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1969 Peterborough 'Come Scoglio' aria from Così fan tutte (side A)

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey and Alex Gray performing "Come Scoglio" from Mozart's opera Cosi fan Tutte at Peterborough Opera Guild, on May 30, 1969. Label says tape recorder on floor pick up all the noise. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. (Side B is blank)

Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.

Change or decay? Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, delivered November 9, 1933, under the title "Change or Decay?" The speech discusses the notion of fundamental social ideas that are consistent across the country, the difficulties faced under parliamentary governments to ensure such consistency, and the problems inherent in the present economic system.

This speech later appeared in an amended form in the January 1934 number of the Dalhousie Review.

Come unto me : [sheet music]

Item is the sheet music for a solo voice and piano composition in D Major by Molly MacDonald of the MacDonald Music Co. in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She published her music under the pseudonym of "Elza Doun."

Correspondence between Henry Hicks, L.B. Macpherson, A.W.F. Banfield, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Henry Hicks and several other stakeholders between 1964 and 1968, regarding the potential loaning of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada. Includes correspondence between President Hicks and L.B. Macpherson, Eric Mercer, A.W.F. Banfield, Waldemar Fries, Sylvia Fullerton, John E. McInerny, R.A. Cluney, T.A. Russell, J. Lynton Martin, Elisabeth A. Christian, D.H. McNeill, K.E. von Maltzhan, and W. Earl Godfrey.

Costume design for Belville

Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Brock University's production of The Rover. The costume is for a character named Belville who is a soldier.

Fill every glass : from The Beggar's Opera

Item is a copy of a manuscript version of an adaptation of "Fill Every Glass" from "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay (1728). The arrangement was made by "C.B.C." and "J.F.W" for the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto and is for solo voice (for the character of Matt of the Mint) and chorus.

Going West : [manuscript vocal score]

Item is a manuscript of Edith J. Archibald's song for solo voice and piano in G Major entitled "Going West." The text for the song was written by Rev. Mrs. Ross(?) of Hamilton, Ontario.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Letter of appreciation from Patrick Kerwin

Item is a letter from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada thanking MacDonald for sending a copy of his lectures delivered at Osgoode Hall on legislative power and the Supreme Court in the fifties.

Museum Assistance Programmes : [report]

Item is a typed document entitled "Museum Assistance Programmes" from the National Museums of Canada organization based in Ottawa. The report lists the different methods an institution can qualify to receive funding.

Newspress portfolio and photograph of Jason Albert Hannah (verso)

Item is the verso of newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah. Text: Photo by Ashley & Crippen / Jason Albert Hannah / HANNAH, Jason Albert, B.A., M.D., C.M. / Managing Director, Associated Medical Services Incorporated, (an organization enabling the individual to pre-pay the cost of illness by budgeting in advance, at a rate made possible by distributing expense over a large group of people for a long period of time) - 615 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario. / Member of Council, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (second term); Representative of District Five in College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario (Chairman of Finance, Property and Printing); member, Board of Trade, Toronto, Ont. / Born: Stittsville,Ontario, 11 November 1899; son of Samuel Hannah and Margaret Jane (Brown) Hannah. / Educated: Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, B.A. 1926, M.D., C.M. 1928 (Chief Justice of Asculapian Court [Student Government] 1927-1928); Richardson Fellow in Pathology, Queen's University 1928-1929; George Christian Hoffman Fellow in Pathology, Edinburgh University 1929-1930. / Medical Officer, Petawawa Military Camp and Acting District Medical Officer, M.D. 2, June-September 1929; Neuro-Pathologist, Province of Ontario (engaged on research on nervous and mental diseases, Banting Institute) 1930-1937; organized Associated Medical Services Incorporated 19347. / Publications: Various articles and papers in medical journals in Canada, U.K., and U.S. including (medical) "Two Cases of Undulent Fever" April 1929, "Aetiology of Sudbura Haematoma: Anatomical and Pathological Study" August 1936, "Case of Alzheimer's Disease with Neuropathological Findings" October 1936; (medical economics) "Industry, Health and Medical Economics" December 1937, "Some Problems Facing Industry and the Medical Profession in Relation to Health Insurance" March 1943, "A Plan to Provide Taxepayers with Adequate Medical Protections at Reasonable Cost" May 1949. / Member, Medico-Legal Society; Toronto Academy of Medicine; Ontario Medical Association; Canadian Medical Association; Ontario Association of Pathologists; Hart House; active in the formation of the Civil Air Emergency Corporation. / ...continuted [ on recto].

Newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah (recto)

Item is the recto of newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah. Text of cover page: Newspress Portfolio / released 1958 / Containing latest data / and original portrait of / Jason Albert Hannah, / B.A., M.D., C.M. / Toronto, ONT. / Trans=Canada Press / publishers of / The Canadian Who's Who / Editorial Offices 392 Bay Street / Toronto, Ontario . Text of back page: Served with Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916-19. / Married: Ruth Agnes Lyons, 2 September 1929; one daughter / Katherine Ann. / Conservative. / United Church of Canada (is a member of and served as / Steward and Elder, Rosedale United Church). / Recreations: Gardening, Photography, Flying. / Clubs: Toronto Flying; Ontario County Flying; Hart House / Faculty Union. / Residence: 9 Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario.
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