Archives Catalogue

UA-60, SF Box 112 , Folder 1
File
1946 - 1963

File contains five notebooks containing meeting minutes and financial records of the Dalhousie Co-vettes. A sixth is labeled "Refreshment Book" and doubled as an address book, containing members' contact information as well a spreadsheet indicating the names of those who provided sweets, sandwiches, squares, cookies etc. each month in 1957 and 1958.

Dalhousie Co-vettes

Photographs of Helen Wilson Beveridge and Inspecting Officer Ernie Rhuda inspecting Royal Canadian Air Force #299 Auxillary

MS-2-831.2022-016, PB Box 29, Folder 34
File
[ca. 1950]

Part of Helen Wilson Beveridge fonds

Dalhousie University graduating class programs for 1913 and 1914

MS-2-829, SF Box 39, Folder 13
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Marion Reid Smith collection

Dalhousie Alumnae Association twenty-fifth anniversary (1909-1934) programme

MS-2-829, SF Box 114, Folder 2
File
1934

Part of Marion Reid Smith collection

File contains a copy of the twenty-fifth anniversary welcome and a programme titled "Back to old Dalhousie."

Dalhousie Theatre Night programs

MS-2-829, SF Box 113, Folder 11
File
1911; 1914

Part of Marion Reid Smith collection

Photographs of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery

MS-2-827, OS Box 17, Folder 5
File
[ca. 1917]

File contains two photographs of the No. 10 Halifax Siege Battery.

Genealogical research and correspondence re. a revised version or television production of Blood Traitors

MS-2-825, Box 9, Folder 2
File
2002 - 2008

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File also contains two pages of notes respectively dated 1998 and 2001.

Geneaology research for Blood Traitors: The True Saga of Families Torn Apart by the Struggle for Independence in Revolutionary North America

MS-2-825, Box 8, Folders 1-11; Box 9, Folder 1
File
1991 - 1993

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File also contains correspondence.

Sable Island : [manuscript]

MS-2-825, Box 5, Folder 5
File
[200-]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains an extended treatment for a possible television program about Sable Island.

Notes for a book on Sable Island

MS-2-825, Box 5, Folder 4
File
[2002?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains an annotated 20-page manuscript, a chapter breakdown and handwritten notes.

Correspondence regarding Sable Island by Sheila Hirtle and Marq de Villiers

MS-2-825, Box 5, Folder 3
File
2001 - 2003

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Where the horses run : the story of Sable island, a dune adrift in the Atlantic / by Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle : [manuscript]

MS-2-825, Box 5, Folder 2
File
2003 - 2004

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains a revised, edited manuscript, editorial notes, and correspondence from Jacqueline Johnson, non-fiction editor at Walker Books.

Correspondence regarding a research trip to Sable Island by Sheila Hirtle and Marq de Villiers

MS-2-825, Box 4, Folder 9
File
2002

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Windswept : a documentary / Marq de Villiers : [television scripts]

MS-2-825, Box 4, Folder 10
File
[2004?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains three script treatments, including visuals and narration.

Magazine and newspaper clippings of article, reviews and columns written by Marq de Villiers

MS-2-825, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1996 - 2013

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Correspondence regarding Blood Traitors

MS-2-825, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1992-1998, 2007-2009

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Publicity and reviews for A Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins and Curious History of Sable Island

MS-2-825, Box 2, Folder 1
File
2004 - 2005

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Photographs assembled and mounted to create a panoramic view of the shoreline from Mahone Bay to Mader's Cover

MS-2-825, Box 12, Folder 9
File
[20--?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains 13 photographs that have been cut and mounted onto five sheets of board to create a panoramic view of the shoreline from Mahone Bay to Mader's Cove. The photographs are numbered on the front with felt pen.

Photographs of old Lunenburg houses and barns in winter

MS-2-825, Box 12, Folder 3
File
[198-?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Photographs of South Carolina taken in the course of research for Blood Traitors

MS-2-825, Box 11, Folder 11
File
[199-?]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains photographs of lanes and pre-revolutionary Charleston architecture; the countryside near Charleston; the Town of Ninety-Six; "up country"; 69 Fox Street; St George's Church, London, UK; and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.

