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The past 60 years of Peking University, 1898-1958 : [manuscript and clippings]

File contains records related to human rights teachings in China. File largely consists of a typed manuscript by Ronald St. John MacDonald, likely in 1958 or 1959, outlining the previous sixty years of the history of Peking University, includes discussions on the campus and its buildings and a brief account of its founding in 1898. File also contains clippings.

The Very Famous Man

File contains six manuscript drafts, submission correspondence, and a chronology of events regarding the story's creation, submission and rejection.

Correspondence regarding Canadian ocean assessment hearings : ['L' - 'P' miscellaneous]

File contains correspondence with Canadian government officials, including Huguette Labelle (president of the Canadian International Development Fund, or CIDA); and L.S. Parsons of the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans (outgoing only), and Professor Dale Poel (outgoing only). Correspondence mainly about the funding of the Independent World Commission on the Oceans and its public hearings in Canada. File contains duplicate copies which have not been digitized.

'S' - 'Y' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Japanese Member of Parliament Yuzuru Shimazaki (on the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law on the Law of the Sea), Keith Suter, Danielle de St. Jorre (on problems with the Secretary-General's Consultations on the Law of the Sea), Margaret Wood of the International Ocean Institute (IOI), and Layachi Yaker (the letter to Yaker is missing a page).

Photographs of forestry and agriculture in western Sumatra and Borneo

File contains 259 photographs taken by Bill Freedman on his travels in western Sumatra and Borneo in 1993. Photographs show terraced rice patty farming, slash-and-burn forestry, the rain forest canopy, and lake scenery, in western Sumatra (primarily Padung, Sukarami, Lake Singkarak) and Borneo (Milai, West Kalimantan, the Kapuas River, and Pontianak).

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Moffat Hancock, Junos Miklavc, Bernard Adell, Claude Emanuelli, Balfour J. Haley, D.A. Soberman, Richard B. Potter, Gerard J. Wiarda, Antonio LaPergola, Franz Karasek, Herbert Petzold, Janice Paskey, Marc-Andre Eissen, Wolfgang Heinz, Hans Eberhard Wohlfarth, Maggie Nicholson, J. Wolf, George Soros, Alan Stephens, Hans-Peter Furrer, Eva Smith, Franz Matscher, Jutta Brunne, V.S. Vereshchetin, J. Robert S. Pritchard, Luzius Wildhaber, Christine Chinkin, John K. Akpalu, William R. Pace, Adel Omar Sherif, Richard A. Falk, I.I. Lukashuk, Alberto Sanguinetti, Roger S. Clark, J. Callewaert, Rudolf Bernhardt, Rolv Ryssdal, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, and others. File includes meeting minutes, reports, handwritten notes, 19 photographs of Ronald St. John Macdonald with a group of unidentified individuals possibly at the European Court of Human Rights in 1993, one photograph of Ronald St. John Macdonald with Rudolf Bernhardt at the European Court of Human Rights' old deliberation room in 1982, and other materials related to the European Court of Human Rights. File contains a copy of the editor's agreement between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Martinus Nijhoff Publisher regarding the manuscript "the European system for the protection of human rights" and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov's resume.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding the Journal of the History of International Law

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Suzanne Lalonde, Peter Macalister-Smith, Dietrich Schindler, Rudolf Bernhardt, Raimund Schutz, Ruth Donner, Shabtai Rosenne, Choon-Ho Park, Franz Matscher, Jeremy Thomas, Hector Gros Espiell, Karl Zemanek, Antonio Truyol y Serra, Peter Haggenmacher, Mariska Duindam, Betsy Roben, Edward Wu, Yuji Iwasawa, Donald W. Greig, Stephen Neff, Jutta Brunnee, Dorothee Walther, Lucinda Jones, Emile K.M. Yakpo, Dorinda G. Dallmeyer, Masaharu Yanagihara, Pepe Ragoni, Eric Lee, R.P. Anand, Bernhard Roscher, Laurens Winkel, Jerzy Makarczyk, J.J. Cremona, Philip Allott, William Alford, David J. Bederman, and others. File includes a photograph taken in November 1994 of an unidentified man, woman - possibly Jutta Brunnee - and child. File includes other materials related to the subject.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding the Peking University

