Archives Catalogue

Preliminary observations of breeding birds and vegetation in a post-clearcutting secondary succession in a hardwood forest in Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 12
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript by Freedman, with K. Morgan, M. Crowell, C. Beauchamp, and A. Greene, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File also includes field notes and correspondence.

Foraging behavior and prey selection by ospreys in coastal habitats in Nova Scotia, Canada : [manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 1
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Erick P. Greene and Anne E. Greene, in "Biology and management of Bald eagles and Osprey", edited by D.M. Bird. File also contains the draft manuscript "Information transfer at Osprey colonies, and associated works by Mr Greene.

Airphoto assessment of changes in plant cover on Sable Island, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 25, Folder 13
File
1996-2001

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains two draft reports by Freedman, tracking changes of Sable Island vegetation, in 1996 and 2001.

Status of the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, in Halifax and Lunenburg Counties, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 2
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with Erick Greene, for Canadian Field-Naturalist, volume 100, number 4. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Aquatic plants of acid lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : floristic composition and relation to water chemistry : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 3
File
1983-1986

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with P.M. Catling, C. Stewart, J.J. Kerekes, and L.P. Lefkovitch, for Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 64, number 4. File also contains correspondence and reviewer comments.

Major macrophyte communities and limiting factors for three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 5
File
1983

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and Colin Stewart, for the Kejimkujik Calibrated Catchments Program workshop proceedings on the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 26, 1983, edited by J. Kerekes. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings, as well as other drafts.

Survey of aquatic macrophytes of Spectacle Lake and Jordan Lake, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 4
File
[1983?]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Freedman and C. Stewart, for the Canadian Wildlife Service, about Utricularia radiata and Potamogeton pulcher in Spectacle Lake. Includes data related to macrophytes in both lakes.

Survey of aquatic macrophytes in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : 1980 progress report : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 7
File
1980

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report written by Freedman, C. Stewart, and J. Dale, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File also contains a bound manuscript.

Macrophyte communities in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park : [draft manuscripts]

MS-2-789, Box 26, Folder 8
File
1981-1982

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains twp draft manuscripts (one typed and one handwritten with many revisions) by Freedman and Colin C. Stewart, for the Kejimkujuk Calibrated Catchments Program, the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Report of the Proceedings, November 18, 1981, edited by J. Kerekes, June 1982, sponsored by Atlantic Region LRTAP Monitering and Effects Working Group. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings. Manuscript covers Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, and Kejimkujik lakes.

Tree biomass and carbon storage in selected urban areas of Halifax, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 7
File
[1995]

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript written by Barbara O'Neil and Sean Love, for Freedman, heavily annotated by Freedman. File also contains a manuscript of a similar study undertaken in Chicago.

Preliminary survey of the natural history of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 10
File
1966

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript compiled staff of the Nova Scotia Museum, the Nova Scotia Bird Society, the Dalhousie Biology Club, and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation, and used by Freedman.

Benefits evaluation of wood energy projects in Nova Scotia : a methodology and case study assessment : [manuscript and correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 21, Folder 11
File
1987-1989

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft report prepared by Freedman with The DPA Group Inc., in association with Inform Consulting Services, Monenco Maritimes Ltd, and P. Lane and Associates Ltd., for the Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy. File also includes correspondence.

Aquatic effects of restoration of a water-control structure on the outflow of Webber Lake, Halifax County, Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 2
File
1992-1993

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft report written by Freedman with Paul Mandell, prepared for Sackville Hydro Power Inc., care of L.E. Powell and Company, Ltd., Engineers and Builders. File also includes correspondence, data and maps.

Proposal for a study on the increased use of wood as an energy source in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 5
File
1980-1981

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft proposal written by Freedman and others for ADI Limited, in association with the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies and Gardner Pinfold, for the Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy. File also contains handwritten interview summaries, and relevant cited materials.

Vegetation and soils of the terrestrial watershed of Pine Marten Brook, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 27, Folder 7
File
1992

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains draft manuscript reports written by Freedman with W. Maass, regarding consultancy work at the Pine Marten Brook in Kejimkujik National Park. Includes data sets, chemical analysis of water samples, maps, correspondence, and the consultancy contract with Environment Canada.

