Archives Catalogue

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Item is a manuscript of Daniel Morrison's unpublished article The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton, which he presented to the literary branch of the Guild in Dominion, Nova Scotia.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

Report on the Attaché

MS-2-35, SF Box 16, Folder 7, Item 4
Item
[19-]

Part of Charles William Jefferys fonds

Item is a report on the Attaché.

Reference letter from F. L. Fuller

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
October 10, 1900

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains a reference letter from Dr. Melville Cumming's past employer, F.l. Fuller, who was then Superintendent of Farm & Provincial Agricultural Farms.

Publisher's letter to George Munro regarding recent titles in political philosophy

MS-2-53, SF Box 18, Folder 18
Item
1882

Item is one handwritten letter (1882) from Henry, Carey, Baird and Company, publishers and booksellers, advising Munro of recent titles in political philosophy.

Munro, George

Provincial medical board matriculation examination : [correspondence, facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 30
Item
June 1904

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of facsimile of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the June 1904 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVI, No. 6), on the topic of Nova Scotia's medical board matriculation examination.

Press releases related to a 1934 public lecture series

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 73
Item
January 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a series of press releases prepared by Carleton Stanley outlining a public lecture series at the University Gymnasium in January and February 1934. Press release outlines multidisciplinary lectures by Dr. Dixie Pelluet, Dr. W.D. Woodhead, Dr. H.F. Munro, Dr. H.E. Bigelow, Dr. E.W.. Nichols, and Dr. W. Hamilton Fyfe. Item also contains related correspondence.

Press release submitted to the Halifax Chronicle and Daily Star about a donation to the Library

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
14 October 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a short piece prepared by Carleton Stanley, submitted to the Halifax Chronicle and Daily Star in October 1931, about a gift of books from Francis McLennan to the Library at Dalhousie University. Includes correspondence.

Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museum of Natural History

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 8
Item
1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.

"Origin of the Irwin and Bartling Families in Queens County, N.S."

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
March 1941

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of a transcribed copy of a letter from Janet Mullins to Thomas H. Raddall on the history of the Irwin and Bartling families of Queens County, Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company political contributions, 1886-1921

MS-2-755, Box 2, Folder 15
Item
1921

Part of Thomas Cantley fonds

Note from Dalhousie professor John J. MacKenzie regarding a class cancellation

MS-2-44, SF Box 18, Folder 14
Item
1878

Item is a note from J.J. MacKenzie to a colleague cancelling his class due to illness and referring to an upcoming guest lecture by Sir W. Young.

Mackenzie, John James

Minute book of the Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24

MS-2-14, SF Box 13, Folder 11
Item
1848

Item is the division's minute book from 1848 to 1862, which include a letter dated 1864 regarding a charge against Jasper Journeay for violating the Sons of Temperance constitution.

Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24.

List of women Dalhousie graduates probably complete to 1917

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
[1919?]

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item is a typewritten alphabetical list with the handwritten title "Women Graduates" and a note: "copied from calendars summer of 1919 (probably complete to 1917)." The list includes students' names, home towns, degree earned and date granted.

List of Jewish students in attendance at Dalhousie University from 1926-1941

UA-32, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1941

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item includes a covering letter from Dalhousie's business manager to Mrs. Heinish of Preston Street, Halifax, explaining that the list is sent at the request of Dr. Lehv.

Letters from Thomas H. Raddall to Margaret Martin regarding a speaking engagement for the Canadian Library Association in Halifax

MS-2-227, SF Box 33, Folder 2
Item
1963

Three letters from Thomas Raddall to Miss Margaret Martin at the Halifax Memorial Library regarding the details of his speaking engagement with the Young People's Section of the Canadian Library Association.

Martin, Margaret

Letter written by Kenneth Leslie regarding the threat posed by fascism and antisemitism in the United States

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 8
Item
1942

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".

Letter to William Henry Harris from John Crevar of Liverpool, Nova Scotia

MS-2-148, SF Box 25, Folder 1
Item
1864

Item is a letter from John Crevar to William Henry Harris, dated March 15, 1864, regarding escorting "Miss Maggie" (probably Harris' young daughter, Margaret) on her journey home.

Harris, William Henry

Letter to Vincent MacDonald from D.C. Abbott

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 1
Item
1 March 1961

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Letter to the editor of the Mail Star

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 35
Item
5 August 1953

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is letter written by Vincent MacDonald adding to the tributes to the late Edward Cummings.

Letter to Mrs. William Clarke from her cousin

MS-2-150, SF Box 27, Folder 4
Item
1878

Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.

Clarke, Mrs. William, fl. 1878

Letter to Lawrence J. Burpee from Gordon C. Warren

MS-2-175, SF Box 27, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
20 October 1944

Part of Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds

Letter to Kenneth Leslie from Bertha Starratt Leslie

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 6
Item
[193-?]

