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Henry Davies Hicks fonds

MS-2-511
Fonds
1915 - 1990, predominant 1937-1986

Fonds comprises records documenting Henry Hicks' political career and tenure as president of Dalhousie University, as well as his earlier studies at Oxford University and his military service in World War II. There are also records regarding his stamp collecting hobby, his community service, and his long involvement with associations such as the Rhodes Scholarship Committee. Record types include diaries and appointment books, correspondence, manuscripts, philatelic records, newspaper clippings and photographs.

Hicks, Henry D.

Briefing notes, photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the annual shilling ceremony at Point Pleasant Park

MS-2-511, Box 14, Folder 17
File
1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and press releases regarding Henry Hicks' work as Canadian representative on the Special Political Committee at the 28th General Assembly of the United Nations

MS-2-511, Box 14, Folder 18
File
1973-1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Outline of keynote address from Senator Henry D. Hicks at CUADO Industry/University conference

MS-2-511, Box 19, Folder 15
File
1973-1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence, clippings, and a copy of Hicks' speaking outline at the Canadian Association of University Development Officers conference held in Ottawa on 7-9 April 1975.

Records from the ceremony marking the 25th Anniversary of the Canso Causeway

MS-2-511, Box 19, Folder 7
File
1980

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File comprises correspondence, invitations, a souvenir program, newspaper clippings and a brief address.

Democracy as a self-correcting process / L. B. Selllick

MS-2-511, Box 21, Folder 1
Item
1962

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is an essay written by a Dalhousie MA student with an attached letter of explanation and samples of the formats used in survey groups on topics such as human rights in Canada, the educational system, democracy, and basic adult education needs in Halifax.

Letter from Roy Stewart Bishop relating an anecdote related to Henry Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 22, Folder 24
Item
June 3, 1977

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a letter recounting an episode during which Roy Stewart was apprehended by the Mounties when attempting to deliver a gold desk clock from the President of the Bank of Nova Scotia to Henry Hicks aboard a plane.

Correspondence between Ritchie Bodily and Henry Davies Hicks regarding stamp purchases

MS-2-511, Box 24, Folder 1
File
1965 - 1970

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes letters discussing the Ireland Isle Crown Circle and St. George's Bermuda Paid covers.

Anglo Boer War Philatelic Society newsletters and correspondence

MS-2-511, Box 26, Folder 21
File
1958-1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes two issues of the The Anglo Boer War Philatelist, volume 1, nos.1-2 (1958).

Correspondence regarding Bermuda philately

MS-2-511, Box 26, Folder 23
File
1962-1971

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes lists of Bermuda stamps.

Canvassing letters for the 1982 Fort Massey United Church Building and Repair Campaign

MS-2-511, Box 27, Folder 10
File
1982

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes letters written by Henry Hicks, who was a church elder.

Correspondence with Henry Davies Hicks regarding Guyana politics relating to Dalhousie University

MS-2-511, Box 27, Folder 12
File
1980-1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains correspondence with Henry Davies Hicks regarding Guyana politics, human rights and proposed research, including an unsuccessful bid by the Lester Pearson Institute to conduct a CIDA project in partnership with the University of Guyana, as well as correspondence and newspaper clippings on the proposed revoking of the honorary degree granted to Guyanan dictator Forbes Burnham.

Correspondence and reports regarding the 1990 Fort Massey United Church Building Fund Campaign

MS-2-511, Box 27, Folder 9
File
1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes fundraising letters written by Henry Hicks, who was an elder of the church.

Correspondence regarding the Mount Allison University Alumni Annual Fund

MS-2-511, Box 29, Folder 1
File
1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence regarding Henry Hicks' Crowned Circle Collection

MS-2-511, Box 3, Folder 6
File
1972 - 1987

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains correspondence, catalogues and sales invoices regarding the sale of Hicks' collection and other stamp-related matters.

Correspondence between H.E. Wingfield & Co and Henry Davies Hicks regarding Bermuda stamps

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 17
File
1955-1956

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence, newspaper articles, financial records and a catalogue of the sale of the Henry D. Hicks Bermuda collection

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 18
File
1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between stamp dealers Bridger & Kay and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 22
File
1963-1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between stamp dealer L.A. Davenport and Henry Davies Hicks regarding his Edward Plate Block collection

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 23
File
1965-1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Transcript of a provincial candidates' debate held in Annapolis Royal on 26 May 1949

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folder 6
File
1949

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes correspondence regarding the debate between Henry Davies Hicks (Liberal), Mrs. Lewis Shaw (GCF), and Harry T. MacKenzie (Progressive Conservative).

