Archives Catalogue

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 10
File
1867, 1870

File contains two programs from a series of "Popular Concerts" on Saturday afternoons, directed by S. Arthur Chappell. Each of the programs includes musical excerpts and analytical remarks. The concerts featured a variety of performers, all conducted by Mr. Benedict. Performers included M.M. Joachim, L. Ries, Straus, Piatti, Miss. Carola, Arabella Goddard, Annie Edmonds, Henry Blagrove, Zerbini, Paque, Edith Wynne, and Clara Schumann. The programs are from the ninth and twelfth seasons at St. James's Hall in London, England.

Photograph of the Dalhousie Pit

PC2, Box 333, Folder 20
Item
1850 - 1870

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of buildings and equipment at the Dalhousie Pit in Stellarton. Acadia Coal Company opened the Dalhousie Pit on the Foord Seam in 1850. The mine was destroyed by fire in 1870. A negative is available: PC-2-318-66.

Pictou - landscape

PC2, Box 334, Folder 14
File
1870

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Negative is available: PC-2-315-7. Safety negative and smaller print copy also available: PC-2-335-6.

Pictou - landscape

PC2, Box 335, Folder 6
File
1870

Part of Waldren Studios Photograph Collection

View across the harbour of the town of Pictou, taken from Pictou Landing where a sailing ship is partially visible at a wharf. Print copy is included. Dry plate negative and print also filed as: PC-2-315-7. Large print copy is available: PC-2-334-14

Historic Digby- and Hardy family-related documents

MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 1
File
1837 - 1870

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an 1841 land grant to Isidore Theboult for land in Digby. Also includes correspondence between members of the Hardy family in Massachusetts and Digby, and two newspapers from Massachusetts and Nova Scotia with mentions of the Hardy family.

Notes and sermon outlines

MS-2-45, Box 36, Folder 29
File
1870

Part of Herbert Leslie Stewart fonds

Photograph of James George Andrew Creighton and his wife

MS-2-656, PB Box 26, Folder 8
File
[1870?]

Part of Catherine Creighton and family fonds

Portrait of an unknown woman

MS-2-656, PB Box 29, Folder 12
File
[1870?]

Part of Catherine Creighton and family fonds

Photographic collage of the Dalhousie College faculty, graduates and students of 1869-1870

PC1, Box 29, Folder 2
File
[between 1869 and 1870]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains a photographic collage of the faculty, graduates, and students of Dalhousie University in the 1869-1870 academic year. The item consists of portraits of Walter M. Thorburn; A. W. H. Lindsay; John Wallace; Hugh McD. Scott; James Liechti; James DeMill (De Mille); John Johnson; Charles MacDonald; William Lyall; James Ross; and George Lawson arranged around a photograph of the Dalhousie College building and a group picture of the college's students.

Notman Studio

William Young fonds

MS-2-81, SF Box 18, Folder 29
Fonds
1857-1870

Fonds consists of a book of literary quotations, a letter from Sir William Young to Judge Thompson and S.L. Shannon, a draft of a speech regarding Dalhousie College, a letter from William Young to his parents, and a letter to Charles Young from William.

Young, William, Sir

Portrait of Dr. Alexander MacDonald

MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 27
Item
[18--]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a portrait of Dr. Alexander MacDonald, taken in Antigonish, N.S. Verso states that he was ninety-one years old at the time of the portrait, and that he was John Geddie's grandfather.

Portrait of Charlotte Geddie

MS-2-281, PB Box 6, Folder 84
Item
[1870]

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

Item consists of a portrait photograph of Charlotte Geddie, likely taken in 1870, by T. Mayo Studios, Truro, Nova Scotia.

Psalm, 79 written in Aneityumese

MS-2-281, Box 1, Folder
Item
1870's?

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

This material is written in the Aneityum language.

Correspondence with Patterson, A.

MS-4-242, Box 1, Folder 18
File
1866-1870

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

Correspondence with Black Bros.

MS-4-242, Box 3, Folder 29
File
1863-1870

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 6

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
February 7, 1870

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on February 7, 1870.

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 2

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
December 7, 1870

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 7, 1870.

Dr. Reid on the North-West : [facsimile, clipping]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 23
Item
February 1871

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a clipping that appeared in the February 1871 issue of the [Halifax] Evening Express, about Dr. A.P. Reid's impressions on the North-West Territory after a brief visit after the Red River Rebellion.

Femoral aneurism successfully treated by digital compression : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 17
Item
September 19 1871

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a short report submitted to the Canada Medical Journal (Volume 8, 1871) by Dr. A.P. Reid, titled "Femoral Aneurism [sic] successfully treated by Digital Compression".

