Item is a photograph of Bonne Boyd, an employee at the information desk in the Killam Library, holding instructions for HRAF. The photograph was published in University News.
File is a photograph of staff members attending Bill Owen's retirement party. Individuals identified in photograph are Bill Owen, Max Owen, Audrey Samson, Pheobe Owen with Mike Gray and Sharon Longard in the background.
File is a photograph of Bill Owen accompanied by his obituary. Obituary reads: OWEN, William Hampton (Bill) / Owen, William Hampton (Bill) - 59, Halifax, passed away peacefully at home i the early hours of April 5, 1998, after a long struggle with cancer. Born in Townsville, Australia, Bill was the only child of the late Gordon Hampton Owen and the late Ruth (Clarke) Owen. Bill had a rich and varied life that took many interesting turns. He graduated from Melbourne University with a B.Sc. in 1960 and M.Sc. in 1964, and from Sydney University with a PhD in reproductive physiology in 1969. That same year he came to Halifax on post-doctoral fellowship with the Fisheries Research Board. After two years, he was in search of a career change and drove tractor trailers for a year before setting off for travels in Central and South America. After he returned to Canada, he spent a years studying Grizzly bears in the Arctic, then in 1975 took an M.Sc. in medical parasitology at the London School of Tropical Medicine. Following this, he worked as a miner in Thompson, Man., and then on the log booms on the British Columbia coast. In 1980, he graduated from Dalhousie University with a master of library service, and settled down to being a reference librarian at the Kellogg Health Science Library for the next 17 years, until his early retirement in June 1997 due to ill health. He was an avid bird watcher, photographer, traveller and had a great love of poetry, music and nature. Bill was a tireless advocate of the rights of the East Timorese, and many other causes both local and global. He had a keen wit and a booming laugh, and lived his life with great honesty, integrity and generosity. Bill is mourned by his beloved wife, Audrey Louise Samson, and his cherished children, Phoebe Ruth and Max; stepmother, Mary Owen, and stepbrothers, Tom and David Biltoft, Melbourne; his "adopted family" the Annands: Betty, Wendy, Kirk and Chris; and his many, many friends and relations in Australia and Canada. Cremation has taken place. Bill will be remembered at a gathering at the hall of the Universalist Unitarian Church, 5500 Inglis St., at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 13. Memorial donations may be made to the food bank, Oxfam or East Timor Alert Network, 33659-5th Ave., Mission, B.C., V2V 1X1. Arrangements entrusted to Dignity Cremation Services, Halifax.
Item is a photographic slide of the interior of the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows a back office containing desks, shelves, and book carts. There are two people working in the office.
Item is a photograph of some of Archibald MacMechan's family members visiting Dalhousie University. The photograph shows Mrs. C. R. E. Willetts (daughter); Mrs. Vlademir Ceruin (granddaughter); Mrs. John Campbell (granddaughter, daughter of Mrs. Willetts); and Gregor Campbell (great grandson). The family members visited a display about MacMechan which was organized by Ms. S. Rogers-Bell of the Killam Library Special Collections.
Item is a photograph of some of Archibald MacMechan's family members visiting Dalhousie University. The photograph shows Mrs. C. R. E. Willetts (daughter); Mrs. Vlademir Ceruin (granddaughter); Mrs. John Campbell (granddaughter, daughter of Mrs. Willetts); and Gregor Campbell (great grandson).
Item is a photograph of a room in the Killam Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The room is a small auditorium with a projector screen and rows of chairs.
Item is a photograph taken during the dedication of the Sir James Dunn Law Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows several people sitting in the library and watching the dedication.
Item is a photograph of an unidentified student using a card catalogue in the Macdonald Library at Dalhousie University. The student is wearing a jacket that says "Dalhousie Engineers" on the back.
Item is a photograph of a room in the Killam Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The room contains some red and white chairs. There are two people sitting in the chairs.
Item is a photograph taken in the Sir James Dunn Law Library in the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows three women working behinds an information desk or other service desk.
Item is a photograph of a room in the Killam Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The room contains a bench and a book shelf. In the background there is a room with a sign that says "Information." An unidentified woman is walking through the room.
Item is a photograph taken in the Sir James Dunn Law Library in the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows a room with a glass wall that contains low book shelves and swivel chairs.
Item is a photograph taken in the Sir James Dunn Law Library in the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows people sitting in a room with a glass wall.
Item is a photograph taken outside of a reading room in the Killam Memorial Library. The room has a glass wall and several students can be seen working inside.
Item is a photographic slide of the interior of the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows a small meeting room with a table and chairs.
Item is a photograph of rows of chairs in a classroom in the Killam Memorial Library. The words "Seamen Cross" are written on the back of the photograph.