Archives Catalogue

Faculty of Arts and Science - 'Who Says Women Can't be Scientists'

MS-1-Ref, Box 25, Folder 38
File
March 1985

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Directory of graduates and former students of the University : corrected to September, 1937

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 19
File
September 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains 2 copies of a directory of graduates and former students of Dalhousie University published in September 1937. The directory is an update of a similar directory published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association in 1925.

Dalhousie Alumni Association

Dalhousie University : past, present, and the future

MS-1-Ref, Box 27, Folder 27
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a booklet called Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign. The booklet, subtitled "Dalhousie, past, present and the future," outlines the university's accomplishments and plans and spells out the financial costs of fulfilling its vision. The booklet's illustrations of historic and contemporary Dalhousie people and buildings were drawn by Arthur Lismer and commissioned for a commemorative history of of the university published the same year.

One copy of the booklet contains a newspaper clipping about Frank Darling.

Library handbook

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 17
File
1946

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a library handbook created by a Dalhousie Library committee in 1946.

Memorial Plaques/Class War Memorials - list

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 19
File

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Killam Memorial Library - Happy 25th Birthday

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 43
File
1995

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Libraries - 'A General Guide to Killam Memorial Library'

MS-1-Ref, Box 31, Folder 20
File
1984

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Dalhousie Songs 1921

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 3
File
1921

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a songbook published by MacNab Print for the students' council of Dalhousie University in 1921. The songs include songs about Dalhousie as well as other sing-along songs.

Dalhousie, Dalhousie! : [sheet music]

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 9
File
[19--]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains three copies of a piece of sheet music called "Dalhousie, Dalhousie!" The music was written by Douglas Clarke and the words were written by an anonymous author. The score is written for voice and piano.

Lyrics for college songs and yells

MS-1-Ref, Box 33, Folder 10
File
[19--?]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a sheet of lyrics for school songs and "yells" (or cheers). Most of the cheers are for Dalhousie but the sheet also includes cheers for Pine Hill, Acadia, King's, and Mount Allison. The sheets were printed by Weeks Printing Co., Ltd. in Halifax.

Lawson, George

MS-1-Ref, Box 72, Folder 26
File
1870-1896

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains materials related to George Lawson, a professor at Dalhousie College. The material includes a photocopy of a short biography of Lawson from the January 3, 1903 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette; an obituary notice for Lawson from the Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume IX, session 1895-1896; a photocopy of a page from the Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Third Summer Session of the Medical Faculty of Dalhousie College and University on April 11, 1870 by Lawson; and a pamphlet of testimonials in favour of Lawson from 1874.

Photograph of a bust of Lord Dalhousie

MS-1-Ref, Box 79, Folder 23
File
1985

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

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.

The vision of Dalhousie : [brochure]

MS-1-Ref, Box 89, Folder 11
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a brochure created in 1920 by the Dalhousie Campaign Committee. The brochure presents architect Andrew Cobb's campus master plan known as the "vision of Dalhousie." The brochure presents the original Dalhousie College building on Grand Parade as the "First Dalhousie" and the newly constructed Forrest Building as the "Second Dalhousie."

Program from the Dalhousie Glee and Dramatic Society's performance of "Fifty Years of Glee Club, 1886-1936"

MS-1-Ref, Box 91, Folder 9
File
1936

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a program from the Dalhousie Glee and Dramatic Society's production of "50 Years of Glee Club."

Dalhousie's Academic Ark : A Brief Pen Picture of the Centenary Celebration September 11-13, 1919 by Rev. John A MacGlashen

MS-1-Ref, Box 98, Folder 19
File
1919

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Regeneration in Splachnum Apullaceum (L.) Hedw. by Kraft E. von Maltzahn and Mary M. MacNutt

MS-1-Ref, Box 157, Folder 5
File
1958

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Dalhousie University Studley Campus map

MS-1-Ref, Oversize Folder 1
File
April 1929

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is a map of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus.

Murray, Daniel Alexander

Dalhousie Chinese Students' Society Yearbook 1964

MS-1-Ref, Box 214, Folder 6
File
1964

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File consists of one volume of the Dalhousie University Chinese Students' Society Yearbook for the year 1964.

Tech Flash: Nova Scotia Technical College (NSTC) yearbook 1966

MS-1-Ref, Box 215, Folder 5
File
1966

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File consists of the yearbook the Tech Flash: Nova Scotia Technical College (NSTC) for the year 1966.

Dalhousie College library catalogue

UA-23, Box 203
File
[ca. 1893]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains a library catalogue from Dalhousie College. The last half of the catalogue pages are blank.

