Item is an announcement of a public lecture on January 6, 1936 sponsored by the Canadian Club, Dalhousie University and the National Council of Education, on the subject "On the World's Political Crisis."
Item is two-page article about German Christmas traditions and a nativity play put on at Saint David's Church under the direction of Professor Richter and his wife.
Item is a press release sent to The Halifax Herald announcing a cash donation from William Inglis Morse to fund a scholarship and prizes and to maintain his library collection previously donated to the university.
Item is a manuscript copy of an address given by Carleton Stanley to students and parents at the Halifax Ladies College, Bloomfield School and schools in Glace Bay and Sydney in 1934, and again in 1935 in Truro, Nova Scotia.
Item is a press release and correspondence to the editor of The Halifax Chronicle regarding an exhibition of self portraits from the collection of Elmer Adler on loan via the College Art Association of New York.
Item is a manuscript copy of an address given by Carleton Stanley to the male students at Dalhousie University. Appended is an unrelated announcement for publication in The Halifax Herald about a public lecture by J.E. Barton, Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School.
Item is a manuscript copy of address by Carleton Stanley given at the Lord Nelson Hotel on January 21, 1935 in which he speaks about the importance of teaching poetry to children.
Item is a manuscript copy of Carleton Stanley's address introducing Lothar Richter at his first public lecture, held in the Chemistry Theatre on January 11, 1935. Appended are announcements and related correspondence regarding this and other lectures in the series.
Item is a radio broadcast script for an address made by Carleton Stanley on January 16, 1937, as well as a letter of appreciation from the Study Committee of the Nova Scotia branch of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire.
Item consists of a document containing phased scheduling for the installation of computer systems by Bryan McLennon at the Dalhousie Arts Centre in 1987, as well as related invoices.
Item consists of an April 1987 agreement contract between Bryan McLennon and the Dalhousie Arts Centre around establishing computer systems in the Arts Centre.
Item consists of correspondence and subsequent invoices related to the purchasing of computer equipment for the Dalhousie Arts Centre. Includes correspondence between John Wilkes, Amy Vessey, Robert Reinholdt, and Bryan McLennon.
Item consists of a report drafted by Bryan McLennon in August 1986 titled "Dalhousie Arts Centre : information needs analysis for automation of clerical and technical tasks", with the purpose to 'examine the basic flow and storage of information within the Dalhousie Arts Centre organization and suggest directions to be taken in designing and implementing a database system to enhance these functions.'
Item consists of a draft manuscript proposal written by Donald Trotter of Administrative Computing on April 14, 1986, titled "Microcomputer System Proposal: Dalhousie Arts Centre"
Item is a map of the Africville Area Land Ownership and Buildings, drawn by P.E.J. on July 26, 1962, for the Halifax City Planning Office, at a scale of 1" = 100'. Verso map also contains an inked list of property numbers, some crossed out and others checked off.
Item consists of a draft typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview with Rev. Donald Douglas Skeir (1926-1999) from September 10, 1969. Rev. Skeir was an influential pastor at several Baptist churches in the Preston area, and a passionate educator and human rights advocate.
Item consists of a typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Clyde Bishop, dated September 7, 1970. At the time of the interview, Bishop was President of the Lake Loon and Cherry Brook Development Association, Vice President of the NSAACP (Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People), and on the executives of several other committees.
Item consists of a draft typed transcript of an interview by Harry Wells of Delmore "Buddy" Daye (1928-1995), dated September 8, 1969. At the time of the interview, Daye was a involved in the Black United Front (BUF), Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP), the Halifax Dartmouth Welfare Centre, among others, and had recently run for provincial office for Halifax Needham with the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
Item consists of a draft typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Carlyle W. Warner, dated September 9, 1969. At the time of the interview, Warner was an influential member of the Black United Front (BUF) and the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP).
Item consists of a typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Gus Wedderburn on September 10, 1969. Wedderburn was the president of the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP) at the time of the interview.
Item consists of a typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Eugene Williams, dated September 10, 1969. At the time of the interview, Mr Williams was a member of the NSAACP (Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People), the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers, and others. Unlike many others interviewed, Mr. Williams was not a member of the BUF (Black United Front).
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.
File contains 2 pages of blackline prints of working designs for a display unit and book cases for the planned Kipling Room in the Killam Library. The drawings include elevations and section details, are stamped "preliminary," numbered S-8 and S-8, and dated 31 March 1969. The Kipling Room ended up remaining in the O.E. Smith wing of the Macdonald Library; it is possible that these furniture plans were used instead for the Morse Room, which was located behind the MacMechan Auditorium.
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.
Item is an undated blackline print, hand-coloured in pencil, of a drawing of the south elevation of the proposed Killam Library building. The drawing is marked 4B REV (revision) and illustrates two alternate facades, A and B. Folder also contains an early drawing of the exterior in relation to the other buildings on campus.
Item is an undated blackline print of a drawing of the south elevation of the proposed Killam Library building, which is hand-coloured with pencil, pastels and gouache.
Item is an aerial-view drawing of the proposed Killam Library building on the Studley Campus, dated 1966 and signed by the artist (signature indecipherable).
File consists of the petition to the Governors of Dalhousie in appreciation of gifts to the College supplied by George Munro, plus correspondence to Stanley MacKenzie.
File contains 14 hand-drawn and coloured design sketches of rooms or areas in the Killam Library, including: main lobby, south; main lobby, north; entrance lobby; circulation desk; corridor; auditorium; exhibition area; special collections; study carrel; administration area; reserve reading area; lounge; staff dining room; and staff lounge. Fabric, wallpaper, carpet and other textile swatches are adhered to the presentation board.
Item is a presentation board with three architectural drawings mounted vertically using red tape. The drawings are undated and marked as 4B REV, and represent the north, south and east elevations of the proposed Killam Library building.
Item is a plan showing a third floor layout of the Killam Library. The base plan includes the perimeter carrel seating and built-in seminar and office rooms; strips of paper illustrating the stack arrangement have been taped to this surface, and the plan is annotated by hand with the letters A, B, G and R.