Archives Catalogue

MS-2-838, Box 7, Folder 11
File
1975 - 1977

File contains an original manuscript draft of The One Hundred Year Old man, first produced for radio by CBC Halifax. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script including various submissions, rejections, acceptances and prizes.

The (Almost) Annual (Virtual) Variety Show

MS-3-4, Box 27, Folder 26
File
2020

Part of Theatre Arts Guild fonds

File contains printed screenshots of online posters; a script of performer intros; emails; and an act list for TAG's December 12, 2020 virtual variety night hosted by MC Debora Pollock.

The bank of Acadia at Liverpool, NS, 1872-1873

MS-2-202, Box 29, Folder 4, Item 8
Item
1965

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a sheaf of multiple drafts and notes, typed and handwritten, of a manuscript by Thomas Raddall that was never published.

The church at Karsdale / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 17
File
December 1947

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

File contains a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel about the history of Christ Church, Karsdale, near Lower Granville, the third oldest Anglican church in Nova Scotia, but originally built by Congregationalists in the 1760s. The file also contains a letter to R.J. Rankin at The Herald newspaper in Halifax.

The Coady co-op show / created, produced and performed by members of the Mulgrave Road Co-Operative Theatre Company : [mansucript]

MS-2-838, Box 3, Folder 9
Item
1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a clean copy of the production draft of The Coady Co-Op Show as toured in 1979.

The dairy of the future, or, Theory and practice combined : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
March 18 1890

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's address before the Nova Scotia Dairyman's Association meeting, held in Halifax on March 18th, 1890, titled "The Dairy of the Future, or, Theory and Practice Combined", copied from the T.C. Allen-published pamphlet of the same year.

The Development of Public International Law in the 20th Century research materials

MS-2-615, Box 72, Folder 11
File
1997 - 1997

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

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Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia.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

The famous mystery ship, Mary Celeste : [research notes]

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
[196-]

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of typed research notes collected by Irving Deale, and written by unknown persons likely in the 1960s, giving a brief outline on the history of the Mary Celeste.

The Fifth (!) Biennial Playwrights @ TAG Festival

MS-3-4, Box 27, Folder 27
File
2021

Part of Theatre Arts Guild fonds

File contains records related to Dear Diary, by Judy Reade, and Life During Wartime, by Heidi Hodgkinson, two short plays about life under lockdown, with small casts, presented online on March 25-27, 2021. Records include a press release and scripts.

The Fit — November 2006 rewrites to create new draft

MS-2-838, Box 20, Folder 12
File
2006

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains multiple drafts of different scenes from a November 2006 rewrite of My Place or Yours?

The Flood — CBC produced

MS-2-838, Box 14, Folder 2
File
1975 - 1977

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains three drafts copies of The Flood, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1977. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The founding of Halifax : together with a list of the original settlements, alphabetically arranged : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 25
Item
1949

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a typed manuscript dedicated to His Worship, The Mayor / and Corporation of the City of Halifax / on the occasion of its Bicentenary Anniversary, 1949. The manuscript includes a poem by Charles Bruce: "Port of Halifax."

The germ theory and sero-therapy : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
July 3 1895

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's presidential address before the Nova Scotia Medical Society con-joint meeting with the Maritime Medical Association, held in Halifax on July 3rd, 1895, titled "The Germ Theory and Sero-Therapy". Item was reproduced from the August 1895 issue of the Maritime Medical News, pages 165-169.

The great trial of the gang of four / Chun Gu

MS-2-615, Box 106, Folder 6
File
[ca. 1976] - [ca. 1976]

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains an annotated copy of Chun Gu's thesis paper submitted to Dalhousie Law School.

The Halifax drink trade: 1870-1895 / Keith L. Johnston : manuscript

MS-4-135, Box 202, Folder 10
Item
1977

Part of Oland and Son fonds

The islanders / by Frank Parker Day : [manuscript]

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 1; Box 9, Folder 2
Item
[ca. 1927]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Item is a typed manuscript with handwritten amendments called "The Islanders," which later became the novel Rockbound, published in 1928.

