Archives Catalogue

Text of valedictory by Keith Russell for the May 1946 graduation commencement ceremony held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, Box 1, Folder 16
File
May, 1946

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

The Halifax Club : a talk given before the Architectural Art Study Group of the University Women's Club at a meeting held in the Halifax Club

MS-2-282, SF Box 15, Folder 23
Item
[1962?]

Faulkner, Dora

Melville Cumming fonds

MS-14-1
Fonds
[1876?]-1970

Fonds contains photographs of Melville Cumming, as well as addresses, research articles/manuscripts, and letters related to agriculture in Nova Scotia written by Melville Cumming. Other material consists of records that were created while Dr. Cumming served as the first principal at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1905-27. He was also an instructor animal husbandry, agronomy, bacteriology and public speaking, and also served as the Secretary of Agriculture for the province from 1907-25. Includes records from 1900-1970 comprised of photographs, certificates, articles, and speeches from the passing of Dr. Cumming.

Cumming, Melville

Articles and papers by Melville Cumming

Series
[1905?]-1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Series contains addresses, articles, and correspondence written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming between about 1905-1927 related to agriculture in Nova Scotia.

The resources of Nova Scotia with special reference to Its agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 46
File
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This file contains 1 textual record that consist of address given by Dr. Cumming before the Halifax, Truro, and other Canadian Clubs (no date).

Address to Kings County Liberal Association regarding farm prosperity, education policy, the Atlantic Charter and municipal taxes

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 45
Item
1960

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a heavily amended speech given at Horton District School on 5 May 1960.

Campaign speech about coal mining in Cape Breton

MS-2-511, Box 18, Folder 47
Item
June 1, 1960

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Item is a speech prepared by Leslie Roberts for Henry Hicks to deliver in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Unedited copy of a Senate Debate speech by Henry Hicks

MS-2-511, Box 14, Folder 21
File
1978

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

File also includes a letter to the Advertiser newspaper in Kentville, Nova Scotia, and a newspaper clipping reporting on Hicks' speech.

Program, correspondence and notes for remarks at the official opening of the Senior Citizens Housing Units, Caledonia, Nova Scotia

MS-2-511, Box 20, Folder 13
File
1981

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Photographs, correspondence and speech text for official openings of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachments in Windsor and New Minas, Nova Scotia

MS-2-511, Box 20, Folder 16
File
1982

Part of Henry Davies Hicks fonds

Dawson Geology Society fonds

UA-56
Fonds
1930 - 1960

Dawson Geology Society

Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

MS-13-86
Fonds
1837-2020, predominant 1904-2008

Fonds contains records created and collected primarily by Alexander H. Leighton, with some by Jane Leighton Murphy. Documents span from Leighton's studies at Princeton, Cambridge, and Johns Hopkins univerities, through his government employment in World War II, and his teaching career at Cornell, Dalhousie, and Harvard. The majority of records are related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women, both based in Nigeria, and the Stirling County Study, based in Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, manuscripts, grant applications, reports, photographs and slides, medical and academic records, method and guidebooks, reviews, offprints and publications, teaching and course materials, and surveys and interview transcripts.

A sous-fonds contains records documenting the migration of Alexander Leighton's parents from Ireland to the United States and their subsequent life in Philadelphia. The sous-fonds contains extensive correspondence between extended family members over the course of a century, as well as photographs, diaries, wills, family trees, memoirs, and Alexander Leighton's personal correspondence.

Murphy, Jane Leighton

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.

The dairy of the future, or, Theory and practice combined : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
March 18 1890

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's address before the Nova Scotia Dairyman's Association meeting, held in Halifax on March 18th, 1890, titled "The Dairy of the Future, or, Theory and Practice Combined", copied from the T.C. Allen-published pamphlet of the same year.

Poverty superseded : a new political economy. A paper of economic science : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
January 19 1891

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's address before the Nova Scotian Institute of Science on January 19th, 1891, titled "Poverty Superseded: A New Political Economy", reproduced from the Gladwin Stationer and Bookmaker pamphlet of the same year.

The germ theory and sero-therapy : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
July 3 1895

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's presidential address before the Nova Scotia Medical Society con-joint meeting with the Maritime Medical Association, held in Halifax on July 3rd, 1895, titled "The Germ Theory and Sero-Therapy". Item was reproduced from the August 1895 issue of the Maritime Medical News, pages 165-169.

Atmospheric humidity in relation to health / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 31
Item
August 1905

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an article submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1906 issue of the Maritime Medical News (Vol. XVIII, No. 4), titled "Atmospheric Humidity in Relation to Health". Item was also read at a meeting of the Canadian Medical Association in Halifax in August 1905.

The President's Address at the opening of Session 1937-38, Dalhousie University, October 21, 1937

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 18, Item 7
Item
[1937]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at the opening of the 1937-1938 session at Dalhousie University, October 21, 1937.

Convocation address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Special Convocation ceremonies at a reunion event August 17, 1938

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 18, Item 8
Item
[1938]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at a Special Convocation ceremony at a Dalhousie University Reunion event, August 17, 1938. Item originally appeared in Volume 2, Number 1 of the Second Series of The Alumni News, pages 9 and 16.

The President's Address : Convocation, May 16, 1939, Dalhousie University

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 18, Item 9
Item
[1939]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of a facsimile of the text of an address delivered by President Carleton Stanley at May 16, 1939 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies.

Dalhousie University : the post-war years, 1945-1963 : President's Convocation address, May 16, 1963, and highlights of the development of the period, by Faculties

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 2
Item
1963

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).

