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Address about public schools given at the 27th annual Nova Scotia School Boards Association banquet

MS-2-511, Box 19, Folder 37
File
1981

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence and a copy of the address given on May 15, 1981.

Address on Thomas McCulloch given by Harvey Veniot on the opening of Pictou Academy's new auditorium and gymnasium

MS-2-100, SF Box 27, Folder 3
Item
1961

Veniot, Harvey Alfred, Hon.

Address to the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities

MS-2-511, Box 14, Folder 12
Item
1951

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is the text for an address concerning school statistics and teacher shortages delivered by Hicks to the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities and possibly in the House of Assembly.

Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

MS-13-86
Fonds
1837-2020, predominant 1904-2008

Fonds contains records created and collected primarily by Alexander H. Leighton, with some by Jane Leighton Murphy. Documents span from Leighton's studies at Princeton, Cambridge, and Johns Hopkins univerities, through his government employment in World War II, and his teaching career at Cornell, Dalhousie, and Harvard. The majority of records are related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women, both based in Nigeria, and the Stirling County Study, based in Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, manuscripts, grant applications, reports, photographs and slides, medical and academic records, method and guidebooks, reviews, offprints and publications, teaching and course materials, and surveys and interview transcripts.

A sous-fonds contains records documenting the migration of Alexander Leighton's parents from Ireland to the United States and their subsequent life in Philadelphia. The sous-fonds contains extensive correspondence between extended family members over the course of a century, as well as photographs, diaries, wills, family trees, memoirs, and Alexander Leighton's personal correspondence.

Murphy, Jane Leighton

Carleton Stanley's address at the 1932 Haliburton Club Dinner, King's College

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 21
Item
3 May 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Haliburton Club at King's College on May 3, 1932, discussing what makes Dalhousie's education different.

Carleton Stanley's address at the closing of the 1932 session at Halifax Academy

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 27
Item
24 June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address delivered at the closing session of the 1931-32 school year at Halifax Academy discussing the growth of civilization throughout history and the role of the younger generations and the varied ways of learning (beyond books).

Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 51
Item
18 April 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Teachers' Institute, Fredericton, N.B.

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 24
Item
29 June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley to the Teachers' Institute in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on June 29, 1932, about the relation between secondary schools and colleges.

Correspondence and notes for Omemee young authors' conference

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 32, Folder 12
File
1989

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence and notes from censorship talk given at Central Kings Rural High School

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 27, Folder 6
File
February 27, 1991 - March 18, 1991

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence and notes from censorship talk given at Central Spryfield Elementary

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 9
File
March 8, 1991 - February 21, 1991

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence and notes from school visits

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 32, Folder 27
File
1987

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence and speaking notes regarding a presentation at the Halifax District School Board's Library Department Inservice

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 31, Folder 9
File
1990

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence, notes, and presentation at the conference of the Ontario Council of Teachers of English

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 33, Folder 12
File
1992

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File includes drafts of Budge Wilson's presentation at the Ontario Council of Teachers of English on October 30, 1992.

Draft of a speech by Budge Wilson to the Ontario School Library Association Conference

MS-2-650.2016-052, Box 81, Folder 16
File
[1998?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File consists of a hand-written draft of a speech by Budge Wilson, given at the Ontario School Library Association Conference.

Education : an address delivered over CBC on Sunday, September 29th, 1946

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1946 September 29

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered on C.B.C. by President Alexander Enoch Kerr on Sunday, September 29th, 1946, discussing the importance of making available post-secondary education opportunities for service men and women returning from the Second World War.

Education in a changing world : address of Henry D. Hicks, QC, on the CBC Maritime Network

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 54
File
1962

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes a draft and final version on the address, delivered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Maritime Network.

Excerpts from Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 52
Item
April 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript abridgement of the key points in Carleton Stanley's speech before the Ontario Educational Association, April 1933.

Henry Hicks' addresses and press releases

Series
1947 - 1983

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Series comprises records created and collected by Henry Hicks that document his activities as a public speaker across his political career and as an educator and university president. Record types include speaking notes, scripts, press releases reporting on his addresses, and transcriptions of speeches. Series also contains related briefings, correspondence, news clippings and programs.