Material from E. Chesley Allen

MS-2-795, SF Box 88, Folder 4
File
1925 ; 1944

Part of Personal archives of David R. Jones

Folder contains an article by E. Chesley Allen "An Arcadian Boyhood" published in the Journal of Education and notes from a summer camping trip, 1925 Charlie, Fernald & I "to say nothing of the dog", Dartmouth to Middle Stewiacke by canoe.

Youth New Democratic Club at Dalhousie - King's

MS-2-795, SF Box 88, Folder 3
File
1962

Part of Personal archives of David R. Jones

Folder contains newsletters; resolutions; speeches and correspondence between student members from 1962.

Youth New Democratic Club at Dalhousie - King's

MS-2-795, SF Box 88, Folder 2
File
1962

Part of Personal archives of David R. Jones

Folder contains newsletters; resolutions; speeches and correspondence between student members from 1960-1962.

K. G. Shillington's reports for the Department of Fisheries, Fish Culture Services, January - December 1937

Part of K. G. Shillington's reports for the Department of Fisheries, Fish Culture Services

K. G. Shillington's reports for the Department of Fisheries, Fish Culture Services, January - December 1936

Part of K. G. Shillington's reports for the Department of Fisheries, Fish Culture Services

K. G. Shillington's reports for the Department of Fisheries, Fish Culture Services, January - December 1935

Part of K. G. Shillington's reports for the Department of Fisheries, Fish Culture Services

Correspondence with Leon A. Carley

MS-2-586, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1980 - 1982

Part of Ernest Heighton fonds

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and Leon A. Carley an attorney in California. The file contains letters regarding a Bronson manuscript.

Correspondence with Estelle Bronson

MS-2-586, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1987 -1988

Part of Ernest Heighton fonds

File consists of correspondence between Ernest Heighton and Estelle Bronson, niece-in-law to Howard M. Bronson. The file contains cards and correspondence regarding research Heighton requested regarding Howard Bronson.

Research notes for Dr. Bronson's scientific publications

MS-2-586, SF Box 112, Folder 6
File
[ca. 1980]

Part of Ernest Heighton fonds

File consists of handwritten notes compiled and written by Ernest Heighton on Howard L. Bronson's scientific publications.

Dalhousie University Information on People

MS-2-586, Box 1, Folder 44
File
[ca. 1980]

Part of Ernest Heighton fonds

File consists of news clippings on professor Murray Mcneill, and handwritten research notes.

Frank McMahon's registration card and class certification tickets from the Halifax Medical College

MS-2-224, SF Box 33, Folder 1
File
1887 - 1888

Files contains Frank McMahon's registration tickets for the Halifax Medical College (Dalhousie College and University Medical Faculty) and his attendance/examination cards for Anatomy, Materia Medica, Practical Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Botany, and Chemistry. The cards are printed on coloured heavy card and are held in a small black leather-bound folder. Cards are variously signed by John Forrest, A.W.H. Lindsay, D.A. Campbell, Arthur Morrow, John Somers, George L. Sinclair, and others. The back of one card contains a note from A.W.H. Lindsay about dissections.

McMahon, J. Frank

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [PFLAG] correspondence, notes, and clippings

MS-15-23, SF Box 114, Folder 22
File
1993-1997

Part of Jan Morrell fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the founding and operations of a Halifax chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [PFLAG], as well as notes, one essay regarding parents of LBTQ+ children, and clippings of letters to the editor regarding spousal benefits for same-sex partners.

Presentation to the Halifax County-Bedford school board regarding human rights

MS-15-23, SF Box 114, Folder 19
File
17 June 1990

Part of Jan Morrell fonds

File contains notes from a presentation to the Halifax County-Bedford school board. delivered by Chris Aucoin and Jan Morrell on behalf of Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia regarding race relations, cross-cultural understanding, and human rights.

Correspondence between Kevin Elliott and the Hon. William Gillis regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act

MS-15-23, SF Box 114, Folder 17
File
16 June 1993

Part of Jan Morrell fonds

File contains correspondence between Kevin Elliott (on behalf on Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia), and Hon. William Gillis, Minister of Justice, regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act stipulating protections for LGBTQ+ persons.

Correspondence between Jan Morrell and the Hon. Eleanor Norrie regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act

MS-15-23, SF Box 114, Folder 16
File
20 September 1993

Part of Jan Morrell fonds

File contains correspondence between Jan Morrell (on behalf on Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia), and Hon. Eleanor Norrie, Minister of the Civil Service Commission, regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act stipulating protections for LGBTQ+ persons.

