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MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 1-3
File
1996

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1996.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir at the East Coast Music Association awards, the release of their record, "He Never Failed Me Yet," "Symphony Explosion" concerts, the Canadian Hockey Awards, the African Heritage Gala, and other events.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 7-9
File
1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1997.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the East Coast Music Association awards and the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

Documents relating to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

MS-5-22, Box 13, Folders 8-9
File
1998

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1998.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, "Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.," the East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre's "The Gospel at Colonus," Dutch Mason's sixtieth birthday, and other performances.

MS-5-22, Box 14, Folders 9-10
File
2002

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2002.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera relating to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, Atlantic Jazz Festival, workshops with musical group The Lee Boys, and Marko Simmonds.

File also includes email correspondence between Katherine Carleton, managing director of Symphony Nova Scotia, and Viki Samuels-Stewart, president of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folder 2
File
2002-2003

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents relating to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2002 and 2003.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir's tenth anniversary, performances at Hillside Baptist Church in Moncton, New Brunswick, the annual Martin Luther King concert, and the East Coast Music Association awards.

File also includes a copy of Atlantic Canada Frank magazine and a list of all current and past choir members as of January 2003.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folders 9-11
File
2013-2018

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 2013 to 2018.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, ephemera, and promotional material related to the annual Martin Luther King concert, the grand opening of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown, the East Coast Music Association awards, African Heritage Month at Halifax Public Libraries, African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, Music Nova Scotia, choir auditions, and other events.

MS-5-22, Box 19, Folders 6-11
File
1998-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the African Nova Scotian Association awards show, Bucky Adams, Shauntay Grant, Gary Beals, hip-hop artist TroBiz, Nadira, African Nova Scotian Music Association president Lou Gannon, Jr., Michael Bailey, Archy Beals, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, reporter Sherri Borden Colley, and Walter Borden.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, posters, tickets, and programs to the African Nova Scotian Association awards, Rocky Jones’ memorial service in 2013, Natal Day festivals, the Freedom Festival, Halifax public Libraries’ Lift Every Voice, the productions of "Harlem Duet," "I M Possible," and "The Epistle of Tightrope Time," the production of the television series, "The Book of Negroes," based on the novel by Lawrence Hill, performances by Corey Adams, For the Love of God concerts, and Walter Borden’s appointment to Member of the Order of Canada.

MS-5-22, Box 20, Folders 1-20
File
1994-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Beulah Brinston, Jeri Brown, Tamar Brown, Measha Brueggergosman, Novelee Buchan, Cyndi Cain, Elaine Cain, Tiyaila Cain-Grant, John Chaisson, Bruce Chapman, Joanne Clancy, George Elliott Clarke, Quenta Clyke, Lela Coles, the Colley Family, Floyd Colley, George Boyd's theatrical production of Consecrated Ground, the musical group Conquerors for Christ, and Thelma Coward-Ince.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, posters, and tickets related to East Coast Music Association performances, Canadian Screen Award nominations, Jongleur Group's "Harmony of Souls: A Tribute to Carrie M. Best," Atlantic Film Festival, Consecrated Ground, "A Tribute to Nina Simone" in 2015, and "Vera's Lament: A Jazz Opera by Jeri Brown."

MS-5-22, Box 21, Folders 18-32
File
[ca. 1989]-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to playwright and poet laureate Shauntay Grant, Elizabeth Guildford, the Hallelujah Praise Choir, Sylvia Hamilton, Wayn Hamilton, Sean Harris, Dave Hillier, bassist Bruce Jacobs, Anne Johnson-McDonald, Sharon Johnson, poet laureate El Jones, Oliver Jones, and Rocky Jones.

MS-5-22, Box 22, Folders 1-13
File
1993-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to George Jordan, Eileen Joyce, jazz group Ladies in Blue, bassist Steve Lawrence, Owen Lee, Beverly Lewis, Lisa MacDougall, Frank MacKay, Donna MacKenzie, Kim McLeod, Scott MacMillan, Jimmy MacPherson, and Lorraine Klaasen.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the Halifax Blues Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Ladies in Blues' annual breast cancer benefit, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, album releases, and Neptune Theatre's productions of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical" and "Cats: The Musical."