The Lower Granville causeway / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 8
Item
1947

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel reporting on the arguments in favour and against the building of a causeway or upgrading the bridge spanning the Annapolis River at the point at which it is divided by Coat Island, between Annapolis Royal and Granville Ferry. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

The missing dog Is spotted : [annotated manuscript]

MS-2-821, Box 7, Folder 7
File
[ca.2015]

Part of Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

File contains an undated manuscript of The Missing Dog Is Spotted with hand-written minor revisions. The title page has a note: "Make changes on final manuscript + previous changes."

The mystery of the Marie Celeste : [manuscript]

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 3
Item
1968

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of a facsimile of a passage from J. Alphonse Deveau's 1968 book "La ville francaise" related to the mystery of the Mary Celeste, with an accompanying English translation (likely undertaken by Irving Deale).

The Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 6
Item
[195-]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

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.

"The old Dexter Tavern at Liverpool, N.S."

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
July 1961

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a brief history of the Liverpool tavern; includes a timeline of events at the tavern from the American Revolutionary War.

"The old Dexter Tavern at Liverpool, N.S.", revised

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 7
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a revised manuscript (from 1966) outlining a brief history of Dexter Tavern in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

The origin and development of the Communist Party of Canada up to 1926 : Cape Breton as a case study in analysis / James Young : [manuscript]

Part of James Young's research files for his Dalhousie honours thesis on the Communist Party of Canada in Cape Breton before 1926

The president's address to the freshman class, session 1931-32, Dalhousie University

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 2
Item
24 September 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of Carleton Stanley's inaugural address to the freshman class of Dalhousie University on September 24, 1931.

The Public Health Act of Nova Scotia / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 29
Item
July 7 1904

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1904 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol, XVI, No. 8; in the Original Communications section), titled "The Public Health Act of Nova Scotia". The article was also read by Reid before a meeting the Maritime Medical Association on July 7th, 1904.

The restored Champlain Habitation at Port Royal : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 13
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is 2500 word article by Andrew Merkel recounting the history of the discovery and restoration of the Port Royal Habitation. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

The smallpox epidemic : persistence of the contagium of smallpox / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 34
Item
May 1904

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the May 1904 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVI, No. 5; "Original Communications" section), titled "The Smallpox Epidemic: Persistence of the Contagium of Smallpox".

The spotted dog last seen : [annotated early draft manuscript]

MS-2-821, Box 6, Folder 10
File
2012

Part of Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

File contains a typed draft of Jessica Kerrin's book with the working title "All Seats Have an Equal View of the Universe" dated March 16, 2012, which was later published as "The Spotted Dog Last Seen." The document is marked with handwritten annotations and edits.

The spotted dog last seen : [annotated manuscript]

MS-2-821, Box 6, Folder 12
File
[ca. 2013]

Part of Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

File contains an undated annotated manuscript of The Spotted Dog Last Seen, written by Jessica Scott Kerrin. The documents are marked with handwritten annotations and edits.

The spotted dog last seen : [manuscript]

MS-2-821, Box 6, Folder 13
File
[ca. 2013]

Part of Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

File consists of an undated manuscript (presumably a final copyedit) with hand-written minor revisions for the book The Spotted Dog Last Seen, written by Jessica Scott Kerrin.

The story of the Canadian Legion Branch No. 38, from 1931-1946 : a brief sketch by Thomas H. Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 29, Folder 4, Item 10
Item
June 6, 1981

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is an unpublished typed manuscript.

The sword of the Mary Celeste mystery

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
1973

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of a short handwritten manuscript about swords aboard the Mary Celeste, written on vellum by Stephen Orr, and collected by Irving Deale in 1973.

The Truth about Mrs Van Haiden — CBC produced

MS-2-838, Box 14, Folder 3 and Box 15, Folder 2
File
1978 - 1979

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains five manuscript drafts of The Truth About Mrs Van Haiden, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1979. File also contains an outline, contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The universities and the international outlook : [offprint]

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 76
Item
January 1936

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an offprint of an article title "The Universities and the International Outlook", written by Carleton Stanley, and reprinted from the University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. V, No. 2, January, 1936. Speech was originally delivered before the American Association of Colleges in May 1934.