Index of Henry Hicks' speeches on education, 1951-1963

MS-2-511, Box 17, Folder 15
Item
1963

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a two-page index listing the dates, places, and occasions of Henry Hicks' speeches on education.

News report and text for an address given at a dinner for the Canadian Education Association

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 6
File
1953

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Notes for a speech given to the Nova Scotia Headmasters Association

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 53
Item
1961

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a page of handwritten notes for an address given on 27 December 1961.

Notes for an address given at Education Canada Symposium, Vancouver, BC

MS-2-511, Box 14, Folder 28
File
1980-1981

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence, a symposium brochure and program.

Notes for an address given at Pictou County Academy's 150th anniversary

MS-2-511, Box 20, Folder 37
Item
11 July 1966

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Notes for an address to the Headmasters Association meeting held at Dalhousie University

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 63
Item
1964

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a handwritten outline of speaking notes for a meeting held 29 December 1964.

Notes for presentation to grade 12 class at New Germany rural high school

MS-2-650.2015-036, Box 77, Folder 35
File
November 3, 2003

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes for talk given to high school students in Mexico City

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 56, Folder 30
File
[199-?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains handwritten notes by Budge Wilson for her "Mexico Embassy Talk."

Notes for talk given to teachers in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 56, Folder 47
File
January 24, 1996

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains handwritten notes by Budge Wilson.

Notes to talk on Oliver's Wars given at Tower Road School

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 55, Folder 19
File
[199-?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's speech.

Notes to Writers in the Schools presentation

MS-2-650.2010-030, Box 55, Folder 32
File
[199-?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains handwritten notes for Budge Wilson's presentation.

Outline for a speech on the economics of higher education

MS-2-511, Box 20, Folder 34
File

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is an outline for a speech on the economics of higher education.

Politics, business and education : an address delivered by Henry D. Hicks to the Canadian Manufacturers' Association (Atlantic Division) meeting

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 50
Item
May 4, 1961

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is the text of a speech delivered at a meeting on 4 May 1961.

Politics, business and education : an address delivered by Henry D. Hicks to the Directors' Dinner of the Bank of Nova Scotia, at its annual meeting

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 60
Item
1963

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is the text of a speech delivered on 3 December 1963.

Program for the official opening of Amherst Regional High School

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 8
Item
October 29, 1954

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a program with Henry Hick's speaking notes written on the inside back cover.

Radio address by the Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Minister of Education

MS-2-511, Box 17, Folder 12
Item
1951

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is the typed text of a radio address on educational finance, provincial-municipal responsibilities, and teachers' salaries broadcast on 3 March 1951.

Radio address given by the Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Minister of Education during Education Week, 1952

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 3
Item
1952

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a typed script of a speech broadcast on CHNS.

Radio address given during Education Week by the Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Minister of Education, 1951

MS-2-811, Box 17, Folder 13
Item
1951

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a typed script of the address.

Radio address given during Education Week by the Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Minister of Education, 1953

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 4
Item
1953

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a typed script of a speech.

Radio address given during Education Week by the Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Minister of Education, 1954

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 7
Item
1954

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a typed script of a speech.

Radio address given during Education Week by the Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Minister of Education, 1955

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 10
Item
1955

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a typed script of a speech broadcast on CBC in March 1955.

Records relating to the history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and agriculture in Nova Scotia

Subseries
1904-[2004]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Subseries contains records created by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, records about the NSAC, and records pertaining to agriculture in Nova Scotia. Included are documents on educational resources, correspondence, memos, newspapers, clippings of articles, newsletters, new building plans, speech notes, a bound copy of "The history of the NSAC", agricultural education plans in the province, and the 75th anniversary committee file.

Remarks at the Canadian Association of Independent Schools first annual dinner

MS-2-511, Box 20, Folder 5
File
1980

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File includes correspondence from David MacDonald, executive assistant to Gerald Regan, whom Hicks replaced as guest speaker at the dinner held at Kings - Edgehill School, in Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Report of an address by Henry D. Hicks at the Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Association convention in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

MS-2-511, Box 29, Folder 4
Item
1948

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a two-page precis of an address given by Hicks.

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
June 14, 1801 - June 18, 1801

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Speaking notes and correspondence regarding Peterborough young authors' conference