Archives Catalogue

UA-32, Box 10, Folder 3
File
1929 - 1939

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

File contains manuscript and print copies of newspaper articles, obituaries and press releases alongside related correspondence.

Alumni News manuscripts and related correspondence

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1929 - 1946

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

File contains manuscript copy of items published or submitted to the Alumni News, in particular personals (death, wedding, employment announcements), as well as longer obituaries, honour rolls, subscription lists, poems and articles.

Correspondence regarding World War One lists

UA-32, Box 6, Folder 7
File
1915-1920

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the compilation of lists of students who served overseas during World War One, external requests for information about Dalhousie's contributions to the war, and a one-page manuscript: Dalhousie University in the War.

Three manuscripts by James Dinwiddie

File
1780 - 1800

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains three manuscripts written by James Dinwiddie that illustrate his interests in history, political and natural philosophy.

Queries and hints, vol. 22 old series / J. Dinwiddie, LLD

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D18
Item
1805

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is Volume 22 of the "old series" of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 472-590 and is dated seven years after the previous volume.

Queries and hints, vol. 3 new series or 21st old / J. Dinwiddie, LLD

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D17
Item
1797

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 3 of the "new series" (or volume 21 of the "old series") of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 171-471 and was written in Calcutta.

Queries and hints, vol 2nd new series / 20th old series

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 13
Item
1797

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 2 in the "new series" (volume 20 in the "old series") of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," written in Calcutta and containing queries numbered 100-170.

Galvanism

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D22
Item
1801

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in Calcutta, in which he recorded his observations and experiments in galvanism and other electrical phenomena.

Longitude by the chronometer and moon : journal through China

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D21
Item
1793-1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook containing James Dinwiddie's observations about Chinese culture and notes regarding experiments he conducted with a chronometer.

Essay on pneumatics

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D27
Item
[ca.1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he writes about pneumatics, "which contain in two parts the history or theory of mind and spirit."

Queries and hints on music, vol. 1st

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D20
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This is the scientific journal entitled "Queries and Hints on Music"; it contains queries numbered 1 to 65. Composed by James Dinwiddie in 1792 while in London, the journal covers hints related to music. This file consists of one journal.

Queries and hints on fermentation

MS-2-276, Box 15, Folder D19
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints on Fermentation," which contains queries numbered 1-142.

Vol. 18 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D16
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 18 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2457-2508 and was created when Dinwiddie was in China.

Vol. 17 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D15
Item
1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 17 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2361-2455 and was created when Dinwiddie was in China.

Vol. 16, queries and hints

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D14
Item
1792-1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 16 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2252-2360 and subject headings including navigation and natural history.

Queries and hints on various subjects, volume 14th

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D12
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.

Queries and hints, vol. 15

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D13
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 15 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2270-2251 and subject headings including metallurgy, experiments, and chemistry.

Queries and hints, vol. 10

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D8
Item
1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.

Vol. 11 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D9
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 11 James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1896-1972 and headings including manufacturers, metallurgy and mechanics.

Queries and hints, vol. 12

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D10
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.

Vol. 13 [Queries and HInts]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D11
Item
[ca. 1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 13 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2082-2172 and headings including mathematics, engineering and mechanics.

Queries and hints, vol. 8, Paris

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 8 of "Queries and Hints" created by James Dinwiddie in Paris. This volume contains queries numbered 1111 to 1286.

Vol 1 : queries and hints in 20 vols.

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D1
Item
1779-1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is the first volume of a journal created by James Dinwiddie while he was in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1779-1780. This volume contains scientific queries numbered 1-123 with additional notes and observations in the end pages.

Queries and hints on various philosoph. subjects, vol. 2

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D2
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 2 of "Queries and Hints" containing queries numbered 244-427, created by James Dinwiddie in 1780 while he was in Cork, Kilkenny, and Dublin.

Vol. 3 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D3
Item
1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 3 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 428-613, created by James Dinwiddie in 1782 while he was in Dublin.

Vol. 4 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D4
Item
1784

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 4 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 614-727, created by James Dinwiddie in May 1784 while he was in Waterford, Ireland.

