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Brian Hall fonds
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"L" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "L". These include Scott Lozanoff at the University of Hawai'i, Laura Frost at the University of Alberta, and Walter Landauer at the University College London. Materials include Dalhousie notices regarding taking inappropriate leaves.

University of Calgary

File contains correspondence with the University of British Columbia regarding avian clavicles with Anthony P. Russell. Materials include photocopied notes.

Australian research grants

File contains documents relating to Hall's Australian research grants during his time at the University of New England.

Epith-Mesen interactions

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on Epith-Mesen interactions. Materials include handwritten notes and a photocopied figure with text.

Evolutionary development

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on evolutionary development. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as lecture or presentation outlines.

Evolution lectures for the University of King’s College

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on evolution for the University of King’s College, at least partially for Professor McOuat. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as lecture outlines and crib sheets for tests.

Fertility

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on fertility. Materials include typed and handwritten notes.

Graduate module

File contains documents relating to Hall's graduate modules. Materials include handwritten notes.

Life of a career scientist

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on how to be a career scientist. Materials include handwritten notes.

Late 19th century biology

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on late 19th century biology for Biology 3040 with John Farley. Materials include typed and handwritten notes.

What is evolutionary development?

File contains documents relating to Hall's lecture titled "What is evolutionary development?". Materials include typed and handwritten notes.

Media coverage

Series contains materials depicting Brian Hall in the media. Written materials include newspaper articles, certifications, and correspondence. Related materials include photographs.

Media coverage, awards, and recognitions

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media, including coverage, awards, and recognitions. Materials include documentation of Hall becoming a finalist for the Herzberg gold medal in 2002, a $50 000 award of excellence as runner up, Hall's election to American Academy of Arts and Science (where he was named as a foreign honorary member), and a NSERC "Tribute to research excellence" booklet.

Master list of Brian Hall's reprints

File contains a master list of Brian Hall's reprints from 1967 to 2005. Materials also include a list of first authors cited in works other than Hall.

Reviews and publisher correspondence

Subseries contains Brian Hall's reviews and publisher correspondence for his publications. Materials include reviews that may not have been published and promotional materials for books such as questionnaires.

The Neural Crest : 2nd edition

File contains documents related to the publication of the second edition of Brian Hall's book "The Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution". Materials include the book's download statistics on Springer, correspondence for images and permissions/publication of book, reviews (in email form, not necessarily formally published), and a document with suggested details such as book length and title.

Student ratings of instruction (SRIs)

  • MS-2-799, Box 6, Folder 13
  • File
  • March 2006 - January 2007
  • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains student ratings of instruction (SRIs) for Hall's Biology 3050 class from March 2006 to January 2007. Materials include notes from students on what Hall did as a professor to facilitate their learning, how he hampered their learning, and additional comments.

Atavisms

File contains correspondence regarding Hall's writing on atavisms, including for his manuscript "Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Atavisms". The materials also include handwritten notes and file cards.

"B" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "B". These include John de Bavay of the University of New England, Marion Blute of the University of Toronto, Bill Beresford, Christopher Barnes of the University of Victoria, Walter Bock at Columbia University, and more.

"H" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "H". These include Richard Haines at the University of London, Dr. Arthur Ham, and Nick Hopwood at the Wellcome Insitute for the History of Medicine. Materials include a roster of the honorary degrees committee as of July 1, 2003.

Grants

Series contains materials regarding Brian Hall's grants. Written materials include approval letters, information about the projects requiring grants, and work updates.

Ageing

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on ageing. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as a references list.

Cell death

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on cell death. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as overhead slides, an omissions list, and a references list.

Cleft palates

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on cleft palates. Materials include handwritten notes.

Dalhousie Integrated Science Program (DISP)

  • MS-2-799, Box 3, Folder 4
  • File
  • [after 1968], 1998 - 2010
  • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on or for the Dalhousie Integrated Science Program (DISP). Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as overhead slides and notes from a third party who listened to the lecture.

Direct development

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on direct development. Materials include handwritten notes.

Gastrulation

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on gastrulation. Materials include handwritten notes.

Heart development

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on heart development. Materials include handwritten notes, as well as one overhead slide.

How to be a scientist

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on how to be a scientist. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as a day schedule for January 12 and January 18.

Lectures

  • MS-2-799, Box 3, Folder 23
  • File
  • [after 1968], 2003 - 2009
  • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains documents relating to Hall's assorted lectures. Materials include handwritten notes, and topics include cell ageing and limbs.

Overhead slides for Biology 3050

File contains documents relating to Hall's overhead slides for Biology 3050. Each slide has a blank paper underneath for easier reading.

Teeth

  • MS-2-799, Box 3, Folder 35
  • File
  • [after 1968], 1984 - 1997
  • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on teeth. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as figures.

Balfour, Garstang, and de Beer

File contains documents relating to Hall's lecture titled Balfour, Garstang, and de Beer: The first century of Evolutionary Embryology. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as figures.

History of developmental biology

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures for the history of developmental biology. Materials include handwritten notes.

Homology

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on homology. Materials include handwritten notes, as well as copies of overhead slides, overviews of lectures, and a presentation script.

Media coverage : 2001 - 2006

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media from 2001 to 2006. Materials include correspondence, newspaper articles, a photograph of participants including Hall at a workshop for theoretical biology, and certificates from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Media coverage : 2005

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media in 2005, including his Killam Prize win. Materials include magazines and booklets, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

The University of New England

File contains documents relating to Hall's education at the University of New England. Materials include correspondence regarding Hall's degrees, including Doctor of Philosophy, and an abstract for and reports on Hall's Doctor of Science dissertation.

Zoology II : Part 2

File contains documents relating to the second portion of the Zoology II course taken by Hall. Materials include typed and handwritten class notes and figures.

Zoology III

File contains documents relating to the Zoology III course taken by Hall. Materials include a typed syllabus and instructions for the course.

Zoology III : Special project

File contains documents relating to the Zoology III special project done by Hall in 1962. The project is a paper titled "The Histology of the Skull Articulations of Notechis acutatus (the Tiger Snake) with a Preliminary Description of the Anatomy of the Skull".

Zoology IV : Honours reading list

File contains the Zoology IV honours reading list for 1963 - 1964. The list is described as the basis for Hall's paper in the Kovalevsky medal issue of a journal in 2004.

Figures and original visuals

Subseries contains materials related to the figures and original visuals used by Brian Hall for his publications. Publications include Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 1st and 2nd editions, and Homology. Subseries also includes a master list of Hall's reprints until 2005.

Figure 13

File contains an original piece of artwork by Hall titled "Figure 13".
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