Sable Island groundwater analysis : [draft manuscript and data sets]

MS-2-789, Box 30, Folder 5
File
2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains Maxxam and Stantec reports relating to water analysis samples taken from several locations on Sable Island. File also includes draft manuscript compiled by Freedman, for Jacques Whitford Stantec Limited.

Final report to Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. on vegetation and soil survey :[ draft manuscript and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 5
File
1991

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript report compiled by Freedman and others for the consultancy firm Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. File also contains a large folding facsimile map and annotated tables of flora from sites on McNabs Island.

Notes on property exploration for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust

MS-2-789, Box 19, Folder 4
File
2012

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains notes written by Bill Freedman in 2012 while undertaking property explorations for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Notes contain a brief survey of each location and potential financial costs involved, for locations at Middle and Outer Pleasant Harbour, Gerard Island, Hemeon's Head, Bougles Isle (?), Pugwash, and a site at Tusket.

Documents relating to a site assessment of the Nature Conservancy of Canada at Deep Cove (near Blandford), Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 29, Folder 4
File
2006

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains a site assessment of the Menger property at Deep Cove, near Blandford, Nova Scotia, undertaken by Freedman for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. File includes correspondence and two aerial photographs.

Brown spruce longhorn beetle task force : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folders 2-3
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains minutes and notes from meetings of the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle Task Force, managing the response to the infestation of the pest in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. File also contains draft presentations, notes, and summaries.

Correspondence relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [correspondence]

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folder 4
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence from Freedman and others regarding containment of the pest in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Correspondence is to and from Christopher Majka, Jon Sweeney, Ken Harrison, Stephen King, and others.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency documents relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle

MS-2-789, Box 31, Folder 5
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence to and from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, as well as governmental information sheets .

Other studies on Point Pleasant Park and the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 1
File
1995-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.

Journal and newspaper articles relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folders 2-3
File
2000-2008

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains facsimiles of newspaper articles relating to the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Otto Wettstein's draft report "On breeding Tetropium fuscum" (for Public Works and Government Services Canada), S. Balazy's draft "The fungus Cephalosporium (Acrostalagmus) lecanii Zimm. as a pathogen of beetle larvae", L.M. Hanks's "Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles", Zenon Capecki's "The occurrence of Tetropium Kirby (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) and their parasites in Poland", J. Sweeney, L. Humble, and E. Allen's "Assessment of the Bruks chipper for phytosanitary production of chips free of live Tetropium spp. and other insects", Christopher Majka and Jan Klimaszewski's "Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species", and other Brown spruce longhorn beetle reports and articles.

Correspondence related to the Sable Island Preservation Trust

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 13
File
2004-2009

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains correspondence to and from Freedman regarding topics related to Sable Island and the Sable Island Preservation Trust.

Surveys of flora and avifauna at the Sydport Industrial Park, Sydney, Nova Scotia

MS-2-789, Box 17, Folder 6
File
2012

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains field notes written by Bill Freedman documenting flora and avifauna seen at a selection of sites near the Sydport industrial complex.

MS-2-789, Box 17, Folder 7
File
1984

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains a field notebook compiled by Bill Freedman in 1984 during his research on the Riverside region. Includes lists of flora seen at the following Nova Scotia lakes and bogs: Grafton, Snake, McGinty, Big Red, Little Red, Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, North Cranberry, Puzzle, Cosiuelle, Little Peskowesk, Mud, Loon, George, Peskowesk, Hilchemakaar, Big Dam East, Big Dam West, Iramy Bog, Mill Bog, Drain, Spectacle, Jordan, and Round Pond.

McNab's Island Christmas bird counts

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 4
File
1995-2012

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains handwritten and typed research notes compiled by Freedman and others, documenting bird counts at McNab's Island, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, between the years 1995 and 2012. File also contains correspondence.

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 6
File
1995

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains raw data notes compiled by Sean Love and Barb O'Neil and collected by Freedman, documenting tree counts at eight sites in Point Pleasant Park and eight sites in Fleming Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in early May 1995.