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Dalhousie University Archives Series
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Wormwood's Dog and Monkey Cinema

Series contains the bi-monthly program guides for the Wormwood's Dog and Monkey Cinema, covering the period 1987, to 1997. Issue numbers commence with no. 58 ( May 1993), to issue no. 81 (January 1997).

Union

Series relates to the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra's dealings with local and international musicians' unions and individual members thereof throughout its existence. Records include collective agreements, contracts, correspondence, records about disputes and negotiations, records from the players' committee and probationary review committee, position papers, and stewards' reports.

CEO

Series represents the functions performed by the CEO, who acts in a position of leadership for the Symphony’s administrative and organizational staff. Documents present here include contract negotiations and contracts, schedules of rehearsals and performances, correspondence and other documents pertaining to professional organizations, publications from professional organizations, and applications and correspondence related to government grants.

Office Manager

Series represents the independent work of the Office Manager. Records include documents pertaining to the management of the Symphony’s office space and supplies, memos, and other internal correspondence.

Business archives of the Technical Univesity of Nova Scotia Office of the President and Director of Tech Education

Series consists of files created in the office of the College President and Director of Technical Education, primarily from 1911 to 1947, when Dr. F.H. Sexton held the dual President/Director posting. There are some files from the tenure of Dr. A.E. Cameron, and scattered few from Dr. Holbrook's tenure, then more from the 1980s and 1990s. These later records appear to have been selected by the last President and/or the Department of Community Relations as to what should be transferred to the Archives (i.e. very few and very select records remain from what must have been a larger whole). Series documents vocational education through the operation of evening classes and mining schools, including hiring of instructors, inspection reports, and student records. Photographs of technical education classes are found in the Technical Education Photographs series. The College's contribution to the war effort and to the vocational rehabilitation of discharged soldiers is also documented in this series and the Technical Education Photographs series. Series also documents the administration of NSTC, including hiring of faculty, faculty meetings, correspondence with students, curriculum development, scholarship administration and student records. The President's records also include files from Sexton's involvement in other organizations, including the Education Committee of the Halifax YMCA's Red Triangle Hut, the Maritime Board of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; the Central Advisory Committee of the Carnegie Corporation; the Biological Board of Canada; the Canadian Education Association; the Rotary Club of Canada; Commission on Highway Dust Prevention; and the Halifax Conservatory of Music. Of particular note are files from Sexton's 1924-1927 tenure as President of the Victoria School of Art and Design, which became the Nova Scotia College of Art in 1925, and from the Board of Governors of the Nova Scotia Museum of Science, 1948-1952. Files are arranged in their original order - alphabetical by subject within each year. College files and technical education files were intermingled.

Doc McLelland

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential television series about a doctor in rural Cape Breton. This series contains a series outline and input.

Eliot Rocket

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film in which a workaholic with serious commitment issues returns home after his father suffers a stroke. This series contains agreements, correspondence, and a script.

Flight : Searching for Scotland

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This 50-minute documentary for television follows and documents traces of Scottish identity which survive in Canada and includes extensive visual evidence of Scottish influences across Canada. The film was a co-production between Imagex Films and Antonine Films in Glasgow and was filmed mainly in Cape Breton and Ontario. This series contains applications, agreements, correspondence, cue sheets, a project synopsis, proposals, scripts, and video recordings.

Matthew

Series consists of records documenting the administrative activities of this project. The project was a potential animated television program for children. This series contains correspondence about the production.

Midday Sun

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film tells the story of a Canadian volunteer with good intentions to change the world who is placed in a small African village. It was shot in Zimbabwe and is notable for its unsentimental documentation of the contemporary African landscape, people, and lifestyle. The 94-minute drama was co-produced by Imagex, written and directed by Lulu Keating, and starred Isabelle Mejias, George Seremba, and Jackie Burroughs. This series contains agreements, a cast contact list, credits, crew lists, dialogue transcripts, film posters, location stills, a music cue sheet, a one-sheet, a press kit, release prints, a script, a synopsis, and video recordings.

The Movies Come to Gull Point

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film based on a combination of Will R. Bird short stories, including the title story. It was to focus on a fictional Newfoundland village in 1915 and three local boys who are drawn into the First World War. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, the original story, outlines, production notes, research materials, one-sheets, scripts, and schedules.

