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Anniversaries in Geneva, 1959

Item consists of an offprint from the Summer 1959 issue of the Dalhousie Review (pages [208]-218), containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr about the the recent celebration of three different anniversaries related to the life and activities of John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland in the sixteenth century.

Byron Ulric Hatfield Photograph Collection

  • MS-2-781
  • Collection
  • [before 1949]
Collection contains seventy-seven glass plate lantern slides created by Byron Ulric Hatfield in Nova Scotia during the early twentieth century. Hatfield took photographs of coastal landscapes, churches and other buildings, and people working and in social settings. He also photographed published illustrations of Acadian life, including several illustrations of scenes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie." Hatfield developed his own photographs and created "magic lantern" slides to use in an illustrated lecture titled "The Land of Evangeline: The Land of Romance, Legend, and Picturesque Beauty." He gave lectures in various locations throughout the eastern United States.

Hatfield, Byron Ulric

Dalhousie alumni news, March 1975

  • MS-1-Ref, Box 21, Folder 18, Item 1
  • Item
  • 1975
  • Part of Alumni News

Item is a copy of Dalhousie Alumni News (Volume 31, Number 1), a magazine published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article on the passing of former president Alexander Kerr.

Dalhousie University : the post-war years, 1945-1963 : President's Convocation address, May 16, 1963, and highlights of the development of the period, by Faculties

Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).

Kerr, Alexander - Programs and speeches

File includes a program for the Inauguration of Alexander E. Kerr as President of Dalhousie University (November 13, 1945); "Education" (delivered on CBC September 29, 1946); "The Significance of the Reformed Church Tradition for Modern Education" (1948); and other addresses delivered during his Kerr's tenure.

Photograph and a photographic negative of the Dalhousie University Senate members

File consists of two copies of a photograph and a photographic negative of the Dalhousie University Senate members, present at the first Senate meeting held in the new Arts and Administration Building, in January 1952. The photograph shows Dixie Pelluet; Dean Horace Read (Law); Dean J.H.L. Johnstone (Graduate Studies); C.L. Bennet; President A.E. Kerr; Dean George Wilson (Arts and Science); Dean J.S. Bagnall (Dentistry); Dr. H.L. Scammell (Registrar); Dean H.G. Grant (Medicine); H.P. Bell; C.B. Weld; D.J. Tonning; C.H. Mercer; W.J. Chute; H.R. Theakston; W.R. Lederman; R.S. Cumming; J.H. Aitchison; John A. Aldous; George Grant; A.S. Mowat; G.V. Douglas; R.S. Hayes; C. Lamberston; Burns Martin; A.K. Griffin; J.A. McCarter; and Charles Walmsley. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 2" by Peter B. Waite (page 183).

Photograph of A. E. Kerr, C. D. Howe, and others on stage

Item is a photograph taken at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows President A. E. Kerr, C. D. Howe, Lord Adrian, an unidentified man, Sir Edward Appleton, and Dean W. J. Archibald in sitting in a row on a small stage. Kerr is speaking at a microphone.

Cochrane, Harry A.

Photograph of A. E. Kerr, Lady Dunn, and others at the cornerstone laying of the Sir James Dunn Science Building

Item is a photograph taken at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows Lieutenant Governor E. C. Plow, President A. E. Kerr, C. D. Howe, Lady Dunn, and others standing with the university mace.

Thomas, Dave

Photograph of a procession at the opening ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Building

Item is a photograph taken at the opening ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows a procession, including Lady Dunn, Alexander Kerr, and several unidentified men in academic dress. They are walking along a paved walkway outside of the building.

Martin, Tom

Photograph of A.E. Kerr, Lady Dunn, and others

Item is a photograph of people at the sod-turning ceremony for the Sir James Dunn Science Building in 1957. Photograph shows (from left to right) an unidentified man; and unidentified woman; A.E. Kerr, Dalhousie University President; Lady Dunn (Beaverbrook); and C.D. Howe, Chancellor of Dalhousie.

Cochrane, Harry A.

Photograph of Colonel K. C. Laurie, Princess Elizabeth, and Dr. A. E. Kerr

Item is a photograph taken during Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Dalhousie University. The photograph was taken by Federal Newsphoto. The photograph shows Colonel K. C. Laurie, Princess Elizabeth, and Dr. A. E. Kerr walking together on Dalhousie campus. the Princess is holding an umbrella.

Photograph of distinguished guests at the 1947 Convocation Dinner

Item is a photograph of distinguished guests at the 1947 Convocation Dinner at the Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax. Photograph shows (from left to right) A.E. Kerr, Dalhousie University President; Sir Jospeh Chisholm, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada; and Colonel Laurie, Chairman of the Dalhousie Board of Governors.

Photograph of Dixie Pelluet and A.E. Kerr with students

Item is a photograph of faculty and administration with a group of students in costume, perhaps for a play. The sign behind the students reads "Beware!! Yokum's Moon". Photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Kerr, Dalhousie University President (front, centre); and Dixie Pelluet, Biology professor (front, second from right); as well as unidentified students and staff.

Photograph of Rev. Dr. A. E. Kerr

Item is a photograph of Alexander E. Kerr, the sixth president of Dalhousie University, giving an invocation at a convocation ceremony or some other event. Kerr is wearing academic dress and speaking into a microphone.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photograph of speakers at sod-turning ceremony

Item is a photograph of speakers at the sod-turning ceremony for the Sir James Dunn Science Building in 1957. Photograph shows (from left to right) an unidentified man; C.D. Howe, Dalhousie Chancellor; A.E. Kerr, President of Dalhousie; and Lady Dunn (Beaverbrook).

Cochrane, Harry A.

Photograph of speakers at sod-turning ceremony

Item is a photograph of speakers at the sod-turning ceremony for the Sir James Dunn Science Building in 1957. Photograph shows (from left to right) an unidentified man; C.D. Howe, Dalhousie Chancellor; A.E. Kerr, President of Dalhousie; and Lady Dunn (Beaverbrook).

Cochrane, Harry A.

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