Archives Catalogue

Anniversaries in Geneva, 1959

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 6
Item
1959

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.

Copy of the Mary Celeste 1872 salvage hearing in Gibraltar

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 10
Item
1872

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of a facsimile of the original December 18, 1872 court document regarding the mystery of the Mary Celeste, undertaken at the Vice Admiralty Court of Gibraltar, before Sir James Cochrane Knight, Judge and Commissary, and collected in the 1970s by Irving Deale.

Notebook of George Renny Young

MS-2-212, SF Box 32, Folder 4
Item
1838

Item is a notebook belonging to George Young containing a report on emigration from Germany and personal journal entries.

Young, George Renny, 1802-1853

Correspondence from the General Register Office, London, England, to Roy Laurence, February 26, 1937

MS-2-202, Box 10, Folder 4, Item 3
Item
26 February 1937

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of correspondence sent to Roy Laurence by the General Register Office, London, dated February 26, 1937, discussing Henry Croker's marriage to Florence Hughes. Item is "Enclosure 2" accompanying correspondence between Thomas Raddall and Roy Laurence.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 23, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 24
Item
March 23, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 24, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, frankly discussing the effect that his prolonged physical struggles and the mental rigour of shell-shock have had on Jones's day-to-day life.

"I'll give you a secret & that is that we 'front-line' men, who have survived, felt too much, smelled too much, saw too much, heard too much, sensed too much, and, in the intense moments of many nights and days, especially nights, we, in our ardour, have burnt ourselves out."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 30, 1927

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 16
Item
December 30, 1927

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, sent December 30, 1927 from Paris, praising MacMechan's "Book of Ultima Thule", lamenting lack of connections to Halifax, and the continued mental health struggles related to his recovery.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 14, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 20
Item
December 14, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 14, 1928 from Paris, outlining his disdain for those running the "new Dalhousie" and why he has distanced himself from the institution.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 5, 1930

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 21
Item
December 5, 1930

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 5, 1930 from Paris, lamenting the passing of Howard Murray, his convalescence after another illness, the discovery of shrapnel behind his ear nearly fourteen years' removed from active duty, and his contemplating pursuing a Ph.D at Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 9, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 17
Item
March 9, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 9, 1928 from Paris, lamenting having just undergone his 28th operation, reminiscences of a recent car crash, and in response to prompts from MacMechan, sharing rich details of the characters sitting with him in a cafe.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 21, 1928

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 18
Item
November 21, 1928

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 21, 1928 from Paris, sharing his emotion regarding the passing of a friend.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, February 5, 1929

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 19
Item
February 5, 1929

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 5, 1929 from Paris, discussing Jones's frustrations at having had to undergo two more operations recently.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 8, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 22
Item
January 8, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, showing appreciation for MacMechan sending Jones his sonnets and a copy of his thesis, and discussions on the European geopolitical climate, as well as discussions with Lord Beaverbrook about an International Athletic Union.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, February 9, 1931

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 23
Item
February 8, 1931

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 8, 1931 from Aix-le-Bains, warning of Jones's potentially incendiary correspondence sent to Dalhousie.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, November 2, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 5
Item
November 2, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated November 2, 1916 from Northumberland War Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, providing MacMechan an update on his recovery from the wounds he suffered in France.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 20, 1915

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 4
Item
December 20, 1915

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of a letter sent by Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated December 20, 1915, discussing the discovery of a muddy copy of the Dalhousie Gazette in a trench in France during the First World War.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, December 25, 1916

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 6
Item
December 25, 1916

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated Christmas Day 1916 from the I.O.D.E. Hospital for Officers in London, wishing MacMechan a "jolly old-time Christmas", and providing further updates on his recovery from wounds suffered in combat.

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, January 11, 1917

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 7
Item
January 11, 1917

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 11, 1917 from the I.O.D.E. Hosptial for Officers in London, updating his recovery, outlining recent pleasure reading, and discussing a chance visit with a friend from Halifax whose discussions reminded Jones that "Victoria Road is after all just around the corner."

Correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to MacMechan, March 27, 1919

MS-2-82, Box 9, Folder 85, Item 8
Item
March 27, 1919

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 27, 1919 while on duty with the British Mission in Vladivostok, Siberia.

Photograph of the Matheson Grave on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 30
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of a group of unidentified Indigenous people sitting in front of John W. Matheson's grave at the mission house in Maré, Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]. Matheson, of Pictou County, traveled with John Paton to the South Pacific in 1858, and passed away in 1862.

