Archives Catalogue

MS-3-1, OS Folder 269
File
July 28, 2008 - August 2, 2008

File contains original and annotated copies of the set designs and annotated copies of the light plot design for Neptune Theatre's production of "The Devil's Disciple," directed by C. Newton and designed by David Boechler (set) and Leigh Ann Vardy (lights).

Boechler, David

Plaid tidings

MS-3-1, OS Folder 272
File
2009

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains original set designs for Neptune Theatre's production of "Plaid Tidings," directed by David Connolly and designed by D'Arcy Morris-Poultney.

Morris-Poultney, D'Arcy

Entertaining Mr. Sloane

MS-3-1, OS Folder 292
File
July 30, 1995 - September 30, 1995

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains original and annotated copies of set and light designs for Neptune Theatre's studio production of "Entertaining Mr. Sloane," directed by Bryden MacDonald and designed by Nigel Scott.

Scott, Nigel

Young Triffie's been made away with

MS-3-1, OS Folder 293
File
August 1994

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains original set designs and a copy of the light plot design for Neptune Theatre's studio production of "Young Triffie's Been Made Away With," directed by Mary Walsh and designed by Stephen Osler (set) and Michael Fuller (lights).

Osler, Stephen

Brat

MS-3-1, OS Folder 295
File
October 15, 1996

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains original set designs for Neptune Theatre's studio production of "Brat," directed by Trisha Lamie and designed by Nigel Scott.

Scott, Nigel

Once upon a time and Windigo

MS-3-1, OS Folder 322
File
1981

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains the original set design for Neptune Theatre's school tour productions of "Once upon a time" and "Windigo." The productions were directed by B. Carr and J. Neville and designed by L. Preston.

Preston, Lesley

Dumb waiter

MS-3-1, OS Folder 308
File
March 1980

Part of Neptune Theatre fonds

File contains original and annotated copies of the set designs for Neptune Theatre's lunchtime production of the "Dumbwaiter," directed by John Neville and designed by Lesley Preston.

Preston, Lesley

Eye Level Gallery Board meetings and related records

MS-3-35, Box 18, Folder 13
File
1984-1987

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File contains meeting minutes from the Board of Directors of Eye Level Gallery and general meetings of the gallery that took place between 1984 and 1987. File also contains correspondence, notes, proposals, and other material that accompany the meeting minutes.

Peggy's Cove Syndrome : group exhibit, November 30 - December 18, 1974

MS-3-35, Box 40, Folder 4
File
1974

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File includes press release, correspondence, postcard invitation to Peggy's Cove, the first group exhibition held at Eye Level Gallery from November 30 - December 18, 1974.

Marjorie Boyd: Paintings, exhibition held April 7 - 24, 1976

MS-3-35, Box 40, Folder 31
File
1976

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

File includes correspondence between Marjorie Boyd and Garry Conway, a price list, two versions of the exhibition flyer, and a brochure with information about Boyd and her previous exhibitions.

Drawing of overall layout of Oland's Brewery in Saint John, New Brunswick

MS-4-135, OS Folder 17
File
December 1958

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Item is a drawing of the overall layout of the Oland's Brewery building in Saint John, New Brunswick. The drawing includes a floor plan of the different sections of the building and side views of each section of the building, with measurements for the height of each floor in each section. The creator of the drawing is unnamed.

Information about Icelandic settlement in Lockeport ca. 1870

MS-4-177, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1980 - 2001

Part of Lockeport Historical Collection

File also contains photocopied materials from the Lockeport Historical Society regarding their activities.

Photograph of C Building (TUNS Electrical Engineering)

UA-10, Box 79, Folder 46
File
[ca. 1982]

Part of Technical University of Nova Scotia fonds

Unidentified group of people including Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 10
File
[195-? - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a group of people congregated in someone's home in front of a piano. "Helmut Blume" is inscribed on the reverse side of the photograph in pencil. Helmut Blume taught piano at McGill University from 1946 and became dean of the Faculty of Music in 1964.