Education : an address delivered over CBC on Sunday, September 29th, 1946

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 4
Item
1946 September 29

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered on C.B.C. by President Alexander Enoch Kerr on Sunday, September 29th, 1946, discussing the importance of making available post-secondary education opportunities for service men and women returning from the Second World War.

The future of the individual : the Samuel N. Robertson Memorial Lecture

MS-1-Ref, Box 1, Folder 20, Item 7
Item
[1950]

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of an offprint from Volume 30, Number 2 of the Dalhousie Review (1950), containing the text of the first Samuel Napier Robertson Memorial Lecture, delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr.

Tribute given by Alexander Kerr at the funeral of Rev. C.C. Walls

MS-2-153, Box 2, Folder 16
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander E. Kerr fonds

The Canadian Constitution Seventy Years After

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 47
File
17 June 1937

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

File contains two copies of a speech, one heavily annotated. A handwritten note indicates that it was given at the Annual Conference of Canadian Passengers Association and Canadian Travellers Association.

The Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 53
Item
2 September 1947

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed and annotated copy of an address given at the Halifax Rotary Club.

Opening of Halifax Memorial Library, November 12, 1951 : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 57, Item 1
Item
12 November 1951

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is an annotated typed manuscript.

Government and the law : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 58, Item 1
Item
9 September 1952

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed and annotated draft copy.

Government and the law : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 58, Item 2
Item
9 September 1952

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is the final manuscript copy of an address "prepared for delivery to the Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation at Halifax, September 9th, 1952."

Donald Alexander MacRae : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 61
Item
31 October 1958

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript of the address given by Vincent MacDonald about the life and influence of Donald Alexander MacRae, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Dalhousie Law School, October 31, 1958.

The axioms of democracy : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 62
Item
[19--]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is an undated speech typed on index cards and delivered at a Dalhousie "Refresher Luncheon."

The intangibles in war : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 65
Item
[194-]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a set of typed notes for a lecture given at the Halifax Rotary Club sometime during the Second World War.

The method of the Common Law : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 68
Item
29 January 1934

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a working manuscript draft of a speech delivered by Vincent MacDonald to the Kiwanis Club on January 29, 1934.

Convocation address at Mount St. Vincent University

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 71
Item
[194-]

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript copy of a convocation address delivered by MacDonald at Mount Saint Vincent University in the early 1940s.

Address on Thomas McCulloch given by Harvey Veniot on the opening of Pictou Academy's new auditorium and gymnasium

MS-2-100, SF Box 27, Folder 3
Item
1961

Veniot, Harvey Alfred, Hon.

Drafts of a speech by Budge Wilson for the Mount St. Vincent University convocation

MS-2-650.2016-052, Box 81, Folder 3
File
2012

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File consists of the drafts of a speech by Budge Wilson, for the Mount Saint Vincent University convocation held on May 18, 2012, upon receipt being awarded an honaryary degree. Includes a short biography of Budge Wilson in the Mount Saint Vincent Uiversity convocation brochure.

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

MS-2-40, SF Box 16, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
June 14, 1801 - June 18, 1801

Part of Thomas McCulloch collection

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Halifax Infirmary - Graduation Nurses of 1911 : [address]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
October 4, 1911

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie to the graduating class of nurses at Halifax Infirmary, October 4, 1911.

King’s College Encoenia : [address]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
May 9, 1912

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of an annotated draft address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the Encoenia ceremonies at King's College, May 9, 1912, upon receiving a Doctor of Civil Law degree.

Acadia University, 75th anniversary celebration : [addresses]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 7
Item
May 28, 1913

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of a handwritten addresses delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the 75th anniversary celebration of Acadia University, as well as the Alumni Dinner, both on May 28, 1913.

Nova Scotia Hospital : closing exercises, graduation of nurses : [address]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 9
Item
July 4, 1913

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the closing exercises for the graduating nurses at the Nova Scotia Hospital, July 4, 1913.

Munro Day, March 9, 1928 : [offprint]

MS-2-43, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 13
Item
1928

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item consists of an offprint from the July 1928 Dalhousie University Bulletin's Munro Day number, containing the text of a speech delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie on the history of Munro Day on March 9, 1928.

Speeches delivered during the hazing of freshettes

MS-2-299, SF Box 36, Folder 7
File
[1924?]

Part of Avis (Marshall) McCurdy fonds

File contains handwritten notes from speeches delivered by a Dalhousie sophomore student (probably Avis Marshall) during the hazing of "freshettes" (first-year female students). Some are written on the back of unrelated typed notes.

Correspondence with the Institute for Early Childhood Education and Developmental Services

MS-2-650.1998-086, Box 21, Folder 27
File
July 21, 1998 - November 11, 1998

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains correspondence from, and copies of Budge Wilson's correspondence to, the Institute for Early Childhood Education and Developmental Services (IECEDS) in Truro, Nova Scotia regarding Wilson's guest speech at their convocation. The file also contains a copy of a newspaper clipping with the Fall graduates, a copy of the convocation program, and Brenda Putnam's introductory speech for Wilson.

Draft of speech for the Halifax Public Libraries freedom to read week program on remembering Margaret Laurence

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 55, Folder 7
File
June 2, 1983 - March 3, 1993

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File includes Budge Wilson's handwritten speech and a copy of a speech by Margaret Laurence "On Censorship...A Speech given to Ontario Provincial Judges and their Wives" and "Remarks on Margaret Laurence" by Joan Y. Johnston. The file also contains a letter from the Halifax City Regional Library about her participation in the event.

Notes to talk given to children's and young adult librarians at a Nova Scotia Library Association conference