Archives Catalogue

Carleton Stanley's spring 1933 convocation address

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 53
Item
16 May 1933

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's convocation address to the 1933 graduating class, delivered May 16, 1933.

Carleton Stanley's address at the 1933 closing ceremonies at Rothesay Collegiate School

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 54
Item
16 June 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the 1933 graduating class at Rothesay Collegiate School, June 16, 1933.

Press release regarding changes in staff of the Dalhousie Law School

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 55
Item
June 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a press release prepared by Carleton Stanley and submitted to the Halifax Herald in June 1933, outlining changes at Dalhousie Law School, including the appointments of John Willis and George H. Crouse, the leave of absence of H.E. Read, and a resignation by John T. MacQuarrie. Includes related correspondence.

Press release about a notable gift to Dalhousie Library

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 56
Item
20 September 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a press release prepared by Carleton Stanley and submitted to all Halifax newspapers, about a notable gift of books inscribed by Queen Victoria by Mr. George Matthew Adams.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Dalhousie Gazette welcoming the 1933 freshman class

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 57
Item
22 September 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's short submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated September 22, 1933, welcoming incoming students to Dalhousie University.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1933 Freshman Handbook

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 58
Item
23 September 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's greeting to incoming students, submitted to the 1933 Dalhousie Freshman Handbook, dated September 23, 1933. Item also contains related correspondence between the President's Office and Howard C. Oxley.

Carleton Stanley's press release of an award for special scholarships in classics and mathematics

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 59
Item
4 October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a press release prepared by Carleton Stanley and submitted to "all newspapers in N.S., N.B., P.E.I., and Nfld.", outlining the awarding of two special scholarships in both the Classics and Mathematics disciplines, incoming male freshman students.

Carleton Stanley's address delivered to a meeting of the Women's Institute, Truro

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
4 November 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at a meeting of the Women's Institute in Truro, Nova Scotia, dated November 4, 1931. Includes discussions on agriculture, the machinery industry, and economics.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Dalhousie community at the 1933-34 opening session

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 60
Item
5 October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's 1933-34 Opening Session address to the Dalhousie commuity, delivered on October 5, 1933. Item discussing the recent passing of Archibald MacMechan, outlining goals for the freshman class, and warning of the "terrible situation that has overtaken academic life in Germany" and the threat to "intellectual freedom everywhere" posed by rise of the Nazis, and the need to ward off "selfish apathy and indifference", before encouraging all in attendance to go to Professor [Alfred Eckhard] Zimmern's forthcoming lecture series.

The President's Address at the opening of Session 1933-34, Dalhousie University

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 61
Item
5 October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an offprint of Carleton Stanley's address at the opening session of the 1933-34 Dalhousie academic year, delivered on October 5, 1933. Item discussing the recent passing of Archibald MacMechan, outlining goals for the freshman class, and warning of the "terrible situation that has overtaken academic life in Germany" and the threat to "intellectual freedom everywhere" posed by rise of the Nazis, and the need to ward off "selfish apathy and indifference", before encouraging all in attendance to go to Professor [Alfred Eckhard] Zimmern's forthcoming lecture series.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Dalhousie Gazette about a new book club

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 62
Item
7 October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the October 7th, 1933 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette, outlining the creation of a new Book Club.

Carleton Stanley's address at the luncheon meeting of the Community Chest

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 64
Item
30 October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the Community Chest luncheon meeting, held at the Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, on October 30, 1933, discussing the problems faced by charitable organizations since 1929 -- "[though] I am not advising any of you to take a pair of thumbscrews along with you on your canvass [for charitable contributions]" -- and the growth of the Halifax Public Health Clinic.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle about the completion of registration at Dalhousie

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 65
Item
October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Halifax Chronicle, dated October 16, 1933, outlining the completion of the registration process at Dalhousie University for the 1933-34 session, and a rejection of the rumours of a substantial drop in student registration. Item contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's unpublished editorial commentary about the most recent issue of the Dalhousie Review

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 66
Item
13 October 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's editorial submission to the Halifax Herald -- "but not published to date" -- dated October 13, 1933, discussing the most recent issue of the Dalhousie Review.

Change or decay? Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 66
Item
9 November 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, delivered November 9, 1933, under the title "Change or Decay?" The speech discusses the notion of fundamental social ideas that are consistent across the country, the difficulties faced under parliamentary governments to ensure such consistency, and the problems inherent in the present economic system.

This speech later appeared in an amended form in the January 1934 number of the Dalhousie Review.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the Dalhousie Gazette about the passing of W.H. Chase

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 67
Item
25 November 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the Dalhousie Gazette, dated November 25, 1933, discussing the passing of Mr. W.H. Chase, one of Dalhousie's Board of Governors.

