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Research material related to A Beacon light chapter of There Go the Ships

MS-2-82, Box 22, Folder 4
Item
[192-?]

The Reverend D.B. Blair's notes on the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, 1817-1888

MS-2-182, SF Box 27, Folder 31
Item
1888

Item is a set of research notes by Duncan Black Blair. The notes provide an account of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia from 1817-1888.

Blair, Duncan Black, The Reverend, 182?-1893

Storia Di Cristo written by Archibald MacMechan {manuscript]

MS-2-82, Box 28, Folder 26
Item
c.1922

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This article was published in The Dalhousie Review, October 1922.

Ironbound, July 30, 1926 : [manuscript]

MS-2-888, Box 9, Folder 8
Item
July 30, 1926

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Item is a manuscript of diary entries, genealogical notes, lists of idioms, and anecdotes written by Frank Parker Day in preparation for writing his novel Rockbound, which was based on families on East Ironbound Island.

"August, 1926", "Lief Erickson" photographs

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 11
Item
August 1926

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of photographs and research notes related to a visit by the ship Lief Erickson to Shelburne in 1926.

Research notes and draft speech for Munro Day, 1928

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 12
Item
1928

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

File contains handwritten research notes and a heavily annotated draft speech prepared by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie for a Munro Day speech in 1928.

Research notes related to Picton Boys Years Ago written by Archibald MacMechan

MS-2-82, Box 29, Folder 1
Item
c.1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

This article was published in The Picton Gazette, December 28, 1930.

Notes for a submission by Carleton Stanley to the Dalhousie Gazette about European economic troubles

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
27 October 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of typed notes prepared by Carleton Stanley, discussing European economic concerns in the post-war years, providing the basis for a submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated October 27, 1931.

Carleton Stanley's speaking notes for an address at Pine Hill

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 14
Item
1 December 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of speaking notes prepared by Carleton Stanley, delivered on December 1, 1931 to a contingent at Pine Hill.

Research notes from an interview with "Loon Doon Abbott"

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 6
Item
9 January 1936

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of handwritten notes drafted by Roy Laurence on January 9, 1936, during an interview with Lorna Doone (marked "Loon Doon") Abbott, daughter of Sarah Croker. Item is "Enclosure 5" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Notes regarding Harry Reid Croker's marriage

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
[1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of handwritten notes likely drafted by Roy Laurence in 1937, about findings related to Harry Croker's marriage. Item is "Enclosure 3" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Memo on Harry Reid Croker's residences

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
[1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed notes, likely compiled by Roy Laurence in 1937, related to Harry Reid Croker's residences in England at the start of the twentieth century. Item is "Enclosure 4" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Research notes regarding Sarah Croker's marriages

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 7
Item
[1937]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typed research notes, likely drafted by Roy Laurence in 1937, about Sarah Croker's marriages to Harry Croker and Blanchard Giberson. Item is "Enclosure 6" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Beaver study diary

Item
[1930-1939?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a diary kept by Alexander Leighton between October 1935 and March 1936 describing the behaviour and feeding habits of a pair of beavers kept by Alex and James (Jimmy Hutchins?) for observation.

Handwritten summary of "The Screening of Psychoneurotics," chapter 14 of The American Soldier, Volume IV

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9, item 5
Item
[1949?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a three-page summary written by H.L. Kohn.

Kohn's notes and references about the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9, item 3
Item
[1949?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a set of handwritten notes dated 21 November.

Typed notes from "The Screening of Psychoneurotics in the Army: Technical Development of Tests"

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9, item 4
Item
[1949?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is a typed set of notes about "The Screening of Psychoneurotics in the Army: Technical Development of Tests," chapter 13 of The American Soldier, Volume IV.

Robert Dewis's research notes related to the Mary Celeste and the Dewis family

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
December 12, 1950

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of typed research notes about the Mary Celeste and the Dewis family, written by Robert Dewis, transcribed in 1950 by R.L. Dewis, and collected by Irving Deale. Dewis was the son of Joshua Dewis, owner of the Mary Celeste.

Handwritten research notes about Dr. Reid's contributions to Nova Scotia medical history

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[1950?]

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of handwritten research notes about Dr. A.P. Reid's medical work in Nova Scotia, mainly a selection of cited quotations from Dr. Reid's articles.