Photograph of Rev. J. McFarlane's mission house, Lifou, New Caledonia

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 28
Item
[1863]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of the Rev. J. McFarlane's mission house on Lifu, New Caledonia. Photograph shows several unidentified people sitting in front of the house.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 28, 1919

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 12
Item
January 28, 1919

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated January 28, 1919, in Hoeylaert, Belgium, expressing relief at the cessation of hostilities and anxious anticipation upon returning home, and of Grenadier post-war life billeted in a village near Brussels.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 11
Item
September 12, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1918, from "The Field", briefly discussing military actions and at more length about camp life, food, and chance encounters with friends passing through battalion headquarters.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, January 31, 1918

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 10
Item
January 31, 1918

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated Janaury 31, 1918, in Cradley, Wales. Discussion includes commentary about his experiences during the Battle of Passchendaele, and of the recent passing of his friend the poet John McCrae.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, March 3, 1907

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 7
Item
March 3, 1907

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated March 3, 1907, at Oxford University, discussing life at Oxford, rowing, visits with mutual friends, and upcoming travels to France.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, September 12, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 6
Item
September 12, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated September 12, 1905 in Dijon, France, addressing the rejection of typewriters, meetings with mutual friends, and travels in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland and eastern France. Stairs finishes with discussing his studies in the new semester at Oxford.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Edith MacMechan, July 24, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 5
Item
July 24, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Edith MacMechan, dated July 24, 1905 in Neuchatel, Switzerland, discussing learning French and traipsing through mountains while on vacation in western Switzerland, visits to exhibitions in urban England, and catching up with friends at Oxford and beyond.

Correspondence from Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, February 7, 1905

MS-2-82, Box 15, Folder 14, Item 4
Item
February 7, 1905

Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds

Item consists of handwritten correspondence written by Gilbert Sutherland Stairs to Archibald MacMechan, dated February 7, 1905 while at Oxford University under a Rhodes Scholarship, discussing poor depictions of Oxford in Massachusetts paper and responding to accusations that America should annex Canada. He also discusses vacationing in Paris, extracurricular activities at Oxford, and visits with friends.

Photograph of a General Duty Squad at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 56, Item 1
Item
1918

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken by A.M. MacKintosh in early 1918 of a "General Duty Squad", likely housed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, who had just finished erecting tents. Includes A.S. Gearey, P. MacCallum, R.R. MacLaughlin, H. Barrett, M.S. MacKinnon, G.H. Power, P. Holbrow, G. Shaw, Sibley, R. Neill, S.S. Murray, R. Milliet, and two others.

Photograph of an undefeated military baseball team, likely at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital

PG-2-94, PB Box 29, Folder 56, Item 2
Item
August 1917

Part of A. M. MacKintosh Fonds

Item consists of a photograph taken in August 1917 of an undefeated military baseball team, likely stationed at the No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, France. The team won all ten games it played. Pictured include G. Ruse, Sgt. E. Noseworthy, P. Shaw, S. McKinnon, B.H. Windsor, P.R. Tingley, Cpl. C. Schurman, Cpl. A. MacKintosh, E. Clay, G. Hier, W. Hodgins, Major T.S. Robinson, H.B. Titus, D. Strachan, Christie, and Kimber.

Arthur H. Whitman's diary of a trip to England

MS-2-487, SF Box 11, Folder 28
Item
1888-1889

Item is a diary kept by Arthur H. Whitman that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid.

Whitman, Arthur Hanfield

Autobiography of Herbert Leslie Stewart, MA (Oxon) PhD, FRSC, FRSA

MS-2-45, Box 43, Folder 25
Item
1953

Part of Herbert Leslie Stewart fonds

Item is a photocopy of an unpublished typed manuscript, containing the following hand-printed text on the extant front page, beneath the table of contents: "AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF / HERBERT LESLIE STEWART / MA (Oxon), PhD, FRSC, FRSA / FIRST DRAFT / – INCOMPLETE and UNPOLISHED / at the time of his death in 1953."

"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.

Statement by Arvid Pardo (International Ocean Institute) before UNCLoS III

MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 10
File
April 9, 1976

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a copy of a speech given on behalf on the International Ocean Institute (IOI). This version contains some handwritten corrections.

Statement by Ambassador Perisic of Yugoslavia

MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 20
File
[197-]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a copy of a speech by Ambassador Perisic, delivered after Jens Eversen's report. His remarks concern the problem of the continental shelf, the issue of developing versus developed countries, and the structure of the Authority. Contains handwritten corrections by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Considerations on the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 120, Folder 18
File
1974

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains two copies of the report (one in English, the other in Spanish), on the second session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS). The papers were written for the Club of Rome (CoR).

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction by Arvid Pardo

MS-2-744, Box 119, Folder 10
File
July 16, 1973

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains an intervention (statement) by Arvid Pardo in the main committee to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction.

Boat paper and nonpaper : [informal discussion documents]

MS-2-744, Box 323, Folder 18
File
1993-1994

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains documents pertaining to Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Includes the Boat Paper, which was a controversial paper, to which the nonpaper (which the International Ocean Institute (IOI) was involved in writing) was a response. File also includes a report from the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.