The political scene in Canada. Carleton Stanley's address to the British Empire Club, December 13, 1933

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 68
Item
13 December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley before the British Empire Club in Providence, R.I., on December 13, 1933, under the title "The Political Scene in Canada", discussing fundamental social ideas and rights, problems in parliamentary governments, and the threat posed to human institutions through wilful ignorance and the rejection of attempts to improve aspects of civilization for the betterment of all.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 69
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, prepared in December 1933. Item discusses the up-and-down economic welfare of the Maritime Provinces in the years since 1929, and the economic potential of the region's forest lands. Item contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's address at the laying of a corner stone at the new gymnasium

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 7
Item
10 November 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of the short address delivered by Carleton Stanley on the occasion of the laying of the corner at the new Dalhousie Gymnasium, November 10, 1931, after the loss of the previous gymnasium to fire in May 1931.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 70
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Sydney Post-Record, prepared in December 1933, discussing the importance of taking a "long-sighted view" of Cape Breton's economic future, rather than using "any temporary upturn in business conditions" as an indicator. Item contains related correspondence.

Carleton Stanley's submission to the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 71
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1934 New Year Edition of the Halifax Chronicle, dated December 20, 1933, addressing the perilous international political and economic situations after the cessation of payment of War Debts and the impending collapse of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Canada getting its economic house in order. Item contains related correspondence.

Correspondence between Carleton Stanley's office and the Saint John Telegraph-Journal

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 72
Item
December 1933

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Carleton Stanley and the Saint John Telegraph-Journal from December 1933 about the President's inability to supply an editorial to the Christmas Edition of the Telegraph-Journal this year.

Press releases related to a 1934 public lecture series

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 73
Item
January 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a series of press releases prepared by Carleton Stanley outlining a public lecture series at the University Gymnasium in January and February 1934. Press release outlines multidisciplinary lectures by Dr. Dixie Pelluet, Dr. W.D. Woodhead, Dr. H.F. Munro, Dr. H.E. Bigelow, Dr. E.W.. Nichols, and Dr. W. Hamilton Fyfe. Item also contains related correspondence.

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 address before Dalhousie graduates at a Boston Alumni event

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 75
Item
12 April 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address Boston-based alumni from Dalhousie University, at the Hotel Westminster on April 12, 1934, addressing the difficulties of constructing a university budget during times of economic upheaval, what programs grants and alumni donations have aided at Dalhousie, as well as the threats posed by wars which "pend and threaten".

The universities and the international outlook : [offprint]

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 76
Item
January 1936

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an offprint of an article title "The Universities and the International Outlook", written by Carleton Stanley, and reprinted from the University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. V, No. 2, January, 1936. Speech was originally delivered before the American Association of Colleges in May 1934.

Universities and the international outlook : Carleton Stanley's address before the American Association of Colleges

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 77
Item
May 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley before the American Assocation of Colleges in May 1934, under the title "The Universities and the International Outlook". A version of this speech later appeared in the January 1936 issue of the University of Toronto Quarterly.

Carleton Stanley's address to New York Dalhousie alumni

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 78
Item
4 May 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley before Dalhousie University alumni at an event in New York, May 4, 1934, discussing the financial situation at Dalhousie during a period of worldwide economic tumult. Speech was initially prepared May 2, 1934.

Carleton Stanley's address at the 1934 Haliburton Club Dinner at King's College

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 79
Item
8 May 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the Haliburton Club Dinner at the Unviersity of King's College, May 8, 1934, responding to the toast to Dalhousie.

Carleton Stanley's address at the laying of a corner stone at the new gymnasium : [draft manuscript]

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 8
Item
10 November 1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an early annotated draft of the short address delivered by Carleton Stanley on the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the new Dalhousie gymnasium, on November 10, 1931.

Carleton Stanley's address in Sussex, New Brunswick

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 80
Item
25 June 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley in Sussex, New Brunswick, on June 25, 1934, praising the quality of New Brunswick students at Dalhousie, a toast to the "dullest of all dull subjects" -- the state of education -- in the Maritime Provinces.

Carleton Stanley's address at Sussex High School, Sussex, New Brunswick

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 81
Item
25 June 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the graduation ceremonies at Sussex High School, Sussex, New Brunswick, on June 25, 1934, musing on high school class loads and Greek poetry.

Harry Goudge Grant's letter-to-the-editor about Dalhousie's contributions to the Halifax Public Health Clinic

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 82
Item
25 March 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of Carleton Stanley's typescript copy of Dean Harry Goudge Grant's scathing letter to the editors of the Halifax Chronicle and Halifax Daily Star, dated March 25, 1934, responding to critiques around funding of the Public Health Clinic. "It can be said without contradiction that in no other place in the world is it [the funding of such a medical facility] done by a University."

