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Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and two other recipients of an honorary doctorate with the chancellor, archbishop, and president of University of King's College at Encaenia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 32, Item 6
Item
10 May 1972

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of Chancellor Norman Gosse; Raddall, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law; Archbishop W.W. Davis; President Graham Morgan; Reverend Harry R. Cooper, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity; and L.P. Edwards, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law.

Photograph of Doreen Wynne sitting on a step in Wakeham Bay, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 14, Item 112
Item
September 23, 1965

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Doreen Wynne, a schoolteacher in Wakeham Bay, Quebec. Wynne is sitting on some steps surrounded by cardboard boxes.

Photograph of Doreen and Collingwood Wynne moving a box in Wakeham Bay, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 14, Item 125
Item
[September 23, 1965?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Collingwood and Doreen Wynne, a principal and teacher in Wakeham Bay, Quebec. They are on the front steps of the school moving cardboard boxes used to ship school supplies.

Photograph of Doreen and Collingwood Wynne moving a box at Wakeham Bay, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 14, Item 128
Item
[September 23, 1965?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Collingwood and Doreen Wynne, a principal and teacher in Wakeham Bay, Quebec. They are on the front steps of the school moving cardboard boxes used to ship school supplies.

Photograph of Doreen and Collingwood Wynne moving a box at Wakeham Bay, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 12, Item 18
Item
[1965]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

A note on the back of the photograph says "Doreen & Collingwood Wynne - school teacher and principal at Wakeham Bay."

Photograph of a class being held outdoors in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories

MS-2-130, Box 16, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
[1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a group of children sitting with their teacher outdoors near their school. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories.

Notes for an address given at Pictou County Academy's 150th anniversary

MS-2-511, Box 20, Folder 37
Item
11 July 1966

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Notebook from lectures on logic delivered by Prof. Ross

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 9
Item
1860-1861

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a notebook used by James Baxter to take notes during lectures on logic delivered by Professor Ross. The lectures took place at the theological seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia between October 15, 1860 and April 10, 1861. The back of the notebook contains the signatures of people who attended the seminary and notes about them added by Baxter.

MicMac woman struggles to maintain voice and truth : [newspaper clipping]

MS-3-35, Box 9, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
January 1991

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a clipping of an article by Patricia Doyle about being a Mi'kmaw woman in the education system. The article appeared on page 7 of the January 1991 issue of "Pandora." An Eye Level Gallery advertisement for the exhibition "I loved the piece with the large type on the grass" and an advertisement for Swaha! Bodywork also appear on the page.

Literacy and Employment : a pilot project using theatre to respond to the issue / Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre

MS-2-838, Box 4, Folder 12
Item
December 1988

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a project proposal.

Letter written by Kenneth Leslie regarding the threat posed by fascism and antisemitism in the United States

MS-2-232, Box 1, Folder 8
Item
1942

Part of Kenneth Leslie fonds

Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

MS-2-40, SF Box 15, Folder 9
Item
[18--?]

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch certifying that James Baxter attended Latin classes

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 14
Item
March 3, 1864

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a letter written by Thomas McCulloch to certify that James Baxter attended Latin classes at the seminary in Truro during the past three sessions. The letter was written at Dalhousie College, Halifax, on March 3, 1864.

Letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 11
Item
September 7, 1815

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a typed copy of a letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch concerning students, likely Cunard's sons, John, Henry and Thomas, which Cunard sent to McCulloch in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

Letter from Mr. Lyall certifying that James Baxter attended Greek and Latin classes

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 13
Item
December 18, 1863

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended senior Greek and Latin classes during the 1862-1863 session. The letter was written in Halifax on December 18, 1863.

Letter from Mr. Lyall certifying that James Baxter attended a Latin class

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 11
Item
April 10, 1861

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended a senior Latin class during the 1860-1861 session. The letter was written in Truro.

Letter from James Ross certifying that James Baxter attended a chemistry class

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 12
Item
April 12, 1862

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a letter written by Prof. James Ross to certify that James Baxter attended a chemistry class at the Presbyterian College. The letter was written in Truro, Nova Scotia on April 12, 1862.

Letter from James Baxter to Dalhousie's President MacKenzie

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 15
Item
November 2, 1917

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
March 23, 1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Frank Cyril James to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
October 26, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Katherine McLaren's transcripts of her MEd research interviews with Dr. H.P. Moffat, Isabel Wallace, and Gladys McKinnon

MS-2-766, SF Box 101, Folder 24
Item
1980

Item is an interview transcript from Katherine McLaren's MEd thesis, The proper education for all classes: compulsory schooling and reform in Nova Scotia, 1890-1930.

