File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).
File contains photographs of different individuals, including Ronald St. John Macdonald, Eunice W. Beeson, Wang Tieya, John P. Humphrey, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Pope John Paul II, François-Maximilien Bibaud, and many others, taken on different occasions.
File includes reports, including the final draft of the Dalhousie University Financial Strategy Committee of the Board of Governors report of 1990, vol. 1, no. 3, of the Dalhousie Alumni Magazine of 1985, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
File consists of three notebooks (ca. 1887-1894) of lecture notes on geography, advanced German, literature, and psychology. It also includes Mima Liechti's notebook (1866-1869) recording visits made and/or received and lists of members and adherents of Signature Hall.
File contains a photographic collage of the faculty, graduates, and students of Dalhousie University in the 1869-1870 academic year. The item consists of portraits of Walter M. Thorburn; A. W. H. Lindsay; John Wallace; Hugh McD. Scott; James Liechti; James DeMill (De Mille); John Johnson; Charles MacDonald; William Lyall; James Ross; and George Lawson arranged around a photograph of the Dalhousie College building and a group picture of the college's students.
View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Safety negative and print copy also filed as: PC-2-335-6. Larger print copy is available: PC-2-334-14
File contains hand-drawn and printed maps of coal fields and designated areas, including Pictou coal fields; the Mining Association area; Cape Breton Company's areas; Albion Mines; Stellar Mine; Fraser Oil-Coal Mines; Intercolonial Coal Mining Company property; East River Mining Company area; Acadian Coal Company areas; and the Halifax Company Ltd.
View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Negative is available: PC-2-315-7. Safety negative and smaller print copy also available: PC-2-335-6.
View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Dry plate negative and print also filed as: PC-2-315-7. Large print copy is available: PC-2-334-14
Steam Ship "East Riding" with Carmichael Shipyards in background, with wooden houses and a church on the hill behind. Negative is available: PC-2-301-22
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
File contains the valedictory address delivered by Alexander Howard MacKay at convocation on April 30, 1873. The address was published in the Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 5, No. 10 on May 3, 1873.
View of a mine site after an explosion. Damaged mine buildings and a pile of coal are in the background. Tree stumps and logs litter the area in front. A safety negative is also included. Small print copy and safety negative filed as: PC-2-335-7
File contains a Public Schools of Nova Scotia head master certificate, report cards, a letter sent to Margaret Jane, a poem titled "The Mother," newspaper clippings regarding Margaret Jane's death, and a photograph of Margaret Jane in which she appears to be between 20-30 years old.
View of a mine site after an explosion. Damaged mine buildings and a pile of coal are in the background. Tree stumps and logs litter the area in front. A safety negative is also included. Wet plate negative and safety negative also filed as: PC-2-300-115
File contains a photographic collage of the Halifax Medical College faculty and class of 1874. The collage consists of photographs of the faculty and class arranged around a photograph of the Halifax Medical College. The people in the photographs are unidentified.
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Several firemen and a few other men are surveying the destruction. A factory chimney stands at one edge. One a fence three advertisements are visible, two of which read: "Use Brown's Bronchial …", "Use household panacea …"
View of New Glasgow after the fire of April 19, 1874. One complete block has been destroyed down to the foundations, along with portions of two others. Negative also available: PC-2-317-16
View of New Glasgow from the surrounding countryside, prior to the fire of April 19, 1874. A church visible at one edge. Negative is also available: PC-2-317-15
View of New Glasgow from the surrounding countryside, prior to the fire of April 19, 1874. A church visible at one edge. Print copy is also available: PC-2-334-13