File contains photographs of lanes and pre-revolutionary Charleston architecture; the countryside near Charleston; the Town of Ninety-Six; "up country"; 69 Fox Street; St George's Church, London, UK; and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
Fonds contains correspondence, musical scores (piano and orchestral), photographs, a sketch, harmony notebooks, fliers, programs, newspaper clippings, academic journals, a press book, scrapbooks, and letters of composers. The musical scores include several first edition copies and autograph manuscripts. All personal correspondence is incoming correspondence; no outgoing correspondence is included in this fonds.
Item is a signed and sealed bond dated 1760 from the Earl of Halifax (George Montagu-Dunk) to James Wooley for securing an annuity of £100 during the life of the Earl of Halifax.
Item is a journal containing lists of materials, expenses and books, and well as miscellaneous notes and diary entries, including copies made by W.J. Proudfoot in 1841 of earlier pencilled notes by Dinwiddie, and a loose letter from Mr Ashton requesting the loan of a book.
Item is the first volume of a journal created by James Dinwiddie while he was in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1779-1780. This volume contains scientific queries numbered 1-123 with additional notes and observations in the end pages.
Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.
Item is volume 11 James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1896-1972 and headings including manufacturers, metallurgy and mechanics.
Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.
Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.
Fonds consists of Thomas Cantley's materials accumulated and sometimes annotated by Catherine Campbell in the course of her research on Cantley's life, including correspondence regarding his political and professional activities; correspondence with family members; manuscripts and typescripts; speeches; photographs; financial statements; and other textual records. Fonds also contains records originating with Cantley's family, including correspondence between his children Charles L. Cantley and Marian Cantley, and a letter from Donald F. Cantley to E.W. Sutherland.
Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book "Popery condemned by the scripture and the fathers : being a refutation of the principal popish doctrines and assertions maintained in the remarks on the Rev. Mr. Stanser's examination of the Rev. Mr. Burke's letters of instruction to the Catholic missionaries of Nova Scotia and in the reply to Rev. Mr. Cochran's fifth and last letter to Mr. Burke, etc."
Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie from December 22, 1808 - March 11, 1809 containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution on topics including orbits of the sun and moon, the state of science prior to Isaac Newton, and chemical attraction.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (17 December 1808 - 3 June 1809) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including the decomposition of acids and alkalis by electricity, metals and potassium.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution (December 20, 1809-April 19, 1810), which include lectures given by Dalton.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (18 December 1809 - 26 January 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including electro-chemistry, phosphates, sulphur, and salts.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (19 December 1810 - 23 February 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry and philosophy.
Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book, "Popery again condemned by scripture and the fathers : being a reply to a part of the popish doctrines and assertions contained on the refutation, and in the review of Dr. Cochran's letters, by the Rev. Edmund Burke, V.G. Que."
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Singer's lectures (January 12 - June 18, 1810) on topics in chemistry, including experiments, chemical properties of air and electricity.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (8 February 1911 - 3 April 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including voltaic electricity, uses of potassium and sodium, and oxygen.
Item is a journal kept by Dinwiddie from September 23, 1811 to January 17, 1812, during which time he lived in London. The first page is inscribed "land log book as formerly," and the entries are dominated by details about the weather.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures held at the (25 April 1811- 13 August 1811) about experiments in electricity, chemical apparatus, and electrochemistry.
Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.
Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his academic activities, including his involvement as a faculty member of York University Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and other institutions. Series also includes records and research materials regarding the development of Macdonald's publications, unpublished papers, and other materials.
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