"Notes re the Nova Scotia Bank Fishery, November, 1952"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 7
Item
1952

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is seven pages of notes titled "Notes re the Nova Scotia Bank fishery. November, 1952". Includes notes from Wallace Smith and M.M. Gardner.

Amazon, better known as the Mary Celeste, 1860-1861 : [research notes]

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1953

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of a facsimile of handwritten research notes drafted in 1953 by R.L. Dewis (and collected by Irving Deale), about the early history of the Mary Celeste (then known as the Amazon).

"Nova Scotians in the Gold Rush to Australia and Tasmania"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
1957

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes an attached newspaper clipping titled "N.S. and N.S.W. Once Were Neighbors," Halifax Chronicle-Herald - December 16, 1957.

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Thomas H. Raddall's typed research notes (with handwritten annotations) related to Irish emigration to Queens County, likely compiled in the early-1950s.

"Port Medway" : [diary entries]

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 12
Item
[1960]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typewritten transcriptions of [Simeon] Perkins' diary, from the years 1766-1812 relating to Port Medway, Queens County.

Florence Murray's notes on the history and treatment of leprosy

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 9
Item
1961

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of Florence Murray's handwritten notes on the history and treatment of leprosy, drafted in the spring of 1961.

Florence Murray's notes on drafting a program to control and treat leprosy

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 10
Item
[1961]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of Florence Murray's handwritten notes, likely from 1961, stemming from discussions with Drs. Cochrane and Fraser, about the necessities for developing a program to control and treat leprosy in Korea.

Florence Murray's notes related to biopsies and blood examination of leprosy patients

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 12
Item
[196-]

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of Florence Murray's typed notes and statistics related to examining the blood of leprosy patients at The Mission to Lepers in Taegu, Korea.

Notes related to Dalhousie's rezoning application meeting at the Halifax City Council Chambers, M...

UA-3, Box 487, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
May 31, 1966

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item includes notes written during a Halifax City Council Chambers meeting related to Dalhousie's rezoning application from May 1966.

Research notes on "The Sarah Croker Case"

MS-2-202, Box 13, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[1966?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of annotated typescript notes compiled by Thomas Raddall from multiple sources (including Roy Laurence's testimony), around the death of Sarah Croker Giberson, in preparation for a chapter on Sadie Davenport in his publication "Footsteps on Old Floors", published in 1968.

From title page: "Sources: personal conversations with Halifax lawyer (later Judge) M.B.Archibald, who represented the Salvation Army in the case: personal conversations and complete copies of the court documents supplied by lawyer Roy A. Lawrence
of Annapolis, who represented Blanchard Giberson in the case."

Research notes related to financial impacts of Dalhousie University's rezoning proposals

UA-3, Box 487, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
[1967]

Part of President’s Office fonds

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.

"Origin of the Name Potanoc, Milton, Queens Co., N.S." : [research notes]

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 9
Item
[196-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of chronological research notes on the origin of the name Potanoc (variant spellings include "Potanuck," "Potanack," and "Potannock"), related to Queens County.

Ron, Jarawa, Pyem & Sura

MS-2-27, Box 9, Folder 1
Item
1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil, green and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Ron, Ganawwi, Jarawa, Pyem and Sura Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, including observations on dress and language. The notebook includes a table of contents and hand-numbered pages, the pages are hand-numbered up to 93, the rest of the note book is left blank.

Irrigwe, Jere, Buji, Ganawari, Amo : [research notebook]

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 2
Item
1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Irrigwe (pages 1-70), Jere (pages 75-143), Buji (pages 149-221), Garawani (pages 225-287), and Amo (pages 295-315) peoples, and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, cultural and sociological specifics, &c. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

Anaguta, Vwang, Fan, Rukuba : [research notebook]

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 3
Item
1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Anaguta (pages 1-56), Vwang (pages 65-139), Fan (pages 141-177), RuKuba (pages 181-251) and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, drawings cultural and sociological specifics, &c. Item contains three sheets of loose leaf paper written in green ink entitled Madugu, a compilation of notes on Madugu a Vwang chief dated September 5th 1973. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

BuKuru, Barom, Pyem, Sura : [research notebook]