McLaren, Katherine

Halifax Symphonette essay concert

MS-2-511, Box 28, Folder 1
Item
1953

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a news release for the March Gazette announcing the winners of the student essay contest held in connection with a concert series held in Nova Scotia schools.

Halifax Police Department preliminary investigations training manual

MS-2-681, Box 13, Folder 10
Item
1985, 1988

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Item is a training manual removed from its binder.

Griffin '85 : Horton District High School

MS-2-838, Box 21, Folder 4
Item
1985

Part of Christopher Heide fonds

Item is a 1985 yearbook for Horton District High School, where Christopher Heide attended classes in the course of his preparation for "Going Back."

Excerpts from Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 52
Item
April 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript abridgement of the key points in Carleton Stanley's speech before the Ontario Educational Association, April 1933.

Education : an address delivered over CBC on Sunday, September 29th, 1946

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1946 September 29

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered on C.B.C. by President Alexander Enoch Kerr on Sunday, September 29th, 1946, discussing the importance of making available post-secondary education opportunities for service men and women returning from the Second World War.

Draft releases on the opening of the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University

MS-1-Ref, Box 97, Folder 13, Item 4
Item
1963-1965

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of two drafts of an announcement about the opening of the School of Physiotherapy at Dalhousie University, beginning September 3, 1963; as well as a handwritten sheet outlining the experience of Arthur Shears, first director of the School.

Correspondence related to Law in Contemporary China

MS-2-615, Box 98, Folder 5, Item 13
Item
1990-1992

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Item consists of grouped correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald, Wang Tieya, Bai Gui-mei, and Ying-han Shi, related to Law in Contemporary China.

Correspondence between Jessie Lawson and Carleton Stanley about the New Brunswick Teachers Association meeting

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 25
Item
June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Jessie I. Lawson (of the Educational Review) and Carleton Stanley about Stanley's attendance at the New Brunswick Teachers' Association meeting in Fredericton in June 1932.

College trained over 1,300 men for ministry

MS-1-Ref, Box 131, Folder 6, Page 15
Item
September 6, 1955

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item is a clipping of an article written by C.M. Nicholson published in the Halifax Chronicle Herald on September 5, 1955.

Nicholson, Rt. Rev. Clarence McK.

Class two

MS-2-833, Box 2, Folder 18
Item
2004

Part of Sylvia Hamilton fonds

Item is a title page related to class two of course, "Through Her Eyes: Women and Documentary Filmmaking," taught by Sylvia Hamilton at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Item reads, "Margaret Perry: Background Reading and Film Information."

Class three

MS-2-833, Box 2, Folder 19
Item
2004

Part of Sylvia Hamilton fonds

Item is a title page related to class three of course, "Through Her Eyes: Women and Documentary Filmmaking," taught by Sylvia Hamilton at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Item reads, "Beryl Fox: Background Reading and Film Information."

Class four

MS-2-833, Box 2, Folder 20
Item
2004

Part of Sylvia Hamilton fonds

Item is a printed Novanet record related to class four of the course, "Through Her Eyes: Women and Documentary Filmmaking," taught by Sylvia Hamilton at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Kentville Advertiser about the establishment of a new junior high school

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 74
Item
12 January 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley about the creation of a new junior high school in Kentville, Nova Scotia, dated January 12, 1934, and submitted for inclusion in the January 25, 1934 issue of the Kentville Advertiser.

Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 39
Item
1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald, about educational reform in Nova Scotia's public schools. Item also contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Teachers' Institute, Fredericton, N.B.

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 24
Item
29 June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley to the Teachers' Institute in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on June 29, 1932, about the relation between secondary schools and colleges.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 51
Item
18 April 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.

Carleton Stanley's address at the closing of the 1932 session at Halifax Academy

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 27
Item
24 June 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address delivered at the closing session of the 1931-32 school year at Halifax Academy discussing the growth of civilization throughout history and the role of the younger generations and the varied ways of learning (beyond books).

Carleton Stanley's address at the 1932 Haliburton Club Dinner, King's College

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 21
Item
3 May 1932

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Haliburton Club at King's College on May 3, 1932, discussing what makes Dalhousie's education different.

Address on Thomas McCulloch given by Harvey Veniot on the opening of Pictou Academy's new auditorium and gymnasium