This series consists of photographs of Arthur Stanley MacKenzie; the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University; Dalhousie University centennial celebrations in 1919; cornerstone laying ceremonies or unveiling ceremonies at Dalhousie University; the 1938 Dalhousie Reunion; MacKenzie's funeral procession; and other people or events associated with Dalhousie University or MacKenzie.
Series primarily contains correspondence, reference materials, surveys, and typescripts related to Stewart's 300-page report, "Attitudes and Movements in the Maritime Provinces of Canada," commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation in 1933.
Series consists of prescriptions, medical bills, prescription import notices (from medicines imported into Canada from Switzerland), as well as correspondence between Dr. Spengler in Switzerland to Clauda Smith in Halifax spanning 1934-36, 1939 and 1940. Also included in this series is one chest x-ray of Clauda Smith, taken in 1929. Clauda ultimately died of tuberculosis, and many of the papers refer to that particular ailment.
Series consists of memberships records of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including applications forms, correspondence and list of members.
Series consists of records of the committees of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including correspondences, report of ballots and other materials.
Series consists of materials regarding the financial records of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada and also records of the Nova Scotia Society of Engineers, including cash book, receipt book and financial statements.
Series consists of materials regarding the meetings of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including correspondence and minutes of meetings.
This series consists of Customs and Sales Tax Drawback Claims completed by the Dominion Chair Company between the years of 1930-1941. These government tax forms include lists of the company's exports for the year, including the names of the destinations, and value of each shipment.
This series contains documentation of two community picnics hosted by the Dominion Chair Company in Bass River in 1939 and 1941. The files include receipts of purchases made for the charitable event, as well as itemized lists of expenditures and profits. In 1941, the funds raised by the picnic were donated by the company to the Queen's Canadian Fund for Air Raid Victims.
This series contains records of Dominion Chair Company's employees during the first half of the twentieth century. The majority of the records are time books, which provide employee names, the number of hours, or days, they worked, and their wages. The six time books often each contain two years of data, and were created between 1901 and 1943. Employee records also include a payroll journal, bonus sheet, a notebook of an employee's travel expenses, and a book describing the amount of wood hauled by each employee.
Series comprises records created and collected by Henry Hicks during his studies in law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Records include typewritten, perfect bound volumes of detailed notes about specific subjects and lectures, which were either created or acquired by Hicks. There is also a boat race programme and a 1939 food ration book.
Series contains manuscripts of published novels, including heavily annotated drafts of Middlewatch and Penumbra. There is also related correspondence, including royalty payments, requests for inclusion in anthologies, and letters of acceptance and rejection.
This series comprises primarily letters written to Halle and Mabel Bigelow from their son, John Robert, during his time in Newfoundland working for the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company.
Series consists of nine notebooks that include class notes, personal entries and notes taken by Charles Bruce during his time as a student at Mount Allison University and as a young writer.
Series consists of records regarding the organization and administration of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including correspondence related to by-laws, legislation and rule of awards and prizes.
This series contains legal documents created, or signed, by the Dominion Chair Company. The majority of the documents are lumber agreements, which the company entered into with various local landowners. The series also includes insurance papers, sales contracts, a siding agreement with the Canadian Government Railways, and less "official" agreements established within the company itself, such as wage and employee agreements.
This series contains the Dominion Chair Company's various stock inventories, which were recorded in 27 books, and several unbound reports. The annual inventories primarily tracked the number of chairs and other furniture held in stock, as well as the wide range of items sold at the company's general store, including clothing, food, and toys. The inventories also include a book detailing the company's assets in Bass River, such as real estate and machinery, over a period of
Series includes periodicals written by E.W. Guptill et al. and W.H. Watson et al. published by the National Research Council of Canada Radio Branch between 1943 and 1944. Periodicals are marked as secret.
Series contains records of the Down Under Club and Anzac Club. The Down Under Club began in Halifax for members of the Australian and New Zealand Air Forces and their friends and supporters. The Down Under Club later evolved into the Anzac Club. Much of the series consists of correspondence relating to the management of the clubs.
This series contains records of Dominion Chair Company's customers. These customers were not limited to the Bass River region or even Nova Scotia - regular clients include ones based in the Maritime Provinces, New England, Great Britain, and the Caribbean. Although there is no comprehensive customer list available, this series provides a glimpse into its various business partnerships. It includes: lists of customers from 1900 and 1931; a list of customers who were audited by the company; lists of orders placed by companies during the period 1892-1944 (note there is not one available for every year in this period).
This series contains documents generated by, or pertaining to, the directors and shareholders of the Dominion Chair Company. These documents include 14 annual Directors' Reports published between 1909 and 1943, letters to shareholders, a newsletter, an analysis of the company's "special loans," lists of shareholders and investors (including those who did not live in the Bass River). This series provides a glimpse into the organizational structure and management of the company, as well as its economic performance during the first half of the twentieth century.
Sousfonds contains correspondence from Captain Charles Smith and his wife; Letters to Edwin and Evangeline Williams; Fred Griffin; Charles Stewart. Sousfonds also contains a history of Allendale, material about schools, municipal tax list, receipt books, material on Lockeport Ships, a list of vessels and a guest book all relating to Lockeport, Nova Scotia.
This series contains diaries kept by Roome during his military career. Diaries were primarily kept during World War One and World War Two, but some entries exist from the interwar years.
This series contains a variety of graduate lists--some are organized by faculty, others are organized by class, location, minority status, and level of achievement or prominence.
Series contains correspondence related to Lawrence Johnstone Burpee's research on James De Mille. Letters sent to and from Burpee between 1901 and 1946.
This series consists of correspondence with various newspapers and newspaper editors concerning happenings at Dalhousie, newspaper clippings, press typescript copy and copy for publication in the Association’s own magazine, Alumni News.
Series comprises correspondence with friends, colleagues and publishers as well as manuscripts solicited by Merkel from other journalists about their reminiscences of life and work in the Halifax Bureau and/or about aviation for AIR (Atlantic Radio and Aviation).
This series contains Roome’s personal correspondence during and directly after World War II. Additional correspondence is interspersed throughout the fonds.
This series contains manuscripts for all autobiographical writings, essays, novels, plays, poetry, and short stories present in the Frank Parker Day fonds. Most works are not individually dated, so the materials have been group into the following categories: Biographical and autobiographical writings, novels (published and unpublished), plays, poetry, and stories.
Series contains a variety of speeches and essays, ordered completely chronologically, that Day gave during his career. Many of these are related to his academic career, particularly on literary subjects and war. Many were given during his time as President of Union College when he was a much sought-after speaker.
All records relating to vessels, such as insurance policies, vessel registers, agreements, a journal and bills of sale are contained in this series. These records are all from Acadian Vessel Co., a subsidiary company of Acadian Supply Co. Vessel correspondence can be found in the series titled correspondence.
Series consists of books by MacMechan and Ritchie (1934, 1936); 2 black and white photographs of a local theatre production; miscellaneous instructors' notes and correspondence (1946); poems and offprints (1945).