Vol. 5 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D5
Item
1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 5 of "Queries and Hints," with queries numbered 728-794, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1786.

Vol. 6 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D6
Item
1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 6 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 795-1000, created by James Dinwiddie in April 1787 while he was in London.

Queries and hints, vol. 9

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D7
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 9 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1287-1721, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1788 while in London.

An examination of the 2nd part of Mr. Hume's 12th essay

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E18
Item
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook containing an essay examining the second part of Joseph Hume's twelfth essay.

Biographical sketch of James Proudfoot, armourer to the Breadalbane Fencibles / by his son, W.J. Proudfoot

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder I1
Item
[after 1865]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a manuscript written by W.J. Proudfoot containing the story of his father, and a second biographical tale, called "Dr. Dinwiddie's Watch."

A brief description of the four seasons

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder G2
Item
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a manuscript in which Dinwiddie describes changes in weather and flora and fauna between seasons.

An essay to discover and determine the true order of the battle of the Roman Legions ...

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder G1
Item
[1780?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a manuscript by James Dinwiddie, which includes a table of contents (12 chapters) and an appendix.

President Carleton Stanley's manuscript copies of press releases, articles and addresses, 1937-1944

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 3
File
1937 - 1944

Part of President’s Office fonds

File contains manuscript copies of addresses given by President Carleton Stanley between 1937-1944.

Addresses by President Carleton Stanley

UA-3, Box 546, Folder 7
File
1938

Part of President’s Office fonds

File contains manuscript copies of Stanley's 1938 addresses at the closing exercises at New Glasgow High School and annual banquet of the Alumni Association of the Conservatory of Music; book suggestions for teenage boys; New Year 1938 musings; and a letter to a newspaper editor regarding the decline and fall of Classics in higher education.

Carleton Stanley's correspondence

UA-3, Box 101, Folder 20
File
1932 - 1945

Part of President’s Office fonds

File contains Carleton Stanley's correspondence with colleagues and editors, and included some manuscript drafts and offprints of articles or addresses by Stanley or others.

Records regarding Carleton Stanley's inauguration and retirement

UA-3, Box 101, Folder 18
File
1930-1972

Part of President’s Office fonds

File contains records regarding Carleton Stanley's inauguration ceremony and dinner, including correspondence, lists, seating arrangements, invitations, programs and tickets; copies of several addresses given by Stanley in the 1930s; correspondence with W.D. Woodhead at McGill University; and correspondence regarding Stanley's annuities and pension, including that paid to his widow.

President Carleton Stanley's manuscript copies of press releases, articles and addresses, 1931-1934

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2
File
1931-1934, 1936

Part of President’s Office fonds

File contains manuscripts of articles, press releases and addresses delivered by Carleton Stanley between 1931 and 1934. Some items include related correspondence.

George Geddie Patterson's article about alumni supporting Dalhousie University

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 40
Item
6 December 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is Carleton Stanley's manuscript copy of Judge George Geddie Patterson's article submitted to the Halifax Chronicle on December 6, 1932, discussing the importance of alumni contributions to Dalhousie University as a result of the funding and construction for the new gymnasium.

Carleton Stanley's radio address on behalf of the Community Chest

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
October 10, 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a script for a broadcast made by Carleton Stanley on October 10, 1934 as part of a Community Chest appeal.

University materials and university fees

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 14
Item
December 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is an manuscript article about Dalhousie's tuition fees in relation to those elsewhere in Canada for publication in The Sydney Post Record, along with related correspondence.

Thinking our way out

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 13
Item
December 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of Carleton Stanley's article about trends in education in the Maritimes for publication in The Halifax Herald, along with related correspondence.

Manuscript about Dalhousie's role in training thinkers and leaders

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript written by Carleton Stanley for publication in The Saint John Telegraph-Journal, along with related correspondence.

University material and university fees

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
December 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of Carleton Stanley's address or article about tuition fees across Canada and at Dalhousie University specifically.

Carleton Stanley's address at the Normal College, Truro

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 1, Item 26
Item
March 1935

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a manuscript copy of an address made by Carleton Stanley at the Normal College in Truro, on March 22, 1935. The focus of his address is on the value of teaching poetry to children.