- MS-2-40
- Collection
- 1801 - 1843, 1955
McCulloch, Thomas
McCulloch, Thomas
Personal archives of William Roy MacKenzie
Mackenzie, William Roy
Jean Marie Sholds' collection of Nova Scotia sporting events memorabilia
Sholds, Jean Marie
Canadian Farm Problems - radio broadcast guide notes collection
Byron Ulric Hatfield Photograph Collection
Hatfield, Byron Ulric
Professor David Morice Leigh Farr theatre program collection
Sanford Archibald's scrapbooks documenting the Protestant Digest
Archibald, Sanford
Armand Therrien Photograph Collection
Therrien, Armand
Almon, William, Bruce, Lt. Col.
Robie Lewis Reid's Nova Scotia newspaper clipping scrapbooks
Reid, Robie Lewis
Dougald MacGillivray's photographic portrait collection
MacGillivray, Dougald, 1862-1937
David Reid Photograph Collection
Reid, David
Gass Family Postcard Collection
Gass Family
Annie Belle Hollett and Graham Roome correspondence
Roome (née Hollett), Annie Belle
Longley, Charles Frederick, 1870-1945
Arthur Lismer's Dalhousie sketches
Collection includes 41 original pen and ink drawings by Arthur Lismer commissioned ca. 1919 by Dalhousie's Centenary Committee to illustrate its history of the university's first century: One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918, which was published in 1920. The collection includes the original and some unfinished and/or unpublished versions of all but one of the 26 illustrations used in the book, which features historic and contemporary Dalhousie figures and buildings. There are several portraits of President Arthur Stanley Mackenzie, which were rejected in favour of publishing a photographic image, as well as a rough sketch of Lismer's daughter, Marjorie. Also included in the collection are 22 reproductions, which are probably printer's proofs, given the poor quality of the paper.
Twelve of the Lismer images were also reproduced in the booklet titled simply Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as part of the promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign and published shortly after the Centenary Committee's book.
There is little documentary evidence beyond these two publications regarding the precise date or other details of the Lismer commission; one of the drawings is marked "1 March 1920," and another "27 March 1920," on date-received stamps from the engraving department of Rous & Mann, the Toronto company that printed both publications. The existing archival correspondence between the university and the printer (UA-3, Box 621, Folder 6) is from the Million Committee file, and refers only peripherally to the Centenary Committee's book project. A letter dated 24 March 1920 from Rous & Mann advises that the cuts, or illustrations, proposed for use in the campaign booklet were "at present locked up for the printing of the other Book in course of preparation," while later correspondence indicates that the printing and delivery of the campaign booklet gained precedence over the commemorative history, and the first run of these booklets was shipped on 17 April. The history was printed shortly after that, although by 26 May it had already been reprinted, owing to the misspelling of George Stewart Campbell, whose middle name appears in the first printing as "Stuart." The existence of the misprinted copies is due to their purchase at a steep discount by the Million Committee, who wrote: "... if the price were attractive a way might be found to use them."
No correspondence or documents have been found in the Dalhousie University Archives regarding Lismer's actual commission: within the Million Committee's correspondence file exists a single telegram from President Mackenzie to Arthur Lismer, dated 3 April 1920, which expresses a need to rush the printing along with the instruction: "leave layout to your judgement," the sole reference to Lismer's role in either project.
Lismer, Arthur
Howard Logan Bronson Collection
Bronson, Howard Logan
World War One American war effort posters
Elliot Black Miller postcard collection
Miller, Elliot Black
Legal papers of Henry Adolphus Newman Kaulback
Kaulback, Henry Adolphus Newman, 1830-1896
William Inglis Morse Manuscript Collection
Morse, William Inglis
Photographs of ships and shipbuilding activities
Colchester Historical Society
George Robertson's historical documents collection
Robertson, George
Pullen, H.F. (Hugh Francis), 1905-1983
David and Marilyn Janigan Map Collection
Janigan, David
The Shipping Reference Collection incorporates virtually all miscellanous shipping records and reference material that were accessioned as part of "MS-8-Ref." A large portion of the collection consists of reference files on various vessels and shipping lines. A card-catalogue index known as "Master and Mates" provides references to microfilmed vessel papers, trade records, registers, and other related materials. The collection also includes photographs, slides, and published materials such as the Lloyd's Register of Ships.
The collection contains four series:
Microfilm
Shipping Line reference files
Vessel reference files
Published materials
Armour, Charles
Dalhousie University. University Libraries. Killam Memorial Library. University Archives
Shipping registers and research cards of Trevor Bebb
Bebb, James Trevor
Photographs of Zellers after V.E. Riot
Dalhousie University Reference Collection