General correspondence regarding philately

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folders 13 and 14
File
1962-1975, 1981-1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Henry Davies Hicks and the Argyll Stamp Company Limited

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folders 15 and 16
File
1966-1976

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between stamp dealer Kasimir Bileski and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 30, Folders 20 and 21
File
1954-1965

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding stamp purchases

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 1
File
1959-1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains letters with Lucy Chesley, G.C. Baugild and George Nowlan regarding stamp acquisitions realised or wanted by Henry Hicks.

Correspondence regarding Henry Hicks' addresses to philatelic societies

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 10
File
1965 - 1968

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes a set of handwritten speaking notes for an address about the postal history and postage stamps of Bermuda.

Minutes, financial reports and correspondence of the Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 11; Box 32, Folders 25 and 26
File
1965 - 1977

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a copy of the society's constitution, history, library list, and lists of past (1954 - ) and current (1977) members.

Correspondence regarding the commemorative postage stamp for the centenary of the founding of Dalhousie Law School

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 2
File
1982-1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence with artist Tom Forrestall, the Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee, Ronald St. J. Macdonald, and William H. Charles. There are also newspaper clippings and a Dalhousie University Convocation programme for May 27, 1983.

Correspondence from and about the Ralph Edward Group

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 3
File
1967

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence between Hicks and Myron Black regarding the credibility of Ralph Edward Group as well as correspondence between Hicks and Robson Lowe regarding the authenticity of a set of Bermuda covers provided by Group. There is also a photocopied and transcribed letter written to Reverand [sic] Joseph Taylor Jr. to J. Dunbar with postmarks 2 February 1810 and 9 April 1820.

Correspondence between stamp dealers Stanley Gibbons Limited and William Fraser and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 4
File
1965 - 1989

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Fred and Eloise Jarrett and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folder 5
File
1951 - 1986

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File contains correspondence with Hicks' longtime friend and fellow philatelist Fred Jarrett as well as correspondence with the Minister of Lands and Forests, Nova Scotia, including maps, regarding Elsie Jarrett's land at Duncan Cove.

Nova Scotia Stamp Club newsletters, bylaws, convention program, meeting minutes and agendas, and correspondence

MS-2-511, Box 31, Folders 6 - 9
File
1965 - 1978

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence regarding the Edward VII stamps and plate

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1965 - 1975

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes correspondence regarding a book published on "the Edwards" by the University of Toronto Press.

Correspondence between philatelic auctioneers and valuers H.R. Harmer and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 12
File
1962 - 1974

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between J.N. Sisson L.C.D. Stamp Company and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 13
File
1985

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a photocopy of David Sessions collection of Edward VII stamps, Definitive Series, 1903-11.

Correspondence between Richard M. Lamb and Henry Davies Hicks regarding a used set of Quebec blocks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 14
File
1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between W.E. Lea Philatelists Ltd and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 15
File
1963 - 1971

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Arthur W. Leggett and Henry Davies Hicks regarding Quebec colour die proofs

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 16
File
1972

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Pre-sale advice form and settlement statement from Robson Lowe at Christie's regarding Henry Hicks's sale of Bermuda Crowned Circle

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 17
File
1981 - 1984

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Report on the National Postal Museum conference

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 18
File
1971 - 1978

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes correspondence with the manager of the National Postal Museum; a spreadsheet detailing the museum's layout in February 1977; a photograph from the 1971 conference, which includes Hicks; and transcripts of two conference addresses.

Correspondence between Kasimir Bileski and Henry Davies Hicks regarding Newfoundland offset and blocks, including the Coronation Set

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 22
File
1978 - 1979

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence from John Jamieson (Saskatoon Stamp Centre) to Henry Davies Hicks regarding the possibility of the Postal Museum's purchase of his Newfoundland

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 23
File
January 1985

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between C. Bruce Ferguson, Nova Scotia Provincial Archivist, and Henry Davies Hicks regarding the Fluck stamp collection

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 24
File
1958 - 1959

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence and invoices regarding Hicks' acquisition of Edward II stamp materials

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 6
File
1978 - 1987

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence with Ed Richardson regarding Henry Hicks' 2 cent King Edward VII issue

MS-2-511, Box 32, Folder 7
File
1958

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between Plymouth Philatelic Auctions Limited and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 1
File
1965 - 1966

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a 1966 stamp catalogue.

Correspondence between John H.M. Young, Thornhill, Ontario, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 18
File
1967 - 1973

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between R. Maresch and Son Auctions Limited and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 2
File
1966 - 1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes invoices and receipts for stamp purchases.

Correspondence between Henry Davies Hicks and the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 5
File
1982 - 1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between J.N. Sissons / L.C.D. Stamp Company, Toronto, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folder 8
File
1980 - 1989

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Correspondence between John Taylor, Philatelist, and Henry Davies Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 33, Folders 11-15
File
1964 - 1990

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

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