Item is a wood circular from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, dated May 30, 1872. The circular reports on recent timber imports and sales and includes wholesale prices for American and Baltic timber products as of May 30, 1872.
Steam Ship "East Riding" with Carmichael Shipyards in background, with wooden houses and a church on the hill behind. Negative is available: PC-2-301-22
Item comprises Dalhousie's academic calendar for 1873-1874, including courses of study for BA, BSc and Honours degrees, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities for the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Medicine. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about hospitals, the library, expectations for student conduct and attendance, and extracts from the regulations.
File contains the valedictory address delivered by Alexander Howard MacKay at convocation on April 30, 1873. The address was published in the Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 10 on May 3, 1873.
View of a mine site after an explosion. Damaged mine buildings and a pile of coal are in the background. Tree stumps and logs litter the area in front. A safety negative is also included. Wet plate negative and safety negative also filed as: PC-2-300-115
File contains a Public Schools of Nova Scotia head master certificate, report cards, a letter sent to Margaret Jane, a poem titled "The Mother," newspaper clippings regarding Margaret Jane's death, and a photograph of Margaret Jane in which she appears to be between 20-30 years old.
View of a mine site after an explosion. Damaged mine buildings and a pile of coal are in the background. Tree stumps and logs litter the area in front. A safety negative is also included. Small print copy and safety negative filed as: PC-2-335-7
Item is an account of evidence given at the trial of the wreck of S.S. Atlantic. The trial took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from April 5-8, 1873. Evidence was given by the members of the crew.
File contains a photographic collage of the Halifax Medical College faculty and class of 1874. The collage consists of photographs of the faculty and class arranged around a photograph of the Halifax Medical College. The people in the photographs are unidentified.
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Negative also available: PC-2-317-16
View of New Glasgow from the surrounding countryside, prior to the fire of April 19, 1874. A church visible at one edge. Negative is also available: PC-2-317-15
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Several firemen and a few other men are surveying the destruction. A factory chimney stands at one edge. One a fence three advertisements are visible, two of which read: "Use Brown's Bronchial …", "Use household panacea …"
Item comprises Dalhousie's academic calendar for 1874-1875, including courses of study for BA, BSc and Honours degrees, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities for the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Medicine. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about hospitals, the library, expectations for student conduct and attendance, and extracts from the regulations.
View of New Glasgow from the surrounding countryside, prior to the fire of April 19, 1874. A church visible at one edge. Print copy is also available: PC-2-334-13
Item is a photograph of a group of men and boys standing in the foreground of the area destroyed by the fire of April 19, 1874, in New Glasgow. Two horse-drawn carriages are visible at the edge of the group. Negative also available: PC-2-317-19
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Print copy also available: PC-2-334-5
A group of men, women and children, wearing hats and caps, standing in the foreground in front of the area destroyed in New Glasgow by the fire of April 19, 1874. A fire-carriage is in the centre of the group
A group of men and boys, wearing hats and caps, standing in the foreground in front of the area destroyed in New Glasgow by the fire of April 19, 1874. Two horse-drawn carriages are visible at the edge of the group. Print copy also available: PC-2-334-6
Wooden buildings with two kilns belonging to Trenton Glass Works. Homes are visible across a field in the background. Negative is available: PC-2-318-70
Three-masted sailing ship "Steinvora", built at the Carmichael yard, registered in Pictou, docked in a community with scattered buildings ashore, and a small paddle boat beside it. Negative is available: PC-2-317-28
Three-masted sailing ship "Steinvora", built at the Carmichael yard, registered in Pictou, docked in a community with scattered buildings ashore, and a small paddle boat beside it. Print copy is available: PC-2-334-18
The item consists of the academic calendar for the 1875-1876 session of Dalhousie College and University, including courses of study for BA and Honours degrees, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities for the Faculty of Arts. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about the Alumni Association, the library, and expectations for student conduct and attendance.
Item is Pictou County Notary Public John McLeod's register of protests documenting declarations by ships' masters of circumstances beyond their control which may have given rise to loss or damages.
Three-masted sailing ship "Steinvora", built at the Carmichael yard, registered in Pictou, docked in a community with scattered buildings ashore, and a small paddle boat beside it. Negative is available: PC-2-317-27
Three-masted sailing ship "Steinvora", built at the Carmichael yard, registered in Pictou, docked in a community with scattered buildings ashore, and a small paddle boat beside it. Print copy is available: PC-2-334-19
Item consists of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science (Vol. IV, Part II), read before the Institute on January 10th, 1876, titled "Natural History and the Fisheries".
The fonds consists predominantly of correspondence and vessel papers. The fonds also contains records that document the family's business activity, particularly that of Joseph O’Brien.
Item consists of the academic calendar for the 1876-1877 session of Dalhousie College and University, including courses of study for a BA, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about the Alumni Association, the library and gym, and expectations for student conduct and attendance. There is a preliminary note drawing attention to the fact that, "in consequence of the Act passed by the Legislature last Session, providing for the creation of a new Examination and Degree-Conferring Body to be called "The University of Halifax," the Curriculum as set forth in this Calendar may hereafter be modified.
Item is a photograph of the faculty of Dalhousie University in 1876. The photograph consists of portraits of Prof. De Mille; Prof. Lyall; Prof. Johnson; Prof. Ross; Prof. Macdonald; Prof Liechti; and Prof. Lawson arranged on a background of branches.
File contains two indentures evidencing the sale of lands in Pictou County. The first indenture (dated 1875) records a land sale from Robert Moran to John Ives Meagher. The second indenture (dated 1876) records a sale from Alexander and Sarah A. McKenzie to John Ives Meagher.
Item is handwritten correspondence sent to Alexander Reid from J.G. MacGregor, dated May 27, 1877. Item discusses the promotion of Dr. H.A. Bayne, and reactions from some fellow medical education Commissioners.
Item consists of the academic calendar for the 1877-1878 session of Dalhousie College and University, including the course of study for a BA, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about the Alumni Association, the library and gym, and expectations for student conduct and attendance
File contains G.W. McQueen's notebooks for Professor George Lawson's junior psychology class (1876-1877) and Reverend Professor William Lyall's chemistry class (1877).
Item consists of the academic calendar for the 1878-1879 session of Dalhousie College and University, including courses of study for a BA, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about the Alumni Association, the library and gym, and expectations for student conduct and attendance. The calendar contains an opening note announcing the expansion of Dalhousie's course of scientific instruction and the purchase of new equipment for this purpose.
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
Item is a black-bordered letter written to [Maria?] Clarke from her cousin in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia relating the news of her sister's death and funeral.
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