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Developmental and Cellular Skeletal Biology

File contains documents related to the publication of Brian Hall's book "Developmental and Cellular Skeletal Biology". Materials include one page of correspondence with Academic Press and a marketing questionnaire filled out for promotion of the book.

Cartilage : Volumes 1 - 3

File contains figures and original artwork for volumes 1 - 3 of Cartilage, edited by Hall.

What is evolutionary development?

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

Biology 1000

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures for his Biology 1000 class. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well as lecture outlines.

Neural crest

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on the neural crest. Materials include handwritten, photocopied notes, as well as lecture outlines.

Cell Commitment and Differentiation

File contains figures and original artwork for "Cell Commitment and Differentiation", published in 1987 by Norman Maclean and Brian Hall. Materials are separated into folders for chapters 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

Seminar notes

  • MS-2-799, Box 6, Folder 12
  • File
  • [after 1958], 1975 - 1990

    • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains notes from seminars that Hall has attended or spoken at. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, textbook pages, a presentation given to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1990, a UCLA conference, figures, and reference lists.

Life of a career scientist

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

Digit numbers and loss

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on digit numbers and loss. Materials include handwritten notes.

Homology

File contains original artwork for Brian Hall's book "Homology: The Hierarchical Basis of Comparative Biology", published by Academic Press in 1994. Materials include one page of correspondence, and several photographs backed on board.

University of Calgary

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

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.

Neural crest

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on the neural crest. Materials include handwritten, photocopied notes, as well as lecture outlines.

Encyclopedia of Human Biology

File contains documents related to the publication of Brian Hall's contribution to the "Encyclopedia of Human Biology". Materials include two versions of Hall's article “Bone, Embryonic Development” with edits and annotations, photographs, and correspondence.

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.

The Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms

File contains documents related to the publication of Brian Hall's book "The Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms". Materials include three possibly unpublished reviews and one page of correspondence regarding compensation for contributors.

Peter Thorogood

File contains correspondence related to the death of Peter Thorogood. Materials include letters and plans for a "Remembering Peter Thorogood" sessions and meetings to which Hall contributed.

Media coverage : 1978 - 1999

  • MS-2-799, Box 4, Folder 8 ; Oversized Folder 1
  • File
  • 1978 - 1999

    • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media from 1978 to 1999. Materials include invitations, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

Evolutionary Developmental Biology : 2nd edition

File contains documents related to the publication of the 2nd edition of Brian Hall's book "Evolutionary Developmental Biology". Materials include a request for the 2nd edition, correspondence, an author questionnaire about the book, and a bio for the book including three different questionnaires. Hall has noted that this edition is published by Kluwer rather than Chapman and Hall because of a company takeover.

University of Western Australia appointments

File contains documents relating to Hall's appointments at the University of Western Australia, including Fellow of the Centre for Human Biology and the Raine Visiting Professorship. Materials include correspondence, descriptions of seminars given by Hall from February 15 - May 15, 1993, and seminar posters.

JE2-FMB

File contains documents relating to Hall's lectures on JE2-FMB. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, as well overhead slides.

Limb development and evolution

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

"E" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "E". These include Donald A. Ede at the University of Glasgow, Howard Evans at the Henry Phipps Institute/Cornell University, and more.

Programmes and notices for Brian Hall's seminars

File contains programmes and notices for seminars given by Brian Hall. Materials include posters, booklets, and correspondence. The seminars range in location from Dalhousie to Germany.

Kovalevsky medal : 2002

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall's 2002 win of the Kovalevsy Media in the media. Materials include a photograph, an acknowledgement letter and certificate from the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists (in both Russian and English), a Dalhousie magazine, and an NSERC booklet.

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.

"N" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "N". These include the editor-in-chief of NRC Research Press, Claus Nielsen of Acta Zoology, and Sydney Nade of the University of Oxford. Materials include figures with notes.

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.

"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.

The Canada-Germany Science and Technology Cooperation project

File contains correspondence related to the Canada-Germany Science and Technology Cooperation project (CAN 01/104), which included studying salmon bone development with Eckhard Witten in Germany. Materials aside from correspondence include a description of project and expenses/purchase requisition forms.

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.

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.

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.

"F" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "F". These include the Academy of Finland, Michael Fisher of Harvard University Press, and Dr. D.R. Fielder from the University of Queensland.

University of British Columbia

File contains correspondence with the University of British Columbia regarding the appointment of the Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Materials include a description of the job and Hall's full CV.

"W" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "W". These include Wilfrid Laurier University, Professor Willmer at the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and George Washington University. Materials include a request for Hall to agree to be nominated to be a consultant for the appraisal of the MSc program in Integrative Biology at Wilfrid Laurier.

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 : 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.

"T" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "S". These include Tom Traves, President of Dalhousie, Patrick P. L. Tam of the Children's Medical Research Institute (Australia) and Keith S. Thomson. Materials include Hall's biographical highlights, as well as order forms for animals (snapper turtles).

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.

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.

George S. Campbell Chair appointment

File contains documents relating to Hall's appointment as the George S. Campbell Professor of Biology at Dalhousie from 2001-2007. Materials include Hall's research accomplishments, publications, and sources of financial support, correspondence, letters of appointment, and annual reports of Hall's work.

"G" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "G". These include Moira Ferguson at the University of Guelph, Thomas Gridley at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, and the Golden Key International Honour Society. Materials include reports from Hall's lab and lecture outlines.
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