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Preliminary floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University

UA-23, OS Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 3 pages of blueline prints of floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University, drawn by C.D. Davison & Company, the architectural firm that designed Dalhousie's Student Union Building in 1967. Undated and stamped "preliminary," the plans indicate a library with three floors. The drawings for floors 2 and 3 are annotated with potential seating and/or stack capacity for social sciences, humanities, rare books, graduate students, research and audio visual users, as well as conceptual drawings of study carrels and audio visual booths.

Margaret Elizabeth Troop's recipe book

MS-2-668, SF Box 98, Folder 16
File
1836 - 1905

Part of Lola Henry fonds

File contains a recipe book belonging to Lola Henry's grandmother, Margaret Elizabeth Troop.

Student Register Book - Book B, 1849-1859

UA-7, Item 1
File
1849 - 1859

Part of Registrar's Office fonds

Invitations to Dalhousie University convocation ceremonies

MS-1-Ref, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1885-1919, predominant 1885-1898

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains invitations to convocation ceremonies for Dalhousie University on October 27, 1885; April 28, 1886; April 27, 1887; October 18, 1887; April 26, 1888; April 23, 1891; September 21, 1892; April 23, 1895; April 26, 1898; and May 13, 1919. The file contains some duplicates.

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

Dalhousie College library catalogue

UA-23, Box 203
File
[ca. 1893]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains a library catalogue from Dalhousie College. The last half of the catalogue pages are blank.

Student tickets from Dalhousie University Medical Faculty

MS-13-32, SF Box 66, Folder 9
File
1896 - 1899

Part of Nelson Pratt fonds

File contains student tickets collected by Nelson Pratt while he was a medical student at Dalhousie University's Medical Faculty, including examination certificates and registration tickets.

Student tickets from Halifax Medical College

MS-13-32, SF Box 66, Folder 10
File
1896 - 1900

Part of Nelson Pratt fonds

File contains student tickets collected by Nelson Pratt while he was a medical student at Halifax Medical College, including class attendance records, registration tickets, and records of dissections.

Examination certificates, certificates of class attendance, and other records of Nelson Pratt's medical training

MS-13-32, SF Box 66, Folder 7
File
1896 - 1931, predominant 1896 - 1900

Part of Nelson Pratt fonds

File contains records collected by Nelson Pratt while he was a medical student at Halifax Medical College and Dalhousie University's Medical Faculty. Records include registration receipts; medical examination certificates; certificates of class attendance; certificates from the Provincial Medical Board; and other letters and certificates certifying that Pratt completed aspects of his medical training. There are also letters and receipts related to purchases made by Pratt.

Student tickets from the Victoria General Hospital

MS-13-32, SF Box 66, Folder 8
File
1898 - 1900

Part of Nelson Pratt fonds

File contains two student's tickets from the Victoria General Hospital, admitting Nelson Pratt to the hospital during the visiting hour of the attending physician or surgeon.

Forms and Stationery, Red Hat Snow Shoe Club

MS-2-128, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[19--?]

Part of Samuel R. Balcom fonds

File contains blank forms associated with the Red Cap Snow Shoe Club.

Brewing Book for Olands Brewery

MS-4-135, Box 105, Folder 10
File
1909

Part of Oland and Son fonds

This file contains a brewing book for Olands Brewery, Halifax for April 1, 1909-January 1, 1910.

Oland and Son Limited

God bless our Canada : A national anthem : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 58
File
1911

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for Edith J. Archibald's "God Bless Our Canada" and a manuscript version of the English lyrics for the anthem by Archibald. The song is written in F Major for four-voice chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and piano with lyrics in English and French.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

MT&T telephone directory - 1914 (special edition, Halifax District)

MS-4-180, Box 186, Folder 1
File
1914

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Folder consists of the 1914 special edition of the directory for the Halifax District.

Britain calls : [lyrics]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1914

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a newspaper clipping and letters to Edith J. Archibald concerning her song "Britain Calls," which was written for the Royal Canadian Regiment during World War One. The newspaper clipping includes the text, but not the music, of the song. The letters are from G.A. LeCain, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Commanding 25th Battalion; George Murray, Provincial Secretary; and Evelyn Starr, professional violinist of New York City. An inscription by Edith J. Archibald at the top of the letters reads, "This song, dedicated to the Royal Canadian Regt. has made their 'marchpost' and I am told by an officer of that Regt. that is was played and sung daily during the war. He himself said it had keeped [sic] the men when on the tramp, 'over many a weary mile.'"