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 1
Item
1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the BuKuru (pages 1-8), Baron (pages 9-16), Interview with Barbara Frank (pages 17-16), Toma Tok (pages 23-30), Da Dusu Gyong (pages 31-40), Jos (pages 41-50), Christopher Menta (pages 51-54), Onigbinde (pages 55-60), Daniel 'Ojo' (pages 61-64), Fobur (pages 65-78), Pyem Geji (pages 79-84), Sarikin Gindiri (pages 85-92), Kereng (pages 93-104) and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, cultural and sociological specifics, &c. Item contains two sheets of loose leaf paper with handwritten transcription of a historical recounting of European contact as told by Gyong Chung of Zabutt in January 1973. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

Forum, Heipang, Riyom, Bachit : [research notebook]

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 4
Item
1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Forum (pages 1-80), Heipang (pages 85-145), Riyom (pages 151-229), Bachit (pages 231-285) and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, drawings cultural and sociological specifics, &c. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

Ropp, Kuru, Gashish, Du, Gyel : [research notebook]

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 5
Item
1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Forum (pages 1-80), Heipang (pages 85-145), Riyom (pages 151-229), Bachit (pages 231-285) and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, drawings cultural and sociological specifics, &c. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

History of Assakio village : [research]

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 6
Item
1976

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Item is a folder of typed research documents and interviews compiled by James H. Morrison in Assakio Village in Nigeria in 1976. The interview transcriptions are listed in a table of contents. The interviews are a range of individuals containing the chief of the Assakio council, tradespeople, various ceremonies and community events. The item also contains a vocabulary and greeting list, and index.

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.

Notes related to a CBC interview regarding public transit in Halifax and Dartmouth

MS-2-706, Box 7, Folder 21, Item 3
Item
1978

Part of Donald Higgins fonds

Item consists of notes for a CBC interview in early January 1978 regarding public transit issues in Halifax and Dartmouth. Item is arranged in the form of a three-year timeline.

"Protection Against Spruce Budworm"

MS-2-202, Box 15, Folder 3
Item
[ca.] 1978

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Centre for Foreign Policy Studies Foreign Policy Workshop notes and agendas

MS-2-702, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1978

Part of Gilbert R. Winham fonds

Item consists of handwritten notes, agendas, participant lists, and clippings, related to the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies Foreign Policy Workshop, held May 15-17, 1978.

Transparency showing biomass measurements for an ENFOR study of standing crops and fluxes at Site H8, a stand of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), red maple (Acer rubrum), and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) at an unidentified central Nova Scotian location

MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 17, Item 109
Item
1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

Includes measurements related to tree counts, level of ground vegetation, forest floor soils, throughfall, stemflow, litterfall, precipitation, weathering, dinitrogen fixation, and net flux.

On the line : [notebook with early draft]

MS-2-772, Box 2, Folder 3
Item
1982

Part of Wendy Lill fonds

Item consists of Wendy Lill's research notes and play outline for her play "On the Line".

Research notes on the history of law at Peking University

MS-2-615, Box 65, Folder 6
Item
[1987]

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of handwritten research notes collected by Ronald St John Macdonald, related to the development of the teaching of law at Peking University. Includes translations from the 1987 Law Year Book of China.

Installation blurbs from artists featured in the Black Wimmin: When And Where We Enter exhibition

MS-3-35, Box 25, Folder 3, Item 23
Item
1989

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Correspondence and research notes from Fred Wien to Howard Clark related to the 1990 Treaty Day speech

UA-3, Box 306, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
September 26, 1990

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of research notes prepared by Fred Wien for Howard Clark in preparation for Clark's 1990 Treaty Day speech. Item also includes an early draft of the speech.

Research notes and expense information related to the publication of Law in Contemporary China

MS-2-615, Box 98, Folder 5, Item 12
Item
1991

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of notes, timelines, and expense projections related to publishing "Law in Contemporary China", edited by Ronald St. John Macdonald and Zhenjiang Zhao. Wang Tieya served on both the Advisory Committee and the Translation Committee for this publication.

Contributor list for the book "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya"

MS-2-615, Box 72, Folder 7
Item
November 1992

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of a contact list and brief biographical sketches of all the likely contributors (as of November 1992) to Ronald St John Macdonald's proposed festschrift "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya" (eventually published in 2002).

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