The university and the non-Halifax freshmen : a proposal / Allan Currie Dunlop

MS-2-784, Box 1, Folder 16
Item
31 December 1968

Part of Allan Currie Dunlop fonds

Item consists of a manuscript drafted by Allan Dunlop in December 1968 outlining problems faced by non-Halifax-based freshmen at Dalhousie University, particularly in regards to student housing at the time of an [earlier] "growing housing crisis in the city".

The uses of pus in the animal econony / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 24
Item
February 6, 1872

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an "original communications" article submitted to the February 1872 issue of the Canada Medical Journal (Vol. 8, No. 9) by A.P. Reid, previously read before the Halifax Medical Society on February 6th, 1872, titled "The Uses of Pus in the Animal Economy".

The Waiting's Over — CBC produced

MS-2-838, Box 14, Folder 5
File
1980 - 1982

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains three manuscript drafts of The Waiting's Over, which was originally written as a stage play titled Ed & Molly, based on an idea conceived by Barry Stuart. The radio version was broadcast by CBC Radio in 1982. File also contains a manuscript copy of Ed & Molly, an outline for its adaptation to radio, a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The way to Port Royal / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 10
Item
1948

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is a 1000 word article by Andrew Merkel about the significance for tourism of paving the highway from Granville Ferry to Lower Granville. The manuscript contains no information about where or whether the article was published.

The yellow wallpaper : [manuscript]

MS-2-777, Box 13, Folder 12
File
[1980?]

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

File contains a play script written by Mary Vingoe for Nightwood Theatre's 1980-1981 season; she also played the role of Catherine. File also contains two copies of a press release about the production.

Then and now (1849-1949) / Andrew Merkel : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 1, Folder 19
Item
1949

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item is 3200 word article written about Halifax's centenary of 1849.

There's a run on the fishing banks / Thomas E. Raddall

MS-2-202, Box 29, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
1952

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is an unpublished typed manuscript by Thomas Raddall, with a handwritten note explaining why Maclean's Magazine declined the story despite having commissioned it.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton was a poor business man

MS-2-202, Box 29, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is an unpublished typed manuscript by Thomas Raddall about the poor financial acumen of the author of Sam Slick.

Thomas John (Jock) Murray fonds

MS-13-69
Fonds
1890-2018

Fonds consists of the archival records of Thomas John (Jock) Murray, which includes correspondence and research materials on neurological disease, the humanities and the history of medicine.

Murray, Thomas John (Jock)

Toward a first draft : Banff 5 & 6 / 80

MS-2-838, Box 5, Folder 4
File
1980

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains annotated manuscript pages of Bring Back Don Messer! written in Banff.

Towards a third draft (production draft) : replaced pages from rehearsal rewrites August 11- September 10, 1980

MS-2-838, Box 5, Folder 7
File
1980

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

File contains manuscript pages of Bring Back Don Messer!

Traces of early French in Queens County and adjacent parts of Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 29, Folder 4, item 7
Item

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is an unpublished typed manuscript by Thomas Raddall about the French influence along the eastern coast from Canso to Cape Sable before English settlement.

Traditional songs from New Glasgow

MS-2-353, SF Box 38, Folder 1
File
[ca. 1975]

File contains four pages of five traditional songs sung to Edward Charles Feltmate during his childhood in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Includes the text to the following songs: "The Cold Winters Night", "The Steam Packet Soverign [sic]", "The Gay Spanish Maid", "The Flying Cloud", and "Sable Island: Graveyard of the Atlantic" (written by an attendant of the [Sable Island] Life Saving Station).

Feltmate, Charles, fl. 1975

Treatment of pneumonia sixty years ago / Dr. A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 26
Item
July 6 1910

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an address by Dr. A.P. Reid, submitted to the September 1910 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XXII, No. 9), and read at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, held in Yarmouth on July 6th, 1910, titled "Treatment of Pneumonia Sixty Years Ago".

Typed drafts of newspaper articles about the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

MS-2-130, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 5
Item
[1975-1977]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of typed draft manuscript material related to Barbara Hinds articles about the construction and operation of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, written for the Chronicle Herald and Mail Star between 1975 and 1977.

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