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Brian Hall fonds North America
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"I" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "I". These include the ICVM symposium, the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), and Stella Isner. Materials include documents related to Hall's win of the 1996 IADR Craniofacial Biology Research Award.

Reference cards

Series contains a collection of Brian Hall's reference cards used for citations. Materials include two sharp card sorters used for cohesively organising and finding individual groups of cards. There are approximately 20 000 reference cards. The cards deal with a variety of scientific topics, including but not limited to: the effects of mechanical stress on cartilage in vitro; a clinical overview of neurofibramitosis; and the growth of the facial skeleton in the hominoidea. The card sorters are located in Box 6.

Student ratings of instruction (SRIs)

  • MS-2-799, Box 6, Folder 13
  • File
  • March 2006 - January 2007

    • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains student ratings of instruction (SRIs) for Hall's Biology 3050 class from March 2006 to January 2007. Materials include notes from students on what Hall did as a professor to facilitate their learning, how he hampered their learning, and additional comments.

Seminar notes

  • MS-2-799, Box 6, Folder 12
  • File
  • [after 1958], 1975 - 1990

    • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains notes from seminars that Hall has attended or spoken at. Materials include typed and handwritten notes, textbook pages, a presentation given to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1990, a UCLA conference, figures, and reference lists.

Protocols

File contains documents related to protocols, primarily for laboratory animals, followed by Hall during his work. Materials include practical training certifications, filled out forms regarding laboratory animals, a notice of protocol expiry, protocol approval for skates, a project description, and animal counts.

Programmes and notices for Brian Hall's seminars

File contains programmes and notices for seminars given by Brian Hall. Materials include posters, booklets, and correspondence. The seminars range in location from Dalhousie to Germany.

Media coverage : 2001 - 2006

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media from 2001 to 2006. Materials include correspondence, newspaper articles, a photograph of participants including Hall at a workshop for theoretical biology, and certificates from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Media coverage : 1978 - 1999

  • MS-2-799, Box 4, Folder 8 ; Oversized Folder 1
  • File
  • 1978 - 1999

    • Part of Brian Hall fonds

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media from 1978 to 1999. Materials include invitations, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

Evolutionary developmental biology

File contains documents relating to Hall's lecture on evolutionary developmental biology for the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Materials include handwritten notes, as well as a schedule of lectures, annotated reading list, and topic list.

Zoology IV : Honours reading list

File contains the Zoology IV honours reading list for 1963 - 1964. The list is described as the basis for Hall's paper in the Kovalevsky medal issue of a journal in 2004.

Zoology III : Special project

File contains documents relating to the Zoology III special project done by Hall in 1962. The project is a paper titled "The Histology of the Skull Articulations of Notechis acutatus (the Tiger Snake) with a Preliminary Description of the Anatomy of the Skull".

Zoology III

File contains documents relating to the Zoology III course taken by Hall. Materials include a typed syllabus and instructions for the course.

Zoology II : Part 2

File contains documents relating to the second portion of the Zoology II course taken by Hall. Materials include typed and handwritten class notes and figures.

The University of New England

File contains documents relating to Hall's education at the University of New England. Materials include correspondence regarding Hall's degrees, including Doctor of Philosophy, and an abstract for and reports on Hall's Doctor of Science dissertation.

Kovalevsky medal : 2002

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall's 2002 win of the Kovalevsy Media in the media. Materials include a photograph, an acknowledgement letter and certificate from the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists (in both Russian and English), a Dalhousie magazine, and an NSERC booklet.

Media coverage, awards, and recognitions

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media, including coverage, awards, and recognitions. Materials include documentation of Hall becoming a finalist for the Herzberg gold medal in 2002, a $50 000 award of excellence as runner up, Hall's election to American Academy of Arts and Science (where he was named as a foreign honorary member), and a NSERC "Tribute to research excellence" booklet.

Media coverage : 2005

File contains documents and photographs depicting Brian Hall in the media in 2005, including his Killam Prize win. Materials include magazines and booklets, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

Body plans and homology

File contains documents relating to Hall's lecture on body plans and homology for Arizona State University. Materials include a typed script, as well as figures.

"T" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "S". These include Tom Traves, President of Dalhousie, Patrick P. L. Tam of the Children's Medical Research Institute (Australia) and Keith S. Thomson. Materials include Hall's biographical highlights, as well as order forms for animals (snapper turtles).

"S" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "S". These include the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Samuel Scully of Dalhousie, Professor E. Storey of the University of Melbourne, and Bob Schaeffer of the American Museum of Natural History. Materials include information about Hall's nomination for the Vice-President Research at Dalhousie, as well as SSHRC grant information.

"R" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "R". These include Kate Rawlinson of Dalhousie's Biology Department Olli Ronning of the University of Turku (Finland), and Dr. A. de Ricqles at the University of Paris. Materials include the renewal of Hall's postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie.

