File contains 1 album of sketches (13 sheets, plus index) in watercolour, size 28x38 cm. Per index, 2 sketches were previously removed from the album. Noted on cover is "film 01.16." Sketches depict predominantly landscapes, with some figures. Helen Hendry notes that "the bent old man with small suitcases [Sussex sketch] looks exactly like Alan in his old age."
File contains 1 album of sketches (30 sheets) in pencil, ink, charcoal, and watercolour, size 28x36 cm. Sketches depict rock formations and are captioned by their proper names, including crystalline limestone, cliffs of granite gneiss, conglomerate, roche moutonee, greywacke, undercut seacliff, orbiclar diorite sill, etc.
File contains 1 album of sketches in oil and watercolour. Noted on cover is "films 98.61 and 98.60." Sketches depict coastal landscapes, flowers, foliage, and garden scenes.
File contains 1 album of sketches (40 sheets) in pencil, oil, and watercolour, size 36x43 cm. Noted on cover is "films 01.33 and 01.34." Sketches depict landscapes (some identified, such as Canoe Lake, Nictaux Falls, etc.), foliage and garden sketches, flowers, etc.
File contains 1 album of sketches (17 sheets) in watercolour, size 23x31 cm. Sketches depict landscapes in a park, mostly tree scenes. Noted on the album is "film 01.28."
File contains 1 album of sketches (30 sheets) in pencil, ink, charcoal, and watercolour, size 31x45 cm. Sketches predominantly depict skies and clouds, and also include landscapes and other scenes.
File contains 1 album of sketches (50 sheets) in pencil, ink, crayon, and watercolour, size 36x43 cm. Sketches depict still life scenes, landscapes, figure drawings, etc.
File contains 1 album of sketches in pencil and watercolour. Sketches depict trees - some species are identified. Album is noted "photo films #3 and 4."
File contains 1 album of sketches (24 sheets) in pencil, charcoal, and watercolour, size 23x31 cm. Sketches depict plant studies. Noted on album is "films 01.29 and 01.30."
File contains 1 album of sketches (13 sheets) in pencil, ink, and watercolour, size 26x36 cm; and 1 album of sketches (25 sheets) in pencil, crayon, and watercolour, size 31x46 cm. Sketches depict landscapes, people, flowers, rocks, etc. Notes from Helen Hendry refer to sketch numbers (written verso lower-left corner) in album titled "1978" and are as follows: SKETCH 4: "Looks like Alan's mother Harriet ("Hat")." SKETCH 5: (left figure) "Probably Alan's "Aunt Hully" (Helen) Hendry; (center figure) "Probably Aunt Laleah Hendry."; (right figure) "Possibly Marge??" SKETCH 6: "This may be young Norman." SKETCH 7: "Appears to be a reworking of pencil sketch "Sunday Morning R.A. and W.A. Hendry 1927" in cream colour album. These are Ralph and Will Hendry, first cousins of Alan + Norm + Marge + Lee." SKETCH 8: "Appears to be a later reworking of the 1925 pencil sketch in the cream coloured album labeled "People - 1925 - 1930"." SKETCH 11: (top-left) "The original pencil sketch (which is in my possession) says "R.A. Hendry, July 1921." (This was my father)." (bottom-right) "On another, similar, sketch in my possession, Alan has written "Will writing to Frances Mar. 13, 1927." (Frances later became his wife) (This Will Hendry is Alan's cousin). (center) "These two men are brothers, first cousins of Alan. Alan obviously redid the sketches together in this page at a later date."
File contains 3 albums of sketches (30 sheets each) in pencil and ink, size 13x18 cm. Sketches primarily depict people, and elements of nature (clouds, trees, etc.). Noted on one album is "film #2."
Item consists of a video by Valerie LeBlanc. The tape is a personal recount of the director’s decision to give up one art form, that of glass blowing, to move on to something new. Shot in simple style that combines still images with a visual performance/ demonstration and a layered soundtrack. Its title, "Alchemy" references the term's use to describe the medieval science of chemistry that allows one to transform something special. It also is considered to be a lost art.
File contains the contents of a folder originally labelled "miscellaneous." Materials include an alcoholic beverages order from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, a sublet agreement between Hector MacGregor and Don J. Oland, and meeting minutes of the Halifax Civic Advisory Committee on the Preservation of Historic Buildings. File also contains correspondence and a notice of objection to income tax assessments made on Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.
Tape contains, Derman, Laura. "Outreach and education component of CASBAR" Atlantic Workshop on Addiction for Women, Halifax, September 1979, Edited by Don Mabey.
