Archives Catalogue

Roscoe Fillmore's entry visa for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

MS-10-1, Box 2, Folder 25
Item
1923

Part of Roscoe Alfred Fillmore fonds

Item is a stamped and signed entry visa for the USSR.

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.

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 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, 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 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 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, 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."

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."

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to Ralph Kane

MS-13-2, SF Box 54, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
December 13, 1916

Part of Dalhousie University No. 7 Stationary Hospital collection

Item is a letter from Sgt. A. Fraser Tupper to his nephew, Ralph Kane. The letter was sent from La Havre, France, on December 13, 1916, while Tupper was serving overseas.

Tupper, A. Fraser, Sgt.

A student's letters, number 2 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 16
Item
July 2 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the August 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 3), dated July 2nd, 1857, discussing orthopaedic surgery studies.

A student's letters, number 3 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 18
Item
November 25 1857

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the January 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 8), dated November 25th, 1857, discussing clinical teaching methods in medical education.

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.

Portrait of the British Army shooting team with two trophies, in uniform and carrying rifles, taken at Bisley

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, includes T.H. Raddall, Sr., who is designated with an "x" over his head.

Stockholm colloquium on world situations and prospects

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 7, Item 2
Item
16 September 1977

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a note on the programme written by Aurelio Peccei.

Letter from Mary Goldie, private secretary to Alice Mary, Princess of Albany, to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
September 21, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter from Mary Goldie, Princess Alice's private secretary, asking Ellen Ballon to forward an enclosed letter to Frank Cyril James in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Letter from Franz Liszt

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 23, Item 1
Item
November 21, 1842

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item contains a letter written by Franz Liszt to an unidentified person, addressing the publication of some of his songs by Schott, and his cousin, Mlle. Liszt.

Transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to J.H. Kufferath

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 25, Item 4
Item
April 5, 1840

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a typed transcription of a letter from Felix Mendelssohn to the Johann Hermann Kufferath, the music director in Utrecht. The letter is translated to English from German.

Letter from William Somerset Maugham to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 20
Item
February 11, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Deuxième impromptu pour le piano

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 11
Item
1838-1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a first edition of Frédéric Chopin's Impromptu pour le Piano Forte, Op. 36, published in 1840 by Breitkopf & Hartel.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : [piano part]

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 1
Item
January 25, 1861

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the piano part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. The piano part includes cues for the orchestral instruments.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : flauto

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the flute part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.

Concerto no. 5 for piano, opus 82 : corno secondo

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 2, Item 12
Item
1786

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is the second horn part of a first edition publication of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. It is printed on the same piece of paper as the first horn part.

Marche funèbre, Op. 35 : exécutée aux funérailles de l'auteur

MS-5-2, Box 6, Folder 10
Item
1837-1839

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is a copy of the first separate edition of Marche funèbre from Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor. The separated third movement was played as Chopin's body was conveyed to the mausoleum on October 30, 1849, and was subsequently released as a separate publication, using the original plates (891) by Troupenas. The file includes a folder and brief description of the work from Scribner.

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

Polonaise, Op. 71, no. 2 : [piano score]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
1828

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Polonaise, Op. 71, no. 3 : [piano score]

MS-5-2, Box 7, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
1828

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Umea University speech, October 10, 1997

UA-3, Box 508, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
1997

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item is a copy of Tom Traves' speech about higher education given at at Umea University, in Sweden.

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

Photograph of Angelo the courier, Thomas Head and Edith Raddall, and Bleach at the Staat Keller restaurant in Lucerne, Switzerland printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 43, Item 19
Item
1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A note on the reverse side indicates that the restaurant featured a 'sing-song'. The gentleman on the right is identified as Bleach, from South Africa.

Photograph of Canterbury Cathedral and the Gate of Dark Entry in Canterbury, England printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
[19-?]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, was sent to Thomas Head Raddall in Halifax, with a message from his father on the reverse side.

Photographic negatives from the Raddalls' 1958 trip to Newfoundland and Europe

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12
Item
1958

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Items, negatives, are duplicates of MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 43, Items 1-11, and related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5 and MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 43, Items 12-23 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of four men, including T.H. Raddall, Sr., wearing aprons and standing outside a grocery store printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1909]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15, Item 6 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. A duplicate copy can be found in MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 15. The photograph was taken outside of Raddall, Sr.'s uncle Frank's shop in East Dulwich while Raddall, Sr. was on holiday. Frank is second from the left.

Portrait of T.H. Raddall, Sr. in uniform printed on a postcard

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 20, Item 3
Item
December 1914

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. A message on the reverse side is addressed from Raddall, Sr. to his brother, written at Salisbury Plain.

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.

A student's letters, number 4 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 19
Item
January 4 1858

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the February 1858 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 9), dated January 4, 1858, discussing qualifications for McGill medical students interested in pursuing the Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) (L.R.C.S.E.).

Christmas card from Lt. Col. John Stewart

MS-13-11, SF Box 57, Folder 14, Item 3
Item
1916

Part of Oscar Glennie Donovan fonds

Item is a Christmas and New Year greeting card from Lt. Col. John Stewart. The card was printed by the Dalhousie No. 7 Stationary Hospital while it was stationed in France. The card is printed in gold and black ink and features the Dalhousie crest.

Notebook of Samuel J. Holland

MS-2-33, SF Box 16, Folder 1
Item
1747-1748

Item is a 150-page notebook that Samuel J. Holland used in 1747 when he was serving as an artillery officer in the Dutch army. The notebook is bound in vellum and contains tables, memoranda, mathematical calculations, diagrams, recipes for making gun powder, and assorted notes.

Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

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 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 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.

Report of the Club of Rome's heads of state meeting in Salzburg

MS-2-744, Box 27, Folder 20
Item
[1975?]

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is an unsigned, untitled report.

Letter from Gunter Pauli to Elisabeth Borgese requesting that she write the environment report for the Aurelio Peccei Tagung

MS-2-744, Box 19, Folder 36
Item
April 3, 1985

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a letter regarding the October 1985 meeting in Salzburg.

Compte rendu de la premiere reunion des membres Europeens du Club de Rome

MS-2-744, Box 23, Folder 25
Item
October 1981

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a report written and sent by Maurice Guernier about the meeting held near Paris October 14-16, 1981.

Guidelines for the future (draft)

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 31, Item 3
Item
17 September 1977

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a draft statement from Aurelio Peccei.

Ten years respite : an interview with Aurelio Peccei

MS-2-744, Box 31, Folder 7, item 5
Item
September 1978

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

Item is a photocopy of an interview with Aurelio Peccei on the ten-year anniversary of the Club of Rome, published in the "Talking Points" feature of Vison, September 1978.