File contains three letters from Reverend James Rosborough to Mrs. Pearson, in which he describes the death of his daughter, identifies plant specimens sent to him by her, and discusses matters related to the Presbyterian Church.
Fonds contains textual records relating to the history of the activities of the Dalhousie University English Department and to Bevan's academic activities. The fonds consist of research notes generated during Bevan's study of Dryden's literature; academic and departmental correspondence and documentation created while Bevan was head of the English department and afterwards; documents and correspondence relating to operations at the Dalhousie Review from 1972-1980; fiction and other writings; material pertaining to courses he taught from 1949 to 1976; and various undated papers written by his students.
Fonds contains material from the 1970s on the histories, policies, and structures of the Atlantic Federation of Students and National Union of Students, as well as other student organizations; information on cutbacks, grants, funding, and student aid; conference proceedings, 1975-78; correspondence of the Halifax Coalition for the Unemployed and other unemployment committees; statistics on university income and expenditures; AFS conference and NUS Central Committee correspondence and minutes, 1975-78.
Fonds consists of materials regarding Russell B. Zinck's poetry, including poetry manuscripts and newspaper clippings; his notes about politics; and his involvement with the local press. Record types include correspondence, a scrapbook and a notebook containing poem drafts. The fonds also contains a picture by W.M. Schaffuer.
File contains primarily drafts of correspondence sent by Russell B. Zinck to magazine editors. There is also a letter written by Russell B. Zinck to his sister in June 1918 while he was serving with Nova Scotia 25th Battalion.
Fonds contains considerable material from the Dalhousie Review from 1950–1953, including correspondence, book reviews and articles pending; correspondence relating to Dalhousie University Faculty of Graduate Studies and Senate; examinations and papers of Dalhousie students (primarily 1930s); correspondence, outlines and galley proofs of Canada Books, I to VI, 1933–1951; correspondence and other material relating to the Down Under Club and Anzac Club (1940s); personal papers, including Bennet's course notes and exams from his days as a Harvard undergraduate; copies of acting scripts; photographs of local theatre productions, the School for the Blind, Dalhousie University English Department, and the first Soviet war bride in England (Nora Murray); and copies of Archibald MacMechan's Late Harvest and E. Ritchie's In the Gloaming.
File includes Sprott's CV; correspondence between C.L. Bennett and Sprott; and correspondence from Raymond Klinbansky, Joyce Hemlow, A. R. Woolley and D.C. Allen.
The correspondence includes the excerpt from the article by G. M. Acklom, Dalhousie Gazette, March 7, 1903 describing the coat of arms of the Earl of Dalhousie as used by the college. It also notes that the original shield with the black eagle was white (silver) and changed to gold by the Board of Governors, Dalhousie University, August 24, 1950.
The correspondence includes information about C.L. Bennet sponsoring the Halifax Branch of the Humanities Association of Canada and a memo to the Dalhousie Gazette stating that Dr. W. J. Archibald has decided to remain as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The material includes a proposal to build a Sigma Chi Fraternity House on campus; information about creating a Halifax chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; correspondence concerning the Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity and the code of chapter discipline for the gamma Rho Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Item is a diary kept by Arthur H. Whitman that describes a trip to England between November, 30 1888 and January 17, 1889. The diary contains daily entries that describe Whitman's activities, church attendance, meals, business and social visits, and letters sent and received. Many entries describe his meetings about apples. The diary also records money received and paid.
Fonds comprises two letters written to William Croft. The first refers to work in the gold mines, while the second is a request for Croft's permission to allow his sixteen-year-old son to go overseas with the Canadian Forces. There is also a note from James Heyson to John Croft containing a medicinal recipe.
Fonds consists of a draft typescript of Baird's "Doctor Archibald MacMechan: An Estimate and an Appreciation," commissioned by The Halifax Chronicle for their 1923 New Year's edition and withdrawn at Archibald MacMechan's request. Also present are three letters from MacMechan concerning the article and a later letter from Stanley MacKenzie regarding an essay by Baird rejected by The Dalhousie Review.
File consists of three letters written to Mr. Miller from J.A. Froude. The first letter refers to a suggestion that Froude be interested in editing The Contemporary Review, an idea firmly withdrawn in Froude's second letter.
Fonds includes the personal archives of Olive Smith as well as materials created by her sister Clauda and her mother Louise. Materials include medical papers and correspondence between Clauda and Olive Smith and their doctors; personal writings; incoming correspondence from friends and family; artwork (pencil drawings and paintings); family photographs; family papers (pages from the family Bible); financial information for Olive, Clauda and Louise Smith; financial correspondence between the Smiths and various companies; and school diplomas, papers, and notebooks.
Fonds consists of materials regarding Captain Robert N. Anderson's activities as a shipmaster, including a ship's logbook, a bill of sale for the schooner Corona and receipts of goods freighted by the Corona. Records also include correspondence sent to Anderson by his family.
Fonds comprises records documenting Henry Hicks' political career and tenure as president of Dalhousie University, as well as his earlier studies at Oxford University and his military service in World War II. There are also records regarding his stamp collecting hobby, his community service, and his long involvement with associations such as the Rhodes Scholarship Committee. Record types include diaries and appointment books, correspondence, manuscripts, philatelic records, newspaper clippings and photographs.
File includes correspondence, clippings, and a copy of Hicks' speaking outline at the Canadian Association of University Development Officers conference held in Ottawa on 7-9 April 1975.
Item is an essay written by a Dalhousie MA student with an attached letter of explanation and samples of the formats used in survey groups on topics such as human rights in Canada, the educational system, democracy, and basic adult education needs in Halifax.
Item is a letter recounting an episode during which Roy Stewart was apprehended by the Mounties when attempting to deliver a gold desk clock from the President of the Bank of Nova Scotia to Henry Hicks aboard a plane.
File contains correspondence with Henry Davies Hicks regarding Guyana politics, human rights and proposed research, including an unsuccessful bid by the Lester Pearson Institute to conduct a CIDA project in partnership with the University of Guyana, as well as correspondence and newspaper clippings on the proposed revoking of the honorary degree granted to Guyanan dictator Forbes Burnham.
File also includes correspondence regarding the debate between Henry Davies Hicks (Liberal), Mrs. Lewis Shaw (GCF), and Harry T. MacKenzie (Progressive Conservative).
File includes correspondence with artist Tom Forrestall, the Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee, Ronald St. J. Macdonald, and William H. Charles. There are also newspaper clippings and a Dalhousie University Convocation programme for May 27, 1983.
File includes correspondence between Hicks and Myron Black regarding the credibility of Ralph Edward Group as well as correspondence between Hicks and Robson Lowe regarding the authenticity of a set of Bermuda covers provided by Group. There is also a photocopied and transcribed letter written to Reverand [sic] Joseph Taylor Jr. to J. Dunbar with postmarks 2 February 1810 and 9 April 1820.
File contains correspondence with Hicks' longtime friend and fellow philatelist Fred Jarrett as well as correspondence with the Minister of Lands and Forests, Nova Scotia, including maps, regarding Elsie Jarrett's land at Duncan Cove.
