Fonds consists primarily of Florence Jessie Murray's personal records regarding her career as a medical missionary in Korea, including correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets and photographs. Fonds also includes a small volume of records that originated with her brother, Alexander Murray, and father, Robert Murray, including correspondence between Alexander Murray, Florence Jessie Murray and E.J.O. Fraser; Reverend Robert Murray's correspondence; and records regarding his involvement with the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
Series consists of Florence Jessie Murray's correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets and photographs regarding her involvement in the Korean mission of the United Church of Canada.
Fonds comprises a history of Nova Scotian physicians compiled by Alexander Mackenzie in 1950. There is also a scrapbook, correspondence, papers, published articles, and a history of Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax.
File contains 11 reports, papers and proposals regarding child welfare and group homes in Nova Scotia, drafted between 1969-1974 by committees of the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre and the Children's Aid Society of Halifax.
Item consists of a draft brief submitted to the Commission of Special Protection Services compiled by Dr. Alexander Murchison and others for the Children's Aid Society of Halifax, presented on May 29, 1972. The report was compiled for the purpose of stressing the importance of examining the "very fine line [...] between delinquent behavior resulting in direct Court Action under the Juvenile Delinquents Act and the behavior exhibited by a child in need of protection as defined in the Child Welfare Act" and making best practice recommendations, when determining foster home placements resulting from Family Court cases regarding child welfare and juvenile delinquency. Item also contains an appendix of three anonymous case studies from the Shelburne region.
Item is a proposal submitted to the Halifax Children's Foundation by the Children and Youth Action Council dated August 2, 1974. The item outlines CAYAC's mission as a "grassroots response to perceived shortcomings in services and programs for young people in Nova Scotia," discusses the organization's objectives and activities (assessing and contributing to legislation, addressing services it provides, pushing for individual case representation, increasing public awareness, and engaging youth involvement). The proposal outlines a request that the Halifax Children's Foundation provide CAYAC with a "three-year demonstration grant" to employ a full-time coordinator and a secretary to achieve the organization's objectives.
Item is a draft manuscript written by Alexander Murchison and T.A.H. McCulloch (of Canadian Forces Hospital Halifax) in the early 1970s. The item addresses a case study of an 18-year-old "leading seaman, unmarried and of Ojibwa Indian extraction" admitted to the psychiatric unit of Canadian Forces Hospital in Halifax after a sudden onset of psychosis experienced by the patient shortly after his vessel left Halifax in 1968.
Item is an early draft proposal written by Alexander Murchison and others in 1972 or 1973, regarding funding for a health grant to improve the delivery of health services to children and youth in Nova Scotia. The proposal accompanies a report entitled "A Time to Act."
File contains notes and manuscripts written by Alexander Murchison and Norris Turner between 1972–1975 reviewing child guidance clinics and group homes in Nova Scotia. File also contains the June 1973 issue of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Newsletter, with articles by Norris Turner , Patricia Hardy, Ernie Rafuse, F.M. Fraser, Martin M. Dolan, Linda Isitt, and Barrie R. MacFarlane.
File contains a report written in 1973 by Alexander Murchison and Edward Newell regarding a restructuring of child and adolescent programs and services in Nova Scotia to "stimulate community and government interest, participation, and action for change."
Item consists of a facsimile of a chapter on hygiene written by Dr. A.P. Reid, which appeared in the "original communications" section of the June 1891 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. III, No. 6)
Item consists of a facsimile of a chapter on hygiene -- "Dirt, or Matter Out f Place" -- written by Dr. A.P. Reid, which appeared in the "original communications" section of the October 1891 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. III, No. 10).
Item consists of a facsimile of a clipping that appeared in the February 1871 issue of the [Halifax] Evening Express, about Dr. A.P. Reid's impressions on the North-West Territory after a brief visit after the Red River Rebellion.
Item consists of a facsimile of an address read by A.P. Reid before the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science on January 13th, 1890, titled "Stirpiculture, or, The Ascent of Man".
Item consists of a facsimile of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the March 1903 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 3), dated January 30, 1903, on the topic of a Jamaican asylum.
Fonds consists of tickets confirming Hawkins' admission to and attendance in classes and wards at Halifax Medical College, Dalhousie College and University, Montreal General Hospital, and the Provincial and City Hospital.
File contains three certification tickets received by Arthur Charles Hawkins during the 1884-1885 session at the University of McGill College and Montreal General Hospital. The first two tickets confirm that Hawkins acted as a clinical clerk and a dresser in the surgical wards of Montreal General Hospital for three months ending in March 1885, as certified by Thomas G. Roddick, MD. The third ticket confirms Hawkins's enrolment in a Clinical Surgery course at McGill University, under Roddick's tutelage.
