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Prose

Series consists of various prose works by Alan Creighton, including literary criticism, histories of various towns/locations (primarily Nova Scotian), short stories, and reminisces of locations, events, and people. The short stories are on a variety of topics and tend to include an element of morality and appreciation of beauty in different forms.

Sketches

Series consists of sketches and art studies by Alan Creighton in various media, including pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, and watercolour and oil paints. Subjects include people (faces and figures as well as studies of isolated body parts), landscapes (particularly coastal and wooded scenes), and studies of various elements of nature (such as clouds).

City planning and development

This series consists of records relating to various city developments and planning projects in cities across Canada, including the Halifax and Dartmouth waterfront revitalization, the Barrington Street alignment and development of Uniacke Square and similar development projects in the City of Halifax at the time. Types of records include notes, meeting minutes, printed material, correspondence and development plans.

Subseries consist of Alberta ; British Columbia ; Manitoba ; Nova Scotia ; Ontario ; Quebec ; Research ; and Saskatchewan.

Education

This series consists of records relating to education reform across Canada, with a focus on Nova Scotia’s school system. Types of records include reports, academic papers, notes, submissions, printed material, correspondence and interview transcripts.

Subseries consist of British Columbia ; Newfoundland ; Nova Scotia ; Ontario ; Quebec ; and Research

Municipal Structures and Finances

This series consists of records relating to the structure of municipalities and their government across Canada that was compiled and created by Higgins for his book Urban Canada: Its Government and Politics (1977) and Local and Urban Politics in Canada (1986). Types of records include interview transcripts with city councillors and mayors, research notes and note from meetings, meeting minutes, reports, printed material, and completed surveys by urban cities across Canada.

Series consist of Alberta ; British Columbia ; Manitoba ; New Brunswick ; Newfoundland ; Northwest Territories and the Yukon ; Nova Scotia ; Ontario ; Prince Edward Island ; Quebec ; Research ; and Saskatchewan.

Lecture Notes

This collection contains notes for lectures both given and attended by James Dinwiddie. The topics range from optics to trigonometry to natural history to agriculture. The notes were recorded between 1783 and 1811.

Journals

James Dinwiddie's personal journals cover 1776 to 1812, covering the time he spent in China with the British expedition as well as his subsequent years in Calcutta and return to England and Ireland. In the journals, Dinwiddie records daily events such as with whom he dined or visited, where he travelled, and any lectures he gave or attended.

Scientific Journals

James Dinwiddie's scientific journals were written between 1776 and 1805. The collection includes several volumes of "Queries and Hints", a journal that provides questions and answers to various topics in science. Dinwiddie also included volumes of "Queries and Hints" in music and fermentation. Individual journals exist for other topics including astronomy, magnetism and electricity, and optics.

Royal Institution

This sous-fond contains a series of documents related to the Royal Institution of Great Britain including notices of meetings, meeting minutes, and ballot lists as well as a royal act increasing the powers of the institution. The papers include two bound journals of Dinwiddie's notes on lectures given at the institution on topics ranging from astronomy, chemistry, and biology.

Novanet committee records

Series includes committee minutes, correspondence between committee members and background material. Novanet is run by committees, and these files provide detailed information on the activities of each committee.

Novanet Members

Series includes files that document the process of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and the Community College of Cape Breton joining the Novanet consortium.

Manuscripts and Published Work

This series consists of manuscripts of published and unpublished papers, journal articles and research studies by Weil on topics such as spontaneous and habitual abortion, mental health among the Hutterites, hypnosis, and the psychological impacts of disasters, along with other issues in the psychiatry field and on mental health. For published material on the Springhill mine disaster, see the series Springhill Mine Disaster.

Notes and Research

This series consists of research collected by Weil along with notes taken on the subjects of medical and mental health issues in the field of psychiatry, such as abortion, immunology, mental health practices and institutions, the Hutterites, combat psychology, religion and psychology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the psychological impacts of disasters, disaster training and planning and medical training in disasters.

Subseries consist of Medical and Mental Health ; Religion ; and Disaster Planning.

