Fonds consists of materials regarding the Charles Walmsley's academic life and his activities as a faculty member of Dalhousie University, including notebooks, lectures notes and a manual of the first year of the Dalhousie course of mathematics. The fonds also contains correspondence sent to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walmsley and others textual records.
Collection contains both original records and reproductions of materials related to Reverend Thomas McCulloch. Items include a glass plate etching of McCulloch, microfilm copies of his books, a sample of his shorthand, a ticket to a lecture given by McCulloch, and correspondence. The collection also includes a microform copy of a thesis written by a Dalhousie student about McCulloch.
Item is a news release for the March Gazette announcing the winners of the student essay contest held in connection with a concert series held in Nova Scotia schools.
Item, a photograph, includes President Alexander Enoch Kerr; Colonel K.C. Laurie, the Chairman of the Board; Raddall; Dr. J.H.L. Johnstone, the Secretary of the Senate; and Reverend Harvey Denton.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.
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.
File contains a report titled "Community development" by William Saxby Blair. Blair was the first supervisor of the Experimental Farm in Kentville, Nova Scotia from its creation in 1912 until his retirement in 1938.
File contains 2 copies of a directory of graduates and former students of Dalhousie University published in September 1937. The directory is an update of a similar directory published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association in 1925.
Item consists of a typescript copy of an article prepared by Carleton Stanley about the creation of a new junior high school in Kentville, Nova Scotia, dated January 12, 1934, and submitted for inclusion in the January 25, 1934 issue of the Kentville Advertiser.
File comprises letters from Marshall Saunders, enclosing a sermon, "The Value of Higher Education from a Woman's Point of View," and his own "Report of a committee headed by G. Fred Pearson regarding dissatisfaction with Carleton Stanley, made to the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University, May 21, 1932."
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's article submitted for the 1933 New Year Edition of the Halifax Herald, about educational reform in Nova Scotia's public schools. Item also contains related correspondence.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address delivered at the closing session of the 1931-32 school year at Halifax Academy discussing the growth of civilization throughout history and the role of the younger generations and the varied ways of learning (beyond books).
Item consists of correspondence between Jessie I. Lawson (of the Educational Review) and Carleton Stanley about Stanley's attendance at the New Brunswick Teachers' Association meeting in Fredericton in June 1932.
Item consists of a typescript copy of a speech delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Haliburton Club at King's College on May 3, 1932, discussing what makes Dalhousie's education different.
File contains a photograph of Harry Dean, a Canadian conductor, pianist, organist, and music educator. He is known for founding the Maritime Academy of Music and the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers' Association in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
File contains a directory of graduates and former students of Dalhousie University published in 1925. The volume contains a bookplate for Archibald McKellar MacMechan.
File contains programs for the following recitals presented at the Halifax School for the Blind: Michel Sciapiro (violin), presented by the Halifax Ladies' Musical Club; Mildred Dilling (harp), with Rose E. Seguin (soprano) and orchestra (conducted by L. Dorothea Webb); and an organ and vocal recital with unknown performers.
Item is a letter written by James Baxter to President McKenzie (Arthur Stanley), written in Chatham on 2 November 1917 on letterhead from the Dominion of Canada Quarantine Station of the Public Health Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The letter refers to Baxter's attendance at both the Presbyterian seminary in Truro and Dalhousie College in Halifax in the 1850s and 1860s, and mentions enclosed course tickets and notebooks.
Fonds comprises an early teaching contract (1878), handwritten notes on Nova Scotia high school curriculum revisions, and a published pamphlet of opinions on proposed provincial curriculum reform (ca. 1906).
File contains one mounted photograph of schoolchildren taught by H.E. (Harold Edwin) Killam (1878-1957) when he was 16 years old. Killam is seated in the centre of the photograph. The children of varying ages are posed for a group shot, and the photograph is taken outside.
Item is a ticket to an ethics class taught by Professor Ross at Dalhousie College during the 1863-1864 session. James Baxter's name is written on the back of the ticket. The ticket is in a white envelope with Baxter's name written on it.
Item is a letter written by Thomas McCulloch to certify that James Baxter attended Latin classes at the seminary in Truro during the past three sessions. The letter was written at Dalhousie College, Halifax, on March 3, 1864.
Item is a ticket to a classics class at Dalhousie College, during the 1863-1864 session. The class was taught by Professor Johnson. James Baxter's name is written on the back of the ticket.
Item is a ticket to a metaphysics, esthetics, and belles-lettres class at Dalhousie College. The class was taught by WIlliam Lyall during the 1863-1864 session. James Baxter's names is written on the back of the ticket.
Item is a ticket for the natural philosophy class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, in the 1892-1893 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxkter attended the class from October to April and is signed by Thomas McCulloch. The back of the ticket has a note from McCulloch stating that Baxter also took mathematics classes.
Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended senior Greek and Latin classes during the 1862-1863 session. The letter was written in Halifax on December 18, 1863.
Item is a letter written by Prof. James Ross to certify that James Baxter attended a chemistry class at the Presbyterian College. The letter was written in Truro, Nova Scotia on April 12, 1862.
Item is a notebook used by James Baxter to take notes during lectures on logic delivered by Professor Ross. The lectures took place at the theological seminary in Truro, Nova Scotia between October 15, 1860 and April 10, 1861. The back of the notebook contains the signatures of people who attended the seminary and notes about them added by Baxter.
Item is a ticket for a mathematics class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, during the 1860-1861 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxter attended the class and is signed by Thomas McCulloch.
Item is a ticket for a logic class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, during the 1860-1861 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxter took the class from October 10th 1860 to April 10th 1861 and is signed by James Ross.
Item is a letter written by Willam Lyall to certify that James Baxter attended a senior Latin class during the 1860-1861 session. The letter was written in Truro.
Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.
Item is a typed copy of a letter from Sam Cunard to Thomas McCulloch concerning students, likely Cunard's sons, John, Henry and Thomas, which Cunard sent to McCulloch in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
