Item is a typed copy of a letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch concerning students, likely Cunard's sons, John, Henry and Thomas, which Cunard sent to McCulloch in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.
File contains a letter from Joseph Howe to D.O.C. Madden of Arichat, Nova Scotia, written on 10 August 1849. The letter discusses a petition from Peter Furrier, Master of the Brig Superb, to have his vessel released from quarantine.
The item consists of handwritten and typed correspondence regarding Alexander McBain's petition to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, written on October 14, 1867.
The item consists of handwritten and typed correspondence from the attorney general regarding Alexander McBain's petition, written on October 15, 1867.
Item is handwritten correspondence sent to Alexander Reid from J.G. MacGregor, dated May 27, 1877. Item discusses the promotion of Dr. H.A. Bayne, and reactions from some fellow medical education Commissioners.
Item is a diary kept by Arthur H. Whitman that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid.
File contains three letters from Reverend James Rosborough to Mrs. Pearson, in which he describes the death of his daughter, identifies plant specimens sent to him by her, and discusses matters related to the Presbyterian Church.
Item consists of a facsimile of a letter sent by Dr. A.P. Reid to an unknown issue of the Maritime Medical News, addressing the Provincial Board of Health's response to the smallpox epidemic.
Item consists of a facsimile of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the March 1903 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 3), dated January 30, 1903, on the topic of a Jamaican asylum.
Item consists of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1903 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 4) on the topic of a leper hospital in St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. Correspondence is dated February 28th, 1903.
Item consists of facsimile of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the June 1904 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVI, No. 6), on the topic of Nova Scotia's medical board matriculation examination.
Item is a letter written by Gilbert S. Stairs to E. Forbes, Chairman of the Halifax Football Championship Committee at Dalhousie College, regarding some criticisms of the game and suggestions for improvements.
Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, likely in the spring of 1915, about apologies for not meeting up before Jones's overseas departure.
File consists of the petition to the Governors of Dalhousie in appreciation of gifts to the College supplied by George Munro, plus correspondence to Stanley MacKenzie.
Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President A. Stanley MacKenzie, Dr Leonard Sanford, C.J. Burchell, and Henry Fairfield Osborn, regarding Dalhousie's holding of extinct Labrador duck specimens in the Thomas McCulloch Museum.
Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.
Item is a typewritten alphabetical list with the handwritten title "Women Graduates" and a note: "copied from calendars summer of 1919 (probably complete to 1917)." The list includes students' names, home towns, degree earned and date granted.
Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated June 20, 1921 from Windsor, Nova Scotia, discussing the difficult transition from a military life to legal life: the "realization that I was studying law and not deciphering code messages from Prime Minister [Viktor] Pepelaev."
Item is a letter from Edna F. Anderson to John Logan describing the success of a series of concerts given by the Boston Symphony Ensemble in venues across the Maritimes with a view to booking two similar concerts in Halifax.
File contains five invitations to events at Dalhousie sent to Avis Marshall, including a dance by the junior class of the Faculty of Arts and Science; a sale of gifts and novelties from the Hwaiking Shop; an "at home" at the Pine Hill residence; a dance at Kings College; and an "at home" at the Waegwoltic Club.
File contains two tickets and 13 dance cards from dances at Dalhousie University, the Waegwoltic Club, and Pine Hill. Most of the dance cards have been filled in with the names of her dance partners.
Item is one sheet of paper. Sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter, sent from Halifax, is Archibald McKellar MacMechan's congratulating Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey for his recent successes and completion of his apprenticeship.
Item is one sheet of paper. The item is folded to create two additional pages, with only the right page having any text. The letter is from Edith MacMechan, Archibald MacMechan's wife, to Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey.
File contains correspondence and reports regarding Victoria Hospital and Dalhousie Medical Faculty, including an agreement governing the work of students in the hospital, lists of exam results, lecture notes on medical jurisprudence, and letters between W.W. Kenny, the hospital superintendent and W.H. Hattie, Assistant Dean of Medicine, D. Fraser Harris, Secretary of the Medical Faculty, President MacKenzie and others.
Item consists of a short piece prepared by Carleton Stanley, submitted to the Halifax Chronicle and Daily Star in October 1931, about a gift of books from Francis McLennan to the Library at Dalhousie University. Includes correspondence.
Item consists of the text of a submission drafted by Carleton Stanley about the state of education in Nova Scotia, submitted to the Halifax Herald for their 1932 New Year Edition. Item also includes related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of an article submitted to the Halifax Herald by Carleton Stanley about Pictou County interests in Dalhousie scholarships. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal, dated December 9, 1931, discussing the importance of the humanities in education. Item also includes related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript of an article submitted by Carleton Stanley for the Special Edition of the Sydney Post over the 1932 holidays, discussing Stanley's first six months as Dalhousie University President. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is his letter to Mr. McIntosh, requesting the manuscript's return and the reader's spelling corrections of Gaelic words.
File contains records collected by Nelson Pratt while he was a medical student at Halifax Medical College and Dalhousie University's Medical Faculty. Records include registration receipts; medical examination certificates; certificates of class attendance; certificates from the Provincial Medical Board; and other letters and certificates certifying that Pratt completed aspects of his medical training. There are also letters and receipts related to purchases made by Pratt.
Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent by Fred Wigmore, editor of the Dalhousie Yearbook, to Carleton Stanley discussing the theme of the 1932 Dalhousie Yearbook of "Pilgrim's Progress".
Item consists of correspondence between Jessie I. Lawson (of the Educational Review) and Carleton Stanley about Stanley's attendance at the New Brunswick Teachers' Association meeting in Fredericton in June 1932.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald, about educational reform in Nova Scotia's public schools. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submission for the Christmas Edition of the Saint John Telegraph Journal, dated December 6, 1932, discussing the rapid changes to Dalhousie's campus and culture in the years since the end of the First World War. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of an article submitted by Carleton Stanley for the New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, discussing the tumultuous economic situation in the years since the Treaty of Versailles. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's greeting to incoming students, submitted to the 1933 Dalhousie Freshman Handbook, dated September 23, 1933. Item also contains related correspondence between the President's Office and Howard C. Oxley.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle, dated October 16, 1933, outlining the completion of the registration process at Dalhousie University for the 1933-34 session, and a rejection of the rumours of a substantial drop in student registration. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, prepared in December 1933. Item discusses the up-and-down economic welfare of the Maritime Provinces in the years since 1929, and the economic potential of the region's forest lands. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, dated December 20, 1933, addressing the perilous international political and economic situations after the cessation of payment of War Debts and the impending collapse of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Canada getting its economic house in order. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of correspondence between Carleton Stanley and the Saint John Telegraph-Journal from December 1933 about the President's inability to supply an editorial to the Christmas Edition of the Telegraph-Journal this year.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record, prepared in December 1933, discussing the importance of taking a "long-sighted view" of Cape Breton's economic future, rather than using "any temporary upturn in business conditions" as an indicator. Item contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a series of press releases prepared by Carleton Stanley outlining a public lecture series at the University Gymnasium in January and February 1934. Press release outlines multidisciplinary lectures by Dr. Dixie Pelluet, Dr. W.D. Woodhead, Dr. H.F. Munro, Dr. H.E. Bigelow, Dr. E.W.. Nichols, and Dr. W. Hamilton Fyfe. Item also contains related correspondence.