MS-5-22, Box 24, Folders 1-13
File
1993-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Laura Smith, Reeny Smith, Reverend Wallace Smith, Deanna Sparks, Jamie Sparks, Jeremiah Sparks, Richard Sparks, Mavis Staples, Gary Steed, and Symphony Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to the Halifax Jazz Festival, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the Prismatic Arts Festival, the annual Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" concert, and various theatrical productions. Theatrical productions include Neptune Theatre's "Five Guys Named Moe," "Riot," "World Without Shadows," "The Wizard of Oz," as well as Eastern Front Theatre's "The Satchmo Suite."

MS-5-22, Box 25, Folders 1-18
File
1994-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Symphony Nova Scotia stage manager Jimmy Tasco, Sue Taylor, Johnny Theodore, Luvina Thomas, musical group Touch of Hope, Up on the Roof, Helen Vaughan, Pat Watson, Angels of Lightning, Gerry White, Cecily Williams, musical group The Williams Sisters, Eastern Front Theatre's production of Whylah Falls, Anne Marie Woods, David Woods, Woody Woods, and Carolann Wright-Parks.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Halifax Comedy Festival, Theatre Art Guild's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," various Nova Scotia Mass Choir performances and concerts, Natal Day festivals, the Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax Public Libraries' African Heritage Month, Eastern Front Theatre's "Whylah Falls," the Prismatic Arts Festival, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's exhibit "Mary Lee Blendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond," and Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia's exhibit "The Secret Codes: Contemporary African Nova Scotian Narrative and Picture Quilts."

Arthur Charles Hawkins fonds

MS-13-5
Fonds
1881-1886

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.

Hawkins, Arthur, Charles

Certification tickets from Montreal General Hospital and University of McGill College

MS-13-5, SF Box 56, Folder 7
File
1884-1885

Part of Arthur Charles Hawkins fonds

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.

Student tickets from Halifax Medical College, Dalhousie College and University

MS-13-5, SF Box 56, Folder 8
File
1881-1885

Part of Arthur Charles Hawkins fonds

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.

Fundraising letter from Harriet Taber Richardson and circular regarding the reconstruction of the Habitation of Port Royal

MS-2-462, SF Box 43, Folder 28
File
1930

File contains a letter and circular sent from Harriet Taber Richardson, Secretary of the Associates of Port Royal, to the Essex Institute in 1930. The letter requests the Institute's support of the reconstruction of the Habitation.

Richardson, Harriet Taber, fl. 1930-

Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1725 fonds

MS-9-4
Fonds
1974

Fonds includes circulars issued by Dalhousie University to recruit members for the Canadian Union of Public Employees as well as circulars issued by the Canadian Union of Public Employees to the existing Dalhousie University members. Also included in the fonds is a poster highlighting guest speaker Grace Hartman.

Canadian Union of Public Employees. Local 1725.

The Ship's Co. Theatre media package folder

MS-2-777, Box 12, Folder 19
File
ca. 1985

Part of Mary Vingoe fonds

Dalhousie curriculum committee on a joint MA in Women's Studies meeting agenda and minutes

MS-2-186, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1996-1997

Part of Susan Sherwin fonds

TightRope membership badges

MS-15-10, SF Box 7, Folder 41
File
[between 1997-2007]

Part of Don Murchy collection

File contains two badges worn by TightRope members. One badge is printed with text saying "TIGHTROPE MEMBERSHIP", and the other is printed with text that reads "Membership Chairman—TIGHTROPE".

LGRNS rubber stamp

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 5, Folder 8
File
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains one rubber stamp that reads "Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia".

AIDS Coalition pins

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 15
File
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains two round, light pink pins with the image of a triangle that reads "COALITION".

"Forbidden love" pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 17
Item
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, yellow pin that reads "Forbidden Love".

Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] member pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 2
Item
1989

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, black pin with a purple triangle that reads "LGRNS MEMBER Fighting for HUMAN Rights" and dated April 1989.

Waves of Pride pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 13
Item
2000

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, black pin with a triangular rainbow in the centre. The rainbow is overlaid with that purple text reading "2000" and white text below that reads "Waves of Pride".

Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] administrative documents, contest and event materials, photographs

Series
2001 - 2013

Part of Nathaniel Smith fonds

Series consists of several sub-series and contains financial records, meeting minutes, sponsorship documents, bylaws, posters, programs, ephemera, promotional material, and contest notes from Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather].

Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] medals

MS-15-4.2019-067, Box 1, Folder 23
File
2008 - 2009

Part of Nathaniel Smith fonds

File contains seven medals from the 2008 and 2009 Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] awards. 2008 medals awarded to Bill Mitchell, Ken Burrough, Kate Huey, Terry Lewin, Dita Parlow and Ryan Auld as well as one medal inscribed "MACLeather 2007 Rob Meyers". 2009 medals awarded to Maisie Walker, Rick Johnston, and Rick Arsenault. File also contains nine judges pins. Titles include Head Judge, Judges Boy, Tally Mistress, Tally Mister, and Judges 1 through 5.

Severance Union Medical College and Hospital

MS-2-535, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 2
Item
June 1955

Part of Florence Jessie Murray fonds

Item consists of an illustrated double-sided broadside produced by Chosun Christian University in June 1955, collected by Florence Jessie Murray, outlining the achievements of the Severance Union Medical College and Hospital.

Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

MS-15-21
Fonds
1980-2019

Fonds contains materials collected by Al Stewart as part of his involvement in the Maritime leather community, his LGBT advocacy work at Saint John's United Church in Halifax, and his involvement in the broader LGBT community in Nova Scotia. Leather community records document the activities of the TightRope leather brotherhood, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests, and other leather groups across Canada and the United States. Materials include administrative records, photographs, promotional materials, correspondence, newsletters, and catalogues. United Church materials primarily relate to Stewart's efforts to attain Affirmed status for St. John's United Church, and include reference materials, correspondence, and newsletters. Fonds also contains objects and ephemera related to the leather community, Affirm, and Stewart's membership in the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union [NSGEU], as well as personal photographs, correspondence, and LGBT publications.

Stewart, Alan Roy

AIDS Walk for Life pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 3
Item
[199-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one AIDS Walk for Life pin. Pin features a red ribbon and is printed with text that reads "AIDS Walk for Life —Marche Pour La Vie".

"Value all families" pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 11
Item
[199-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File includes one pin printed with rainbow block-letter text that reads "VALUE ALL FAMILIES" on a grey background.

"Let's talk" pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 13
Item
[199-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin. Pin has a white background with a pink triangle and words "Let's talk" printed in the centre.

"Join the attack on AIDS" pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 14
Item
[199-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin with a black background, printed with read text reading "JOIN THE ATTACK ON AIDS".

Peter Sanger's collection of records relating to the history of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and agriculture in Nova Scotia

Subseries
1904-[2004]

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Subseries contains records created by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, records about the NSAC, and records pertaining to agriculture in Nova Scotia. Included are documents on educational resources, correspondence, memos, newspapers, clippings of articles, newsletters, new building plans, speech notes, a bound copy of "The history of the NSAC", agricultural education plans in the province, and the 75th anniversary committee file.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College international agriculture collection

MS-14-28
Collection
[19-?]

Collection consists of tools, artifacts, textiles, photographs, pencil sketches, pamphlets, posters, and a video cassette that were collected by Nova Scotia Agricultural College staff through their travels via partnerships with universities and organizations around the world up to the year 2000. Materials reflect agricultural and rural traditions from the areas they were collected in. The artifacts were collected from and photographs taken in Kenya, The Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, The Sudani, New Guinea, Angola, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Czechoslovakia, Melanesia, Columbia, The Caribbean, and Jamaica.

Ruth (Goodman) Pink's Dalhousie student scrapbooks

MS-2-800
Collection
1932 - 2015, predominant 1932 - 1937

Collection comprises two scrapbooks assembled by Ruth Marilyn (Goodman) Pink. The first was created during Goodman's years as a student at Dalhousie and contains photographs; dance cards; place cards; programs; schedules; and memorabilia from freshman initiation and other events. The other contains similar materials dating from Goodman's graduation and a few years following.

