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Discourse no. 1 & 2

Item consists of two discourses written by William Ellis, likely in the late-1770s. The items are bound dos-a-dos, with Discourse no.1 starting at front cover to the middle of the booklet and Discourse no.2 starting at the back cover to the middle of the booklet.

Where Do We Go and How Shall We Get There

Item consists of a brief publication prepared by Alderperson Barbara Hart (likely in 1977) in association with the Nova Scotia Division Community Planning Association of Canada, relating to public transportation in Halifax and Dartmouth.

Simulation of Canada-US boundary waters negotiation : [manuscript]

Item consists of a simulation related to a Canadian-American law of the sea boundary issue, printed by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, and compiled by Don Munton. "This simulation is based on one developed by Eugene Bovis of the
Department of State and a revision of that developed by Glyn Berry and Gilbert R. Winham."

A concept of rehabilitation / Herbert S. Talbot

Item consists of a copy of the article "A concept of rehabilitation", written in 1962 for Paraplegia News by Herbert S. Talbot, sent by Don Curren to Barbara Hinds. Item also includes correspondence between Curren and Hinds from 1977, related to the included article.

The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

Item consists of a promotional pamphlet created by the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Council (M.A. Wilson, President at the time) titled "The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre", about the opening of and services provided by the original rehabilitation centre, opened in the late-1950s under the leadership of Arthur Shears.

"Evangeline and the Real Acadians"

Item is a typescript transcription of "Evangeline and the Real Acadians," an essay by Archibald MacMechan. MacMechan published the essay in 1914, as part of the collection 'The Life of a Little College & Other Papers'.

"Old Sailor's Ballads, Collected by the Late Capt. Fenwick Hatt of Liverpool, N.S."

File contains a transcription of ballads. Includes: "The Frozen Girl," "On the Banks of Newfoundland," "The Worn-Out Sailor," "The Rose of Britons Isle," "The Banks of Brandywine," "The Pride of Glenco," "Sweet Jinny on the Moor," [Untitled], "The Blind Sailor," "The Ship Lady Sherbrooke," "The Cabin Boy," "The Braes of Balquhidder," "The Ramblin' Irishman," "The Desolate Widow," "The Bounty Jumper," "Our Fifer Boy," "The Ghostly Sailors," "The Cumberland," and "Bold Jack Donahue." Includes handwritten annotations by Raddall

"Chanties and Other Songs of the Sea" : [manuscript]

Item is a collection of transcribed sea chanties, as sung aboard vessels out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the 1870's, 1880's, and 1890's, and recalled in whole or part by William H. Smith, of Liverpool, N.S. (born 1867). The words were taken down and prepared in typescript by his son T. Brenton Smith, in the year 1940. Includes the following chanties: "The Loss of the Emma-Jane," "Lay Out, Tack Sheets and Haul," "Bound to Rio," "Blow the Man Down," "Old Hoss," "Screwing in Song," "Way Down in Tennessee," "The City of Baltimore," "Around the World and Home Again," "Old Mother Head's," "Sauer Kraut," "Arriving back at Liverpool," "The Mary," "Brigantine Scrocco," "The Big Five Gallon Jar," "Shiloh Brown," "Shanadore [Shenandoah]," "What You Going to do with a Drunken Sailor," "Goodbye, Fare Ye Well," "Say Old Man," "Harbour Grace," "Liverpool Packet," "Fire in the Foretop," "Sailor's Burial at Sea," "On the Banks of the Sacremento," "Rolling Home to Merry England," "Then Turn out You Jolly Tars," "Whiskey for my Johnnie," "The Banks of Newfoundland," "Hangman Johnnie," "On the Plains of Mexico," "We'll Pay Paddy Doyle for his Boots," "Isle of Fugi," "Old England's Gained the Day," and "Walking in de Middle of de Road." Includes annotations about the chanties, some of which are handwritten and by Thomas H. Raddall.

Chanties by various authors

File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.