Convocation programs for 2021

MS-1-Ref.2021-018, Box 271, Folder 14
File
2021

Part of Dalhousie University convocation programs

This file contains two copies of the programs for the Spring 2021 Convocation and one copy of the honorary degree celebration program, June 23, 2021. Honorary degree recipients include: Dr. Guy Berthiaume; The Honourable John Buchanan; Mary Deacon, CM; Dr. Steven Strogatz; Dr. Rachel Thibeault. Historical information about Dalhousie's New Dawn Staff is included. File also contains two copies of the Fall 2021 Convocation.

Convocation programs for 2020

MS-1-Ref.2021-018, Box 271, Folder 13
File
2020

Part of Dalhousie University convocation programs

This file contains two copies of the programs for the Spring 2020 Convocation, and two copies of the programs for the 2020
Fall Convocation.

Dalhousie University convocation programs 1974

MS-1-Ref, Box 6, Folder 25
File
1974

Part of Dalhousie University convocation programs

File contains programs from Dalhousie University convocations in 1974. The programs include two copies of a program from a special convocation for the opening of the Dalhousie Life Sciences Centre on April 19, 1974; and a program from Dalhousie convocation ceremonies on May 16, 1974 and May 17, 1974.

Convocation program : 1960

MS-1-Ref, Box 5, Folder 22
File
October 1960

Part of Dalhousie University convocation programs

File contains program for special convocation for the opening of the Sir James Dunn Building.

The Dalhousian, volumes 1-6

MS-1-Ref, Box 180
File
1914

File contains all six issues of a short-run student newspaper published in 1914 in support of Dalhousie's campaign for a new student building.

National Research Council building architectural plans

UA-9, Oversize Folder 33
File
1949 - 2002

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings for the National Research Council Laboratory and for the Institute for Marine Biosciences on Oxford Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 1949 drawings, produced by Leslie Fairn and C. Gustave Brault, include plot plans; footings; floor plans; interior room and finish schedules; sections and details; and plumbing, heating and electrical plans. The 1964 and 1979 drawings are for additions and extensions, and were produced by Duffus, Romans, Kundzins and Rounsefell Ltd. The file also includes a set of drawings printed at reduced scale for a submission by Lydon Lynch issued September 2002 for a National Research Council New Industry Partnership Facility Institute for Marine Biosciences.

Gymnasium for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 9
File
August 1931

Part of Facilities Management

File contains construction blueprints for the Studley Campus gymnasium, which was designed by architect Andrew Cobb and built by MacDonald Construction in 1932. Drawings include floor plans; elevations; footing plans; cross sections; and details for windows, cornices and other elements. The plans, which are labelled with job number U-311, are signed off by [W. Thompson?], Secretary of the Board of Governors.

Dalhousie Medical School architectural plans

UA-9, OS Folder 8
File
1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings by Andrew Cobb for a proposed medical school building: two sets of basement, first and second floor plans; and single drawings of the front, end and rear elevations; cross and longitudinal sections; and a proposed layout for a physiology dark theatre.

Elevation drawings of the Library and Science buildings

UA-9, OS Folder 7
File
[1913?]

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three versions of elevations of the Macdonald Library building shown adjacent to the Science Building, which was completed one year prior to the library.

Dalhousie College — proposed new library

UA-9, OS Folder 66
File
1904

Part of Facilities Management

File contains five unsigned drawings for a proposed new library for Dalhousie College, dated almost a decade before the purchase of Studley. Drawings include a front elevation and ground floor plan in ink on waxed linen, and a less detailed front elevation, as well as floor plans for the basement, first and ground floors, in ink on paper.

Shirreff Hall women's residence extensions and alterations plans

UA-9, OS Folder 65
File
March 1962

Part of Facilities Management

File contains electrical and sprinkler plans and floor, trim and wall material and colour spreadsheets.

Nova Scotia Technical College extensions and alternations "D" Building

UA-9, OS Folder 63
File
1975 - 1976

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings for a 1975-76 renovation to Building D, including site plan revisions, plumbing, plans and sections, and basement floor plan.

Nova Scotia Technical College extensions and alternations "C" Building

UA-9, OS Folder 63
File
1967

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings by Napier and Napier for a 1967 renovations to Building C, including site plans, floor plans, elevations and sections, electrical plans, and steel framing schedule and details.

Sexton Campus Building N renovation plans