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Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museum of Natural History

Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.

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.

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.

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.

Photograph of First National Conference Medical Services of Canada - Ottawa, December 18, 1924

File is a photograph of the attendants of the First National Conference on Medical Services Canada. The conference was held in Ottawa on December 18, 1924. Individuals identified are as follows: from left to right: 1. Fitsgerald 2. Connell 3. Young 4. Arthur, Low, Kidd, Primrose, Amyot, Carder, Bates, Roulley, Austin, Connell, Roulley, unknonw, Melvin, Young, McCullough, Thorton, Young, Wright, M. Callum, Leask, Bert Merson, Laidlaw, Orr, Larkin, MacKay, Noble, Wodehouse, Graham, Normand, Guerin, McLeod, Cruickshank, Prof. Henderson, Dr. Garner, Poole, McKippon, Rehfuss, McCallum, Chisholm, MacLaren, M.P.

Photograph of the first National Conference of Canadian Students

Item is a photograph of the First National Conference of Canadian Students in Toronto, Ontario. The conference took place from December 28, 1922 to January 2, 1923. The photograph shows students from the University of Toronto, University of Saskatchewan, University of Alberta, Western University, Queens University, University of British Columbia, McGill University, University of Manitoba, Acadia University, Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University, King's College, University of New Brunswick, Prince of Wales College, and Ontario Agricultural College (?) standing in a large group in front of a building and holding signs with the names of their universities.

McDonald, P. E.

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.

Photograph of a meeting of the Canadian commission to UNESCO

Item is a photograph of a meeting of the Canadian commission to the United Nations Ecenomic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. Henry Hicks, the vice-president of the commission, is seated at the far right and the president of the commission is speaking at a podium. Hicks was president of the commission from 1963 to 1967.

Can's Studios Ltd.

Orpheus in the Underworld : Act I + Act III (side B)

Item is an audio recording of Orpheus in the Underworld by Sheila Piercey made on April 5, 1971, at a Sudbury performance. Labelled: Bacchus - Alan Crofoot, Eurydice - Sheila Piercey . The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Orpheus in the Underworld: Act I + Act III (side A)

Item is an audio recording of Orpheus in the Underworld by Sheila Piercey made on April 5, 1971, at a Sudbury performance. Labelled: Bacchus - Alan Crofoot, Eurydice - Sheila Piercey. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Part of "The Old Maid and the Thief" performance (side A)

Item is an audio recording of an opera, "The Old Maid and the Thief," produced by Canadian Opera Company(COC) members and presented to the students at the Givins Senior Public School in Toronto on March 27, 1968. Shiela Piercy performed the role of Laetitia, Miss Todd’s Young Maid. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

"The Secret of Susanna" by Wolf-Ferrari (side B)

Item is an audio recording of the performance of Wolf-Ferrari’s "The Secret of Susanna," which was presented at Mimico High School in Toronto on February 26, 1969. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Countess Susanna. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

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)

Ernest MacMillan : [autographed photograph]

File contains an autographed photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of a performance with Ellen Ballon of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.
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