Carleton Stanley's address to Dalhousie alumni

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 83
Item
14 May 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address to Dalhousie alumni (present and future) at the Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax, May 14, 1934.

Carleton Stanley's statement about the state of housing conditions in Halifax

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 84
Item
23 January 1934

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley discussing the "disgracefully large proportion of Halifax houses [that] may be called 'slum dwellings'" and the general poor state of "housing conditions in Halifax", stating that "Halifax [...] would seem to have had very little town planning" and condemning city contractors for their construction of subpar "so-called houses". The piece was submitted to Mr. Gaul of the Halifax Chronicle.

Carleton Stanley's submission for the 1932 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald

UA-3, Box 102, Folder 2, Item 9
Item
1931

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of the text of a submission drafted by Carleton Stanley about the state of education in Nova Scotia, submitted to the Halifax Herald for their 1932 New Year Edition. Item also includes related correspondence.

Museums - Labrador duck

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8
File
1887-1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

File contains correspondence and contracts related to the loaning of Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada.

Memorandum of Agreement made between the Reverend William McCulloch and The Board of Governors of Dalhousie College and University

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 1
Item
1887

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a handwritten Memorandum of Agreement between the Reverend William McCulloch of Truro, Doctor of Divinity, of the one part, and The Board of Governors of Dalhousie College and University, of the other part, October 1st, 1887, as well as a typed transcription of the handwritten document. The Agreement outlines Dr McCulloch's aiding in establishing a natural history museum at Dalhousie College in the name of Thomas McCulloch.

Correspondence between A. Stanley MacKenzie, Leonard Sanford, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
1916

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President A. Stanley MacKenzie, Dr Leonard Sanford, C.J. Burchell, and Henry Fairfield Osborn, regarding Dalhousie's holding of extinct Labrador duck specimens in the Thomas McCulloch Museum.

Correspondence between Carleton Stanley, Robie Tufts, and Burlingham Schurr, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 3
Item
1933, 1943

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Carleton Stanley's office, as well as Robie Tufts and Burlingham Schurr, regarding Dalhousie's holding of two Labrador duck specimens at the Thomas McCulloch Museum.

Correspondence between Henry Hicks, L.B. Macpherson, A.W.F. Banfield, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 4
Item
1964-1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Henry Hicks and several other stakeholders between 1964 and 1968, regarding the potential loaning of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada. Includes correspondence between President Hicks and L.B. Macpherson, Eric Mercer, A.W.F. Banfield, Waldemar Fries, Sylvia Fullerton, John E. McInerny, R.A. Cluney, T.A. Russell, J. Lynton Martin, Elisabeth A. Christian, D.H. McNeill, K.E. von Maltzhan, and W. Earl Godfrey.

Draft of an Agreement between The Governors of Dalhousie College and University, and Her Majesty the Queen in RIght of Canada, regarding loaning of Labrador duck specimens to the National Museum of Canada

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 6
Item
March 25, 1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a facsimile draft of an agreement -- dated March 25, 1968 -- between the Dalhousie Board of Governors and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (via the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees the National Museum of Canada) regarding the loaning and preservation of Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada.

Agreement between The Governors of Dalhousie College and University, and Her Majesty the Queen in RIght of Canada, regarding loaning of Labrador duck specimens to the National Museum of Canada

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 7
Item
April 16, 1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a signed agreement -- dated April 16, 1968 -- between the Dalhousie Board of Governors and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (via the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees the National Museum of Canada) regarding the loaning and preservation of Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada.

Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museum of Natural History

UA-3, Box 163, Folder 8, Item 8
Item
1968

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.

Faculties/Schools - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Biochemistry

UA-3, Box 179, Folder 22
File
1987-1987

Part of President’s Office fonds

correspondence

Biochemistry Department

UA-3, Box 248, Folder 7
File
1934-1944

Part of President’s Office fonds

correspondence

Alexander Kerr's convocation speech, October 4, 1960

UA-3, Box 261, Folder 10, Item 1
Item
October 4, 1960

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of a transcript of the remarks delivered by Alexander Enoch Kerr at the October 4th, 1960 Dalhousie Fall Convocation proceedings.

Alexander Kerr's convocation speech, October 4, 1960 : [annotated draft manuscript]

UA-3, Box 261, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
October 4, 1960

Part of President’s Office fonds

Item consists of an annotated draft of Alexander Enoch Kerr's speech to be delivered at the October 4, 1960 Dalhousie Fall Convocation ceremonies. Includes additions and elaborations in Kerr's hand to verso of several pages.