Synthetic fuels from ocean farms / Howard Wilcox : [draft manuscript]

Item consists of a draft manuscript copy of Howard Wilcox's 1977 paper "Synthetic Fuels from Ocean Farms", collected by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, which 'aims to explore and develop the ability to raise giant California kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and/or other seaweeds, plants, and marine animals throughout the tropical and temperate oceans'.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Maclean's Magazine

File contains correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Maclean's Magazine dating from 1939 to 1944. Relates to the inclusion of the stories "Eighth Mile House" and "The Odour of Sanctity", and articles "Ready", "North of Vinland", and others, in Maclean's issues in the early 1940s. File also includes active story revisions. Includes correspondence from R. Napier Moore, W.A. Irwin, Jack Paterson, Dorothy Hodgins, Walter Gilhooly, Harry C. Clarke, Noryal Bonisteel, and others.

James De Mille : [manuscript] / by Lawrence J. Burpee

Item is a manuscript written by Lawrence Johnstone Burpee about James De Mille. Manuscript contains biography, an appreciation, and a bibliographic index of De Mille's work. Additionally, the manuscript contains extracts from "Helena's Household", "Christian Watchman", "Fire in the Woods", "Behind the Veil","Kosekin", "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder", "Sweet Maiden of Quoddy", "Mimehaha Mine", "A Nightmare", Moses et Ingens dux", "Heroes of Legislature", and "The Dodge Club".

Solar greenhouse aquaculture : [manuscript]

Item consists of an offprint of the paper "Solar greenhouse aquaculture", written by W. van Toever of the Ark Project, originally published in "Solar Energy: Bringing it down to Earth: The Proceedings of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc., 1979 National Conference".

Abstract: "Rainbow and Speckled Trout have been successfully hatched and reared in a recirculating aquaculture system. The system is integrated into the Ark greenhouse providing thermal mass for temperature regulation and supplying nutrient-rich water for plants. The system incorporates bacterial, algal and hydroponic water filtration. Various vegetable crops have been raised in the hydroponic troughs. A scaled-down system suitable for domestic solar greenhouse application is also under development."

Management of solar greenhouses : [manuscript]

Item consists of an offprint of the paper "Management of solar greenhouses", written by Linda Gilkeson of the Ark Project, originally published in "Solar Energy: Bringing it down to Earth: The Proceedings of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc., 1979 National Conference".

Abstract: "The positive and negative effects on plant growth of environmental conditions in the Ark solar greenhouse have been monitored. The lower light levels, wide temperature fluctuations, low winter temperatures, high relative humidity and possibly low COz levels compared to conventional greenhouses have been problems that have been solved to varying degrees. Plant variety selection, revised bench design and the addition of a heat exchanger are used together to provide optimum conditions within the solar design."

Solar heating at the P.E.I. Ark : [manuscript]

Item consists of an offprint of the paper "Solar heating at the P.E.I. Ark", written by Kenneth MacKay, Director of the Ark Project, originally published in "Solar Energy: Bringing it down to Earth: The Proceedings of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc., 1979 National Conference".

Abstract: "Both active and passive solar heating systems are employed at the P. E. I. Ark. An active drain-down system, which stores heat in water located in 70,000 litre concrete tanks, supplies heat to the living area. Domestic hot water is heated by a thermosiphon drain-down solar system coupled to a wood cookstove. Environmental design of the Ark allows for maximum use of passive solar energy. The passive system supplies the majority of the heating load on sunny days, while wood stoves supply the back-up heat. The performance of the active system has required high maintenance because of problems in the mechanical and electrical systems. This, coupled with the high initial cost, has not made the system cost effective. The 178m2 commercial greenhouse uses a hybrid system with both active and passive systems. The active system employs a fan to draw air through rock storage. The passive system employs the high thermal mass of the deep soil beds, a concrete slab, and most importantly, 53,200 litres of water in translucent tanks. These tanks are then used for fish rearing and are the basis for a solar hatchery. The greenhouse has performed very well, producing crops year round since 1976."

The early Scotch settlers of Cape Breton : [manuscript]

  • MS-2-165, SF Box 25, Folder 37
  • Item
  • 1931
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.

Morrison, Murdoch Daniel

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