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Publications and academic writing

Series contains materials written by Freedman and related materials collected by Freedman. Written material includes manuscripts, draft manuscripts, encyclopedic entries, essays, reports, conference and workshop papers, newspaper columns, book reviews and other documents written by Freedman. Related materials include research, annotated articles, notes, correspondence, reviewer comments and other documents.

Bill Freedman fonds

  • MS-2-789
  • Fonds
  • 1970 - 2015
Fonds contains material relating to the personal life and professional career of Bill Freedman (1950-2015), an environmental scientist based at Dalhousie University. Fonds includes research data, teaching materials, publications, manuscripts and draft manuscripts, correspondence, committee and meeting minutes, electronic records, analogue and digital photographs, thousands of 35 mm slides, video cassettes, and appointments and awards.

Freedman, Bill

Photographs of birds, mammals, insects, and amphibians

File contains 333 photographic slides taken by Bill Freedman in Florida, the Northwest Territories, Newfoundland, and Ontario between 1972 and 1991. Photographs show birds, large Arctic land mammals, insects, snakes and amphibians.

Photographs of the flora of southern Ontario

File contains 86 photographs largely taken by Bill Freedman (although a few were taken by J.L. Riley and R. Vinebrooke), at several southern Ontario sites between 1972 and 2001. Photographs show plants along the Oakville River, in Algonquin and Point Pelee Parks, the Alvar marsh site (near Orillia), the Windsor prairie, and another site west of London.

Photographs of flora and fauna near Jasper, Alberta

File contains 44 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near Jasper and Whistler Mountain, Alberta, between 1973 and 1975. Photographs show mule deer and elk, and many species of plants (occasionally with captions stating the altitude at which they were found). Plants found in this file include Sedum stenopetalum, Rosa acicularism, Silene acaule, Dryas, hookeriana, and Saxifraga bronchialis.

Photographs of urban scenes in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver

File contains 116 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver between 1973 and 2002 (though predominantly between 1999 and 2002). Photographs show urban streetscapes and buildings in Toronto, Stanley Park in Vancouver, the Public Gardens and Busker festival in Halifax, as well as Mahone Bay and Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.

Photographs of flora at Cape Bathurst and Cape Parry, Northwest Territories

File contains 40 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at sites around Cape Bathurst and Cape Parry, near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. Photographs show examples of Saxifraga oppostifolia, Phlox sibirica, Primula borealis, Caloplaca elegans, among others. Also includes photographs from nearby sites Blackfly Lake and Malloch Hill.

Photographs of birds around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

File contains 27 photographs taken by Bill Freedman during two visits to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, in 1973 and 1974. Photographs show birds in the area around Tuktoyaktuk, including Semipalmated plover, Whimbrel, Stilt sandpipers, Common eider, and Lapland longspur.

Photographs of small experimental oil spills sites around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

File contains 73 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at the sites of small, controlled, experimental oil spills near Tuktoyaktuk (Pingo, Point, Meadow, Lupin), predominantly from 1973 and 1974. Also includes some photos from similar experiments at Cape Parry. Photographs document experimentation of regrowth of vegetation in response to small-scale oil spills.

Photographs of tundra scenes, Northwest Territories

File contains 176 photographs taken by Bill Freedman, in the Northwest Territories, on multiple visits from 1973 to 1986. Photographs show tundra scenes (of grave sites, frost polygons, oil spill clean-up sites, and the Native Games), from Tuktoyaktuk, Herschel Island, Cape Bathurst, Inuvik, and Cape Parry.

Photographs of flora at Camp Naivelt, Brampton, Ontario

File contains 18 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Camp Naivelt (near Brampton, Ontario), between 1973 and 1976. Photographs show plant species of the area, including Erigeron philadelphicus, Erythronium americana, Hesperis matronalis, Anenome canadensis, and Arisaema triphyllum.

Photographs of flora and fungi along the Magnetawan River, Ontario

File contains 17 photographs taken by Bill Freedman along the Magnetawan River (which empties into Georgian Bay), in May 1973. Photographs show several species of flora and fungi of the area, including Trillium undulatum, Trillium erectum, and Caltha palustris. There are also two photographs of a beaver dam.

Photographs of plants around Tuktoyaktuk

File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman from locations around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, between 1973 and 1986. Photographs show plants of the region.

Photographs of the birds of central Florida

File contains 172 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in central Florida over multiple visits, primarily between 1973 and 1977, but also in 1994. Photographs show various species of heron, crane, spoonbill, hawk, vulture, gull, egret, ibis, grebe, anhinga, pelican, and owl. Photographs are taken predominantly in the Everglades, however a few are from Pigeon Key, Bahia Honda, and Flamingo.

Photographs of flora at Lake Joseph and Parry Sound, Ontario

File contains 50 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at locations near Parry Sound, Ontario, and specifically, Lake Joseph, between 1974 and 1977. Photographs show plants of the region, such as Hepatica americana, Iris versicolor, Lotus corniculatus, and Hieracium aurantiacum. Photographs also show defoliated hillsides caused by the encroachment of forest tent caterpillar into the area.

Photographs of the Harrowby Bay spill site

File contains 20 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Harrowby Bay (near Tuktoyaktuk), from 1974 to 1975. Photographs document containment efforts after a small oil spill.

Photographs of the area around Smoking Hills, Northwest Territories

File contains 74 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the Smoking Hills region of Cape Bathurst, Northwest Territories, on multiple visits between 1974 and 1990. Photographs show the scenery of the region, including smoke seepage vents, elemental sulfur deposits, and caribou herd.

Photographs of forest and flora near Thompson, Manitoba

File contains 13 photographs taken by Bill Freedman near Thompson, Manitoba, in 1974. Photographs show Picea mariana and Picea banksiana at various distances from the factory smokestacks of a nickel processing facility. Also, a beaver dam and regrowth after a forest fire.
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