My Little Eye

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film was co-produced by imX with Working Title for Universal in 2002. It was directed by Marc Evan, written by David Hilton, and produced by Jon Finn. This series contains agreements, biographies, a budget, call sheets, a camera equipment list, incorporation documents, film posters, scripts, schedules, and video recordings.

New Waterford Girl

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film is a 95-minute comedy that tells the story of coming of age and wanting to go down the road and escape 1970s Cape Breton. This re-telling of a perennial Atlantic Canadian story is now told from the perspective of two girls and the challenges of actually leaving. It was also notable for being written by Tricia Fish as her first script after her year at the Canadian Film Centre. The film was co-produced by Imagex, directed by Allan Moyle, and starred Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Tara Spencer-Nairn, and Mary Walsh. New Waterford Girl was nominated for seven Genie Awards and won best Canadian and Nova Scotia features at the Atlantic Film Festival. It was also screened at film festivals in Berlin, New York, Rotterdam, Sundance, Toronto, and Vancouver. This series contains agreements, applications, a cast list, clearances, correspondence, a crew report, film posters, incorporation documents, payroll reports, a press kit, publicity stills, a script, a synopsis, and video recordings.

Big Top Under a Northern Sky

Series consists of records documenting the creative, financial, and production activities of this project. The project was a potential documentary on the history of circuses in Canada that was pitched to the CBC as a one-hour documentary or a documentary series. This series contains background information, interviews, video recordings, a proposal, the CBC pitch and feedback.

The Can

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential television sitcom that was pitched to the CBC and was to focus on accountants and auditors working for Revenue Canada. This series contains agreements, budget development working papers, a cast list, correspondence, funding applications, scripts, and storylines.

Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey/Drug Warrior

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. Directed by Connie Littlefield, Damage Done was a documentary co-produced with the National Film Board of Canada. It featured interviews with current and former members of law enforcement who disagreed with the way in which the illegal drugs trade was policed and prosecuted. This series contains agreements, applications, budget materials, a crew list, a credit roll, film festival and awards documents, financing schedules, press clippings, a marketing plan, publicity clips, stock footage, interviews, reference materials, and video and audio recordings.

Julie Walking Home

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film was a Canada/Poland/Germany co-production under the direction of Agniezska Holland. It stars Miranda Otto and Lothaire Bluteau. The film is a 118-minute drama that tells the story of a woman finding a cure for the inoperable cancer of her son and, simultaneously, a new love and meaning for her life. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, a cast list, a credit list, crew lists, correspondence, electronic press kits, day files, music cue sheets, press releases and other materials, production stills, schedules, scripts, and video recordings.

The Red Glove

Series consists of records documenting the legal activities of this project. The project was a potential short film written by Joel Kristopher Bennett about a teenage girl who bears the outward signs of abuse but is actually a boxer. This series contains a writer's agreement and a script.

I Am the Walrus

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film about a group of friends who fight their way out of their lower-class beginnings. This series contains the script.

Brochures

This series consists of brochures for various businesses, weekly freight reports, notices and similar documents relating to shipping.

Counter books

These books are the day-to-day records of activities within the Dominion Chair Company. They include a list of financial transactions arranged chronologically showing a range of financial activity. There are several different kinds including a general book, a 'workmans book', a 'counter book', a 'men's book' (which was probably related to the workman's book) and a 'delivery book.' All are organized the same way but probably with a specific function in mind.

Sales Books/Journals

These are sales books for the Dominion Chair Company and are representative of collection. The books reflect the accounting style of the company as well as the various price changes for products over the years. They show what people were buying, when, and for how much.

Timothy O'Brien

This series consists of records belonging to Timothy O'Brien. It is uncertain the connection between O'Brien and Frieze and Roy. Timothy O'Brien married Elizabeth Howe the widow of Edward Howe, the Honourable Joseph Howe's first born son. Types of records include a day book of O'Brien's finances and expenses, a certificate of the sale of shares on the vessel Hunter, and estate papers and last will and testiment of Timothy O'Brien.

Architectural plans

This series contains construction diagrams, illustrations, and a blueprint used by Dominion Chair Company employees, as well as maps, diagrams, and blueprints of the factory itself. The construction blueprint and diagrams are for chairs and other wooden items (an example of which is a crate). The illustrations are of chairs and other furniture, which appear to be clipped from catalogues. The material relating to the factory depicts the buildings and property of the company, and its location within the community of Bass River.
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