Regulations of the Patterson Travelling Library

UA-23, Box 161, Folder 2
File
[19-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File also includes a blank application form.

Patterson Travelling Libraries patron list

UA-23, Box 161, Folder 3
File
1930-1950

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains a list of patrons of the Patterson Travelling Libraries, including addresses, borrowing and due dates.

Senate Library Committee : review of University Archives, 1989-1990

UA-23, Box 31, Folder 8
File
1989-1990

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains materials related to the Senate Library Review of the University Archives. These materials include reports, drafts of reports and meeting minutes.

Correspondence regarding the Senate review of the University Archives

UA-23, Box 171, Folder 20
File
1988-1990

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

This file contains a brief history and acquisition policy for the University Archives, and the report of the lost of the clerk II position.

Special convocation for the dedication of the Killam Memorial Library

UA-23, Box 186, Folder 1
File
1971

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains one copy of the Special Convocation for the Dedication of the Killam Memorial Library.

Working drawings of central display unit and book display case for the proposed Kipling Room in the Killam Library

UA-23, OS Folder 8
File
31 March 1969

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 2 pages of blackline prints of working designs for a display unit and book cases for the planned Kipling Room in the Killam Library. The drawings include elevations and section details, are stamped "preliminary," numbered S-8 and S-8, and dated 31 March 1969. The Kipling Room ended up remaining in the O.E. Smith wing of the Macdonald Library; it is possible that these furniture plans were used instead for the Morse Room, which was located behind the MacMechan Auditorium.

Working drawings of furnishings for Killam Library

UA-23, OS Folder 7
File
1968

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 11 pages of blueline prints of hand-drawn working designs for Killam Library furnishings, labelled F-100 though F-110, which include initial and revised plans (elevations and section drawings) for: cataloguer and bibliographer's work units; card catalogue units; consultation tables; newspaper storage units; display cases; atlas stands; file tubs; and dictionary stands. Annotations with dates include revisions based on requests by librarians.

Preliminary floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University

UA-23, OS Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 3 pages of blueline prints of floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University, drawn by C.D. Davison & Company, the architectural firm that designed Dalhousie's Student Union Building in 1967. Undated and stamped "preliminary," the plans indicate a library with three floors. The drawings for floors 2 and 3 are annotated with potential seating and/or stack capacity for social sciences, humanities, rare books, graduate students, research and audio visual users, as well as conceptual drawings of study carrels and audio visual booths.

Architectural plans for the Killam Library

UA-23, OS Box 17, Folder 2
File
[1969?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of architectural plans for the Killam Library, undated and labelled 4B REV. Drawings include a site plan, south elevation, and complete set of floor plans. The basement and main floor plans indicate the square footage of each working area (e.g., mechanical, circulation, administration).

Proposed floor plans for the Killam Library with coloured and numbered acetate overlays indicating activity zones or space usage

UA-23, OS Folder 1
File
[ca. 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of plans for the second, third, fourth and fifth floors of the Killam Library, mounted on presentation board with acetate overlays indicating space usages by reference to an unknown key-plan that includes numbers 1-11.

Conceptual drawings of Killam Library interiors

UA-23, OS Folder 17
File
[1969?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 14 hand-drawn and coloured design sketches of rooms or areas in the Killam Library, including: main lobby, south; main lobby, north; entrance lobby; circulation desk; corridor; auditorium; exhibition area; special collections; study carrel; administration area; reserve reading area; lounge; staff dining room; and staff lounge. Fabric, wallpaper, carpet and other textile swatches are adhered to the presentation board.

Report of the Committee Examining the Recommendations of the Killam Library Archives and Special Collections : February 2000

UA-23, Box 87, Folder 4
File
2000

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File includes meeting agendas, and resumes of external reviewers.

Photograph of a building devastated in the Halifax Explosion

MS-2-135, Box 63, Folder 4
File
1917

Part of Oland family fonds

File is a photograph of a woman in front of a building devastated in the Halifax Explosion

Photograph of the Dalhousie Junior Rubgy Football team, 1909

PC1, Box 30, Folder 15
File
1909

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is a group photograph of the Dalhousie Junior Rugby Football Team in 1909. Players: B.C. Churchill, N.E. MacKay, G. Rice, F.R. Davis, J. McArthur, J.M.S. McCabe, W. McDonnell, R.J. Bethune, D.J. Nicholson, G. Tompkins, A.J. Lawrence, D.A. McLeod, J.A. MacKay, J. Beaton, H.B. Atlee.

