- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 1
- Item
- June 30, 1956
Item is Alexander Leighton's sixth annual report on the Stirling County study.
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Porpoise oil / by Alexander H. Leighton, MD : [manuscript]
- MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 9, Item 1
- Item
- [after 1937]
Item is a typed manuscript by Alexander Leighton describing his 1936 summer project filming a recreation of a traditional Digby County Mi'kmaq porpoise hunt and the subsequent rendering of the blubber into oil. The manuscript was commissioned by the magazine Movie Makers.
Correspondence between Theodore Lidz and Alexander Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 48, Folder 2
- File
- 1943 - 1951
File contains letters written between friends and colleagues Theodore Lidz and Alexander Leighton, beginning during the Second World War and continuing until 1951.
Digby Library and Historical Association
- MS-13-86, Box 68, Folder 16
- File
- 1976 - 1980
File contains meeting minutes from the Admiral Digby Library and Historical Society.
Digby-Annapolis Mental Health Service Board
- MS-13-86, Box 68, Folder 17
- File
- 1974 - 1978
File contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and agendas for meetings of the Digby-Annapolis Mental Health Service Board.
Cornell-Digby Development Project
- MS-13-86, Box 67, Folder 12
- File
File contains two drafts of a report or proposal for the Cornell-Digby Development Project.
Digby County public school study
- MS-13-86, Box 67, Folder 16
- File
- 1967
File consists of a proposal draft for a study of the public school population of Digby County.
- MS-13-86, Box 67, Folder 5
- File
- 1962
File contains the script for a talk on the Stirling County Study at the Digby Kiwanis Club.
Notes on the beaver's individuality and mental characteristics / by Alexander H. Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 31, Folder 5
- File
- 1932
- MS-13-86, Box 32, Folder 1
- File
- 1931 - 1933
File is loosely organized into two sections: Nova Scotia beaver and Norway beaver. Both sections contain correspondence to and from government officials, biologists, academics, and industry consultants regarding research for and publication of Alexander Leighton's study on beaver mental characteristics. The Norway section also contains excerpts from Norwegian newspapers. There is also a set of handwritten notes titled "Outline for study of the Beaver: D. Cross & A.H. Leighton."
Notes on the behavior of Norwegian beaver / by Alexander H. Leighton
- MS-13-86, Box 31, Folder 6
- File
- 1935
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 29
- File
- 1952
File contains photographic negatives of homes and buildings in Stirling County.
Stirling County winter 1992 census
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 31
- File
- 1992
File contains photographs from the 1992 winter census of Stirling County.
Stirling County colleagues, winter 1969 - 1970
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 27
- File
- 1969 - 1970
File contains photos of Stirling County Study colleagues from 1969 - 1970.
Gulliver's Cove and herring weir
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 28
- File
- 1948 - 1950
File contains photos of a herring weir at Gulliver's Cove, Stirling County.
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 30
- File
- 1970
File contains photographic negatives of focus areas (especially behavioural settings) for the 1970 re-sample of the Stirling County Study.
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 33
- File
- [1950 - 1959?]
File contains photos and photographic negatives of houses and buildings in Stirling County.
Stirling County Psychiatric Clinic
- MS-13-86, Box 24, Folder 8
- File
- 1951
File contains a photo of the Stirling County Psychiatric Clinic and several photos of people in a meeting.
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 10
- File
File consists of a photograph of Victor Cardoza. He was a facilitator of the Stirling County Study, an MLA, the mayor of Stirling County, and a citizenship court judge.
- MS-13-86, Box 25, Folder 15
- File
- 1948 - 1950
File contains photographic negatives depicting homes and buildings in Stirling County in 1948-1950.
Report #240 - Stirling County place names
- MS-13-86, Box 30, Folder 18
- File
- 1952
Stirling report #54 - Stirling County Study field manual
- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 15
- File
- 1950
File contains a research manual for field work for the Stirling County Study. The manual indicates that researchers could keep one copy of their field notes and reports for their personal or university's files and that all others remained the property of Cornell University.
Stirling report # - A proposal for research into the measurement of health in populations
- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 6
- File
File contains a research proposal for further study in Stirling County, written by Alexander Leighton, Morton Beiser, Robert C. Benfari, and Jane M. Murphy.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 8
- File
File contains a report on the frame of reference for the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 6
- File
File contains a typed transcription of an interview with lawyer Theriault.
Stirling report #438 - A program for community development in Stirling County
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 9
- File
File consists of a research proposal for community development for the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 5
- File
- 1959
File contains a proposal for a community mental health improvement project following ten years of participation in the Stirling County study.
Stirling report #444 - Maine-Stirling county workshop report
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 11
- File
- 1961
File contains a report from a workshop in Augusta, Maine regarding the sociocultural factors and psychiatric epidemiology of the Stirling County study.
Stirling report # - Behavioral science information
- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 4
- File
File contains a 5-part report on behavioral science theories and approaches.
- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 3
- Item
- June 30, 1958
Item is Alexander Leighton's eighth annual report on the Stirling County study.
Stirling report #182 - "Tooling-up" HOS for Stirling measurement
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 13
- File
- 1954
File contains an interim report on symptom data and measurement in the Stirling County study.
Stirling report #183 - Planning conference
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 12
- File
- 1954
File contains a report on a planning conference for the Stirling County study.
Stirling report #362 - Field report on Stirling County Study field work, 1954, by Frank W. Young
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 7
- File
- 1954
File contains a report on how to delineate the sub-groups for the Stirling County Study.
- MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 2
- Item
- June 30, 1957
Item is Alexander Leighton's seventh annual report on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 3
- File
- 1967
File consists of a handbook of social and psychiatric principles to be used by social science researchers working on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 2
- File
- 1951
File contains a report outlining the purpose, framework, objectives, and research plan for the Stirling County study.
Stirling report #179 - Stirling project PCS method book
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 14
- File
- 1954
File contains a report on a method book for the Stirling County study.
Stirling report #366 - Planning statement for Stirling County study
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 10
- File
- 1948
File contains a planning statement report for the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 17
- Item
- 1953
Item is Alexander Leighton's third annual report on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 15
- Item
- 1951
Item is Alexander Leighton's first annual report on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 18
- Item
- November 1954
Item is Alexander Leighton's fourth annual report on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 16
- Item
- 1952
Item is Alexander Leighton's second annual report on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 19
- Item
- June 30, 1955
Item is Alexander Leighton's fifth annual report on the Stirling County study.
- MS-13-86, Box 31, Folder 2
- File
- 1995
File includes copies of "A Survey of General Physicians : Manual for Participating General Practitioners" and "Appendix A : Nomenclature and Classification in the Stirling County Study."
- MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 1
- File
- 1970
File contains documents related to the case study of "The Road," an impoverished area in Stirling County.
Stirling County newspaper clippings
- MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 2 and MS-13-86, Box 28, Folder 3
- File
- 1959 - 2017
File consists of newspaper clippings about the Stirling County study.
Reviews of Stirling County Study publications
- MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 8
- File
- 1960 - 1966
File consists of clippings, periodicals, and correspondence regarding reviews of Alexander Leighton's published works on the Stirling County Study.
- Subseries
- 1948 - 2007
Subseries consists of annual, interim, and research reports regarding the Stirling County Study's progress and research processes.
- Series
- 1948 - 2017
Series consists of materials relating to the Stirling County Study, particularly progress reports, but also including clippings and survey documents. Also contains photographs and slides.
- MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 19
- File
- [1960-1963?]
File contains indices of photographic slides pertaining to the Stirling County study.
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