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Zhao Zhenjiang, Wang Tieya, Charles B. Bourne, Homer G. Angelo, Jean Hostert, Cheng Shou-yi, Wong Chi-Wie, Chao Jin, Peter Hoffman, An Chen, Lewis Perinbam, Luo Hao-cai, Laura Hill, Jean J.A. Salmon, Cheng Peng, John Churchill, Zhang Guo-hua, Fred Kan, Edward Epstein, Wei Min, Dawn Tom, Tung Shin-chung, Philip Girard, Henry R. Zheng, Ren Jianxin, Maria Cioni, Audrey Davis, James Li and others. File includes the press release no. 31 of 1977 of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations, the first draft of Ronald St. John Macdonald and Bai Gui-mei's paper "legal education in China today". File includes typescripts, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to the subject. File may contain correspondence regarding Ronald St. John Macdonald's books "essays in honour of Want Tieya".

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding Wang Tieya

File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Wang Tieya, Bing Ho, Cedric Chu Chi-Wu, Liu Wen-Zong, Ruth A. Boorman, Ying Han, Handon Y. Huang, Arthur Erikson, Sienho Yee, Chen Degong, and others. File includes handwritten notes, Zhaojie Li and Li-hai Zhao's resumes, an issue of the Beijing Review of February 1982, an issue of Canada Pacific Review of February 1982, a photograph of Ying Han's son, and other materials related to the subject.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's unsorted correspondence from 1990 to 2006

  • MS-2-615, Box 60, Folders 9 and 10; MS-2-615, Box 61, Folders 1 - 7; MS-2-615, Box 62, Folders 1 - 6; and MS-2-615, Box 63, Folders 1 - 9
  • File
  • 1990 - 2006
  • Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains unsorted correspondence with different individuals, including James A. Gibson, Peter MacKinnon, Frank Iacobucci, James C. MacPherson, Allahyar Mouri, Stephen M. Schwebel, Maxwell Cohen, H.W.Arthurs, Emile K.M. Yakpo, Doug Kirkpatrick, Antonio Cassese, Madeleine Proulx, Rudolf Bernhardt, Mohamed Munavvar, Carl-august Fleischhauer, Suse Schwarzenberg, Anne McLellan, Douglas M. Johnston, John Godfrey, Ted McWhinney, Christian Dominice, Edwin A. Goodman, Bill Graham, Michael Oliver, James Otieno Odek, Hugh Paton, Bruce P. Archibald, Jessica Carroll, Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo, Ronald S. Wood, Doug McArthur, Charles B. Bournes, Edgar Gold, J.P. Gardner, and others, regarding a wide range of topics. File includes Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific annual report of 1997, Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific newsletter of January 1997, University of Toronto Law School Faculty Council meeting agendas and meeting minutes, World Academy of Art and Science newsletter of March 1993, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law newsletter of January 1991, the American Society of International Law newsletters, the Group of 78 newsletter of May 1993, the African Society of International and Comparative Law newsletter of January 1990, a Dalhousie University Faculty of Law full-time staff contact list of 1973, a photograph of Ronald St. John Macdonald with Maxwell Bruce and an unidentified man in 1999, a photograph of Ronald St. John Macdonald with James Otieno Odek in 1994, an agreement between Canada Live in trust with Doubleday Canada Limited regarding the book "Canada live: English Canada speaks out", newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, and other materials.

Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding his visits to China

File contains correspondence about Ronald St. John Macdonald's trips to China - which started as part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) assignment to strengthening training and research in selected key universities in China - with different individuals, including Bai Gui-Mei, Zhao Zhenjiang, Wang Tieya, Yaoyuan Xia, Luo Hao Cai, Tony T.L. Chang, Eiichi Fukatsu, Masao Nakayama, Zhang Wen-pu, Fritz von Klein, Wang Xuex hen, Xue Mo-hong, Zhu Qiwu, Wei Min, Judith Ogden Bullitt, Randle Edwards, Peter Hoffman, Maarten Bos, Luzius Wildhaber, Eugene V. Rostow, Jeremy Thomas, John Churchill, Nessim Shallon, Roberto Ago, and others. File contains newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and handwritten notes about international law in China, including two versions of Macdonald's paper "the People's Republic of China and the International Court of Justice". File includes a letter from Bai Gui-Mei to Mairi Macdonald.