File contains seven tickets received by Arthur Charles Hawkins confirming his enrolment and attendance during the 1883-1884 session at Halifax Medical College, Dalhousie College and University, and the Provincial and City Hospital. The tickets are for: Clinical Medicine (taught by A.P. [Alexander] Reid and John Somers); Surgery (taught by W.E. [Edward] Farrell); and Clinical Surgery (taught by W.E. [Edward] Farrell and J.F. [John] Black); a student ticket for the Provincial and City Hospital authorized by Andrew J. Cowie and Edward Farrell; a Dalhousie College registration ticket for the 1885-1986 session (authorized by John Forrest, Principal); an incomplete ticket for a German course (1885-1886 session); and a library ticket (1881-1982 session) authorized by James Ross.
Fonds consists of Oscar Donovan's photographs, newspaper clippings, mementos, and correspondence from World War One and World War Two, including records related to Dalhousie No. 7 Overseas Stationary Hospital, with which his wife served.
File comprises oversized computer printouts of data output produced using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) on the breakdown of physicians' earnings by county (1969-1973) and population estimates for Nova Scotia (1966-1972).
File contains Christmas cards sent to Florence Jessie Murray by various senders, including J.W. Bennett, Chang H. Cho, Kook Hoon Ko, Ada Sandell, Mimie Saper and others
File contains invitations sent to Florence Jessie Murray including from the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Christian Medical Fellowship of Britain.
Fonds consists of twelve student notebooks from medical school, Dalhousie registration cards, transcripts, medical books, examinations, photographs, and Provincial Medical Board papers.
Item consists of a later draft of group home development proposal compiled by the Alexander Murchison and others for the Group Home Advisory Committee, Children's Aid Society of Halifax, dated March 9, 1973. The committee consisted of Dr. Murchison, Ron Smith, Pat Corkery, T. Daley, Mrs. Cleveland, Father O'Neil and John Letkeman. The purpose of the document is "to recommend proposals relative to the development of group homes by the Children's Aid Society of Halifax."
Item is a brief presented to the Minister's Committee to Re-write the Child Welfare Act by the Children and Youth Action Council drafted on May 15, 1974. The report contains recommendations from the Council regarding amendments to the Child Welfare Act. Other members of the committee include Mrs. Susan Burchell (Social worker), Mrs. Betty Curran (Student social worker, Maritime School of Social Work), Mr. Terry Donahoe (Barrister), Miss Emily Duffy (Student social worker, Maritime School of Social Work), Dr. Murchison (then of the Dartmouth Branch of the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre), Miss Cathy Neilson (Student, Dalhousie Legal Aid), Miss Ann Preyde (Girl's Residence Centre), and Mrs. Mary Zinck (Halifax Children's Aid Society), as well as co-chairpersons Dr. Joan Cummings (Maritime School of Social Work) and Mrs. Marilyn Peers (Dartmouth Branch, Atlantic Child Guidance Centre).
File contains six reports, papers and proposals regarding child health, child welfare, and group homes in Nova Scotia, drafted between 1970-1975 by Alexander John Murchison and others.
Item is a final draft of a report "Child and adolescent services," written by Alexander Murchison and Edward Newell in December 1972. It outlines planning for children's and adolescent health services in Nova Scotia, describes current services available to children and adolescents, addresses the health of the province's children and adolescents, points out gaps and deficiencies in the services provided by the province, and raises points in order to direct meaningful change.
Fonds consists of student tickets and certificates from the University of Edinburgh. Several obituaries from different sources are located in the case file.
Item consists of handwritten research notes about Dr. A.P. Reid's medical work in Nova Scotia, mainly a selection of cited quotations from Dr. Reid's articles.
Item consists of a short biographical sketch on Dr. A.P. Reid, written by K.A. MacKenzie (and drawn from the 1920 publication "The Dalhousie Medical School: An Historical Sketch").
Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's address before the Nova Scotia Dairyman's Association meeting, held in Halifax on March 18th, 1890, titled "The Dairy of the Future, or, Theory and Practice Combined", copied from the T.C. Allen-published pamphlet of the same year.
Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's address before the Nova Scotian Institute of Science on January 19th, 1891, titled "Poverty Superseded: A New Political Economy", reproduced from the Gladwin Stationer and Bookmaker pamphlet of the same year.
Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's presidential address before the Nova Scotia Medical Society con-joint meeting with the Maritime Medical Association, held in Halifax on July 3rd, 1895, titled "The Germ Theory and Sero-Therapy". Item was reproduced from the August 1895 issue of the Maritime Medical News, pages 165-169.
Item consists of a facsimile of an "original communication" submitted to the August 1899 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XI, No. 8), by Dr. A.P. Reid, titled "Sanitary Progress".
Item consists of a facsimile of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1906 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVIII, No. 4), titled "Atmospheric Humidity in Relation to Health". Item was also read at a meeting of the Canadian Medical Association in Halifax in August 1905.
Item consists of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1903 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 4) on the topic of a leper hospital in St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. Correspondence is dated February 28th, 1903.