Pink, Ruth Marilyn (Goodman)

Henry Hicks' military records

Series
1939 - 1984, predominant 1939-1945

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Series comprises records created and collected by Henry Hicks during his World War Two service in the Royal Canadian Artillery as a radar specialist. The bulk of the records are training and service manuals and confidential reports about radar trials.

Names project Canada Pride pin

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 2, Folder 23
Item
1987

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains one pin for the Names Project Canada. Pin features a white border, a blue background with yellow rectangular designs, and a pink heart pierced by a needle and thread.

Halifax Pride 2002 pin (large)

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 2, Folder 32
Item
2002

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains two pins featuring the logo for Halifax Pride Week 2002.

Halifax Pride Week 2002 t-shirt [white]

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 4, Folder 4
Item
2002

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains one white cotton Halifax Pride Week 2002 t-shirt.

Karen Andrews "we are family" pins

MS-15-12.2020-008, Box 1, Folder 21
File
1996

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains one pin produced in support of activist Karen Andrews and her struggle to have her same sex partnership and co-parented children recognized as a family under Ontario health legislation. Pin has a white background and is printed with white text that reads "WE ARE FAMILY—Karen Andrews/Local 1996—Access to OHIP Committee".

Halifax Pride 1997 pins

MS-15-12.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 24
File
1997

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains three pins with a rainbow triangle border, featuring the logo for Halifax Pride Week 1997.

"Waves of pride" pin

MS-15-12.2020-008, Box 1, Folder 27
File
2000

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains one round, black pin with a triangular rainbow in the centre. The rainbow is overlaid with that purple text reading "2000" and white text below that reads "Waves of Pride".

Halifax Pride 2002 pins [large]

MS-15-12.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 30
File
2002

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains three pins printed with the logo for Halifax Pride 2002.

Halifax Pride "anal sexer" pins

MS-15-12.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 31
File
[200-?]

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains two Halifax Pride with a yellow background and pink text that reads "anal sexer".

MS-5-22, Box 7, Folders 7-12
File
1994

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1994.

Documents include newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs, and ephemera related to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas, the sixteenth annual Financial Post Business in the Arts Awards ceremony

File also includes membership lists and a report by choir president, Linda Carvery.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folder 3
File
2003-2005

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents and ephemera related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 2003 to 2005.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser, the choir's Christmas concert at Saint Mary's Basilica, "Christmas on the Town" at Spring Garden holiday festival, and the annual Martin Luther King concert in 2004.

Documents related to Bucky Adams

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 5
File
1937-2014

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Bucky Adams, a jazz artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, correspondence, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Amnesty International, the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, CBC Television studios, a copy of Bucky Adams’ birth certificate, a copy of the Diamond Jubilee medal certificate awarded to Bucky Adams in 2012, Black Focus magazine, Halifax Jazz Festival, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a copy of the invitation to Bucky Adams and The Basin Street’s album releases and performances, Dartmouth Heritage Museum’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera” in 2011, Bucky Adams’ memorial, and others.

Documents related to Linda Carvery

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folders 15-17
File
1970-2010

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Linda Carvery.

Documents include programs, ephemera, correspondence, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Black Focus magazine, Linda Carvery receiving an honourary degree at Saint Mary's University in 1998, Halifax Festival of the Arts, Halifax Jazz Festival, East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre productions, Ladies in Blue concerts, Martin Luther King concerts with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, Linda Carvery’s appointment to citizenship judge, the album release for “Yesterday / Today”, election campaign material, and others.

Janet Conners fonds

MS-15-20
Fonds
1974-2010

Fonds contains materials related to Janet Conners' advocacy work for recipients of tainted blood products and other persons with HIV/AIDS. Janet's and her husband, Randy Conners, contracted HIV when Randy, a hemophiliac, was treated with infected blood. After publicly announcing Randy's diagnosis in 1991, the Conners provided testimony to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry], and became advocates for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Janet revealed her HIV positive status upon Randy's death in 1994. Materials in fonds include legal documents, correspondence, speaking notes, press releases, day planners, awards and honorary degrees, and photographs.

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