Legal and Patient Files

This series consists of notes by Weil about patients who were under his care, a subpeona for patient files and correspondence with the Halifax police detailing a psychological profile of a rapist in a series of rape cases in the South End of Halifax during the early 1980s, interviews with two of the victims and police reports of several rapes and sexual assaults.

Springhill Mine Disasters

This series of consists of studies, published work, research and collected data of psychological findings of trapped miners, their families and the town of Springhill after the Springhill Mine Disaster in 1956 and 1958.

Bora Laskin: Bring Law to life

This series consists of research material collected by Girard and used to write his book, Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life, such as articles, correspondence, cases, family and friends’ papers and writings by Laskin, as well as original drafts of the manuscript for the book and review drafts, photographs used in the books and correspondence by Girard discussing the book.

Subseries consist of Bora Laskin’s Writings ; Correspondence ; Manuscripts ; Photographs ; and Research and Notes.

Emma Stirling

This series consists of records relating to Emma Stirling and Hillfoot Farm. Stirling cared for orphaned and sick children in Scotland and later brought children from Scotland to Canada to work on farms. In 1890, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ordered Stirling to produce three children that she had illegally brought to Nova Scotia, as their father had not given Stirling legal authority over his children and wanted them returned to him. Types of records include a manuscript about Stirling, correspondence regarding a film project on the story, photocopies of estate papers and deeds and other research compiled.

Married Women's Property

This series consists of records relating to the Married Women’s Property Act. Types of records include manuscript of an article by Girard on the topic, notes and research. More on this topic can be found in the series Other Research.

Other research

This series consists of research and notes by Girard and various topics relating to legal history and legal figures. Research relating to Bora Laskin, Emma Stirling, and Thomas A. L. Strange can be found in their respected series. Some collected research can be found throughout the fonds in files of the same topic.

Peer reviews

This series consists of comments and assessments done by Girard on papers done by his academic peers. Types of records include papers and articles with comments and revision suggestions.

Schulich School of Law

This series consists of records relating to courses Girard has taught at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law. Types of materials include course notes, lectures and syllabi, student papers, and correspondence regarding master thesis.

Thomas Andrew Lumisdem Strange

Series consists of records related to Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange, former Chief Justice of Nova Scotia in the 18th century who became the first Chief Justice of Madris and is considered an important figure in Indian legal history. Types of records include photocopies of estate papers, research on India’s legal system, manuscript, notes and research on Strange.

Published Works

This series contains original manuscripts of published works including “Birds of Fire” and “Mystery of Things”.

Indices

This series contains the master index of Linehan’s poetry volumes and poetry collections. The series also includes the index of Linehan’s personal library collection, his writings, and published manuscripts.

Poems & Prose

This series contains all of Linehan’s poems and writings that do not belong in any specific category. Much of the content is predominantly poems and fragments of poems. In addition, this series includes diary entries, class notes, essays, a play, and recorded dreams.

Diaries

This series contains Diaries from T. Wilsom Creelman, Annie Mackay Creelman, their son William Mackay Creelman and their daughter in-law Nancy Littlejohns Creelman.

Military Career

This series contains mainly William Mackay Creelman material from his military career. Training manuals, his work with degaussing and also information on the opening of the William Creelman Building at Ferguson's Cove.

Projects and Reports

This series contains materials related to publications by or supervised by Joan E. Cummings, the majority of these reports were from a series by the "Atlantic Social Services Project" sponsored by the Maritime School of Social work and relate to research conducted on social work students and people working in the field. Other topics of research include the needs of individuals requiring social services and disability services.

The project and reports section differs from the Publications series because it contains both rough drafts of materials and final reports, whereas the Publications series contains only finished publications.

Cummings, Joan Elizabeth

Maritime School of Social Work

This series contains materials related to Joan Cummings as an instructor at the Maritime School of Social Work. The material includes course lectures, transparencies, practice questions, tests and answer booklets.

Publications

The majority of the materials in this subseries are publications by Joan E. Cummings. Other materials included are related to the Maritime School of Social Work or additional research being conducted by Cummings.

Cummings, Joan Elizabeth

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