John Finley : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 17
File
[1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ellen Ballon as a child : [photographs]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 19
File
1899 - 1906

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Letter from Major John White Hughes Bassett to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 18
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a citation of a poem by Robbie Burns, signed by John Bassett, the president and managing director of the Montreal Gazette.

Bassett, John White Hughes

Letter from Walter de Mouilpied Scriver to Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 7
File
September 30, 1952

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a letter from Walter de Mouilpied to Ellen Ballon, written on September 30, 1952. The letter thanks Ballon for a performance she gave at an honorary dinner. Item is accompanied by the stamped envelope in which Ballon received the letter. The postage stamp has been removed from the envelope.

Scriver, Walter de Mouilpied

Brew book: April 1, 1953 to March 31, 1954

MS-4-135, Box 19, Folder 1
File
1953-1954

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Brew book: October 1, 1913 to September 13, 1915

MS-4-135, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1913-1915

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Brewer's malt stock book

MS-4-135, Box 13, Folder 3
File
1904-1921

Part of Oland and Son fonds

Photographs and descriptions of the Paper Mill Machinery built by Sprout Waldren Company Ltd.

MS-4-68, PC4 Box 5, Folder 20
File
1955

Part of Scott Paper Company fonds

Working drawings of furnishings for Killam Library

UA-23, OS Folder 7
File
1968

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 11 pages of blueline prints of hand-drawn working designs for Killam Library furnishings, labelled F-100 though F-110, which include initial and revised plans (elevations and section drawings) for: cataloguer and bibliographer's work units; card catalogue units; consultation tables; newspaper storage units; display cases; atlas stands; file tubs; and dictionary stands. Annotations with dates include revisions based on requests by librarians.

Preliminary floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University

UA-23, OS Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains 3 pages of blueline prints of floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University, drawn by C.D. Davison & Company, the architectural firm that designed Dalhousie's Student Union Building in 1967. Undated and stamped "preliminary," the plans indicate a library with three floors. The drawings for floors 2 and 3 are annotated with potential seating and/or stack capacity for social sciences, humanities, rare books, graduate students, research and audio visual users, as well as conceptual drawings of study carrels and audio visual booths.

Architectural plans for the Killam Library

UA-23, OS Box 17, Folder 2
File
[1969?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of architectural plans for the Killam Library, undated and labelled 4B REV. Drawings include a site plan, south elevation, and complete set of floor plans. The basement and main floor plans indicate the square footage of each working area (e.g., mechanical, circulation, administration).

Photograph of students in a biology lecture

MS-2-718, PB Box 13, Folder 7
File
1948

Part of Peter B. Waite fonds

File consists of two copies of a photograph of a biology lecture in 1948. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 152).

Photograph of Marshall Tito, President of Yugoslavia, receiving an honourary degree

MS-2-718, PB Box 13, Folder 35
File
November 1971

Part of Peter B. Waite fonds

File contains a photograph of Marshall Tito, President of Yugoslavia, receiving an honourary degree from Dalhousie University in November 1971. Photograph includes (left to right): Fitzroy MacLean; Harold Uhlman (Registrar); Marshall Tito; Victor de Bedia Oland (Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia); and Henry Hicks (President, Dalhousie University). The photograph was published in "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 293).

Final Report: Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie, Guysborough County, N.S. - A Socio-Economic Study & Recommendation

UA-26, Box 83, Folder 9
File
1965

Part of Institute of Public Affairs fonds

File contains the final report, drafted by the Institute of Public Affairs, titled "Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie, Guysborough County, N.S. - A Socio-Economic Study & Recommendation", and prepared for the Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfe, and ARDA. File also contains related correspondence between Guy Henson and the Hon. James Harding, Minister of Public Welfare.

