File contains nine drawings of the Dalhousie University mace created by R.L. de C.H. Saunders, a Dalhousie University Professor of Anatomy who designed the mace in 1949. The drawings illustrate details of various parts of the mace. The mace was carved by former Deputy Mayor of Halifax A.H. Macmillan. It is used during convocation ceremonies and stored in University Hall.
Item is a letter (1828) from Jonathan Sewell to his daughters, Maria (the eldest) and Henrietta, addressed to the care of their uncle, Stephen Sewell, in Montreal. Sewell describes the recent departure of Lord and Lady Dalhousie and exhorts his daughters to travel by steamboat and meet him at Three Rivers, which he calls "The Modern Seat of Science, Literature & Fashion."
Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.
File contains a photograph of a bust of Lord Dalhousie. The photograph was published in Volume 15, Issue 15 of Dal News (March 1985) as part of a column on Lord Dalhousie by Harry Bruce.
Item is a photograph of a painted portrait of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie. The portrait shows Dalhousie standing in uniform while two people in different uniforms look up at him.
Item is a photograph of an engraving of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie. The engraving is by Arthur Lismer and the photograph may have been taken by A. J. Bean. The photograph is attached to a piece of matboard.
File consists four copies and a photocopy of a photograph of George Ramsey, 9th Earl of Dalhousie.. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 1" by Peter B. Waite (page ii).
File contains three photographs depicting George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie. The photographs show a painting, a bust, and an engraving of Lord Dalhousie.
Item is a portrait of Lord Dalhousie copied from an earlier painting; the decorative border framing the drawing is partially rendered on paper and affixed to the illustration board. The drawing was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Item is a reproduction of an Arthur Lismer illustration commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
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