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Record of Halifax Explosion

MS-2-Ref, Box 2, Folder 21
File
[after 1917]

Part of Reference Files

File contains a photocopy of a poem by Clare Hall. Previously listed as MS-2-242.

Statement of employee losses after the Halifax Explosion

MS-4-180, Box 94, Folder 1
File
1917-1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

File contains forms detailing MT&T employees' name, position, address, and damages sustained from the Halifax Explosion. Forms document personal injury and loss of life as well as damage to personal property.

Halifax Relief Commission

MS-13-84, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1918-1938

Part of Halifax Visiting Dispensary fonds

File contains correspondence related to the Halifax Relief Commission, ranging from 1918 to 1938. Includes correspondence between K. MacKay, Ralph Bell, D.M. Sheehan, G.H. Archibald, W. Bedwin, T.S. Rogers, E.L. Thorne, and others.

Correspondence and reports regarding Victoria Hospital and Dalhousie Medical Faculty

UA-12, Box 26, Folder 8
File
1919 - 1930

Part of Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine fonds

File contains correspondence and reports regarding Victoria Hospital and Dalhousie Medical Faculty, including an agreement governing the work of students in the hospital, lists of exam results, lecture notes on medical jurisprudence, and letters between W.W. Kenny, the hospital superintendent and W.H. Hattie, Assistant Dean of Medicine, D. Fraser Harris, Secretary of the Medical Faculty, President MacKenzie and others.

Dalhousie's Academic Ark : A Brief Pen Picture of the Centenary Celebration September 11-13, 1919 by Rev. John A MacGlashen

MS-1-Ref, Box 98, Folder 19
File
1919

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

The vision of Dalhousie : [brochure]

MS-1-Ref, Box 89, Folder 11
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a brochure created in 1920 by the Dalhousie Campaign Committee. The brochure presents architect Andrew Cobb's campus master plan known as the "vision of Dalhousie." The brochure presents the original Dalhousie College building on Grand Parade as the "First Dalhousie" and the newly constructed Forrest Building as the "Second Dalhousie."

Dalhousie University : past, present, and the future

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 27
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a booklet called Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign. The booklet, subtitled "Dalhousie, past, present and the future," outlines the university's accomplishments and plans and spells out the financial costs of fulfilling its vision. The booklet's illustrations of historic and contemporary Dalhousie people and buildings were drawn by Arthur Lismer and commissioned for a commemorative history of of the university published the same year.

One copy of the booklet contains a newspaper clipping about Frank Darling.

Dance tickets and cards

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 4
File
[ca. 1924 -1927]

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

File contains two tickets and 13 dance cards from dances at Dalhousie University, the Waegwoltic Club, and Pine Hill. Most of the dance cards have been filled in with the names of her dance partners.

Mater coronata : an ode with lyrical interlude

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two copies of "Mater Coronata," a poem written by John Daniel Logan "commemorating the founder, preceptors, scholars, and heroes of the University of Dalhousie College." It was recited at the reunion of the alumni on August 21, 1924 and published by the Alumni Association. One of the copies is inscribed to "Captain John S. Roper, B.A., M.A., LL.B., M.C." with a poem from Logan.

Speeches delivered during the hazing of freshettes

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 7
File
[1924?]

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

File contains handwritten notes from speeches delivered by a Dalhousie sophomore student (probably Avis Marshall) during the hazing of "freshettes" (first-year female students). Some are written on the back of unrelated typed notes.

Song of the Maritimes : [sheet music]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 60
File
1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for a piece for solo voice and piano accompaniment in C Major with words by Neil Herman of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and music by Forsyth de Fronsac of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The sheet music was self-published by Herman and Fronsac. The file also includes a note to Dr. Logan from "W.H.D." to review the sheet music enclosed.

Invitations to dances, at homes, and a gift sale

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 2
File
[ca. 1925]

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

File contains five invitations to events at Dalhousie sent to Avis Marshall, including a dance by the junior class of the Faculty of Arts and Science; a sale of gifts and novelties from the Hwaiking Shop; an "at home" at the Pine Hill residence; a dance at Kings College; and an "at home" at the Waegwoltic Club.

Correspondence from William Lyon MacKenzie King

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 28
File
13 May 1927 to 11 February 1950

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