File is loosely organized into two sections: Nova Scotia beaver and Norway beaver. Both sections contain correspondence to and from government officials, biologists, academics, and industry consultants regarding research for and publication of Alexander Leighton's study on beaver mental characteristics. The Norway section also contains excerpts from Norwegian newspapers. There is also a set of handwritten notes titled "Outline for study of the Beaver: D. Cross & A.H. Leighton."
File consists of two copies of a photograph of a biology lecture in 1948. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 152).
File contains notes from seminars that Hall has attended or spoken at. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, textbook pages, a presentation given to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1990, a UCLA conference, figures, and reference lists.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "E". These include Donald A. Ede at the University of Glasgow, Howard Evans at the Henry Phipps Institute/Cornell University, and more.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "B". These include John de Bavay of the University of New England, Marion Blute of the University of Toronto, Bill Beresford, Christopher Barnes of the University of Victoria, Walter Bock at Columbia University, and more.
File contains documents relating to a demonstration done by Hall at Sydney University in 1966, while he was in university. Materials include figures with notes.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "P". These include Phenoscape, David Poswillo of Guy's Hospital (London), Alan Pike of the University of Aberdeen, and A.D. Packer of the University of Adelaide (South Australia). Materials include nominations for Richard Palmer (various), which Hall supported.
File contains documents relating to Hall's Dalhousie appointments from 1968 - 2016. Materials include correspondence including salary discussions, notices from Dalhousie, reports of Hall's work, applications, narrative account of Hall's career, and applications for sabbatical.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "F". These include the Academy of Finland, Michael Fisher of Harvard University Press, and Dr. D.R. Fielder from the University of Queensland.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "O". These include the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, and Professor A. F. O'Farrell of the University of New England. Materials include discussions regarding sabbatical leave.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "U". These include various universities, such as Victoria and Western Australia, and the Dalhousie University Club. Materials include research quality assessments and letters regarding Hall's nomination for Dean of Science at the University of Victoria.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "W". These include Wilfrid Laurier University, Professor Willmer at the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and George Washington University. Materials include a request for Hall to agree to be nominated to be a consultant for the appraisal of the MSc program in Integrative Biology at Wilfrid Laurier.
File contains documents relating to Hall's National Research Council grants from 1969 to 2016. Materials include financial statements for years that grants were in use.
File contains programmes and notices for seminars given by Brian Hall. Materials include posters, booklets, and correspondence. The seminars range in location from Dalhousie to Germany.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "I". These include the ICVM symposium, the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), and Stella Isner. Materials include documents related to Hall's win of the 1996 IADR Craniofacial Biology Research Award.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "M". These include the University of Manitoba, a Moore and Moore study proposal, Paul Maderson of Brooklyn College, and J. Milaire at the University of Brussels. Materials include an SRCD study group proposal for exploring homology in developmental psychology.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "L". These include Scott Lozanoff at the University of Hawai'i, Laura Frost at the University of Alberta, and Walter Landauer at the University College London. Materials include Dalhousie notices regarding taking inappropriate leaves.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "H". These include Richard Haines at the University of London, Dr. Arthur Ham, and Nick Hopwood at the Wellcome Insitute for the History of Medicine. Materials include a roster of the honorary degrees committee as of July 1, 2003.
File contains documents relating to the APICS Young Scientists Award, won by Hall in 1974. Materials include correspondence regarding Hall's win, as well as information about and invitations to future ceremonies.
File contains correspondence with the "Quarterly Review of Biology," Joyce Rosner, Mr. Ronning, and Plenum Publishing Corporation (the latter referring to pictures for inclusion in "The Mines of Neptune").
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "G". These include Moira Ferguson at the University of Guelph, Thomas Gridley at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, and the Golden Key International Honour Society. Materials include reports from Hall's lab and lecture outlines.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "R". These include Kate Rawlinson of Dalhousie's Biology Department Olli Ronning of the University of Turku (Finland), and Dr. A. de Ricqles at the University of Paris. Materials include the renewal of Hall's postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "A". These include Garland Allen from Washington University, the American Association of Anatomists, Makoto Asashima at the University of Tokyo, Ron Amundson, the University of Alberta, and more.
File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "S". These include the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Samuel Scully of Dalhousie, Professor E. Storey of the University of Melbourne, and Bob Schaeffer of the American Museum of Natural History. Materials include information about Hall's nomination for the Vice-President Research at Dalhousie, as well as SSHRC grant information.
File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media from 1978 to 1999. Materials include invitations, correspondence, and newspaper articles.
File contains correspondence with the University of British Columbia regarding avian clavicles with Anthony P. Russell. Materials include photocopied notes.