Article for Christian Science Monitor by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

MS-2-744, Box 180, Folder 29
File
[197-?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains two copies of an op-ed article written by Elisabeth Mann Borgese for the Christian Science Monitor (one is an edited (abbreviated) version).The articles deal with the forthcoming Seventh Session of the Law of the Sea Conference.

A memorandum on the exclusive economic zone and handwritten conference notes

MS-2-744, Box 121, Folder 24
File
1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a memo is from the Federal Republic of Germany, Singapore, Nepal, and Zambia to Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, the Chairman of the Second Committee of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III) on the concept of an economic zone. The file also contains handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

A few preliminary considerations on the conservation and development of the oceans for the Schloss Klessheim meeting on problems of world society

MS-2-744, Box 132, Folder 17
File
December 23, 1973

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains a document outlining some background considerations for a meeting held at the Schloss Klessheim palace in Austria.

'N' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 179, Folder 24
File
1976-1984

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes correspondence to R.A. Ness (of the Ambassador Trading Company) and Satya Nanden (of the United Nations). Topics discussed include the Law of the Sea and Micronesia, and the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

'V - Z' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 326, Folder 13
File
1992-1993

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with: Anton Vratusa of the ICPE (International Center for Public Enterprise in Developing Countries) on adovating for ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS); Lojze Peterle (Slovenian Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, letter contains an appeal from Mann Borgese on why UNCLoS is important to Slovenia); Mark Wood (a journalist at "The Malta Independent"); Layachi Yaker (mainly on the Secreatary General Consultations, the boat paper, and the non-paper); and Günther Zade of the World Maritime University (the International Ocean Institute held a training programme with them in 1992).

'S' - 'Y' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 324, Folder 6
File
1994

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with Japanese Member of Parliament Yuzuru Shimazaki (on the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law on the Law of the Sea), Keith Suter, Danielle de St. Jorre (on problems with the Secretary-General's Consultations on the Law of the Sea), Margaret Wood of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and Layachi Yaker (the letter to Yaker is missing a page).

'R - S' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 326, Folder 12
File
1992-1993

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File includes correspondence with: Kenneth Rattray (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica); Ivo Sanander (Deputy Foreign Minister, Croatia); Alfred Sereki (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania); Indian Ambassador Bhagwat Singh; Indian Minister Manmohan Singh; Ambassador to the United Nations Danielle de St. Jorre; John R. Stevenson; and Keith Suter. Mainly discussed is the "Boat Paper" and the responding Koroma non-paper (written in part by Judge Koroma and Mann Borgese).

'P' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 104, Folder 23
File
1981-1983

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence to/from: Mr. Pullar and Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf, B.V. Papa Rao, and Dr. Pantulu.

'K' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 326, Folder 10
File
1992-1993

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence. Correspondents include Lithuanian Deputy Minister A. Kisonas, and Presidential Adviser Saulius Kolyta, on a possible visit of Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Lithuania to disucss ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; University of Zagreb law professor Budislav Vukas; and Judge Abdul Koroma (attached is a copy of the G-77 Draft Paper, on an interim regime for seabed mining). File contains a duplicate copy of a letter, which has not been digitized.

'F - H' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 326, Folder 9
File
1992-1993

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence. Correspondents include Valerie Facey; Carl-August Fleischhauer, Legal Counsel to the United Nations Secretariat (and address Part XI of the Convention,); Patrik Garnier (attached is an editorial Elisabeth Mann Borgese wrote for the "New York Times" on the Convention); Mate Granić (Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs), which deal with the reasons for Croatia to ratify the Convention; Tom Harris; Bohdan Hawrylyshyn; Louis Henkin; and Charles Higginson of the Council on Ocean Law. See MS-2-744, Box 274, Folder 3 and MS-2-744, Box 279, Folder 8 for additional correspondence with the Council on Ocean Law.

'F' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 154, Folder 12
File
1980

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with German Ambassador Per Fischer and two letters from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Timo Lahelma (of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland), on the subject of manganese nodules in the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) of Chile. File contains a duplicate letter, which has not been digitized.

'D' - 'F' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 324, Folder 3
File
1994-1998

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Files contains correspondence with individuals with names beginning from D to F. Correspondents include Maltese politican Guido de Marco (on implementing Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLos)), Annick de Marffy-Mantuano; Al Duda (on deep sea-bed mining), and Professor Tsutomu Fuse (sent with attached recommendations for UNCLoS Part XI by Elisabeth Mann Borgese). All correspondence is outgoing only.

'C - F' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 324, Folder 16
File
1998-1999

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with Paolo Fulci, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, on Elisabeth Mann Borgese's proposal to establish a United Nations Ocean Assembly. File also contains correspondence with Canadian Member of Parliament Charles Caccia, on the "Halifax Declaration" reached at Pacem in Marbius (PIM) XXVI.

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