Dalhousie College

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1873 and 1878

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

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).

De Mille, James, 1833–1880

Alexander Howard MacKay's valedictory address delivered at 1873 spring convocation

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 7
File
April 30, 1873

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains the valedictory address delivered by Alexander Howard MacKay at convocation on April 30, 1873. The address was published in the Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 10 on May 3, 1873.

MacKay, Alexander Howard

CKDU - On-Air Schedule flier

MS-1-Ref, Box 2, Folder 26, Item 1
Item
1980

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

CKDU - letter to Faculty members asking for their support

MS-1-Ref, Box 2, Folder 26, Item 2
Item
1980

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

CKDU - On-Air Schedule flier and a letter to Faculty

MS-1-Ref, Box 2, Folder 26
File
1980

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Folder contains the On-Air Schedule flier and a letter to Faculty members asking for their support.

Program for the opening and naming ceremonies of Eliza Ritchie Hall

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1987 October 20

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of the program from the formal opening and naming ceremony of Eliza Ritchie Hall at Dalhousie University. The program contains a biography of Eliza Ritchie and a program for the ceremony.

Look in on the Tupper Building : [brochure]

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 31, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is a brochure created for an April 1968 open house at the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Buidling at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Flyer for concerts at the Grawood and McInnes Room

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1993

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a flyer for concerts at the Grawood and the McInnes Room in the Student union Building at Dalhousie University.

Invitations to Dalhousie University convocation ceremonies

MS-1-Ref, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1885-1919, predominant 1885-1898

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

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.

Pelluet, Dixie - offprints

MS-1-Ref, Box 12, Folder 24
File
1928-1964

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

zoology offprints

Pelluet, Dixie

Program and bulletin from the inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley

MS-1-Ref, Box 13, Folder 5
File
October 9, 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains the programme of ceremonies from the inauguration of Carleton W. Stanley as president of Dalhousie University; and two copies of the Dalhousie University Bulletin, Inauguration Number 4.

Brochures for the Centre for African Studies

MS-1-Ref, Box 16, Folder 29
File
[ca. 1981]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two versions of a brochure about the Centre for African Studies at Dalhousie University.

Brochure for the Centre for African Studies

MS-1-Ref, Box 16, Folder 29, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1981]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is a brochure for the Centre for African Studies at Dalhousie University.

Brochure for the Centre for African Studies

MS-1-Ref, Box 16, Folder 29, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1981]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is a brochure for the Centre for African Studies at Dalhousie University.

Department of Biology - 'Graduate Survival Manual'

MS-1-Ref, Box 17, Folder 8
File

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Brochure for 'The Thomas McCulloch Museum'

MS-1-Ref, Box 17, Folder 9
File
1990

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a brochure from The Thomas McCulloch Museum, Department of Biology Dalhousie University

Dalhousie centenary commemoration records

MS-1-Ref, Box 26, Folder 15
File
1919 - 1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains one copy of One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818-1918, the commemorative publication put out by the university's centenary committee, and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings abut the centenary events.

Directory of graduates and former students of the University : corrected to September, 1937

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 19
File
September 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains 2 copies of a directory of graduates and former students of Dalhousie University published in September 1937. The directory is an update of a similar directory published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association in 1925.

Dalhousie Alumni Association

Dalhousie University : past, present, and the future

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 27
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a booklet called Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign. The booklet, subtitled "Dalhousie, past, present and the future," outlines the university's accomplishments and plans and spells out the financial costs of fulfilling its vision. The booklet's illustrations of historic and contemporary Dalhousie people and buildings were drawn by Arthur Lismer and commissioned for a commemorative history of of the university published the same year.

One copy of the booklet contains a newspaper clipping about Frank Darling.

Becoming a person : a Lenten mission

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 24
File
March 16-18, 1982

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Munro Day Programs

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30
File
1935-1937, 1939, 1950, 1951

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains six Munro Day programs created between 1935 and 1951.

Munro Day program

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30, Item 1
Item
March 14, 1935

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the program for Munro Day on Thursday March 14, 1935 at Dalhousie University. The program featured sporting events, announcements and presentations, music, and an evening dance.

Munro Day program

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30, Item 2
Item
March 11, 1936

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the program for Munro Day on Wednesday March 11, 1936 at Dalhousie University. The program featured sporting events, announcements and presentations, music, and an evening dance.

Munro Day program

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30, Item 4
Item
March 14, 1939

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the program for Munro Day on Tuesday March 14, 1939 at Dalhousie University. The program featured sporting events, announcements and presentations, music, and an evening dance.

Munro Day program

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30, Item 3
Item
March 18, 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the program for Munro Day on Thursday March 18, 1937 at Dalhousie University. The program featured sporting events, announcements and presentations, music, and an evening dance.

Munro Day program

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30, Item 5
Item
March 14, 1950

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the program for Munro Day on March 14, 1950 at Dalhousie University. The program featured sporting events, announcements and presentations, music, and an evening dance.

Munro Day program

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 30, Item 6
Item
March 13, 1951

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is the program for Munro Day on March 13, 1951 at Dalhousie University. The program featured sporting events, announcements and presentations, music, and an evening dance.

Dalhousie Song : [sheet music]

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 7
File
January 30, 1944

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Dalhousie, Dalhousie! : [sheet music]

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 9
File
[19--]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains three copies of a piece of sheet music called "Dalhousie, Dalhousie!" The music was written by Douglas Clarke and the words were written by an anonymous author. The score is written for voice and piano.

Lyrics for college songs and yells

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 10
File
[19--?]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a sheet of lyrics for school songs and "yells" (or cheers). Most of the cheers are for Dalhousie but the sheet also includes cheers for Pine Hill, Acadia, King's, and Mount Allison. The sheets were printed by Weeks Printing Co., Ltd. in Halifax.