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a two-page letter written from Leslie's mother, Bertha Starratt Leslie.

Letter to Kenneth and Nora Leslie from Dermot and Anita McHugh

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 9
Item
1972

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a letter from Anita and Dermot McHugh (grandson of Kenneth Leslie, son of Gloria) addressing their appreciation of the Leslies' wedding gift and their concern regarding Kenneth and Nora's poor health.

Letter to John Bell from George D. Noiles regarding Leon Trotsky's month at the Amherst Internment Camp during World War One. regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Part of John Bell's research regarding Leon Trotsky's internment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, during World War One

Letter to Gordon C. Warren from Lawrence J. Burpee

MS-2-175, SF Box 27, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
24 October 1944

Part of Lawrence Johnstone Burpee fonds

Letter to A.M. Uniacke from John Inglis, third bishop of Nova Scotia

MS-2-76, SF Box 18, Folder 27
Item
1847

Item is a letter (1847) from Reverend John Inglis to A.M. Uniacke regarding a Mr. Botsford Viets' letter of application for an excise appointment.

Uniacke, A.M., 1808-1895

Letter regarding soil surveys

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 16, Item 1
Item
October 28, 1954

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter addressed to Dr. Cumming from W.L. Hutcheon of the Saskatchewan College of Agriculture, dated October 28, 1954.

Letter on mineral content in Ontario soils

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 126, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
February 25, 1954

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a letter addressed to Dr. Cumming from W.L Hutcheon of the Ontario College of Agriculture, dated February 25, 1954.

Letter of thanks from W.A. MacKay

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 34
Item
5 February 1962

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter thanking MacDonald for his guest lecture at the Law School and judging the competition for the Smith Shield.

Letter of thanks from W. Kenneth Campbell on behalf of Sir Lyman, Chief Justice

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 6
Item
14 February 1955

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Letter of support for Dr. Daniel Cobb Harvey from Archibald McKellar MacMechan to Edwin Laftus

MS-2-30, SF Box 16, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
March 30, 1915

Part of Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey

Item is three sheets of paper. The first sheet is folded to make two additional pages. The letter is Archibald MacMechan's recommendation to Edwin Laftus, that Daniel Harvey should receive the position of lecturer in History at Dalhousie University. A P.S. note by MacMechan also recommends an article that Harvey wrote for the Rhodes Foundation.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Letter of congratulations to the new Justice MacDonald from W. Earl Smith

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 13
Item
14 October 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter written on behalf of the Conference of the Governing Bodies of the Legal Profession in Canada.

Letter of congratulations to Samuel Balcom from Robie Tufts regarding the City of Halifax's designating a park as Balcom Square

MS-2-218, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
1979

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter referring to a park named in Balcom's honour by the City of Halifax; a plaque bearing Samuel Balcom's name still marks the small triangle of lawn at the corner of Robie Street and Spring Garden Road.

Letter of congratulations to Samuel Balcom from J.K. Lawson of Balcom-Chittick Limited-Lawton's Drug Stores regarding the City of Halifax's designating a park as Balcom Square

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 17, Item 6
Item
1979

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

Item is a letter referring to a park named in Balcom's honour by the City of Halifax; a plaque bearing Samuel Balcom's name still marks the small triangle of lawn at the corner of Robie Street and Spring Garden Road.

Letter of congratulations from S.P. Chisholm, President of Dalhousie Law Society

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 14
Item
13 February 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter congratulating MacDonald on his appointment to the bench.

Letter of congratulations from Robert H. Winters, Minister of Resources and Development

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 45
Item
11 February 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter congratulating "Vince" on his appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Letter of congratulations from G.P.R. Tallin, Dean of Manitoba Law School

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 42
Item
4 April 1950

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter written on behalf of the law school and the Law Society of Manitoba.

Letter of appreciation from Patrick Kerwin

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 27
Item
14 March 1961

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada thanking MacDonald for sending a copy of his lectures delivered at Osgoode Hall on legislative power and the Supreme Court in the fifties.

Letter from W.R. Lederman, Dean of Law, Queen's University

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 30
Item
2 April 1964

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a letter thanking MacDonald for granting permission for his lecture on legislative powers and the Supreme Court in the fifties to be reprinted for teaching use.

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Sally Ryan and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
June 13, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ralph Gustafson, Sally Ryan, and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
May 30, 1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon, Sally Ryan, and Ryan Gustafson

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 17
Item
January 25, 1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon and Sally Ryan

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 9
Item
October 16, 1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a note from William "Willie" Somerset Maugham written to Ellen Ballon on the reverse side of an advertisement for three recitals in New York (April 4, 11, 25, 1945) performed by Ellen Ballon and recorded by the radio station WNYC.