George Robertson's historical documents collection

MS-2-779
Collection
1750-1871

Collection consists of letters written by and to Joseph Howe and a legal document concerning land set aside for the Jamaican Maroons.

Robertson, George

Agreement between The General Mining Association Limited and John Rutherford

MS-2-235, Box 4, Folder 22
File
1871

Part of John and Robert Rutherford fonds

Appointing John Rutherford the General Manager and Mining Engineer

Correspondence with O'Brien, Margaret

MS-4-242, Box 1, Folder 31
File
1862-1871

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

2 letters are from Margaret to brother; 1 letter is from Margaret to her father; 1 letter is addressed to Janet from Greenfier, H.M.

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 5

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
January 19, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on January 19, 1871.

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 11

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
May 5, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on May 5, 1871.

Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 2

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
December 2, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 2, 1871.

Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 3

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
December 16, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 16, 1871.

Photograph of three ships docked at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 2
Item
[between 1870 and 1871]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item is a photograph of three docked ships: the Dunbar Castle, which weighed 925 tons, and was built in Sunderland, England in 1864; the Borden Chief, which weighed 1011 tons, and was built in South Shields in 1870; and the Duke of Sutherlans, which weighed 1047 tons and was built in Aberdeen in 1865.

Calendar of Dalhousie College and University, Halifax, Nova Scotia : Faculty of Arts [and] Faculty of Medicine : session 1871-1872

MS-1-Ref, Box 242, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
1871

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item comprises Dalhousie's academic calendar for 1871-1872, including courses of study for BA, BSc and Honours degrees, examination papers, fees and scholarship opportunities for the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Medicine. The calendar also contains lists of the members of Senate, the Board of Governors, professors, current students and graduates. There is also information about hospitals, the library, expectations for student conduct and attendance, and extracts from the regulations.

Recollections of a severe snow storm in Halifax , by Herbert Eugene Greenough

MS-2-709, SF Box 101, Folder 34
File
October 12, 1871

Part of Allan James Chapman fonds

Correspondence with O'Brien, Thomas

MS-4-242, Box 3, Folder 21
File
1868-1871

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
February 2, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on February 2, 1871.

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 7

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
February 16, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on February 16, 1871.

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 8

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
March 2, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on March 2, 1871.

Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 4

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
December 30, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on December 30, 1871.

Report on Sydney Coal 1871 and Report on Glace Bay Coal 1869

MS-2-235, Box 5, Folder 1
File
1869-1871

Part of John and Robert Rutherford fonds

Legal Papers

MS-4-242, Box 5, Folder 6 ; Box 4, Folder 7
File
1862-1871

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 9

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
March 16, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on March 16, 1871.

Photographic negative of a photograph of three ships docked

MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 3
Item
[between 1870 and 1871]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a negative, is a duplicate of MS-2-202, Box 51, Folder 10, Item 2.

Agreement between the General Mining Association and John Rutherford

MS-2-235, Box 2, Folder 4
File
1871

Part of John and Robert Rutherford fonds

Appointing Rutherford as General Manager and Minign Engineer as of January 1, 1872.

Correspondence with Ives, James

MS-4-242, Box 3, Folder 46
File
1870-1871

Part of O'Brien Family fonds

Letter from Lucy Longfellow

MS-4-92, Box 10, Folder 18
File
1871

Part of Bigelow family fonds

General correspondence - 1871

UA-1, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1871

Part of Board of Governors of Dalhousie University fonds

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 4

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
January 5, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on January 5, 1871.

The Dalhousie College Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 10

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
March 30, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on March 30, 1871.

Dalhousie Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 1

MS-1-Ref, Box 182
Item
November 18, 1871

Part of Dalhousie Gazette

Item is an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette published on November 18, 1871.

The uses of pus in the animal econony / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

MS-13-33, SF Box 63, Folder 3, Item 24
Item
February 6, 1872

Part of Alexander Peter Reid fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of an "original communications" article submitted to the February 1872 issue of the Canada Medical Journal (Vol. 8, No. 9) by A.P. Reid, previously read before the Halifax Medical Society on February 6th, 1872, titled "The Uses of Pus in the Animal Economy".

Print of the "Barque Snow Queen"

MS-2-266, PB 4, Folder 42
Item
[ca. 1872]

Part of Everett MacDougall fonds

Item is a print of a sketch of the Barque(bark) Snow Queen. The writing on the back states that the ship (984 tons) was built in Maitland, N.S. in 1872.

General correspondence - 1872