"Professors Donald Clairmont and William Benallick, of the Departments of Sociology of Saint Mary's and Dalhousie University, respectively, were engaged as study directors on behalf of the Institute of Public Affairs. Four students were employed as "participant- observers" for seven weeks, two being spent in training and five in the communities, during July-September 1964." -- from p. iii.

Photograph of Lena [i.e. Fiona] McIsaac

PC2, Box 1, Folder 61
File
December 1893

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

File contains a portrait photograph of Lena [i.e. Fiona?] McIsaac seated, 3/4 pose.

Photograph of Miss McKay

PC2, Box 1, Folder 62
File
September 1893

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

File contains a portrait photography of Miss McKay seated, wearing an elaborate hat, bust.

Photograph of R. McKay

PC2, Box 1, Folder 67
File
1893

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

FIle contains a portrait photograph of R. McKay, 3/4 pose. Town spelled "Bridg[e]vill" on the plate.

Photograph of Rev. Robertson's two children

PC2, Box 1, Folder 81
File
December 1893

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

File contains a portrait photograph of Rev. Robertson's young boy and girl seated, 3/4 pose.

Photograph of Hedley Blanchard

PC2, Box 2, Folder 8
File
July 1894

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

File contains a copy portrait photograph of Hedley Blanchard standing, 3/4 pose.

Photograph of W. S. Cameron

PC2, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1894

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

File contains a portrait photograph of W. S. Cameron seated, bust.

Photograph of Rev. Archibald Chisholm

PC2, Box 259, Folder 132
File
May 1920

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

File contains a portrait photograph of Rev. Archibald Chisholm wearing glasses and a clerical collar, bust.

Eastern Car Co. Ltd. - Box Car - C. N. 526334

PC2, Box 352, Folder 1
File
June 1948

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Side view of Canadian National Box Car C. N. 526334 on rails outside a building. On the side of the car is a maple leaf with the logo: "C N R Serves All Canada"

Recording of an interview with George Koneak about polar bear stories

MS-2-130, Box 10, Folder 6
File
[ca. 1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with George Koneak. During the interview Koneak tells stories about polar bears.

Recording of Joanna Koneak and her children singing

MS-2-130, Box 10, Folder 12
File
[ca. 1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Joanna Koneak and her children singing in their home in Fort Chimo. The recording begins with a baby crying.

Recordings from a seal hunt and Barbara Hinds' commentary

MS-2-130, Box 10, Folder 15
File
[1960?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of sounds from a seal hunt; Barbara Hinds talking about the seal hunt; and Barbara Hinds talking to Bob Green and other men from the seal hunt.

Recording of an interview with Robin Craven

MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 8
File
1962

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Robin Craven, an actor in Dawson City, about a musical stage performance called “Foxy.”

Recording of an interview with Joan Ryan and recordings from the school at George River

MS-2-130, Box 12, Folder 11
File
August 25, 1960

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording children singing the alphabet and other songs in school; children yelling while playing in a water hole; children singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"'; and Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Ryan, a school teacher in George River, about what it’s like to teach up North.

Diary from Ikkudliayuk

MS-2-130, Box 14, Folder 4
File
[1960]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a spiral-bound diary kept by Barbara Hinds between July 25 and July 31. The diaries record Hinds' activities during a visit to Ikkudliayuk Fjord.

Photograph of Alacee Qingalik from Povungnituk, Quebec

MS-2-130, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1965

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a photograph of Alacee Qingalik, who was a co-star of the film Nanook of the North. The photograph shows Qingalik smoking and holding an ulu knife. The photograph was taken in Povungnituk, Quebec.

Rocky Jones on Racism : part 1 of 2

UA-47, Box 29, Reel 971
File
September 29, 1988

Part of CKDU Radio fonds

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Rocky Jones on Racism, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode is part 1 of 2 featuring Rocky Jones with CKDU's Dan Hart on the Donald Marshall inquiry, the Black United Front, criminal justice, and black communities. The episode was recorded on September 29, 1988, and was broadcast on October 3, 1988 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program, October 11, 1988, and October 12, 1988