Archives Catalogue

Emily Bevan Harrington's university lecture and essay notes

MS-2-284, SF Box 35, Folder 11; SF Box 31, Folder 16
Item
[ca. 1887]-[ca. 1892]

Essay and/or lecture notes primarily on topics of literature and the Bible, and a two-part essay on Beowulf.

Harrington, Emily Bevan

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.

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.

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.

Research notes for Albert Baldwin's 1915 diary

MS-2-586, SF Box 112, Folder 8
Item
[ca. 1980]

Part of Ernest Heighton fonds

File consists of handwritten notes compiled and written by Ernest Heighton while he was researching Albert Baldwin's diaries.

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

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

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.

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).

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.

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).

List of questions prepared for an interview with Myres S. McDougal

MS-2-615, Box 22, Folder 7, Item 7
Item
1996 November 8

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of a list of questions prepared by Ronald St. John Macdonald on November 8, 1996, in anticipation for his interview with Myres S. McDougal a few days later.

Notes on the 1968 Dalhousie Student Housing study

MS-2-784, SF Box 111, Folder 33, Item 2
Item
1968

Part of Allan Currie Dunlop fonds

Item consists of Allan Dunlop's handwritten notes relating to the 1968 Dalhousie Student Housing study prepared by Evan H. Walker Consultants.

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.

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.

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.

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

"Nova Scotia Militia Period 1865" sketches

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[19--]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of labelled hand-drawn sketches of militia uniforms. One is of Kirby Stevens' uniform (of the Volunteer Rifle Company).

"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.

"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.

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.

Supplemental material on New France related to Wot ye what love is? : [manuscript]

MS-2-326, Box 2, Folder 22, Item 4
Item
[192->]

Part of Andrew Merkel fonds

Item consists of supplemental handwritten manuscript material on New France related to Molly Beresford's short story "Wot ye what love is? (being a legend of Port Royal)", written sometime in the 1920s and collected by Andrew Merkel.

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.

Briefing notes on a visit from the Honourable Benoit Bouchard, Minister of Health

UA-3, Box 506, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
February 2, 1993

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of briefing notes prepared by Howard Clark for a meeting with the Honourable Benoit Bouchard, then Minister of Health, February 2, 1993.

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

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

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

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.

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.

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.

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.

Proposed table of contents for the book "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya"

MS-2-615, Box 72, Folder 8
Item
August 7, 1993

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of an edited draft table of contents for Ronald St. John Macdonald's proposed festschrift "Essays in Honour of Wang Tieya".

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.

The alma mater endowment fund plan / submitted by Paul James LeBrooy for Dalhousie University

UA-32, Box 1, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of Dalhousie Alumni Association fonds

Item is a plan for raising money for Canadian universities through life and endowment insurance coverage on the lives of their alumni.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"Old Wall-paper in Nova Scotia"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
[after 1948]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

File contains an adaptation of an article of the same title written by Blodwen Davies, printed in the Halifax Herald, May 27,1929, with handwritten notes by Raddall. File also contains an associated article "They Play House with Antiquity" by Claire Van Wart.

"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 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 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.

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.

Facsimiles of research notes about Apothecaries Hall

MS-13-82, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[19--]

Part of J. Gordon Duff fonds

Item consists of facsimiles of handwritten research notes collected by J. Gordon Duff, related to Thomas DesBrisay and the history of the DesBrisay Block and Apothecaries Hall, Charlottetown.

"Protection Against Spruce Budworm"

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

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

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.

Storia Di Cristo written by Archibald MacMechan {manuscript]