'C' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and the following individuals: Sanjay Chaturvedi; Richard V. Carter; Dr. Hans Corell; Lucien Chabason (on the Regional Seas Programme); Krista Singleton-Cambage; Peter Cramer (concerning Thomas Mann); Pietro Carrigliol; Kevin Coady (concerning the death of one of Mann Borgese's dogs); Christopher Corkett (critiquing one of Mann Borgese's talks); Aldo Chircop; Dr. Edward Carr; Senator Alan Cranston; Christo and Jean Claude (outgoing only, includes prints of various art installations); Liara Covert; Winifred Caponigri; Rideau Hall; Pluto Press; Senator Alan Cranston; Ignacio Perez Caldentey; Fernando Henrique Cardoso (President of Brazil); Sergio D. Claure; Dr. Maria della Costa; Richard V. Carter; Erksine Childers; Professor Jonathan Charney; Judge Maurice Caruana Curran (Chancellor of University of Malta); Arthur H. Campeau; H. Reuben Cohen (Chancellor of Dalhousie); Elisabeth Cyran; Hon. David Coore; Ana Luisa Cortez; Frederick Clairmonte; Ingvar Carlsson (Prime Minister of Sweden); and others. Also includes copies of the following papers: "The Training Programme of the International Ocean Institute" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese; "Professionalization of the Field of Marine Affairs" by Aldo Chircop; "NATO's War of Aggression Against Yugoslavia: An Overview by Michel Chessudovsky. Some correspondence may be personal.

David Silverberg - batiks and sketches

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'Silverberg: A Canadian in Japan', an exhibition of batik prints and sketches by David Silverberg organized through the Atlantic Provinces Art Circuit (APAC) and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in October 1968.

Records consist mainly of correspondence between Evelyn Holmes (Acting Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and David Silverberg (Artist, Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University), as well as correspondence with other curators in the APAC membership. Additional records consist of a list of artworks, a condition report, room booking confirmation for a lecture by Silverberg, and a catalogue for Silverberg's exhibition at Waddington Gallery in Montréal.

Japanese Subcommittee of CoML 2002-2003

File contains records related to the Japanese regional subcommittee for the Census of Marine Life. File includes information related to a meeting of the Oceanographic Society of Japan in Tokyo in March 2002 (where O'Dor attended and presented), at which much discussion regarding the forming of a Japanese CoML committee was undertaken. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Philip Hicks, Robin Rigby, Satoquo Seino, and Yoshihsa Shirayama. File also includes information related to NaGISA.

Colombia, Taiwan, and Turkey

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Wired for Freedom, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Colombia prisoners of conscience, Taiwan, and Turkey. The episode was recorded on May 21, 1988, and was broadcasted on May 24, 1988.

Interview with Bill Owen on East Timor

File is an audio reel containing an interview on world politics. In this interview, Ken Burke discusses human rights violations in East Timor with Bill Owen, a member of Halifax Amnesty International. The interview was recorded August 8, 1986; aired August 11, 1986; and was rebroadcast September 10, 1986 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program.

Interview with James Petras on China and the Soviet Union's move towards a more decentralized economy

File is an audio reel containing an interview with Dr. James Petras, a sociologist from New York State University. Dr. Petras spoke with CKDU's Andy Willis about the implications and motivations of market socialism in China and the Soviet Union. The interview was recorded on January 7, 1988 and aired January 10, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. It was rebroadcast January 20, 1988 on Title Waves.

Radio Free World with Mike Hymers

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of Radio Free World. This episode was hosted by Mike Hymers and featured six news stories on: the first woman appointed administrator of an Australian territory; John Brown, an engineer with Special Operations Executive during World War I; left-wing musicians; dust allergies; project interaction; and Ronald Reagan's meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev. The news stories originally aired on Radio Netherlands, BBC, NHK, and Israel Radio. The episode was recorded November 22, 1985 and aired November 26, 1985 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

Radio Free World with Mike Hymers

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of Radio Free World. This episode, hosted by Mike Hymers, features news stories on Dr. Helen Caldicott; New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange; and Corazon Aquino's first 100 days. It was recorded June 5, 1986 and aired June 6, 1986.

Review of 1986 : part 2 of 2

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of Radio Free World. This episode, hosted by Mike Hymers, is the second part of a two-part review of 1986. It features news stories on Eugene Hasenfus, Corazon Aquino, South Africa court decision, and South African media. It was recorded December 29, 1986 and aired January 2, 1987.
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