Photograph of Halifax Medical College Rugby Football Team

PC1, Box 61, Folder 216
File
[ca. 1901]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Picture is of the Halifax Medical College Rugby Team. They are: DaCorta; McDonald; McRay; Forbes; Bordeau; Hardy; Donovan; Chapman; Ross; Cunningham; McDonald; Farquharm; Lissel; Millar; Robbins. Subjects are identified on the back of the photograph.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Grace M. Anderson

MS-2-202, Box 37. Folder 10
File
1969

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is several pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Grace M. Anderson discussing Portugese immigration.

Invitation to Munro Day Celebration

MS-1-Ref, Box 29, Folder 29
File
1891

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is an invitation to the 1891 Munro Day celebrations at Dalhousie University belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell.

Photographic collage of the Dalhousie University Arts, Science, and Engineering faculty and class of 1909

PC1, Oversize Folder 25
File
1909

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photographic collage of the Dalhousie University Arts, Science, and Engineering faculty and class of 1909. The collage consists of portraits of faculty members and students arrranged in several rows, with a picture of the Forrest Building. The students included are D.W. McDonald, O.K. Butler, R.E. Inglis, J. McNeil, J.C. Rowe, W.W. Malcolm, W.T. Townsend, A. MacKay, G.A. Gaharty, A.G. McKay, E.B. Allan, C.S. Ferguson, F.R. Archibald, M. Chase, M. McDonald, S.W. Crowell, R. Hill, R.W. McColough, J.S. Mavor, C.C. Wallace, T.M. DeBlois, K.M. Munroe, A.O. Thomas, A.M. Porter J.B. Muise, J.G. McLean, E. Thorne, O.J. McKenzie, W.B. Rosborough, C. Giffin, B.E. Daviss, L.H. Seaman, J. McG. Stewart, D. Stairs, R.L. Titus, E. Maycock, A.J. McDonald, A.R. Campbell, H. Cavanagh, G. Tupper, M. Creelman, A.J. Lawrence, M.E. McLeod, D.C. Sinclair, G. J. Baker, J.F. Cahan, C. Murphy, L. Sibley, J. Fraser, E.M. Thomson, V. MacMillan, C.G. Black, W.R. Armitage, G.L. Chrichton, A.A. Cameron, D. Porter, H. MacKay, E.C. Walker and J.E. Read.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Goals of Transmit Dartmouth and other material

MS-11-1, Box 19, Folder 19
File
1975

Part of Movement for Citizens Voice and Action fonds

File includes documents related to the TransMit Dartmouth summer study, with the following goals: 1 . To obtain Dartmouth citizen support for an efficient public transit system in Dartmouth; and 2. To establish a Dartrnouth Transit Citizens Group to be made up of citizens throughout the city.

Timeline of transit involvement in Dartmouth

MS-11-1, Box 19, Folder 20
File
[1975]

Part of Movement for Citizens Voice and Action fonds

File consists of a handwritten timeline related to transit developments in Dartmouth.

Halifax Relief Commission

MS-13-84, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1918-1938

Part of Halifax Visiting Dispensary fonds

File contains correspondence related to the Halifax Relief Commission, ranging from 1918 to 1938. Includes correspondence between K. MacKay, Ralph Bell, D.M. Sheehan, G.H. Archibald, W. Bedwin, T.S. Rogers, E.L. Thorne, and others.

The Dalhousie Glee and Dramatic Society presents it final show for 1933

MS-1-Ref, Box 90, Folder 52
File
1933 March 14

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of the program performed on Munro Day in the Studley Gymnasium on March 14, 1933.

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1873

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed postcard photograph of Arthur Rubinstein with some handwritten music on the back, signed during his American tour in New York on May 18, 1873.

Record of Halifax Explosion

MS-2-Ref, Box 2, Folder 21
File
[after 1917]

Part of Reference Files

File contains a photocopy of a poem by Clare Hall. Previously listed as MS-2-242.

The ocean food and energy farm project / Howard A. Wilcox : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-744, Box 199, Folder 25
File
1975

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File consists of a draft of Howard Wilcox's paper "The Ocean Food and Energy Farm Project", prepared for the 141st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. New York: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 29 Jan. 1975, and collected by Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and C. J. MacGillivray

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 38
File
1945-1946

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

File contains correspondence sent by C.J. MacGillivray (published of The Casket in Antigonish) to Thomas H. Raddall, between 1945 and 1946, discussing Thomas Hierlihy, a British officer deemed the "founder of Antigonish".

Correspondence between Thomas Head Raddall and Murdoch MacDonald

MS-2-202, Box 43, Folder 36
File
1954

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

File contains three pages of correspondence between Thomas H. Raddall and Murdoch MacDonald dating from 1954 regarding Raddall's short story of the Acadian Expulsion, "The Credit Shall Be Yours".