Peter Thorogood

File contains correspondence related to the death of Peter Thorogood. Materials include letters and plans for a "Remembering Peter Thorogood" sessions and meetings to which Hall contributed.

"P" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "P". These include Phenoscape, David Poswillo of Guy's Hospital (London), Alan Pike of the University of Aberdeen, and A.D. Packer of the University of Adelaide (South Australia). Materials include nominations for Richard Palmer (various), which Hall supported.

"O" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "O". These include the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, and Professor A. F. O'Farrell of the University of New England. Materials include discussions regarding sabbatical leave.

"N" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "N". These include the editor-in-chief of NRC Research Press, Claus Nielsen of Acta Zoology, and Sydney Nade of the University of Oxford. Materials include figures with notes.

"M" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "M". These include the University of Manitoba, a Moore and Moore study proposal, Paul Maderson of Brooklyn College, and J. Milaire at the University of Brussels. Materials include an SRCD study group proposal for exploring homology in developmental psychology.

National Research Council grants, 1969-2016

File contains documents relating to Hall's National Research Council grants from 1969 to 2016. Materials include financial statements for years that grants were in use.

Australian research grants

File contains documents relating to Hall's Australian research grants during his time at the University of New England.

"W" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "W". These include Wilfrid Laurier University, Professor Willmer at the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and George Washington University. Materials include a request for Hall to agree to be nominated to be a consultant for the appraisal of the MSc program in Integrative Biology at Wilfrid Laurier.

University of Calgary

File contains correspondence with the University of British Columbia regarding avian clavicles with Anthony P. Russell. Materials include photocopied notes.

University of British Columbia

File contains correspondence with the University of British Columbia regarding the appointment of the Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Materials include a description of the job and Hall's full CV.

"U" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "U". These include various universities, such as Victoria and Western Australia, and the Dalhousie University Club. Materials include research quality assessments and letters regarding Hall's nomination for Dean of Science at the University of Victoria.

"L" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "L". These include Scott Lozanoff at the University of Hawai'i, Laura Frost at the University of Alberta, and Walter Landauer at the University College London. Materials include Dalhousie notices regarding taking inappropriate leaves.

"H" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "H". These include Richard Haines at the University of London, Dr. Arthur Ham, and Nick Hopwood at the Wellcome Insitute for the History of Medicine. Materials include a roster of the honorary degrees committee as of July 1, 2003.

"A" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "A". These include Garland Allen from Washington University, the American Association of Anatomists, Makoto Asashima at the University of Tokyo, Ron Amundson, the University of Alberta, and more.

University of Calgary honorary degree

File contains documents relating to Hall's honorary degree received from the University of Calgary in 2014. Materials include a photograph of Hall in graduation robes, the 2014 convocation booklet and invitation for June 12, correspondence, a small news feature, and an outline for Hall's speech.

The Royal Society of Canada Fellow appointment

File contains documents relating to Hall's appointment as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1985. Materials include correspondence, administrative information regarding the Society, and a press release.

George S. Campbell Chair appointment

File contains documents relating to Hall's appointment as the George S. Campbell Professor of Biology at Dalhousie from 2001-2007. Materials include Hall's research accomplishments, publications, and sources of financial support, correspondence, letters of appointment, and annual reports of Hall's work.

Dalhousie appointments 1968 - 2016

File contains documents relating to Hall's Dalhousie appointments from 1968 - 2016. Materials include correspondence including salary discussions, notices from Dalhousie, reports of Hall's work, applications, narrative account of Hall's career, and applications for sabbatical.

Awards received 2009 - 2010

File contains documents relating to awards received by Hall from 2009 - 2010. Materials include awards, invitations, and letters of congratulations. The awards Hall received during this time include the Killam Prize and the induction into the Discovery Centre's Science Hall of Fame. Materials also include one invitation from the University of Calgary received at a later date.

"K" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "K". These include Karola Stotz at the University of Sydney, Tuomo Kantomaa at the University of Oulu (Finland), and J. Kikkawa at the University of Queensland. Materials include details regarding Hall's sabbatical in Australia.

"J" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "J". These include the Journal of Experimental Zoology, Philippe Janvier, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, and David Jablonski of the University of Chicago. Materials include the University of Chicago seeking Hall as an applicant for Chairman of their Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy.

Arizona State University appointment

File contains documents relating to Hall's appointments for adjunct professor and visiting distinguished professor at Arizona State University in the Center for Biology and Society. Materials include correspondence and offer letters including job details.

"G" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "G". These include Moira Ferguson at the University of Guelph, Thomas Gridley at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, and the Golden Key International Honour Society. Materials include reports from Hall's lab and lecture outlines.

"F" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "F". These include the Academy of Finland, Michael Fisher of Harvard University Press, and Dr. D.R. Fielder from the University of Queensland.
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